BREAKING NEWS - FullTilt update adds Tournament Deals, Filtering, Biggest Bonus Ever and more!

FullTilt announced (see press release here) that their latest software update includes major changes and improvements.

If you've been a FullTilt player and had an Full Tilt Point prior to July 28 you'll be eligible to try for some available bonus money - click on your cashier icon and promotions to learn more.

But, all players will now see filtering options, lobby display options and, what we're most excited about - a Tournament Deal option once the final table is reached in tournaments. This could be really fun....and the all the new options and filtering look great.

Good job FullTilt.

Best Damn ME Players in the 2000s - Redux

Okay, we have our November Nine all set and know how everyone else finished in this year's WSOP Main Event. We thought it appropriate to quickly revisit our list of the best ME players in this decade and make any necessary adjustments. The original series of posts can be found here ,(part III, but links to II and I listed in this post), and here ,(final part).

Some revisions are needed - not least of all due to our #7 player - Phil Ivey - now a member of the November 9. But, many other players used 2009 to improve their stock and claim as a top WSOP ME player in the 2000s.

Swede Niklas Flisberg used his 357th place showing this year to stand as his third cash in the 2000s going along with his 65th in 2005 and 25th place showings in 2006. It's not enough to break the Top 10, but nice. Chris "Jesus" Ferguson nabs his third cash this decade, but 561st isn't yet enough. Perhaps most controversial will be the non-inclusion of Peter Eastgate. The 2008 winner finished in 78th this year, but we pick one of his final table mates from last year over Eastgate for the top 10.

Moving off our list are Daniel Alaei and Allen Cunningham. They were 10th and 9th respectively and failing to cash this year dropped them both down.

Dropping from 8th to 10th is Scotty Nguyen. Still a formidable force.

Breaking in at 9th is 2008's 3rd Place finisher - Dennis Phillips. Dennis followed up that run with a 45th place finish this year. We think 3rd, 45th, and an American baseball fan beats out the 1st, 78th finishes and freaky-deaky Danish accent of Eastgate.

Australian and 2005 ME winner Joe Hachem scores a 103rd place finish this year, his third cash. That's enough to put him on our list, with a bullet, in 8th.

Greg Raymer drops a spot to 7th.

Lee Watkinson drops two spots to 6th as does our lowest-seeded 4-time casher Julian Garnder who now comes in at 5th. None of these three cashed this year.

We move Phil Ivey up 3 spots to number 4 - regardless of how he finishes in November. Though we're behind him all the way.

We move the Poker Brat - Phil Hellmuth up two spots to number 3. Hellmuth cashed this year coming in at 436th. It's not a fantastic finish, but we think it's just enough to keep Phil H. ahead of Phil I.

Finally, in anti-climatic fashion Dan Harrington and Mike Matusow remain number 2 and 1 respectively. Harrington may have dropped to number 4, but like Hellmuth, Harrington's 252nd place finish/cash this year is just enough to keep him in second. And, "The Mouth" failed to cash, but for this year he didn't need to do so to stay at the top of our list.

Let us know your thoughts - we'd love to hear from you.

Matson Wins Back to Back CPL Weeks Along With Third Victory During CPL Week 9

Jeff "Matusow" Matson scored his second win in a row during CPL Wine Night in Week 9 against a field of 12 CPL members! Back to back victories has not been seen in the CPL since the Summer of 2008 by Nemesis.

For Jeff, this is also his third win of the CPL 2009 Summer Session, which puts him in company with only 3 other CPL members who have accomplished 3 wins in one session.

And in a feat not seen before in CPL history, Jeff "Matusow" Matson is the first member to score 3 wins in a session more than once.

Congrats Jeff on a record setting victory!

Matusow is definately playing well these days! Last weeks performance was very Jeff-like...picking his spots and being aggressive. Getting down in chips and making his move as the final table was set. There was a moment where there were 9 members remaining and Matusow was short stacked and went all in. It is this 'live or die' type of play that continues to make Jeff one of the most dangerous players in the CPL.

However, it was not a walk in the park for Jeff "Matusow" Matson this week once he survived his early final table all in....chips were flying around the table like crazy as many members were working towards the points in preparation for the upcoming TOC. Wanda "Wicked1" Bublitz was in a mood to not only take out players...she wanted to take out two players at a time...and she completed this task twice during the evening. This provided her a major stack that the remaining players had to contend with. Wicked1 finished a very respectable 3rd, which gives Wanda a first, second, and third place finish in the last 3 CPL weeks she has played in. Heads up would be Malinda "Nemesis" Cardenas (yes, she took Verbal out of the match again this week) versus Matusow. This was going to be an interesting heads up as Jeff's general aggressive play was up against Malinda's equally aggressive heads up play....in addition it was getting late...and did I mention it was Wine night! As expected, the heads up did not take long and Malinda shoved her chips in with a flush draw which did not pan out. A great finish for Malinda and a great win for Matusow!

