Die Hard Poker League
Updated: July 30, 2019
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Next Event: $200 Summer Special
Date Time: 7pm Friday, July 19, 2019
Location: Arizona Room, Eaglequest Coyote
Creek Golf Club, 7778 152nd Street Surrey, BC
Darren: darrenkennedydk@gmail.com
Tourney Dates
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xLEAGUE FINAL Saturday, April 6, NOON 2018 WSOP $10,000 Main Event and 2018 WSOP NLH $1000 or $1500
Event Rio in Las Vegas |
League members require $50USD or $70 CAD for league fees and $100 for the cash portion, and non-league members need to bring $100. There will also be a $100 last-longer for anyone that’s interested and up to one re-entry for $100. There are no add-ons.
July 30, 2019: 15th
DHPL Season Set to Begin in September
Welcome back to our 15th season of the Die Hard Poker
League. Crazy when I see it in print that what started 15 years ago as me and
22 ball and work buddies playing poker together has morphed into a league where
we give away over $150,000 CAD in combined prizes last year! Its insane to
think about.
Looking forward to another season. We have a couple small
changes this year and some housekeeping to take care of.
1. First off we are once again going to cap it at 100
players. Simply not enough space for more players than that. Buyins will remain
the same at $100 per event and league fees of $500 USD will also remain the
same.
2. Existing league members: I need to hear from you via
email that you are coming back. Please respond to this email and confirm for me
that you will be returning. IF I DON'T HEAR FROM YOU YOUR SPOT WILL BE GIVEN
AWAY! An * on the http://www.diehardpoker.ca/MembershipList.htm page indicates
I have heard from you. There are a lot of you I am already sure about, but
please check the list and if you don't have a '*' send me an email.
3. New league members: you must wait until Aug 7 to know for
sure whether you have a spot. I expect everyone will get a spot but I need to
wait until then to be sure. If your name is on this list:
http://www.diehardpoker.ca/MembershipList.htm then I know you are interested in
joining. If it is not on that list then you need to email me before Aug 7 and
let me know. All players emailing me by Aug 7 will be treated equally and a
draw (if necessary) will be done to determine which new players get to join to fill
us up to 100 players.
Please note that for new players, you will need to etransfer
me $100 CAD to hold your spot. That $100 will be used for your buyin into the
first event. I am sorry to require this but we always have 20-30% of new
players that say they are coming dropout and it results in me having to tell
people no that wanted to join the league. This keeps it serious.
4. BB Antes. We tried out the BB Ante at the summer $200
event. It was successful though I slowed the blinds down a bit more than I
should have. I have made adjustments and we should be good to go for the first
event.
5. Events will be 5 Saturdays (5pm start) and 5 Fridays
(6:30pm start) this year. This has been an ongoing request I have received by
multiple people every year and this year I have decided its time to try it. The
final will once again be on a Saturday with a noon start.
PROPOSED DATES (SUBJECT TO CHANGE)
#1: Saturday Sept 7
#2: Friday Sept 20
#3: Saturday Oct 5
#4: Friday Nov 8
#5: Saturday Nov 23
#6: Friday Dec 13
#7: Saturday Jan 11
#8: Friday Jan 24
#9: Saturday Feb 15
#10: Friday Mar 13
FINAL: Saturday Apr 14 (NOON START)
6. Fridays will start a half hour earlier than in the past.
We will start at 6:30pm. This is primarily due to push back from the facility
as they want us to get out earlier than in the past. I know its tough for those
coming from far away or who work later but it is a must.
7. Finally new rule changes. If you have a rule complaint or
anything to do with the league and the way we run it including tournament play,
prizes, or just about anything this is the one time of the year I will listen
to rule change requests. Please send them in to me and I will accumulate and
address them.
Thanks Everyone and look forward to seeing you all in
September. I will be back full time this year as my Netherlands time ends as of
Aug 26 so looking forward to cashing a few of these tournies this year.
Please email me and not text or phone as I am in Europe for
the next 4 weeks.
July 12, 2019: $200
Buyin Summer Special Tourney on for July 19
Hey guys we are putting on a $200 buyin tourney for next Friday. Let your friends know.
Time for probably our only summer event as I will not be
around until end of August after this one. Setting up a $200 buyin tourney for
one week from today. I know that it is not that much notice, but it is what I
can work with. I need to hear from you if you are planning to come. Please show
up by 6:30pm to buy in to the tourney. Tourney will be same structure as our
regular tourneys except we are upping the start stack to 15,000 for this event.
It will be a great chance to talk about possible rule
changes for next season and discuss everything that happened in this summers’
WSOP etc. I do owe another full update on what our winners have been doing, but
spoiler alert, no cashes from our winners and just one person left to
play.
I will be putting potential league dates for the new year
together in the next few days and posting it up on the site
Are you new to the league? This is also a great chance
for those that are new to the league to come out and play with us to get a feel
for what the league will offer.
Who's coming? Send me an email and let me know!
