Die Hard Poker League
Updated: November 13, 2024
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Next Event: Event #5 $100 NLH (Table
Draw) Date Time: 7pm, Friday Nov 15th Location: Guildford Golf & Country Club,
7929 152 St, Surrey BC Darren: darrenkennedydk@gmail.com |
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Online Weekly: $50 NLH and $25 HORSE (DHPL
Online) Date Time: EVERY MONDAY 7pm Location: PokerStars Zoom: Meeting
Link (Starts 6:30pm) |
(all
start times 7pm except final 5:30pm start)
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BONUS
EVENTS x$300
TORSE Mixed Game Friday,
October 18 Mystery Bounty Saturday March 29 $300 LEAGUE FINAL Saturday, April 12 5:30PM 2025 WSOP $10,000 Main Event and Several prizes between $1,000 and $5000 |
Regular
tourneys are $100 buyin with up to one rebuy in first 4 levels (20 min levels)
Nov 6, 2024 Shawn Lange Wins Event 3 and Zach Nicholls
Takes Event 4
Congrats to our two winners on the weekend as Shawn Lange booked his first ever Die Hard win and Zach Nicholls notched his second this calendar year. A huge performance from Roger Grosset on the weekend with a 2nd and 5th place finish surges him to the league lead in points.
Huge turnouts for the weekend saw 118 and 109 buyins for the events. Fun time was had by all as always and thanks for putting up with my first effort of random seating for the event. I will fine tune the process a bit but I like the promise it has shown and will use it again at next event. This time I will post players names and seats alphabetically so its easier to find your name.
League points have been posted and results are on Hendon Mob. Fantasy and all time stats will take another few days as I am a little too busy on the home front atm.
Next event is coming soon on November 15th.
Oct 30, 2024 Double Header Weekend has Events #3 and #4
this Friday and Saturday at 7pm
Double header November weekend is here. Lots of poker to be played. To make it easier for me, if you are a league member and you know for sure you won't be coming to either event please let me know via email, text or whatsapp as this will help me prepare better.
Oct 21, 2024 8 Way Chop in 44 Entry $300 TORSE
A fun night of mix games last Friday resulted eventually in an 8 way ICM chop as players didn’t want to play on short with all the money up top. The chop was made before we even made the money, which is a very unique way to pay the bubble. Locking in money were: Joey Blake ($2070), Deepak Bhasin ($1950), Carl Underacht ($1680), Paul Anaka ($1670), Henry Oh ($1660), Zeph Pages ($1550), Linda Brine ($1420) and Piers Wylie ($1200).
Congrats everyone and I definitely want to run more mix game tourneys in the future.
Oct 17, 2024 $300 TORSE Structure and Start Stack
For those asking we will be using the structure for the $400 Wynn Poker Series TORSE Tourneys with 20 min levels instead of 40 min levels. Starting stack will be 25,000.
Wynn_Fall_Classic_Structures.pdf (visitwynn.com)
Check page 26 of link above. We will use this structure but 20 min levels instead of Wynn’s 30 min levels. 6 Handed tables and games will rotate every 6 hands.
Note that the intention is to make sure there is plenty of play for the first 2 hours and that the tourney ends by 2:20am. Depending on how the tourney progresses I may speed up the levels or slow down the levels if I feel the tourney is progressing too slow or too fast.
Sept 28, 2024 Andy Goosen takes Event #2 over Danny Bajaj
Congrats to the beast Andy Goosen for defeating Danny Bajaj headsup and Michelle making the drive from Kelowna pay off by finishing in 3rd. For Event #2 we had 97 total players and 112 entries. A fun night of poker with lots of suckouts and cold decks had only 3 players point in both events (Andy, Tyler and Ted) with 19 more players joining the scoreboard. 41 different players have already pointed this season.
Sept 15, 2024 Tyler Marples beats Everett Wicklund to win
Event #1
Tyler Marples return to the green felt of Die Hard after not playing in the league for several years with a big win. His run begon on table #5 midway through the tourney when we he was dealt pocket aces in back to back hands and knocked out 3 opponents in those 2 hands. Once he had some chips he played solid poker and ran it all the way to the title.
A great night saw 99 players and 113 buyins. Great to be back in business for our 19th season. We are up to 102 league members for this season.
Sept 12, 2024 Event #1 is TOMORROW!
Hope everyone is ready to kickoff the season. We have 99 league members set to kickoff the season tomorrow! A reminder that the buy-in is $100 and up to one rebuy if you bust in the first 4 levels.
We also will continue to run a $100 last longer. Entry available to end of first break as long as your chip stack is not above starting stack. You can also reenter last longer if you bust first bullet.
