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Hall of Champions

Winners of past tournaments are found here. Bow down and pay tribute.


Jeff Neau - winner of the first two tournaments: "Six Virgins" and "The Organ Showdown"
Vic Fink - winner of "Steve's Revenge". Picture to come when I can get it.
Cory Martinson - winner of "Chuhu's Challenge". Picture to come when I can get it.
Brian Lindenmeyer - winner of "Steve's Traveshamockery". Picture to come when I can get it.

John Williams - winner of "The Organ Grinder"
Chris Picard - Winner of the Chicken Boxer
Dean Henkel - Winner of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"
Steve Dauplaise - Winner of "How the Grinch Stole the Blinds"

Harold Neau - winner of "The Mop Squeezer".

Also, a special call out to the player with the most hits...The Eradicator, Steve Dauplaise


 The Eradicator

 

Player Rankings

This ranking system uses a logarithmic scale. Ask me if you want more info on it. What's nice about it: You aren't penalized for missing a tournament and you get more credit for winning a large tournament than a small tournament (which is why I'm only in 8th place even though I won the first two tournaments.)

We've played 12 tournaments. You need to have played in at least 2 of the tournaments to qualify.

Rank Player Points Tournaments
1 Dean Henkel 1.755 2
2 Harold Neau 1.395 7
3 Chris Picard 1.298 6
4 Steve Kosel 1.276 2
5 Matt Messerli 1.192 4
6 Tom Stretar 1.182 3
7 Vic Fink 1.175 7
8 Chuhu Lo 1.108 7
9 Jeffrey Neau 1.079 12
10 Paul Gergen 1.008 6
11 Cory Martinson 0.997 5
12 Steve Dahlman 0.993 2
13 John Williams 0.913 4
14 Don Lundgren 0.875 6
15 Brian Lindenmeyer 0.866 7
16 Steve Dauplaise 0.846 11
17 Al Elleraas 0.752 2
18 Ron Monkman 0.583 2
19 Andy Martinson 0.542 4
20 Brian Newton 0.474 6
21 Nick Johnson 0.465 5
22 Nafe Hagen 0.414 3
23 Jeremiah Johnson 0.317 2
24 Ed Osebold 0.271 2
25 Tony Gubbels 0.241 2
26 Jason Proulx 0.240 2


Have you seen Junior's grades?


"The things a man has to have are hope and
confidence in himself against odds..."


Played poker past midnight


Too much poker

Upcoming Events

August, 2005 - The Housewarming

Jeff and JoAnn's new house is currently scheduled to be completed in the July, 2005 timeframe. Jeff will host his first poker tournament soon thereafter.

Completed Events

July 30th, 2005 - Is That a Rocket in Your Pocket or Are You Happy to See Me?

Thanks to Steve for hosting again!

Sofa Queen Jodi Backman made a good showing on her first outing, coming in 2nd.  She couldn't figure out Harold's play.

Memorable Quotes

  • "Oh yeah? Well here's the funny part...I call!" - Steve D. calling Brian L. Steve had rockets in his pocket and was happy to see that Brian had a pair of mop squeezers, until Brian got his third queen on the river...eliminating Steve.
  • "My nickname is 'Sofa Queen'" - Jodi making here well-earned nickname public. She later explained its origin...turns out it wasn't as bad as it sounded.
  • "Check in the dark...I haven't looked at my hand yet." - Steve D.