June 25, 2019: Bobbi
Frost and Johnny Dai Cash Tourney and More Updates From WSOP
Bobbi Frost played and cashed in the Monster Stack to make it back-to-back years cashing in this event. Bobbi was playing on our own and ashed in 793rd place for $2,369.00 She went out on a flip in her last hand holding AJ to 66.
Johnny Dai just finished playing a $600 Venetian tourney and went out in 87th place of 1,987 players to cash for $1,900. Great job Johnny.
Andrew Krywaniuk also played the Monster Stack as a league winner and made it late in the night on Day 1 but went out in Level 10 when he picked up TT and ran into AA in a cooler.
Garry and Mark Juvelin also both played the Mosnter Stack and had no success.
Brent Miscisco played a $2,500 NLH tourney as a league winner on June 20 and had his KK crushed by A4 on a Q44 board. And yes the river added insult with an Ace hitting it.
Tosca Leuks played the ladies event and made it into Day 2 being the first player from the league to actually bag at the end of the day. Unfortunately, she was short and although she doubled that stack 3 times on day 2 she eventually picked up AK and ran into KK and did not advance into the money.
Michelle Owen and Jason Nadeau both played in HORSE events at the Orleans on June 17, but neither were able to find a cash.
Dan Cassidy is currently playing the $600 bracelet event. Good luck to you Dan.
I receive messages from you guys on multiple different platforms (2 diff phones, twitter, email, FB) so if I missed anyone I am sorry. I love hearing the updates so keep them coming. Let’s hear some more success stories!!!
Coming up we have Bruce, Dan and Alyssa all slated to play the Mini Main on July 1 followed by our two big winners Mike Twitchell and Dave Collier set to play the $10K WSOP Main Event on July 5th. Next is Dan Molatore playing Event #79 a $3,000 NLH and finally Mo Pannun will play a $1,500 NLH on July 11.
As for me I am over here in the Netherlands and just played a €700 Main Event in the Breda Poker Series where I cashed 26th place of 202 players for €1,369. A solid warmup for the WSOP.
June 17, 2019: Brant
Taylor Cashes and More Updates From WSOP
Brant Taylor playing on his own dime cashed the $1000 Double Stack falling in 700th place out of 6214 players to cash for $1,690. Nice work Brant
Mark McInney took his last buyin in the Millionaire Maker and did not succeed in cashing.
Roger Grosset took his luck to the Millionaire Maker. He worked hard building a stack and then got it all in on the QJ45ddxx board vs a flush draw for a big pot… you know the rest. He did manage to bink the daily $100 buyin tourney at the Rio poker room though so he didn’t go home empty handed.
Pat Woelk played the Seniors Event and had an absolute cooler flopping top set with QQ on a Q98 board and running into a guy holding the stone cold nuts withs JT. The board did not pair and Pat rebought. His second buy also went poorly and Pat was out the door.
Coming up we have Tosca Lueks playing the Ladies event on
Thursday, June 20th and Brent Miscisco playing a $2500 NLH on the
same day.
June 4, 2019: Mark
Scott and Jamil Jutha Cash Event #9
Congrats to Die Hard regulars Mark Scott (471st for $1,388) and Jamil Jutha (213th for $2,257) who both cashed in the $600 NLH Event #9 today. Both were league members last year. This was Marks 4th career WSOP cash and Jamil’s first ever WSOP cash. Congrats guys!
June 4, 2019: No
Early Success for DHPL Winners at WSOP
So far we have had Mark McKinney enter Events #9 ($600 NLH), #12 ($1,000 NLH Turbo Bounty) and Steve McLarty also enter Event #12. Both players have failed to make the money, Mark had a crushing blow to bust #9 yesterday when his AA got all in on a flop of 99T vs QQ only to see the Q spike the turn in brutal fashion. Steve busted out today when he pushed with AK vs QQ. He hit the King on the flop but lost when the board ran out a 4 flush for his opponent.
May 26, 2019: WSOP
Die Hard Players Update
The WSOP starts on Wednesday and
most of our winners have sent me updates as to when they will be playing. If
you are going down to playing an Event let me know and I will post it here so
we can keep track of everyone.
Die Hard Main Leagues
Winners:
· Mark McInney $3,000 WSOP + $500 cash Event #9 June 3, $600 NLH, Event #12, June 4, $1,000 Super Turbo Bounty, Event #19 June 10, $1,500 Millionaire Maker (May 30-June 13) -busted Event 9, 12, 19
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Steve
McLarty $1,000 WSOP + $500 cash Event #12 June 4, $1,000 NLH -busto
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Roger
Grosset $1,000 WSOP + $500 cash Event #19 June 8, $1,500 Millionaire Maker -busto
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Pat Woelk
$1,500 WSOP + $500 cash Event #32 June 13, Seniors NLH + $500 for second
Seniors bullet -busto
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Tosca
Lueks Wild Card#1 $1,000 WSOP + $500 cash Event #47 June 20, $1,000 Ladies
NLH -busto Day 2
· Brent Miscisco $2,500 WSOP + $500 cash Event #48 June 20, $2500 NLH -busto
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Andrew
Krywaniuk $1,500 WSOP + $500 cash Event #50 June 21, $1,500 Monster Stack
NLH -busto
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Bruce
Lawson $1,000 WSOP + $500 cash Event #69 July 1, $1,000 Mini Main Event NLH
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Dan
Cassidy Wild Card#2 $1,000 WSOP + $500 cash Event #69 July 1, $1,000 Mini
Main Event NLH (June 23-July 7)
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Alyssa
Webber $1,000 WSOP + $500 cash Event #69 July 1, $1,000 Mini Main Event NLH
(June 23-July 7)
· Mike Twitchell $10,000 WSOP ME Seat + $800 cash Event #73C July 5-16, Event#14, June 5-8 (July 4-???)
