New Years Eve with the Atlanta Poker Club
So it’s New Years Eve and you still don’t know what to do? Well, come play poker with the Atlanta Poker Club tonight.
New Years Eve and the APC !!!
We have two venues going strong tonight. Downriggers in Winder and Southern Comfort in Lawrenceville.
Downriggers will be hosting their regular Monday night tournament, but you can also pay a cover charge after poker to participate in their New Years Eve bash!
Southern Comfort will be having a double stack/double player points tournament tonight and will have their own New Years Eve celebration as well!
Indigo Joe’s will not be be having their regular Monday night tournament. ( Resumes next Monday night )
Downriggers and Southern Comfort ……. Two good reasons to come out and spend New Years Eve with the Atlanta Poker Club. See ya at the tables.
*Atlanta Poker Club events are free to play. Any cover charges imposed by a venue are for special events after poker!
APC Spotlight on Jim Burns and Willie Beamin
The Atlanta Poker Club would like to recognize the past two APC season champions as they get ready to test their skills in Tunica, MS next month. Jim Burns and Willie Beamin both won seats to play in a $550.00 WSOP or WPT event by winning the APC Season 11 and 10 championships respectively. Here is a quick interview with them and we wish them the best of luck at becoming the first Atlanta Poker Club members to win a professional tournament.
Jim Burns
Q: Jim, what tournament wil you be playing in?
A: I will be playing in the WPT tournament at the Gold Strike on Janurary 12th.
Q: How long have you been playing poker?
A: I’ve been playing poker since I was a kid, but playing NLTH for about 2 years.
Q: Who is your favorite Pro poker player?
A: Daniel Negraneu. He has a great drive to win, yet he can take a beat if he is out played or out drawn.
Q: Do you have any goals you wish to accomplish with the APC?
A: I want to represent the APC by making the money in Tunica. In season 12 I would like to make All-Stars and have 2 wins.
Willie Beamin
Q: Willie, what tournament wil you be playing in?
A: I will be playing in the WSOP tournament on Janurary 12th.
Q: Who is your favorite poker player?
A: Phil Ivey.
Q: What advice could you give a new APC member starting out?
A: Always pay attention to other peoples action.
Q: What other goals would you like to accomplish with the APC?
A: I would like to win All-Stars.
Thank you Jim and Willie for taking some time to answer some questions. All of us at the APC wish you the best of luck in Tunica and we hope you do well. Be sure to keep track of these and other APC players results from Tunica on the APC Forum.
Atlanta Poker Club Grand Championship - Season 11
Every season, the Atlanta Poker Club officially ends with the grand championship. This is made up of people who have accum
ulated enough points or have met the other qualifications required to play.
Season 11 Grand Champion
Jim Burns
This season we had 127 people qualify for the tournament and the 85 players that showed up to play were all after the title and the coveted silver rectangular card protector that is synonymus with being the grand champion.
The Grand Championship was held at Downriggers in Winder. They set up a buffett and kept food and drinks coming for all the players. Thank you for being such great hosts.
The Atlanta Poker Club’s own Kelly Hannon was the TD for the day, and did a remarkable job. Her TD experience ensured a well run tourney and that a good time could be had by all. Thank you Kelly! I also want to thank all the dealers ( Bill, Clint, Getty, Jennifer, Nathan, Travis and Troy ) who helped out as well. Because of you the players can really concentrate and enjoy their game.
The play was pretty good all around and the top 5 at the final table consisted of some great players from the APC. Dion Knudston, Daniel Petty, Bruce Yates and Jeremiah Harwell. But in the end Jim Burns, was the last man standing. He showed he had the cards and the patience to survive the tough crowd on this day.
Thanks to all the dealers, the waitstaff, and the players. Everbody coming together like this is what The Atlanta Poker Club is all about.
You can view more pictures my visiting the Atlanta Poker Club photo album.
1st Annual Atlanta Poker Club Toys for Tots Fundraiser
The First Annual Atlanta Poker Club Toys for Tots Fundraiser was a rousing success with over 500 toys donated to children who otherwise would have no Christmas.
