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Updated: July 26, 2018
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Next Event: $200 Buyin
Date Time: 7pm Friday, July 20, 2017
Location: Arizona Room, Eaglequest Coyote
Creek Golf Club, 7778 152nd Street Surrey, BC
Darren: darrenkennedydk@gmail.com,
778-870-6319
Tourney Dates
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LEAGUE FINAL xSaturday, April 7, NOON x2017 WSOP $10,000 Main Event and x2017 WSOP NLH $1000 or $1500
Event Rio in Las Vegas |
League members require $50USD or $70 CAD for league fees and $50 for the cash portion, and non-league members need to bring $50. There will also be a $50 last-longer for anyone that’s interested and up to one re-entry for $50. There are no add-ons.
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.
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
July 17th,
2018: $200 Buyin Summer Special 7pm Friday, July 20
With everyone back from Vegas by the end of the week it is time for some summer Die Hard Poker! Lets do a $200 Buyin! We have had some great WSOP successes to talk about with cashes by Roger Grosset, Nick Simon, Chris Nishi and Jesse Spencer. To go along with that we had our first ever league cash in the Main Event by Guy Bottin. I myself was also fortunate enough to cash in the Main as well to go along with 2 other PLO bracelet cashes for the summer.
This event is open to anyone and everyone. There will be up to 2 rebuys allowed for those busting out in the first 4 levels (20 minute levels). Format is same as a regular Die Hard tourney.
If you plan to come out please let me know ahead of time. Just reply to this email. Also let all your friends know. This will be the only summer event for Die Hard as I will be away in Europe for the rest of the summer. So if you are looking for your poker fix this is it.
June 12th,
2018: Up Next – Buddy Lane, playing the Seniors Event
The remaining league members still to pay are below
1. Buddy Lane $4,000 WSOP - #28 #32 $1k Seniors - June 15-18, another event to be played later
2. Jordan Kroeker $1,000 WSOP - #48B: $1,500 Monster Stack June 24
3. Jesse Spencer $1,000 WSOP - #48B: $1,500 Monster Stack June 24
4. Alyssa Webber $3,000 WSOP– #50 $1500 Razz – June 24, #55 $500 Tag Team – June 27, #59 $1000 Super Turbo Bounty – June 29
5. Mike Bigelow $1,000 WSOP - #59: $1,000 Turbo Bounty June 29
6. Guy Bottin $10,000 WSOP ME Seat - Main Event Day
7. Brant Taylor $10,000 WSOP ME Seat - Main Event Day 1C – July 4
8. Roger Grosset $1,500 WSOP - #66: $1,500 NLH – July 5
9. Ryan McDonald $1,500 WSOP - #66: $1,500 NLH – July 5
10. Darren Callaghan $1,000 WSOP - #73: $1000 NLH Turbo DoubleStack July 11
Others going to Vegas that I know of
June 1-5: James Tichenor: Colossus
June 6-11: Darren Kennedy: $1500 HORSE, $1500 NLH 6Max, $565 PLO, $365 PLO
June 9-11: Mark Scott: $1500 Millionaire Maker
June 10-18: Colin Genge: likely Seniors, Super Seniors
June 11: Jamie Hucul: $1500 7 Card Stud HL
June 13-19: Jim Prime: Seniors, Super Seniors
June 14-20: Brant Taylor: Seniors
June 17: Mark Juvelin: Super Seniors
June 17: Garry Juvelin: Super Seniors
June 17: Rosemary Lawrence: Super Seniors
June 22-23: Wayne Friesen: Giant 1D and Monster Stack
June 22-23: Brad Wilson: Giant 1D and Monster Stack
June 22-23: Allan Foster: Giant 1D and Monster Stack
July 1-6: Jason Nadeau
July 1-6: Graham Spence
July 2-13: Darren Kennedy: Main Event
June 12th,
2018: Zack Page and Chris Nishi Bust. Mark Scott, Jesse Spencer and Darren
Kennedy have some success
Zack Page fired 2 bullets at the
Millionaire Maker and ended up busting just 200 spots from the money of this
7000+ field.
Chris Nishi didn’t get as far
but did make Day 2 of the $2,620 NLH Marathon before busting early in the day
today.
In non-winner news:
Mark Scott finished 743rd
for $2808 and his second career WSOP cash in the Millionaire Maker.
Jesse Spencer finished 2nd
for $3365 in the $365 Binions tourney.