· Dave Collier $10,000 WSOP ME Seat + $800 cash Event #73C July 5-16 (July 5-11)
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Dan Molatore
$2,000 WSOP + $500 cash Event #79 July 9 – $3,000 NLH
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Mo Pannun
$1,500 WSOP + $500 cash Event #82 July 11, $1500 DoubleStack NLH
(July10-16)
Horse Winners
· Mike Twitchell $1,500 HORSE Seat Event #73C July 5-16, Event#14, June 5-8 -busto
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Michelle
Owen $1,500 HORSE Seat Event #?? June ??
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Jason
Nadeau $500 HORSE Seat Event #?? June ?? – undecided -busto
Non-Winners also heading to WSOP:
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Darren Kennedy –
July 4-15
April 6, 2019: Dave
Collier and Mike Twitchell to Play WSOP Main Event
The 14th Season of the Die Hard
Poker League ended last night with $45,600 USD worth of prizes awarded
including 2 $10K World Series of Poker Main Event Seats and 12 other WSOP
buyins. Congrats to everyone that one a seat but especially to Dave Collier and
Mike Twitchell who won the big prizes. Mike Twitchell unbelievably finished
first in both the Main League and the HORSE League.
Mike Twitchell $10,800
Dave Collier $10,800
Mark McKinney $3,500
Brent Miscisco $3,000
Dan Molatore $2,500
Mo Pannun $2,000
Andrew Krywaniuk $2,000
Pat Woelk $2,000
Steve McLarty $1,500
Bruce Lawson $1,500
Alyssa Jane Webber $1,500
Roger Grosset $1,500
Tosca Lueks $1,500
Dan Cassidy $1,500
I forgot to take the photo while
Dan Cassidy and Tosca Lueks were still there, but the rest of the winners are
in the photo.
Interesting stats from the event
include 10 of the top 22 starting stacks got seats. The other 4 started with
7,500 (Steve M), 5,800 (Tosca), 4,500 (Mo) and 3,500 (Brent M) chips
respectively.
As can be expected there was
some drame, some suckouts, some fist pumping moments and some absolutely
crushing blows. One of the most significant ones came with 14 players remaining
and Shawn Lange calling all in with a heatlhy stack and KK vs Mark McInney’s
AJ. Due to the Wild Card seats, all players except Shawn L, Pat and Dave C were
already guaranteed seats. Shawn needed top 12 to make it. As luck would have it
the board ran out safe until a crushing Ace on the river all but ended his
chances leaving him with about 3000 chips. He would double once more from there
but ultimately fall short. This gave Dan Cassidy who had busted in 15th a Wild
Card seat. First time we ever had someone bust and think they came short only
to watch someone else’s misfortune give him a package.
Nothing made me more sick then
when Brad McKibbon was all in vs 2 players with 77 and the turn was brought
early before the other two players had completed action. That turn would as
usual need to go back and reshuffled. That turn, a 7, would have given Brad a
set of 77’s to beat the other players TT. It resulted in Brad’s elimination and
is as I said the most absolutely sickening way to bust a tournament.
There was another hand where set
over set fell to a rivered straight. There were Aces being cracked by AK all in
preflop. There were Aces being cracked by baby pairs preflop.
Dave Collier won a massive 44 vs
AT flip versus Brent who was then knocked out shortly after. Dave Collier, Mark
McInney and Mike Twitchell played 3 handed for about 90 minutes. They traded
the chiplead numerous times, but in the end Dave went on a heater and with Dave
and Mike beign fairly even, Dave once again took 44 vs Mark’s AT and held to
give us our winners.
Good luck in Vegas everyone. Thanks for making our Die Hard Poker League
continue to thrive!!
March 30, 2019: HORSE
Final Won by Mike Twitchell, Michelle Owen and Jason Nadeau
Huge congrats for a successful first iteration of the Die Hard Horse League. It was a fun league that helped us play some different games for a change. The winners for this first year were Mike Twitchell ($1500 seat), Michelle Owen ($1500 seat) and Jason Nadeau ($500 seat). The chip lead changed a tonne with Jason Nadeau and Brent Senko dominating the tournament early but with levels going up both Brent and Jason would run cold and fall early at the final table. Deepak Bhasin took over a massive chiplead with 5 remaining but he too could not last. Mike Twitchell built up chips and while Michelle Owen had a stack most of the night it came down to one monster hand 3 handed which left both her and Kent Senko basically all in on Stud with Kent having a board of TJ/AQAJ/7 and Michelle holding xx/689 with flush and straight draws as Mike Twitchell happily watched. Michelle would come out on top completing one of her draws and Kent would be the bubble boy (Jason had won the league points leader guaranteed seat). Congrats everyone and good luck in Vegas.
