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september 2010
INSIDE
Tournament Results | 14
Statewide Tournament
Schedule | 28
Bar League
Standings | 30
PLUS
MSPT GUARANTEES $100K
McELWAIN WINS
$100K FREEROLL
2010 MPC PREVIEW
2010 FPC PREVIEW
GAVIN SMITH IS AWESOME
QUESTIONS TO ASK
BEFORE BLUFFING
TODD
BREYFOGLE
A STROLL THROUGH
THE NOSEBLEED SECTION
MSPT
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November 22-28
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September 2010
Letter from the Publisher
MSPT guarantees $100K
prize pool
by Bryan Mileski
I
s there a better way to spend your weekend than
winning your share of $100K? I don’t think so!
The Minnesota State Poker Tour is now Guaranteeing a $100,000 prize pool at each event. The $100,000
Guaranteed Tournament will pay out the full juicy
amount no matter how many people register to play.
Because there are so few live, local tournaments
these days that truly guarantee a prize pool, there
may be some of you unfamiliar with what exactly this
means. For example, the Main Event at each MSPT
is a direct-buy of $1,000 + $100. If 60 players register, that would normally equate to a $60,000 prize
pool (60 players x $1,000 buy-in). But in this instance
the MSPT will pay out all $100,000. There would be
$40,000 in “dead money”.
So often I hear players on the fence about whether to drive two hours to play a
particular tournament because they’re not sure what the total number of entrants
will be. Well the MSPT has eliminated that concern.
This guarantees a massive prize pool all the time. The first place prize will
always be over $30,000, not to mention championship diamond bracelet that RF
Moeller has redesigned.
We’re excited to take the MSPT to the next level. Hopefully this will help draw
more players from Iowa, Wisconsin, the Dakotas, etc. They’ll now know if they
make the drive they’ll not only get a ton of play with the two-day structure, they’ll
get a sure shot at their share of $100,000.
The next opportunity at the MSPT $100K will be at Grand Casino Hinckley in
November. The Main Event will take place November 27-28. There will, as always,
be satellites and qualifiers the 7-9 days leading up to the main event. The schedule
of events that week has not yet been finalized but when available will be posted on
www.MinnesotaState PokerTour.com.
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September 2010
Tournament Scene
McElwain wins Canterbury’s
$100K Freeroll
Dana McElwain won the largest known poker freeroll in Minnesota state history
By MNPokerMag Staff
D
ana McElwain won the Canterbury Park $100,000 Freeroll tournament on Sunday, July 25, earning top prize
of $25,000.
The tournament— believed to be the largest poker freeroll in state history—drew 205 entrants and paid 70.
Players were allowed to qualify between April 22 and June 30 at Canterbury Park. Anyone who logged at least
100 hours of cash-game play qualified for the semi-finals, which took place on July 17 and 18. Players who logged
at least 175 hours qualified directly into the finals.
McElwain said he has played as high as $30/60 limit, but generally plays $4/8 and $8/16.
Canterbury Park 100K Freeroll
Freeroll ♣ 205 Entrants
Dana McElwain
Place
Name
1
Dana McElwain
$25,000
2
Mike O'Brien
$15,000
3
Tom Marsland
$10,000
4
James Eng
$7,500
5
Josh Albert
$6,000
6
Tone Mai
$5,000
7
Todd Doornik
$4,000
8
Rickey Griffith
$3,000
9
Quan Le
$2,000
10
Dan Cohen
$1,500
11
Rick Hoffman
$1,000
12
Yen Pham
$1,000
13
James Wiberg
$1,000
14
Rob Regal
$1,000
15
Andrew McKelvy
$1,000
16
Thao Thiem
$1,000
17
Charles Oakes
$1,000
18
Bill Bearman
$1,000
19
Rob Waz Waz
$1,000
20
Mark Thompson
$1,000
Mike O'Brien
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September 2010
Preview Section
Midwest Poker Classic:
October 1-11
A guaranteed prize pool of $120,000 in the
Main Event highlights the 2010 MPC
By MNPokerMag Staff
I
n 2009, Running Aces Harness Park kicked off its
first annual Midwest Poker Classic—a series of 11
preliminary events and a $1,000 buy-in Main Event that
Matt “Magic” Leshovsky took down for $37,315.
For the second straight year, the MPC takes place in the
weeks leading up to Canterbury’s Fall Poker Classic. This
year, Running Aces is taking things to a new level, providing
a $120,000 guaranteed prize pool for the $1,000 Main Event,
and adding several more preliminary tournaments (see
schedule on right side of page).
Preliminary event buy-ins range from $50 to $500, and
blind levels range from 20 minutes to 40 minutes. The Main
Event has 50-minute blind levels and a 30K starting stack.
Once again, in addition to the preliminary events every
day, the MPC will hold a $100 “second chance” tournament
every night.
Leshovsky works his “Magic” in ’09 Main Event
Leshovsky, a Phy-Ed and Health teacher at Elk River High
School, outlasted 3-Putts, Tim Votava and a slew of others to
take down the 2009 MPC Main Event.
“This is my biggest cash,” Leshovsky said after the tourna-
Midwest Poker Classic Schedule of Events
Date
Game
Buy-in
Oct. 1
NLH
$300
NLH
$100
NLH
$500
NLH
$100
NLH Bounty
$200
NLH
$100
Oct. 2
Oct. 3
Oct. 4
Oct. 5
Oct. 6
Oct. 7
Matt Leshovsky
Omaha 8
$200
NLH Free Roll
FREE
LHE
$100
NLH
$200
NLH
$100
NLH/Omaha Hi
$200
NLH Ante Tourney
$100
NLH
$100
NLH w/ Rebuys
$50
NLH
$100
Oct. 8
NLH
$300
NLH
$100
Oct. 9
NLH
$100
Oct. 10
Main Event
$1,000
ment last year. “It’s something that I was talking to my wife
about. I told her I would really love to win this tournament.
