WORLD TAVERN POKER OPEN 11 PACKAGE DETAILS

Below are the details for booking your Badge/Hotel on August 10th. Here are a couple of things to keep in mind

• Packages will go on sale on August 10th at 10:00am. PLEASE DO NOT CALL THE 4 QUEENS BEFORE THAT TIME (they will not have them available for you).

• ONLY packages purchased through the 4 Queens will receive GOLD BADGES with all the added extras mentioned below.

• Be careful! Most online travel sites that offer flight/hotel packages ARE NOT AS INEXPENSIVE AS YOU THINK. You must remember that their cost is PER PERSON, so when you figure out the math it will be almost always be more expensive.


WHY SHOULD I BOOK A GOLD PACKAGE THRU 4 QUEENS?

Every GOLD BADGE package includes the following:

• EARLY REGISTRATION – Avoid the lines and pick up your GOLD BADGE on Friday! (all other badges must be picked up on Saturday)

• EARLY STRIKERS $2,500 ADDED ON TOURNAMENT – Your GOLD BADGE will get you access to the 4 Queens/Binion’s VIP Early Striker’s Tournament with $2500 added on to the prize pool (only those players with GOLD BADGES will be eligible to play)

• VIP DRINK SPECIALS – Present your GOLD BADGE at any of the 4 Queens or Binion’s Bars and get their commemorative World Tavern Poker Open Cup with great drink specials!

• ADVANCE BADGE PURCHASE -Advance badge purchase and best chance at being in the first 100 to buy a badge. Standard Badges go on sale September 7th.

MORE INFO ON THE PACKAGES WILL BE ON THE SITE NO LATER THAN WEDNESDAY! Thanks!

New details and Qualified Player lists are up on the site!

Click on the Tournament of Champions Banner at the top, or go to http://www.worldtavernpoker.com/TournamentOfChamp.aspx for all the details!

See you in Vegas!

All the best,

Mike M & The World Tavern Poker Team

Hello everyone,

We want to welcome our 3 newest Franchise Groups

Mark Siegrist from Mass
Wes Lowe from New Jersey

and Patrick & Angela McGavisk who have expanded their territory.

We are so excited to have them all as part of our team and will be announcing their specific territories next week.

When you meet them, please welcome them with open arms...they are here to help you!

best,

Mike

Robert Webber, a World Tavern Poker Player from Goldsboro, NC has cashed at the World Series of Poker!

Robert finished 206th our of OVER 3,000 PLAYERS to cash in the Seniors Event.

Now he is on a plane back to Vegas to play in the MAIN EVENT!

Great job Robert...take it down!!!!!

Hey everyone,

Just want to wish you a very Happy 4th of July and remember what a WONDERFUL COUNTRY WE LIVE IN!

Be safe and be sure to check any updates for your Tavern Championships and/or Tournament of Champions.

All the best,

Mike & the WTP Team!

John Madden and Kristie Linkowski both cash in the WSOP circuit event!

Event 49 began with 7 World Tavern Poker Players. Everyone did a phenomenal job, with most of our players beating out half the pool. John and Kristi beat out 90% of the 2,500 players that played in the tournament, both placing in the money! Great Job guys!

Madden went out 192th having A8 against Pocket 4s.
Kristie just misses the bubble going out in 268th. Kristi's AA got cracked against A8. The flop came 8-J-8.

What an amazing effort by all of our players. In the past year alone we had 30 WTP players play in WSOP events. Eight have cashed, meaning that 20% of our players have made it to the money. Think about it...only 8% of people cash in any WSOP event and of that percentage, 20% of our players have cashed. Who says free tavern poker players can't play poker?

Awesome job everyone! Way to represent World Tavern Poker!


Tuesday, June 29, 2010

We lost John Schacte late last night. John Madden and Kristi Linkowski still in it!
Down to 290 players! Hang in there guys!

UPDATES COMING SOON

10:03pm
802 players left, top 270 get paid! and 3 WTP Players still in it!

9:59pm
Dinner Break (don't forget the time difference)

9:54pm
John Schacte is down to 3,500, John Madden is at 25,775! and Kristi is at 10,000

9:21pm
Antonio Burney just went out

9:19pm
Jason Andrews goes out

9:18pm
Antonio Burney doubles up to 4500

8:36 What started off with over 2,500 players is now down to less than half of the field and 6 of the 7 World Tavern Poker Players are still in! Hang tough everyone and PLAY SMART! (easy for me to say :)

7:55 John Owens, long time WTP player and friend was just spotted at Table 39 (he snuck in around us) and that gives us 7 total purple shirts in the starting field and 6 still in!