Mike Twitchell $1,500
Michelle Harker Owen $1,500
Jason Nadeau $500
March 30, 2019: DHPL
League Final Seating Chart Season 14 (2018-19)
We drew random seats for the final just before we started up the HORSE final last night. Roger shuffled them, I mixed them up again and Mike Twitchell randomly drew all the seats. As usual there is a monster stacked table with 4 of the top 8 stacks all on table 8. Table has an average of 17,400 per player whereas Table 1 has an average of just 4,900 per player.
There are 691,700 chips in play with 84 players fighting for 12 prizes + 2 wild card prizes. This puts the average chipstack at 8,200 chips to start.
Darren Hindley will not be playing in the Final.
Check out your table below:
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Seat |
Table 1 |
Chips |
Seat |
Table 2 |
Chips |
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1 |
Dave
Brunham |
1000 |
1 |
Jesse
Spencer |
8500 |
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2 |
Hal
Fellingham |
6000 |
2 |
Abe
Leiren |
9000 |
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3 |
Brad
McKibbon |
4000 |
3 |
Guy
Bottin |
1000 |
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4 |
Jason
Nadeau |
4500 |
4 |
Nick
Simon |
1500 |
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5 |
Keith
Fisher |
9500 |
5 |
Brent
Senko |
7500 |
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6 |
Doug
Crone |
2500 |
6 |
Mike
Honeyman |
4000 |
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7 |
Brent
Miscisco |
3500 |
7 |
Scott
Wilson |
13500 |
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8 |
Jeff
Hall |
2000 |
8 |
Kelli
Cera |
16000 |
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9 |
Brant
Taylor |
11000 |
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9 |
Thomas
Davis |
1500 |
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44,000 |
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62,500 |
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Seat |
Table 3 |
Chips |
Seat |
Table 4 |
Chips |
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1 |
Georg
Jancev |
16000 |
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1 |
Michelle
Owen |
4500 |
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2 |
Chris
Middleton |
2000 |
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2 |
Tyler
Marples |
9500 |
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3 |
Ryan
MacDonald |
1000 |
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3 |
Bruce
Lawson |
11000 |
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4 |
Wray
Jones |
5500 |
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4 |
Brian
Taylor |
3000 |
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5 |
Mark
McKinney |
19500 |
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5 |
Ivan
Mahood |
4000 |
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6 |
Jordan
Kroeker |
10500 |
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6 |
Kal
Kooner |
1000 |
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7 |
Scott
Brynen |
6000 |
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7 |
Andrew
Creed |
5500 |
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8 |
Kent
Senko |
6500 |
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8 |
Chris
Fraser |
10500 |
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9 |
Bob
DeForest |
1000 |
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9 |
Nicole
Miscisco |
6000 |
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68,000 |
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55,000 |
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Seat |
Table 5 |
Chips |
Seat |
Table 6 |
Chips |
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1 |
Darren
Kennedy |
2000 |
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1 |
Mo
Pannun |
4500 |
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2 |
Mike
Taylor |
8000 |
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2 |
Roger
Grosset |
17000 |
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3 |
Jesse
Forster |
9800 |
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3 |
Zac
Pihl |
2500 |
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4 |
Alyssa
Webber |
10500 |
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4 |
James
Tichenor |
1000 |
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5 |
Richard
Wardroper |
7500 |
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5 |
Shaun
Ali |
2000 |
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6 |
Everett
Wicklund |
21000 |
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6 |
Martin
Sayle |
7500 |
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7 |
Chris
McDonell |
5500 |
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7 |
Shawn
Lange |
11500 |
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8 |
Deepak
Bhasin |
8000 |
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8 |
Rob
Sims |
5000 |
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72,300 |
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51,000 |
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Seat |
Table 7 |
Chips |
Seat |
Table 8 |
Chips |
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1 |
Pat
Woelk |
12000 |
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1 |
Paul
Deol |
14000 |
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2 |
Tosca
Lueks |
5800 |
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2 |
Doug
Cornelson |
21500 |
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3 |
Jim
Prime |
2500 |
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3 |
Dave
Collier |
26800 |
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4 |
Andrew
Krywaniuk |
23500 |
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4 |
Ray
Rohrback |
8500 |
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5 |
Glenn
Burns |
1000 |
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5 |
Chris
Nishi |
4500 |
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6 |
Doug
Chysik |
8000 |
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6 |
