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The story of my 31st BARGE. “To Peter!”

Monday, July 20th.

Attend the virtual BARGE Board of Directors meeting on Zoom.
A lot of discussion about privacy and data security.

Thursday, July 23th.

Sandi is coming to BARGE for the first time in many years.
I don’t want to go into details, but Sandi had a health problem in May of 2025. She is showing steady improvement, but is still having trouble with balance and walking. For this trip, she will be using a Rollator to get around and a cane in the room.

Uber to the San Jose airport.
Around here we realize that she forgot to pack a grabber. We can live without it, but having one will make it easier for her to do lots of things without my help.

I text Adam and later Russ. Adam and his wife Debbie jump on the task. Russ is off the hook. They find one that looks about perfect for $16. Awesome!

We get to board the plane first! Oh, I paid extra to get Sandi an aisle seat near the front. I’m in a middle seat toward the back of the plane with the cows and horses.

They take away the Rollator so she has to carefully walk to her seat. Yeah, row 7 was a good idea. Row 28 would have been awful.

A Hot Babe (tm) takes the window seat next to me. She was meeting up with girlfriends for a bodybuilding conference. We talked for maybe a minute.

Plane lands. Get off the plane. Sandi is in a wheelchair with her Rollator perched on the front. I push her like a mile to baggage claim. Some year I will find how to board a tram from the gates to baggage claim.

I see my bag on the nearly empty carousel. Now I see a baggage handler with Sandi’s suitcase and others on a cart. This guy is super helpful. He drops off the other wayward bags and puts our bags on his cart and takes us to the front on the taxi line.

Taxi (fixed rate) to The Orleans.

Drop the bags at the bell desk and head for the poker room around 1:15 p.m. Sandi will play slots or blackjack while I’m playing poker.

First BARGEr sighted is Crunch.

Funbook PLO Tournament. Pot-Limit Omaha High-only.
We start with T20K and have two rebuy lammers worth T5K each. We each have a Funbook with six coupons. I’ll try to explain as we go along.

I’m a little late signing up. Maybe missed 15 minutes.

Nolan Hee is excited to collect the first hug.

Get a Support chip from Un. Awesome.

Around the table:
Paul S., Corey, Hack, me, Nolan H., Bex, Nolan K., Doug and Mickdog. Bex is in the first Nolan sandwich.

Get the grabber from Adam. Yay! Yes Sandi, I paid him.

Carol collects the ADB last-longer money. She did this for most of the tournaments. Thanks Carol.

Paul: “You were playing against Sabyl and thought you were ahead?” Table laughs.

Bex is wearing a hilarious shirt. Gee, if only I had a device with me to take a photograph. Oh, I think I remember an adult in a tea party situation playing poker with children.

To save time, we started calling Nolan K “Nolan 3.”

Nolan induces Nolan 3 to use his high-low coupon which helps Nolan take half the pot. A “coupon bluff.” Ellis says “He used the Hawaiian Mind Trick.” More laughter.

I’m watching something on the table as Un sneaks up and puts his head right next to mine. I flinch when I see him there.
Hack says it was “Un-surprising.” Brilliant.

RCD (Random Comment Department): “Double suck.”

Discussion about putting solar panels on the moon.
Paul: “They should do that on the sun.”
QB: “But install them at night.”

Chris Kluchman assures her place in the trip report by giving me a not-too-short neck massage.

Hack (to the tune of the Wang Chung song): “Everybody bomb pot tonight.”

Someone, maybe Tim, delivers my chip sampler sets. Thanks.

Somewhere around here we have a 10-minute break and I jog over to registration to meet Sandi and get us a room. 883. Sounds lucky. No one is at the bell desk? WTF!?!??

Sandi is exhausted. She will go to the room and take a nap. I’ll get the bags on the next break and bring them to the room.

Three or four hours in and I’ve burned through all of my emergency snacks. Kelly volunteers to bring me a slice of pizza. I try to pay, but she won’t hear of it.

Bust Corey with an overpair.

Around here we learn that Doug put together all the coupon books by hand. Great job Doug!

