Greetings all fellow NDPT'ers! The points race for the 2009 year has nearly drawn to a close! We have only one more qualifier tournament left for the year, which will coincide with the Eagles Tournament in December. You know the drill the extra $5 that has been collected from the members of the NDPT. We need to begin planning now for when we will hold the Year End Tournament. I know that the holidays get VERY hectic for us all and I don't want this to sneak up on us and leave anyone out in the cold! So be thinking about when you would like to have it. This tournament will return to OUR basement. The points that are shown below are the current standings, and reflect what each of you will be issue in tournament chips. Of course the December qualifier will add to this as well, so the totals are not yet carved in stone. We will be playing for an approximate $600 prize pool. That's not bad for a total of 14 qualified players! So, plan on being there! If you have some preferences on time and dates for this little game, please start replying here or to my email. I want to be sure to dodge the many other games and other holiday type functions too. Remember only those who have paid in and qualified will be playing in this event. Thank goodness I qualified for my own tourney!!! Check out the points standings below:
JR Ruble 2,940
Teresa Murray 2,280
Eric Freed 2,130
Brian Murray 2,040
Del Minturn 1,985
Julie Wolfe 1,930
John Johnson 1,700
Steve Allman 1,625
Vince Post 1,550
Matt Hensley 1,050
Mike Westbrook 953
TJ Sellers 630
Julie Miller 480
Dennis Rempel 315
Regards,
cheer_dad
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Monday, November 16, 2009
Sunday, October 18, 2009
NDPT Points Race update
I have updated the NDPT Points Race here: http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AkU945DT3QQ5cHRObDZfY3BYREhsLXJVQmxnZDlmT1E&hl=en
For those of you unable, unwilling to click here you go.
JR Ruble, 2940
Teresa Murray, 2280
Eric Freed, 2130
Del Minturn, 1985
John Johnson, 1700
Steve Allman, 1625
Brian Murray, 1590
Julie Wolfe, 1330
Matt Hensley, 1050
Mike Westbrook, 953
Vince Post, 800
TJ Sellers, 630
Julie Miller, 480
Dennis Rempel, 315
Since our "regular" game has migrated to the Eagles, I will likely discontinue the points race after this year. It's been fun while it lasted but it's been like running a tournament within a tournament since obviously not everyone participated up there. Plus, even many of the regulars have changed. At any rate we'll be battling it out for prolly just under $600 by the end of the year.
We'll need to discuss options for the End of the Year game, likely at next month's tournament at the Eagles. I will post all the information here to the blog, so stay tuned. I will most certainly coordinate it to stay out of the way of any other scheduled pokery type events!
Regards,
cheer_dad
For those of you unable, unwilling to click here you go.
JR Ruble, 2940
Teresa Murray, 2280
Eric Freed, 2130
Del Minturn, 1985
John Johnson, 1700
Steve Allman, 1625
Brian Murray, 1590
Julie Wolfe, 1330
Matt Hensley, 1050
Mike Westbrook, 953
Vince Post, 800
TJ Sellers, 630
Julie Miller, 480
Dennis Rempel, 315
Since our "regular" game has migrated to the Eagles, I will likely discontinue the points race after this year. It's been fun while it lasted but it's been like running a tournament within a tournament since obviously not everyone participated up there. Plus, even many of the regulars have changed. At any rate we'll be battling it out for prolly just under $600 by the end of the year.
We'll need to discuss options for the End of the Year game, likely at next month's tournament at the Eagles. I will post all the information here to the blog, so stay tuned. I will most certainly coordinate it to stay out of the way of any other scheduled pokery type events!
Regards,
cheer_dad
Tuesday, December 09, 2008
Point and Counter Point
My friend wvwolfie proprietor and chief bottle washer over at the Riversedge Blog (http://frankwolfe.net/?p=159) put up a very thought-provoking post entitled "Is the popularity of poker diminishing?" He's got some very good points in there and it's a good read, but I offer up some different thoughts on the subject.
First, I'll grant that the numbers were down for NDPT #18; but I can't blame it on solely on the popularity of poker diminishing. I acknowledge that the Unlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act (UIGEA) put a damper on online poker, but it's done more to clear out the online gambling holes of fish than anything else. The competition that you encounter online at even some lower levels is vastly improved from the days of old. BUT, back to NDPT #18 and its low turnout. Headed into the game Saturday Night, I had 19 people on my list as confirmed to play. Outside that number, I know of an additional 4 that were otherwise committed to attending the WVU football game. Also, the surprise turn in the weather, caused some of the die-hards to back out and not show up. Two of the initial sign-ups backed out for fear of what the iced roads might mean for them to get home. Another late cancellation came from a player who was still on the road returning from a trip to see a child away at college and found that icey roads were delaying them. Still one other NDPT regular was off to play in Las Vegas at the time, so he gets a pass for the night. : ) Now, some of the larger numbers that we've seen recently at NDPT tournaments have included some new blood. I did not include everyone from the Eagles in my invitation, as I should have, since this was still a bit of a home game. Not that I have anything against any of the players there but the home games have typically been about close friends and a very tight-knit core group.