Kevin
Sampson |
19000 |
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7 |
Jim
Turner |
4500 |
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7 |
Dan
Molatore |
30000 |
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8 |
Garry
Juvelin |
9000 |
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8 |
Bobbi
Frost |
14800 |
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66,300 |
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139,100 |
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Seat |
Table 9 |
Chips |
Seat |
Table 10 |
Chips |
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1 |
Johnny
Dai |
5000 |
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1 |
Trevor
Massey |
2000 |
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2 |
Robert
Brechin |
5000 |
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2 |
Mike
Twitchell |
16500 |
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3 |
Eric
Ruttan |
6000 |
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3 |
Stan
Zatylny |
15000 |
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4 |
Steve
Mclarty |
7500 |
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4 |
Steve
Tamboline |
1000 |
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5 |
Ramiro
Dominguez |
10000 |
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5 |
Kelly
Lange |
10500 |
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6 |
Mike
Menkes |
2500 |
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6 |
Dave
Sims |
2500 |
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7 |
Dan
Cassidy |
18500 |
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7 |
Rik
Rohrback |
18000 |
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8 |
Mike
Mittermuller |
7000 |
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8 |
Mike
Farnese |
6500 |
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9 |
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9 |
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61,500 |
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75,500 |
March 20, 2019: Mark
McKinney beats Abe Leiren to win Event #10, Dan Molatore Locks up League Points
and Guaranteed Seat
In the final event of the year there was some drama remaining from the points race. With Dan Molatore sitting in the pole position, his 4 chasers were Everett Wicklund, Dave Collier, Andrew Krywaniuk and Doug Cornelson. Everett would bow out early and Dave Collier would fall in the middle of the tourney. When Dan Molatore got 1,000 points that ended Doug Cornelson’s faint hopes of passing him leaving Andrew as the only obstacle left. Andrew would now need 8,000 points to tie Dan and beat him on tie breaker. Andrew made it interesting, nearly reaching the final table but ultimately fell in 13th place, outlasting Dan by 9 spots but only an extra 500 points.
As for the others, there were lots of people looking to win some money and add chips to their league final start stack. Abe Leiren and Jason Nadeau hadn’t pointed all year and they locked up 8,000 and 3,500 points respectively while Mark McKinney took down the big prize of 10,000 points.
League final is coming up soon. The seat draw will take place at the Horse final and be posted the following day. Pleasae verify your points prior to the Final. If there are any questions or discrepancies let me know as soon as possible so I can investigate. Waiting until the day of the tournament is not a good idea.
If you know you won’t be coming to the final please also let me know.
February 24, 2019:
Scott Wilson Beats Dan Cassidy to Win Event #9
Scott Wilson came away victorious after winning a key pot 3 handed versus Martin Sayle and then outlasting Dan Cassidy heads up.
February 10, 2019:
Bruce Lawson wins Event #8 After 4 way chop
Bruce Lawson took first and the 10,000 points after chopping the money up 4 ways between Everett Wicklund, Mike Schubert and Dylan Ruocco.
January 23, 2019:
Kevin Sampson wins Event #7, Andrew Krywaniuk finishes Second.
Another great turnout and this event saw Kevin Sampson take down first place outlasting Andrew Krywaniuk for the title after chopping the money for $2,000 each. The race for first heated up some more as Dan Molatore pointed for 1,000 points to help extend his lead, but Dave Collier finished in 5th and took home 4,500 points meaning Dan now sits at 28,000 and Dave at 26,800. The race for first is very tight.
The in-the-point finishers were: Kevin Sampson ($2,000), Andrew Krywaniuk ($2,000), Georg Jancev ($1,250), Kelly Lange ($950), Dave Collier ($750), Frank ($550, non-league), Mike Taylor ($400), Rob Sims ($300), Nikola Mitevska (non-league), Sam Raz ($250, non-league), Ramiro Dominguez ($200), Eric Ruttin ($200), Scott Wilson ($200), Mike Twitchell, Everett Wicklund, Kelli Cera, Garry Juvelin, Dan Molatore, Jim Prime, Rick Rohrback, Michelle Owen, Doug Cornelson, Mike Farnese, Shawn Lange, Deepak Bhasin.
December 17, 2018:
Dave Collier wins Event #6, his second win this season.
Dave Collier won Event #6 and took home $2150, dominating the final table. Mark Juvelin won second place and Dan Molatore returned from Event #5’s first place with a solid third place and second in points. Event #6 saw 88 entries which was our lowest of the season, not surprising given the closeness to Christmas.
The in-the-point finishers were: Dave Collier ($2150), Mark Juvelin ($1600, non-league), Dan Molatore ($1100), Pat Woelk ($850), Bruce Lawson ($650, rebuy), Everett Wicklund ($500), Jason Wells ($400, non-league), Alyssa Webber ($300), Mike Mittermuller ($250), Kelly Lange ($200), Georg Jancev ($200), Chris Nishi ($200), Don Tran ($200, non-league), Chris Fraser, Pater Singh (non-league), Deepak Bhasin, Mike Honeyman, Mo Pannun, Christina Armstrong (non-league), Roger Grosset, Hal Fellingham, Eric Ruttan, Kelly Cera, Ivan Mahood, Vesna Jancev (non-league), Ray Rohrback, Dave Brunham (rebuy), Rob Sims (rebuy), Mark McInney, Terry Goode (non-league), Mike Twitchell, Keith Fisher.
November 19, 2018:
Dan Molatore and Tony Washburn chop Event #5. Dan takes the 10,000 points.
