Season II Championship

Put the women and children to bed. Light your cigar and head to the tiki bar because we have a winner for the Season II Camp Phoenix No Limit Hold'em Championship. He goes by the name Command Sergeant Major Mike "Cigars & Tiki Bars" James. He played a fabulous round of poker from start to finish. The winning hand was James' A-J of hearts vs Airman Parks A-10 off suit. James hit the Jack on the flop and the rest is history. Mike shook hands, signed the felt and had his picture taken as the final winner for "The Poker Force" of Task Force Phoenix V. It was a good day. Congrats Mike on the victory, well deserved!

Season II Champion: CSM Mike "Cigars & Tiki Bars" James....Congratulations Mike!

2nd Place: Airman David "no nickname" Parks

3rd Place: CDR Rick "The Commander" Howard

4th Place: Airman Todd "last chance" Lance

5th Place: Gavriloaea "mad Romanian with a pretty mustache"

6th Place: SFC Steve "Skywalker" Luker

7th Place: SSG Eric "Hut the Mut" Hutley

8th Place: MAJ Steve "Dangerous & Deadly" Grimes

9th Place: 1LT Ryan "the Groom" McBride

10th Place: 1LT John Stephens

Season II points tourneys come to an end

Hello Poker Force aficionados! The 14 tournaments of Season II have concluded and the top 30 will play in the Championship this coming Saturday, 28 April. I would like to thank all our sponsors that have provided fantastic prizes for all of the tournaments throughout both seasons - Hawaiian Gardens, Hilton of Atlantic City, Casino Arizona, Foxwoods, Harrah's Las Vegas, The Nuts Poker Company.

I would also like to thank all the dedicated players that came out every Saturday night to play. I hope everyone had fun.
See you all this Saturday night for the finale!!

Tourney #14 (Record 96 Players!!)

#14 Winner: Rick "The Commander" Howard

To say CDR Howard was on a small rush at the final table would be the understatement of the entire tournament. He absolutely demolished everybody with just about any two cards he had. And just to rub it in, he won it all with Quad Kings on the final hand. With the win, he jumps to the top of the pts leaderboard and earns the title of Season II points Points Leader.

Congrats on the win!!

#14 Final Table

Top 10:

1. Rick Howard
2. Dan Bennett
3. Howard Smith
4. Michael Wjcik
5. Derek Flanary
6. Reuben Reyes
7. Kraus
8. Keith Loftus
9. Mike Cherry
10. Casey Allen

Tourney #13 (76 players)

#13 Winner: Gordon "Gordo" Johnstone

It was hectic, chaotic, and a little crazy in an old fashioned Army vs. Air Force battle. U.S. Army rep Major Ed "Easy Ed" Wingard against U.S. Air Force rep Airman Gordon "Gordo" Johnstone. It was back and forth for about 5 minutes until the Air Force "aimed high" and went all in with a pair of 10's in the hole. Easy Ed made the call but Gordo's 10's held up to win it all.

Congrats on the victory!

#13 Final Table

Top Ten:

1. Gordon Johnstone
2. Ed Wingard
3. Mike Gibson
4. Dominic Caputo
5. Joe Krittenbrink
6. Casey Ketchum
7. Robert Surette
8. Casey Allen
9. Michael Benniger
10. Michael Wright

Tourney #12 (85 players)

#12 Winner: Joe Archer - Go Air Force!

It didn't take long to wrap up the victory as Joe went all in on the first hand of heads up play with his A-2 off suit and paired up his Ace on the flop to win it all.
Only two weeks of points tournaments left. Championship on 28 April.
Check the "Poker Board" in the DFAC for the updated scores.

See you all next week.







#12 Final Table

Top Ten:
1. Joe Archer
2. Eric Hutley
3. Todd Reynolds
4. Michael Wright
5. Rick Howard
6. Jeffrey Lockler
7. Heather Collee
8. Gordon Johnstone
9. Freudi Gau
10. Walter Simpson



#12 Final Table Action

Tourney #11 (90 players)

Gregg Frostrom wins #11. Congratulations Gregg!

It took some time to call the all-in bet by runner up John Dunnaway, but Gregg finally did with his KQ off suit. The hand held up pairing the King on the river to win it all. A very well played tourney throughout.

See you all next week.

Final Table #11

Tourney #10 (86 players)

#10 Final Table Action

#10 Final Table

Holy Moly! No you're not seeing double from last week. John Stephens has become the first player to win back to back tourneys. Congrats Johnny!!

He plowed through the huge 86 player field for the victory. He dominated the final table just like last week winning almost every hand. When it got down to the final hand with runner up Heather Collee, he ended up hitting top pair on the flop with his K-10 of hearts and then hit two pair on the turn. Great work John...................again!!