The money is great, but really, to me, just being a wrestler
and competitiveness and stuff, it’s about winning. Just being
number one and taking home the trophy, the bragging rights.
I won the tournament, I did it myself, and did it outright. It
was more about winning, to be honest, than money for me.”
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September 2010
Preview Section
Fall Poker Classic: October 9-24
With two additional events, Canterbury Park’s Fall Poker Classic is bigger than ever this year
By MNPokerMag Staff
T
he Fall Poker Classic is widely regarded as one
of the most prestigious tournament series in the
Midwest—if not the premiere series—and this year
Canterbury has expanded it from 15 to 17 events.
Along with the $1,000 Main Event, the FPC will also host
11 additional no-limit hold’em events, including a sixhanded tournament, as well as a 7-card stud event, a ladies
hold’em event, an Omaha 8 event, a mixed event, and a limit
hold’em event.
Canterbury will also bring back its Battle of the Generations—a series of three tournaments, each with players from
different generations. Along with their winnings, the top
three from each generation’s tournament will advance to a
final sit n’ go to determine an overall champion.
Last year’s total FPC prize pool reached nearly $900,000.
Look for Canterbury to cross the $1,000,000 mark in total
prize pool this year.
Berman made history in 2009
The 2009 Fall Poker Classic Main Event was an historic
one, with Brad Berman outlasting a field of 234 for $74,901
and his second-career title. Berman became the first player
Judd Greenagel
Fall Poker Classic Schedule of Events
Event
Date
Game
Buy-in
1
Oct. 9
NLH
$300
2
Oct. 10
NLH
$150
3
Oct. 11
NLH
$200
4
Oct. 12
LHE
$200
5
Oct. 13
7 Stud
$200
6
Oct. 14
Omaha 8
$200
7
Oct. 15
NLH
$300
8
Oct. 16
NLH
$500
9
Oct. 17
Ladies
$150
10
Oct. 17
NLH
$150
11
Oct. 18
NLH
$200
12
Oct. 19
NLH
$300
13
Oct. 20
Om8/LHE
$300
14
Oct. 21
6-max NLH
$500
15
Oct. 22
NLH
$500
16
Oct. 23
Championship
$1,000
17
Oct. 24
NLH
$200
to win a second FPC Main Event title—his first one came in
2006 for $116,977.
Berman outlasted a final table that included Mike Pickett,
who later went on to win the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $10K Heads-Up event, and Jeremy Dresch, who later
went on to win back-to-back Heartland Poker Tour events
and a Minnesota State Poker Tour event.
Judd Greenagel also made some history at the Fall Poker
Classic last year, winning two events—$200 NLH and Battle
of the Generations event #1 (Generation X).
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Minnesota Poker Magazine
Tournament Results
Date:
7/4
Type:
NL
Rank
Name
1
Peixin Liu
2
Tom Mastaw
3
Liisa Larocque
Date:
7/11
Type:
NL
Rank
Name
1
Anthony Gareri
2
Dan Isaacson
3
Kris Manke
Date:
7/18
Type:
NL
Rank
Name
1
Shawn Nelson
2
Long Nguyen
3
Darrell Jensen
Black Bear
Buy-in:
Entrants:
Black Bear
Buy-in:
Entrants:
Black Bear
Buy-in:
Entrants:
$100
21
Amount
$
840
630
420
$100
23
Amount
$
920
690
460
Black Bear
Date:
7/25
Buy-in:
Type:
NL
Entrants:
Rank
Name
1
Bob Sipsas
2
Jeremy Kantonen
3
Gabe Bonneville
$100
24
Amount
$
960
720
480
Canterbury Park
Date:
7/7
Buy-in:
Type:
NL
Entrants:
Rank
Name
1
Terry Hoover
2
Paul Schroeder
3
Steve Buie
$200
36
Amount
$ 3,240
1,800
1,080
Canterbury Park
Date:
7/14
Buy-in:
Type:
NL
Entrants:
Rank
Name
1
Chris Napolitano
2
Scott Johnson
3
Mike Cardosa
$200
50
Amount
$ 4,500
2,500
1,500
Canterbury Park
Date:
7/21
Buy-in:
Type:
NL
Entrants:
Rank
Name
1
Blake Bohn
2
Glenn Neubauer
3
Doug Fink
$200
49
Amount
$ 4,410
2,450
1,470
Canterbury Park
Date:
7/28
Buy-in:
Type:
NL
Entrants:
Rank
Name
1
Dusty Nelson
2
Sony Lo
3
Bill Weber
$200
49
Amount
$ 4,410
2,450
1,470
Grand Casino - Hinckley
Date:
7/3
Buy-in:
Type:
NL
Entrants:
Rank
Name
1
Jeff Ostrom
2
Charles Weiser
3
$100
22
Amount
$
880
660
440
$100
14
Amount
$
630
462
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Tournament Results
POY
4.0
3.0
2.0
