POT BLACK POKER

POT BLACK SERIES OF POKER - WEEK 3

2010-11-25T06:59:00.001-08:00

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POT BLACK SERIES OF POKER - WEEK 2

2010-10-28T04:03:00.000-07:00

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POT BLACK SERIES OF POKER - WEEK 1

2010-09-05T07:09:00.001-07:00

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POT BLACK SERIES OF POKER

2010-07-01T07:45:00.000-07:00

The final heat saw players just trying to outlast there closest rivals. With some very tight play suiting John Gower's style he picked up his 3rd Victory in 5 heats and will obviously take some beating on the final table.

You can see from the table below who has qualified for the final table, those who have to sweat it out on the play-off table and those of you who can dream of what might of been (that means you Harrod!)

Final League Table as follows:-

ONLY YOUR BEST FOUR RESULTS COUNT - DEDUCTED POINTS IN RED

POT BLACK SERIES OF POKER

2010-06-24T03:54:00.000-07:00

Due to England finishing 2nd in their 'GROUP OF DEATH' behind that established football nation 'THE U.S OF A' our Series of Poker will not be interrupted.

So the Final Heat will be

HEAT 6 - SATURDAY 26TH JUNE

remember that only 4 results maximum count and you will dropped your 2 worst results. This can make a difference, so if you think you have no chance of qualifying, don't be too sure....!!!

POT BLACK SERIES OF POKER - HEAT 5

2010-06-24T03:41:00.000-07:00

Heat 5 saw a new player hit the top-spot. Danny 'never lose a race' Sharman come through the field to take the crucial 10pts although it does help when if your behind you hit and if your infront you hold up.... ALL THE TIME!!!!!

Points standings as follows:-

POT BLACK SERIES OF POKER

2010-05-14T03:40:00.000-07:00

HEAT 5 - SATURDAY 29TH MAY

POT BLACK SERIES OF POKER - HEAT 4

2010-05-14T03:25:00.000-07:00

Two in Two for Gower! Hitting a rich vein of form (or more likely, alot of cards) at the right time is our John. Winning his second consecutive heat has put John firmly at the top of the leaderboard. More strong showings from Max and Sharmo have them riding high also.

Points Standings as follows:-

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POT BLACK SERIES OF POKER - HEAT 3

2010-04-02T03:57:00.000-07:00

This weeks heat saw the field all bunch up with our previous leaders being knocked out early and some of the players who needed good results, getting them!

After an extremely competitive final table John Gower was victorious over Flatty heads up.

Current Points Standings:-

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POT BLACK SERIES OF POKER

2010-03-12T03:52:00.000-08:00

HEAT 3 - SATURDAY 27TH MARCH

POT BLACK SERIES OF POKER - HEAT 2

2010-03-12T03:35:00.000-08:00

Another strong field turned up for the second of six heats of this seasons Series of Poker. After Aaron's win and 10 point haul from the first heat, the rest of the tables were eager for blood and they duly received it, Aaron being one of the early 2pt casualties along with last years winner Mick 'I never hit a flop' Wall, who is floundering with only 4pts after 2 heats.

This week it was the turn of another Wall to step up to the plate. Max played some excellent poker at times (Dad must of taught him everything he knows) and also got the little bits of luck you need at the right times to win a Pot Black tourno with the standard improving all the time.

Points standings as follows:-

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POT BLACK SERIES OF POKER - HEAT 1

2010-02-07T06:55:00.000-08:00

So the first Heat of the Season is complete and what a popular start it was!! Record attendance with plenty of old faces but several new ones as well. If this keeps up expect a bumper end of season kitty!

Current Pot Black World Champion Wally got off to a cracking start... 2nd out and Aaron 'The River' Cooper still hits rivers! as well as flops and turns! not that we think your lucky Aaron....

Aaron after busting Bakers Aces went on to scoop top spot on the leaderboard with victory in the opening heat.

Leaderboard as follows :-

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Note: Knockout Points only come into the equation when points are tied.

i.e. why Wesley and Gotts head the boys on 2pts

POT BLACK SERIES OF POKER 2010

2010-01-20T09:01:00.000-08:00

HERE IT IS THE NEW AND IMPROVED,

POT BLACK POKER SERIES

THIS TIME THEIR WILL BE 6 QUALIFYING NIGHTS ALL LEADING TO A GRAND FINAL TABLE IN THE SUMMER WITH AN ESTIMATED TOTAL PRIZE FUND OF OVER £500!!!!!

