Linda Beebe & Rodger Crabtree CASH IN at Semi Annual Tournament!!!!

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!