Darren Kennedy cashed in 4
straight events including:
June
7 - $250 NLH Rio Daily for $394
June
8 - $565 PLO WSOP Event for $873
June
9 - $240 NLH Aria Nightly for $1399
June
10 - $365 PLO WSOP Event for $900
Let me tell you it is sure a lot
easier to play poker when you aren’t running the tournament. I was able to play
with a lot of friends down there including Mike Leah, Scott Clements, Calen
McNeill, Rep Porter, Colin Burton, Noah Bronstein, Tyler Patterson, Matt
Affleck and other notables Greg Raymer, Chris Ferguson, Dan Heimiller, Dominic
Nitsche, Ray Henson, etc. Happy to make a few cashes, hopefully next ones will
be of the bigger variety. I am back July 2-13 to take a much needed shot at the
Main Event.
June 5th,
2018: Nick Simon Cashes for $2,358 in Colossus!!
Congrats to Nick Simon who
cashed in 457th place out of 13,070 players for $2,358!!
Nice start for our league
winners. One player playing and one player cashing. Since the prize was under
$5,000 Nick keeps everything for himself. Great job Nick!!
Next up for the league winners
is:
Zack Page: June 9: $1,500
Millionaire Maker
Chris Nishi: June 11: $2, 620
NLH Marathon
Buddy Lane: June 13: $3,000 NLH,
June 15: $1,000 Seniors
In addition to our league
winners I know
Jesse Spencer is heading down
shortly to play some events including the Milly Maker this weekend.
Darren Kennedy is heading
down tomorrow and will be playing in the $1,500 HORSE and potentially
$1,500 NLH 6 Max, $565 PLO, etc.
Anyone else going to be in Vegas
this week? Hit me up on email, text (360-399-9030) or twitter. Let’s all bring
some of that Vegas cash home.
I will be updating on twitter: @DarrenDieHard if you wish to follow along.
April 14, 2018:
Congrats to Guy and Brant for winning ME Seats. All Winner listed below
Final Prizes (all USD):
1. Guy Bottin $10,000 WSOP ME Seat -Main Event Day
2. Brant Taylor $10,000 WSOP ME Seat - Main Event Day 1C – July 4
3. Buddy Lane $4,000 WSOP - #32 $1k Seniors, plus another - June 15
4. Alyssa Webber $3,000 WSOP– #50 $1500 Razz – June 24, #55 $500 Tag Team – June 27, #59 $1000 Super Turbo Bounty – June 29
5. Zach Page $2,000 WSOP - #24: $1,500 Millionaire Maker - June 11 ($2k league) – 2 Bullet BUSTO
6. Roger Grosset $1,500 WSOP - #66: $1,500 NLH – July 5
7. Ryan McDonald $1,500 WSOP– near end of series
8. Nick Simon $1,000 WSOP - #7 $565 Colossus – 2 bullets possibly June 2-7, else Colossus +$435 in #13 or #17 – 457th for $2,358 Cash!
9. Darren Callaghan $1,000 WSOP - #73: $1000 NLH Turbo DoubleStack July 11
10. Mike Bigelow $1,000 WSOP - #59: $1,000 Turbo Bounty June 29
11. Jordan Kroeker $1,000 WSOP - #48B: $1,500 Monster Stack June 24
12. Chris Nishi $1,000 WSOP - #24: $2,620 Marathon - June 11 ($1k league) - BUSTO
16. Jesse Spencer $1,000 WSOP - #48B: $1,500 Monster Stack June 24
Others going to Vegas that I know of
Darren Kennedy – July 2-14 playing Main Event, probably June 6-10 as well
James Tichenor – First week of June playing Colossus
Jason Nadeau – Mid June
Graham Spence – Mid June
March 10, 2018: DHPL
League Final Seating Chart Season 13 (2017-18)
Although everyone drew their own seat we had several instances of two people drawing the same seat. As such I randomly reassigned some players. There were 9 such instances.
There are 590,100 chips in play with 88 players fighting for 13 prizes. This puts the average chipstack at 6,700 chips.
UPDATE: With Richard and Doug not showing, there are now 582,600 chips in play with 86 players making average 6,800 chips now.
