Vermont Poker League

Location Winner

Rob Bidgood has been leading Jilly’s in points for most of the season. Along with winning Jilly’s last season he also finished 4th in last season’s Tournament of Champions. Sue Bogash and Brent Foster are 103 and 104 points behind as we enter the final week and are within striking distance.

Advancement Bubble

Kristen Bassett has the last qualifying place right now, but missing week 5 has given Chuck Wanner a chance to catch her if he completes his perfect attendance so far. Joseph Bellows needs a good week this Sunday but is in contention to move up.

One week left! Check back during the next week for previews and analysis of each location’s events. Now on to this week’s winners.

Jilly’s – Jayme Leonard
Clear River Tavern – Mike Mulqueen
Hilltop Tavern – Dave Radaker
Christopher’s – Luigi Valente Jr.
The Killarney – Ed Miele
Moguls – PJ Ewanos
Lakehouse – John Nartowicz

The Tournament of Champions for the current Holiday Season 2007 will be on Saturday, January 5th at The Clear River Tavern in Pittsfield, VT. The tournament starts at 1pm.

Vermont Poker League’s Winter Season 2008 will be starting the week of January 6th. This season will be 8 weeks long and the grand prize will be a $1,100 tournament entry for the 2008 Foxwoods Poker Classic, a World Poker Tour event, this coming March.

We are also pleased to announce that Candeleros on Main Street in Manchester, VT will be holding Vermont Poker League events starting on January 9th.

This week’s Winners

Jilly’s -  Mark Bergstrom
Clear River Tavern – Ed Merrill
Hilltop Tavern – Ralph Hadley
The Killarney – Doug Ficken
Christopher’s – Roy Davis
Moguls – PJ Ewanos
The Lakehouse – John Nartowicz

Vermont Poker League is sad to report the passing of David “Chip” Reese, one of the greatest poker players ever.

More information is available at CardPlayer.com

Please check back here regularly as we enter these bad weather weeks. If an event is postponed or cancelled  a notice will be posted at www.vermontpokerleague.com by 3pm the day of the event.

We’re half-way through our Holiday Season already! Here’s this week’s winners

Jilly’s – Rob Bidgood
Clear River Tavern – Bruce Osborne
Hilltop Tavern – Mike Nachaczewski
The Killarney – Chris Miele
Christopher’s – Bill Allen
Moguls – PJ Ewanos
The Lakehouse – Kelly Kowalski

We’re also pleased announced the Grand Prize for this season, it’s another Winner’s Choice!

Option 1 – Foxwoods Saturday Tournament Buy-in worth $560 plus one night of accomidations
Option 2 – Mohegan Sun Legendary Getaway Package (based on availability)
Option 3 – Complete Home Game kit. Custom made poker table, casino quality chips and cards from Poker N Stuff

We are pleased to announce that existing players can upgrade their Membership to “Premium” status.

Premium Members receive the following:

• 20% additional points each week
• 500 additional Tournament of Champions chips
• Discounts at the Vermont Poker League Cafe Press Store

Please visit the Registration page to sign up.

This week’s winners:

Jilly’s – Kristen Bassett
Clear River Tavern – Sue Bogash
Hilltop Tavern – Dave Snow
The Killarney – Paul Stuart
Christopher’s – Luigi Valente Jr.
Moguls – Gary Shedd
Lakehouse – Mike Sabatino