The Official King of the Zoo 2006 Kick-off Thread
 

King of the Zoo starts tomorrow at 9PM ET with $25+1 NLHE (all events this year except rebuys and Championship this year will be $25). We usually get a large turnout for our first several events of the year, so come join the fun. KotZ features some exceptional players, at least half dozen of which have appeared on TV final tables in major events, so come test your mettle against the best!

One change of note this year is that I'm dropping the post requirement for entering the events. You can be a lurker and play now. You just have to be registered here on 2+2 and have an account on Stars to play. Just send me email at [email protected] to get on the mailing list. Good luck to all in 2006!

Ed May
King of the Zoo TD
www.kingofthezoo.com

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Do you plan to mix some PLO in there too?

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Do you plan to mix some PLO in there too?

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Definately! We've played it the last two years and this year we have a $25 PLO event on 4/20 and a $10 rebuy PLO event on 9/14. We also play a PLO/8 event on 2/16. Check out the schedule for all of our events. I try to include every form of poker Stars offers.

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Might actually play in this one.
~Justin

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yay..i accually have a goal this year of being top 10 on the leaderboard. I guess I will have to play in more than 3 events though [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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I guess I will have to play in more than 3 events though

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Only your top 12 scores will count, so you probably have to play at least that many. Of the top ten last year, all but one played at least 15 events with the average being 16.2. The exception being jpg777, our champ, who played only 13. He won two outright with many other money finishes.

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emarkm can I get the pass and get back on the email list, I havent been getting them lately. I will pm you my email.
~Justin

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This sounds like a lot of fun, looking forward to it! I'm mostly a STT players but oh well.

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Definitely sounds like a good time. I'll make my first donkey appearance tomorrow night. What's a usual field?

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Last year my goal was a top 10 finish. This year, I need to win it. Hopefully I can sharpen my suckout skills and ride them to victory.

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Could you pm me the pass please?

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Sweeeeeet.

I'm actually going to participate this year.

I emailed you.

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eMarkM,

I will be participating this year for the 1st time as well. I sent an email. C

ould someone also PM me the password for the 1st tournament?

Thanks very much.

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Lurker as of late, plan to play. Sent you an email.....Thanks for organizing this.

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i haven't received a reply with the tourney password yet...could someone PM it to me as well?

thanks

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I think I gonna participate this year. E-mailed you.

Thanks

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i haven't received a reply with the tourney password yet...could someone PM it to me as well?

thanks

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Me too plz

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Hate to say 'me too', but I sent a note out yesterday and got no message for the password. Can anyone help?

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All right I'm in! Let's just hope I can last longer than 30 minutes this time.

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What is "Old World" NLHE?

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I think old world is for those silly people who live in europe. Note the time change for that tourney

Melch

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nothing different - time is set for to be more convienent for the european players

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I'm in, too. I'm a total donkey when it comes to tourneys so you should all be nice to the dead money.

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When will the passwords be sent out? I signed up for the KotZ mailing list yesterday but with 8 hours to go I haven't heard anything, so if someone could PM/e-mail me with it that'd be cool.

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When will the passwords be sent out? I signed up for the KotZ mailing list yesterday but with 8 hours to go I haven't heard anything, so if someone could PM/e-mail me with it that'd be cool.

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Darn it! I cannot make it tonight, you guys will have to make up for 1 dead money player. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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What is "Old World" NLHE?

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I could be wrong but I believe "Old World" NLHE is an old wooden ship that was used during the civil war era

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All of our events start at 9PM ET. We have quite a few European players who stay up reeeeallly late to play in their time zone. So that event will start at 2PM ET which will be early evening in Europe.

Password to be posted on this thread later
 

Ok, I am sending out PMs and responding to email for passwords. However, since I'm basically opening this up to lurkers and all this year, I will post the password to this thread about 10 minutes prior to the event. So if I don't get to you, please check this thread again at 8:50PM ET or so.

My only problem with this is that this will result in a lot of players who will show up whose 2+2 IDs I don't know. If you plan on competing for the crown and want to play in a lot of events, it is your responsibilty to inform me who you are on 2+2 so I can sync your ID with your Stars ID. If I don't have that info, you won't be eligible for the trophies at year end.

Given this new policy of more open passwords, I expect we could have a record turnout tonight.

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Good job as usual, Ed. I'm already signed up.

This year, my goal is to win the trophy for the glory of the Klingon Empire. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

Despite my 1 win and 2 2nds, 2005 was a disappointing KotZ year for me. Too many early exits and an uncooperative dealer in my two 2nd place finishes ruined my chance for victory.

Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam!!!

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I just checked my [email protected] email for the first time today. I have 57 unread messages in the last 24 hours. For those who sent email, you'll all get on the list. If you don't hear from me today, check this thread for the password!

We should have a rockin touney tonight!

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For anyone who wants to be polite and chat to the mighty Kurn, son of Mogh, tonight, have a look at this page. Qa tlho'.

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I predict that I'll lay atleast one HORRIBLE beat on eMarkM, as we'll both make the FT.

That is all.

Nick

The Prize
 

Here is what we are playing for this year. This is a picture of the 2004 trophy that went to Sheriff Fatman. I just ordered the 2005 version for jpg777 and he said he will get me a photo of him with it that I can post in the Hall of Fame on the website. Good luck again to all playing this year.

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Just realized that 9PM ET is 4AM here. Well, you have to make sacrifices. Although if these would start little earlier it would be great.

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They do start REALLY early for you guys already [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] Just have to look at it the right way
~Justin

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Looks like this thing is going to last beond midnight EDT...which means I'm out of this event. No way am I missing turning 21 for a silly poker tournament [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

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Sounds like we will have a huge field. The more the merrier!

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Looks like this thing is going to last beond midnight EDT...which means I'm out of this event. No way am I missing turning 21 for a silly poker tournament [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

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I will be there - but it is unlikely that midnight will be any problem for me. I'll be long gone along with my dead money.

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They do start REALLY early for you guys already [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] Just have to look at it the right way
~Justin

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Good point there m8 [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]