POKER NIGHT - Tuesday April 13th 6:00-9:30PM Talley Student Center

submitted by piper on Sunday, April 11 2004 at 4:32 PM

Come to Talley Student Center THIS TUESDAY NIGHT, April 13th, for the No-limit Texas Hold'em Tournament. For a $5 buy-in, players will compete for a FIRST PLACE PRIZE OF $100 in the form of a Crabtree Valley Mall gift certificate. Other prizes will also be awarded. All proceeds raised by this event will benefit the North Carolina Children's Hospital. Tell your friends, and we hope to see you all there!

posted by JAllen1127 on Sunday, April 11 2004 at 11:04 PM

mmmmm

do we have any idea how many people are gonna be in this tournament?

4/11/2004 11:23:02 PM

Our last tournament (in January) had 60 people. Pretty good chance to win! Hope to see you there.

4/11/2004 11:43:20 PM

If it were something other than Texas hold-em you'd get more people.

4/12/2004 12:06:57 AM

http://www.thewolfweb.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=194054

[Edited on April 12, 2004 at 12:17 AM. Reason : .]

4/12/2004 12:17:37 AM

No offense, but the last one was not a "tournament" per se... winners were awarded $10 gift certificates from each table. I assume the idea is to run this as a multi-table tournament and balance/combine the tables at some point - this takes some planning or else it'll be very difficult to coordinate at any level that will be fair to people, much less finish in a desirable amount of time...if you need help, please feel free to PM or IM (JonTurner18) me with a phone number and someone to get in contact with... I've run tournaments this big before - no big deal, but you definitely need a very different structure than there was last time.

[Edited on April 12, 2004 at 11:34 AM. Reason : .]

4/12/2004 11:32:50 AM

Thanks for the offer to help. I know the last tournament was not exactly "tournament style." It was our first attempt at a Poker Night, and we have learned a lot since then. This time, there will be 2 table consolidations (after the 1st 60 min and after the 2nd 60 min of play - final round - 90 min). The overall winner after the last 90 min. round will be awarded the $100 gift certificate. Also, everyone will be playing with the same color/value chips in order to consolidate tables fairly. If you want more details, please contact me...bcnielse@ncsu.edu. And, I will most likely contact you because you seem like you could lend us some good advice. Thanks!

4/12/2004 1:27:16 PM

YES

4/12/2004 2:08:33 PM

I vouch for Turner. He has put together some excellent (and extremely smooth-running) tournaments.

TOO BAD HE SUCKS AT POKER!!

4/12/2004 3:32:08 PM

I got served

4/12/2004 3:44:28 PM

this really is going to be a tournament style poker night, with table winners moving on to higher tables until there is one overall winner, etc.

4/12/2004 4:09:17 PM

damn, i have to work 2morrow

4/12/2004 4:51:41 PM

shit, i dont have a good chance of winning with 6 people, much less 60

but $5 buy in aint bad

4/13/2004 12:08:41 AM

it says evening, but what time does it start?

4/13/2004 12:13:56 AM

starts at 6 in talley

4/13/2004 12:49:44 AM

talley b room or what?

4/13/2004 3:02:59 PM

it was fun...i was the last girl to be knocked out, i placed 16 out of prob 60

4/13/2004 9:35:50 PM

there were 93 people there according to one of the people organizing it. The guy who won it..won on a Pocket aces ...last 2 both went all in. Damn that was mad fun

4/13/2004 10:01:52 PM

shouldn't have called that last all in, but you had me already for 100, i was dead either way... congrats... and how about getting some prizes for the top 6 or something next time...

4/13/2004 10:12:41 PM

Thank you SO MUCH for all 91 of you who came out to Poker Night tonight. We truly appreciate your support for the NC Children's Hospital and the NCSU organization - Dance Marathon.

We plan on having a poker night every month next year. Also, at future poker nights there will be prizes for the 8 people who make it to the winner's table, as well as 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prizes. (We only had one grand prize today because funds were low).

So ... keep your eye out for poker nights next semester, and thank you once again for coming...it was a BLAST! Oh, and CONGRATS to Yagnesh Patel (if I am remembering the name correctly) for winning it all with some crazy pocket aces.

Please feel free to post any comments or suggestions about the Poker Night on the wolfweb...we would love to hear from you.

4/13/2004 11:51:57 PM

91 people...wow i did better than i thought

CONGRATS to the winner....you earned your money!

4/14/2004 12:53:27 AM

Definitely a good game... I was amazed we were able to actually get a single winner just in time (9:40pm). Sorry the blinds had to move so fast and also for the mess with changing the value of the white chips. The blinds had to move like that or else it would've gone on all night. And if we did not change the whites like we did, with all the counting of chips on all ins, we wouldn't have been close to finishing when we did. Next time the idea is to have another color of chips ready to be changed out at some point

If anyone, whose email address I did not already get, wants to get on my email or IM list for our regular tourneys around here (no charity ), just send me a PM or IM.

4/14/2004 2:54:20 AM

hey, sorry i wasn't able to make it last night, but that's awesome that dance marathon is having a poker night every month next year. dm rocks!

hey jon, i don't know how often i could come, or how good i am but i wouldn't mind bein added to the list.

4/14/2004 11:46:35 AM

Not that I am an avid poker player or anything, but I am glad the aces held up for someone 3-9 suited (pre-flop all-in) That was my crippling moment...never really made it back from that.

But it was a lot of fun. I mean I was in for 2 hours and beat my brother. The most important thing.

4/14/2004 1:56:58 PM

sorry forkgirl but I never thought I would actually pull out that straight

4/14/2004 2:19:14 PM

91 people, wow, thats a pretty decent turnout. it was good to know that even tho i played terrible, my money went to a good cause. and jon, i'd be interested in hearing about other tournaments. looking forward to havin more of these charitable ones too next semester.

4/14/2004 4:12:41 PM