Our very own Bill Lanoux has won a trip to the WSOP and entry into (we believe) event #2 - $1500 No-Limit Hold em.
Co-Director Phil Fuehrer "discovered" the Comeback Kid playing in a bar poker league run by Chippy Poker and invited him to join the CPL. Bill agreed and the CPL has, obviously, done him wonders. He recently finished 4th in our own TOC and has followed that up by besting about 150 bar league opponents to win this roughly-valued $2500 prize.
His prize is for two people - the question now is whether he'll be taking his significant other or Phil to Vegas.
Stay tuned for more on this one folks......and congrats to Bill!!!!
Monday, April 28, 2008
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Gene Crowned Champion of the Winter Session 2008!
The 2008 Winter Session of the Tournament of Champions was everything we expected it would be! Tough, spirited poker was played by all of the 16 CPL members during the 5 hour 20 min tournament....but in the end only one must be crowned Champion...and that is Gene Milne!!
Gene showed exceptional patience throughout the TOC. This coupled with some early aggression gave him an early chip lead at the lower table. Gene continued his winning ways throughout the TOC winning pot after pot, then slipping into the shadows until he would strike again. Some may even consider his play to be secretive... deceptive....even deadly....this is why Gene will forever be known in the CPL as
Gene "Ninja" Milne.
Once The Ninja made it to the final table and into the Canterbury Ticket rounds...he found himself in no time heads up against Damon for the Championship. At this point The Ninja had a huge chip lead and Damon only lasted 20 min before it was all over.
Congratulations Gene "Ninja" Milne!!!
There were several winners at the TOC however, as the CPL will be sending a total of five members to the Canterbury $200+30 tournament within the next few weeks! We're looking forward to one of the CPL members cashing in the big score at Canterbury for about $12,000! The CPL's four other Canterbury Ticket Winners were:
2nd place-Damon
3rd place-Jeff "Urkelnator"
4th place-Bill "Comeback Kid"
5th place-JP "The Eliminator"
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Here is how the rest of the TOC played out:
6-Tim
7-Shane (Nanoman)----The 2nd seed TOC curse continues....
8-Jodi
9-Pam (Black Widow)
10-Steve (The Chaser)
11-Wanda (Wicked 1)
12-Jill (JJ Gold)
13-Brad
14-Mike (Blind Me Down
15-Mark (The Verbal)
16-Wally (The Cowboy)
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Here are some other pics from the TOC:
CPL Director Hard at Work getting ready for the 2008 Winter Session TOC!
Sunday, April 13, 2008
CPL Director's Battle of the Bands--Round 2
With round one in a deadlock....we've moved on to Round 2!
Listen to the two these songs within the Podcast or at GarageBand.com and vote here on which one you like better!
V.S. by Michael Quinn and the Virgin Suicides (Phil's Choice) GarageBand-V.S. or
Waiting For You by Kalgren (Mark's Choice) GarageBand-Waiting For You
CPL Director Mark Cardenas
and
CPL Co-Director Phil Fuehrer
Find the Podcast on ITunes: CPLDirectors Podcast
Listen to the two these songs within the Podcast or at GarageBand.com and vote here on which one you like better!
V.S. by Michael Quinn and the Virgin Suicides (Phil's Choice) GarageBand-V.S. or
Waiting For You by Kalgren (Mark's Choice) GarageBand-Waiting For You
Reply to this post with your vote!!
--CPL Director Mark Cardenas
and
CPL Co-Director Phil Fuehrer
Find the Podcast on ITunes: CPLDirectors Podcast
CPL Tournament of Champions Sat 4-19 at 1pm!
Hello Everyone!
The CPL Tournament of Champions (TOC) is this Saturday at 1pm at CPL Headquarters in Blaine!
Remember the buy in for the TOC is $25.00! Members are welcome to stop out as early as Noon to get settled in. Drawing for seats begins at 12:50pm and the cards start flying at 1pm.....Also the TOC is a potluck....so bring something to share!!