I CAN agree with wvwolfie on the fact that "we might have even been guilty of over saturating our own players." That is highly likely, since a lot of people still believed that they needed to attend every game. BUT from the outset of this year, my goal was to provide a number of opportunities, in different venues: homes, Eagles, etc... on different days, so that others might be able to attend. I think we actually picked up some really dedicated, fun players as a result of this widening of the net, but in other areas we've lost some people. We all have lives outside of poker. Between my daughter Whitney's cheerleading schedule and my son Cole's basketball schedule I'll admit even I'm stretched. That's why more often than not you'll find me drinking a bit too much to blow off steam rather than concentrating solely on the game. : ) But also, the Yanok's have stepped up the frequency of their games too. This year, they had a qualifier every month, and I think they may have thrown in another game or so as well. Plus, in the last couple months they have made BOTH games of the night qualifier games and so more people have been playing in BOTH games each time. This increased personal costs. But actually increased family (husband and wife) each putting up $30 for each game for $120 expense on the night.
JR is hosting the Eagles game, and promised a monthly tournament to see how things shape up over there. And wvwolfie has also offered up his home as another venue for the NDPT membership. Even Shuman has routinely held more of his cash games this year as well, and those are "meaty" as always. Admittedly, each location though, picks up players that sometimes won't play anywhere else, and that's okay.
Also, I know several of our "regular" players routinely play elsewhere, outside of the NDPT scope. And I'm all for it. That's great! Am I offended at not being invited? Hell no! I've got more opportunities to play than I can keep up with now. I think even now more and more people are playing, and more and more people are hosting their own home games and tournaments.
I think there has been a great increase locally even of a lot of underground cash games, (ones that are raking the pot) here in the Mid-Ohio Valley. Not only have several new games cropped up, but higher stakes has become the name of the game. Let me go on record officially, none of the NDPT games is a raked game. (Tell the SWAT team to friggin' stand down!)
As wvwolfie also pointed out the "legal" brick and mortar poker rooms at Wheeling, Chester, and most recently Cross Lanes further opened the poker market, BUT I haven't really noticed a shortage of players there. At least every week I hear of someone who has made a trip to one of the local casinos to play and found them really busy. But, I think people are really branching out to play other places and with other people. And that's okay too. Recall a scene from Rounders in which a number of the New York Rounders find themselves at the Taj in Atlantic City seated with one another and one of them laments, "...if we wanted to take each others rolls, we could've just stayed at home." And then, the "fish" begin to arrive at the table and the fun begins for all!
All I'm saying is this (yes Virginia there is a point to cheer_dad's story!!!)
The N Debt Poker Tour (NDPT) has most certainly created and improved a lot of poker players here in the Mid-Ohio Valley. Within our ranks are some VERY crafty players. The skill level has most definitely gotten a lot higher. There have been a few people show up at our games and commented to their buddies that they were "gonna show us how to play this game" and we sent them packing, with an emptier wallet. We have NEVER fleeced anyone though! I'd like for people to come back and play (and bring more money.) BUT not just for the money, also for the friendship of the thing. I have made a lot of good friends playing poker and wouldn't trade the time and experiences for anything.
In closing let me say this... I didn't write up this blog post to argue with "wvwolfie," I think he has some very valid points in his post, again found here, http://frankwolfe.net/?p=159 and besides that, he's a good friend of mine. But I can't subscribe to the point-of-view that in the area of the popularity of poker that "...we are about halfway down a long downward slope." Instead, I offer up that instead of a linear path, that poker in our neck of the woods has branched out in a lot of different ways. And that with the larger numbers of games and places to play, that some competition for the players time has been introduced. I for one can vouch for the fact that I've played a lot more live poker this year than I ever thought possible, and I didn't host 1/2 as many times as I did in previous years. I even turn down some games, in favor of others. Although, I still play online, my time in front of the computer screen has been reduced because of the large numbers of options at my disposal. There is a lot of variety out there, and I don't think things are going to dry up on us anytime soon.
Besides, my kids will be heading off to college before you know it, and not only will I have additional free time to play poker, but hell someone's gotta help me foot the bill for their tuition, and the wages my Uncle Sam is handing out are probably going to come up a bit short. So, dear poker fishes... Plea$e $end Monie$!!!
Let me know what you think gang... sound off in the comments section of this post.