7:39pm
John Schacte is down to 8k. He is hoping for better cards...

6:21pm
John Madden doubles up twice again! First with AQ then AA.

5:17 pm
Antonio Burney takes a hit when his pocket Kings got cracked. Down to 1100 in chips.

4:47 pm

Molly Poland just went out with trip 8s. She was beat with trip Queens.

John Madden just had his Aces cracked. John had A9 and was beat by a Flush

John Madden just doubled up with Quad 2s! WOW!

Monday, June 28

So far all 6 World Tavern Poker players are still in the tournament. John Madden doubled up twice, first with pocket 3s and a second time with a set against top pair.

WTP's Kathy Kennedy will be checking in to give us more updates on the WTP players.

Stay tuned.


6 World Tavern Poker Players will take on Las Vegas this weekend and the World Series of Poker!

These are just 6 of the 30 players who have won WSOP seats by playing with World Tavern Poker over the last 3 seasons! Congrats and good luck to...

Antonio Burney- NJ
Jason Andrews- NC
Molly Poland- AK
John Schachte- NC
Kristie Linkowski- NC
John Madden- PA

Hey everyone,

There was some confusion as to the schedule for this season.

Tavern Championships will be held the week of June 28th to July 4th.

We understand that July 4th is a holiday so here is the option.

If a bar is not going to open on the 4th of July, they can hold their Tavern Championship during Week 1 of the Fall Season.

Please be sure to check with your bar and TD to find out if they will be playing on the 4th.

best,

Mike & the WTP Team!

Congratulations to Robert Janney of New Jersey for winning the main event seat at the World Tavern Poker Open 10. Janney put up only $10 for his shot at a $10,000 World Series of Poker Seat. The Showboat was buzzing as the 10k Guarantee kicked off and 192 players put on their best poker faces all fighting to snag the main event seat. In the end Janney was the last man standing. What an amazing event and opportunity. Don’t miss out again on your chance to make it to the WSOP. Will you be at the next Open? Congratulations again Rober Janney.

Where else can you play poker in your neighborhood bar and make it to the World Series of Poker? All year World Tavern Poker players try to out play each other to make their way to the Regional and National events for their chance to score a seat in the WSOP. With 26 seats given away every year, how could you not play every week to try and win your spot. The Fall 2009 and Spring 2010 National Championship brought great competition to this year’s National Championship. Congratulations to the winners who all scored a seat and will be representing World Tavern Poker in the WSOP!

Fall 2009 National Championship
1. Kowamante Williams, NC
2. Roger Lee, NC
3. Thomas Wolfram, MD
4. Benjamin Warntz, PA
5. Christine Freeman, NJ
6. Jack Gomez, PA
7. Sidney Whaley, NC
8. Susan Gebren, MD

Winter 2010 National Championship
1. Tom Walker, NC
2. Felicia Dull, NJ
3. Seth Fehrs, NC
4. Carol Willard, NJ
5. Brian Dougherty, PA
6. Jerry Lorence, NJ
7. Sidney Whaley, NC
8. Anthony Rizzolo, NJ
9. John Crisano, NY

I hope you all enjoyed the first of my postings, but I have to finish out day 1 and move to day 2!

There was an overwhelming 500+ players in the 7:00 First Flight of the 10K Guaranteed. The object was to take first or second in a shootout style to move on the the finals. SIDE NOTE: If you were one of the first 100 players to purchase a badge, you or a player of your choice, (submitted by 7:00 Sunday night) would have to move on to the finals and WIN to play Mike at your home bar heads up. Grant it, there is a 2nd flight on Monday, but if you do not make it, Sorry Charlie! Anyway...Tuesday's final for the 10 K guaranteed is going to be extremely Interesting.

What time does the 10:00 Tag Team Tournament start? In all honesty, there were so many people left in the 7:00 First Flight tournament, they had to push it back to 11:20. Unfortunately for some, their partners were still in the early tournament, but for most, both people were there to play. It is important to not hover over your partner or any other player at the table while you are on the rail waiting to be switched in. This tournament, although is for cash prizes, is supposed to be a Fun Tournament...The reason for the switching was slightly off the wall, yet creative. At a few points, everyone switched...but we found out who came to AC with their mom, who had some Lovemaking in AC, and who brings allot of Baseball caps for 4 days of fun. Guess you should have a different hat for every tournament you play. Sandy and I went in pretty strong, but in the end, we were defeated by my being blinded out. Congratulations to Colleen Sharkey and Joy Hamryszak on Winning the Tag Team Tournament!

