Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Johnnyhaha wins the 2014 Tournament of Champions

Congratulations to John 'johnnyhaha' Riesterer, winner of the inaugural Holdem Radio VIP Tournament of Champions held on Saturday, Jan. 31. He earns a custom built poker table from Off Tilt Poker Tables for the win.

There were 27 VIP members who qualified for the Tournament of Champions based on their play in freerolls each month, earning points in those freerolls to earn a spot in the championship event.

Riesterer outlasted Robert 'Dipster7' Seip in an excellent heads-up match to earn the title. Seip earned a set of Blue Shark Optics glasses valued at up to $239 for his runner-up finish.
Everett 'Mav116644 HR' Agbigay picked up a $400 value Season 1/Season 2 Platinum VIP Membership.

Everyone at the final table won a prize, the rest of the inuagural Final Nine also consisted of
Clint (txjuice) Russell - 4th place [ Blue Shark Optics Sailfin glasses]
Scott (coopsdx) Cooper - 5th place [1-year Holdem Radio Gold VIP Membership]
Ed (SuperAuto38) Custer -6th place [Holdem Radio Hoodie]
Robbie (pokerkush87) Barci - 7th place [Ante Up Magazine subscription]
Sara (TxPrincess64 HR) Harvey - 8th place [Ante Up Magazine subscription]
Gregory (Dantiel_AA) Thomas - 9th place [Holdem Radio shirt].

Thanks to everyone who supported Holdem Radio in 2014 by being a VIP member, we are very glad to have been able to bring you a Tournament of Campions. We look forward to many more fun tournament freerolls in 2015.



Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Feb. 2015 VIP Leaderboard Challenge

Here are the monthly Holdem Radio VIP Leaderboard Challenge results for the month of February 2015. We award points for finishes in our VIP Freerolls each month. The top-four finishers -- Chas73 HR; CA GrinderHR; BMaster069 HR; and txjuice - qualify for our year end Tournament of Champions where first place receives a custom built poker table from Off Tilt Poker Tables.

How many VIP points do you earn for a top-20-percent finish in a freeroll? Here's the structure sheet. We also award Tournament Bonus Hands points, you can find all about those here.



Place Name Points
1 Chas73 HR 10.3
2 CA Grinder HR 8.6
3 BMaster 069 HR 8.2
4 txjuice 7.7
5 NL Wizard HR 4.9
6 uggem 4.7
7 ghostjai 4.6
7t NextGr8Pro 4.6
9 Dipster7 4.2
10 SuperAuto38 3.9
11 Fated2Play 3.8
12 Vet HR 3.7
13 TxPrincess HR 3.6
14 Johnnyhaha 3.2
15 KidTerror HR 3.1
16 Labuda HR 2.8
16t Mascot619 2.8
18 Mav116644 HR 2.6
19 GTPoker HR 2.3
20 lukidoggy 2.1
21 tonitoagl 1.8
21t Doc Curbaday 1.8
23 coopsdx 1.6
24 topherfl 1.2
25 702BadBoy HR 1.1
25t HoldemRadioDan 1.1
27 brokepoor HR 1.0
28 bustmyaces HR 0.5
28t 1FlusHRunner 0.5
30 Duke7089 0.4
31 AKOhio 0.2
31t MissMary HR 0.2
31t 72 CarGuy HR 0.2
31t wonderstar 0.2
31t Bthugular 0.2