CPL Honorable Mention goes to Bill "Comeback Kid" Lanoux for clinching yet another seat at the TOC!

CPL Leaderboard Week 9

Points Awarded During CPL Week 9

CPL Monday Madness - July 27 - Tribute to Farming?

It's agricultural night at the CPL tonight. Our CPL/WSPL Monday Madness game will be:

HOE

Password: CPL

See you all there - 8:30 pm central

CPL Podcast Phone Lines Open Today At Noon Central!

The CPL directors will be recording the ever popular CPL Podcast this afternoon!

The NEW CPL phone line will be open for you to call into today from Noon to 2pm central today.

Call in and become a part of the CPL Podcast!

CPL Podcast Conference Line (712-432-0080 ID 474548)

--
CPL Director's Mark Cardenas and Phil Fuehrer
Follow us on Twitter: CPLPokerPodcast
Check out our Blog at cplpoker.blogspot.com
Listen to our Podcast on ITunes: CPLDirectors Podcast

McDonalds is Soylent Green

This news is making it's way around http://tinyurl.com/mm7y8t

You might want to go to BK for a while - maybe.

And, for those who don't know what Soylent Green is:



Now you know, Hatcher!!

Monday Madness at Running Aces - By Blind Me Down

So after debating all day about going out to Running Aces to play in
the $120 buy in tournament that started at 6:30, I decided to play
some free poker over at Rush Creek and then head off to Running Aces
to play in their Midnight Madness game. This way I was getting in a
free warm up live game and still playing in a cash tournament but for
half the price.

It's a $50 + 10 + 5 tournament and you start with 5000 chips. The
blinds go up every 20 minutes and there is a break after every 4th
round. A pretty good structure and the same as the $120 game except
there you get 8000 chips. The extra chips would have been helpful but
for a game that starts at 11:30 at night it would've gone way too long.

A couple complaints: First, we start off 11 handed. Not my favorite
way to play. Second, after 5 minutes at my table I was moved to a new
table that was just opening up and they had yet to get it ready for
the game. The cards hadn't been removed from the case, which means
they needed to by counted and shuffled. Then there was a mix up as to
who was sitting where because of the 11 handed and not immediately
seating a full table. Though I didn't think it was rocket science. So
with all that I missed 4 minutes of the first round. I think its a
pretty important 4 minutes and I think Running Aces could have done a
better job so that we didn't really miss a beat.

At first break we end up having 70 entries in. I did notice a rebuy
or two happen after that so it is likely we ended up with a few more
but I'm not sure how many. I was doing pretty well up until the last
hand before the first break where I picked up A K suited, raised it
up 4x, got 4 callers and hit my ace on a 2 J Q A board on the turn.
After getting raised all in on the turn I was able to get away from
this hand, though for some reason a person with Q 6 could not and
called. The raiser has pocket 2's for a set and takes down the pot.
This left me in bad shape going into the break.

Playing well and doubling up puts me at the final two tables with 16
left and I pick up 10 10 in 4th position. UTG limps in and I decide
this is a good spot to try and steal the blinds and limper so I push
all in. The UTG thinks for a while after its folded around to him. He
finally calls off a third of his stack with K Q and says, lets
gamble. K comes on the flop and my tournament ends in 16th place. It
paid out to the top 10, so not too bad a finish, but not good enough.

All in all I would certainly play in this game again. It runs every
Monday and they add $500 to the pot to sweeten the deal. A late game,
so make sure you don't have anything important to do first thing
Tuesday morning.

-Blind Me Down

New CPL Voice Mail and Podcast Lines!

The CPL is excited to announce two new services that are now available to all CPL Members and Fans

1) CPL Voice Mail Box (641-715-3900 Ext 53523)

With the new CPL Voice Mail Box, you can leave messages for the CPL directors on any subject 24/7!  Gotta comment on the CPL Podcast? Want to vent about the CPL Week? Breaking poker news you want to share? Do you have an update on your poker happenings?  Leave it all on the CPL Voice Mail Box! 

