Virgin Poker to Send a PL'r to Scottish Poker Championships. Will it be YOU?

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Joe hasn't been with Virgin for very long, but it hasn't taken him long to get settled and start dishing out the prizes. Now he has topped it all and will be sending a PL'r to play in the Main Event £1,050 No Limit "Double Chance" freezeout on 30th June 2007 at the Scottish Poker Championships in the Maybury Casino, Edinburgh.

Prizes
One PL'r will be bought into the £1,050 Main Event. This person is however playing for PuntersLounge and any prize money will be split amongst the top 10 as follows:
1st 40% of PL representatives Main Event Winnings
2nd 20% of PL representatives Main Event Winnings
3rd 13% of PL representatives Main Event Winnings
4th 7% of PL representatives Main Event Winnings
5th 5% of PL representatives Main Event Winnings
6th 3% of PL representatives Main Event Winnings
7th 3% of PL representatives Main Event Winnings
8th 3% of PL representatives Main Event Winnings
9th 3% of PL representatives Main Event Winnings
10th 3% of PL representatives Main Event Winnings
The PL representative will be the highest finishing PL'r able to make the event. Virgin are offering £350 in travel and accommodation expenses for the PL representative.

Equity Prizes in PL Representative
1	Chess	40%
2	RandR	20%
3	Penelopeys	13%
4	Heniek	7%
5	Strider (50% "owned" by Kippe)	2.5%
6	Kippe6	5.5%
7	DaMatrix	3%
8	teaulc	3%
9	the mole	3%
10	morlspin	3%

How do I qualify?
The top 10 prize winners will be decided through a single 20 seat Freeroll Multi Table Tournament, to be played on 12th June 2007 at 20:00 BST.
We therefore have 20 seats to the MTT final to give away, and a multitude of ways in which to win them. Choose your favourite methods and give it your best shot.

Cash Poker
3 seats will be awarded to the 3 players creating the highest rake on Virgin between 11th May and 7th June. To be considered in this, you must "opt in" in the poll in the "Virgin Cash Poker" thread. This poll will be closed after 18th May. Regular (daily, on "working days") updates will be published. This will show positions, but no numbers.

2 seats will be awarded to the 2 players having the highest number of raked hands on Virgin between 11th May and 7th June. To be considered in this, you must "opt in" in the poll in the "Virgin Cash Poker" thread. The winners of the 3 seats in the "rake" leaderboard will NOT be eligble to win these 2 seats. This poll will be closed after 18th May. Regular (daily, on "working days") updates will be published. This will show positions, but no numbers.

Multi Table Tournaments
Sunday Games. We will have a private PL MTT on Sundays at 17:00 BST. This will be on 13th, 20th and 27th May, and 3rd June. It will have a $10+$1 entry fee. The winner of each game will win a seat. In addition a regular league table will be kept and the highest finisher, not to have won a game will be awarded a seat. For the league table, all 4 games will count. The 3rd June game will be a Heads Up tournament.

Friday Games. We will have a private PL MTT on Fridays at 22:00 BST. This will be on 11th, 18th and 25th May, and 1st June. It will have a $5+50c entry fee. The winner of each game will win a seat. In addition a regular league table will be kept and the highest finisher, not to have won a game will be awarded a seat. For the league table, all 4 games will count. The 11th May game will be a Heads Up Tournament.

The BPP after the focus game on 7th June will be awarded a seat. During this promotion, a larger than normal proportion of focus games will be on Boss. Only Virgin aliases will be awarded BPP points on Boss wide games.

Live Poker. The winner of the main event in Birmingham on Saturday 26th May will be awarded a seat

Single Table Tournaments
13th May Blitz - A seat will be awarded to the player winning most $5+50c STTs (10 seat counts as a win, 5 seat counts as half a win) COMPLETED in the 24 hour period from 00:00 BST to 24:00 BST. All wins must be claimed (and verified with a screenprint) in the thread set up, within 15 minutes of completion of the game. Remember that games won in this period will also count towards the "VirginPoker STT Challenge to WSOP"!!