I am hearing allot of 'Bad Beat' stories, but the best is, "Hey, I had 2 cards and went all in and lost to someone's 2 cards. I was knocked out! I shook their hand, got up from the table and wished everyone else Good Luck!" That is the attitude EVERYONE should have!

Monday's Winter National tournament got started about 11:00 with 253 players. Congratulations to Thomas Walker of Jacksonville, NC who was the Victor! I did not have the opportunity to speak to Thomas personally, as he got finished with the Winter Nationals and Jumped right into the 2nd Flight of the 10K Guaranteed. Brian Dougherty, of Levittown, PA-Who plays at Shenanigan's Irish Pub (My HOME BAR) took 5th place in the Winter Nationals...Way to go Brian! I was also asked to mention that Allen (Sidney) Whaley finished 7th place in both yesterday and today's National tournaments. He receives 2 sattelite seats and has double the opportunity to get to the WSOP! Congratulations Allen!

This leads into another Congratulations...Happy 42nd Anniversary to Dick and Charlotte Macartney!!! They not only own the Coastal North Carolina Franchise - but they have the past 3 National tournament Winners in their District. They are very proud franchise owners of World Tavern Poker!

I do not have any information on the 2:00 No Limit tournament, so I will blog that information on Tuesday!

7:00 rolled around and they were Starting the 2nd Flight for the 10K Guaranteed. Again, they had 430 players to play this tournament for the 12:00 final on Tuesday. I was stopped by another one of my players from Shenanigan's Irish Pub, Matt Meyers, and asked to quote him. Matt said, "I started at tu tu, aka table 2 seat 2, with my girl from Thoms River at 2-1 holding her own and my guy at 2-7 from Pittsburgh - Go Steelers! - who cracked my Kings! Go PA all the way at table 2!" This is Matt's first world Tavern Poker Open and he could not get over how great the table was. everyone was so friendly and made some Awesome plays.

It is 11:40 at night and I am sitting on the Deck of the Foundation Room. There is a nice cool breeze and the waves of the ocean are a sight to be seen! The Boardwalk is lit up and it is AWESOME! Tonight there is Pokeroke - Mike Fillipelli's take on Karaoke! Last night we had great entertainment by Mama's Blacksheep. The Foundation room is a comfortable area - mostly for those high rollers - but thanks to the staff for making it so cool and comfortable for us to hang out!

There is a 10:00 Pajama Party Tournament going on as we speak...But I was given the winners for the Best Costumes. For the best Couple - Barb and Lynne won as they came in a Donkey and a Shark pajamas including the hats to match. Billdo Cleveland won for the Funniest Pajama's - he is dressed in a one piece flannel Baby blue with Ducks, and the Sexiest Costume winner was Ymi Quinones who is in a Leopard sexy Lingerie piece. I will report the winners on Tuesday.

This is all for today...I am contemplating going in and singing "Spirit in the Sky" for giggles!!!


Tournament Winners
Fall 2009 National Championship
1. Kowamante Williams
2. Roger Lee
3. Thomas Wolfram
4. Benjamin Warntz
5. Christine Freeman
6. Jack Gomez
7. Sidney Whales
8. Susan Gebren

Early Strikers Tournament
Peter Rose

Tag Team
Colleen Sharky
Joy Hamryszak

Winter National Championship
1. Tom Walker
2. Felicia Dull

June 10, 2010
Blog Part 1 by Shari Whitby

Welcome to World Tavern Poker Open #10. This is the largest Open to date with about 750 people, and the WTP Staff requests that we give the Showboat a little bit of patience. Keith and I arrived around 12:00 only to be greeted by so many friends from all over the Nation! Luckily, with a job like mine, I get to meet many more new friends! (I only wished that I had a staff shirt so that people would not wonder why I am walking around taking notes!) Also, If you are on Facebook - Please look up The Official World Tavern Poker Page and click - LIKE!

My first encounter was with Stephen Snyder - The Drive Around Guy - from Connecticut, who drove a total of 17,000 miles: 3 States and 7 Bars during one Session - Winter - so he could make it into Nationals. For those of you who live in he Northeast, we had one heck of a Winter with many inches of SNOW!!! He qualified via Cumulative Points. Congratulations to Stephen!