Grand Casino - Hinckley
Date:
7/10
Buy-in:
Type:
NL
Entrants:
Rank
Name
1
Larry George
2
John Frelix
3
Norm Plotein
$100
25
Amount
$ 1,250
750
500
POY
4.0
3.0
2.0
Grand Casino - Hinckley
Date:
7/17
Buy-in:
Type:
NL
Entrants:
Rank
Name
1
Peter Gilbertson
2
Steve Hondl
3
John Frelix
$100
19
Amount
$
855
627
418
POY
4.0
3.0
2.0
Grand Casino - Hinckley
Date:
7/24
Buy-in:
Type:
NL
Entrants:
Rank
Name
1
Bill Pantlin
2
Tim O'Donovan
3
Randy Thompsen
$300
19
Amount
$
770
560
370
POY
4.0
3.0
2.0
Grand Casino - Hinckley
Date:
7/25
Buy-in:
Type:
NL
Entrants:
Rank
Name
1
Bob Ochocinski
2
Brian Zupanich
3
Victor Morcos
$300
25
Amount
$ 2,250
1,500
900
POY
5.0
4.0
3.0
Grand Casino - Hinckley
Date:
7/31
Buy-in:
Type:
NL
Entrants:
Rank
Name
1
Scott Holm
2
George Larson
3
Dave Soderberg
$300
31
Amount
$ 1,160
725
522
POY
7.5
6.0
4.5
Grand Casino - Mille Lacs
Date:
7/2
Buy-in:
Type:
NL
Entrants:
Rank
Name
1
Jody Cluever
2
Matt Hart
3
Brian Rude
$130
15
Amount
$
975
585
390
POY
3.0
2.0
1.0
Grand Casino - Mille Lacs
Date:
7/9
Buy-in:
Type:
NL
Entrants:
Name
Rank
1
Don Dierkhissing
2
Ron Imgrund
3
Nate Huber
$130
16
Amount
$
935
625
310
POY
3.0
2.0
1.0
Grand Casino - Mille Lacs
Date:
7/16
Buy-in:
Type:
NL
Entrants:
Rank
Name
1
Russ Jensen
2
Matt Hart
3
Dan Holthaus
$300
25
Amount
$ 1,230
815
555
POY
3.0
2.0
1.0
Grand Casino - Mille Lacs
Date:
7/23
Buy-in:
Type:
NL
Entrants:
Rank
Name
1
Clarence Warner
2
Josh Cox
3
Joe Sakry
$130
21
Amount
$ 1,230
820
410
POY
6.0
4.5
3.0
Northern Lights
Date:
7/6
Buy-in:
Type:
NL
Entrants:
Rank
Name
1
Eric Young
2
Lloyd Olson
3
Neil Kinder
$30
46
Amount
$
476
212
159
POY
5.0
4.0
3.0
Northern Lights
Date:
7/13
Buy-in:
Type:
NL
Entrants:
Rank
Name
1
Devin Weberg
2
George Amon
3
Ron Helfman
$30
60
Amount
$
621
276
207
POY
3.0
2.0
1.0
Northern Lights
Date:
7/20
Buy-in:
Type:
NL
Entrants:
Rank
Name
1
Brad Mayer
2
Devin Weberg
3
Dave Milender
POY
3.0
2.0
1.0
Running Aces
Date:
7/20
Buy-in:
Type:
NL
Entrants:
Rank
Name
1
Bryan Mileski
2
Nail Ramahi
3
Ron Spain
$150
68
Amount
$ 2,770
1,880
1,385
POY
10.0
9.0
8.0
POY
4.0
3.0
2.0
Running Aces
Date:
7/27
Buy-in:
Type:
NL
Entrants:
Rank
Name
1
Mark Lick
2
Nancy Anderson
3
Tom Sadowski
$150
49
Amount
$ 2,495
1,426
1,069
POY
7.0
6.0
5.0
POY
4.0
3.0
2.0
Treasure Island
Date:
7/5
Buy-in:
Type:
NL
Entrants:
Rank
Name
1
Paul Coty
2
Bora Klem
3
Roger Myren
$60
49
Amount
$ 1,600
939
638
POY
6.0
5.0
4.0
POY
6.0
5.0
4.0
Treasure Island
Date:
7/12
Buy-in:
Type:
NL
Entrants:
Rank
Name
1
Darryl Mayer
2
Paul Peterka
3
Sarah Judkins
$60
40
Amount
$ 1,630
1,225
610
POY
5.0
4.0
3.0
POY
6.0
5.0
4.0
Treasure Island
Date:
7/19
Buy-in:
Type:
NL
Entrants:
Rank
Name
1
Ambrose Blenker
2
Darren Ficek
3
Tuong Dao
$60
40
Amount
$ 1,153
952
752
POY
6.0
5.0
4.0
$30
58
Amount
$
600
267
200
POY
6.0
5.0
4.0
Treasure Island
Date:
7/26
Buy-in:
Type:
NL
Entrants:
Rank
Name
1
Brad Rumpca
2
Al Ficker
3
Todd Wicks
$60
33
Amount
$ 1,173
773
417
POY
5.0
4.0
3.0
POY
7.5
6.0
4.5
Northern Lights
Date:
7/27
Buy-in:
Type:
NL
Entrants:
Name
Rank
1
Holly Rose
2
Bill Couch
3
Steve Leudholm
$30
64
Amount
$
515
294
221
POY
8.0
7.0
6.0
POY
7.5
6.0
4.5
Running Aces
Date:
7/6
Buy-in:
Type:
NL
Entrants:
Rank
Name
1
Lorne Persons
2
Matt Gruenke
3
Bob Vansyckle
$150
36
Amount
$ 2,495
1,426
1,069
POY
6.0
5.0
4.0
Running Aces
Date:
7/13
Buy-in:
Type:
NL
Entrants:
Rank
Name
1
Bruce Vang
2
Kat Day-Coen
3
John Alexander
$150
44
Amount
$ 2,241
1,280
960
POY
7.0
6.0
5.0
POY
2.0
1.0
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Minnesota Poker Magazine
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Cover Story
A stroll through the
nosebleed section
It’s possible you may have been stacked by Todd Breyfogle in a cash game at some point
over the last couple years. There’s no shame.
by Phil Mackey
W
e set out looking for the
best live cash game players
in Minnesota, but quickly
found out A.) it’s extremely difficult to
quantify, and B.) not a lot of successful
cash game players are open to sitting
down for a chat.