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Table 1 |
Chips |
Seat |
Table 2 |
Chips |
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1 |
Guy Bottin |
4,500 |
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2 |
Colin Genge |
11,000 |
2 |
Thomas Davis |
1,000 |
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3 |
Dan Molatore |
8,000 |
3 |
Alyssa Weber |
11,000 |
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4 |
Jamie Hucul |
6,000 |
4 |
Garry Juvelin |
7,500 |
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5 |
Keith Fisher |
1,000 |
5 |
Johnny Dai |
3,500 |
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6 |
Tanya Refuse |
1,500 |
6 |
Paul Deol |
12,500 |
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7 |
Mike Taylor |
3,000 |
7 |
Jeff Hall |
15,000 |
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8 |
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8 |
Michelle Owen |
2,000 |
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9 |
Andrew
Krywaniuk |
2,500 |
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9 |
Brian Taylor |
1,000 |
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37,500 |
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53,500 |
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Seat |
Table 3 |
Chips |
Seat |
Table 4 |
Chips |
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1 |
Mike Farnese |
5,000 |
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1 |
Chris
Middleton |
1,000 |
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2 |
Jordan
Kroeker |
14,000 |
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2 |
Mo Pannun |
6,000 |
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3 |
Chris Fraser |
15,000 |
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3 |
Darren
Kennedy |
7,000 |
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4 |
Robert
Brechin |
4,500 |
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4 |
Marko Pocedic |
5,500 |
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5 |
Andrew Creed |
2,000 |
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5 |
Bruce Lawson |
2,000 |
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6 |
Nicole
Miscisco |
2,500 |
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6 |
Mike
Mittermuller |
9,500 |
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7 |
Dave Brunham |
1,500 |
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7 |
Kent Senko |
1,000 |
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8 |
Darren
Callaghan |
3,000 |
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8 |
Travis Wiens |
3,000 |
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9 |
Mark Scott |
1,000 |
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9 |
Hal
Fellingham |
1,500 |
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48,500 |
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36,500 |
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Seat |
Table 5 |
Chips |
Seat |
Table 6 |
Chips |
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1 |
Kelli Cera |
13,500 |
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1 |
Chris Nishi |
12,500 |
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2 |
Brent
Miscisco |
1,500 |
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2 |
Jamil Jutha |
1,500 |
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3 |
Nick Simon |
13,500 |
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3 |
Jeff Roberts |
5,500 |
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4 |
Dan Cassidy |
12,300 |
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4 |
Rik Rohrback |
10,000 |
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5 |
Tyler Marples |
18,500 |
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5 |
Brant Taylor |
24,000 |
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6 |
Roger Grosset |
3,000 |
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6 |
Ray Rohrback |
6,300 |
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7 |
Jim Prime |
9,000 |
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7 |
Eric Ruttan |
6,000 |
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8 |
Scott Brynen |
2,000 |
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8 |
Doug Crone |
1,000 |
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9 |
Abe Leiren |
1,000 |
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9 |
Steve
Tamboline |
1,000 |
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74,300 |
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67,800 |
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Seat |
Table 7 |
Chips |
Seat |
Table 8 |
Chips |
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1 |
Everett
Wicklund |
3,500 |
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1 |
Steve Mclarty |
16,500 |
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2 |
Tosca Lueks |
13,500 |
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2 |
Mike Honeyman |
3,000 |
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3 |
Jesse Spencer |
28,000 |
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3 |
Georg Jancev |
15,000 |
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4 |
Buddy Lane |
20,000 |
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4 |
Ivan Mahood |
7,000 |
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5 |
Mike Bigelow |
3,000 |
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5 |
Dean Hilts |
2,000 |
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6 |
Wade Antoniuk |
5,500 |
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6 |
Mark Juvelin |
9,500 |
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7 |
Trevor Massey |
14,000 |
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7 |
Allan Foster |
2,500 |
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8 |
Shaun Ali |
1,500 |
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8 |
Ryan McDonald |
1,500 |
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9 |
Bob DeForest |
6,000 |
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9 |
Mike Graf |
1,500 |
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95,000 |
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58,500 |
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Seat |
Table 9 |
Chips |
Seat |
Table 10 |
Chips |
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1 |
Deepak Bhasin |
1,500 |
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1 |
Dave Sims |
11,500 |
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2 |
Doug
Cornelson |
3,000 |
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2 |
Brent Senko |
5,500 |
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3 |
Zack Page |
23,000 |
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3 |
Mitch McNichol |
3,000 |
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4 |
Kal Kooner |
9,500 |
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4 |
Rob Sims |
1,000 |
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5 |
Mike Menkes |
7,500 |
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5 |
Mike
Twitchell |
1,000 |
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6 |
Ramiro
Dominguez |
2,500 |
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6 |
Stan Zatylny |
3,000 |
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7 |
Jeff Scott |
6,000 |
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7 |
Mark McKinney |
15,000 |
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8 |
James
Tichenor |
5,000 |
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8 |
Chris
McDonell |
13,000 |
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9 |
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9 |
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58,000 |
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53,000 |
March 5, 2018: League
Final Prizes Announced. Awarding 13 WSOP Prizes.