Atlanta Poker Club Toys for Tots
If you were there to see all the toys, one would have thought that there were weeks and weeks of planning to put it all together. Well that was far from the truth. Joe and Linda put their idea into motion in about three days. Jason Spry gave his blessing and volunteers were quickly recruited. Linda took over and wrote up schedules, bought receipt books and made TD kits for every venue. Then the drive began, and APC’ers with the biggest hearts possible donated toys and money.
The Atlanta Poker Club is a place where people come together nightly to enjoy themselves. It is a place where anyone who enjoys poker is welcome and it is not based on how rich or poor anyone is. Some people with average or less than average incomes still donated with smiles for the children.
If you didn’t attend The Jury Box in person, we have photos for you, compliments of Maci Celli. The Marines arrived without a band playing, without uniforms and the poker play stopped. Players put toys in bags and rolled out bicycles and we loaded the truck by forming an assembly line and then the truck was off on it’s journey to the soon to be smiling faces of the needy children.
Thank you to everyone who gave, even if it wasn’t easy. And thank you for the large donations from the ones that could.
Even if you are alone on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day, you can think of the child who has a gift because of you and you can smile. Thank You ! You can view more photos on the Atlanta Poker Club photo album.
The Atlanta Poker Club Toys for Tots Promotion
All this week, the Atlanta Poker Club has been hosting a unique Toys for Tots promotion.
Atlanta Poker Club
Toys for Tots
Thanks to all the work by Linda and Joe Deslattes and all the other ” Santas elves ” we have been able to raise a lot of money and toys for this great cause. The response from the APC has been incredible and we wanted to say thank you.
At the tournament Tuesday night at Jeffreys in Suwannee, we had one player donate $300.00! And we have had others step up and donate $100.00 and $200.00 . As of Saturday morning, the combined money/toy combination has been valued at over $5500.00 ! And we still have one more night to go.
Thank you to the members of the Atlanta Poker Club and everyone who has helped by either taking the donations or donating to the cause, your generosity will ensure that many less fortunate children will have a happy Christmas this year.
The Toys for Tots promotion will run through this Saturday December 15th at Downriggers in Winder. You are all also invited to The Jury Box in Lawrenceville on Sunday, December 16th at 1:00 p.m., as we turn all the gifts over to the U.S. Marine Toys for Tots represenitives. It will be a great thing to watch and we hope you can make it out and show your support and pride. You can read more about this and how each venue has raised in the Atlanta Poker Club Toys for Tots fundraiser section on the Atlanta Poker Club Forum.
*Atlanta Poker Club events are free to play, donations are 100% voluntary. Thank you for your support!
WSOP Quad 4 Promotion Qualified List Season 11
The Atlanta Poker Club is sending FOUR people to the 2008 World Series of Poker. Will you be one of them? The Win a World Series of Poker Seat Quad 4 Promotion is running from Season 10 through Season 13 (4 seasons total). 1 month prior to the 2008 World Series of Poker we will hold a series of 4 WSOP Award Tournaments. These tournaments are called WSOP Award Tournaments and there are unique ways to qualify for each tournament. Each of these tournaments will award the winner with a $1500 Seat in to the 2008 WSOP + $500 for Travel.
Congratulations to the following Atlanta Poker Club members for qualifying for the following Quad 4 Award Tournaments. You can find season 10 WSOP qualifiers here.
Quad 4 - WSOP Award Tournament 1
WSOP Award Tournament 1
- qualify by making the allstars in any given season.
AllStars -
Qualified Season 11
- Adam Thrasher
- Andrew Mosley
- Daniel Petty
- Edward Rainey
- Eva Horton
- Jason Burdis
- Jason Ponders
- Jason Spry
- Lamont Carswell
- Larry Floyd
- Mike Cobb
- Mike McCarty
- Nehme Rouphael
- Rob Hughes
- Rodney Dodd
- Terri Ghioalda
- Tiffany McCarty
- Wendy Williams
- Willie Beamin
- Vladimir Vasyliv
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Quad 4 - WSOP Award Tournament 2
WSOP Award Tournament 2
- qualify by being the venue points champion for any given season.