 
Summary of Play
Time Level Event
05:22 Countdown Tom Streetar purchased an add-on. ($5.00 + $5.00 for 500 chips)
05:22 Countdown Steve Dauplaise purchased an add-on. ($5.00 + $5.00 for 500 chips)
05:23 Countdown Wally Amundson purchased an add-on. ($5.00 + $5.00 for 500 chips)
05:23 Countdown Harold Neau purchased an add-on. ($5.00 + $5.00 for 500 chips)
05:23 Countdown Jeffrey Neau purchased an add-on. ($5.00 + $5.00 for 500 chips)
05:23 Countdown Paul Gergen purchased an add-on. ($5.00 + $5.00 for 500 chips)
05:27 Countdown Don Lundgren purchased an add-on. ($5.00 + $5.00 for 500 chips)
05:44   Tournament started
05:57 Countdown Dara Gault purchased an add-on. ($5.00 + $5.00 for 500 chips)
05:57 Countdown Jodi Backman purchased an add-on. ($5.00 + $5.00 for 500 chips)
05:57 Countdown Chris Capuduca purchased an add-on. ($5.00 + $5.00 for 500 chips)
05:58 Countdown John Roemer purchased an add-on. ($5.00 + $5.00 for 500 chips)
06:10 Countdown Brian Lindenmeyer purchased an add-on. ($5.00 + $5.00 for 500 chips)
06:54 Level 2: 0/10/20 Steve Dauplaise eliminated by Brian Lindenmeyer
06:54 Level 2: 0/10/20 Steve Dauplaise purchased a rebuy. ($40.00 + $0.00 for 1500 chips)
07:08 Level 3: 0/15/30 Chris Picard purchased an add-on. ($5.00 + $5.00 for 500 chips)
07:08 Level 3: 0/15/30 Nafe Hagen purchased an add-on. ($5.00 + $5.00 for 500 chips)
07:43 Break 1 Steve Dauplaise eliminated by Harold Neau
08:22 Level 6: 10/50/100 Chris Picard eliminated by Jodi Backman
08:22 Level 6: 10/50/100 Chris Picard purchased a rebuy. ($40.00 + $0.00 for 1500 chips)
08:30 Level 6: 10/50/100 Chris Picard eliminated by Jodi Backman
08:37 Level 6: 10/50/100 Nafe Hagen eliminated by Matt Messerli
08:43 Level 7: 15/75/150 Tom Streetar eliminated by Matt Messerli
09:34 Level 9: 30/150/300 Dara Gault eliminated by Matt Messerli
09:39 Level 9: 30/150/300 Chris Capuduca eliminated by Harold Neau
09:42 Level 9: 30/150/300 Don Lundgren eliminated by Jeffrey Neau
10:17 Level 11: 60/300/600 Brian Lindenmeyer eliminated by Wally Amundson
10:17 Level 11: 60/300/600 Paul Gergen eliminated by Wally Amundson
11:03 Level 12: 100/500/1000 John Roemer eliminated by Jodi Backman
11:22 Level 13: 150/750/1500 Matt Messerli eliminated by Harold Neau
11:36 Level 14: 200/1000/2000 Wally Amundson eliminated by Harold Neau
11:48 Level 15: 300/1500/3000 Jeffrey Neau eliminated by Jodi Backman
12:00 Level 16: 400/2000/4000 Jodi Backman eliminated by Harold Neau
12:00 Level 16: 400/2000/4000 Harold Neau won the tournament.

 

 Final Standings
Place Player Winnings Hits Rebuys Add-Ons Net Gain
1 Harold Neau $365.00 5.0 0 1 $315.00
2 Jodi Backman $195.00 4.0 0 1 $145.00
3 Jeffrey Neau $90.00 1.0 0 1 $40.00
4 Wally Amundson $60.00 2.0 0 1 $10.00
5 Matt Messerli $30.00 3.0 0 0 ($10.00)
6 John Roemer $0.00 0.0 0 1 ($50.00)
7 Paul Gergen $0.00 0.0 0 1 ($50.00)
8 Brian Lindenmeyer $10.00 1.0 0 1 ($40.00)
9 Don Lundgren $0.00 0.0 0 1 ($50.00)
10 Chris Capuduca $0.00 0.0 0 1 ($50.00)
11 Dara Gault $0.00 0.0 0 1 ($50.00)
12 Tom Streetar $0.00 0.0 0 1 ($50.00)
13 Nafe Hagen $0.00 0.0 0 1 ($50.00)
14 Chris Picard $0.00 0.0 1 1 ($90.00)
15 Steve Dauplaise $0.00 0.0 1 1 ($90.00)

 

 

April 30th, 2005 - Music for the Organ

Thanks to Paul for hosting another one. First timer Greg Reikens took down the competition to win.


The final table
Game Progression
Time Level Event
05:44 Countdown Jeff Neau purchased an add-on. ($2.50 + $2.50 for 500 chips)
05:46 Countdown Brian Newton purchased an add-on. ($2.50 + $2.50 for 500 chips)
05:46 Countdown Don Lundgren purchased an add-on. ($2.50 + $2.50 for 500 chips)
05:46 Countdown Harold Neau purchased an add-on. ($2.50 + $2.50 for 500 chips)
05:46 Countdown Greg Reikens purchased an add-on. ($2.50 + $2.50 for 500 chips)
05:46 Countdown Mike Zentner purchased an add-on. ($2.50 + $2.50 for 500 chips)
05:46 Countdown Paul Gergen purchased an add-on. ($2.50 + $2.50 for 500 chips)
05:46 Countdown Steve Dahlman purchased an add-on. ($2.50 + $2.50 for 500 chips)
05:46 Countdown Vic Fink purchased an add-on. ($2.50 + $2.50 for 500 chips)
06:07 Countdown Chuhu Lo purchased an add-on. ($2.50 + $2.50 for 500 chips)
06:07 Countdown Jeremiah Johnson purchased an add-on. ($2.50 + $2.50 for 500 chips)
06:07 Countdown Nick Johnson purchased an add-on. ($2.50 + $2.50 for 500 chips)
06:34 Level 1: 0/5/10 Tony Gubbels purchased an add-on. ($2.50 + $2.50 for 500 chips)
07:26 Level 4: 0/20/40 Paul Gergen eliminated by Harold Neau
08:26 Level 6: 10/50/100 Nick Johnson eliminated by Chuhu Lo
08:34 Level 6: 10/50/100 Tony Gubbels eliminated by Steve Dahlman
08:43 Level 7: 15/75/150 Jeff Neau eliminated by Chuhu Lo
08:56 Level 8: 20/100/200 Brian Newton eliminated by Steve Dahlman
09:14 Level 8: 20/100/200 Jeremiah Johnson eliminated by Steve Dahlman
09:53 Level 10: 40/200/400 Vic Fink eliminated by Greg Reikens
10:25 Level 11: 60/300/600 Don Lundgren eliminated by Mike Zentner
10:56 Level 13: 150/750/1500 Steve Dahlman eliminated by Mike Zentner
11:01 Level 13: 150/750/1500 Harold Neau eliminated by Chuhu Lo
11:03 Level 13: 150/750/1500 Mike Zentner eliminated by Greg Reikens
11:13 Level 14: 200/1000/2000 Chuhu Lo eliminated by Greg Reikens
11:13 Level 14: 200/1000/2000 Greg Reikens won the tournament.
Final Standings
Place Player Winnings Hits Rebuys Add-Ons Net Gain
1 Greg Reikens $232.50 3.0 0 1 $187.50
2 Chuhu Lo $170.00 3.0 0 1 $125.00
3 Mike Zentner $130.00 2.0 0 1 $85.00
4 Harold Neau $5.00 1.0 0 1 ($40.00)
5 Steve Dahlman $15.00 3.0 0 1 ($30.00)
6 Don Lundgren $0.00 0.0 0 1 ($45.00)
7 Vic Fink $0.00 0.0 0 1 ($45.00)
8 Jeremiah Johnson $0.00 0.0 0 1 ($45.00)
9 Brian Newton $0.00 0.0 0 1 ($45.00)
10 Jeff Neau $0.00 0.0 0 1 ($45.00)
11 Tony Gubbels $0.00 0.0 0 1 ($45.00)
12 Nick Johnson $0.00 0.0 0 1 ($45.00)
13 Paul Gergen $0.00 0.0 0 1 ($45.00)

