The 2011 Winter Deep Freeze at Club One Casino wrapped with an impressive 660 entrants and total prize pool of $56,100.  The tournament ended with a 10-way chop at the end for for $4,839  each.  Congrats to all the players and tournament staff for making this a great event and a special thanks to the crew from the Turlock Poker Room for coming down to the event!

Winter Deep Freeze Top 3 Finishers - #3 Richard P., #2 Helluva C. and #1 Chary I.

2011 Winter Deep Freeze Final Table

2011 Winter Deep Freeze Turlock Cardroom Crew

The top ten finalists in order were:

1 Chary Inthavong

2 Helena Coronado (prefers to go by “Helluva” as in Helluva poker player)

3 Richard Patterson Sr.

4 Dennis Boone

5 Chris Plummer

6 Susan Whitener

7 Mark Jones

8 Damon Silva

9 Norberto Ram

10 Henh Ho (Happy)

On Saturday, November 6th, 92 entrants showed up to compete in Fresno City Councilman Mike Dages’s 7th Annual Flop ‘Til You Drop charity poker tournament.  This year’s event attracted baseball great Jose Canseco, online poker superstar Shaun Deeb, KISS Country’s Gnarley Charley and 2010 Mrs. California-America Stephani Norville, as well as Fresno luminaries Mayor Ashley Swearengin, City Council President Larry Westerlund, Downtown Czar Craig Scharton, Councilman-elect Clint Olivier and many others.  This year’s event raised a total of $19,450 for various charities and brought the total raised over that last 7 years to over $180,000!

Final table participants received money for their favorite charities and a commemorative Flop ‘Til You Drop jacket.  Newcomer Evan Frost took home first place honors and $5,837 for the Hope Animal Foundation.  Congrats to all the participants and final table winners!

Final Table

1.  Evan Frost, $5,837 for the Hope Animal Foundation

2.  Kirk Atamian, $2,917 for the Friends of Madera Animal Shelter

3.  Gnarley Charley, $2,334 for Spoonful of Sugar

4.  Israel Trejo, $1945 for Tehipite Middle School Baseball

5.  Roger Hanke, $1,556 for Bridge the Barriers

6.  Shay Bakeman, $1,361 for SPCA

7.  Larry Boggs, $1,167 for the St. Jude Children’s Hospital

8.  Jason Santos, $972 for Resource Center for Survivors

9.  Brandon DiPinto, $778 for the American Cancer Society

10.  Molly Vongsanan, $583 for Abused Children

Mayor Swearengin & Councilmember Dages kick off the event with a proclamation for Club One Casino

The final table participants in their commemorative jackets

The final table participants show their better side

The 2010 Winter Deep Freeze ended with 717 total entrants over the 4-day event for a total prize pool of $60,950.  The final table included Club One regulars, some new faces and retired internet prodigy Shaun Deeb.  The final four players chopped for almost $9,000 each!

1st place Arvin A. $8,916, 2nd Joo B.  $8,916, 3rd Sac S. $8,916 4th  Daniel V. $8,916

2010 Winter Deep Freeze Final Table

Club One tournament players kicked off 2010 en masse with 222 players converging on Club One Casino’s New Years Day NL Poker Tournament.  After six hours of play, the final seven players chopped for over $2,000 each.  Total prize pool was a whopping $18,870!  Next up…the 2010 Winter Deep Freeze Jan 14-17 with a guaranteed prize pool of $50,000!

New Year's Day NL Poker Tournament - Final table

Congrats to all the players and best wishes for a year of final table finishes in 2010!

Club One Casino regular Gerry Davidow recently won the Cardroom magazine NorCal Poker Tournament Player of the Year honors for 2009.  Davidow received his trophy at Club One on December 27th and will be subject of the feature interview in the upcoming issue of Cardroom.  Congrats to Gerry and all the C1 regulars who competed in Cardroom’s PoY race!

Brian Masterson and Gerry Davidow, Cardroom NorCal Player of the Year for 2009

The 2nd Annual Fall Classic at Club One Casino went off smoothly with 199 entrants and a total prize pool of $34,825.  After eight hours of play, Newt Price headed home with first place honors and over $8700.  Congrats to all the entrants and the final table!

2009 Fall Classic Winner Newt Price

2009 Fall Classic Final Table

Club One Casino’s 1st Annual Halloween Hold’em tournament was the horror show everyone expected.  176 desperate souls put up $100 each to brave gruesome play and horrifying beats for a piece of the almost $15,000 prize pool.  In the end, the ten finalists chopped up the remains for $1,354 each with Vanh T. taking top honors.  Congrats to all the players and finalists!

On Monday, September 7th, 293 tournament players crowded into Club One Casino to celebrate Labor Day by competing for almost $25,000 in prize money.  After 8 hours of spirited competition, the final 7 chopped for $2,758 each with Fong Y. taking 1st place honors.  Congrats to all the players!

The 2009 CVPC wrapped up with a $75 NL Player Appreciation event in which we added $1,000 to the prize pool.  95 entrants chased a total purse of $6,700 with the final three players chopping for $1,273 each.  Club One tournament regular, Kevin Lusk, claimed Overall Champion honors and the 2009 CVPC bracelet.  Total entrants and prize pools for the week–1,113 entrants and $111,860!

The Final Three - Ricky S., Kevin L. and Thomas D.

On Saturday, August 8th, Jerry Yang, Jose Canseco, Barbara Enright were among 140 total entrants in CVPC Event #7 vying for a prize pool of over $30,000.  Ten hours of artful raises and nasty beats narrowed the field to former WSOP final tablist, Barbara Enright and Club One Casino dealer, Molly who chopped for over $6,000 each!

Jerry Yang aka The Shadow

Jose Canseco

The Final Two

The 2009 Champ!