I did mention that I'd be posting once a week or more. I guess I failed to mention said posting would kick off after the first of the year? So, on that note, Happy New Year!
I suspect the burning question in everyone's mind (at least the one or two peeps who drop in on the Poker Pub Poker Blog) is "BeerGuy, where the hell have you been?" Perhaps (no promises) I'll answer that... Keep reading.
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For starters, after UIGEA, the online business previously known as CheckRayz was all but dead in the water. The douchebags in congress took what was a nice home based business and drove it into the ground. That being said, I had to seek out opportunities outside the household. Unfortunately, said opportunities keep me out of the house for the majority of my time. The free time I do have (all be it miniscule) is earmarked for family.
That being said, I finally turned the lights off at the old CheckRayz site recently. The lights were left on for a while, but really... no one was home. CheckRayz does still exist, but no longer in it's online form. If anyone's ever in the neighborhood, feel free to give me a shout - I'll give ya directions to the Club. Here, the lights are on five days a week, tourneys run often and the NL game is quite juicy. I'm also starting a league to send one of my friends to the 2008 WSOP. I look forward to the challenges that this task presents.
I'm working to get back into soccer after my unprescidented tenth retirement. This may be my last comeback, however. The back is aching and I'm no longer feeling like the 21 yr old I've been for the last 13 or so years. The team, Beer FC, still exists, but it too has taken on a new form.
Additionally, I'm planning to go back to school for the fourth time, as well as take on a task of being a guest writer for a local online publication.
2008 is a rebuilding year for your's truly - evolving with the times as conditions dictate. I look forward to said evolution in the times to come. Here's to the new year. I wish everyone the best of fortunes, and may variance in life and on the table be on your side!
Mike
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2008/01/06
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Happy New Year's Update and stuff... |
2007/07/28
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CheckRayz Games to resume |
Starting in August, games for CheckRayz will be set to resume.
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2007/06/16
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CheckRayz Forum coming soon... |
In a few short days, We'll be opening the CheckRayz forum... It's been quite some time since I've posted on a forum of any sort. After the "falling out," I posted in a few different forums, but nothing seemed like "home."
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The new CheckRayz forum will serve as my new "home." Some of the best conversations and blog posts I've participated in have been started from forum posts. I can't wait to get the forum fired up...
I've been short on words lately, and I really can't explain why...
Coming soon... CheckRayz Forum!
Mike
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2007/05/30
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Appologies |
My appologies to the CheckRayz members for dropping the ball this week. Between intermittant internet connection, family "events", birthday week and other things, we did not get any games in this week.
We'll resume a full schedule next week (starting Friday this week) and all games will be posted on the Rayz site by this evening.
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2007/04/12
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3 games a week for CheckRayz |
Well, it looks like the motor on the CheckRayz website has begun turning once again. Every Wednesday and Thursday CheckRayz will be at Poker.com for the CheckRayz Leaderboard Tour at Poker.com.
Every Monday night, CheckRayz plays the CheckRayz League at Bugsy's Club. Additionally, there may be an occasional satellite freeroll poker tournament to gain entry to the CheckRayz League.
These games will go on throughout the entire third quarter, thus giving CheckRayz members at least three quality games per week.
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CheckRayz News - Keep up with all the CheckRayz Leaderboard Poker Tour happenings.
Each league will be independant of one another. Prizes for the league winners will be announced soon. The CheckRayz Leaderboard Tour will pay out a prize of at least $100 to the winner.
Passwords for both events can always be found on the CheckRayz Tournament Schedule and Passwords page. All members of CheckRayz are welcome to participate.
Additionally, the books at CheckRayz are currently open. Anyone wishing to register as a member can register at CheckRayz for free by clicking.
The leaderboard for the CheckRayz Leaderboard Poker Tour will be maintained on the CheckRayz site, while the BC League will be held on site at Bugsy's Club.
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2007/04/06
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CheckRayz Leaderboard Poker Tour Announced |
Well, I finally got "most" of the details worked out, but here's the scoop. We're doing a leaderboard poker tour with CheckRayz and here's how it works. The leaderboard points will be accumulated between April 1 - June 30 of 2007. The games will be announced and designated as official CheckRayz Leaderboard Poker Tour Events. Each event will assign points for the place you finish, so if you finish tenth out of ten, you'll receive one, ninth of ten - two, etc.
Additionally, you'll receive points for cashing. So, if you finish first place of ten, you receive ten points for your first place finish and then you'd also receive one point per dollar earned. So if first prize was $20, to keep it simple, you'll receive 20+10 or 30 points to the leaderboard.