2) CPL Podcast Conference Line (712-432-0080 ID 474548)

The CPL Podcast will be utilizing a conference line for CPL members and fans to call into during the recording of the CPL Podcast so that they can be part of the action!  Times and details of when the CPL Lines will be open will be listed on the CPL Blog!

I hope you all enjoy the new CPL "value added" services!

--
CPL Director's Mark Cardenas and Phil Fuehrer
Follow us on Twitter: CPLPokerPodcast
Check out our Blog at cplpoker.blogspot.com
Listen to our Podcast on ITunes: CPLDirectors Podcast

Full Tilt World Record Tournament Sunday 2:05pm central 7-19-09

Join the CPL in this World Record attempt for the largest poker tournament ever!

Where: Full Tilt

When: Sunday 7-19-09 2:05pm Central

How Much: Buy in $5

Already 37000+ signed up so join today!

--
CPL Director's Mark Cardenas and Phil Fuehrer
Follow us on Twitter: CPLPokerPodcast
Check out our Blog at cplpoker.blogspot.com
Listen to our Podcast on ITunes: CPLDirectors Podcast

Matson Wins During CPL Week 8!

We are going to call this the CPL Summer of Suck Outs....as the suck outs were rampant again and again on Wednesday!

In the end, one was left standing and that one was Jeff "Matusow" Matson who amassed a Jamie Gold stack in the middle of the match and just wouldn't let it go!

Congrats to Jeff for a great win that guarantees him a seat at this sessions coveted CPL Tournament of Champions!

In heads up play (and the top 3 for the second week in a row) was Steve "The Chaser" Bennewitz. The Chaser was looking to put the Big Hurt on Matusow in heads up play as he looked down at Pocket Aces and decided to slow play them as the board revealed Q-5-3-J-2. Matusow took the bait as he shoved his Gold Stack into the middle after the river card. Chaser showed his AA and Matusow flipped over the dreaded J-2 to make two pair and win the match which simply left The Chaser stunned. You gotta love Hold Em!

Congrats also to Nemesis, The Monster, and Black Widow for all making the points.

CPL Honorable Mention goes to NewLife and Verbal for securing a seat at this Sessions TOC!

CPL Quote of the Week:

"I'm building a wall....like Hadrian's Wall against the Scots."--Karaoke Phil as he stacked his chips.

Check out more about Hadrian's wall here....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadrians_Wall

CPL Leaderboard Week 8

CPL Points Awarded During Week 8

Site Numbers Update - Surprise Location in Fourth

Okay, it's been a while since we've posted our site numbers - first, we forgot/didn't get around to it, then they tanked a little for a couple of months. Anyway, we're back and the numbers have recovered. Here's our latest monthly map:
Some standard numbers as you can see - 363 visits from 61 cities and 19 countries is pretty much the norm. Notable, however, (and the real reason we wanted to post the stats again is that this is the first month where we have a non-Minnesota city in the top 4 !! We've had several different cities come in fifth place each month before, but the Pelotas region of Brazil comes in at #4 this month. Minneapolis, St. Paul and Hennepin County continue their top three dominance respectively. We should also note that for the last couple of months our old #4 stalwart - Circle Pines, MN has diminished a little (still a top 8 location though). This month's number 5 is Minnesota's own - Little Falls. We think it shows we're really beginning to diversify the readership and we're happy to have you all on board.

Let us know if there's something you'd like us to provide/do and we'll see what we can do for you. As a final aside - the first 6 months (Sept 16, 2008 to March 15, 2009) saw nearly 2200 visits from 255 cities and 38 countries.

Part Final - Best Damned WSOP Main Event Players in the 2000s, second best and number 1

We've reached the November 9 - the WSOP's Main Event Final Table. So, that take us to our final installment of the Best Damned WSOP ME players in the 2000s. Check out our other posts for more in depth info on the other qualifiers, but before we move on here's a quick review of our last post:

Fourth place - Moving from cash games to tournaments was a good move for Lee Watkinson,
Third place - Little-known Julian Garnder deserves greater recognition and lands in third on our list of the best.

We're almost to the top two, but let's recognize a couple of others who just failed to make our list of the Best Damned WSOP Main Event Players in the 2000s.

Robert Varkonyi may have won the event in 2002, but he's only had one other cash (2007) - sorry Vark.

Chris Moneymaker may be the man to make poker hugely popular but he only has his 2003 win to brag about when it comes to the ME. Sorry Chris - that's just enough.