In a long 4 handed battle where the lead changed hands multiple times, ultimately Tony Washburn and Dan Molatore were able to outlast Jordan Kroeker and Dan Cassidy to chop this thing heads up.
The in-the-point finishers were: Dan Molatore ($2,100), Tony Washburn ($2,000, non-league), Jordan Kroeker ($1,300), Dan Cassidy ($950), Mike Farnese ($750), Dave Slater ($600), Mike Twitchell ($400), Chris Fraser ($300), Rik Rohrback ($200), Shawn Lange ($200), Ramiro Dominguez ($200), Bobbi Frost ($200), Tosca Lueks ($200), Jesse Forster, Alyssa Webber, Mark Johnson, Brent Miscisco, Johnny Dai, Darren Hindley, Trevor Massey, Doug Chysik, Kent Senko, Nick Simon, Jeff Hall, Chris Middleton.
November 12, 2018:
Steve Tamboline bests Roger Grosset headsup. Roger gets 10,000 points as Steve
was on rebuy
Standings page has been updated. Writeup, alltime stats, fantasy and Horse event results to come soon.
Steve Tamboline won Event #4 on a rebuy which is similar to Event #1 when he chopped the money and came 2nd to Doug Cornelson but also on a rebuy. Though he didn’t get any points he does have lots of dough as a consolation prize. Congrats also to Stan Zatylny who has now pointed in all 4 events this year.
There was some controversy at the final table when Steve put a single chip in from the small blind attempting to limp to the BB. Problem was Andrew Creed had already gone all in from early position. The big blind folded and both Andrew Creed and the dealer assumed it was an all in and call and started to bring out the flop, turn and river. I was nearby and saw what was happening as the table told Steve to turn his cards over and he had the look of ‘what the hell is happening’. I came over and made the ruling. A single chip does not constitute a call anymore and there are many examples in both the WSOP and WPT of rulings the same as I made. He was given the choice to fold and surrender the chips or call and see a different board. I have to tip my hat to Andrew Creed who would have been the recipient of his chips. He handled it with class and said he didn’t want to win that way. Steve of course was happy to hear the ruling, folded his 92o to Andrews JJ and went on to win the tourney. I mention this ruling as whenever you are in any doubt please stop the hand and call me over. Also, if a single chip is thrown in, it is up to the dealer to confirm that it was a call or not before making any assumptions.
The in-the-point finishers were: Steve Tamboline ($2,400, rebuy), Roger Grosset ($1,700), Andrew Krywaniuk ($1,300), Richard Wardroper ($950), Paul Deol ($750), Darren Barker ($600, non-league), Doug Chysik ($400), Andrew Creed ($300), Abe Leiren ($200, rebuy), Wray Jones ($200), Everett Wicklund ($200), Rik Rohrback ($200), Shawn Lange ($200), Robert Brechin, Ivan Mahood, Ramiro Dominguez, Zac Pihl, Chris Nishi, Mike Bigelow (non-league), Mike Mittermuller, Shaun Ali, Jim Turner, Terry Goode (non-league),, Christine Armstrong (non-league),, Darren Kennedy, Stan Zatylny, Chris Middleton, Scott Wilson.
November 12, 2018:
Brant Taylor Wins Event #3 holding off Doug Cornelson
A solid win for Brant Taylor who ran good when it counted most and had a sizable chiplead for a lot of the final table. Brants victory is his 4th in Die hard history to join a small group with 4+ wins. Doug Cornelson had another great showing with a second-place finish to go along with his first place win in Event #1.
The in-the-point finishers were: Brant Taylor ($2,500), Doug Cornelson ($1,700), Chris Fraser ($1,300, rebuy), Mark McKinney ($1,000), Brent Senko ($800, rebuy), Deepak Bhasin ($600), Stan Zatylny ($400), Pat Woelk ($300), Roman Pereyavsky ($200, non-league), Tyler Marples ($200), Dan Cassidy ($200), Terry Goode ($200, non-league), Everett Wicklund ($200), Bobbi Frost (rebuy), Georg Jancev, Vesna Jancev (non-league), Darren Hindley, Doug Crone, Mike Twitchell, Ryan Forester (non-league), Abe Leiren (rebuy), Keith Fisher, Jim Turner, Kelly Lange, Chris McDonell, Lynn Leavens (non-league), Dave Collier, Jesse Forster, Dustin Wilkie (non-league), Zoranco Jancev (non-league), Kevin Sampson, Chris Nishi (rebuy), Kate Mitevska (non-league), Mike Honeyman, Andrew Krywaniuk.
September 15, 2018: Dave
Collier takes down Event #2 with no Chop beating Bobbi Frost
Standings page is already updated. Another solid turnout with 97 entries. Dave Collier took down the $2,500 for first place and the 10k points while Bobbi Frost was happy with the 8k points and $1,800 for runnerup.
