BARGE
Big
Annual
Rec.Gambling Excursion
♦
"There are no strangers here,
just friends you haven't met yet"
— Peter "Foldem" Secor
BARGE is the most fun you can have while playing poker.
BARGE is the Big August Rec.Gambling Excursion, typically held the
week leading up to the first Saturday in August, in Las Vegas, Nevada. BARGE
is also an online community of poker enthusiasts associated with that event.
Our event features several poker tournaments, mixed cash games, a few very
peculiar
cash
games,
as well as a wide variety of
non-poker related activities including dinners, karaoke, a golf outing, a sushi
outing, a fun run, room escapes, shows, and shopping. Activities vary from
year to year and are based on whatever people choose to organize.
Since 2011, we have also hosted a winter event, EMBARGO.
Members of our community also host a variety of other events
all over the US.
Our members communicate throughout the year
via email, Facebook, Twitter,
other events, or even informally. The
BARGE event began in 1991 as a meet-up of the
rec.gambling newsgroup, and membership has grown significantly over the years.
Members come from all professions and ages. Our members include over 20 WSOP
bracelet winners as well as other major tournaments (WPT, WSOP
Circuit). Although many of our members have backgrounds in technology, science,
and the law, we welcome people to join regardless of their professional
backgrounds or poker accomplishments.
Why Join Us?
We're a diverse community of
fun-loving people. We all enjoy the game of poker. We have several WSOP
bracelet winners among us, and we have novice players. We host
tournaments and unusual live games during our events. No one is pressured to play above
their bankroll. We openly exchange ideas, and many of our members have greatly
enhanced their poker skills via BARGE.
But the most important reason to join
is: it's the most fun you will ever have playing poker! BARGE is what poker
should be!
Keep in Touch
Our mailing lists are a great way to get
to know our community and ask questions about our events.
Play More
Our community hosts a number of related other events
throughout the year.
No matter where you are, you can still play with us: We play daily, just
for fun, on craftpoker.com.
Resorts World Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas
Wonky Donkey# Thursday, February 24, 2022 30 players $3,000 prize pool 1 Nolan Dalla $770 2 Justin Harms * $770 3 Dan "ADB smalltalk" Goldman $770 4 Ron "Schmuckbox" Grossberg $390 5 Joe Santagata $300 denotes unregistered player World Chowaha Championship# Friday, February 25, 2022 24 players $2,400 prize pool 1 Kyle "Super-ev" Minnis $864 2 Kevin "Action Razz" Un $550 3 Dan "ADB smalltalk" Goldman $650 4 Dominic Terreri $336 PLO/PLO8# Friday, February 25, 2022 24 players $2,400 prize pool 1 Ron "SchmuckBox" Grossberg $816 2 Corey "LingCod" Imsdahl $816 3 Adam "Allknight" Bachrach $432 4 Guist Rigo * $336 denotes unregistered player No Limit Holdem# Saturday, February 26, 2022 103 players (38 EMBARGOers) $13,390 prize pool 1 Abraham Katan * $2,407 2 Eugene Tito * $1,986 3 Steve "Crunch" Daniel $1,675 4 Joseph Schumacher * $1,455 5 Scott "Samarai" Samarel $1,446 6 Scott Freund * $1,303 7 Andrew MacKenzie * $1,111 8 Paul "Paul" Stine $502 9 Judith Alto * $402 10 Arthur Rafaeli * $301 11 Richard Ziskind * $301 12 William Steffin * $301 13 Jon Bartleson * $200 denotes unregistered player RESORTS# 24 players $2,400 prize pool 1 Dominic Terreri $1,000 2 Christian "Dr.Doofenshmirtz" Jones $624 3 David "sam_6" Lawful $432 4 Winton Lemoine * $336 5 Ron "SchmuckBox" Grossberg $8 denotes unregistered player
The story of my twenty-sixth BARGE. “Mask up!”
Complete results for 2021
BARGE 2021 Schedule
Note from the future: This was recovered from email years after the event and has been edited for presentation.