And, now on to our top two:

2) Our second Best Damned WSOP Main Event Player in the 2000s is known for his action, or maybe lack thereof. "Action" Dan Harrington is the only player to have pulled off back-to-back final tables in the WSOP ME in the 2000s finishing 3rd in 2003 and 4th in 2004. Those results are good for 2nd on our list.

Now, time for THE Best Damned WSOP Main Event Player in the 2000s. Who could it be? ME winner Chris Ferguson? No.....someone a little louder.

1) Mike "The Mouth" Matusow. You can't deny that Mike Matusow knows deep stack/large field tournament play. He not only has 4 cashes in the Main Event in the 2000s, but the worst showing is an 87th place finish in 2004 (2576 runners that year). He followed that up by final tabling in 2005 and busting out in 30th last year. All of that makes Mike "The Mouth" Matusow - the Best Damned WSOP Main Event Player in the 2000s.

Let us know your thoughts.

NewLife Durand Takes CPL Week 7!

A short field of 9 for the CPL during Summer Week 7 did not stop Greg NewLife Durand from working hard and going for the top spot this week. Which he did in his usual NewLife style, hanging back early taking some shots, and then in the middle part of the match, pouring on the steam to take the chip lead, then holding it until the end. Congrats to Greg who is off to a great start during this CPL poker session making it into the CPL points 5 of the 7 weeks! This win vaults NewLife to second place on the CPL Leaderboard!

NewLife saw chips flying all around the table and wasn't sure who he was going to be heads up with....

Was it going to be Verbal Cardenas who could not lose an all in? No.

Was it going to be Comeback Kid who commanded a sizeable chip lead near the end? No.

Was it the Chaser who gathered chips from everywhere with a solid style of poker? No.

In the end it was Wicked1 Wanda Bublitz who found herself heads up for the second week in a row! Wicked1 took a bunch of chips from Karaoke as she hit a straight on the Turn and even more chips from Verbal as she chased her way to a flush to top Verbal's trip Queens! This was enough to launch her to the second place spot! Another great week for Wanda!

CPL Honorable Mention goes to Comeback Kid, who waited patiently for Verbal to be knocked out so that he could make it into the CPL points, but became frustrated after Verbal won 3 All In moments and would not call it a day. Comeback eventually shoved his chips in the middle himself and went out on the points bubble.

CPL Quote of the Week:

"HooRaa!!"--Blind Me Down Behr to The Chaser

CPL Leaderboard Adjusted (lowest 3 weeks removed)

Week 7 Points Awarded

CPL Monday Madness - and Podcast "Autoplay" feature disabled

It's Monday Madness tonight - tonight's game is HA - password: CPL

And, we've decided that it was a "bug" not a "feature" and have figured out how to disable the autoplay on the podcast.

The podcast will still be located to the left - as well as at gcast.com and garageband.com - but you'll need to click the play button to hear it.

Part III - Best Damned WSOP Main Event Players in the 2000s, spots 4th and 3rd

We're closing in on the Best Damned WSOP Main Event Player in the 2000s and this posting will give us positions 4 and 3 on the list. Previous posts can be found here (Part II) and here (Part I).

But, first, a quick review of our last post...

7) Phil "Jerome" Ivey - Three top 30 finishes in the 2000s and, widely regarded as today's best all around player - Ivey lands in 7th on our list as 2 of his three deep runs were in the smaller pre-2004 fields.

6) Greg Raymer - Unjustly regarded as "weak", Fossilman has proven himself in our reptilian shaded eyes to be the sixth best Main Event player in the 2000s.

5) Phil Hellmuth - Regarded in his own mind as the best poker player ever, we agree that he's a top five performer for this decade's ME.

Before we move on to positions 4 and 3 - here is another quick look at some additional players who just failed to make our list of Best Damned WSOP Main Event Players in the 2000s:

Hevad Khan - The Red Bull-fueled Khan made himself known in 2007 not only through his over-the-top (WAY over-the-top) antics, but also with a 6th place finish. He followed that up by cashing in 240th last year. Good results, just not yet enough to make our list.

Minh Nguyen - A two-time WSOP bracelet winner (Stud8 in 2003, and PL Hold 'em in 2004), he also pulled down a 24th place finish in 2002 following that up with an 11th place in 2003. We'd be pretty happy with the $120,000 taken in from those two ME finishes, but it's not enough to break the top ten.

Howard Lederer - The "Professor" took 19th in 2003 and 133rd in 2005. He's had plenty of other great WSOP finishes and a great career. But, for our criteria and this list, he doesn't quite make the grade.