The idea here is to capture the vibe
of local, high-stakes cash game players.
To get inside their minds, to hear their
interesting stories, and to find out
more about their lifestyles.
Anyone who has ever played with
Todd Breyfogle will tell you he’s one
of the most aggressive players at any
table. You’ll generally find him sporting a backwards Full Tilt hat with
iPod headphones in, drinking a cold
one while sitting behind a mountain
of chips.
Breyfogle owned a residential real
estate appraisal company and sold it
in 2007, and since then the majority of
his income comes from poker. When
he’s not spending time with his three
little boys, ages 7, 7 and 5, Breyfogle
plays poker 5-7 days per week anywhere he can find a no-limit game. If
not no-limit, Breyfogle will jump into
the $30/60 game at Canterbury or $5/60
spread at Running Aces—a game he
played almost every day for seven
months until it fizzled out. Over that
time, Breyfogle documents only five
losing sessions with an average hourly
income of $180.
In fact, according to two Running Aces
Todd Breyfogle heads up versus Andy Sjolund in the 2009 Midwest Poker Classic, Event #1, $300+$40
regulars, the last time a $5/60 game went off (as of late-July),
Breyfogle went on a sick heater and felted the other five players.
Initially, Breyfogle began playing $15/30 and $30/60 online
at Pacific Poker and Paradise Poker back in 2003, before he
really had a full grasp on how to win consistently.
“I’m always drawn to, whether it’s good or bad, to pushing
myself to play against the best,” Breyfogle said. “I probably was for sure outmatched early on, but I jumped in and
played anyways. I didn’t always win, but I learned a lot.
“I was pounding out some wins. I still have books. I found
one earlier this summer, it was a little sheet from a notebook—‘cash out $250, cash out $450.’ It was pretty funny.”
Since then, Breyfogle eventually integrated more no-limit
into his repertoire—$5/10, $10/20, and even some $25/50
online. Not to mention various high stakes private games, of
which Breyfogle laughs, “I was crushing those.”
In late-2009, he began regularly traveling out to Red Rock
in Las Vegas to play in the $3/5 no-limit game with a $2,000
buy-in and mandatory button straddle.
“Most of them were local players,” Breyfogle said. “Very
few were what I would consider good, deep-stack players.
They thought I was a donk for the first two days, then started
to figure out that I wasn’t just getting lucky—that I could
play. I basically was flying out to that game every other weekend for about five months, whenever I didn’t have my kids,
until it stopped running in May.”
Phil Mackey (PM): OK, take me back. What’s your story, and
Todd Breyfogle
how did you start playing cards?
Todd Breyfogle (TB): I played baseball in college and
on every plane ride or bus trip we would play crazy poker
games. I lost my meal money plenty of times and had to scrap
together money so I could eat before games.
I didn’t start to play no-limit hold’em until right after
Moneymaker won the Main Event. We started playing it in
a home game, mixing it into our other games, and I just got
killed. I never won, and it got to a point where I would just
sit out when we played it. One day I noticed that my buddy,
who also sucked at hold’em, started to win consistently. I
pulled him aside later that night and said, ‘OK, what’s the
deal? You never won, and now you are winning.’ He told me
he bought this book on no-limit hold’em. I forget the title
but, it was by Ed Miller.
I was like, ‘Really? Let me borrow it!’ I read it, and I was
completely blown away by all the different angles, strategies, starting hands, how and when to play them. I couldn’t
believe there was this much to the game. I had never heard
of UTG, position, pot odds, implied odds, etcetera. So I read
the book and improved right away.
PM: What’s the most money you’ve won in a calendar year?
TB: My most successful year was probably 2007. I probably
deposited 30K online and ran that up to 275K, playing mostly
$25/50 no-limit games, and some $10/20. I also played in live
cash games two days a week. We mainly played $2/5 with $500
buy in or $1K max, and my win rate was something like
Continued on page 18
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PM: Do you play many tournaments at all?
TB: You know, when I play tournaments I actually do
pretty good. But for me, it’s always time equals money. I love
the competitive part of tournaments, but at the same time, if
there’s a cash game going in the corner, I keep looking over
at it. You almost get impatient. I’ve done that in a couple
tournaments, just stupid stuff where I get impatient. I’m like
you know what, I don’t even care. I’m just going to make a
really crazy move here, and if it works, great. If not, I’m going to get in that cash game. That’s probably not the greatest
thing to do, so I’ve generally stuck to playing in the $1K or
higher buy-in tournaments.
It’s not that I don’t care. It’s that the buy-in is such in most
tourneys that I could make more in the cash games unless I
final tabled.
PM: Did you show?
TB: Absolutely (laughs).
PM: Have you ever gone on a losing streak that made you
consider quitting poker?
TB: Funny you bring this up, I had never, ever thought
about quitting the game, however this summer I have been
running just terrible. Some of it was bad play, or not adjusting my style to fit the game I was playing properly.
I have been extremely fortunate to not ever have a long
losing streak. I mean, what I am going through right now is
the worse run I have ever had, period. I even lost in my big
no-limit cash game I play in for the first time in almost a
year.
Five-betting at the Rio
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about playing the player, and for me finding profitable spots
where I know guys can’t have certain hands and putting max
pressure on them.
“He stared me down for a good two or three minutes
before finally folding. The longer he sat there, I thought he
was going to call. I was just like, ‘OK, don’t do anything you
wouldn’t normally do. Think of all the stuff that you look
for when someone freezes up and I know they’re not strong.