6pm table update:
Crunch, DLow, Hack, me, Randal, Bex, Sabyl, Rick M., Mickdog.

Give Randal a walk. Randal (in Fozzy Bear’s voice): “Wakka wakka.”

KKxy and call a raise from Mickdog.

Flop is A-A-K. I use my “All-in” coupon here.
This means I get to the showdown and can win what is currently in the pot with no further betting.

Mickdog of course has an ace and he rivers a higher full house.

I’m instructed to write this down:
“I cheated by looking at Randal’s cards.”

DLow talking to someone else: “Wanna Fight? I will hire someone.”
I think TaskRabbit was also mentioned.

6:45 break. Jog to bell desk. Bags to room. No sign of Sandi.
Little Miss Exhausted has not yet been to the room.

Jog back to the poker room.

Oh, forgot to mention that I was having trouble with an awful bug bite on my left foot. I found my old pair of wide running shoes and loosened the laces almost all the way. I was able to walk and run a little with no pain! Woo!

Around here I use a “replace a card” coupon and make a winning club flush against Randal. We will call this lucky hand #1.

Flop a spade flush against Dan.

Kuntz is again helping with toke chip fills. I believe he got $2 for his efforts.

9:00 p.m.
Final Table: Dan, Fazio, Hack, DLow, Bruce, me, Doof, Adam and Sassy,

For once I’m not a short stack. People are interested in a save for 9th. I propose $75 off of 1st and 2nd to give 9th place $150. All agree!

Someone uses a “Run it Twice” coupon so there are two boards.
Bruce says “I guarantee that I get at least half of this pot.”
QB: “I know what you have.” JJ to make quad jacks. Bruce seemed impressed.

Sassy has these beautiful nails. “3D chrome nails.” I need to take more pictures.

Hack: “I’m all-in and I have coupons!”

Around here someone uses a “Bomb Pot” coupon. The BB is 20K so we all have to put in 20K. The board comes out with a high pair. I have just a pair of 10s. I show. Muck, muck, muck. Lucky hand #2 for me.

Brian and Doof survive about three or four all-ins each.

Sassy: “I like Brian, but I’d like him to go!”

10:30 p.m.
Five-handed now. We are all tired and the blinds are getting quite high.

Doof is the chip leader and proposes an ICM chop.
ICM = Independent Chip Model. Basically, we will get a part of the prize pool based on our current chips.

After a couple of false starts, we get it figured out.
Bruce has the 2nd biggest stack. Brian and I have exactly the same number of chips. Sassy has just a bit less.

I ask Brian if he cares about the 3rd place plaque. He does not!
Cool. So I will get 3rd place and the plaque.
Now here’s the funny part. Sassy has already come in 5th a couple of times. Brian is super nice here and let’s Sassy take 4th place even though he gets the same money as me and Sassy gets less. $962 vs. $926.

So I’m happy with the plaque, Sassy is happy with 4th and Brian is happy to make us happy.

Find Sandi playing slots. I think we got food from Fudruckers. Nn.

Friday, July 24th.

Cliff called off the BARGE Fun Run this year. We’ll be back.

Rich Hehlow mentions the “No Kings” tournament from Monday. The name was my idea. Bremer came up with the rules, etc.

Anyway… Vehlow said my name would be En Ubey. Makes total sense.

Catch a ride to breakfast at Blueberry Hill with Jared, Carol, Dan G. and Rich V. Kramer, Patrick K. and Chuck join our table.

About 50 or 60 of us are here to honor Gillian Groves who won the BARGE No-Limit event in 2025 and then suddenly was taken from Gerry and us by cancer a few months ago. Caryl and Kevan organized this memorial.

Some wonderful and heartfelt speeches by many people. There were some tears and a little laughter too.

The food and service were terrific. I got the Little Boy Blue breakfast. I brought some of the blueberry topped pancakes and bacon back for Sandi.

Tournament of Champions (TOC) tournament.
Playing hold’em, 7-stud and Omaha-8.

Table:
PRM, Mike F., Holly, Patti, Fazio and me.

A player is late getting back to the table.
“Muck his cards.”
Patti: “Muck Him!” Laughter.