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Additionally, the games will vary - not just NLHE. Event 1 and 2 have already been announced and will be at poker.com on 4/11 ($1+.1 R/A) and 4/12 ($1+.1 PLO8). Passwords are all on the CheckRayz website. I'll additionally get around to making a complete list of rules to post on the website.
The way this is going to work though, is that the top portion (top portion to be determined at a later date - not too much later though) of the leaderboard will compete for our grand prize, which will also be determined at a somewhat later date and will vary based on participation.
Mike
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2007/03/29
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ReelCrazy takes down CheckRayz Event |
ReelCrazy takes down the CheckRayz Sunday Guaranteed Satellite last week at poker.com. This continues his dominance on the poker.com site. My understanding is that he cashed in both the 50K freeroll and the Sunday Guaranteed. Way to go Steve!
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In other news, we'll be holding more games at poker.com really soon. More details to follow shortly.
Mike
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2007/03/26
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Poker.com and Omaha |
Passing time today, I decided to play in a PL Omaha tourney at poker.com. Which, have I mentioned how top notch not only the poker room is, but also the peeps behind poker.com - totally awesome.
While all of them are totally awesome, I'd like to send a special thanks to Liam. Liam stepped up and helped me out in a situation in which I did need help, but he was really under no obligation to assist. He went above and beyond the call of duty, and for that I'm eternally greatful! Thanks Liam!
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So, as I was saying, playin a lil pot limit omaha tourney today and it just so happens that the flop hit me hard, yet I still got action. 
Only a picture will do at this stage.
Speaking of Poker.com, CheckRayz are having themselves a satellite to the Sunday Guaranteed today at 9pm. Added to the prize pool is one seat to the Sunday Guaranteed. Great tourney, the Sunday Guaranteed is. Stop by if you get a second. The password is on the CheckRayz site, and of course you do have to be a member of CheckRayz to view the password.
Mike
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2007/03/11
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Poker.com moves to it's own timezone again |
Today's the big day when poker.com takes it's traditional move away from the Eastern Time Zone and goes into what's called Poker.com time. Perhaps more specifically, it could be argued that since Poker.com remains in the GMT-5 Time Zone, that it is always poker.com time, and the Eastern Time Zone simply leaves poker.com time, ousted in favor of the Central Time Zone, who is now GMT-5.
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Not to worry though, us confused Easterners have options... First, you can look at the lobby clock at poker.com, which is in fact prominantly located on the top right side of the lobby. Second, you could simply remember that poker.com is still GMT-5, and WE made the adjustment.
Third, you can have one of those more elaborate setups, such as found in the old fashioned major news rooms and have the times of major places in the world, such as New York, London, Paris, Moscow, Tokyo, Poker.com all have their own clocks on the wall.
No matter how you do it, just remember that Poker.com is still GMT-5, and the Eastern Time Zone is now GMT-4.
Speaking of Poker.com, CheckRayz are holding a private Free Entry Poker Tournament at Poker.com on 3/13/07, which is scheduled to start at 9pm Poker.com Time. The tournament is a free entry poker tournament, however, you do need a password to join the tournament. The password can be found by logging into the CheckRayz website and going to the tournament schedule page, where the CheckRayz Tournament Passwords are all located.
From there, download Poker.com if you've not yet done so (and of course register). You can click the link on the CheckRayz site to download the poker.com poker room. Once you've downloaded poker.com, go to the Private Tab in the lobby, then the satellite tab. You'll see the CheckRayz tournament, simply register by joining the tournament and typing the case sensitive password into the box when prompted.
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2007/02/16
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Wrap-up of the Aussie Millions and CheckRayz Stuff |
A bit ago, I wrote a wrap-up piece for the Aussie Millions and submitted it via email to the Poker.com staff. Unknown to me, it published in the Blogger Poker Tour Blog. So for anyone wishing to read the Aussie Millions Wrap-up I wrote, click away. Additionally, I've placed a copy of this writing on my new Poker Writer Poker Blog. This blog is a new project (one of several) I am working on, which you'll surely here more about in the upcoming days and months. Click to check out the Aussie Millions Wrap on the Poker Writer Blog.
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Now that I'm a few weeks removed from Oz, I've been reflecting a good deal on my experiences. Now that I know exactly what I am up against... I will be at other toruneys in the future in some capacity - whether it's covering them independantly, covering them for a poker room or news outlet, a player host for those unable to travel to certain venues, and/or as a player. Whichever way, I intend to be a presenece.