For new players points can only be earned off of your initial buy-in. Rebuy will only count for nights cash prizes.
Please note league members get priority to have a seat at start of the tourney but they must arrive and be bought in by 6:50pm to guarantee a seat to start. Any league member showing up after 6:50pm will NOT have priority over drop-ins, they will go to the back of the waitlist.
At 6:50pm I will begin giving seats to drop-ins. Drop-ins, priority goes by when you buy-in starting at 6:30pm.
We do have room for 3-4 more league members so if anyone was sitting on the fence please contact me or just show up tomorrow with your $650.
DHPL Fantasy
We are all a bunch of gamblers so why not gamble some more? We have a box style fantasy pool for the season. You pick 2 or 3 players from each box (depending on the box) and get points for all the points your picked players earned during the 10 regular season events. The sheet will be printed out for tomorrow for anyone that wishes to enter. $100 per entry and unlimited entries. We will pay out 15% of the field similar to a poker tourney.
If interested take a look here DHPL Fantasy
September
9, 2024 Die Hard Fantasy Returns!
Want to be on
who is going to do the best in Die Hard this year? Well, have we got the right
option for you. Die Hard Fantasy box pool allows you to pick a total of 26
players from various grouped boxes. Each player you pick gets points for points
earned in Die Hard Events up and including event #10. $100 per entry and
unlimited entries. I will print off a bunch of sheets and bring them to the Die
Hard Poker Event this week. Or you can print it out yourself and make your
picks ahead of time. Players are grouped based on how they performed over the
last 3 years of Die Hard using their Die Hard Poker Index rating. All new and
unrated players are grouped together in the final box.
Lets
gamble!!!
September
1, 2024 Getting Close to the Start of the Season
Hi
everyone. Getting close to the start of the season and I am getting very
excited to get it going again. It appears we have 99 players atm. Guessing we
will end up with 102-105 when all is said and done. Thanks everyone for paying
up and for those few remaining that haven’t please do so ASAP.
We will kick
off the season on Friday September 13. As always it’s a $100 buyin with a
maximum of one $100 rebuy in Levels 1-4. We will also run a $100 last longer
bet which pays out 3 spots 50%/30%/20% or can be chopped up by remaining
players at any time. The last longer often ends up being around $1500 for
first.
Spots will
be tight again so remember that if you are league member you need to buyin 10
minutes before the event starts to be guaranteed to not be on the waitlist to
be seated. At 6:50pm I will hand out seats to any dropins waiting to play and
if you as a league member show up after that time you may end up waiting for
players to bust before getting a seat.
The hardest
part about running these tournaments is handling those people that show up
between 6:50pm and 7:30pm so PLEASE do not be one of those players. Get there
on time.
There will
be some changes to the poker as well as we will continue to follow TDA rules
and the Poker TDA did make a couple of significant changes this year. Fro now
the one that matters most is that the BB will be paid first so if the BB has
one BB or less he will not pay any ante.
There are
also some fouled deck, burn card and flop came early changes to procedures
which I will spell out later.
More to
come as I review the rule changes the TDA implemented this year.
Die Hard
Fantasy Returns! We are going to group people in boxes and you will get to make
choices. Once again we will be grouping people based on DHPI status which is a
reflection of how well players have performed over the last 3 years at Die Hard
Events. Those new to the league will be grouped together as well. This year
with a bit of a twist we are going to group people in boxes of 10 and you will
need to select 3 players from each box. I will get the sheets together soon so
that you will have time to look at them.
August
10, 2024 Die Hard Leagues Fees of $650 Now Due
Thanks to all that have locked up their seats (80 of you). There are 19 others who have said you were in but did not send in your league fees. You need to get them to me ASAP or risk losing your spot. Get them in ASAP (Andrew Creed, Andrew Krywaniuk, Chris Latourelle, Chris Nishi, Diane Abrey, Eric Weber, Greg Lock, Guy Bottin, Ish Francis, Jeff Roberts, Jeremy Skinner, Johanne Glyn-Jones, Kelli Cera, Mark Scott, Mike Mittermuller, Nik Fabisiak, Spiro Pegios, Terry Goode, Trevor Massey)
July 14,
2024 Time to Sign Up for Die Hard 2024-25 Season #19
Hi
everyone, now that I’m finished with my WSOP events I am looking forward to
this season’s Die Hard Poker League. Dates are posted and we are starting to
get ready for yet another Die Hard Poker Season. Take a look above and make
sure you can make the Final.