Below are the final point totals for the 2008 Winter Session, the starting chip stacks for the TOC and the blind structure for the TOC!
Good luck to everyone on Saturday!
TOC Structure:
--
CPL Director Mark Cardenas
and
CPL Co-Director Phil Fuehrer
Find the Podcast on ITunes: CPLDirectors Podcast
The CPL Tournament of Champions (TOC) is this Saturday at 1pm at CPL Headquarters in Blaine!
Remember the buy in for the TOC is $25.00! Members are welcome to stop out as early as Noon to get settled in. Drawing for seats begins at 12:50pm and the cards start flying at 1pm.....Also the TOC is a potluck....so bring something to share!!
Below are the final point totals for the 2008 Winter Session, the starting chip stacks for the TOC and the blind structure for the TOC!
Good luck to everyone on Saturday!
| Total Points | Starting TOC Chip Stack | |
| JP | 120.80 | 6840 |
| Shane | 114.10 | 6570 |
| Jill | 92.20 | 5690 |
| Bill | 91.20 | 5650 |
| Wally | 89.30 | 5580 |
| Damon | 85.30 | 5420 |
| Gene | 73.70 | 4950 |
| Mike | 72.80 | 4920 |
| Jeff K | 71.30 | 4860 |
| Tim | 70.10 | 4810 |
| Mark | 69.30 | 4780 |
| Steve | 64.10 | 4570 |
| Pam | 58.00 | 4320 |
| Jodi | 53.20 | 4130 |
| Wanda | 49.40 | 3980 |
| Brad | 39.00 | 3560 |
| Malinda | 32.10 | 0 |
| Greg | 30.80 | 0 |
| Phil | 30.30 | 0 |
| Jeff M | 10.40 | 0 |
TOC Structure:
| Level 1 | 10-20 | 25 min |
| Level 2 | 20-40 | 25 min |
| Break | 10 min (Race off Red Chips) | |
| Level 3 | 50-100 | 25 min |
| Level 4 | 100-200 | 25 min |
| Break | 10 min | |
| Level 5 | 150-300 | 25 min |
| Level 6 | 200-400 | 25 min |
| Break | 10 min | |
| Level 7 | 250-500 | 25 min |
| Level 8 | 300-600 | 25 min |
| Break | 10 min (Race off All Blue Chips) | |
| Level 9 | 400-800 | 25 min |
| Level 10 | 500-1000 | 25 min |
| Break | 10 min (Race off Black Chips then Race off White Chips) | |
| Level 11 | 1000-2000 | 25 min |
| Level 12 | 2000-4000 | 25 min |
| Break | 10 min | |
| Level 13 | 3000-6000 | 25 min |
| Level 14 | 5000-10000 | Till Tournament completed |
--
CPL Director Mark Cardenas
and
CPL Co-Director Phil Fuehrer
Find the Podcast on ITunes: CPLDirectors Podcast
JP Scores 3rd Win in Week 11!!
To establish his number one seed for the TOC, JP completed his 3rd win of this session and will have the most chips at the start of the Tournament of Champions on 4-19-08!
Congrats to JP for an impressive 3rd win!
CPL Honorable Mention goes to Jodi for holding off several folks who were gunning for her and taking second place during Week 11!
Below are the Week 11 results!
| JP | 37.7 |
| Jodi | 22.0 |
| Shane | 15.9 |
| Malinda | 12.6 |
| Gene | 10.6 |
| Steve | 9.2 |
| Wanda | 8.1 |
| Jeff M | 7.4 |
| Bill | 1.0 |
| Pam | 1.0 |
| Greg | 1.0 |
| Wally | 1.0 |
| Mark | 1.0 |
| Jill | 1.0 |
| Brad | 1.0 |
| Phil | 1.0 |
| Jeff K | 1.0 |
--
CPL Director Mark Cardenas
and
CPL Co-Director Phil Fuehrer
Find the Podcast on ITunes: CPLDirectors Podcast
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