Moving on... CheckRayz has been on "vacation" for a bit (read: I've been busy and playing phone tag with poker room reps). Expect a schedule for both February and the beginning of March early next week.
Have a great weekend,
Mike
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2007/02/10
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Housekeeping items, cuz it's been a while... |
It's been a while since I've strung back to back to back posts here at the Poker Pub. Since I'm now doing so, I'll take the opportunity to get some housekeeping items out of the way.
First, I'm currently entertaining offers for the Freeroll Poker Blog of mine.
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Syndicated column
I'm playing around with the idea of providing an article of sorts once weekly to anyone who is interested. This can be for blogs, websites or whatever and will be poker related. Currently, all I am asking to use this article is to not change the content in any way, shape or form, which also mean the links. I will want credit for my work, as always.
I also will need to approve who is using this service, as I have copyrights to everything I do --- thus, I'll need to issue each user a seperate license. Again, please email me through the advertising link so that anyone interested can get set up.
Edit: I've acquired the blogs in which I shall run this syndicated writing service from.
I'm also looking to put together a reputable team poker blog for those who are interested.
For both, topics will be poker related, and anecdotal or news (i.e. - tournament coverage) - as opposed to advice and how-tos. Drop me a line via my advertising email for anyone who is interested in either project.
Have a great weekend everyone. Look for our CheckRayz league to start up again next week.
Mike
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2007/02/09
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CheckRayz news... |
Effective immediately, all CheckRayz news and updates will be issued via the new CheckRayz News website. This is set to be the way I communicate actual news related items with the members of CheckRayz...
Forum is still in work...
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Going forward, this blog here (the Poker Pub Poker Blog) will be focused moreso on poker, and personal in nature, while the CheckRayz news will focus on news specific to CheckRayz and CheckRayz tournaments.
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2007/02/06
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random stuff CheckRayz related... |
Let me preface this entry by saying "holy shit is it cold"... I do not function well in the extreme cold weather. Even when I am mummified in blankets indoors, furnace cranking; the fact that I know it's less than zero outside really messes with me. I become less productive, explore new and innovative ways to hybernate, and dream of being among the smarter species on this planet who fly south for the winter...
That being said, the brain is frozen... I did manage to write that piece, which "should" find it's way up on the poker.com poker blog and the BPT Blog very soon. Did I mention that it is the middle of summer in the land of the poker.com poker blog?
I think we can all see this post is pretty much a post of nothingness... Keep reading, there is some slight context to nothingness below... I promise!
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1. Bugsy's Club will be continuing with our CheckRayz League... I'd expect that we will not be going 5 days a week. 1-2 days a week is more realistic... Also expect this league to run it's course over the next two months or something...
2. Something will be announced regarding the CheckRayz Championships from second half 2006 shortly... I can promise it will be a great tourney and feature the best of the best... But as of present, I cannot promise where, when or for how much. I'm negotiating with a few different poker rooms presently, so hang in there.
3. The big buzz is about the CheckRayz forum... All I can say there is that it's still "coming soon." We (lil bro) has to do some programming work on his end for things to work the way they should.
4. Everyone who is a member of CheckRayz is going to be receiving shortly a new "opt in" request for newsletters. I'm working to both be in total compliance with all laws, AND changing mailers, so when you receive it, please opt in as appropriate.
5. More to come...
Mike
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2007/01/09
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CheckRayz tourneys at Poker4ever |
It seems that Poker4ever is going through some changes as far as who my affiliate manager is there. Anyway, the tourneys on the calendar for us at poker4ever are going to be postponed. There's not enough time for me to submit my tourney request and also ensure the tourneys are set up correctly between now and Aussie. We'll just wait until I return to have the tournaments at poker4ever.
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2007/01/08
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More preparing and thoughts... |
To turn 21 again... I just love it when the googlebots or some random soul comes wandering into the Poker Pub via some off the wall search query that I had not necessarily intended or thought of... The search term was "thoughts on turning 21," which of course... I check my stats somewhat regularly, I had to go figure out where I was ranked and then re-read the story, because I just have to know these things...
***long winded rambling coming on, which is probably not poker related...
I'm glad I did too, because for one, I am kinda disappointed insulted that some person's account of turning 30, and turning 50 are ranked above my ranting on how it feels turning 21 again.