The following are the prizes we will all be fighting for at the League Final. As you all know we will be starting with whatever chips you have earned over the year plus the 1,000 chip bonus. Note that the average chip-stack for the League Final will be just under 6,700 chips. We are starting at noon on Saturday April 7 for the Final.
Final Prizes (all USD):
13. $10,000 WSOP ME Seat + $800 cash
14. $10,000 WSOP ME Seat + $800 cash
15. $4,000 WSOP + $500 cash
16. $3,000 WSOP + $500 cash
17. $2,000 WSOP + $500 cash
18. $1,500 WSOP + $500 cash
19. $1,500 WSOP + $500 cash
20. $1,000 WSOP + $500 cash
21. $1,000 WSOP + $500 cash
22. $1,000 WSOP + $500 cash
23. $1,000 WSOP + $500 cash
24. $1,000 WSOP + $500 cash
25. $1,000 WSOP + $500 cash
The point leader at the end of Event #10 is guaranteed a prize at the final no matter where he (there is no 'she' that can win) finishes in the final. We have 9 people with a shot at winning and I will group them into 4 categories:
The Front Runner:
6-5 Brant Taylor 24,000 - all 8 players behind him need at least a top 4 finish to pass him. He is in great shape to take the title. And if he gets even 1,000 points that forces them to get top 3 and 4 people would have no shot. If you are going to bet on anyone here, Brant is your man.
The Contenders: (all 3 need minimum a top 4 finish)
15-1 Buddy Lane 20,000 - this DHPL sophomore needs 5000 points to pass Brant as 4,000 would put him in a tie and he would lose on the first tiebreaker which is points personally earned. So a top 4 finish is required.
15-1 Jesse Spencer 20,000 - this DHPL rookie also needs 5000 points to pass Brant as 4,000 would put him in a tie and he would lose on the first tiebreaker which is points personally earned. So a top 4 finish is required.
20-1 Zack Page 19,000 = Although Zack has 1,000 less points, he also needs a top 4 combined with $450 earned to catch Brant due to having earned all the points on his own. The $450 can be an issue however as 5th place received only $400 in 8 of the 9 events this year and $450 in the other one, which means he likely needs top 4 in points with no rebuy or non-leaguers finishing ahead of him. A tall task. Better aim for 3rd in points.
The Long Shots: (these guys need to win and have the 4 above not point significantly)
100-1 Tyler Marples 15,500
100-1 Georg Jancev 15,000
100-1 Jeff Hall 15,000
100-1 Mark McKinney 15,000
The Hail Mary:
1000-1 Jordan Kroeker not only needs to win the event and have Brant blank, but also all the others not finish in top 4 AND win $1,400 doing so which will require at least 108 entries for the final something that has only happened twice this year. Vegas is giving 1000-to-1 odds here.
Trevor Massey can tie Brant but would lose the tiebreaker due to earning points from a spare.
February 24, 2018:
Paul Deol wins Event #9, Becomes first 5 times Winner of a DHPL Event, Brant
Taylor Takes Over Points Lead
On a day when the snow was falling hard and a couple people had even asked me to cancel the event we still had 103 entries showing once again that people love their tournament poker. In a year that seems to be dominated primarily by relative newcomers to our league, Event #5 was a throwback to the veterans, with 8 of the Final 9 players consisting of players that have played more than 60 DHPL events. Paul Deol who is the All-Time leader in cash earned, extended that lead by beating Trevor Massey headsup and his 5th all-time win, breaking an 8-way tie for most career wins.
Brant Taylor again went deep securing enough points to move into first place with a 4,000 point lead over his two nearest competitors. This gives Brant a stranglehold on that coveted guaranteed seat. My calculations have him at over 82% to win the league points battle.
And I would be remiss if I didn’t do a small of bragging to say I locked up 4,000 points myself and Roger also got points to show you guys that just because we are busy running the tournament doesn’t mean we don’t know our way around the players side of the poker felt.