The in the point finishers were: Dave Collier ($2,500), Bobbi Frost ($1,800), Andrew Krywaniuk (rebuy, $1,300), Jesse Spencer ($950), Nicole Miscisco ($750), Stan Zatylny ($600), Hal Fellingham ($400), Jesse Forster ($300), Paul Deol ($200), Martin Sayle (rebuy, $200), Steve McLarty ($200), Abe Leiren (rebuy, $200), Tyler Marples, Mike Taylor, Garry Juvelin, Alyssa Webber, Trevor Massey (rebuy), Ben Barlow (non-league), Keith Fisher, Kelli Cera, Mike Mittermuller, Chris Fraser, Brad McKibbon, Jeff Hall, Pat Woelk, Andrew Creed, Brent Senko (rebuy), Nikola Mitevski (non-league), Kate Mitevska (non-league), Georg Jancev.
September 9, 2018:
Event #1 is Chopped between Doug Cornelson and Steve Tamboline (no points)
Standings page is already updated. We had 95 buyins for our first ever regular season $100 event making the first-place prize massive. Doug and Steve took home $2,200 apiece.
The in the point finishers were: Doug Cornelson ($2,200), Steve Tamboline (rebuy, $2,200), Zoranco Jancev (non-league, $1,200), Dan Molatore ($950), Darren Callaghan (non-league, $700), Robert Brechin, Chris Fraser, Mike Menkes, Mark McKinney, Mike Bigelow (non-league), Doug Chysik, Jesse Forster, Brad McKibbon, Alyssa Webber, Ramiro Dominguez, Scott Brynen, Thomas Davis, Rick Johnson (non-league), Mike Mittermuller (rebuy), Brian Taylor, Darren Kennedy (rebuy), Dave Collier, Jason Wells (non-league), Ivan Mahood.
August 22, 2018: All
Dates Confirmed By Eaglequest. They will not change
I have received confirmation from Eaglequest that all dates are good. Please, please, PLEASE verify that you can make the league final date and time before you commit to joining the league.
Interestingly enough there is another poker event (charity) happening in the building same time as our first event, but they are in a different room.
September 5, 2018:
Below is the league membership list
We have 100 confirmed league members. We are now full.
We will be taking names for a waitlist for the inevitable dropouts. Last year 11 people that got waitlisted were able to join the league. So far 8 waitlists have made it in.
100 Spots Total Available
96 interested already
80 confirmed former league members rejoining
16 newcomers interested
0 Waitlisted
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Returning Players
(80) |
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Newcomers (16) |
Dropping Out (10) |
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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 |
*Abe Leiren *Alyssa Webber *Andrew Creed *Andrew Krywaniuk *Ben Walker *Bob DeForest *Brant Taylor *Brent Miscisco *Brent Senko *Brian Taylor *Bruce Lawson *Chris Fraser *Chris McDonell *Chris Middleton *Chris Nishi *Colin Genge *Dan Cassidy *Dan Molatore *Darren Kennedy *Dave Brunham *Dave Sims *Dean Hilts *Deepak Bhasin *Doug Chysik *Doug Cornelson *Doug Crone *Eric Ruttan *Everett Wicklund *Garry Juvelin *Georg Jancev *Guy Bottin *Hal Fellingham *Ivan Mahood *James Tichenor *Jason Nadeau *Jeff Hall *Jeff Roberts *Jesse Spencer *Jim Prime *Johnny Dai *Jordan Kroeker *Kal Kooner *Keith Fisher *Kelli Cera *Kent Senko *Mark McKinney *Marko Pocedic *Michelle Owen *Mike Farnese *Mike Graf *Mike Honeyman *Mike Menkes *Mike Mittermuller *Mike Taylor *Mike Twitchell *Mo Pannun *Nick Simon *Nicole Miscisco *Pat Woelk *Paul Deol *Ramiro Dominguez *Ray Rohrback *Richard Wardroper *Rik Rohrback *Rob Sims *Robert Brechin *Roger Grosset *Ryan McDonald *Scott Brynen *Shaun Ali *Stan Zatylny *Steve Mclarty *Steve Tamboline *Tanya Rafuse *Thomas Davis *Tosca Lueks *Trevor Massey *Tyler Marples |
79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 |
*Brad McKibbon *Dave Collier *James Turner *Jesse Forster *Kevin Sampson *Martin Sayle *Peter Singh *Ryan Thorpe *Scott Wilson *Wray Jones *Tennesee
Fafard *Zac Pihl *Glenn Burns *Darren Hindley *Bobbi Frost *Kelly Lange WAITLIST (for when
people dropout) |
Allan Foster Buddy Lane Darren Callaghan Jamil Jutha Jeff Scott Mark Juvelin Mark Scott Mike Bigelow Mitch McNichol Travis Wiens Zack Page Golfers: Darren Kennedy Rik Rohrback Tyler Marples Ben Walker Rob Sims Guy Bottin |
August 8, 2018: Updated Info on the League
1. I will only email people using BCC so we don't get the reply-all problems happening anymore. Hope that makes some people happy :)
2. Dates have changed. Several of the dates had issues in that they were on SuperBowl weekend, during kid’s winter break and during kid’s spring breaks. Therefore, the backend of the schedule has changed. These dates are now solid. I am just awaiting confirmation from eaglequest to lock it up 100% so please look carefully at the end of the year date and make sure it works for you.
