Leg 1 - Sloss's Poker Emporium: The first leg of the new season kicked off in good style with 10 players taking part, I don't know if it was because it was leg 1 or if it was the new points system but the play was very cautious with 9 players still being in at the late stages when the blinds were very large, The first to go was new league member Derek who got it all-in ahead with a pair of jacks but Wullie called & showed ace king, a king on the board was enough to send Derek out & leave him pointless after the first leg. After Dereks elimination it was quite some time before anybody else hit the rail but once one went they started to tumble thick & fast, Sloss lost out to Gibson when he ran his 6's into Gibsons 8's & the board helped neither player, Gibson then knocked out last years champ Blair when he called Blairs all-in, Blair showed King Jack but Gibson flipped Queens, the board ran out 9 high & we were down to 6. Kevin was next out when he got unlucky after getting his short stack all-in with Ace Jack against Duncans Queen 3, a 3 on the board sent Kev to the rail. Of the final 5 only Duncan & Gibson had enough to survive the massive 30k 60k blinds, Liam was all-in with 7 3 after being forced in by the big blind, Gibson in the small Blind showed 10 3 & the board helped neither & we were down to 4, Billy moved in with King Jack on a Jack Queen 6 board but Duncan made the call & showed Queen King to knock Billy out & burst the money bubble. Wullie was then forced in by the blinds with King 10 but Gibson again held pocket Queens & knocked out his 4th player of the night & set up the heads up against duncan. The heads up battle was going Duncans way & Gibson moved in with King 6 Duncan made the call with Ace Jack & then hit an Ace & Jack on the flop to become the 4th player to win 3 CSOP events.
Legs 2 & 3 had no written hand histories so reports are not avalible, Reports should be back for Leg 4.
Leg 4 - Liams All-In Arena: This was a new leg for the CSOP tour & in keeping with this years events was well attended with 11 players buying in with the new higher buy in's that were introduced during Leg 3 of the tour @ Gibsons. Sloss was first to hit the rail after he misread his hand & got all-in on 4-5-10-4-4 board Billy called & showed Jacks for a full house Sloss anounced 4 of a kind but then tabled 3-6 for a missed straight & was out in 11th, Next to go was last seasons champ Blair, after he & Billy both checked a 8 jack queen board all the money went in on the turn which was a 5, blair showed 3 8's for a flopped set but billy showed 9 10 for a flopped straight the king river was no help to Blair & he finished 10th, 9th place went to derek who was shortstacked & moved all-in with 4-4 & made trips but Ross had called with Queens & also made trips which sent derek crashing out. Gibson was out in 8th after moving all-in with King-9 & being called by Billy with A-5 an Ace on the river sealed Gibsons fate & we were down to 7. Next out the door was Duncan who moved all-in & was called by Greig & Kevin & amazingly no player hit the board & Kevin scooped the pot with just ace high, Greig then put Ross out in 6th place his 10-10 to good for Ross's Jack 7, Kevin was out in 6th after moving in with Ace King & being Called by Billy holding 8-8 which improved to trip 8's on the flop to confirm Kevins exit, On the money bubble play tightened up for a period before the blinds got larger & forced people to play a bit more, Stuart was the unlucky bubble boy when he moved in with Jack 9 & was called by Greig holding 6-6 the board was no help & we were down to the final 3. Liam was first to bow out after calling Billys all-in with Queen 10 only for billy to show Ace Queen, the board helped nobody & we were heads up, heads up play lasted only a few hands before both Billy & Greig got all-in on a baord showing Jack-6-6, Billy showed king jack but Greig showed 6-3 for flopped trips an Ace & 4 were no help to either & Greig recorded his 2nd CSOP victory & the 16 points for first place.
Leg 5 - Kevs flush Club: Drunken shambles, Wullie won it.
Leg 6 - Ross's Poker Oasis: 10 players made the trip to Ross's for this leg of the tour, Sloss was first to hit the rail after being left short stacked his Ace 2 was a big favorite over Dereks 5 2 suited but after flopping the flush Dereks hand was good & we were down to 9. Ross was next to go when he got his Jack 9 of clubs all in with the flush Draw but blair was holding pocket aces for trip aces, no club on turn or river & it was down to 8. Billy fell to his worst finish of the season after getting all in with Queen 3 of Hearts on a Jack 4 7 all hearts board but Wullie was holding Ace 10 hearts & had him drawing dead. Liam quickly followed & was also knocked out by Wullie after getting it in with 66 vs Wullies Ace queen, an Ace on the turn sealed Liams fate. Kev dropped out in 6th getting it in with King Jack Aitchie made the call with Ace Jack & the board blanked for Aitchie to take the win. Wullie then went on a tear knocking out all 4 of the remaining players, Derek in 5th his King Queen outdrawn by Wullies 78 suited, Duncan out 4th his pair of 5s outdrawn by wullies Ace Jack. Wullie got it in bad again against Aitchie his 7-2 off outdrawing Aitchies Ace 5 to take aitchie out in 3rd. Wullie completed the win when his pocket queens held against Blairs 10 6.
Leg 7 - Sloss's Poker Emporium: lost the sheet, Blair won it.
Leg 8 - Bills gambling hall: 12 players made the trip to Bills for the last game of the season. 3 Players went into the event still with the chance to become the 2011 league champion, League leader Billy,2010 champ Blair & Wullie. Kev was first out running King 9 into Wullies Ace King, Dunc went in 11th after a rash shove with King Jack on an QJ49 board Wullie called with King 10 for the straight & we were down to 10. Blair & Gibson then both went in the same hand as they were all in with Jacks & King Queen only for Derek to show up with Aces. Blairs exit left the title fight between just Billy & Wullie & Wullie continued his rampage knocking out Sloss in 8th after hitting a straight flush to beat sloss's king high flush. Greig went out 7th his 66 beat by D's Jacks, Billy went in 6th his King Jack getting outdrawn by Wullie's suited Queen 9 that made a flush on the river, Billys exit in 6th meant Wullie needed a top 2 finish to secure the title. Liam went in 5th his 77 no match for D's 1010, Aitchie returned to some form & finished 4th after his 22 was beaten by Dereks Queens. Wullie then went in 3rd after running King 9 into D's King Jack. Wullies exit in 3rd meant that Billy was the 2011 champion. After a while of head's up play D & Derek decided to call it a night, with Derek slightly ahead on chips he was crowned winner of this event for his first CSOP win.