Posted on 11 August 2009 by Brian Masterson
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.
Posted on 11 August 2009 by Brian Masterson
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!
Posted on 11 August 2009 by Brian Masterson
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!
Posted on 05 August 2009 by Brian Masterson
Event #3 ($100 Limit Hold’em) of the 2009 CVPC drew 64 players and a prize pool of $5440. The tournament ended with a 5-way chop, with Tia Kamsone taking top honors. Congrats to all the players! Next up, Event #4 Omaha Hi/Lo.
L to R: 1st Tia Khamsone, 3rd John McConnel, 2nd Rick Case, 4th Geno Lopez, 5th Gerry Davidow
Posted on 04 August 2009 by Brian Masterson
Event #2 of the 2009 Central Valley Poker Championships kicked off at 4:15p with 78 teams competing for the $7500 prize pool. After almost 8 hours of play, the team of Ron Meas and Carlos Garcia took home first place honors and $2,250. Congrats to all the teams! Next up, Event #3 – $100 Limit Hold’em.
Ron Meas & Carlos Garcia
Posted on 03 August 2009 by Brian Masterson
The 2009 Central Valley Poker Championships kicked off on Sunday, August 2nd. Event #1 ($100 NL) drew a record number of entrants (244) competing for a $21,240 prize pool. After almost 9 hours of play, the three finalists chopped for over $3,000 each! Club One Casino regular John P. took home the first place trophy, Arvin A. took 2nd and Kun C. rounded out the top 3. Congrats to all the players!
Arvin A., John P. and Kun C.
Next up, Event #2, the $100 NL Partners event. And don’t forget to join us this Friday night for our Celebrity Event with Jose Canseco, Jerry Yang, Barbara Enright and others!
Posted on 31 July 2009 by Brian Masterson
It’s finally here! Club One Casino’s 2nd Annual Central Valley Poker Championships kicks off Sunday at 2:15 with a $100 buy-in NL event. There’s an event every day with over $100,000 of expected prize money. Like last year, Club One will be offering points for placing in each event as well as prize money, and, at the end of the week, we’ll crown the Overall CVPC Champion. And this year, Club One is also offering a Player Appreciation event on the last Sunday to which we’ll add a $1,000 of prize money.
The Celebrity Bounty event is scheduled for Friday, August 7th at 4:15p. Invited guests include Jerry Yang, Barbara Enright, Jose Canseco, Mike Baxter and others. Single table satellites for the Championship Event run daily.
Click here for a printable PDF flier of the event schedule or call us at (559) 497-3000 for more details.
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Posted on 13 August 2008 by Brian Masterson
The last two events of the 2008 Central Valley Poker Championships at Club One Casino were a huge hit. Check out the photos of Events #6 and #7!
The 2008 Central Valley Poker Championships at Club One
In Event #6 of the CVPC, the Celebrity Bounty event, 92 players and the following celebrities competed for $16,100:
Jose Canseco – 1988 AL MVP; six-time MLB all-star, poker player
Ashley Collette – FHM model and one of the “100 Sexiest Women Alive”
Mike & Janet Dages – Fresno City Councilman and his wife
Shaun “shaundeeb” Deeb – Top online tournament player worldwide
Barbara Enright – Poker Hall of Fame, only woman to final table a WSOP main event
Terence Frazier – former major league baseball player
Steve “TT” McLoughlin and Serge “Adanthar” Ravitch – moderators on TwoPlusTwo, the world’s leading poker forums
Matt O’Dette – captain of the Fresno Falcons hockey team
Max Shapiro – writer, CardPlayer magazine
Jason Von Flue – mixed martials arts fighter
Marsha Waggoner – The Grand Dame of Poker
with Kevin Lusk, Oran C. and Ron M. chopping at the final table.
Event #7, the $50,000 Guaranteed Main Event drew another 125 entrants and a prize pool of $56,250. Frank L. took first place for the trophy and $14,909.
The 2008 CVPC Overall Champion bracelet went to early points winner John Ly who won Event #1 and finished 2nd in Event #2.
Thanks again to all the participants and the Club One Casino staff for making this 1st Annual CVPC a success! Club One Casino would also like to thank A J’s Jewelry for creating such a magnificent custom bracelet.
Posted on 08 August 2008 by Brian Masterson
Event #3 – The $150 NL Pineapple specialty event drew a surprising 39 entrants for a prize pool of $4,680. Kevin L. emerged victorious.
Event #4 – The $150 NL Shoot-out drew 60 sit n go players and $7,200. It ended in a 3-way chop with O.C winning the first place trophy.
Event #5 – In the $200 NL Freeze-out, 84 players entered to compete for $13,440. The event ended in a 6-way chop with Gerry D. getting the first place hardware.
Event #6 – Tonight’s $250 NL Celebrity Bounty event kicked off with 92 players including:
Jose Canseco – 1988 AL MVP; six-time MLB all-star
Ashley Collette – FHM model and one of the “100 Sexiest Women Alive”
Mike & Janet Dages – Fresno City Councilman and his wife
Shaun “shaundeeb” Deeb – top five internet poker tournament player worldwide
Barbara Enright – member, Poker Hall of Fame, only woman to make the final table of a WSOP main event
Terence Frazier – former major league baseball player
Steve “TT” McLoughlin and Serge “Adanthar” Ravitch – moderators on TwoPlusTwo, the world’s leading poker forums
Matt O’Dette – captain of the Fresno Falcons
Jason Von Flue – mixed martials arts fighter
Marsha Waggoner – member, Poker Hall of Fame
Just a reminder: the $500 Main Event starts Saturday, August 9th at 12:15p.
Club One Casino now spreads $3/6 kill and $2/3 60-300 max NL all-day, everyday. Get on the list!
Posted on 05 August 2008 by Brian Masterson
The Central Valley Poker Championships are underway at Club One Casino. Event #1 kicked off the week with a staggering 221 entrants and a prize pool of over $17,000 (including bounties). Event #2 drew another 105 entrants and a prize pool of $12,600!
Local John L. has taken an early lead in the points race with a win in Event #1 ($100 buy-in NL Bounty) for $3,326 and a 2nd place finish in Event #2 ($150 buy-in NL Freeze-out) for another $2,310.
Wayne L. won Event #2 and took home $2,310 with the three-way chop with John and Danny H.
The rest of the week includes more deep-stack NL events including the Shoot-Out on Wednesday, another $200 NL Freeze-out on Thursday, the $250 NL Celebrity Bounty event on Friday night and the $50,000 guaranteed $500 NL Championship Event on Saturday. All weekday events start at 4:15p and the Saturday event starts at 12:15p.
Satellites for the final event are running all week and we recommend that you sign-up early for the Celebrity and Championship Events. Space is limited to 300 with alternates.
Questions? (559) 497-3000 and ask for the Tournament Desk.
