In 2020, the COVID pandemic kept BARGE out of Las Vegas for the first and only time to date. BARGE returned to its roots, the Internet, and our tournaments were held on Cliff Matthews’ poker site, now known as Craft Poker.
Russ Fox became the first two-time winner of the BARGE Main Event. Historians will argue if a zero-dollar virtual tournament win counts (it does).
Cover image: BARGE 2020 pin produced by Diana Mercer and designed by Patrick Milligan. Picture from Bruce Iwamoto.
This schedule was reconstructed several years after the event and may not be accurate with what happened, and has been edited for presentation. All events were hosted on Cliff Matthews’ mb2, today known as craftpoker.com. Most events had an attached Zoom videoconference. Below is the schedule for BARGE 2020. All times listed below are pacific time. Registration will be opening soon. Please note the following: All poker events will be hosted on Cliff Matthews’s MB2 platform ([now known as craftpoker.com]). A $25 registration fee will be collected which allows access to all events. Tournaments have no buy-in or cash prizes. Events are official events for purposes of BAAP and BARGE records/trivia. Trophies/plaques will be awarded for top 3 finishers in each poker event and winners of non-poker events. We hope to “see” you there! ...
Complete results for 2020