In-the-point finishers included: Paul Deol ($1,100), Trevor Massey ($1,100), Tyler Marples ($700), Brant Taylor ($550), David Slater ($400, non-league), Darren Kennedy ($300), Brad Wilson ($200, non-league, playing for Wade Antoniuk), Jason Nadeau ($150, non-league, playing for Buddy Lane), Colin Genge ($150), Tosca Lueks ($150, rebuy), Robert Brechin ($100), Johnny Dai ($100), Zoranco Jancev ($100, non-league), Richard Wardroper, Eric Ruttan, Roger Grosset, Peter Singh (non-league), Chris McDonell, Stan Zatylny, Deepak Bhasin, Mike Taylor, Guy Bottin
January 27, 2018: New
Record 122 Entries! Jeff Hall Wins Event #8 over Kal Kooner, Jesse Spencer
Takes Over Points Lead
Jeff Hall beats Kal Kooner heads-up for the win and the much needed 10,000 points in an event that shattered our record entries with 122 buyins. We paid 15 places this event.
In the battle for points lead, Jesse Spencer obtained just enough points (1,500) to pass Zack Page and sit atop the standings. And Johnny Dai does something a little unique. He showed up to play but instead of playing for himself used a sub (Faisal Khan) for his attempt at points. The poker gods rebelled and Faisal would fall short of the points and Johnny himself went out 15th which would have been good for 1,500 points. Most importantly though, by exposing this little loophole we now have a the “Johnny Dai” rule for next season. If you are playing in the tournament, you need to play for yourself!
In-the-point finishers included: Jeff Hall ($1,500), Kal Kooner ($1,050, rebuy), Heather Reid ($750, non-league), Rik Rohrback ($600), Mike Mittermuller ($450), Tosca Lueks ($300), Ivan Mahood ($200), Mike Borton ($200, non-league), Trevor Massey ($150, rebuy), Nick Simon ($150), Dan Cassidy ($125), Ray Rohrback ($125), Jesse Spencer ($100), Christina Armstrong ($100), Johnny Dai ($100), Marko Pocedic, Jamie Hucul, Alyssa Weber, Jordan Kroeker (rebuy), Shawn Lange (non-league), James Tichenor, Andrew Creed, Brent Senko (rebuy), Wade Antoniuk, Brant Taylor, Darren Kennedy, Nikola Mitevski (non-league), Bob Deforest (rebuy), Dave Sims.
January 13, 2018:
Jordan Kroeker Wins Event #7 beating Troy Vink. 108 Entries
Jordan booked his first DHPL win beating non-league member Troy Vink who has consecutive top 3 finishes by finishing second in this event and third in event #6. Glad he’s not a league member. There was a 3-way chop of the money as Georg Jancev actually won the most money even though he went out in 3rd place. No change at the top of the standings as Zack Page remains the leader.
In-the-point finishers included: Jordan Kroeker ($1,000), Troy Vink ($1,000, non-league), Georg Jancev ($1,100), Jim Prime ($550), Brant Taylor ($400), Eric Ruttan ($300), Kelli Cera ($200), Jamie Hucul ($150), Allan Foster ($150), Mike Bigelow ($150), Rik Rohrback ($100, rebuy), Ramiro Dominguez ($100), James Tichenor ($100), Dave Collier (non-league, playing for Trevor Massey), Chris McDonell, Stan Zatylny, Don Thrasher (non-league), Brent Senko, Jeff Roberts, Tosca Lueks.
December 18, 2017:
Events 5 and 6 Standings are updated
All time stats to be updated later this week
December 16, 2017:
Brant Taylor Locks up 3rd Career Win in Event #6 Beating Kal Kooner
and Outlasting 106 Entries
Brant got the win and much needed 10,000 points. Nobody is yet challenging Zack Page at the top of the leaderboard though. In an event that was extremely close to Christmas we still had 107 entries continuing our streak of over 100 entries per event.
In-the-point finishers included: Brant Taylor ($1,350), Kal Kooner ($950), Troy Vink ($700, non-league), Mark Juvelin ($550), Jesse Spencer ($400), Jeff Hall ($300), Nick Simon ($200), Buddy Lane ($150), Kelly Lange ($150, non-league), Mitch McNichol ($150), Nicole Miscisco ($100), Darren Kennedy ($100), Andrew Krywaniuk ($100), Jim Prime, Faisal Khan (non-league), Chris Fraser, Michelle Owen, Terry Goode (non-league), Mo Pannun, Doug Cornelson, Jordan Kroeker, Stan Zatylny.
December 2, 2017: Dan
Cassidy Wins Event 5, Chris Fraser takes 10,000 Points. 110 Entries
Dan Cassidy locked up his 3rd career win, but alas it was on rebuy and thus Chris Fraser gets the 10,000 points.