EACH INDIVIDUAL POKER NIGHT WILL HAVE A CASH PAYOUT FOR THE WINNER AND RUNNER-UP. THE WINNER IS NOT GUARANTEED A SEAT AT THE FINAL TABLE. INSTEAD TO BENEFIT OUR REGULAR PLAYERS ONLY POINTS ACCUMULATED THROUGH THE YEAR WILL COUNT TOWARDS QUALIFYING FOR THE GRAND FINAL.

EACH NIGHT WILL BE LIMITED TO 16 PLAYERS EACH PAYING A
£15 ENTRY FEE.

THE ENTRY £15 WILL BE BROKEN DOWN SO THAT £10 WILL GO INTO THE POT FOR THAT NIGHT TO BE WON BY THE WINNER AND R/UP AND THE OTHER £5 WILL GO INTO THE GRAND FINAL POT. ALSO FOR YOUR £15 YOU WILL BE GUARANTEED ONE BUY-IN (IF INDEED YOU NEED ONE!) FOR ALL YOU FISH OUT THERE, ONE MORE BUY-IN CAN BE BOUGHT FOR AN ADDITIONAL £5, AGAIN CONTRIBUTING TO THE OVERALL PRIZE FUND.

A POINTS SYSTEM WILL BE IN PLACE SO THAT 6-HIGHEST POINTS SCORERS WILL QUALIFY FOR THE GRAND FINAL TABLE. THE NEXT 6-HIGHEST POINTS SCORERS WILL HAVE THEIR OWN ‘WILD CARD TABLE’ WHEREBY EACH PLAYER WILL START WITH 500CHIPS PLUS 100 CHIPS FOR EACH POINT ACCUMULATED DURING THE MAIN SEASON. THESE SIX PLAYERS WILL PLAY DOWN TO 2 WILD CARD ENTRIES FOR THE GRAND FINAL ON THAT NIGHT!

THIS YEAR TO MIX THINGS UP A BIT AND TO HELP PLAYERS THAT MAY HAVE TO MISS SOME NIGHTS DUE TO WORK COMMITMENTS, PARTIES ETC, THERE WILL BE A FEW ADJUSTMENTS TO LAST YEARS RULES.

ONLY YOUR TOP FOUR RESULTS WILL COUNT TOWARDS YOUR FINAL POINTS SCORE, THIS WILL MAKE THE LEADERBOARD AWFULLY CLOSE ENCOURAGING PLAYERS TO MAKE MORE APPEARANCES BUMPING UP THE OVERALL PRIZE FUND!

EXTRA POINTS CAN BE GAINED BY KNOCKING PLAYERS OUT EN-ROUTE TO THE FINAL 3 PLAYERS ON ANY NIGHT. EVERYTIME YOU KNOCK A PLAYER OUT YOU WILL RECEIVE ½PT WHICH WILL BE ADDED TO YOUR OVERALL SCORE.

SO IT’S WORTH PLAYING AS OFTEN AS YOU CAN TO GIVE YOURSELF THE BEST CHANCE OF QUALIFYING!!!

NOTE :- WE ALL NEED TO TRY HARDER IF SOMEONE WHO NEVER GETS A HAND OR HITS A FLOP CAN WIN LAST YEARS POKER SERIES!!!!!

MAY THE BAD BEATS BEGIN!!!!

POT BLACK SERIES OF POKER

2009-11-20T03:40:00.000-08:00

IMPORTANT DATE CHANGES

LAST HEAT:-

SATURDAY 12TH DECEMBER

GRAND FINAL:-

SATURDAY 2ND JANUARY

POT BLACK SERIES OF POKER - HEAT 11

2009-11-20T03:33:00.001-08:00

Heat 11 saw the ever popular Paul Harrod take the glory... how this happened nobody knows! Normally he's to busy cracking jokes or at the bar or in the toilet or on the phone... the list could go on... to even look at his cards let alone play them! My guess is that everyone else knocked themselves out whilst Harrod sat at the bar just losing chips in the blinds and ended up winning!

Please note the above Post, Important Date Changes!!!!

Points Standings as follows:-

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POT BLACK SERIES OF POKER - HEAT 10

2009-10-30T08:32:00.001-07:00

Heat 10 was won by Mr 'Royal Flush' himself, Wally. Fighting off strong competition from John 'when the blinds up?' Gower and another good showing from Nigel 'I never lie over a poker table' Blowers. With two Heats to go the rate Skipper is notching up the points he could overturn Ricky 'Goldenballs' Long to be Chip Leader on the Xmas Grand Final Table.