Order a rum and Diet with cherries. I get four cherries!
I think the waitress likes me.

Note: Tell Bremer to start scheduling daily naps.

A discussion of 1970s/1980s pinball games gets going.

As many of you know, PRM (Paul M.) came in 4th in the 2026 WSOP Super Seniors event. He told me this little story which I hope to relay properly.

Paul says he is generally very cold at poker tables, so at the WSOP final table, he was wearing a sweater.

After Paul won yet another hand one of the announcers said: “If he goes any further, he’ll be able to buy a closet full of cable-knit sweaters.”

New table:
Me, Nolan 3, Mark H., Grizz, BigBoy, Eileen, Doug, Nolan H.

I’ve known that Doug has had the nickname Snoop for many years.
I ask him if it is because he is “Snoop Doug” like Snoop Dog?
He says “You’re a genius.”

Did everyone know this Snoop Doug thing?

Somewhere around here there is a break and I go look for Sandi at the pool to bring her water bottles.
She said some guy in his 30s or 40s was hitting on her. Ha! And later a grandfather offered to buy her a drink.

I go outside. It is about 112 degrees. After two minutes, I call her. She’s back inside! Drop off water and jog back to poker.

Eileen doesn’t know it is her turn to act.
Nolan H. starts singing “Come on Eileen.” Ha!

Bruce passes around Bacon Maple Bourbon cookies from Bev. So good. I walk up to Bev to thank her, but she is busy talking with someone else. Next thing I know, she’s gone. Didn’t see her again. Sigh.

Grizz is drinking cognac. Hmmm…

RCD: “Nolan on Nolan violence.”

I think Nolan H. went out first to loud applause.

I keep seeing this very familiar looking young woman hanging around on the rail. Everyone knows her. Oh my. It’s Kate Secor, Peter’s daughter.

During a dealer change, I run over and say hi to Bex’s son Jordan and Kate. I think I said a few words to Kate and then she gave me a big Secor hug.

Kate actually contacted me by e-mail in early 2025 asking if Peter should pass away, would we honor him at BARGE. I assured her that we would spend the entire week honoring Peter.

Someone suggests reverse bust-out gifts. You bust someone, you give them a gift. Neat idea.

Nolan 3: “I recently learned how to read.”

Notes says something about Gambo visits Jeanne and “happy place.”

I see Matt Savage. I’ve known him since about 1994 when Bay 101 opened. We talk a little bit. There’s a nice guy sitting with him. Frank Kassela. Just a total regular guy. He was there to drop off a car. Someone tells me to look him up. Three WSOP bracelets! Yow!

Open-raise from the button with Ac5c. Flop comes with two clubs.
I bet, Haroldson check-raises me. I call. Turn 4c. Sweet!
He checks, I bet, he folds. To be nice, I go to show him the club ace. I turn up the ace of spades! Totally misread my hand.

RCD: P1: “What did she have?” P2: “She had hope.”

Holly about GamboMouse. “He’s a nanny-cam.” LOL.

RCD: “That’s no player, that’s Randal.”

Frank: “I live here.” Grizz: “At The Orleans?” Laughter.

All-in with ATs vs. Holly A7 on a flop of A-X-Y. Turn 7. River 10!
Holly is a little ticked at me. QB: “You were ahead for five seconds.”

3:30 table update:
Me, Nolan 3, Frank, Grizz, Adam, Randal, Doug, HoJo.

Ts9s defend in BB vs Doug. Flop Q-J-X. Get my last chips in on the straight draw. Doug has KK. Oof. I’m out. Doug gets a shot glass.

Note: I took exactly one note the rest of Friday night, so this is all from memory.

Banquet at McMullin’s

Nancy wants to drive over. I’m pretty sure it would be faster to walk, but I want to be a good sport.

I sit with Rich and Diana and Mike and Connie and Steve W. and John L. and a bunch of other people. The buffet food was nothing special, but pretty good. Prime rib was great last year, but this was the venue we needed this year.

Oh, I also got to pass out drink tickets.

Matt Savage was our speaker.