Regards.
cheer_dad
First, I'll grant that the numbers were down for NDPT #18; but I can't blame it on solely on the popularity of poker diminishing. I acknowledge that the Unlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act (UIGEA) put a damper on online poker, but it's done more to clear out the online gambling holes of fish than anything else. The competition that you encounter online at even some lower levels is vastly improved from the days of old. BUT, back to NDPT #18 and its low turnout. Headed into the game Saturday Night, I had 19 people on my list as confirmed to play. Outside that number, I know of an additional 4 that were otherwise committed to attending the WVU football game. Also, the surprise turn in the weather, caused some of the die-hards to back out and not show up. Two of the initial sign-ups backed out for fear of what the iced roads might mean for them to get home. Another late cancellation came from a player who was still on the road returning from a trip to see a child away at college and found that icey roads were delaying them. Still one other NDPT regular was off to play in Las Vegas at the time, so he gets a pass for the night. : ) Now, some of the larger numbers that we've seen recently at NDPT tournaments have included some new blood. I did not include everyone from the Eagles in my invitation, as I should have, since this was still a bit of a home game. Not that I have anything against any of the players there but the home games have typically been about close friends and a very tight-knit core group.
I CAN agree with wvwolfie on the fact that "we might have even been guilty of over saturating our own players." That is highly likely, since a lot of people still believed that they needed to attend every game. BUT from the outset of this year, my goal was to provide a number of opportunities, in different venues: homes, Eagles, etc... on different days, so that others might be able to attend. I think we actually picked up some really dedicated, fun players as a result of this widening of the net, but in other areas we've lost some people. We all have lives outside of poker. Between my daughter Whitney's cheerleading schedule and my son Cole's basketball schedule I'll admit even I'm stretched. That's why more often than not you'll find me drinking a bit too much to blow off steam rather than concentrating solely on the game. : ) But also, the Yanok's have stepped up the frequency of their games too. This year, they had a qualifier every month, and I think they may have thrown in another game or so as well. Plus, in the last couple months they have made BOTH games of the night qualifier games and so more people have been playing in BOTH games each time. This increased personal costs. But actually increased family (husband and wife) each putting up $30 for each game for $120 expense on the night.
JR is hosting the Eagles game, and promised a monthly tournament to see how things shape up over there. And wvwolfie has also offered up his home as another venue for the NDPT membership. Even Shuman has routinely held more of his cash games this year as well, and those are "meaty" as always. Admittedly, each location though, picks up players that sometimes won't play anywhere else, and that's okay.
Also, I know several of our "regular" players routinely play elsewhere, outside of the NDPT scope. And I'm all for it. That's great! Am I offended at not being invited? Hell no! I've got more opportunities to play than I can keep up with now. I think even now more and more people are playing, and more and more people are hosting their own home games and tournaments.
I think there has been a great increase locally even of a lot of underground cash games, (ones that are raking the pot) here in the Mid-Ohio Valley. Not only have several new games cropped up, but higher stakes has become the name of the game. Let me go on record officially, none of the NDPT games is a raked game. (Tell the SWAT team to friggin' stand down!)
As wvwolfie also pointed out the "legal" brick and mortar poker rooms at Wheeling, Chester, and most recently Cross Lanes further opened the poker market, BUT I haven't really noticed a shortage of players there. At least every week I hear of someone who has made a trip to one of the local casinos to play and found them really busy. But, I think people are really branching out to play other places and with other people. And that's okay too. Recall a scene from Rounders in which a number of the New York Rounders find themselves at the Taj in Atlantic City seated with one another and one of them laments, "...if we wanted to take each others rolls, we could've just stayed at home." And then, the "fish" begin to arrive at the table and the fun begins for all!
All I'm saying is this (yes Virginia there is a point to cheer_dad's story!!!)
The N Debt Poker Tour (NDPT) has most certainly created and improved a lot of poker players here in the Mid-Ohio Valley. Within our ranks are some VERY crafty players. The skill level has most definitely gotten a lot higher. There have been a few people show up at our games and commented to their buddies that they were "gonna show us how to play this game" and we sent them packing, with an emptier wallet. We have NEVER fleeced anyone though! I'd like for people to come back and play (and bring more money.) BUT not just for the money, also for the friendship of the thing. I have made a lot of good friends playing poker and wouldn't trade the time and experiences for anything.
In closing let me say this... I didn't write up this blog post to argue with "wvwolfie," I think he has some very valid points in his post, again found here, http://frankwolfe.net/?p=159 and besides that, he's a good friend of mine. But I can't subscribe to the point-of-view that in the area of the popularity of poker that "...we are about halfway down a long downward slope." Instead, I offer up that instead of a linear path, that poker in our neck of the woods has branched out in a lot of different ways. And that with the larger numbers of games and places to play, that some competition for the players time has been introduced. I for one can vouch for the fact that I've played a lot more live poker this year than I ever thought possible, and I didn't host 1/2 as many times as I did in previous years. I even turn down some games, in favor of others. Although, I still play online, my time in front of the computer screen has been reduced because of the large numbers of options at my disposal. There is a lot of variety out there, and I don't think things are going to dry up on us anytime soon.
Besides, my kids will be heading off to college before you know it, and not only will I have additional free time to play poker, but hell someone's gotta help me foot the bill for their tuition, and the wages my Uncle Sam is handing out are probably going to come up a bit short. So, dear poker fishes... Plea$e $end Monie$!!!
Let me know what you think gang... sound off in the comments section of this post.
Regards.
cheer_dad
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