BONUS EVENTS
Mixed Game Friday, October 18 (Game Type and Buyin to be
determined)
Mystery Bounty Saturday March 29 $300
LEAGUE FINAL Saturday, April 12 5:30PM
Anyone
looking to play this coming season, please email me @ darrenkennedydk@gmail.com and let
me know. This year you will need to pay the $650 CAD league fees no later than
Aug 9th either via etransfer or cash direct to Darren to lock up
your seat. If you haven’t sent money by then I will open up your spot to new
players on waiting list.
The way we
are working priority as always is to give returning players first crack at it.
Priority
List:
1.
League
members from 2023-24
2.
League
members from prior seasons
3.
Players
that have played Die Hard Poker Events before
4.
Players
that have not played but are recommended by current players
5.
Other
players.
In past
seasons we have never turned away a player wanting to join the league but we
are dangerously close to being full.
July 19,
2024 Signing Up for the upcoming Die Hard Season
Who’s playing this year???? Email me or text me if you are in. If your name isn’t here, then I don’t know.
You MUST SEND $650 CAD to Darren to guarantee your spot by no later than Aug 9. After that date I will be giving away your spot to those on the wait list.
100 Total! So far 97 all paid up, 3 more confirmed in but not yet paid, 19 players not returning. Gonna be a full house!
(Updated Sep 12, 2024)
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Players
Guaranteed Seat THEY
HAVE PAID |
(Not Yet Paid) |
Not
Returning |
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 |
Aditya Aggarwal Allan Foster Andrew Creed Andrew Krywaniuk Andy Goosen Bob Lyle Bobbi Frost * Brad
Wilson Brent Senko Chris Flaman Chris Latourelle Chris McDonell Chris Nishi * Chris Potter Chris Searles Chris Watson Chris Watts Christina Armstrong Cindy Chen Cody Hurlburt Colton Kroeker * Dan Molatore Danny Bajaj Darren Kennedy Dave Aplas Dave Sims Deepak Bhasin Dennis Neels Don Krekoski Doug Armstrong Doug Cornelson Dylan Ruocco Eric Ruttan Eric Weber Evan Horton Everett Wicklund Faisal Al Qutub Gordie Clark Graham Spence Greg Lock * Greg Rankich Guy Bottin Harry Aujla Henry Oh Ish Francis James Tichenor Jamie Hucul Jason Makowski Jason Nadeau Jeff Roberts * Jeremy Skinner Jim Prime Joey Blake Johanne Glyn-Jones John Clark John Romanowski Johnny Dai Jordan Kroeker * Kal Kooner Keith Fisher Kelli Cera Marc Belland Martin Sayle Martin Todosychuk Melanie Romanowski Michelle Owen Mike Baker Mike Hill Mike Honeyman Mike McManus Mike Mittermuller Mike Pruessmann Mike Twitchell Mo Pannun Pat Woelk Paul Anaka Paul Deol Piers Wylie Robert Brechin Roger Grosset * Ryan Fountain Ryan Freeman Sam Raz Shawn Lange Spiro Pegios Steve McLarty Steven Bakx Ted Hill Terry Goode * Tosca Lueks Travis Wiens Trevor Massey Ty Duong Tyler Marples Wray Jones Zach Nicholls |
Ben Walker Don Thrasher Kelly Lange |
Ben Barlow Brian Taylor Cathy Mai Cenzo Cimino Dave Collier Diane Abrey Eric Nair Jas Sahota Jason Marshall Jeff Hall Jesse Forster Kate Mitevska Kerry Sweeney Mark Scott Nikola Mitevski Rik Rohrback Robin Scory Ryan McDonald Scott Brynen Tony Washburn |
July 11,
2024 Darren Kennedy and Georg Jancev Cash the Main Event
I am so
happy to say that Georg and I both cashed the Main Event. I made the money with
just 7BBs so happy to min cash for $15,000 and 1482nd place. Georg
hit the money bubble with a solid stack and would last longer busting in 845th
for $25,000. Sadly the others that made Day 3 all fell short of the money.
Brant Taylor, Zach Nicholls, Brad Wilson and Danny Bajaj would all bust short
of Day 4.
July 9,
2024 WSOP Main Event DAY 3!!! 6 of 9 players from Die Hard Playing the Main
Event make Day 3
OK this is
where it starts to get interesting. Make it through Day 3 and you are virtually
guaranteed to be in the money. Last year they finished Day 3 just 11 players
off the money. Previous years they made the money on Day 3. We shall see how
this year goes.