He gave a very good talk and then asked some poker/BARGE trivia questions. I actually knew the one about Steve Landrum’s chip castle.

Anyway, Matt did a very nice job. I told him I thought he was in the top 5.

The Peter “Foldem” Secor memorial.

I’m getting verklempt just thinking about it now.

Bruce “ADB BigBoy” Kramer was the emcee.
He told the story about playing Red Dog with Peter and the guys getting the dealer to turn the dog around so that they could “kick its ass!”

Person after person came up to speak. I think one had a couple of notes. Everyone else was just up there winging it and nailing it.

I had three pages typed up. Huge print. I had rehearsed it. 3 minutes.

After 10 or 12 others, Bruce waved me up. Don’t remember the last time I was this nervous. Couldn’t read. Put on my reading glasses.

I knew the first page was pretty dry. I wanted to list all of the stuff Peter had been involved with at BARGE. ADB founder, auctioneer, Calcutta comments and pairings, chip castle contest, banquet emcee, craps crawl leader, organizer, karaoke singer, etc, etc.

Then I got to some more funny stuff.
I got a couple of laughs and then one huge laugh…

“2013. Peter kisses GamboMouse. Awwwww.”
“2014. Peter violates GamboMouse. Ooooh.”

Thank goodness that one landed.

I toasted Peter with his favorite BARGE beer, Heineken, which I smuggled in from The Orleans. “To Peter!”

I walked off and Kate gave me a big hug.

I’ve had delusions of being a backup/emergency BARGE speaker someday. I’m sure I’d do better than I did this night, but I should probably just stick to trip reports and Calcutta comments.

Kate spoke and talked about how Peter’s whole year revolved around BARGE. Mine too. I even told her my version of Papa Wallenda’s famous line: “Life is BARGE. Everything else is just waiting.”

ADB Timmy sang “Danny Boy.” Oh man. That one hit hard.

If you need the definition of the word “din” it is how it sounded inside this room when no one was speaking/singing.

Karaoke.

Some of our people sang on stage in 2021 at the Westgate, but I believe this was our first real BARGE karaoke since 2018.

Some highlights:

Chuck singing “Teen Angel.” Chuck was having fun up there.

Rich Vehlow belting out Metallica’s “Enter Sandman.”

Jordan did a good song by Hozier, I think.

Tim Sh. did one about “Playing Cards.”

Some song from “Hamilton.” Just about everyone was singing and dancing.

Un playing “The Spirit of BARGE.” It’s posted on PokerPeeps. Pure gold.

Others who sang: Bex, Heldars, Asya, Ben, Kate, Randal, Nolan, Dan. I’m sure there were a few others.

Oh, I wanted to mention that Matt Savage stuck around through the memorial and most of karaoke. I hope he’ll come back to BARGE.

I saw people waving me up to sing along on some song, but it was one I didn’t know. Oh well.

I’m a terrible singer, but I sang along with Nolan D. and others on “Here Comes the Sun.” And later the Eagles “Take it Easy.” And everyone for Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody.”

That “body’s aching all the time” line hits harder every year.

Huge, huge thank you to Sharon for arranging this room for us. It was just what we needed to honor Peter.

Oh, you are probably wondering what one thing I wrote down Friday night…

“Randal gives Nolan D. wood.”

Saturday, July 25th

1:30 a.m. Sandi hits a $500 jackpot! Hooray!
Uh… no, she is not ahead for the trip.
Now I’m tossing and turning knowing she has way too much money on her and no off switch.

2:17 a.m. I finally head downstairs and convince her to let me bring $500 back up to the room. Whew. Now I can sleep.

9:30 a.m.
Sandi has been very shy about seeing anyone this trip.
Maybe she’s embarrassed to be seen using the Rollator. Not sure.

I text Chuck that I have her near the poker room. He texts back that he’s at the Copper Whisk for breakfast and can’t get away.
Sandi rolls over there and she gets to see Chuck. Glad this worked out. She also saw Kevan, Bob H., Rich S. and Diana.

I then helped Sandi order an Uber to the Gold Coast so she can play BINGO.

The BARGE NL (No-Limit) event. About 90 players.

