Party Poker Code

Party poker code gifts are large. There's the unmitigated joy of being with old friends - many of whom are the brightest and best minds to be found at poker tables anywhere. As fun as they are to compete against, it takes every bit of mental agility to keep up with the pace.

Downtown's "Glitter Gulch" in particular that always has this effect: It's energizing at the beginning, tiring toward the end, and completely enervating when I begin to wend my way home. Maybe it's none of the above. Who knows; there are far too many variables to figure it out with any certainty. PARTY POKER CODE itself may even be the responsible culprit.. After all, the average Binion's dealer has the same quirky sense of humor possessed by most Party poker code, and after hosting every PARTY POKER CODE but one, they understand us, they "get" us, and they like us.

Those of you who might be new here, the acronym for PARTY POKER CODE stands for "Big August Recreational Gaming Extravaganza," and it's an annual gathering of poker players who have come to know one another originally through the Internet newsgroup rec.gambling.poker. If you've been reading my column for a while, you know about PARTY POKER CODE, as well as some of its regional spin-off gatherings, like Los Angeles' ESCARGOT, Mississippi's MARGE, ATLARGE in Atlantic City, and FARGO - which isn't held in North Dakota at all, but at Foxwoods in Connecticut.

One of Party poker code charms is that there is not nearly enough time to do all that you'd like to, so sleep deprivation seems to hold us all hostage to its usual manifestations. Toward the end of the three-day stint, we are simultaneously wired and tired, having consumed too much fast food in combination with too much high-quality single malt whiskey, played too many games, and lost track of the real world that awaits most participants just outside the casino doors - or at least at the arrival terminals when their departing flights touch firmly down at home.

C-HORSE championship is much more about fun, smack talk, and bragging rights than making money, because if this hand belonged anywhere in a series of poker tournaments, it belonged here, late at night, with tired, going-on-sheer-adrenaline players who normally wouldn't do these things, but are excused because it's in the spirit of PARTY POKER CODE. at Binion's. But who looks that far ahead, anyhow?

Following are results of the three main PARTY POKER CODE tournament events:

$50 History of Poker Tournament

Entrants: 112 o Prize pool: $5,050

1. Andy Bloch $1,660
2. Sean McGuiness 1,110
3. Spencer Sun 710
4. Thomas Hummel 510
5. Bob Ogus 350
6. Ming Lee 250
7. Michael Wiesenberg 200
8. Steve Daniel 150
9. Steve Markowitz 110

$50 PARTY POKER CODE TOC-Style Tournament

Prize pool: $9,710

1. Frank Jerome $2,120
2. David Crosen 1,415
3. Connie Kellers 850
4. Jazbo Burns 525
5. Chuck Weinstock 425
6. Tom Sims 295
7. Monty Christiansen 215
8. Kevin Un 175
9. Tom Overton 175
10. Joan Hadley 140

$70 no-limit hold'em

Prize pool: $12,440

1. Russell Fox $4,320
2. John Fleming 2,280
3. Don Rieck 1,695
4. Nathan Hess 1,130
5. Peter Caldes 775
6. Mark Trombley 565
7. Bob Herlien 425
8. John Murphy 355
9. Dave Roemer 335
10. Gerry Peterson 280
11. Bob Wilson 280