20th May Blitz - A seat will be awarded to the player winning most $10+$1 STTs (10 seat counts as a win, 5 seat counts as half a win) COMPLETED in the 24 hour period from 00:00 BST to 24:00 BST. All wins must be claimed (and verified with a screenprint) in the thread set up, within 15 minutes of completion of the game. Remember that games won in this period will also count towards the "VirginPoker STT Challenge to WSOP"!!

3rd June Blitz - A seat will be awarded to the player winning most $20+$2 STTs (10 seat counts as a win, 5 seat counts as half a win) COMPLETED in the 24 hour period from 00:00 BST to 24:00 BST. All wins must be claimed (and verified with a screenprint) in the thread set up, within 15 minutes of completion of the game.

Winners so far
Seat 1 the_mole Cash Game Winner
Seat 2 rich30 Cash Game Winner
Seat 3 PL FENNER Cash Game Winner
Seat 4 kippe66 represented by ?????? Cash Game Winner
Seat 5 Heniek31 represented by thecrocpl Cash Game Winner
Seat 6 chess- 13th May MTT Winner
Seat 7 heniek31 20th May MTT Winner
Seat 8 Teazz 27th May MTT Winner
Seat 9 Miss Pene 3rd June MTT Winner
Seat 10 RandR (Maverrix) Sunday League Winner
Seat 11 Teaulc 11th May MTT Winner
Seat 12 Dave488 18th May MTT Winner
Seat 13 Runadrum 25th May MTT Winner
Seat 14 Kippe66 1st June MTT Winner
Seat 15 RandR (Maverrix) to be represented by slapdash Friday League Winner
Seat 16 heniek 31 to be represented by Valiant23 (PV23pl) BPP after 7th June Focus Game
Seat 17 morlspin Main Event in Birmingham
Seat 18 DaMatrix (Adelita) 13th May STT Blitz
Seat 19 DaMatrix (Adelita) to be represented by NorfolkEnchance (Xtrmntr) 20th May STT Blitz
Seat 20 DaleRocks 3rd June STT Blitz

Multiple Seats
You are eligible to win multiple seats. Extra seats that you win may be given to a player of your choice. You will share 50% of that persons equity in the PL representative. So for example, Player A wins 2 seats and gives one to Player B. If Player B then wins the MTT, then Player B has first option to be the PL representative in Scotland (Player A does NOT have that option), but Player B only holds 20% of his equity in the live game. The other 20% is held by Player A.

Friday League

	PLUsername	Virgin	Q?	Pos	Pld	Chips	1	2	3	4	Best 4
1	teaulc	teaulc1	Q	17	4	0	144	88	3	18	255
2	RandR	Maverrix		5	4	0	97	2	73	71	244
3	kippe6	kippe66	Q	1	4	0	16	44	25	141	228
4	daveygh	daveygh1		14	4	0	114	64	22	26	228
5	strider	strider239		10	4	0	10	53	113	41	218
6	thecroc	thecrocpl		21	4	0	14	101	82	9	208
7	Gotafancy?	pl---GaF		6	4	0	27	41	65	63	197
8	runadrum	runadrum1	Q	11	3	0		9	143	37	189
9	MCFC66	MCFC81		22	4	0	8	119	43	7	177
10	glceud	glceud53		3	3	0	60		15	93	169
11	Avongirl	AvonGirlV		16	4	0	74	34	31	21	162
12	PistonBroke	PListonbroke		20	4	0	49	31	58	11	150
13	dave488	dave488	Q		1	0		149			149
14	VoiceofJoe	wadhead		2	2	0		19		111	130
15	morlspin	morlspin		4	2	0			47	81	129
16	TheRivers	rich30			2	0	54	58			113
17	slapdash	slapdash1		8	4	0	33	14	5	51	104
18	chess	chess-			2	0	84	11			95
19	Kevsul	kevinsul			1	0			95		95
20	Sharpe1ne	Clydefrog			2	0		79	13		92
21	Philossify	Philr2211		9	3	0	24	16		46	87
22	millbet	millster		25	3	0	44		38	1	85
23	gazza271	PLgazza		13	3	0	40		8	30	79
24	Washman	Washman			3	0	0	49	28		77
25	Valiant23	PV23pl			3	0	19	21	35		75
26	rosco	pokaleg			1	0		71			71
27	Teazz	Teazz			1	0	66				66
28	ItsMcG	HectorMcG		7	1	0				56	56
29	fenner	PL FENNER		18	2	0		37		15	53
30	Jumalix	jumalixxx			1	0			52		52
31	Shuby1982	sean2107			1	0	36				36
32	staffy	staffydog		12	1	0				33	33
33	daftpegasus	De-Wolf			2	0		12	20		33
34	LegendKiller	legendkill			2	0	12		17		30
35	GazBlades	GazBlades9			1	0	30				30
36	Griff	Griff5			1	0		28			28
37	spireitedaz	pokerdaz			1	0		26			26
38	milber	Milber		15	1	0				23	23
39	Adetrick	Adetrick			1	0		23			23
40	Jolly67	PLjolly67		19	4	0	6	0	1	13	21
41	spannerjago	spanner.j			1	0	21				21
42	bluepennant	bluepenn		26	3	0		7	10	0	18
43	DaMatrix	Adelita			2	0	4		6		11
44	TheQuietMan	Spiersey42			1	0		5			5
45	Jones12345	jonsie1		23	1	0				5	5
46	Jaded	MrJaded		24	2	0	1			3	5
47	equinox	equinoxxx			1	0		4			4
48	PaulRoss	RiverBaby1			1	0	3				3
49	Heniek31	siwka31			1	0		1			1
50	Hodgey	Sleekshot			1	0			0		0
		Entrants					28	31	27	26	112