Do the opposite.’ So I was controlling my breathing, and he
finally mucked—never told me what he had.
“He’s like, ‘Did you have Jacks or Queens?’ I’m like,
‘Nope.’”
75 percent in those games, with an average win of around
$675 a session. I basically was one of the first around here
anyways that seemed to play a hyper-aggressive style, and it
really threw guys off.
Earlier this summer, during the World Series of Poker,
Breyfogle and his good friend Jeremy Dresch (who made history in late-2009 by winning back-to-back Heartland Poker
Tour events and a Minnesota State Poker Tour event in
early-2010) shacked up at the Rio in Las Vegas to play cards.
While Dresch mixed in some tournaments, Breyfogle stuck
mostly to the ring games.
“I started with $5/10 and did pretty well in that,” Breyfogle said.
“After that, I don’t even know what got into me. I’ve always
seen the $10/25 game there. I see the guys sitting there and
I’m like, ‘holy (expletive). I don’t think I’m ready for that.’ I
probably wasn’t.”
The $10/25 game Breyfogle speaks of is wild. It’s a no-limit
hold’em game that features a button straddle and no capped
buy-in.
“I wasn’t rolled for that game, I’ll be honest. You can sit
with $100,000 if you want. There was one guy that actually
came in there at 1:00 in the morning. The biggest stack was
probably $25,000. This guy comes in, and I’m not kidding you,
had a man purse with $100,000. I don’t even know why. He
was probably in his 40’s. I don’t know if it was an ego thing or
what. He played like four hands.”
At the time of this particular session, J.C. Tran was the
most noteworthy player at the table. There were also a few
top online players, including Emil “Whitelime” Patel.
“I don’t even know what got into me. I just jumped in. They
didn’t know who I was. I sort of figured out who was doing
what and picked some spots against some hyper-aggressive
young kids.
“When I played, they were doing a straddle on the button. So it was $50 on the button, and it was playing more like
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$50/100. So the opening raise would be like $200, then young,
aggressive kid would read third-level and think, ‘well he’s
probably opening light,’ so he’d re-raise to $800. And sometimes the other guy would re-pop it to like $2,000. This is all
preflop, it was nuts.”
One kid, in particular, was just running the game—
“Pounding, pounding, pounding,” Breyfogle said.
“I was getting tired of him raising, and I get like that.
Almost too stubborn. I said, ‘I’m just going to pick a spot, I
don’t even give a (expletive) what I have, and I’m just going
to show him a bluff. Basically tell him to knock it off.’”
Sure enough, Breyfogle gets in a spot where the straddle
was in play. The action went limp, limp, limp, then the online kid popped it to $225. Breyfogle looked down at 7-5 and
raised it to $970. One player called, then the original raiser
made it $2,700.
“I was like, ‘You know what? no way.’ He was playing way
too many pots, and I think he knew at that point I was thinking at a different level too. He’s just reading what I’m doing.
He’s thinking, ‘I’m opening wide, and he’s just trying to pick
my money off, so I’m going to pick his money off.’
“So I basically just took a stand. I went all in for another $8,000.”
The online kid had about $23,000 in his stack at that point.
He stared at Breyfogle and said “Wow, that big, huh?”
“Playing those limits,” Breyfogle said, “it’s so much more
MNPOKERMAG.COM PM: What’s the hardest part about playing poker for a living?
TB: The hardest part has been to stay structured, meaning
that I don’t just keep playing because I have nothing else to
do, but at the same time I have bills to pay. And staying balanced in my life. I mentioned earlier my thoughts about quitting, and that stems from not being balanced. It’s important
to have other outlets—working out, softball, hanging with
friends. I sort of lost my way the past year, and now I am trying to change that to get back to where I need to be not only
successful in poker but in my every day life.
ingly sat down in one of the empty seats with $40K,” Breyfogle said.
“I quickly hit the ‘sit out’ button and was going to move,
when one of the guys goes, ‘What the (expletive)? Is that you
sitting at $200/400?’ I was like, ‘Yep, but I sure the hell am not
playing.’”
A few minutes later, after some coaxing—“or maybe it was
the booze,” Breyfogle joked—the home game stopped completely, and Breyfogle jumped in the game.
Breyfogle played extremely tight for 30 minutes, raising
only two hands and winning both uncontested before the following hand came down.
“It was six-handed and I was in mid-position with 10-8-7-A,
double-suited with hearts and clubs. Under-the-gun limps,
I call, Benyamine raises to $1600, and three people call,
including me.”
The flop came 7♥-J♣-A♥. Action checked to Breyfogle, who
then bet pot with two pair. Benyamine re-raised pot and the
other two players folded. For Breyfogle to continue, he was
essentially playing for his entire stack.
“The room went silent,” Breyfogle said. “I felt literally
sick to my stomach. I’m like, ‘(Expletive), I might be way
behind.’ But I had plenty of outs with a flush draw and A7 to
fill up.”
Breyfogle put the rest of his stack in. Sure enough, Benyamine showed K-10-A-J for a higher two pair.
“The turn was a Queen, and I wanted to puke. I was going
to lose $40,000 being a complete idiot.”
But the river brought the 7♣, giving Breyfogle a full house.
And an $85,000 pot.
“The guys went crazy, throwing poker chips in the air,
screaming like I had just won the Main Event. It was insane.
“Lessons learned—don’t play online while drinking, and
two, your friends will talk you into anything if they feel it
will entertain them.”
Kill Phil. And Patrick. And David.
I’ve heard two accounts of this story, and both match up accordingly. Sometimes poker stories can be embellished, but
this one isn’t. And it’s pretty cool.
