Last nights post

I played at FT for 3 or 4 hrs last night. I made a meager profit. I played really tight and made very few moves at the pot. I seemed to be card dead most of the session barely staying ahead of the blinds and rake. Nothing of real interest to report. No tricky hands or anything.

On the tourney front - tonight is game 2 of the TPFLII. I have to work for game 3 and won't be able to play so it would be nice to place tonight. I will be happy just not to get knocked out again by the Hammer (72o).

Here's the rules, payouts, and schedule for the Talking Poker Forum League II.

RULES:
1) League consists of 20 events - all Poker Stars Private tourneys. The password for every tourney (unless stated otherwise) is: talkingpoker
2) Each event has a $10+$1 buy in and payouts based on the standard Poker Stars MTT payout schedule.
3) Each player also pays a League entry fee of $10 (payable to TalkingPoker via Poker Stars transfer prior to the first event the player plays in (not necessarily Event #1)).
4) The winner of each league event is awarded points based on their place in the event (see points distribution list below).
5) Overall point leaders at the end on the 20 league events will be awarded portions of the prize pool as described below.
6) TP is adding $100 to the League Prize Pool!!! And the winner also gets some TP.com loot, including a TP.com hat if they don't already have one. Pics can be found here.
7) pshabi is adding the $25 he won from this to the League Prize Pool too!!!

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LEAGUE PAYOUTS:
Based on overall points total from each's players best 10 finishes:

1st - 40% - $xx
2nd - 30% - $xx
3rd - 20% - $xx
4th - 10% - $xx

POINTS DISTRIBUTION FOR INDIVIDUAL EVENTS
--Only your best 10 events (top 10 point totals) count toward your overall points total
--Number of points in play per event will be {Number of Players x 10}
--Number of players receiving points in each event will be determinted as follows:

3-5 players
1st - 75%
2nd - 25%

6-9 Players
1st - 50%
2nd - 30%
3rd - 20%

10-12 Players
1st - 50%
2nd - 25%
3rd - 15%
4th - 10%

13-15 Players
1st - 45%
2nd - 25%
3rd - 15%
4th - 10%
5th - 5%

16-18 Players
1st - 40%
2nd - 25%
3rd - 15%
4th - 10%
5th - 6%
6th - 4%

19+ Players
1st - 35%
2nd - 25%
3rd - 15%
4th - 10%
5th - 6%
6th - 4%
7th - 3%
8th - 2%


SCHEDULE:
Event #1 - Tuesday, 5/2/06
Event #2 - Saturday, 5/6/06
Event #3 - Wednesday, 5/10/06
Event #4 - Sunday, 5/14/06
Event #5 - Thursday, 5/18/06
Event #6 - Sunday, 5/21/06
Event #7 - Wednesday, 5/24/06
Event #8 - Saturday, 5/27/06
Event #9 - Tuesday, 5/30/06
Event #10 - Sunday, 6/4/06
Event #11 - Wednesday, 6/7/06
Event #12 - Saturday, 6/10/06
Event #13 - Thursday, 6/15/06
Event #14 - Sunday, 6/18/06
Event #15 - Wednesday, 6/21/06
Event #16 - Saturday, 6/24/06
Event #17 - Tuesday, 6/27/06
Event #18 - Sunday, 7/2/06
Event #19 - Wednesday, 7/5/06
Event #20 - Saturday, 7/8/06

All games @ 9:30 PM ET