Now, on to our list - coming in 4th place:

4) Lee Watkinson - Really a cash-game exclusively player, Lee decided to get dealt into tournament poker in 2004 - perhaps a product of the "Moneymaker Effect". It may have been the best decision he's ever made. Three progressively better cashes for Watkinson in the ME - all since the fields exploded (2004 and later) - including an 8th place final table in 2007 put him in 4th on our list.

and,

3) Julian Gardner - WHO??? Yeah, nobody seems to ever remember the guy that finishes second. Gardner did that in 2002 - in only his second Main Event (played in 2000, but not 2001). That made him (at the time) the youngest player ever (at 24) to win more than $1 million in a tournament. Since then, he cashed in 54th in 2003, 32nd in 2004 (making him the ONLY player to cash in three consecutive WSOP Main Events) and then 64th in 2007. Our darkhorse pick for 3rd, is the UK's Julian Gardner - deal with it.

One more post to go - who will be #1 and #2?? Let us know your thoughts on our 10th to 3rd place finishers, who you think is deserving of first and second or who we missed.

Part II - Best Damned WSOP Main Event Players in the 2000s, spots 7th, 6th and 5th

Day 2a of the WSOP ME has begun today - so that has to mean the second installment of our series: Best Damned WSOP Main Event Players in the 2000s. Our first post can be found here and covers positions 10th to 8th place in the top ten as well as the criteria being used. This post we'll count it down to 5th place.

To recap the top ten so far:

10) Daniel Alaei has little fashion sense, but he knows how to play the ME.
9) Allen Cunningham could be #1 based on a combination of intelligence and table presence, but his ME play puts him in 9th.
and,
8) Scotty Nguyen has a career full of great play. His play in the 2000s in the ME put in 8th place on our list.

Before we continue our countdown, here are a few more players who just missed making the list of Best Damned WSOP Main Event Players in the 2000s.....

Neil Channing - The CPL likes this UK player not only for 3 ME cashes in the 2000s, but because he's squarely a Gen Xer (actually a little older than we are) - meaning that there's still some hope for us. However, his best finish is 131st from 2007 which isn't enough to make the list.

Marcel Luske - Karaoke is partial to the singing Dutchman and Luske's two cashes - 14th in 2003 and 10th in 2004 are great, deep finishes, but not great or deep enough for us.

Joe Hachem - The man from down under took down the ME in 2005 and followed it up the next year with a 238th place finish. That's good, but not enough to pass the sugar.

And, now, on with our countdown of Best Damned WSOP Main Event Players in the 2000s.

Coming in at number 7...

7) Phil Ivey - "Jerome's" performances in the ME during the 2000s have seen him make the final three tables three times with his 10th place in 2003 as the high water mark. "Points" get subtracted, however, since two of those three cashes were in the pre-2004 (read less than 1000 player) time frame. It still puts him in 7th.

6) Greg Raymer - Widely regarded overall (and, we at the CPL think unjustly) as a weak player, Fossilman does seem to know how to play large-field poker. We've heard other commentators say that he simply has the ability to not make as many mistakes as others tend to do over long periods of time - we agree. And, Raymer, seems to have proven with his Main Event win in 2004 followed up with a 25th place finish in 2005. All good enough make our list.

5) Phil Hellmuth - You cannot keep this 11 time bracelet winner off any "best of" lists - the fact that all that jewelry is from various hold 'em events just magnifies his talent in this format. In the ME, Phil's three cashes including a 5th place run in 2001 and his deep 45th place finish last year ensure that he does, indeed, make our list of Best Damned WSOP Main Event Players in the 2000s.

That covers spots 7 through 5 of Best Damned WSOP Main Event Players in the 2000s
.

Look for more entrants in future posts and give us your thoughts on who should (or should not) be on the list.

Monday Madness Password for July 6

Tonight's Monday Madness Password is: CPL

Best Damned WSOP Main Event Players in 2000s - 10th to 8th

It wasn't until 2000 that the Main Event field in the WSOP broke 500 players. It was also during this decade that we broke 1000 players (the field actually jumped from 839 in 2003 to 2576 in 2004) and had our largest field ever - 8773 in 2006.

All of this got us thinking about who just is the "Best Damned WSOP Main Event Player" this decade. Here are the ground rules - 1) The time period for consideration is only from 2000 to 2008 (i.e. - only those 9 WSOP Main Events, and no WSOP Europe events) - what a player may have done in the 90s or earlier is irrelevant; 2) The player had to have at least 2 cashes during these Main Events and; 3) The player needed to have at least one "deep" run - deep is generally considered reaching the final three tables.