Ryan is my lone horse as Tim’s bot outbid me constantly.

Russ Fox delivers two cold Cherry Coke Zero cans. Thank you! I had one right away.

Kristina gave me a Ratatouille from Disneyland a few months ago. He has a magnetic base, so I hatched the plan to wear him on top of my ADB hat so he could pull the strings during the NL tournament.

Got many laughs and the very friendly waitress, Violet, really liked him.

The table:
Randal, Adam, Samarel, me, Bob J., Hoss, Goldie and Doug.

Goldie has last-longer bets ($5 to $20) with about 60 players. He’s been doing this for over 20 years (since Quick retired) and this is the first time I’ve been at his starting table.

Ask John Lloyd how Ratatouille looks. He says he’s a little tilted. Ha!

I have a note about Bob only being a little superstitious.

Goldie tells a bad beat story. I ask for $1. He tosses me a chip. I toss it to the dealer.

Asya is the first out to loud applause. Goldie stands up and shouts: “Asya, I’m over here!” Laughter.

Dan N. “My comment is completely useless.” Randal: “As are most comments.”

Sandi hits a BINGO for $50. Almost pays for the $56 buy-in.

Group photo about here. Thank you Rodney. The Board approved some funding to help offset some of his expenses. Glad we got that done.

See Martin. He always wants to be in the trip report.
a very funny exchange, but it was not proper for even an R-rated report. Hmmm… We hug. Martin is in the trip report.

River is a 10 to make me a straight. I bet. Bad guy folds. Only then do I realize the river is a 9!

Goldie busts Dan N. Lots of applause. Dan starts to walk away. Goldie: “Dan! Not so fast!”

Notes starting to get sketchy now.

AJ vs. Adam. A-A-4-Xc-Kc. I think I actually made a club flush this time.

Randal loses a hand. Makes the PacMan dying noise.

Ron busts. Applause. Goldie: “Ron! Here I am!” Laughter.

Decide to play a hand blind. Folded to me in the cut-off. I raise.
Bob J. calls. Flop T-9-8. I bet 7K. Bob calls. Yeesh.
Turn A. Ha! I can represent that all day! I bet 10K. Bob folds.
Curious, I look to see my hand. J3o. I turn it up for fun.

Gerdog is in the SB and folds 72 face up. Kevan is in the BB.
He hasn’t looked yet and flips up AA!

Gerdog: “I had a tell.”

Walk into the restroom. Bob is at a urinal. He’s been directly to my left at the table for hours. Of course I take the urinal just to his right to be consistent.

Hoss has a Rally cap.

Goldie shouts at Kullman: “Thanks JK.”

Nolan 3 has TT. Goldie is all-in with KdQd. Board runs out with no paint or diamonds and Goldie is out. Thunderous applause from the 50+ still in the tournament.

Violet forgot my cherries on the last round.
Out of nowhere she hands me a white paper cup. SEVEN cherries!

Patrick K. jams. Nolan 3 calls. Flop 3-3-X. Patrick shows Q3s. Oooh! Pretty good. Nolan shows A3s. Ooof. Turn A.

Table:
Chris K., me, Patrick M., Samarel, Tim St., Rich V., Tim Sh,, Steve W., Rick.

QB: “Can we not have both Tim S’s at the same table?”

Tim Stine: “Working on it!”

Sandi hits a $152 slot jackpot at the Gold Coast.

Very low on chips. Folded to me on the button.
It’s no-look time. I jam. Patrick calls. That is very bad.
I have 43o. “At least I have live cards.” Patrick has QQ.
I’m out. Patrick gets a signed copy of my cartoon trivia book.

I go up to the room and just crash for 30 or 40 minutes.

Back to the poker room. I’m hoping I can find some kind soul to drive me over to the Gold Coast. It’s like a 5 minute drive.

Kelly is still in the Super Nuclear Atomic Monster Crayfish tournament. Her husband, Jeff, is rooting her on. Jeff drove me all over the place last year. He’s up for taking me to the Gold Coast. Yay! He tells me this story about a terrible rental car experience on a previous trip. Hmm… should I have charged $1?

Anyway, thanks again!