January 22nd, 2005 - The Mop Squeezer

Thanks to Paul for hosting another one.  No thanks to him for beating my full house with a royal flush.  Bastard.

Harold finally won a tournament, although he still thinks Hold'em is risky dink.

Steve maintained he Eradicator title for another tournament, although Jeff gained a little ground on him.

That's all the notes I have from this one, since it took me nearly three weeks to post the results.
Game Progression
Time Level Event
06:32 Countdown John Williams purchased an add-on. ($2.50 + $2.50 for 500 chips)
06:33 Countdown Jeffrey Neau purchased an add-on. ($2.50 + $2.50 for 500 chips)
06:33 Countdown Harold Neau purchased an add-on. ($2.50 + $2.50 for 500 chips)
06:33 Countdown Brian Newton purchased an add-on. ($2.50 + $2.50 for 500 chips)
06:33 Countdown Norm True purchased an add-on. ($2.50 + $2.50 for 500 chips)
06:34 Countdown Chuhu Lo purchased an add-on. ($2.50 + $2.50 for 500 chips)
06:34 Countdown Paul Gergen purchased an add-on. ($2.50 + $2.50 for 500 chips)
06:34 Countdown Steve Dauplaise purchased an add-on. ($2.50 + $2.50 for 500 chips)
06:34 Countdown Steve Kosel purchased an add-on. ($2.50 + $2.50 for 500 chips)
06:36 Countdown Vic Fink purchased an add-on. ($2.50 + $2.50 for 500 chips)
06:37 Countdown Steve Hedberg purchased an add-on. ($2.50 + $2.50 for 500 chips)
06:45 Countdown Jason Proulx purchased an add-on. ($2.50 + $2.50 for 500 chips)
06:45 Countdown Tony Gubbels purchased an add-on. ($2.50 + $2.50 for 500 chips)
08:09 Level 4: 0/20/40 John Williams eliminated by Harold Neau
08:17 Break 1 Jason Proulx eliminated by Jeffrey Neau
08:39 Level 5: 0/30/60 Tony Gubbels eliminated by Norm True
09:11 Level 6: 10/50/100 Brian Newton eliminated by Steve Kosel
09:11 Level 6: 10/50/100 Steve Hedberg eliminated by Steve Kosel
09:29 Level 7: 15/75/150 Vic Fink eliminated by Chuhu Lo
10:37 Level 10: 40/200/400 Chuhu Lo eliminated by Paul Gergen
11:28 Level 12: 100/500/1000 Steve Dauplaise eliminated by Steve Kosel
11:31 Break 3 Norm True eliminated by Steve Kosel
12:00 Level 14: 200/1000/2000 Jeffrey Neau eliminated by Paul Gergen
12:07 Level 14: 200/1000/2000 Steve Kosel eliminated by Harold Neau
12:51 Level 16: 400/2000/4000 Paul Gergen eliminated by Harold Neau
12:51 Level 16: 400/2000/4000 Harold Neau won the tournament.