3. Still waiting to hear from 3 league members from last year
Jeff Scott
Jim Prime – he is returning according to Alyssa
Mike Graf
I have sent emails out to all of these guys but have not yet heard back from them. If anyone who knows them can ask them if they are in again for next year or not and let me know that would be amazing.
We have 83 returning league members, 13 new players. 4 spots remain and priority goes to the 3 league members I have yet to hear from so officially we currently have one spot remaining, though I know from past experience that 3-4 of the people that say they are playing will drop out over the next month.
4. $3300 USD in prize money from Guy Bottin's awesome cash in the Main Event. Everyone from last year gets a whopping $30 USD back. I would like to suggest that anyone that is returning leave their $30 in the prize pool and we give away two extra seats that only last years members would be eligible to win. So the top 2 placing members from last year that don't win a regular prize would get these bonus prizes. Any member from last year that is not returning may still claim their $30 USD from me.
5. Golf on the Saturday. I need help from someone to try and organize as I am still over here in Europe until August 29th. I suggest we need to be finished no later than 4pm and need 5 tee times. If not at Coyote Creek, then somewhere nearby. Anyone can look into this?
6. Shirts, hats, whatever. Looking for someone creative that wants to create a Die Hard Poker logo so that we can get some shirts, hats, and patches made. I would love to have a bunch of us wearing league stuff down at the WSOP next year. First things first though, we need a logo.
7. Those that are on the wait list (13 of you): I have cutoff the initial wait list, so you are all guaranteed a spot. Welcome to the league. If there are other people you guys know of that want in please get me their names asap as we are now on a first come, first served basis for any remaining new league members joining. I have no doubt we will hit 100 players this year, so DO NOT WAIT, get your names in now.
8. Facebook Group. There is a facebook group called "Die Hard Poker League". If you use facebook, please join the group. It will be a good way to communicate with league members. I will add events on Facebook for all of our League Events and any other special events. It will also really help people put names to faces.
9. HORSE! Jason Nadeau is working on setting up a 5 event HORSE tournament similar to what we do with the DHPL. More info to come in then next few weeks.
10. Finally SUBS or SPARES are GONE. There will be no more subs or spares in the Die Hard league. Nearly everyone misses an event or 2, that is just the way it will be. With no spares it will make it easier for me to track bust-outs and award a few more points out to people. As such I have decided that we will give points to 22 people now instead of 18. Hope that helps alleviate some of the concern of losing your one spare.
New points system will be:
1. 10000
2. 8000
3. 6500
4. 5000
5. 4500
6. 4000
7. 3500
8. 3000
9. 2500
10. 2000
11-14. 1500
15-18 1000
19-22. 500
This will increase number of points awarded per event from 50,500 to 61,000. In addition to 4 extra spots we are all giving more points in the 5-10th place spots.
Only one month to go!!!
July 26th,
2018: The 14th Season of the Die Hard Poker League
Ladies and Gentlemen.
The 14th version of the Die Hard Poker League will be starting up in September. There are many things to deal with but first and foremost is the scheduled Dates.
The first Event will be on Saturday, September 8th and will start at 6pm.
All other events will be on Fridays and start at 7pm. Proposed schedule is:
1. 6pm Saturday, Sept 8
2. 7pm Friday, Sept 14
3. 7pm Friday, Oct 12
4. 7pm Friday, Oct 26
5. 7pm Friday, Nov 16
6. 7pm Friday, Dec 14
7. 7pm Friday, Jan 4
8. 7pm Friday, Feb 1
9. 7pm Friday, Feb 15
10. 7pm Friday, March 15
FINAL. Noon Saturday March 30
Rule changes and change requests. If you have any other rule change requests please send them to me via email and I will compile them and consider them.
Rule Changes Being considered:
1. I had previously said I would remove the option for one substitute this year and make it no subs at all. I am still leaning towards doing so in spite of the fact I myself will miss at least two events. If you are passionate about this change please email me and explain why it is so important to keep it.
Rule Changes 100% being implemented:
1. The tournament entry for the cash portion of the tournies will be increased to $100 entry fee. This is double what we have been doing in the past, but I have wanted to increase it for awhile and a lot of people have requested this move. That combined with the sheer volume in players we have I think means this will be a good move.
2. New league members will be required to pay the full $500 USD league fee at first event. The bulk of the players that drop out are first time members. To prevent this we will force all league members to pay up in full at the first event.
3. I will collect a list of all new members planning to join and we will give out league spots in a lottery as it is clear we will be well over 100 league members. If you are a potential new league member send me your name and I will start a list. Two weeks from now I will stop the list and send out a list of who has been tentatively accepted. This also means if you played last year you are guaranteed a spot but must let me know to be sure I hold the spot for you.
4. Breaks will now be every 80 minutes instead of the past 80 minutes to first break and then break every 60 minutes after that.
Please note I am in the Netherlands for the rest of the summer (until August 29th) so I prefer to communicate by email.
That is it for now
Darren
778-870-6319