Check how you are progressing from the chart below.

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POT BLACK SERIES OF POKER

2009-10-04T10:04:00.000-07:00

HEAT 10 - SATURDAY 10TH OCTOBER

POT BLACK SERIES OF POKER - HEAT 9

2009-10-04T09:38:00.000-07:00

Heat 9 saw a good crowd play some excellent poker. Plus some of our well known whingers finally had something to smile about. Firstly Wally 'I'm the unluckiest bloke I know' achieved at Pot Black first. Wally 'I haven't had a hand in 3 months' got the highest possibly hand in poker a ROYAL FLUSH!!!! Not only a ROYAL FLUSH!!!! but he got it on the flop and not only did he flop a ROYAL FLUSH!!!! Cess 'Whats the point in me playing, I can't qualify anyway?' bet into him on every street!!

Cess 'not worth my money playing' with his unpredictable playing style was not done there though and made it his goal to target Wally 'ROYAL FLUSH' to get his chips back. Cess continued to breeze past the field with some cany play finally beating this years most consistent player Nigel heads up.

Here is a breakdown of your points so far plus the table standings

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POT BLACK SERIES OF POKER

2009-09-04T07:41:00.000-07:00

HEAT 9 - SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 19TH

POT BLACK SERIES OF POKER - HEAT 8

2009-09-04T07:28:00.000-07:00

Heat 8 saw last years overall champ Spawny Ash take the top prize and points, with current leader Ricky 'GoldenBalls' Long scoring highly again with a runner's up spot.

Points Standings as Follows:-

POT BLACK SERIES OF POKER

2009-07-30T09:40:00.000-07:00

HEAT 8 - SATURDAY AUGUST 22ND

POT BLACK SERIES OF POKER - HEAT 7

2009-07-30T08:57:00.001-07:00

Heat 7 of the PBSOP saw a strong field of 12 but for the chasing pack not good news. Run away leaders Ricky 'Golden Balls' Long and Nigel 'Skipper' Blowers again made it to 'Heads-Up' scoring maximum points again. Ricky was the overall winner to remain top of the table.

Points Standings as Follows:-

POT BLACK SERIES OF POKER

2009-06-18T08:52:00.000-07:00

HEAT 7 - SATURDAY 25TH JULY

POT BLACK SERIES OF POKER HEAT 6

2009-06-16T13:02:00.001-07:00

Heat 6 event highlights saw Wally 'I havent won a hand in 3months' winning a heads up battle with John 'The River' Gower (I'm not bitter really!) Wally 'I don't like the look of this' just before he got Quad Tens battled his way through a strong field and after the table convinced him to use his 150% Joker he now sits pretty in the leaderboard.

Points Table as Follows:-

POT BLACK SERIES OF POKER

2009-06-07T09:28:00.000-07:00

HEAT 6 - JUNE 13TH

POT BLACK SERIES OF POKER HEAT 5

2009-05-19T07:28:00.000-07:00

The first two hands of this heat pretty much summed up the whole night. First up Ash had Pocket Kings and picked up the pot with Nigel winning the next hand with Pocket Aces. Plenty of big hands which for the first time in Pot Black Poker History.... all held up!!!!!

Some good play by all the players, including someone who everyone things plays tight (can't think who this is?) passing Pocket Jacks pre-flop!! Only to be proven right as Aaron was holding Pocket Kings.

Sam eventually proved victorious beating Nigel into 2nd place claiming himself in true Sherminator style 'It was just my time, It was just my time...'

Points Standings as Follows:-

POT BLACK SERIES OF POKER HEAT 4

2009-04-29T07:34:00.001-07:00

Heat 4 saw a much better turn out and so a much better match. The Highlights of the evening saw Nigel knocked out to a straight Flush by Max (only the 2nd time I've ever seen one, lucky old Nigel)

Wally had his usual luck, i.e NONE! in his own words 'I didn't win a bloody hand all night' Hard to believe i know.

Ricky came throught the field with the best hands holding up most of the time, he edged Sam out in the heads up battle, but what do you expect when you drink WATER!!! all night.

Points Standings as Follows:-

POT BLACK SERIES OF POKER HEAT 3

2009-03-26T07:54:00.000-07:00

The third heat of the Pot Black Series of Poker saw many absentees due in large to Daaaaaaarrrrrrrrreeens!!!! birthday bowling bash. This left 5 hopefuls all using their 200% Jokers guaranteeing themselves a minimum of 12points!! Also with so few players the blinds could afford to be slow and good play would be the order of the day. Hence I (Ready) was first out!!!!

