PLEASE NOTE:  Due to a Mardi Gras Party there will be NO games at Sandia Bowl on Saturday, February 18th.  We will resume the regular schedule next week.

CONGRATULATIONS to Mark Pallottino Jr. the WINNER of the Albuquerque Regional Point Leaders Tournament!  This special event was held at Sandia Bowl on Sunday, December 18th!  Mark earned his seat in The Poker Pub 2012 National Tournament of Champions along with travel and lodging!  Cheryl Lee Durham finished in second place after an hour long heads up battle and earned her seat in Nationals along with travel!  Tana Batis finished in third place and earned her seat in Nationals along with lodging!  Danion Mosby and Mike Melichar finished 4th & 5th place and earned their seats in Nationals!  NOTE: Mike has a home in Vegas and graciously decided to split up his chips so that the other players had a chance to earn the travel and lodging!

We also awarded three additional seats in Nationals to the TOP 3 point leaders from the single table satellites!  Jor-el Padilla, Ben Romero and Diane Hooper will also be joining us in Vegas!

We would like to thank Sandia Bowl for hosting this special event and we would like to thank all of the players that qualified and participated in this event!  We will be hosting more Point Leaders and Winners Tournaments in early 2012 where we will be awarding even more seats at Nationals!

Come out to our nightly games and earn your WINS and POINTS so you have a chance to earn YOUR seat at Nationals where we award a $10,000.00 seat in the MAIN EVENT!

Thanks for playing!  See you at the tables!

We will NOT be hosting any games on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve or New Year's Day.  We hope you all have safe and HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

PLEASE NOTE: Sneakerz will be having their annual Christmas Party on December 20th.  We will not be hosting games this Tuesday.  We will resume the regular schedule next week. 

Tonight is the first night at Moose Lodge #2241 (located at 12585 Skyline Rd NE) Games are at 7 & 10PM!  We will be awarding DOUBLE POINTS, DOUBLE CERTS & DOUBLE TICKETS to kick off this new venue!  There will also be special bounties!  The Moose now hosts games EVERY THURSDAY!  Come out and enjoy the GREAT DRINK SPECIALS and don't forget to ..."GO ALL IN!"

CONGRATULATIONS to the WINNERS of The Poker Pub Semi Annual Tournament!  This special event was held on December 3rd & 4th at Cactus Moon and R Place in Tucson!  196 players started day one with the average starting stack at 38,000 chips!  107 players advanced to day two with the average starting stack at 78,000 chips!  With 40 minute blind levels and 8.4 million chips in play day two lasted almost 12 hours! We witnessed some GREAT PLAY with a fair share of "bad beats" and "all in moments!" 

We reached the final table when Andrew Lin (Tucson) busted out on the bubble in 11th place! 
Vito Dunmire (Tucson) finished in 10th place and earned $25 cash along with a seat in The Poker Pub 2012 National Tournament of Champions! 
Rodger Crabtree (Albuquerque) finished in 9th place and earned $25 (which he promptly spent on shots) along with a $10 gift card and a seat in The Poker Pub 2012 National Tournament of Champions!
  Brad Hazell (Casa Grande) finished in 8th place (the big money bubble) and earned $25 along with a $20 gift card and a seat in The Poker Pub 2012 National Tournament of Champions! 

 
The FINAL 7 players agreed to chop the remaining (and added on) prize pool as follows: 

Linda Beebe (Albuquerque) was the chip leader for most of the final table and earned $1,500.00 along with a $1000 seat in the WSOP including airfare & lodging and a seat in The Poker Pub 2012 National Tournament of Champions! 
Shana Salazar (Tucson - who already has her WSOP seat) earned $1,300.00!
Melissa Haessly (Picture Rocks) earned $100.00 along with a $1000 seat in the WSOP including airfare & lodging and a seat in The Poker Pub 2012 National Tournament of Champions!
Justin Rudolph (Tucson) earned $100.00 along with a $1000 seat in the WSOP including airfare & lodging and a seat in The Poker Pub 2012 National Tournament of Champions!
Anthony Llamas (Tucson) earned $100.00 along with a $1000 seat in the WSOP including airfare & lodging and a seat in The Poker Pub 2012 National Tournament of Champions!
Bill Copson (Tucson) earned $100.00 along with a $1000 seat in the WSOP including airfare & lodging and a seat in The Poker Pub 2012 National Tournament of Champions!
Jack Snyder (Casa Grande - who was down to only 40k in chips with the blinds at 200k -400k!) earned $100.00 along with a $1000 seat in the WSOP including airfare & lodging and a seat in The Poker Pub 2012 National Tournament of Champions!

We also ran single table satellite tournaments throughout both days and awarded an additional 12 SEATS to THE POKER PUB 2012 National Tournament of Champions!

We awarded OVER $12,000.00 in CASH & PRIZES at this special event!!!!  Thanks to our LOYAL VENUES & LOYAL PLAYERS our first Semi Annual Tournament Series was a huge success!  We will be starting the flights for our second Semi Annual Tournament Series in January!  Stay tuned to the website for dates, times & locations and keep coming out to our nightly games to earn your entries and extra starting chips for the Qualifiers! 

Special thanks to all of the New Mexico Players that made the trip to Tucson to participate in this special event! We hope you all had a GREAT TIME!

Once again, THANK YOU for participating in our games and supporting your venues while helping make The Poker Pub the "premiere FREE Poker League" in the Southwest!  Imitated by many ~ Equaled by none!

We will be hosting our first ALBUQUERQUE REGIONAL POINT LEADERS TOURNAMENT on Sunday, December 18th at Sandia Bowl! The tournament starts at 2PM.  Registration begins at 12:30PM.  You must have at least 100 Points with The Poker Pub this year in order to qualify and participate in this special event.  The TOP 50 point leaders will receive extra starting chips at this tournament!  

PRIZE POOL FOR REGIONAL POINT LEADERS TOURNAMENT:

WINNER = Seat in The Poker Pub National Tournament of Champions in Las Vegas along with travel & lodging!
2nd place = Seat in The Poker Pub National Tournament of Champions in Las Vegas along with travel!
3rd place = Seat in The Poker Pub National Tournament of Champions in Las Vegas along with lodging!
4th place = Seat in The Poker Pub National Tournament of Champions in Las Vegas!
5th place = Seat in The Poker Pub National Tournament of Champions in Las Vegas!

We will be awarding a $10,000.00 SEAT IN THE MAIN EVENT of the WSOP at The Poker Pub National Tournament Of Champions!

We will also be hosting the Certificate WINNERS Tournament in early 2012 here in Albuquerque (time & date TBA) where we will award another $10,000.00 SEAT IN THE MAIN EVENT of the WSOP!  You have until January 31st to earn your Certificates toward entry and extra starting chips for this special event! We would like to thank ALL of our LOYAL VENUES for hosting our games and ALL of our LOYAL PLAYERS for continuing to support these venues!  Without you NONE of this would be possible! 

Thanks again and don't forget to ..."GO ALL IN!"

Join us on Thanksgiving at Sandia Bowl for a THANKSGIVING FEAST & FREE POKER!!!!  Al will be cooking his annual Thanksgiving dinner!  The FEAST starts at 2PM.  Everyone is welcome to enjoy the FREE Thanksgiving dinner!  We will also be hosting FREE POKER tournaments at 6:30 & 8:30PM!  We will award DOUBLE POINTS and have MYSTERY BOUNTIES for both sessions! 
PLEASE NOTE:  Gecko's will be closed on Thanksgiving.

We hope you all have a safe & HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!