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BARGE 2000

The year 2000 marked BARGE’s return to the Horseshoe. Jeff Bartoszewicz won the NL hold’em tournament, John "JRX" Reed finished second, and Stephen "Bozo" Blackstock finished 3rd. Chris "Jesus" Ferguson was the banquet speaker and winner of the chip castle building contest. No video poker or blackjack tournament was held this year. This was the first year for the Tournament of Champions-style event, in honor of BARGEr and ToC winner, Spencer "Zorak" Sun. The winner of this event was Tony "Karma" Goldstein. Peter "Fold’em" Secor finished second, and Jeff Siegel finished third. I believe the History of Poker event was first played at this BARGE, featuring alternating rounds of 5-card stud, 5-card draw high, and 5-card draw lowball. After the early rounds, 5-card stud was removed and the other games were played no-limit. In the final rounds, only lowball was played. Michael Hunter, Stephen Landrum, and Bill Chen chopped the prize pool when it got to 3-handed. ...

September 1, 2000

2000 chips, QB Edition

This set was created by Ken Kubey, using the artwork from the BARGE 2000 lapel pin. When it became clear that there would be no BARGE 2000 chips coming from the 1999 NLHE Champ John Harkness, Ken bought some cheap plastic poker chips and applied stickers to make up this set. Some argue that this limited edition set is the “official” BARGE 2000 chip set, and the BCC set is the “make up” set. ...

2000: The Year of RGP (BCC)

The chips in the 2000: The Year of RGP set celebrate two RGPers winning major poker tournaments. Spencer “Zorak” Sun won the 2000 Tournament of Champions at the Orleans Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Chris “Jesus” Ferguson won the No-Limit Hold’em championship in the 2000 World Series of Poker at Binion’s Horeshoe in Las Vegas, Nevada. All 8 chips have a common obverse. There are 4 chips with Chris and 4 chips with Spencer on the face. ...