I also noticed the different colored badges: Red for normal badges, Purple for the staff and volunteers who are working the open,(mine is purple), and green for the last minute shoppers who still were able to buy a badge. Note to all of you...If your planning on Attending a WTP Open...buy your badges early!

The Early Strikers tournament started around 2:00 with a total of 151 entrants. As I was walking the floor, again, being greeted by so many friends, I noiced an old friend - Captain Jack - actually his name is Mike, who reminded me that he was "In it to Win it!" Of course, Keith Morris from Virginia, who was playing with Mike, was In It to Win It too! Unfortunately, neither made it to the end, but the compeition and the fun was most important. Congratulations to Pete Rose from Charlotte, North Carolina on the Win!

What do you do while waiting for the 3:00 National Ttournament? Well our other very good friend, Dawn Smith, decided to play a penny slot, only to hit for a few hundred so that will cover all of her tournaments here at the Open! Dawn, please share the LUCK with some of us? Kowamonte Williams, from North Carolina succeeded in defeating the crowd with his King/Jack. Special mention to our Bubble Boy - Michael Jeffries. Mike won a consolation prize of his entry into the Pajama Party Tournament - Monday Night. Congratulations to all those who were in the top 8 and received seats ino Sattelite tournaments for the WSOP!

Again, as I was roaming the floor, I was stopped by my new friend, Al Podger from Hamburg, NY. (Out by Buffalo) Al plays at Shandy's Bar and had so many nice things to say about Ben and Pieter, the Professionalism and Organized events from the WTP Staff, and the owner of the bar - Joel. Al's wife, Marie, was playing in the National tournament and he was siting on the sidelines showing his support. The players in Buffalo travel about 3 hours to Play Regionals in Franklin, PA. Al went on to tell me that Joel has been working very hard not only to have a successful game at Shandy's, but is also trying to expand the region. "Joel is amazing", as he runs a great game on Monday nights, is very professional and knows the rules, provides a Great Atmosphere, and the players have allot of fun! That is what this is all about!!!! His game has grown from around 20 players to 50-60 players and he is hoping to host a Regionals in the Buffalo area in the future! Thank you Joel for Hosting WTP!!!! (I make sure I Thank my players weekly for their suuport, but it is Awesome when the Players Thank You back!) Thanks to Al and Marie!


Hey everyone,

We've arrived in Atlantic City at the Showboat and WOW is this going to be AWESOME!
The Poker Room is all set up for us complete with its own private bar! The Zen Den, Club Worship, and The X Room are all ready for some of the Biggest Parties we could ever imagine. We can't wait to see all of the Best Damn Poker Partiers on the Planet, so get in your cars, grab a plane, steal your neighbors donkey! Just hurry up and GET HERE!!!!! You're going to have a BLAST!!!!

The Official World Tavern Poker Facebook page is LIVE! Open updates, photos and other updates available. Tell all your World Tavern Poker buddies to find us and follow us on Facebook!

On Monday we celebrate Memorial Day. Too often our focus is on the hot dogs & hamburgers and not what Memorial Day is really about.

Memorial Day (and every day) we should remember those men and women who have fought and continue to fight for our country.

So we are dedicating this entire week to the men and women who defend our country every day of the year!

PLEASE...At the beginning of every tournament this week have everyone rise and hold up your glasses for a toast to our soldiers of present and past!

Thank you!

Hey everyone...there are only 16 badges left AND THERE WILL BE NO MORE AFTER THIS.

Simply put, we would not have enough tables for the $10k Guaranteed...So please spread the word that once these 16 are gone...there is nothing we can do for anyone else. Sorry :(

58 badges went very quickly today...there are 42 left.


100 MORE BADGES!

Ok everyone please read carefully.

We have been bombarded over the last 24 hours with people who have missed out on getting a badge to the WTP Open 10 at The Showboat..

We have literally spent the entire day trying to figure out a way to make it happen for you…and luckily we aren’t just GOOD LOOKING but also INCREDIBLY SMART ? ? ?

So there will be no poker only badges at the door, but on MONDAY MAY 24th (yes, this Monday)10am (est) 100 MORE BADGES WILL GO ON SALE FOR THE SAME $99 + $6 PRICE! But please read the details:

These badges WILL NOT INCLUDE any SWAG (shirts, card protector etc.). Unfortunately this late in the game we simply cannot get them.

These badges WILL INCLUDE the parties!!!! The Showboat has agreed to open the FOUNDATION ROOM for your party on Tuesday night (just up the escalator from the Nightclub) that will also include the 2 hour open bar! At midnight you will be able to move over to Club Worship. And keep in mind that if you have already purchased your ticket prior to these additional 100, you can move between both rooms (the Foundation Room has a smoking balcony).