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G-Bomb mission aside, I am glad that someone stumbled upon that story, because it reminded me of a few things... Most importantly, it helped me put this upcoming Australia trip into perspective. No, I did not need to be refocused or adjusted on living up to my screenname either... And surely not motivated to properly carry on the tradition of the Beer Football Club, who does in fact have a championship game tonight, defending their crown vs the Coach's team tonight. A win makes us 5 time champions. Since the formation of Beer F.C., and taking the squad to the A-League, this will be our franchise's tenth indoor season. Of those ten seasons, we have captured the FFSP Indoor A League Championship of Soccer 4 times. Not including tonight, we've played in five championship matches. Tonight makes six championships in ten seasons. We have failed to make the playoffs twice. Two times we've been ousted in the opening round of the playoffs. Not too terribly bad, considering the level of competition.
OK, I've plugged my soccer team, though I've not updated the website there in ages... and yes, it's an eyesore. I've g-bombed my 21 post and my soccer site. So, now back to my original point...
*** I told you, mindless rambling...
The turning 21 post put Australia into perspective. In reading that blog entry, it called to mind, that I am not a writer, I'm a story-teller... By writer, I mean schooled, by the book, journalistic type of writer. I am much more effective providing first hand anecdotes from my personal point of view than I am playing the formal who, what, where, when, why, how "type of game."
Now granted, I typically get all of the information in what I am writing, it's just not formally structured as such and is typically far more animated than a more formal piece. My point is, my strength is my story telling... and I am glad I was reminded of that today... because I turn 21 every year.
I may not get another post in between now and the landing (as I set up to drop the hammer on an unsuspecting table on pokerstars --- had to fire the second in order to make that happen). For some reason, my claims that I'd be neither posting nor playing much have not really worked out... I think I've played more poker this weekend than I have in the last month or so combined.
Speaking of poker, does CheckRayz have a poker game tonight? Nope, it's tomorrow... We have two on the agenda... A $50 freeroll for anyone who had played in the $5+.50 $100 overlay at Kiwi Poker, and the $50 CheckRayz Player's Club Freeroll, which is an "all play"... well, by all, I mean all who are in the CheckRayz Player's Club. In fact, a complete listing of Freeroll and money added poker tournaments with overlays are available, passwords and all, on the CheckRayz site. I had to get them in before Aussie.
Speaking of Aussie, poker, and beer... I need to get moving...
Have a great day everyone... See you from the Crown in a few days!
Mike
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2007/01/04
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BeerGuy's Agenda between now and Wednesday |
It's gettin real close... Under 1 week until I am on the plane leaving Pittsburgh, stopping in LA and then straight to Melbourne for the Aussie Millions. There's seemingly so much to do and such little time to do it... I'm really not complaining though - not at all, as a matter of fact. I am very much looking forward to this opportunity of mine and plan to make the best of it.
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Between now and then, I have lots to do... I expect that I'll be playing very little poker between now and Sunday, as I'll be spending quality time with the twins. We plan to watch some football and play our hearts out. This trip will mark the longest amount of time I've ever been away from them. The longest I've been apart from them prior is when they go to their mother's house (we have shared custody of the twins). So, this will be an experience - being away from them for over ten days.
On the work front, I have tourneys to enter into the server, as we have lots of freeroll poker tourneys and money-added buy-ins with some sweet overlays on the horizon while I am away... And additionally, the CheckRayz League at Bugsy's Club... All this stuff to tend to and such little time.
Additionally, I have to pack, test drive and surely update the laptop (I am borrowing one, as I am not generally a fan of laptops).
I imagine I will make another blog entry or two, but no promises...
So, until then, head over to CheckRayz to check out the tourney schedule, subscribe to receive the Poker Pub in your email... and thanks for supporting!
Mike
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2007/01/03
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Better Yet... |
Better yet, here's the CheckRayz plan for Jan.
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Not sure, but I think that's a CheckRayz record for free or added money and definitely for number of events in a month.
Mike
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2007/01/02
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Quick CheckRayz Update |
I'm counting down until I head to Australia to cover the Aussie Millions. That, however, does not mean that CheckRayz won't have some freeroll poker tourney and sweet overlays in our buyin poker tournaments while this is all going down.
We're going to resume CheckRayz league play at Bugsy's Club. Rumour has it that we're going to have Wednesday-Friday league play starting this Friday. $2+.20 is the rumoured buy-in...
Additionally, there is going to be some more action at poker4ever, two freeroll poker tourneys, as a matter of fact! And also a BeerGuy in Aussie Tourney of some sort at poker.com. 2007 is the year CheckRayz goes big! Keep reading, there's more...
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Also, look for a freeroll and a nice overlay buy-in at the3dpoker for all members to enjoy.