#10 Top Ten:

1. John Stephens


2. Heather Collee


3. Kevin Mares


4. Dale Blakney


5. David Parks


6. Mardy Bliss


7. Ududec Cornel


8. Alberto Colon


9. Karl Pond


10. Bradley Nulf

Tourney #9 - Cigar Poker Night

#9 Final Table

John Stephens wins #9! Congrats!

He zipped through the 77 player field to make yet another final table, and that's where the magic happened. He dominated everyone there. He called down bluffs, he went all in on the hint of fear by his opponents. John ended up taking it all with a flush on the final hand. What a great tourney. Thank you's go out to all the players who participated.

#9 Top Ten:

1. John Stephens
2. Bob Pruitt
3. Tammy Gordon
4. Gregg Frostrom
5. David Stewart
6. David Farmer
7. Pattie Chausow
8. Bryan Bolin
9. Eddie Abrams
10. John Dunaway
    

Tourney #8

Thank you Foxwoods!

#8 Final Table

Nowroozi Atiq (Mike) wins #8!

Aces and Eights is called the dead man's hand, but last Saturday night it proved to be the winner's hand as Nowroozi (Mike) Atiq, from KBR, won tourney #8.

Congrats Mike!!

#8 top ten:

1. Nowroozi Atiq
2. Howard Smith
3. Ududec Cornel
4. Ryan Mcbride
5. Wayne Kinsel
6. Doug Traversa
7. David Parks
8. Sam Mitchell
9. Cameran McMillan
10. Bennet

Tourney #7 ....... the halfway point

#7 Final Table.
CPT Heather Collee wins #7!

Tourney #7 was another fantastic tournament with 70 players. SGM Mike James almost made history by becoming the first to win 2 in a row, but ended up in 2nd place. The winner, CPT Heather Collee played a fabulous round of poker. She strategically picked her spots to put all her ships in the middle and one by one, she conquered the entire 70 person field to become victorious with her K-6 off suit on the final hand. Congrats Heather!!

#7 Top Ten:

1. Heather Collee
2. Mike James
3. Lance Todd
4. Ben Lucas
5. Steven Luker
6. Jesus Coronado
7. Pattie Chausow
8. Hussaini Said
9. Ronald Garcia
10. Dominic Caputo
    

Tourney #6

SGM Mike James wins tourney #6! Congratulations!!

Speacial thanks goes out to Foxwoods Casino for donating fabulous prizes.

What a great tournament, ending with a classic Officer vs. Enlisted battle. MAJ Grimes took a valient second place to the SGM after a 15 minute long session of one on one combat. SGM James ended up going all in w/ A-9 off suit, MAJ Grimes called (I forgot what he had); however, SGM James' hand held up and took all of the tournament chips with Ace high.

Tourney #6 Top 10:

1. Mike James
2. Steve Grimes
3. Kenneth Barnett
4. Judd Lyons
5. John Dunaway
6. Steven Luker
7. Barcan
8. Eric Hutley
9. James Milton
10. Ed Wingard

Tourney #5

#5 Final Table

SPC Brian Swackhammer wins tourney #5! Congrats!

Tourney #5 top 10:

1. Brian Swackhammer
2. Kevin Conforti
3. Mardy Bliss
4. Gavriloaea
5. Renae Hilton
6. Robert Surette
7. Derek Flannary
8. Michael James
9. John Stephens
10. Lance Todd

Tourney #4

SPC Michael Benninger wins tourney #4!

What a doozy!! Record breaking attendance with 94 players. It was a great tournament. After a long battle all the way to 2315 hrs, SPC Michael Benninger comes away with the victory and 25 pts to his credit toward the championship. Congratulations on the win.


Tourney #4 Top 10

1. Michael Benninger


2. Daniel Bennett


3. Mardy Bliss


4. Mark Sheetenhelm


5. Michael Price


6. Gavriloaea ("Mad Romanian")


7. Kevin File


8. Michael Prudhomme


9. Gregg Frostrom


10. Stermer

Tourney #1

Garcia wins the first tourney of season two!! Congrats.

Tourney #1 top 10:

1. Garcia


2. Pond


3. Stephens


4. McMillian


5. Pruitt


6. Sterling


7. Grimes


8. Hagedorn


9. Gavriloaea


10. Couckuyt

Tourney #2

David Farmer wins it all!!

Tourney #2 top 10:

1. Farmer
2. Allen
3. Knauss
4. Huerta
5. Bliss
6. Moffitt
7. Howard
8. Tidwell
9. Chausow
10. Caputo

Tourney #3

MAJ Mike Moffit claims victory of #3!!

He sifted and weaved his way through the 80 player field and won it all with a K-10 off suit after hitting top pair on the flop. Congrats on the win!


Tourney #3 top 10:

1. Moffitt


2. Knauss


3. Conforti


4. Milton


5. Pond


6. Rodel


7. Constantin


8. McBride


9. Palmer


10. Morris