 

 Final Standings
Place Player Winnings Hits Rebuys Add-Ons Net Gain
1 Harold Neau $240.50 3.0 0 1 $195.50
2 Paul Gergen $167.00 2.0 0 1 $122.00
3 Steve Kosel $130.00 4.0 0 1 $85.00
4 Jeffrey Neau $5.00 1.0 0 1 ($40.00)
5 Norm True $5.00 1.0 0 1 ($40.00)
6 Steve Dauplaise $0.00 0.0 0 1 ($45.00)
7 Chuhu Lo $5.00 1.0 0 1 ($40.00)
8 Vic Fink $0.00 0.0 0 1 ($45.00)
9 Steve Hedberg $0.00 0.0 0 1 ($45.00)
10 Brian Newton $0.00 0.0 0 1 ($45.00)
11 Tony Gubbels $0.00 0.0 0 1 ($45.00)
12 Jason Proulx $0.00 0.0 0 1 ($45.00)
13 John Williams $0.00 0.0 0 1 ($45.00)

 

December 4th, 2004 - How the Grinch Stole the Blinds

It finally came around for Steve Dauplaise. After several terrible finishes and a few not-so-bad finishes, he wiped up the competition tonight by single-handedly eliminating 8 of the 16 players he opposed to claim his first tournament win.

One of the new players, Sue McLinn, claimed to not know how to play. She actually contacted Jeff via the internet the day before the tournament...her story was that she happened upon his website while trying to figure out where to dispose of electronic equipment. After her 4th-place finish, we now know a more likely story is that she was looking for local poker tournaments on the internet and discovered that her old high-school acquaintances hosted a semi-monthly tournament and she figured she'd get in and clean house.

The tournament got off to a sad note as Ed Osebold lost a Chuhu Challenge ® on the 2nd hand of the game. Former champions Vic Fink and Brian Lindenmeyer were out soon thereafter.

After the break, Jeff lost the remainder of his stack to Nafe Hagen and then Steve went on his rampage by ousting 8 of the remaining 10 opponents. We hadn't seen such a display of poker wizardry since the last tournament.

Thanks for hosting again, Steve!

Memorable Quotes

  • "I'm the big sac!" - Steve Dauplaise, after one too many beers, trying to say he's to the left of the small blind.
  • "You gotta put that quote on the website!!!" - Several people who will now be mad that I couldn't remember the quote.
  • "There's only one card that can beat me....f*c& it, I'm all in. F*C&! F*C&! There goes my ranking!" - Brian Lindenmeyer, losing to Sue McLinn
  • "You can't tell someone how much is in the pot!" Chuhu Lo...another one of his unorthodox rules.
  • "Steve, do you have a plunger and a bunch of old towels?" - Jeff Neau
  • "What's Nafe stand for?" - Sue McLinn
  • "We're going streakin'!" - Don Lundgren
  • "I'll bet my paycheck that the Packers kill the Eagles!" - Dean Henkel
  • "The best things in life are free!" - Sue McLinn


Steve Dauplaise finally wins!


The final table, clockwise from front: Steve Dauplaise, Chuhu Lo, Jeff Neau (dealing, not playing), Chris Picard, Sue McKinn, Tom Stretar, Dean Henkel, Don Lundgren, Harold Neau (observing) and Hafe Hagen.


Jeff's Peavy guitar amplifier

Game Progression

Level Ante Blinds Action
1 0 5/10 Ed Osebold eliminated by Chuhu Lo on the 2nd hand.
2 0 10/20 Vic Fink eliminated by Chris Picard.
3 0 15/30 Brian Lindenmeyer eliminated by Sue McLinn. Brian Newton eliminated by Chris Picard. Jason Proulx eliminated by Chuhu Lo.
4 0 20/40  
5 0 30/60  
6 0 50/100 Jeff Neau eliminated by Nafe Hagen.
7 0 75/150 David Hansen eliminated by Steve Dauplaise. Al Elleraas eliminated by Chris Picard.
8 0 100/200 Harold Neau eliminated by Steve Dauplaise.
9 25 150/300 Nafe Hagen eliminated by Steve Dauplaise.
10 50 200/400  
11 75 300/600 Dean Henkel eliminated by Steve Dauplaise. Chris Picard eliminated by Steve Dauplaise.
12 100 400/800 Don Lundgren eliminated by Tom Stretar. Sue McLinn eliminated by Steve Dauplaise. 
13 125 600/1,200  
14 150 800/1,600 Tom Stretar eliminated by Steve Dauplaise. Chuhu Lo eliminated by Steve Dauplaise. Steve Dauplaise wins the tournament.

 

Final Standings

Finish Player Hits Knocked out by Payout
1 Steve Dauplaise 8 - Mythical $270 + $80 in hits
2 Chuhu Lo 2 Steve Dauplaise Mythical $165 + $20 in hits
3 Tom Stretar 1 Steve Dauplaise Mythical $100 + $10 in hits
4 Sue McLinn 1 Steve Dauplaise Mythical $60 + $10 in hits
5 Don Lundgren 0 Tom Stretar Mythical $35
6 Chris Picard 3 Steve Dauplaise Mythical $30 in hits.
7 Dean Henkel 0 Steve Dauplaise  
8 Nafe Hagen 1 Steve Dauplaise Mythical $10 in hits
9 Harold Neau 0 Steve Dauplaise  
10 Allen Elleraas 0 Chris Picard  
11 David Hansen 0 Steve Dauplaise  
12 Jeffrey Neau 0 Nafe Hagen  
13 Jason Proulx 0 Chuhu Lo  
14 Brian Newton 0 Chris Picard  
15 Brian Lindenmeyer 0 Sue McLinn  
16 Vic Fink 0 Chris Picard  
17 Ed Osebold 0 Chuhu Lo  

September 25th, 2004 - Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon

After considerable pressure from coworkers, Steve decided to host another tournament on short notice. We felt fortunate to get 12 players.

