Noticeboard & Leaderboard
Rod Comeau Wins The Cabin Fever Months Championship!
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:
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
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.
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:
Amit Jhamb
Most Total Points - 10144
Most Bounties - 100
Highest Average Bounties (30+ appearances) - 2.04
Highest Average Points (30+ appearances) - 191
Kevin Adams
Most Wins - 3 (tie)
Most Final Tables - 22
Eileen Grady
Most Wins - 3 (tie)
Most Bounties Exchanged for Reward Cards - 41
Mark Saliba
Highest Attendance - 52
Eric Wegscheider
Highest Final Table Percentage - 55%
Highest Average Points - 317
Jeff Linger
Highest Final Table Percentage (30+ appearances) - 48%
Kerry Duggan
Highest Average Bounties - 2.69
$20+ Receipt Draw Winners
Bev and David Terceira
David Rawlings
Christina Kennedy
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.
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.
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!).
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.💖
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!
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Player Eligibility
It's time for a friendly reminder about how Dead Man's Hand Poker operates. Venues pay me for each customer who comes to play poker—emphasis on "customer." If a player doesn't spend any money, they're not considered a customer, and the venue can withhold my payment. It's no secret that everyone attending is expected to spend a minimum of $10 on food or drinks. This is clearly outlined in the Player Info Sheet, sent to all new players and available on the website:
Plus, there's a weekly reminder at the bottom of the newsletter:
Honestly, I don’t think it’s a big ask. You wouldn’t sit at a restaurant table for three hours watching a game without ordering anything—they’d kick you out. Poker’s no different. Normally, this isn’t an issue. Before this week, I can only recall a couple of cases in recent months, and I usually handle it quietly with the individual. Problem solved. But this week, it happened four times. To top it off, the server couldn’t recall three of the offenders’ names, so I can’t even address them directly.
Full disclosure: if the restaurant still paid me for a non-spender, I wouldn’t bat an eye. It’s happened before, and I didn’t say a word. But when my payment gets docked, it stings. I love running these tournaments—it’s a passion—but it’s also a business for me and the venues. The money I collect funds prizes and other expenses. When someone doesn’t spend and I don’t get paid, I’m essentially working for free.
Spending $10 isn’t tough. Even if you don’t drink alcohol, both venues have full menus. You could also buy a drink for someone else (maybe trade for one of their reward cards?). Just note: a drink someone buys you counts toward their bill, not yours—you still need to hit $10.
Many of you go above and beyond, spending $20+ to snag a reward card, and the venues and I appreciate it. But spending big one night doesn’t give you a free pass later. If you want a deal like that, work it out with the restaurant. All I care about is what the server tells me: if you didn’t spend and I’m not getting paid, no deal matters.
So please, help me out—spend a simple $10 to play. As the Player Info Sheet states, non-spenders won’t earn points, and repeat offenders may be asked not to return. Let’s keep this fun for everyone!
Scoring
PLACE - POINTS
1st – 500
2nd – 300
3rd – 250
4th – 200
5th – 175
6th – 150
7th – 125
8th – 100
Placement points will be scaled to # of entries (turnout + rebuys)
+1% will be added for every entry over 8
PLACE - POINTS
9th – 75 (33+ entries)
10th – 50 (37+ entries)
11th – 40 (41+ entries)
12th – 35 (45+ entries)
13th – 30 (49+ entries)
14th – 30 (53+ entries)
15th – 30 (57+ entries)
16th – 30 (61+ entries)
ATTENDANCE
30 POINTS
BOUNTIES
30 POINTS
Only top 30 performances overall count (Place + Attendance + Bounties)
*YOU MUST PLAY AT LEAST 8 TIMES TO QUALIFY FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP
STAY AND PLAY POINTS
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
60 45 30 15
Only top 2 nightly and top 30 overall Stay and Play performances count
*Stay & Play points count towards both the main and the S&P standings!
Cabin Fever Months Champion: Rod Comeau
CFM Stay & Play Champion: Ron Haynes