In-the-point finishers included: Dan Cassidy ($1250, rebuy), Chris Fraser ($1200), Colin Genge ($700), Garry Juvelin ($550), Nick Simon ($400), Trevor Massey ($300), Ray Rohrback ($200), Jesse Spencer ($150), James Tichenor ($150), Darren Callaghan ($150), Mike Farnese ($100), Jeff Roberts ($100), Buddy Lane ($100), Mark McKinney, Scott Brynen, Terry Goode (non-league), Dave Brunham, Dave Collier (non-league), Faizal Khan (non-league), Alyssa Weber, Mike Taylor, Johnny Dai.
November 21, 2017:
Finally Updating
My apologies for the lack of updates this year. I am slowly getting everything in order. The Standings page should now be fully updated. I have sent all of the results in to Hendon Mob’s database and they have posted all of the results. In addition, I have a few quick writeups from the first 4 events below.
I have still not updated the All Time Leaders page. Expect that to be done in the next few days.
November 21, 2017:
Event #4 (Nov 10) Buddy Lane Wins, Zach Page takes Second
Zach Page tried to get his second
win of the year, but like Dan Cassidy earlier this year, he fell short. Buddy
Lane got the job done and won Event #4. There was a chop of the money once
again. 107 entries in this tourney.
In-the-point finishers included:
Buddy Lane ($1,250), Zach Page ($1,100), Georg Jancev ($700), Mark McKinney
($550), Mo Pannun ($400), Tosca Lueks ($300), Jeff Roberts ($200), Mike
Honeyman ($150), Brent Senko ($150), Brant Taylor ($150), Brian Hutchens
($100), Rick Rohrback ($100), Morry Atley ($100, non-league), Chris Nishi, Mike
Farnese, Mike Bigelow, Jeff Hall (rebuy), Alyssa Webber, Vesna Jancev (rebuy),
Ryan McDonald, Roger Grosset (Rebuy), Stan Zatylny.
November 21, 2017:
Event #3 (Oct 13) Winner was Brent Senko, Chris McDonell gets 10k Points
Brent Senko and Chris McDonell
got headsup and chopped the money. Brent was on the rebuy for no points, but
did hang on for the win. 101 entries in this tourney.
In-the-point finishers included:
Brent Senko ($1,150, rebuy), Chris McDonell ($1,150), Tyler Marples ($650),
Mike Menkes ($500), Bob Deforest ($400), Dan Molatore ($300), Mike Taylor
($200, rebuy), Marko Pocedic ($150), Steve Mclarty ($150), Brant Taylor ($100),
Nick Simon ($100), Mark Juvelin ($100), Paul Deol, Eric Ruttan, Nicole
Miscisco, Guy Bottin, Dan Cassidy, Jesse Spencer, Mike Mittermuller, Shawn
Lange (non-league), Jamil Jutha, Bruce Lawson
November 21, 2017:
Event #2 (Sept 22) Winner was Zach Page
Zach Page, Dan Cassidy and Steve
Mclarty got 3-handed and made a deal for the money and then played it out for
points. Steve fell in third and Dan just missed going back-to-back with Zach
winning the tournament. 104 entries in this tourney.
In-the-point finishers included:
Zach Page ($1,000), Dan Cassidy ($1,100), Steve Mclarty ($800), Kelli Cera
($550), Christina Armstrong ($400, non-league), Doug Chysik ($300), Colin Genge
($200, rebuy), Buddy Lane ($150), Jordan Kroeker ($150), Ivan Mahood ($150),
Chris Fraser ($100), Jesse Spencer ($100), Jamie Hucul ($100), Allan Foster
(rebuy), Dean Hilts, Travis Wiens, Georg Jancev, Chris Nishi, Brent Miscisco,
Mark Juvelin, Shaun Ali.
November 21, 2017:
Event #1 (Sept 9) Winner was Dan Cassidy, Chris Nishi gets the 10k points
Dan Cassidy, Rob Sims and Chris
Nishi got three handed in the first tourney and immediately chopped the money.
Rob fell in third and Dan was on a rebuy so Chris received the 10,000 points.
106 entries in this tourney.
In-the-point finishers included:
Dan Cassidy ($1,050, rebuy), Chris Nishi ($1,050), Rob Sims ($900, rebuy), Mark
McKinney ($500), Brent Morrow ($400, non-league), Alyssa Webber ($300), Kelli
Cera ($200), Tosca Lueks ($150), Dan Molatore ($150), Everett Wicklund ($150),
Robert Brechin ($100), Doug Cornelson ($100), Jason Nadeau ($100), Mike
Mittermuller, Mike Taylor, Wade Antoniuk, Jim Prime, Tanya Rafuse, Mo Pannun,
Doug Crone (rebuy), Bruce Lawson, Kal Kooner.