This time, Steve experimented with add-ons. Buy-in was a mythical $40 with a mythical $10 add-on available for the first two hours. Each hit paid a mythical $10.

This tournament was unique in that it took an unusually long time for the first player to be eliminated. Was it good play, or timid play? Nick Johnson finally stepped up to the challenge and lost.  At the other table, newcomer Dean was cleaning up. He took his commanding lead to the final table after knocking out the Martinson brothers.

As we approached the money with 5 players left, Jeff and Don were on the short stack while Dean, Chris and Tom each had a sizable stack. The antes and blinds were really hurting Jeff and Don.  After Jeff nearly cleaned Don out in a cripple fight, Don was down to his final 75 and had to go all-in on the ante. Luckily, Don was dealt pocket Jacks and septupled-up. Unfortunately, he was all-in for the big blind on the next hand and was dealt crap. Now in the money, Jeff took a chance with King-high on the next hand but lost to inevitable champion Dean.

Soon after, Dean eliminated the remaining competition. 

Memorable Quotes

  • "Thanks, Chris. I always wanted to get peed on by you." - Steve Dauplaise
  • "Hey Jeff, why the hell did we trade in the $5 chips if the small blind is $25???" - Brian Lindenmeyer, not realizing that 25 is divisible by 25 (we had $25 chips...)
  • "Hey! Why are we doing <this>???  Why <that>??? Why don't you do <this>???  You should've done <that>!!" - Brian Lindenmeyer
  • "Grrrrrrrrrrr" - Andy Martinson


Champion Dean Henkel ripped through the competition. At least he won with a good hand.


The final table, clockwise: Don Lundgren (back to photo), Brian Newton, Jeff Neau, Brian Lindenmeyer, Dean Henkel, Tom Streetar, Chris Picard and Chuhu Lo.

Game Progression

Level Limit Ante Blinds Action
1 Limit 0 5/10  
2 No Limit 0 10/20 Everyone but Andy purchased an add-on.
3 No Limit 0 15/30  
4 No Limit 0 20/40 Andy purchased an add-on.
5 No Limit 0 25/50  
6 No Limit 10 40/70 Nick Johnson eliminated by Chris Picard.
7 No Limit 10 50/100 Cory Martinson eliminated by Dean Henkel.
8 No Limit 20 75/150  
9 No Limit 30 100/200 Steve Dauplaise eliminated by Tom Streetar.
10 No Limit 50 150/300 Andy Martinson eliminated by Dean Henkel. Down to the final table... Brian Newton eliminated by Dean Henkel. Chuhu Lo eliminated by Chris Picard.
11 No Limit 50 200/400 Brian Lindenmeyer eliminated by Tom Streetar.
12 No Limit 100 300/600 Don Lundgren eliminated by Chris Picard. Jeff Neau eliminated by Dean Henkel.
13 No Limit 100 500/1000 Tom Streetar eliminated by Dean Henkel. Chris Picard eliminated by Dean Henkel.

Final Standings

Finish Player Hits Knocked out by Payout
1 Dean Henkel 6 - Mythical $190 + $60 in hits
2 Chris Picard 3 Dean Henkel Mythical $120 + $30 in hits
3 Tom Streetar 2 Dean Henkel Mythical $75 + $20 in hits
4 Jeff Neau   Dean Henkel Mythical $45
5 Don Lundgren   Chris Picard  
6 Brian Lindenmeyer   Tom Streetar  
7 Chuhu Lo   Chris Picard  
8 Brian Newton   Dean Henkel  
9 Andy Martinson   Dean Henkel  
10 Steve Dauplaise   Tom Streetar  
11 Cory Martinson   Dean Henkel  
12 Nick Johnson   Chris Picard  

July 30th, 2004 - The Chicken Boxer

Tyson was back, and so was no-limit poker. Steve threw together a small event to coincide with Tyson's return to greatness. Steve raked $50 from the pool to pay for the pay-per-view.

Buy-in was a mythical $40 with a mythical $10 for each hit. Each player received T1000 in chips.

Much to Brian Newton's chagrin, we started with 20 minutes of limit play with 5/10 blinds since we had two new players. Brian simply couldn't handle the fixed raises and kept trying to bet more than the limit. Brian seemed more pleased when we started no-limit play with 10/20 blinds...but unfortunately he was knocked out immediately by Chris Picard. We proceeded to rag on Brian as he dealt for the next hour.

