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!

Event #6 of the CVPC – the $150 NL Celebrity Bounty drew 122 hopefuls to trade bets with Jose Canseco (40/40 Club, 1986 Rookie of the Year, 1988 AL MVP), Barbara Enright (WSOP Hall of Fame, only woman to final table the Main Event), Jerry Yang (2007 WSOP Champion), Mike Dages (Fresno City Councilman), Tiffanie Mac (KRZR Calendar girl), Jason Von Flue (UFC fighter) and others.  Club One regular, Rim Plenys, knocked out Jose Canseco and earned an autographed game-used bat, and around 11p, the final table settled on a 7-way chop.  Check out some of the great photos below!

The 2007 WSOP Champ shows off his bracelet to a C1 regular

Barbara Enright and C1 regular Mary

First player out gets Poker for Dummies

Jose Canseco and Rim Plenys

Councilman Dages imposes his will on the table

C1 dealer Molly and KRZR Calendar girl Tiffanie Mac

Celebrity Event Winners

Next up…the Championship Event!

CVPC Event #5 – $100 NL drew a monster field of 182 entrants and a total prize pool of $15,470.  The top three finishers included Tim McKelhannon #1, David Smith #2 and Johnny Chang #5.

The Final Table

Next up…the Celebrity Event with Jose Canseco, Barbara Enright and Jerry Yang!