Additionally, we'll be kicking off our CheckRayz International Poker Tour with a $100 overlay at Kiwi Poker and an additional freeroll for those who have participated in the buy-in. These tournaments are already open for registration and have a special afternoon start time!
Also, keep your eyes open for news on the CheckRayz Leaderboard Shootout and the CheckRayz Player of the Year Challenge. As I said, 2007, CheckRayz goes big!
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2006/12/27
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More on CheckRayz in 2007... |
Yesterday, I started discussing what one can expect from CheckRayz in 2007. Today, after digesting some of that talk, I'd like to continue discussing what I have planned for CheckRayz next year...
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Freerolls
I do plan to offer Freerolls on a regular basis. In fact, it is safe to assume that I will be increasing the number of freerolls we have in 2007 up from 2006. Most of my freerolls, however, will be in the form of either CheckRayz satellite freerolls (a way to win a seat into our buyin events), satellite freerolls into larger events (10K or 20K guaranteed tournaments, wsop qualifiers, etc), or promotional freerolls (deposit and play x number of hands to be eligable).
This is not to say that I won't, on occasion, hold a straight up, no strings attached freeroll poker tournament. However, tourneys of that nature will be the exception... not the rule. Surely, there will be one or two rooms that will be strictly freeroll rooms. Additionally, I will not abandon the "introductory freeroll" concept I started in 2006, where we introduce a new poker room via a private, no strings attached freeroll poker tourney.
Rakeback
Starting in 2007 I will begin offering rakeback to our members... Just a wild guess here, but I believe that I will begin offering it with the International Group (non-US players), as there's one room we are with that I know of who is set up to make rakeback easier. I will work quickly to get the US Players of CheckRayz onboard with this as soon as possible as well... It's a matter of negotiating a favorable rake, ensuring this occurs automatically (I do not wish to play middleman for $$$), and also ensuring that the room I select is not going to go away/dry up anytime soon.
Forum
Beginning in early 2007, we will be adding our own poker forum to the CheckRayz site. This forum "can" be for talking poker and what not, but will typically be an additional means for me to support questions our players have, and an additional means for me to get news to our membership. I DO NOT envision having a "forum freeroll" EVER... That idea is just straight up gay if you ask me, especially when we're not a "forum" per se. This will also be a good place to hang out and talk, share strategy, exchange ideas, etc.
Changes to the Leaderboard
I think I want to change the leaderboard scoring. I'm not yet 100% certain how I want to adjust this, but size (of the tournament field) will matter. What I mean by this is that winning a 20 person tournament will be weighted heavier than winning a 15 person tourney. I do not yet have plans to award leaderboard points to satellite freerolls, but I reserve the right to change my mind at a later date, which will be announced in advance should I choose to do so. In fact, IF I award Leaderboard Points for freerolls, most likely their will be a seperate freeroll tour of sorts started.
Lots of change to digest there... I plan to make a huge splash in 2007 with CheckRayz... Stay tuned and keep supporting!
Mike
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2006/12/26
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More 2007 CheckRayz Poker Talk |
1 holiday down, another to go... and then Aussie here I come! Now that the excitement has settled in a bit, and the rush of Christmas is behind me, I want to talk a bit about the CheckRayz Poker Tour in the year 2007.
For starters, I have indicated that we're continuing the overall CheckRayz Leaderboard Poker Tour. There will be some key additions to the Tour, which we'll discuss below.
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First of all, perhaps the most noticable of all the changes, is that there will be two distinctly seperate CheckRayz Leaderboard Poker Tours. We'll have the main CheckRayz Poker Tour --- which all players will be eligable to participate in.
We will additionally have a CheckRayz International Poker Tour. This tour will be for our non-US players. The International Tour games will take place at the poker rooms that no longer accept US Players, but CheckRayz has maintained a relationship with. Rooms such as Kiwi Poker and Noble Poker will be the home of these poker tournaments. Additionally, these games will take place during times better suited to our international marketplace.
Our first CheckRayz International games will take place January 8th at 3pm EST at Kiwi Poker and will be a $5+.50, $100 added buy-in. We'll follow that up on January 9th at 3pm for a $50 freeroll for those who participated in the buy-in. The International Group will have their own leaderboard, eventually - and will help contribute to the overall growth of the CheckRayz Network.
As for the main CheckRayz tour... all will be welcome to participate. We will be using rooms that all players have access to. Our Bugsy's Club League will continue under the main tour and be a league within a league.
I'll talk more about this as the days progress. Have a good 1!
Mike
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