Confident Brian Lindemeyer was next out followed by newcomer Rick Pederson (both knocked out by Jeff Neau). Cory Martinson proceeded to knock out Steve Dauplaise and Chuhu Lo in quick succession.

Then we took a short break to watch Tyson get whooped. Too bad nobody took Lindemeyer up on his 100-1 odds midway through the first round.

We had the most exciting hand of the night when we returned to the table. With four players remaining (Al Ellerass, Chris, Cory and Jeff) and Jeff under the gun pre-flop, chip-leader Jeff raised the T100 blind to T200 (holding 10-J of hearts). Al Elleraas raised all-in holding about T750 in chips. Chris Picard raised Al holding a little more, and Cory raised Chris holding a few hundred more than Chris. Jeff quickly folded, knowing the result of this hand could only be good for those who sat out. The players turned up their cards: Al held 10-10, Chris held A-A and Cory held K-K. The flop started to come down...1st card: K of hearts...Cory said "Whoo hoo!". 2nd card: A of hearts...Chris said "Whoo freakin' hoo!!"...Jeff now would've had a flush draw with a possible straight flush...Al needed 2 tens and Cory needed another K...3rd card: 6 of diamonds (no help to anyone)...4th card: 10 of clubs...(Cory now had Ks full of 10s, Chris had 3 aces and Al had 10s full of Ks)...5th card: A of spades. Final hands: Chris: Four Aces, Cory: Kings full of Aces, Al: 10s full of Aces. Chris nearly tripled up taking the chip lead. Al was knocked out and Cory took a huge hit.

20 minutes later, Chris knocked out Cory. Jeff lasted another 11 minutes before going all in and losing to Chris' Q-7 unsuited (see the picture).

Thanks to Steve for hosting!

Memorable Quotes

  • "Are you gay?" - Rick to Cory
  • "I did NOT fold!" - Jeff


Chris Picard with his winning hand

Game Progression

Level Limit Ante Blinds Action
1 Limit (10/20) 0 5/10  
2 No Limit 0 10/20 Brian Newton elminted by Chris Picard.
3 No Limit 0 15/30  
4 No Limit 0 20/40  
5 No Limit 0 25/50  
6 No Limit 0 30/60 Brian Lindemeyer eliminated by Jeff Neau.
7 No Limit 10 40/80  
8 No Limit 10 50/100 Rick Pedersen eliminated by Jeff Neau.
9 No Limit 20 60/120 Steve Dauplaise eliminated by Cory Martinson. Chuhu Lo eliminated by Cory Martinson.
10 No Limit 20 80/160 Al Elleraas eliminated by Chris Picard on "the hand".
11 No Limit 30 100/200  
12 No Limit   120/240 Cory Martinson eliminated by Chris Picard. Jeff Neau eliminated by Chris Picard.

Final Standings

Finish Player Hits Knocked out by Payout
1 Chris Picard 4   Mythical $120 + $40 in hits
2 Jeff Neau 2 Chris Picard Mythical $70 + $20 in hits
3 Cory Martinson 2 Chris Picard Mythical $40 + $20 in hits
4 Al Elleraas   Chris Picard  
5 Chuhu Lo   Cory Martinson  
6 Steve Dauplaise   Cory Martinson  
7 Rick Pedersen   Jeff Neau  
8 Brian Lindemeyer   Jeff Neau  
9 Brian Newton   Chris Picard  

 

June 26th, 2004 - The Organ Grinder

Buy-in was a mythical $40 with a mythical $10 for each hit. Each player received T1000 in chips.

We didn't know why John Williams was standing at the door as we walked in. We later learned it was so that he could collect our asses and hand them back to us later.  12 people showed up. Of the 11 people John opposed, he eliminated 7 of them on his own. Never has one seen such a display of poker wizardry.

New comer John McGee was the first out (Mr. McGee made Steve angry, and we don't like Steve when he's angry), but he'll do better next time.

Thanks to Paul for hosting.

 


John Williams - Poker Wizard (at least for one night)
Steve Dauplaise and Ed Osebold got along so well they decided to get whooped on the same hand

Game Progression

Level Limit Ante Blinds Action
1 Limit (5/10) - 2/5  
2 No Limit - 5/10  
3 No Limit - 10/20  
4 No Limit 5 15/30  
5 No Limit 6 20/40 John McGee and Paul Gergen eliminated by Steve Dauplaise on the same hand (8:36pm).
6 No Limit 7 25/50  
7 No Limit 8 30/60  
8 No Limit 10 40/80 Jeff Neau eliminated by John Williams (9:38pm). Nick Johnson eliminated by Steve Dahlman (9:40pm).
9 No Limit 10 50/100  
10 No Limit 20 60/120 Ed Osebold and Steve Dauplaise eliminated by John Williams on the same hand (9:59pm).
11 No Limit 20 80/160 Vic Fink and Steve Dahlman eliminated by John Williams on the same hand (10:33pm).
12 No Limit 30 100/200 John Sayner eliminated by Harold Neau (10:52pm).
13 No Limit 40 120/240 Harold Neau eliminated by John Williams (11:06pm). Matt Messerli eliminated by John Williams (11:10pm).