Sunday League

	PLUsername	Virgin	Q?	Pos	Pld	Chips	1	2	3	4	Best 4
1	heniek31	siwka31	Q	6	4	0	90	123	45	0	258
2	RandR	Maverrix		3	4	0	1	92	75	57	227
3	Teazz	Teazz	Q	1	2	0	53		123		176
4	chess	chess-	Q		2	0	138	27			165
5	slapdash	slapdash1			2	0	60			87	147
6	glceud	glceud53		7	2	0	107		38		146
7	TheRivers	rich30		2	2	0		53	92		146
8	Penelopeys	Miss Pene	Q	12	2	0			15	117	132
9	strider	strider239		10	4	0	38	2	23	47	111
10	valiant23	PV23pl		14	3	0	77	15	8		101
11	kippe6	kippe66		11	3	0	42	38	18		100
12	DaMatrix	Adelita		16	3	0	17	75	2		95
13	Jaded	MrJaded			3	0	0	62		27	90
14	TheCroc	thecrocpl			2	0		18		69	88
15	NorfolkEnchance	Xtrmntr2		4	2	0			62	22	85
16	Gotafancy?	pl---GaF		9	4	0	33	11	27	9	82
17	thequietman	Spiersey42			1	0	68				68
18	jumalix	jumalixxx			2	0	20	45			65
19	Philossify	Philr2211			3	0	26	32		2	62
20	bluepennant	bluepenn		15	3	0	30	23	5		58
21	Avongirl	AvonGirlV		5	1	0			53		53
22	morlspin	morlspin			3	0	12	0		39	52
23	spannerjago	spanner.j			1	0	47				47
24	MCFC66	MCFC81			2	0		8		33	41
25	kevsul	kevinsul		8	1	0			32		32
26	runadrum	runadrum1		17	2	0	23		0		23
27	Jones12345	jonsie1			1	0				17	17
28	daveygh	daveygh1			2	0	3			13	17
29	fenner	PL FENNER			1	0	14				14
30	Staffy	staffydog		13	1	0			11		11
31	legendkiller	legendkill			1	0	10				10
32	Shuby1982	sean2107			1	0	7				7
33	Milber	Milber			1	0				6	6
34	hodgey	Sleekshot			1	0	5				5
35	Washman	Washman			1	0		5			5
		Entrants					24	17	17	15	73

[slick mick]

My brain hurts

[slick mick]

But well done Joe

[morlspin]

Originally Posted by slick mick

My brain hurts

Mine too.......but WOW

Thanks Joe and great work again PL

[GaF]

Originally Posted by slick mick

My brain hurts

If there's anything specifically that isn't clear, feel free to fire away with questions

[rosco]

Nice one Joe

Great to hear from you again.

[WASP]

Originally Posted by GotaFancy?

If there's anything specifically that isn't clear, feel free to fire away with questions

Me!

