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It was another great night here at Encore Club as 138 regular players came in to fight it out for the $3000 we threw into the prize pool for this prestigious freeroll.  After all of the add-ons and rebuys, the total pot came to $7725, with $1915 set aside for first place.

We really appreciate our frequent players here at Encore, and it’s very rewarding to look across the room and see every table packed with familiar faces.  Looking at all of our friends who came in to join us, we can appreciate the community that has built up around our club and our favorite game.

In the end, there was an adjustment of the prize pool for the final four players, but it was a lot of fun for everyone involved.  Congratulations to our winner, David Moshe, as well as all of the players who finished in the money.  We’re looking forward to seeing more of you next month in the August TOC freeroll.

Final Table Results:

1 $1915 David Moshe
2 $1180 Darrel Plant
3 $1030 Aurelia Wong
4 $910 Black Stallion
5 $500 Mark Castle
6 $350 (name withheld)
7 $270 Barry Bonds
8 $230 Ben Carmel
9 $210 Lisa Sanchez

I hope all of you enjoy the photos and recap, thanks for checking out the blog.  Sorry about the formatting with the photos, I’m incompetent with this sort of thing… they’re still nice, right?

Plenty of fun and excitement last night as we held our June $3000 Added Tournament of Champions Freeroll.  While you might have to take some notes to remember the specific name, there was no question that everyone attending was having a great time playing against their fellow qualifiers.  While we always love seeing new people at the tables, there’s something about knowing the name of practically everyone I saw last night that made it really fun.

121 players came out on a beautiful early summer evening to play through the night for a first place prize of $1775.  We were lucky enough to have a great group of volunteer dealers working hard to keep the games running smooth.  I know I couldn’t have kept the tournament running without their professionalism, and of course the great help of our floor staff who kept the rebuys and add-ons flowing from the desk to the tables.

I was able to get out from behind the desk once we got down to four tables or so, and was lucky enough to get some decent photos of the some of the remaining players.  I even handed my camera over to a friend and had him take a quick shot of me in my usual spot.

The final table predictably contained a who’s-who of Encore players.  Check out the line-up below… while there are a couple of new faces, most of them are folks we see a few times a month or more.  Let’s hope we see each of them in next month’s $3000 Added Tournament of Champions Freeroll.