BARGE is the most fun you can have while playing poker.
BARGE is the Big
August
Rec.Gambling Excursion, targeted for 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
peculiarcashgames,
as well as a wide variety of
other activities including dinners, karaoke, a golf outing, a sushi
outing, a fun run, room escapes, shows, shopping, and even more gambling. Activities vary from
year to year, based on whatever people choose to organize.
We keep in touch via
email, Facebook, Twitter,
and
other events
run by our community.
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.
Since 2011, we also have our winter event, EMBARGO.
Members of our community also host a variety of other events
all over the US.
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
No matter where you are, you can still play with us: We play daily, just
for fun, on craftpoker.com.
EMBARGO 2019 Results
Complete results for EMBARGO 2019.
QB's 2018 BARGE Trip Report
The story of my twenty-third BARGE. “Hanging in there.”
BARGE 2018 Results
Complete results for BARGE 2018.
ATLARGE 2018 Results
Results for ATLARGE 2018.
QB's 2018 EMBARGO Trip Report
My seventh EMBARGO. “Minions at Binion’s”
EMBARGO 2018 Results
Binions Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas
No Limit Six Plus Hold'Em# Thursday, February 8th, 2018 $70 + $20 + $10 buyin 31 players $2,170 prize pool 1 Charles "Boomerman" Natkins $765 2 Monte "hodger" Christensen $500 3 Jodi "Jodi S." Shapiro $350 4 Doug "dgr" Grismore $260 5 Alex "Maverick600" Ziselman $195 6 Kent "kentlbeck" Beck $100 World Chowaha Champioinship# Friday, February 9th, 2018 $70 + $20 + $10 buyin 44 players $3,080 prize pool 1 Steve "Crunch" Daniel $955 2 Peter "ADB Foldem" Secor $675 3 Ken "QB" Kubey $525 4 Lynsy Higgs Iwamoto $400 5 David "dave" Low $310 6 Ronald "HappyRaiser" Nutt $215 Four Handed Pot-Limit Very Big O Eight or Better w/lammers# Friday, February 9th, 2018 $70 + $20 + $10 buyin 26 entries $1,820 prize pool 1 Alex "Maverick600" Ziselman $660 2 Nancy "Nance" Robertson $375 3 Adam "Allknight" Bachrach $370 4 Stephen Blackstock $235 5 Charles "Boomerman" Natkins $180 No Limit Hold'Em
(with big blind ante)# Saturday, February 10th, 2018 $110 + $20 + $10 buyin 47 entries $5,640 prize pool 1 Kathy Chang $1,750 2 Dan "ADB smalltalk" Goldman $1,240 3 Patrick Milligan $960 4 Russell "Messenger of Doom" Fox $735 5 Katie "Power of V" Baxter $565 6 Scott "scottro" Harker $390 6 Handed HASTE# Saturday, February 10th, 2018 $70 + $20 + $10 buyin 30 entries $2,100 prize pool 1 Voltaire Ronquillo $600 2 Dan "ADB smalltalk" Goldman $560 3 Bree Goldman $355 4 Steve "Crunch" Daniel $275 5 David Kluchman $210 6 Charles "Boomerman" Natkins $100
Why I Love Going To BARGE
A newbie’s first impression of BARGE… Originally published at http://www.pokertelegraph.com/blog/2014/07/17/love-going-barge/
Posted by: Eric on July 17, 2014
The year was 2003. A couple of friends of mine and I had just arrived into Las Vegas from Los Angeles and we were looking to play some poker. One of the friends, having never been to Binion’s Horseshoe before and having watched countless repeats of Chris Moneymaker’s victory the year before, wanted to head over as soon as possible which meant we traveled past our hotel and got right off the freeway into the Binion’s parking lot and into what was then the mecca of poker.
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QB's 2017 BARGE Trip Report
The story of my twenty-second BARGE. “Where’s the dealer at?”
Monte's BARGE 2017 Trip report
Translation – “Good lord you drink like a fish, … brought in a friend who stayed on 2-3, and we are sure you have more … please don’t take losing so seriously and go play elsewhere! Come back and gamble today!!!”