Breyfogle used to host a home game every Friday night,
equipped with a custom-built poker table, special lighting
and four flatscreen TVs—one for watching sports and the
other for watching (or playing) online poker.
On this particular night, drinks were flowing and huge pots
were building. Someone sent a text message to Breyfogle,
telling him to log onto Full Tilt and watch a wild $200/400
pot-limit Omaha game that featured Phil Ivey, Patrick
Antonius, David Benyamine and one other player. Breyfogle put it up on one of the big screens, and the home game
continued.
“We watched it on and off for about 30 minutes, and I jok
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Grinder Chronicles
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Grinder Chronicles
The Gavin
Smith
Story
by Jacob Westlin
It was August 2006. I was
sen, table image with Chris Ferguson, and re-raising pockets
inviting, but despite this and our mild drunkenness, Kevin
Atlantic City far more for my night before the tournament
fours with Phil Ivey.
and I couldn’t help but feeling slightly out of place. We
than for the tournament itself. Thank you, Gavin
Of course, we created our own disappointment by having
didn’t drink too hard in an attempt to maintain composure
such high expectations. We arrived at the Taj, maintain-
in front of these very generous and too-cool-for-us individu-
player specializing in limit Hold ‘em. Read his blogs at
ing an exterior façade of dignity while giggling like school
als. Then, much like the Hard Rock, Gavin said, “Let’s go!”
www.mnpokermag.com.
children on the inside. We found our table, and were greeted
We begin to gather our things, as the four or five friends
by an unfamiliar but friendly man who explained that he is
put their credit cards in a hat to see who picked up the bill.
an executive of some kind who works for the online poker
They made me draw the card, adding a layer of discomfort to
site. We eagerly shook his hand, and sat down at the table,
the situation, should I pick somebody I didn’t even meet. Of
quickly realizing that Howard Lederer and Jennifer Harman
course, I did.
22 years old. I was playing
were nowhere to be found. The executive introduced us to
Gavin then led our group of maybe seven people to the
poker full time as I went to
our two professionals for the evening, Perry Friedman and
dance club at the Borgata. At this point, I’m not absolutely
graduate school, mostly the
Joe Sebok.
certain Gavin knew we were along for the ride, but we con-
same medium level stakes
I’d like to offer a quick digression before we continue:
limit-hold’em I play today. It was, additionally, the peak of
as the free booze. We get to the entrance, and Gavin began
my online poker career, both in frequency of play and rate
welcomed us as equals, and even poked fun at their own
speaking to the doorman, exchanging cash and requests as
of success. Already that month I had won two online tourna-
“celebrity” status as poker players. The trouble, in our mind,
he finagled us one of the four VIP rooms, located right in
ments totaling over $3,500 in winnings.
was not their lack of awesomeness, but rather, our image of
the corner of the dance floor. People began to enter follow-
eating dinner with Ivey or Hansen or Lederer. We set our-
ing the completion of Gavin’s deal, but as I made my way to
selves up for a letdown.
enter, the doorman stopped me and told me that I couldn't
a satellite package worth $12,000, where I could choose one
travel expenses. My options were the US Poker Champion-
ing downstairs to the Hard Rock Café for drinks. As we did,
to Kevin, “It was fun while it lasted.” Kevin and I, a little
ship, a World Poker Tour event, or the 2007 World Series of
however, we were graced with the presence of a third profes-
bummed, holler to Gavin that we can’t get in, and thank him
Poker Main Event. Because I had never been to Atlantic City,
sional, running late from his recent tournament appearance
for the good time. No part of me expected anything more
and because of my youthful impatience, unable to wait until
in Mexico. Gavin Smith. At this time, Gavin was just breaking
than a kind farewell. Gavin had other ideas, however, and
February or July for the other two tournaments respectively,
onto the poker scene crushing World Poker Tour tourna-
took the doorman aside. They talked for a moment or two,
I chose to take the seat in the October 2006 US Poker Cham-
ments. He was, in fact, the World Poker Tour player of the
Gavin slipped him a hundred dollar bill, and suddenly,
pionship.
year in 2005-2006! On top of that, we were beginning to learn,
Kevin and I were welcome guests!
to great lengths to allow me to continue my good time. I
before the tournament, accompanied by my equally enthu-
The group spent perhaps an hour together at the Hard
siastic poker-playing friend, Kevin. We booked a weeklong
Rock Café, enough time for Kevin and I to learn that Gavin
thanked him repeatedly, but Gavin was more interested in
trip to accommodate both an unlikely deep run through the
was altogether sauced before he even met up with the rest of
getting back to partying! We had full bottle service, a terrific
tournament, and our desire to thoroughly explore the city.
us. It was perhaps ten at night when Gavin, seemingly satis-
location in the club, and truly magnanimous company. Jamie
We spent Saturday and Sunday night drinking and gambling
fied with his brief Hard Rock Café appearance, asked the
Gold eventually joined us, and we drank and danced until
at the Taj Mahal.
group, “Ok, who wants to do some serious partying?” Before
three in the morning.
I could contemplate whether or not I wanted to party with a
dinner was arranged for the three satellite winners by our
strange man in a strange city the night before a strange and
online host site. The dinner was at a steakhouse at the Taj
intimidating event, Kevin responded, “We do!” Game on.
Bluffing is a part of mostly everybody's game these days.
It means making your opponent fold the best hand and
winning without a showdown. If you raise 56cc and the flop
comes AJ7 rainbow, and you continuation bet (cbet), that's a
bluff.
Cbetting is the simplest form of bluffing.
You already have the initiative and can represent a wide
What a guy! He barely knew my name, and yet, went
Gavin Smith was an incredibly fun and gracious man.