Going into
today we still have 6 of our 9 Die Harders sitting with chips:
Georg
Jancev 495,000
Zach
Nicholls 197,000
Brad Wilson
145,000
Brant
Taylor 265,500
Danny Bajaj
240,000
Darren
Kennedy 104,500
Sadly no
longer with chips are:
Jamie Hucul
Mike Baker
Faisal Al
Qutub
There are
currently 3617 players remaining from a record starting field of 10,112
entries. 1517 players make the money. Of those remaining there are still 33
from British Columbia. Die harders represent 6 of those 33!! Well done boys.
Lets navigate this field and make it to the money!
July 6,
2024 WSOP Main Event!!! All 9 Players From Die Hard Playing the Main Event Make
Day 2
We had all
3 winners as well as Jamie Hucul play the World Series of Poker Main Event Day
1D on Saturday and all 4 of them made it through to Day 2. This makes it an
amazing 8 for 8 of us the made it through to Day 2. Day 2 is typically more of
a moving day where big stacks start to emerge and blinds are still plenty to
low enough to play some good poker. Day 3 is more of a survival Day and end of
Day 3 is where the money is made.
Chipcounts
at end of day for them were:
Zach
Nicholls (100,700)
Brad Wilson
(59,500)
Jamie Hucul
(45,200)
Mike Baker
(30,600)
Georg
Jancev (177,200)
Today is
Day 2ABC and Darren Kenney, Brant Taylor, Faisal Al Qutub and Danny Bajaj take
to the felts to try and build up their respective stacks and make it to Day 3.
Follow along and watch as we try and position our chipstacks and ourselves for
a deep run.
WSOP | Tournaments | Event Updates
July 6,
2024 WSOP Main Event!!! Our Winners Play Today
Good luck to
Brad Wilson, Mike Baker and Zach Nicholls who all take their seat in the Main
Event today. Day 1D begins with what is likely over 4000 players today. Joining
them will be Jamie Hucul also a winner from our league and Georg Jancev.
Yesterday
we had 4 players in Day 1C. All made it through the day with chips and will
restart their Day 2 Sunday at noon. Brant Taylor (193,400), Danny Bajaj
(155,900), Darren Kennedy (70,800) and Faisal Al Qutub (62,600) all made it
through the day with more than the chips they started with (60,000).
July 1, 2024 Danny Bajaj Final Tables Event
68 for 6th Place and $135,522!!
An amazing
run by Danny who made it through a field os 2,229 players to get to the Final
table. His bustout hand was heartbreaking as he got AK in against AQ and lost
for a pot that would determine the chiplead. The winner of that pot steamrolled
the rest of the table to the bracelet. Danny also has two other small cashes in
bracelet events.
Faisal has
cashed 3 times at this years WSOP and added two other cashes.
Brant went
deep in the Super Seniors cashing 35th of 3,362 players for $11,848
Doug
Cornelson chopped a mystery bounty at Orleans for a solid cash.
I myself had
two cashes in $800 PLO8 and Daily Deepstack at WSOP but went 0-4 in bracelet
events so far. Hoping to change that with the Main Event.
Many others
have had cashes but I don’t have them at my fingertips.
Overall
Summary:
19 years
ago (Sept 23, 2005) we started this league and not one person had at that time
a tracked cash in a major poker tournament.
Since then
Die Hard Players have combined for over $2,471,928 USD in cashes tracked on
HendonMob, 1613 total
5 people
over $100K in cashes
11 over
$50K
50 over
$10K
In the last
12 months alone we have had
7 Cashes
over $10,000
1 Cashes
over $100,000
Danny Bajaj
6th of 2,229 players in WSOP #68 $2500 NLH for $135,522
Brant
Taylor 35th of 3362 players in WSOP Super Seniors for $11,848
Multiple
Titles
6 ME Cashes
2 WSOP FTs
1 WSOP
Circuit Ring
Main Event
9 entered,
9 made Day 2, 6 made Day 3, 2 cashed and made Day 4. Darren Kennedy 1482nd
($15K) and Georg Jancev 845th ($25K)
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You are
invited to join my private poker club for Home Games online
If you
don't already have it, download the free PokerStars software from
www.pokerstars.com
Open the
main poker lobby, then click on the Home Games tab
Click the
'Join a Poker Club' button
Enter my
Club ID number: 3207743
Enter my Invitation
Code: dhpl2020
That's it!
Once I've approved your membership request, we'll be ready to start playing
Home Games online together
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pokerstars://resolve/0/home-games-intro
After you
have done that, please email darrenkennedydk@gmail.com with your pokerstars ID
and I will accept your membership.
NOTE: I
will only be accepting those that are current or former league members at this
time. I will let you know if that changes.
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