REMEMBER! There are only 100 of these available so we expect them to go within the first 24 hours…but even if there are a few left over, they will only be online until Friday May 28th at 5:00pm.
So get your computers warmed up…because these additional 100 will not last long…and get ready for THE POKER PARTY OF THE YEAR!!!!

See you all in Atlantic City!

Good afternoon everyone,

Wow it is amazing how many people waited until the last week to get their tickets for the Open...but over the last 7 days more than 100 people have gotten their badges which means WE ARE COMPLETELY SOLD OUT!

Good morning everyone,

I know many of you have had questions as how to the $10 Tournament for the WSOP MAIN EVENT SEAT is going to work. We've finally gotten all the infor from The Showboat so here goes...

$10,000 WSOP Main Event Seat GUARANTEED!

OVERVIEW
Exclusive to World Tavern Poker Open 10 attendees, we will be hosting a $10 (+$12 casino fee) tournament where one player will win a seat into this year’s $10,000 WORLD SERIES OF POKER MAIN EVENT!
This is a shootout style format where the top 2 players at each table advance to the Finals on Tuesday June 8, 2010.
There will be 2 qualifying flights (tournaments).
• Sunday June 6 @ 7:00pm
• Monday June 7 @ 7:00pm
All attendees will have the chance to play in BOTH SUNDAY AND MONDAY FLIGHTS under the rules below.
Good luck everyone and we hope to see you at THE WSOP MAIN EVENT! REMEMBER...If you choose to play in both, you will need to pay the $10+$12casino fee for each flight!!!!

THE RULES
• Only attendees of the WTP Open (badge holders) are eligible to participate in the tournament
• The cost to play is $10 + $12 casino fee (paid to the casino at the time of registration)
• Registration will open at 9:30am on the day of each flight.
• Registration will remain open until 10:00pm on Sunday Night and registration will remain open until 9:00pm on Monday Night. We have requested these late registration times so that anyone playing in the National Championship (or another tournament) will still have the opportunity to get into both flights.
• Each player will be given (2) Seating tickets that allow them to play once for the Sunday flight and once for the Monday flight. You can only play once in each flight…NO EXCEPTIONS!
• There must be 10 players at a table to begin play. In the event there are extra players (less than 10) when registration closes, they will be given their money back by the casino. Bottom line is GET THERE EARLY TO REGISTER!
• All players who are playing in the Sunday flight MUST bring with them both their Sunday AND Monday seat tickets.
• The Top 2 players at each qualifying shoot out table will move on to the Finals held on Tuesday June 8 at 12:00noon and start with a new stack ($10,000).
• If a player has already qualified for the finals (came in top 2 at their table) then they CAN NOT play in the Monday flight.
• All players at The Finals will begin with a new stack of $10,000 in chips.
• Qualifying players can be blinded in up until 1:00pm on Tuesday June 6 after which their chip stack will be removed from play.
• Seats to the finals are NOT TRANSFERRABLE. Only those who came in the Top 2 at their shootout table will be able to take a seat in the finals and must present their Qualifying Certificate with ID to play.
• As with all the Tournaments at the World Tavern Poker Open, the Showboat poker room rules will be followed and the Showboat staff will handle all rulings.
• 100% of the entry fees (the $10 paid by each player) will go towards the cost of the seat with the remaining balance being PAID FOR BY WORLD TAVERN POKER! (you’re welcome ?)
• The winner will receive a $10,000 seat into the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event!

Good Luck Everyone!

TOURNAMENT STRUCTURE
• Shootout Format
• Top 2 from each table move on to the finals
• $10,000 in starting chips
• Daily Showboat Tournament Structure will be used
• The Finals will follow the same structure but will be a multi-table tournament.

Wednesday, June 9
It’s our last day in Atlantic City. I am absolutely exhausted, but I had a blast and wouldn’t change a thing. I thought about doing the Last Chance tournament, but figured I wouldn’t push my luck.

I’m stoked that WTP hosts these events twice a year. And next time it will be in Vegas baby. Sweet! I can’t wait to go home and brag to all my buddies who decided not to come. This trip was a great escape from the everyday grind.

When I first started playing in the league, I thought it would just be something to do every now and then. But now seeing what this league is all about, I am hooked! Hope to see everyone again at the next Open!

World Tavern Poker Rocks!