Heads up saw Nigel take on debutant John Gower both looking to cash in on maximum points. John took the chip lead into the clash and never relinquished it.

Lets hope for a fuller turn out next time on,
SATURDAY 18TH APRIL

Points standings are as follows:-

POT BLACK SERIES OF POKER HEAT 2

2009-03-10T13:20:00.001-07:00

The second heat of the Pot Black Series of Poker saw an excellent match draw to a close with 3 players remaining. Massive chip leader Max with approx 10000 in chips followed by Wally and Ricky with only 1000 chips a piece. With the blinds at 400 and 800 Wally and Ricky only had one option.... automatic all-ins. Ricky not having played a tourno for well over 18months was still able to leave up to his name... Golden Balls. Having to push All-in firstly he found Ace-King and hit a FLUSH! to stay-in then next up found ACES!!! to knock poor Wally out. Ricky's golden streak continued, enabling him to keep doubling up to eventually overcome Max's chip lead and become the second heat winner.

Points standings are as follows:-

POT BLACK SERIES OF POKER HEAT 1

2009-01-25T11:54:00.000-08:00

The first Heat of this seasons Pot Black Series of Poker saw a uncharacteristically small attendance due in large to a big due at the Oddfellas for Rene's Kevill's 60th. So with a few regulars missing it gave the new breed a chance... NOT to be as last years overall winner and runner/up swapped places to see Aaron 'Never lost an All-In' Cooper pip Ash 'becomming almost as fortunate as Aaron' Moore to topspot. Due to the small field all players decided to use one of their two Jokers to gain maximum points. This means theres alot of catching up for the rest of us to do!!!

Points Standings are as Follows

POT BLACK SERIES OF POKER 2009

2009-01-07T07:43:00.001-08:00

Here it is, the one you've been waiting for..... for all of 3 weeks! Pot Black Series of poker 2009 edition. A few amendments to the rules so be sure to read carefully.

RULES

This time there will be 12 nights run over the year all leading to a grand final table at Christmas with last years total prize fund being in excess of £1500!!!

Each individual poker night will have a cash payout for the winner and runner-up. The winner is not guaranteed a seat at the final table. instead to benefit our regular players only points accumulated through the year will count towards qualifying for the grand final.

Each night will be limited to 16 players each paying a £15 entry fee.

The entry £15 will be broken down so that £10 will go into the pot for that night to be won by the winner and r/up and the other £5 will go into the grand final pot. Also for your £15 you will be guaranteed one buy-in (if indeed you need one!) for all you fish out there, one more buy-in can be bought for an additional £5, again contributing to the overall prize fund.

A points system will be in place so that 6-highest points scorers will qualify for the grand final table. The next 6-highest points scorers will have their own ‘wild card night’ whereby each player will start with 300chips plus 50chips for each point accumulated during the main season. these six players will play down to 2 wild card entries for the grand final on that night!

This year to mix things up a bit and to help players that may have to miss some nights due to work commitments, parties etc, there will be a few adjustments to last years rules.

Firstly only your top 9 or fewer points results out of all 12 events will count.

Secondly we will be having 2 Joker nights, whereby prior to any event you can either use a 200% Joker or a 150% Joker. Any points acrued on either of these nights will either be doubled or multiplied by 150% depending upon what Joker is used. meaning you could possibly win 20 points on any one night so you are never out of the running!!!!

So it’s worth playing as often as you can to give yourself the best chance of qualifying!!!
look out for the first tournament going up on the board soon!!!!!! (24th Jan)

May the bad beats begin!!!!

FUN POKER NIGHT

2008-09-09T09:12:00.000-07:00

Last Saturday 6th Sept, we decided to change the format and add a bit of fun & drink into our format! It became obvious that the players who were getting to the final stages of some tournaments seemed to be the 'soberest' ones! So I thought, why not make it more even and start to give chips for empty glasses! Great for the bar takings and great for the ones who enjoy a bevy when playing Texas Hold-em.

SO THE RULES WERE :- 1000 chips for a £10, 2 further buy-ins of 600 chips for £5 until 9.30pm. PLUS 200 chips for every EMPTY pint downed, 100 for a short and 100 for a bottle (Bud,etc) until 10.30pm.

