Regional Tournament 2nd Quarter Results

The Second Quarter 2008 Regional Tournament was held on Sunday, August 3, 2008.  The second quarter covers April, May, and June.  Competing for a first place prize of $400, the final table initially had Brian L., Rocky F., Doug F., Joseph S., Tessa H., Nick D., and David H. A six hour no limit Texas Hold'em tournament began at 2:00 and ended at 8:00 to determine the final winner.

Nick arrived at the final table with about one third of all the chips.  It was an impressive stack and he was by far the chip leader.  Nick experienced a reversal going out third when he lost all of his chips to Rocky, who then became the chip leader.  Matt suggested they chop the pot, but with such a commanding lead Rocky opted to play it out.  As the blinds went on, Rocky lost "his" big winnings to Matt who took Rocky's last chip.  Matt therefore won first place, the $400 and the title of 2nd quarter regional winner of the Red, White, and Blue Poker League.

Final Table Players

Click on the photos below to find out more information about each player.

Loser's Tournament

The 5:00 Loser's Tournament had four tables of people knocked out of the main game.  First place in the loser's tournament went to Earl B., with Jeff K. second, Joshua K. third, and Frank J. taking fourth place.

A number of photos were taken by Al Talacek, the Father of one of the players. The 50 or so photos are slowly making their way to the web pages.

Regional Tournament

Past Announcement - This torunament is over

The Red, White, and Blue Poker League's Regional Tournament will be held on Sunday, August 3, 2008 at Addy's in Manassas.

Who's Invited

First Place Winners from the second quarter (April, May, June) all have reserved seats, others are on a first come first served basis.  There will be only 150 seats available.  If you don't have a reserved seat you are still invited, but we suggest you get there at least one hour early.  The tournament starts at 2:00, doors open at noon.  We will hold reserved seats until 1:45, then release them to those who are waiting.

Prizes

First place will be $400 cash.  There will be a gift certificates and some other minor prizes for second and third.  If the players at the final table wish to chop the pot, players may choose to do so at any point.  If, and only if, all players agree to a chop then we will do this.

There will also be a second tournament at 5:00 PM for the losers of the first tournament.  There will be gift certificates for first and second place.  For the Losers Tournament, blinds will be 15 minutes.

Structure and Blinds

For this tournament we will start with the normal 20 chips for 4,000 in chip value.

• 2 - Black 1,000
• 2 - Blue 500
• 8 - Green 100
• 8 - White 25

No bonus cards of any sort may be used.  This is a freezeout tournament, no rebuys, no add-ons.  You get what you start with and that is it.  Second Quarter Winners will get double chips.  As a reward for their first place win, they will each get 8,000 in chips.

We will have 30 minute blinds, and the starting blinds will be 25/25. The Blind Structure will be

1. 25/25
2. 25/50
3. 50/100
4. 100/200
5. 200/400
6. 400/800
7. 500/1,000
8. 1,000/2,000
9. 2,000/4,000
10. 3,000/6,000
11. 5,000/10,000
12. 10,000/20,000
13. 15,000/30,000
14. 20,000/40,000
15. 25,000/50,000

The tournament is expected to last about six hours for the winner, somewhat less for other people.  If there is no final winner at 9:30 PM, then we will declare a winner by chip count.