Good bye season I, Hello season II

Livonia - After a grueling 13 events over 11 months, Season I of the FNCPT is officially in the books and Season II is upon us. Congratulations again to Season I Champion Anita G. Here are some facts and stats from Season I:

• A total of 36 different players participated in the 11 regular season events.
• Out of these 36 players, the top 8 in overall points earned a seat in the Championship Event after the 11th event.
• Out of these 8 players, 7 of them played in all 11 regular season events.
• The anomaly of the 8 players was Jim H. who played in only 7 events. Despite this, Jim managed to finish in 6th place overall.
• The Championship Table featured the top 8 players plus qualifier winner Kevin An. 7 of these 9 players won at least 1 of the 11 regular season events. The only players at the Championship table that didn't win a regular season event were Jason Tr. and Anita G. Ironically the Championship was won by Anita.
• Mike T. was the only player who managed to win 2 of the 11 regular season events.
• Mike finished first overall in the league standings with 66.76 points and earned the Player of the Year trophy as a result.
• 9 of the 11 regular season events featured a rebuy.
• In these 9 events, a total of 32 rebuy's were purchased.
• Only once did someone purchasing a rebuy cash. Pat M. accomplished this in Event 10 in a field of 19 players. Pat cashed in 4th place.
• Based off last season's statistics, overall odds of cashing in a FNCPT with a rebuy are 1:32. However, 100% of all rebuy proceeds go to the event prize pool. None of these monies are raked for the Championship.

FNCPT Season II will include a few changes from last season. These changes will include:

• Season II will still feature 11 regular season events however only 4 of these events will feature a rebuy. In contrast, Season I offered rebuy's in 9 of the 11 events.
• Rebuy's will be available in Event #2, Event #4, Event #8 and Event #10.
• Of these rebuy events, Event #8 will feature unlimited rebuy's during the entire tournament.
• 2 of the 11 regular season events this season will feature mixed games. Event #4 will be pot limit Omaha high with a rebuy and Event #6 will be fixed limit hold 'em with no rebuy (freeze out).
• This season, like last season, will also feature a deep stack freeze out event. The buy-in will be increased from $50.00 to $60.00.
• This season's Championship event will feature 25% bonus chips based off T200,000 starting stacks. All blind levels will be 30 minutes in length.
• The buy-in for this season's Championship will be increased to $100.00 from $50.00.

Good luck to everyone in Season II!

~ Jason Tr.