On Monday, the day before the event was set to begin, a
By Ryan McDonald
go into the club wearing tennis shoes. Dammit! “Well,” I turn
of three $10,000 buy-in tournaments in addition to $2,000 in
The meal concluded amicably, and we began descend-
I arrived in Atlantic City in early October, three days
Questions
to Ask
Yourself
Before
Making a
Bluff
tinue anyway, thoroughly enjoying our experience as much
Friedman and Sebok were very kind and engaging. They
My hot streak culminated when I won a third tournament,
Jacob Westlin of Minneapolis is a semi-professional poker
The next day, luckily, the tournament was not until the
range of hands (usually) to help take down the pot frequently. When you get past the cbet, bluffing becomes a lot more
complex where ranges become narrower and you're risking
a large part of your stack.
Before you make a bluff you should ask yourself (and answer) the following questions:
What is my opponents range of hands? Is it weak?
In order to bluff your opponent off a hand, you need to be
afternoon, and I had time to gather myself. I made it to
day-two, but busted early that day, and went to find Kevin.
able to figure out what hands you want to fold. Your oppo-
As I walked down the hallway, I caught Gavin’s eye from
nent must have these hands in his range. If he doesn't then
and the four of us were off to the Borgata. We arrived at the
across the room, and gave him a little wave and smile. He
he obviously can't fold them.
Borgata, and immediately found the lounge to rehydrate
seemed confused, as if wondering why this creepy unfamil-
Mahal, and as was me and Kevin’s understanding, was to in-
Gavin met up with another of his poker-playing friends,
clude professional poker players sponsored by the website.
It sounded exciting! Here I was, 22 years old, never having
As a general rule of thumb most people will fold second
played in such a large event, and on the eve of the occa-
from our grueling eight-minute taxi-ride. Gavin told us to
iar kid was looking at him. His lack of memory served only
pair to two decent sized bets. Top pair can be folded to two
sion, I was scheduled to eat steak over a table of some of the
order whatever we want, as a few more poker players sur-
as additional praise, in my mind, as it indicated he treated
bets if the board comes out in a way which you can represent
world’s best players, discussing check-raising with Gus Han-
rounded us, including Brandon Adams. Everybody was very
everybody with the same generous attitude. I will remember
a stronger hand and will frequently have that stronger hand.
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But in general, bluffing people off hands better than one
pair is difficult and rare. You must know your opponent is
Does my opponent know how to fold?
Some people just don't like to fold a pair, ever. Know who
capable of making big folds in order to bluff someone off two
these people are and don't bluff them. These are the people
pair or better.
who you can easily get three streets of value from top pair.
Can I represent a strong and wide range of hands?
What does my opponent think about my range?
When you bluff, you're really telling a story. A story that
Know what level your opponent is thinking on. Are they
you'll desperately want your opponent to believe so you
just playing their own cards or are they thinking about what
need structure it properly. If you're someone who slow-plays
other people could have and acting accordingly? If it's the
a lot of big hands, you shouldn't ever bluff. If a slow-player
second, do the very best you can to understand how your
check/raises me I'll call down with bottom pair because I
opponent thinks about the game. Does he see a large bet as
know he plays his big hands by check/calling.
always the nuts? Will he dissect that bet with how you've
On the flip side of that, if someone who plays their big
hands fast starts calling my bets I'll know he has a weaker
range.
played on previous streets and in previous hands?
The better at hand reading your opponents are, the more
you need to make sense with your bluffs. All of these ideas
My point is that you need to bluff the same way you would
play the top of your value range in a given situation. If you
don't do that you're exploitable in a bad way.
are inter-linked.
My last rule of thumb applies to every hand in poker, not
just bluffs. You need to have a plan for future streets. Before
As another general rule of thumb, keep it simple, stupid.
you bet on the flop you should know what turn cards you're
Don't go for a flop check/raise, check the turn and try to
going to bet, and what you're sizing will be. You should be
check/raise the river. That's called spewing. A lot of the time
thinking at least one street ahead. This will give you more
you can represent the widest and strongest range possible
control and better awareness in your game.
by bet/bet/betting on three streets. If you're out of position
you can check/raise and bet turn and shove river.
As always it's up to you to decide if a bluff will be profitable. By thinking about and answering these questions you'll
If you try to make a complex bluff it will likely backfire
become more aware of what constitutes a good bluff. Don't
more often than not. Against good opponents you'll have
blindly fling chips into the pot without situational awareness
your value range picked a part and it'll become blatantly ob-
or a plan.
vious that you either have the absolute nuts, or you're going
crazy on a bluff. Most often the latter.