Am I to take it that that the person who spends/risks his hard cash getting a seat, then spending 2/3 days in Edinburgh grinding it out has to share his winnings with 9 other people?


(N1 Joe and PL BTW it looks very interesting )

[msaban]

nice deal.

Hope this doesnt lead to any PL jamie gold type scandals

[GaF]

Originally Posted by MCFC66

Me!

Am I to take it that that the person who spends/risks his hard cash getting a seat, then spending 2/3 days in Edinburgh grinding it out has to share his winnings with 9 other people?


(N1 Joe and PL BTW it looks very interesting )

The intention is to give a lot of people a stake, rather than "winner takes all" .... so the short answer is "Yes".

If the winner views going to the championship as a chore/grind though, they are free to not go and, allowing 2nd place to attend, yet still take 40% of the winnings. I think most people would enjoy the chance to play an event like this, even if they "only" own a 40% equity in themselves.....

It's not going to change for this one, but would be good to hear some views on this prize structure to decide if we do similar in the future (so be brutally honest!!). Personally, I think it's an absolutely fantastic idea!!! It allows the big event prize, that we otherwise probably couldn't have.....

[glceud]

Looks great to me, something for every one at most buy in levels.

As my grumpy self I still have to find some faults though so being brutally honest,
The league with all four games counting makes it hard for me as I am "out of the country" next week so will miss two games. Limping into 5th place in a league table is my specalised subject.
And I think one or two of the seats for rake could have gone to the players with the most raked hands, thus allowing us smaller stakes players another oppurtunity.

[GaF]

Not my fault you're such a jetsetter glceud Seriously though - 4 of the 5 seats are awarded to individual MTT winners ... with just one seat for the league, I wanted to really reward consistency..... With a seat up for grabs every evening it runs, I thought that was incentive for those that couldn't make them all, and so wanted to try and give the other seat to someone who could.....

I can see what you're saying regards rake/raked hands - no promises, but will give it serious consideration This doesn't start till 11th May, so I may have the opportunity to change that tomorrow

[glceud]

Agreed,If I wasnt away i wouldnt have said a thing.
As I am sure you are aware any success in leagues I have enjoyed is more down to persistency rather than consistency

[jolly67]

Phenomenal work again guys, thanks to Joe and Virgin and thanks again to Punters Lounge

[Jimany]

I like the idea, it's like a free e/w bet on the highest ranking PLer going over. Faults? Maybe but remember you are getting a £1,400 package and quite a thrilling experience in a big buy-in event.

[Dave488]

Sounds like another great PL exclusive deal to me, well done all in organising this.

[shuby1982]

Not too much of a cash player but will defo be giving the multis a go, fantastic oppertunity though well done guys

[RandR]

This looks awesome - I'll definitely be giving a number of these options a go!

Well done Joe

My only suggestion for future would be to allocate a little bit extra of any money won - maybe around 10%? - to the person who actually plays the tourney. After all, one needs an incentive to trek all the way up to the frozen far North .

[steveadam23]

This looks excellent - might give some of the MTT's a bash!

Steve.

[WASP]

Originally Posted by GotaFancy?

The intention is to give a lot of people a stake, rather than "winner takes all" .... so the short answer is "Yes".

If the winner views going to the championship as a chore/grind though, they are free to not go and, allowing 2nd place to attend, yet still take 40% of the winnings. I think most people would enjoy the chance to play an event like this, even if they "only" own a 40% equity in themselves.....

It's not going to change for this one, but would be good to hear some views on this prize structure to decide if we do similar in the future (so be brutally honest!!). Personally, I think it's an absolutely fantastic idea!!! It allows the big event prize, that we otherwise probably couldn't have.....

I wasn't critising mate, just weighing it up. Never mentioned the word chore and grind was in the poker sense. A major tourney like this is a grind it is 12-14 hours a day for 2/3 days if I was the one playing I would want more than 40% (but i' m a greedy bastid) maybe

Its a fantastic idea and good luck to all

[voiceofjoe]

Excellently thought out, and the pay out from the freeroll, via the live tourney is a great idea.

My only problem is i'm on holiday for the freeroll final

also note for anyone whos qualifed for the live insidepoker final that its on the same day as that (Runadrum,Fenners,Croc to name a few)