Final Standings

Finish Player Hits Knocked out by Payout
1 John Williams 7   Mythical $155 + $70 in hits
2 Matt Messerli   John Williams Mythical $100
3 Harold Neau 1 John Williams Mythical $70 + $10 in hits
4 John Sayner   Harold Neau  
5 Steve Dahlman 1 John Williams Mythical $10 in hits
6 Vic Fink   John Williams  
7 Steve Dauplaise 2 John Williams Mythical $20 in hits
8 Ed Osebold   John Williams  
9 Nick Johnson   Steve Dahlman  
10 Jeff Neau   John Williams  
11 Paul Gergen   Steve Dauplaise  
12 John McGee   Steve Dauplaise  

May 22nd, 2004 - Steve's Traveshamockery

After initially worrying about how we would handle up to 30 players, we only ended up with 13 due to several people backing out in the last few days.

Buy-in was a mythical $50 with a mythical $10 for each hit. Each player received T1000 in chips.

We split into two tables. Table 1 had Jeff Neau, Jeremiah Johnson, Ron Monkman, Chuhu Lo, Chris Picard and Steve Dauplaise. Table 2 had Harold Neau, Don Lundgren, Matt Messerli, John Williams, Vic Fink, Nick Johnson and Brian Lindemeyer.

Our starting time was delayed due to a horrible stench wafting into the room from down the hall. This caused a few players to become light-headed. Play finally started at 6:45pm. The first hour was low limit play (once again, for people to get used to the flow and dealing before it really mattered). Still, Table 2 had some large pots and someone could have easily gone out before no-limit play started. Table 2 seemed to be playing a bit more aggressively than Table 1, as 4 of the first 5 players were knocked from Table 2.

Brian Lindmeyer still seemed affected by the horrible stench as he continued to insist that the orange chips were yellow.


The final table at the Traveshamockery - Vic Fink, Chuhu Lo and Brian Lindemeyer (sitting)...John Williams and Ron Monkman observing

Game Progression

Level Limit Ante Blinds Action
1 Limit (5/10) - 2/5 -
2 Limit (10/20) - 5/10 -
3 Limit (20/40) - 10/20 -
4 No Limit 5 15/30 8:13 - Jeremiah Johnson eliminated by Chuhu Lo
5 No Limit 6 20/40 8:28 - Harold Neau eliminated by Vic Fink
8:36 - Chris Pircard eliminated by Steve Dauplaise
6 No Limit 7 25/50 8:41 - Don Lundgren eliminated by Ron Monkman
7 No Limit 8 30/60 8:57 - Jeff Neau eliminated by Chuhu Lo
8 No Limit 10 40/80 9:22 - John Williams eliminated by Vic Fink
9 No Limit 10 50/100  
10 No Limit 20 60/120 9:46 - Matt Messerli eliminated by Nick Johnson
11 No Limit 20 80/160 10:04 - Ron Monkman eliminated by Brian Lindemeyer
12 No Limit 30 100/200  
13 No Limit 40 120/240 10:44 - Nick Johnson eliminated by Steve Dauplaise
14 No Limit 50 150/300 11:00 - Chuhu Lo eliminated by Brian Lindemeyer
11:04 - Vic Fink eliminated by Steve Dauplaise
15 No Limit 50 200/400  
16 No Limit 50 250/500 11:37 - Steve Dauplaise eliminated by Brian Lindemeyer

 

Final Standings

Finish Player Hits Hit Man Payout
1 Brian Lindemeyer 3   Mythical $210 + $30 in hits
2 Steve Dauplaise 3 Brian Lindemeyer Mythical $150 + $30 in hits
3 Vic Fink 2 Steve Dauplaise Mythical $120 + $20 in hits
4 Chuhu Lo 2 Brian Lindemeyer Mythical $70 + $20 in hits
5 Nick Johnson 1 Steve Dauplaise Mythical $10 in hits
6 Ron Monkman 1 Brian Lindemeyer Mythical $10 in hits
7 Matt Messerli   Nick Johnson  
8 John Williams   Vic Fink  
9 Jeff Neau   Chuhu Lo  
10 Don Lundgren   Ron Monkman  
11 Chris Picard   Steve Dauplaise  
12 Harold Neau   Vic FInk  
13 Jeremiah Johnson   Chuhu Lo  

Thanks again to Steve for hosting.

April 23rd, 2004 - Chuhu's Challenge

So I listen to my voicemail at 5:45pm: "Jeff, we're having a tournament at 6:30.  Can you make it??".  I throw my stuff into the car and fly across town. Felt like showing up for a round of golf without having a chance to warm up!

Buy-in was a mythical $40. No payout to the loser this time...you only got rewarded for winning.  50% for 1st, 30% for 2nd and 20% for 3rd, with a mythical $10 for each hit.