Oh, Kelly cashed! Yay!

Gold Coast

Find Sandi as another BINGO session is just finishing up.
Someone hit a BINGO progressive for $22,800 minutes earlier!

We get burgers and tots at Steak N Shake. Both outstanding.

We play some Buffalo slots. Finally hit a $96 jackpot to crawl back ahead.

I’m getting final table updates on the BARGE WhatsApp group.
Glad to hear that so many friends are at the final table.

Steve W. and Heller are heads-up. Heldar has won it before, so I’m rooting for Steve, but I won’t be upset at all if Heldar wins.

And David Heller wins it! Way to go!

We Uber back to The Orleans near midnight.

Sunday, July 26th

Reindeer games

Triple Draw Dealer’s Choice game.

Fun game except that if you fold, you just have to chill out for a couple of minutes as each hand takes a long time.

Table:
Me, Randal, Bremer, Kelly, Un, Sabyl, Samarel and Lee. Later Kyle, Grizz, Ron and Timmy come in as others leave.

Bob J. buys me a drink for a bet we made many years ago about Tiger Woods.

Randal (about Un and his sister): “I know where else they should go.” Kelly: “Fuck… you!” So perfectly said.

Randal: That hand was so bad even I would fold it.

Kelly yawns and says “Oh fuck me.”
Dealer: “Offers are on the table.”

RCD: “I was clean shaven when this hand started.”

RCD: “Emergency counterfeited.”

I make a bad call. Randal raises.
QB (as I call the raise): “Sure, let’s compound the error.”

Around here I finally win a hand making a 64 badugi.

RCD: “I looked, but I completely forgot.”

Justin is the new dealer.
We are playing all lowball type draw games.
Justin deals me KK33. AKQJ9. KKKxy. I show him the KKK hand as I fold.

I tell him to let me know when he will deal at the Pot-limit Omaha High game. We’ll split the profits in the parking lot.

Someone now calls 5-card Triple Draw High!

Lee quickly explains that we will be trying to make “Pairs and straights and shit.” Much laughter.

Highlight hand.

First hand of high…

Justin deals me 444xy. I just call. Someone raises. Lots of calls.
First draw, I take two cards and now have FOUR Fours!

I knew Justin would come through.

Lee bets. I’m next and want to keep people in, so I just call.
I think Sabyl check-raises. We all call.

Second draw. Lee draws one. I draw one. Others draw 1 or 2.
Lee bets out again. Again, I’m afraid a raise will knock people out so I smooth call. Only one call behind. 3-handed.

Third draw. Lee is pat. I draw one. Other player draws.
Lee bets. I raise. other folds. Lee calls.
I table the quad fours and win a huge pot. I think Lee had an A-high flush.

I’m now up about $40.

RCD: “Subscription glasses.”
Randal: “I’m gonna subscribe to your streaming service.”

The Binglaha game breaks, so our game is the final table of BARGE 2026.

QB: “How about an ICM chop?” Well, I thought it was funny.

Game changes from draw high to Badacey (a low game).

First hand of Badacey. Samarel hits trips drawing to a pair.
Grizz is drawing to an ace-high flush. I think Lee won as he was the only one who knew what game was being played.

3:45 a.m. I wuss out and call it a night up $24.

10:00 a.m.
Sandi and I still have comps to burn off so we both have steak and eggs. Pretty good.

Let’s go play slots!

We get on some Monopoly game where it sure looks like things will burst and we will get into the bonus game. $200 later we give up on this stupid game.

We both see others winning on the House of the Dragon game nearby.
$1 a spin.

Okay, another $100 later we win a $39 jackpot. I want to quit, but Sandi says we are going to hit a big one.

There are these five eggs on the screen above the slot area and three of them look like they are ready to hatch.

We seem to do a little better stopping the reels mid-spin instead of letting them finish spinning.

We take turns spinning.

I spin and stop the reels. All five eggs come up! All five eggs hatch! Holy smokes. We win something for $100. Then something else for $250. I’m hoping we might get something really big, but it stalls out there.

Royal Win for $375! Sweet! We are back ahead for the day.

