Archive for April 2005

Tournament Directors Association Site

April 19, 2005

You can find the Tournament Directors Association complete tournament rules, along with a discussion forum and information about tournament rules here

Back to San Jose and Bay 101

April 09, 2005

My partner back at my REAL job is Sam Quinto who is one of the best unknown tournament directors in the world. I like to think he had a good teacher :-), but he is not only organized but has the most important quality in a Tournament Director IMO........ Integrity. Sam helped me out by covering the first part of our weekly Bay 101 tournament which happens every Saturday, a $120 buy-in Spread limit tournament with $60 rebuy which pays 18 spots and has a 1st place of about $10,000. After the tournament I called my local "ticket agent" to get some tickets for the U2 concert at the San Jose Arena. It is funny how easy it is to get tickets to a sold out concert. My wife Maryann (not a fan of U2) complained a bit about the price of the SOLD OUT concert tickets but we had a great time and she was happiest about the pre-concert meal of ribs at the local joint called Henry's Hi-Life. U2 has not lost a step over the years and if you are into that kind of music it is a must see.

Morning at Horseshoe and then to the OC

April 08, 2005

Was only able to stop by the Horseshoe in the morning and then headed to the airport with Maryann with a flight to Orange County for an evening event called Broker Poker that featured about 400 brokers in a Poker Tournament/ Casino Night setting. Dave Lamb and I worked the event and enjoyed the exitement the players had about playing in a real poker tournament. Dealers were below average and the players did not seem to mind a bit as it was a lot of fun and the hosts of the event went all out. The tournament was held in the Marconi Automobile Museum which is great if you ever get the chance, check it out. Back to the embassy suites at around 2am and a nap before our 6am wake up call and off to another airport.

Howard Lederer Fantasy Camp

April 02, 2005

We had over 350 players in attendance from around the world for Howard's Camp. Here are the winners so far........

Howard Lederer Fantasy Camp
Results of the $50,000 Tournament
306 Players

1st $17,600 Jim Mercurio Los Angeles CA
2nd $10,000 Brandon Rosen Toronto Canada
3rd $5,000 Scott Louge St. Louis MO
4th $3,500 Kimberley Friedman San Marcos CA
5th $2,800 Jessica Bergman New York NY
6th $2,200 Mark Fanjoy Thousand Oaks CA
7th $1,700 Steve Goble Scotsdale AZ
8th $1,300 Peter Jackson Whitaker CA
9th $1,000 James M. Moore Colorado Spr. CO
10th $700 Kim Austin Hilton Head SC
11th $700 Mike Fox Valley View CA
12th $700 Aaron Fynewever Denver CO
13th $500 Dale Slinkand San Antonio TX
14th $500 Michael Stein Wheeling WV
15th $500 Ed Grider Chicago IL
16th $300 Kurt McPhail Wichita KS
17th $300 Dan Jacobs Shelton CT
18th $300 Chris Mc Carty Pearl City HI
19th $50 Robert Goble Scottsdale AZ
20th $50 Tammy Christian Littleton CO
21st $50 David Gitter Los Angeles CA
22nd $50 Forrest West Chattanooga TN
23rd $50 Manley Freid Los Angeles CA
24th $50 Judd Greenagel Minneapolis MN
25th $50 Eric Seidel Las Vegas NV
26th $50 David Young Philadelphia PA

The players are having a great time and only a couple of complaints that there are too many people and they are not receiving individual attention they desire but they are few and far between as 90% of the comments are positive. In attendance for the poker playing stars Howard, Annie, Ferguson, Phil Gordon, Layne Flack, Clonie Gowan, Andy Bloch, Erik Seidel, Penn Gillete, and others.