September 29, 2017:
Event #1 and 2 Results on Standings Page
I will try and find time for a
write up later this weekend here, but for now the points results can be found
on the Standings page.
August 24, 2017:
Event #1 Happens this Saturday at 6pm
Hi everyone. I am looking
forward to starting up the league on Saturday. As always, its exciting to kick
off the season. There are a few changes so please pay attention. Everything you
need to know about the 13th edition of the Die Hard Poker League!
1. It starts on Saturday at 6pm!
Please be there to buyin no later than 5:30pm. I will be ready to
accept buyins at 5pm. I will not accept buyins after 5:50pm until the
tournament has started. I don't care if you are in a line prior to 5:50pm, if I
haven't accepted your money by 5:50pm you will wait until after the event
starts.
2. WE ARE FULL. I mean REALLY FULL.
100 league members. Anyone expecting to just show up and play as either a drop
in or to join the league will likely not be able to play. If you are wanting to
drop in please send me an email and I will let you know your chances.
3. League members must pay AT
LEAST $150 USD of their league fees on Saturday or they will lose their spot in
the league. This goes for those that can't make it as well. If I don't receive
money from you locking up your spot on Saturday, you lose it. You can etransfer
or paypal to me ahead of time if you prefer. If you choose to do that the
email address is darrenkennedydk@gmail.com
So to be clear for the entire
year your league fees are $500 USD. $150 USD is payable on Saturday. In lieu of
USD I will accept $200 CAD for league fees. There is also the $50
buyin for the nights tournament. I am always happy if you can pay the
whole $500 USD up front as it makes it easier on administration for the rest of
the year.
4. Lets get ready to play some
poker!
August 24, 2017:
League Start Info
We have 99
interested people for the league at this time. Please note that your spot is
only guaranteed if you show up at the first event and pay $150 USD (or $200
CAD) towards your league fees. ($50 USD or $70 CAD will be league fees each
Event). If you don't pay at Event #1 your spot will go to the next person on
the waitlist. If you know you will be missing the first event, please arrange
for someone to pay your fees for you.
I prefer USD over
CAD since any CAD I get I will need to exchange. I also would greatly
appreciate those that can pay the full $500 USD up front as that means I am
carrying less cash on any given night during the season.
For those asking
I have not set up any golf tee times. If someone would like to step up and
organize that, I would appreciate it. It would have to occur at a different
course as they are booked with a Gescan function.
And finally, if
you know anyone still wanting to join please have them email me ASAP. Let your
friends know that is it EXTREMELY unlikely that just showing up for Event #1
without emailing ahead of time will get you into the league.
August 24, 2017:
Rules Update – Only ONE SUB
This year rule changes are as follows:
a. This season you will be
allowed only one substitute. This is a compromise, but this will only be for
one year. Next year there will be no substitutes at all. I feel that giving
everyone 1000 points to start, guaranteeing that they get to play in the Final
should make up for any perceived loss in having substitutes.
b. For league winners that win
money in the WSOP, the first $5000 USD of the prize is kept by the league
winner. The League will get one-third of anything won above $5000. In this way,
the league will still be able to participate in any truly big wins, but the
winner can reap higher rewards from min-cashes.
Examples:
|
$1000 buyin |
|
Before |
Now |
||
|
Prize Won |
Tax Withheld |
Player |
League |
Player |
League |
|
$1,500 |
$0 |
$1,000 |
$500 |
$1,500 |
$0 |
|
$3,000 |
$0 |
$2,000 |
$1,000 |
$3,000 |
$0 |
|
$6,000 |
$0 |
$4,000 |
$2,000 |
$5,667 |
$333 |
|
$10,000 |
$2,700 |
$6,667 |
$3,333 |
$8,667 |
$1,333 |
|
$20,000 |
$5,700 |
$13,333 |
$6,667 |
$15,000 |
$5,000 |
|
$100,000 |
$29,700 |
$66,667 |
$33,333 |
$68,333 |
$31,667 |
August 16, 2017: WE ARE FULL!! Anyone wanting
in will now be waitlisted
We are full and at this point taking names for a wait list. I expect 4-5 of the people who have said they are in will likely not show as is the same every year.
