Noticeboard & Leaderboard

Another successful championship is in the books and your new champion is Rod Comeau! WTG, Rod! Rod bested the qualifying field of 64 and wrapped it up in just under 8 hours, with a couple of breaks in there of course. The runner-up was Jin Zhao who actually had Rod all-in at one point with the best hand looking to seal the deal, but it wasn't to be as Rod took that hand and then turned the tables on his way to victory. Here's the final table players who split almost $2000 in prizes:

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1st - Rod Comeau

2nd - Jin Zhao

3rd - Ariel Rogers

4th - Annie Bodner

5th - Ron Haynes

6th - Bill Arbuthnott

7th - Riley Jackson

8th - Gary Buist

9th - Tom Whattam

10th - Cheryl Findley

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Before the main event we had the Stay & Play Championship and the winner was Ron Haynes! WTG, Ron! After wins in league play on Wednesday and Thursday last week, this was his third win in a row! You may also notice above he made the final table of the main championship as well. Here's a stat for you: if you count the rebuys on Wednesday and Thursday, Ron outlasted 169 other entrants through 4 tournaments before he was eliminated. What a run! The runner-up was Norm Gaudette and between him and Ron they split another $350 in prizes.

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We also gave out some seasonal awards and once again the big winner was our season's points leader, Amit Jhamb. He wasn't the only one taking home some prizes though, check out the accomplishments below:

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Amit Jhamb

Most Total Points - 10144

Most Bounties - 100

Highest Average Bounties (30+ appearances) - 2.04

Highest Average Points (30+ appearances) - 191

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Kevin Adams

Most Wins - 3 (tie)

Most Final Tables - 22

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Eileen Grady

Most Wins - 3 (tie)

Most Bounties Exchanged for Reward Cards - 41

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Mark Saliba

Highest Attendance - 52

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Eric Wegscheider

Highest Final Table Percentage - 55%

Highest Average Points - 317

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Jeff Linger

Highest Final Table Percentage (30+ appearances) - 48%

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Kerry Duggan

Highest Average Bounties - 2.69

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$20+ Receipt Draw Winners

Bev and David Terceira

David Rawlings

Christina Kennedy

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All in all, we gave out over $2700 worth of prizes (as well as 300+ reward cards), and while I'm happy to fork out the dough I bring in to furnish these prizes for you guys, I also have some generous donors that I am very grateful could help soften the blow. Thanks to my best bud, Shai, for his continued donation for the winner of the Stay & Play Championship. Thanks to Dave at Carrigan Arms and Owen at Brown Barrel for their gift card donations. Thanks to Carol-Anne for the customized card protectors. Thanks also to the anonymous donor who helped out, you know who you are.

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Other thanks go out to the Brown Barrel staff, Rachele and Megan, plus Owen and the rest of the kitchen staff. We worked them to the bone yesterday and without them our day would not have been nearly as successful. Thanks also to Ariel & Scott for bringing some extra chairs (which we put to use this time), thanks to Norm for the use of his poker chips (only cost me an Eggs Benny), and thanks to everyone else who lent a hand yesterday, particularly Matt, Lesli and Nancie.

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Thanks to all of you players that come out consistently and make this league what it is. I am humbled by the compliments I receive on a regular basis, and the kind words by Eileen last night were just another example of that. We even had a few non-qualifiers come out just to cheer on the rest of you and get in some Stay & Plays (of which there were 13!).

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And of course, I want to thank my lovely Lesley, not only for her help setting up and leading up to the tournament, but for the support she gives me on an ongoing basis. The league's success is in large part to you, not only for the help you give, but our relationship fuels me and gives me added confidence that I would not have otherwise. Love you, babe.💖 

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That's about it, folks! I look forward to seeing you all soon so you can qualify for The Dog Days Championship in September! YEEEEEEE-HAAAAWWWWW!