(6/12/21 final pending Westgate approval)
Day Date Time Event Buy-In Notes Mon Jul 26 4:00pm BOD meeting – Zoom 6:00pm Bomb Pot No Limit Hold’em (with rebuys) (charity event) $130 (1) Tue Jul 27 11:00am 6 Handed Paradise Road Pick’em (limit) $100 (2) 5:00pm No Limit California Lowball Green Chip Bounty $130 Wed Jul 28 11:00am 6 Handed Binglaha (pot limit) $130 4:00pm Dramaha 49 (limit) $100 (3) 7:00pm 6 Game (limit) $130 (4) Thu Jul 29 10:00am Team CHORSE ($480/team) 4:00pm Pot Limit Omaha (with lammers) $130 8:00pm SOHE (limit) $100 (5) Fri Jul 30 10:00am Blackjack — TBD whether this will be casino-run or informal $60 11;30am TOC-Style $160 5:30pm Dinner break TOC restart 8:00pm Big OE (limit) $100 (6) 8:30pm Tournament of BARGE Champions (No Limit Hold’em) $125 (7) Sat Jul 31 10:30am No Limit Hold’em Main Event $180 11:00am Significant Others’ Mixed Hold’em $40 12:00pm Group Picture 5:00pm Dinner Break 8:00 pm Main Event restart and Reindeer Games Notes (1) all players ante preflop, action begins after flop unlimited $60 rebuys during first hour (must be below starting stack) all players may add-on for $60 at first break all rebuy/add-on proceeds to be donated to winner’s choice of: American Cancer Society, Midwest Center for Holocaust Education, Team Rubicon, Habitat for Humanity, Dogs On Deployment (2) Each player is dealt three cards, then under the gun player decides which HORSE game will be played that hand.
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(Note: As EMBARGO 2021 was conducted online, there were no cash buyins for any tournament. All winnings are in imaginary dollars based on what would have normally been the buyin. FM = Fun Money)
Limit Hold'Em Shootout# Thursday - Friday, February 4-5, 2021 FM 100 buyin 74 entrants FM 7,400 prize pool 1 Ellis "Drackala" Starks FM 1850 2 Dean "MrBookworm" Kerl FM 1406 3 Shari "pokerchimp" Silk FM 1036 4 Dan "smalltalkdan" Goldman FM 740 5 Andreas "Not, Sure" Wolfram FM 592 6 Patti "Patti" Beadles FM 444 7 Doug "dgr" Grismore FM 222 8 Peter "ADB Foldem" Secor FM 222 9 Jeff "wavhitcher" Roberts FM 222 10 Eileen "MeMyself" Milligan FM 222 11 Stephen "Crunch" Daniel FM 222 12 Russell "ABVidale" Fox FM 222 World Chowaha Championship# Friday, February 5th, 2021 FM 100 buyin 64 players FM 6,400 prize pool 1 Scott "samarai" Samarel FM 1728 2 Asya "asya" Kamsky FM 1280 3 Christopher "tombayes" Mecklin FM 960 4 Keith "ODB Phat Mack" Troell FM 768 5 Andreas "Not, Sure" Wolfram FM 640 6 John "jlloyd" Lloyd FM 448 7 Kathy "Royal Flush" Chang FM 320 8 Regis "regis" Donovan FM 256 EMBARGO Musical Chairs No Limit Hold'em Results# Saturday, February 6th, 2021 FM 120 buyin 75 entrants FM 9,000 prize pool 1 Scott "Bridgeman" Lewis FM 2430 2 Ron "Schmuckbox" Grossberg FM 1800 3 David "dlow" Low FM 1350 4 Regis "regis" Donovan FM 1080 5 Joe "ChipRider" Long FM 900 6 John "JRX" Reed FM 630 7 Stephen "Crunch" Daniel FM 450 8 Guy "grizz" Berentsen FM 360 EMBARGO MASK Results # Saturday, February 6th, 2021 FM 60 buyin 56 entrants FM 3,360 prize pool 1 John "JRX" Reed FM 941 2 Eric "NiceHandSir" Schneller FM 706 3 Oliver "ojuang" Juang FM 537 4 Rich "omaholic" Bremer FM 437 5 Richard "majoracehole" Vehlow FM 336 6 Michael "mickdog" Patterson FM 235 7 Sabyl "kaismom" Landrum FM 168
Complete results for 2020
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!
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The story of my twenty-fifth BARGE. “It’s a long way to the top if you want to rock ’n roll.”
My ninth EMBARGO. “QB-2B-Doo.”
Green Valley Ranch Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas
Monte Christensen Memorial Jam or Fold Short Deck No Limit Omaha# Thursday, January 30th, 2020 $70 + $20 + $10 buyin 31 players $2,170 prize pool $2,000 donated to American Cancer Society 1 Rebecca "Redbird" Kerl $756 2 James "Hamme" Hammer $496 3 Andreas "Not Sure" Wolfram $344 4 Nancy "Nancy" Robertson $257 5 Stephen "bozo" Blackstock $192 6 Lori "MrsHodger" Hiltz $125 Redbird also wins the Full Monte Award!
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