Our analysis shows that this yields us 18 players - but who is the "best"?? And now, on with the countdown.....but, first a few who failed to make the top 10...

John Strzemp - John doesn't quite meet our three criteria for consideration. He cashed twice this decade - in 2007 and 2008 but his finishes were 379th and 538th respectively. Those are solid finishes and his 2nd place finish to Stu Ungar in 1997 bring him close to making the top 10, but he just misses the list.

Jamie Gold - Yes, Jamie took down the largest field ever (8773 runners in 2006) and did it in bulldozer fashion, but it's his only Main Event cash and leaves him off of our list of Best Damned WSOP Main Event Players in the 2000s.

Josh Arieh - Arieh took home $2.5 million when placed 3rd in the 2004 ME. More impressively, perhaps, was that he eliminated the CPL's own Jeff "Mattusow" Matson the next year, 2005 - the man many considered to be the prohibitive favorite earlier in that tourney. Still, that just isn't enough to make the list.

So, who did make our list of the best ever. Coming in at number 10....

10) Daniel Alaei - We absolutely hate the way Daniel Alaei dresses, but you can't hate his Main Event performances this decade. With three cashes (59th in 2004, 140th in 2005 and 25th in 2007) he has shown himself to be a competitor for your a good piece of your $10,000 entry.

9) Allen Cunningham - If the combination of demeanor and intelligence was the criteria then Allen Cunningham may well rise to the top of the list. A force in 2001 when he finished 27th as both Mike Matusow and Phil Hellmuth final tabled, Allen then put in a 4th place finish in the 2006 ME (again, the largest field ever) and finished 117th last year. That is all enough to earn Allen the 9th place spot in our list.

8) Scotty Nguyen - Scotty has proven himself time and again in several different formats and venues. Okay, maybe we're a little influenced by his '98 ME win (just outside our decade under review) and his $50K HORSE win (even if he was drunk). Still, this decade in the ME he placed 18th in 2003. In 2007, he seemingly had all the chips as the ME moved into the final two tables only to oddly blow it all and finish 11th. He drops a spot or two because of it, but still makes eighth place.

Those are the 10th, 9th, and 8th place holders in our series of Best Damned WSOP Main Event Players in 2000s.

Look for more entrants in future posts and give us your thoughts on who should (or should not) be on the list.

Wanda Claims Victory During CPL Week 6!

The stars and moons all aligned for Wanda 'Wicked1' Bublitz during the CPL Week 6. It started off shaky for the eventual winner...and she had lost almost 2000 of her starting stack of 3000...then it began.....

Wicked1's AK vs Hollywoods AK....with a flush possiblity for Wicked1....and Wicked1 claims her first victim with the River bringing flush.

Then later on....a straight draw on the River to take down another big pot.

Then Quad 8's to take out Karaoke Phil....

By the time Blind Me Down was heads up with Wicked1 it was a complete mis-match as Wicked1 sported a Jamie Gold-esque chip stack....however Blind Me Down gave her a run for his chips and was probably one double up away from evening up the chip stacks and giving him the momentum. But it did not happen and Wicked1 claimed victory over the field of 11 during CPL Week 6.

We had to go deep into the CPL archives to find the last victory by Wicked1....all the way back to Week 2 of the 2007 Summer session. Congrats to Wanda for a crushing win!

CPL Honorable Mention goes to Hollywood for hosting during Week 6 and for going out in 11th place after getting crippled by holding the same hand as Wicked1!

CPL Leaderboard (Unadjusted)

CPL Points Awarded During Week 6

BREAKING NEWS - OPR and FullTilt reach agreement, most stats back up

This just in - Official Poker Rankings and FullTilt Poker have reached an agreement and most Fulltilt players' stats are back up for viewing.

The agreement requires that OPR not display results from Sit-n-goes that have fewer than 30 players.  Results from this play will also not show up in your statistics. 

OPR suggested that players either be allowed to voluntarily release their results in these tournaments or that the results only be made available to the players themselves, but FullTilt has, thus far, rejected those ideas.

In any event, YEAH - some stats are back up.  Taking out the "fewer than 30" SNGs gave me (Karaoke) mixed results - my overall stats for 2008 dropped from about the 94th percentile to the 86th, but my 2009 stats have me up by about 7% from where they were previously.

CPL Directors wish everyone: "Happy Independence Day"

Happy Birthday America!