101 People Interested
99 spots are locked up atm
98 confirmed and 1 league member not heard from
2 people are on the waitlist
|
|
Returning from
last year (69) |
|
Newcomers/Rejoining
after an absence (21) |
Dropping Out |
|
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 |
Rommel Catalan??? *Allan Foster (pd
$500) *Andrew Creed *Andrew Krywaniuk *Andrew Tilston *Ben Walker *Bob DeForest *Brant Taylor *Brent Senko *Brian Taylor
(out#1pd $150) *Bruce Lawson *Buddy Lane *Chris Fraser *Chris Nishi *Colin Genge *Dan Cassidy *Dan Molatore *Darren Kennedy
(pd $500) *Dave Sims *Dean Hilts (late) *Deepak Bhasin *Doug Cornelson *Eric Ruttan *Everett Wicklund *Garry Juvelin *Guy Bottin *Hal Fellingham *Ivan Mahood *James Tichenor
(pd $500) *Jamie Hucul *Jamil Jutha *Jason Nadeau *Jeff Scott (pd
$500 out#1) *Jim Prime *Johnny Dai *Kal Kooner *Keith Fisher *Kelli Cera *Kent Senko *Mark Juvelin *Mark Scott *Michelle Owen *Mike Bigelow *Mike Farnese *Mike Honeyman *Mike Menkes
(pd$150out1) *Mike Mittermuller *Mike Twitchell *Mo Pannun *Paul Deol *Ramiro Dominguez *Ray Rohrback *Richard Wardroper *Rick Rohrback *Rob Sims *Robert Brechin *Roger Grosset *Ryan McDonald *Scott Brynen
(out#1) *Shaun Ali (out#1) *Stan Zatylny *Steve Mclarty *Steve Tamboline *Trevor Massey *Thomas Davis *Tyler Marples *Wade Antoniuk |
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 98 99 100 101 102 == == 1 2 3 4 5 |
*Alyssa Webber *Brad Mckibbon *Brent Miscisco *Brian Hutchens *Chris McDonell *Darren Callaghan *Dave Brunham *Doug Crone *Georg Jancez *Jeff Hall *Jeff Roberts *Jenn Luebkert *John Hebel *Josh Resvick *Jordan Kroeker *Lee Quesnelle *Mark McKinney *Nick Simon *Nicole Miscisco *Todd Fletcher *Travis Wiens *Jon Pingol *Mitch McNicol Mike Taylor Ron Cranor Jesse Spencer Marko Pocedic Tosca Lueks Abe Leiren Mike Graf Chris Middleton
(out#1) Jay Petursson Zack Page Tanya Rafuse Brent Morrow =========== DROP IN LIST #1 =========== John Forsythe Kai Picard Rob Holmberg Grant Willis |
Byron Williams
Dylan Ruocco Elton Ngan Jeff Nason John Forsythe Melissa White Niko
Bourassa-Wright Reena King Simon Pickering |
August 15, 2017: Only
TWO SPOTS remain officially open
We are literally down to our final 2 open spots for the league this season. We wo have 3 uncofirmed returning players, so if any of those are not coming back then we may have a couple of more spots open up. At this time I am taking one more name and then will be creating a wait list for anyone else interested. We typically have 4-5 people who say they are interested that don’t show so there will still likely be some spots open.
Once again, we cannot play golf as Gescan has a tourney running that day.
August 13, 2017: Die
Hard Poker League 2017/18 Season Preparations
Hello everyone,
Well August is flying by and its soon time for Season 13 of the Die Hard Poker League.
Schedule
Below are the dates for our 13th season.
Event #1: 6pm SAT Sept 9, 2017
Event #2: 7pm FRI Sept 22, 2017 (avoiding Sep 29-Oct 9 WPT Deepstacks in
Calgary)
Event #3: 7pm FRI Oct 13, 2017 (avoiding Canadian Thanksgiving Weekend)
Event #4: 7pm FRI Nov 10, 2017 (avoiding US Thanksgiving Weekend)
Event #5: 7pm FRI Dec 1, 2017
Event #6: 7pm FRI Dec 15, 2017
Event #7: 7pm FRI Jan 12, 2018
Event #8: 7pm FRI Jan 26, 2018
Event #9: 7pm FRI Feb 23, 2018
Event #10: 7pm FRI Mar 9, 2018 (avoiding kids spring break Mar 17-Apr 1)
League Final: NOON SAT Apr 7, 2018
Looking forward to seeing you all again real soon.
July 19, 2017: $100
Buyin tourney Scheduled for July 28th.
That’s right, we will be having a $100 buyin tourney on Friday, July 28th at 7pm. Looking forward to seeing you all there.
Darren
778-870-6319