- qualify by winning the overall points championship for any given season.
Points Champions
Qualified Season 11
- Andrew Mosley
- Bil Boakes
- Gil Nowell
- Harry Darby
- Jason Ponders
- Jason Spry
- Ken Osburn
- Lamont Carswell
- Lee Dugan
- Louis George
- Nehme Rouphael
- Randy Stamps
- Terri Ghioulda
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Quad 4 - WSOP Award Tournament 3
WSOP Award Tournament 3
- qualify by winning a venue championship (not the venue points winner, but the winner of the venue championship tournament). Win any venue championship and you are in! Please note that venues that run more than 1 tournament per week will only hold 1 venue championship and some venues have different ways to qualify and play in the championship. *Check with your TD at each individual venue to clarify how to qualify for that venues championship event.
Venue Champions
Qualified Season 11
- Barry Wilson
- Daniel Petty
- Dennis Mueler
- Jarome Dowdy
- Jeremiah Harwell
- Lee Sugarman
- Mike Duba
- Nick Vernon
- Jim Burns
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Quad 4 - WSOP Award Tournament 4
WSOP Award Tournament 4
- qualify by having two wins or more in any one season. Two wins in any one season gets you in!
Two Wins in a Single Season
Qualified Season 11
- Aaron Mathewson
- Bill Boakes
- Chao Vang
- Chris Lawrence
- Dana Xiong
- David Kijowski
- David “Red” Wilson
- Dennis Muler
- Fuu Vang
- Jason Burdis
- Jason Young
- Jeremiah Harwell
- John Lemonds
- Jorge Benitez
- Mike Cobb
- Mike Guerzon
- Paul Buffington
- Rodney Dodd
- Richard Cronier
- Steve Cersosimo
- Tiffany McCarty
- Tyler Crane
- Willie Beamin
- Will Lemonds
- Vladimir Vasyliv
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Play with the Atlanta Poker Club and you could win a free seat to the 2008 World Series of Poker and be the first APC Member to take home a WSOP Championship Bracelet!
Season 11 AllStar Champion Jason Spry
The Atlanta Poker Club would like to congratulate Jason Spry on being the APC Season 11 AllStar Champion.
Atlanta Poker Club AllStar Champion Jason Spry
Jason is one of the co-founders of the APC and has worked tirelessly behind the scenes to help make the Atlanta Poker Club one of the premier poker clubs in the country.
Jason started this Atlanta area poker league because of his love of poker and he, like many of the rest of us, has improved his game immensely over the past four years.
Jason works hard to keep the company going, meaning he doesn’t get the chance to play live freeroll poker with us as much as he would like to. Somehow, Jason still manages to find time to play with us every week in the APC online poker league, and he has really become a force to be reckoned with! Because of his improvement, Jason was also able to take down the coveted APC points championship this season in the APC online tournament.
The staff and members of The Atlanta Poker Club would like to congratulate Jason on this accomplishment and also to say, “Thank You” for all your hard work.
Pictures from Downriggers in Winder
Here are some pictures from Downriggers in Winder. Downriggers hosts APC tournaments on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday nights. If you haven’t yet made it out to this venue then you are missing out. Good food, poker, and people all rolled into one. What more can you ask for? So come on out and support this great venue. You can read more about Downriggers on the poker forum. You can also see the APC calendar here for the days and times we play. We’ll see you at the tables.
Birthday Bash and Heads-Up Challenge at Shakers in Lawrenceville
Well, it was another night of fun and poker at another one of APC’s finest venues, Shakers in Lawrenceville. The evening was made special as everyone was celebrating the birthday of Shakers very own TD Travis Hart. And from the looks of the pictures taken by Maci ( thank you ), I think everyone had a great time. Also going on was another installment of the heads up challenge by our very own Jason Spry. This time he had two of the best players the APC has to offer being John Furg and Randy Smith. But Spry managed to walk away 2-0 for the night. If you have not yet made it out to this venue then you are missing out. Check out our poker forum for more info. on this and all the APC’s other venues as well as the calendar for the days and times we play. Hope to see you at the tables.
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