The pots followed the big blind for the first five hands, but Cory Martinson broke that trend after buying in late.  Ryan L looked like a likely winner early on, but was knocked down a notch after losing to Jeff Neau's 5-high straight on the river (the same hand took David J out of the game).

Meanwhile, Chuhu Lo tried to distract everyone with his unorthodox energy-saving methods, like dealing out the flop, turn and river in advance so that all he had to do was flip them over when it was time.  He was summarily shot down by the entire table.

Control then slowly shifted over to Brian Lindemeyer as he knocked out the next four players, winning his mythical money back on hits alone. Jeff tried to get in the money by waiting for Steve and Cory to knock each other out, but neither could finish the other off (until later that evening, whatever that means). Jeff finally had to go all-in with a less than stellar hand and was narrowly knocked out by Steve. Steve was on a tear, stealing blinds left and right. When Brian finally did challenge him, Steve slapped him aside like Courtney James with a phonebook. It was now down to Steve and Cory. Cory slow-played his pocket aces, getting Steve to raise him all-in which Cory quickly called and won.

Memorable? Quotes

Final Standings

Finish Player Hits Knocked out by Payout Notes
1 Cory Martinson 2 - Mythical $140 + $20 in hits Cory wasn't even going to play. Bastard.
2 Steve Dauplaise 1 Cory Martinson Mythical $85 + $10 in hits Nice to see Steve place.  If we were actually playing for real money, he would have made enough to pay for the last two mythical tournaments.
3 Brian Lindemeyer 4 Cory Martinson Mythical $55 + $40 in hits  
4 Jeff Neau 1 Steve Dauplaise Mythical $10 in hits Couldn't quite make it to the final three.  Went all-in with an A-6 against Steve's slightly better hand.
5 Nick Johnson 0 Brian Lindemeyer    
6 Ryan U 0 Brian Lindemeyer    
7 Chuhu Lo 0 Brian Lindemeyer    
8 Nafe H 0 Brian Lindemeyer    
9 David J 0 Jeff Neau    

March 13th, 2004 - Steve's Revenge

Well, it wasn't exactly Steve's Revenge. In fact, the first three players out were all named Steve. The odds of that happening were 0.2%!

Notes on play of game

We started at 6:30pm. Buy in was a mythical $40 to get T1500 in chips. The players split into two tables with Stephen Knaup, Steve H, Brian Lindemeyer, Jeff Neau, Chris Picard, Paul Gergen, Andy Martinson and Matt Messerli at one table with Steve Dauplaise, Hamlet D, Jeff Kruesel, Joe L, Brad X, Cory Martinson, Brian N and Vic Fink at the other.

Play was pretty slow at the beginning.  A few people hadn't played before and needed to get familiar with the flow and dealing, but the major slowing factor is that it simply takes a lot longer to play a hand with eight people than it does with five.

Brian Lindemeyer looked like an early favorite after knocking out Stephen Knaup (who was an odds-on favorite to make the top three himself), but Brian Lindemeyer was knocked out by Paul Gergen soon after when Paul held onto his 5-4 and turned it into magic.  At the other table, Steve Dauplaise continued his streak of finishing in the bottom two.  Thanks for hosting, Steve!

Two-time champion Jeff Neau dropped out after going all-in before the flop with an A-K up against Paul Gergen's Q-Q. Paul was a 56% to 43% favorite to win and the odds held.

The final table took considerably longer this time around. Chris Picard and Vic Fink played for an hour between the two of them, taking turns in the chip lead. Vic outlasted Chris, however, to win our biggest tournament yet.

Memorable? Quotes

Final Standings

Finish Player Hits Hit Man Payout Notes
1 Vic Fink 3   Mythical $190 + $30 in hits  
2 Chris Picard 0 Vic Fink Mythical $140  
3 Paul Gergen 3 Vic Fink Mythical $70 + $30 in hits  
4 Andy Martinson 2 Vic Fink Mythical $45 + $20 in hits  
5 Brian N 2 Andy Martinson Mythical $25 + $20 in hits  
6 Matt Messerli 0 Andy Martinson    
7 Brad X 2 Brian N Mythical $20 in hits  
8 Cory Martinson 0 Brian N    
9 Joe L 2 Brad X Mythical $20 in hits  
10 Jeff Neau 0 Paul Gergen    
11 Jeff Kruesel 0 Joe L    
12 Brian Lindemeyer 1 Paul Gergen Mythical $10 in hits  
13 Hamlet D 0 Brad X    
14 Steve H 0 Paul Gergen    
15 Steve Dauplaise 0 Joe L Mythical $10 booby First from his table out
16 Stephen Kruesel 0 Brian Lindemeyer Mythical $10 booby First from his table out

February 7th, 2004 - The Organ Showdown

The first Hold'em tournament for many of the participants.

Notes on play of game

Play started about 7:30pm. Buy-in was a mythical $40 to get T1000 in chips. The players split into two tables with Paul Gergen, Harold Neau, Steve Dauplaise, Andy Martinson and Ron Monkman at the red table and Jeff Neau, Kelly Monkman, John Williams, Steve Kosel and Vic Fink at the blue table.