Sandi wants to play blackjack. $10 table. She convinces me to play. We get on a little roll. I’m up $32. Woo! Lose two in a row. I lock up the $12 win.

Time to get our bags from the bell desk. No one there again! WTF!

Uber to the airport. Super nice driver from Ethiopia.

At SWA counter, they get a guy with a wheelchair to take Sandi the 7.46 miles to the gate. This guy’s accent is very familiar.
Yep. another nice guy from Ethiopia. I gave him a $2 tip and he seemed genuinely thrilled.

Flight is fine and we get back to San Jose.
Baggage claim. I see a large scratch on Sandi’s bag as it comes around. No, a crack! It’s totaled. Nothing fell out at least.

15 minutes later we get a $150 LUV voucher for a future SWA flight.
More than fair. Of course she is already looking at new bags costing $300 to $400. Sigh.

Kris picks us up and whisks us home. She helps with the bags too. I give her $40. Surge pricing, ya know.

Gambling…
craps: DNP
big 6 wheel: DNP
blackjack: Won $12. No kidding.
live poker: Won $24.
slots: Won - well, sort of. My card was in when we hit the 5 eggs.
tournaments: Won, lost, lost.
last-longers: Won $20.
roshambo: DNP.

Hugs: Kate, Sassy, Eileen, Sabyl, Chris, Bex, Connie, Jeanne, Claudia, Regis, Caryl, Carol, Kelly, Sharon, Patti, Diana, Betty and Nancy.

Manly hugs: Slick, Hack, Bingo, Rich S., Rich B., Adam, Nolan H., Nolan D., Dan, Michael, Larry, Bruce, Gerdog, Mickdog, Chuck, Deron, Kevan, Randal, Goldie, Bob, Jared, Steve, John, Samarel, Slick, Doug, Jeff, Ellis, Brian, Patrick and Un.

I’m sure I’m forgetting a couple and/or making up a couple.

Missed all of my friends who didn’t make it this time.

Chic, Barbara, Ice, Lynsy, Bruce, Jeff, Scottro, Howlers, Shari, Sheri, Bozo, George, JP, Siegal, Brenda, Jepsen, Derek, Joe, Ed, Tina, North Shore, Veach, Oliver, Rob, Bart, Bill, Rafn, Tracy, Alex, Murray, Pickels, Ross, Katie, Susan, O’Grady, Tom, Andrew, Pete, John, Mary, Charles, Hammer, Jodi, Andy, Taki, Ron, Robert, Josh, Mark, Wendy, Sandra, Steve, Stephen, Dave and David. There are many, many more.

Everyone please make an effort to come to BARGE 2027.
It is the best week of the year. Everything else is just waiting.

Thanks to The Orleans.

The dealers were very good this year. Hardly any mistakes that I saw. The waitresses and poker staff all did good jobs.

Kubey’s 2026 MVB (Most Valuable BARGEr) Award:

Kate Secor! She is certainly part of our BARGE family!
So good to have her with us this year to celebrate her dad.
Kate, as long as BARGE goes on, we will celebrate and honor Peter. Count on it.

Honorable mention to Sharon Goldman for arranging the banquet/karaoke. Further honorable mentions to Heldar, Doug, Russ Fox and Rich Bremer.

BTW, starting this year, my MVP award will now be called… The Peter Secor Most Valuable BARGEr Award.

Thanks to the board: Christian, Deron, Bruce, Bex and me!
Thanks to the organizers: Russ, Bremer, Deitch, Sharon and Goldie.

Thanks to the Tech Crew: Doug, David Low, Barry and Tim.

Thanks to the BARGE Chip Committee for a lot of work this year.

Thanks to Tim Showalter for all of his work on barge.org.

Thanks to David Croson for that $100-a-night with $50 food comp deal!

Thanks to Rodney for the fantastic photos and printing them all out for us.

Chuck just plain r00lz.

All the other folks who ran or sponsored events with their own cash. Asya, Kevan, Caryl, Ben, Sharon, Cliff, Connie and Mike, etc.

Thanks also to all the other people who make BARGE go.

Can I sign up for BARGE 2027 now?