You'll never believe it but we had a waiting list for seats and the night can only be described as HECTIC! I wish I could have collected 10 chips for every time I heard my name called (for another empty glass) as I would have been chip leader easily!! £225 was shared between the 4 winners in the reverse order of ME, Gareth, (all-in) Aaron & the first inaugural winner was Jordon!!! Well done mate, next events

Saturday 4th October & Saturday 25th October

POKER ROLLING TABLE

2008-02-21T07:37:00.000-08:00

ALL NEW FORMAT FOR YOUR SATURDAY NIGHT POKER @ THE POT BLACK!!!!
ONE POKER TABLE WITH A MAXIMUM OF 10 PLAYERS, IF YOU LOSE YOUR CHIPS YOU CAN BUY-IN OR GET UP AND LET SOMEONE ELSE HAVE A GO!!!
READ THE RULES CAREFULLY TO AVOID ARGUMENTS!!!!

RULES

1) GAME STARTS PROMPTLY AT 8PM!
2) IF YOU MISS THE START YOUR BLINDS WILL GO IN!!!
3) £10 FOR AN INITIAL 1000 CHIPS
4) BUY-INS ARE £5 FOR 500 CHIPS AND CAN BE OBTAINED ONCE YOUR EITHER OUT OF CHIPS OR UNDER 250 IN CHIPS.
5) BEFORE 9.30PM BUY-IN CHIPS COME OUT OF CHIP BOX
6) AFTER 9.30PM BUY-IN CHIPS COME OFF THE CHIP LEADER
- IN THE EVENT OF TWO PLAYERS HAVING EQUAL CHIPS (WITHIN 250 OF EACH OTHER) THEY SHARE THE BUY-IN
7) IF THERE ARE MORE THAN TEN PLAYERS A QUEUEING SYSTEM STARTS WHEREBY THEY HAVE TO WAIT FOR A SEAT TO BECOME FREE TO PLAY
8) ONCE A SEAT BECOMES VACCANT NEW PLAYERS COMING TO THE TABLE MUST PAY £10 FOR THEIR 1000 CHIPS, THEN PREVIOUS RULES APPLY
9) CASHING YOUR CHIPS IN CAN ONLY BE DONE AFTER 9.30PM, THEN AFTER THIS YOU WILL RECEIVE THE ROUNDED DOWN VALUE OF CHIPS IN EQUIVALENT POUNDS i.e. 1225 = £12 & 2375 = £23
10) BLINDS WILL STAY CONSTANT ALL NIGHT @ 25-50
11) AT 10.55PM THERE WILL BE A SHOUT OF ‘THREE HANDS’ AT THIS POINT LIKE STATED THREE MORE HANDS WILL BE PLAYED AND AFTERWARDS THE NIGHT IS OVER!!!

POT BLACK SERIES OF POKER

2008-02-21T04:04:00.000-08:00

Pot Black Series of Poker is run monthly over the Year ending in a final table held Xmas time for mega bucks!! Each qualifier has cash prizes for the Winner and Runner-Up. A points system is in place so that over the course of the year 6 budding poker players qualify for the Xmas Final table and 6 players qualify for a Play-Off table (to find two more players for the final table)

IMPORTANT NOTE
PLAY-OFF TABLE WILL BE ON 27TH DECEMBER STARTING @ 6PM PROMPT

FINAL TABLE WILL BE ON 27TH DECEMEBER STARTING APPROX @8.30PM

CHECK NOTICE BOARD FOR THE RULES OF FINALS NIGHT!!!!

After Heat 12 (final Heat) of the Pot Black Series of Poker the money going forward to the final table is already an AMAZING £1500 and here are our qualifiers with points and chip standings for the Final Table and Play Off table:-

1) FINAL TABLE - J.RUSSELL 66pts - 3600 CHIPS
2) FINAL TABLE - SAM 65pts - 3550 CHIPS
3) FINAL TABLE - C.READ 61pts - 3350 CHIPS
4) FINAL TABLE - NIGEL 59pts - 3250 CHIPS
5) FINAL TABLE - AARON 53pts - 2950 CHIPS
6) FINAL TABLE - MAX 53pts - 2950 CHIPS

7) PLAY-OFF - I.KINNEAR 52pts - 2900 CHIPS
8) PLAY-OFF - WALLY 52pts - 2900 CHIPS
9) PLAY-OFF - C.KINNEAR 50pts - 2800 CHIPS
10) PLAY-OFF - J.GOWER 47pts - 2650 CHIPS
11) PLAY-OFF - A.MOORE 45pts - 2550 CHIPS
12) PLAY-OFF - JORDAN 38pts - 2200 CHIPS

NOW SHUFFLE UP AND DEAL!!!!!!