Start of 7-star Tourney

[kennybobby]

brown nose to ghost rider...come in ghost rider
all I know Billy is I had 3 when I started yesterday and have 5 now--I really don't see how you'll have a problem.
How can you not play at least 1 hand 20 of 23 days---I've never knew you to ever miss class...

[OTABILL]

Webman: A few years ago I was in the top 10 of a monthly tournament and made the tournament of champions yet I have not no credits for those achievements. Were the first few years of the tournaments excluded from earning achievements?

[Webman]

Oops, sorry for the edit. Only Gold membership achievements were awarded retroactively, and
qualifiers for this year's TOC. All other achievements need to be earned
following the release of the Achievements feature.

[Webman]

OK - so for a player like me, here is my math on this contest..

A) I have two stars from 8 Achievements - unlikely to get any more. I should start each month with two stars.
B) I am unlikely to earn a star for playing 20 out of the 23 days available.
C) That leaves hands played. To get the remaining five stars, I will have to play 25,000 hands each month within that 23 day window.

Does this seem correct, or am I missing something ? That is correct. But play just one hand on 20 days and that will drop by 5,000.20,000 hands over 23 days would be 870 per day.I see 4 more achievements you could earn without too much effort that would drop that to 652 per day.Nobody said it would be easy.   I'm really curious how many people will make the cut.

[ddbplayahhh]

How long does it take for the star for playing 5000 hands to show up? I played my 5000 hands but got no star...at least not yet.

[Webman]

How long does it take for the star for playing 5000 hands to show up? I played my 5000 hands but got no star...at least not yet.Visit the star page and let me know if it shows up then.

[Mare2548]

I just want to say thanks to Webman and anyone else from VP that is responsible for all this fun! There's always something new to do/try. Too bad I'm not getting my work done!

[BillyJoe]

brown nose to ghost rider...come in ghost rider
all I know Billy is I had 3 when I started yesterday and have 5 now--I really don't see how you'll have a problem.
How can you not play at least 1 hand 20 of 23 days---I've never knew you to ever miss class...
Hey - I am a very busy person, you know.

Seriously, I really don't know how many days I play, or how many hands I play. I will just have to see how it goes.

Great job, WebMan, for, once again, being creative, and coming up with something on this site to interest and challenge us.

[BobDancer]

if you play 10 days do you get a half a star --- presumably combinable with 2500 hands played?

[Webman]

No, half a star would be Justin Bieber and we can't condone such a thing.