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$40
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Shooting Star
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$75
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NH+
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$115
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$45
7P
NH
$60
6P
NH
$30
6P
NH+
$60
7P
NH+
$50
6P
NH+
$30
6P
NH
$30
7P
NHB
$65
2P
NH+
$35
6P
NH+
$60
12P
NH+
$75
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10:30A
7:30P
6:30P
NH
NH
NH+
$40
$230
$35
$60
6P
NH
$60
GC - Hinckley
GC - Mille Lacs
Jackpot Junction
Northern Lights
Running Aces
Shooting Star
Treasure Island
White Oak
6P
NH
12:15P
6:15P
NHZ
NHAl
$60
$50
12:15P
6:15
4P
NHAl
NHAl
NH
$50
$80
$50
12:15P
NHZ
6:15 NHAlB
2P
NH
$40
6:30P
NHB
$30
6:30P
NH
$30
3:30
S
$10
6:30P
6P
NH+
$60
$40
$65
6:00P
11:30P
NHF+
NHB
$0
$65
2P
6:30P
NHAl+
NHAl+
$30
$185
12P
6P
NHAl+
NHAl+
$40
$125
6P
NH+
$70
6P
NH+
$60
7P
6P
NH
$25
6P
NH+
$30
6P
NH
$35
2P
3P
4P
NHB
3
NH+
$75
$20
$70
3P
NH
$75
2P
NH+
7P
12P
6P
7P
NH
NHF
NH
$25
$30
$55
21-Sep
TUESDAY
GAME
BUY-IN
TIME
GAME
BUY-IN
TIME
GAME
BUY-IN
12P
NH
$110
6P
NH+
$50
12P
NH+
$25
12P
6:30P
2P
NH
NH
NH+
$100
$40
$15
10:30A
NH
$40
6:30P
NH+
$35
5P
NHAl+
$25
7P
NHB+
12:15P
6:15P
6P
NHAl
NHAl
NHB
$50
$60
$50
12:15P
6:15P
NHZ
NHAl
6:30P
NHB
$30
6:30P
NH
6:00P
11:30P
NHF+
NHB
$0
$65
2P
6:30P
NHAl+
NHAl+
NHAl
$110
2P
NH
$40
6P
NH+
$60
10:30A NHAl+
7P
NHAl+
$40
$65
2P
NHB
$75
4P
NH+
$70
6P
NH+
$70
3P
NH
$75
6P
NH
$25
6P
NH
$35
7P
12P
6P
7P
TIME
GAME
27-Sep
MONDAY
$40
10:30A
NH
$175
NHB+
$40
3:00P
NH
$60
$60
8P
NH+
$50
6P
NH
$115
$60
$60
12:15P
6:15P
NHAl
NH
$50
$140
2:15P
NHAl
$110
$60
12:00
6:30P
L+
NH+
$5
$20
12P
NH
$50
$65
$30
10:30A
3P
NHZ
NHZ
$65
$65
9:30A
2P
NHAl+
NHAl+
$65
$235
7P
NH
$45
7P
NH
$60
NH
$30
6P
NH
$30
NHB
$65
10A
NH
$250
NH+
$60
NH+
$75
GAME
BUY-IN
12P
NH+
$25
6P
NH
$60
$60
$50
12:15P
6:15
4P
NHAl
NHAl
NH
$50
$80
$50
12:15P
NHZ
6:15 NHAlB
$30
3:30
S
$10
6:30P
$30
$185
12P
6P
NHAl+
NHAl+
$40
$125
6P
NH
NH
10:30A NHAl+
2P
NHAl+
BUY-IN
TIME
GAME
BUY-IN
12P
NH
$110
6P
NH+
$50
12P
NH+
$25
10:30A
$60
$60
$60
12:15P
6:15P
NHAl
NH
$50
$140
2:15P
NHAl
$110
2P
NH
$75
$60
12:00
6:30P
L+
NH+
$5
$20
12P
NH
$50
$65
$30
10:30A
3P
NHZ
NHZ
$65
$65
9:30A
2P
NHAl+
NHAl+
$65
$235
7P
NH
$45
7P
NH
$60
6P
NH
$30
NH+
$60
7P
NH+
$50
NH+
$30
6P
NH
$30
7P
NHB
$65
2P
NH+
$35
6P
NH+
$60
12P
NH+
$75
TIME
GAME
30-Sep
THURSDAY
BUY-IN
BUY-IN
NH+
$25
6P
NH
$60
7P
NHB+
$60
6P
NH
$60
2:15P
NHAl
$110
12:15P
6:15P
NHAl
NHAl
$50
$60
12:15P
6:15P
NHZ
NHAl
$60
$50
NHSa
$75
NHAl
NHAl
NH
$50
$80
$50
12:15P
NHZ
6:15 NHAlB
2P
12:15P
6:15
4P
2P
NH
$40
6:30P
NHB
$30
6:30P
NH
$30
3:30
S
$10
6:30P
6P
NH+
$60
6:00P
11:30P
NHF+
NHB
$0
$65
2P
6:30P
NHAl+
NHAl+
$30
$185
12P
6P
NHAl+
NHAl+
$40
$125
6P
NH+
$60
7P
NH+
$50
6P
NH+
$30
6P
NH
$30
7P
NHB
$65
6P
NH+
$60
NH+
$70
NH
$25
6P
NH
$35
2P
NH+
$30
12P
6P
7P
NH
NH
NH+
$40
$230
$35
GAME
12P
$25
6P
10:30A
7:30P
6:30P
TIME
NHAl+
6P
NH
10:30A NHAl+
2P
NHAl+
$60
$60
$60
$65
$30
LadNH $25/$40
NH
NHF
NH
$25
$30
$55
NH
$115
5P
$75
10:30A
NH
$330
$70
$40
NH
NH
NH
NH
6P
11A
NH+
$40
$175
10:30A
BUY-IN
3:00P
$35
4P
NH+
$50
NH
3P
GAME
12P
$40
NH+
7P
TIME
NH+
6:30P
$75
BUY-IN
NHB+
$15
NHB
GAME
8P
NH+
2P
TIME
25-Sep
SATURDAY
6:30P
2P
$40
$65
12P
$60
$40
10:30A NHAl+
7P
NHAl+
$100
6P
29-Sep
WEDNESDAY
GAME
NHB
6P
28-Sep
TUESDAY
TIME
4P
24-Sep
FRIDAY
TIME
$60
BUY-IN
$40
7P
$40
$230
$35
GAME
BUY-IN
NH+
6P
NH
NH
NH+
TIME
GAME
12P
$50
10:30A
7:30P
6:30P
$25
$30
$55
TIME
NH
LadNH $25/$40
NH
NHF
NH
BUY-IN
6:30P
23-Sep
THURSDAY
BUY-IN
GAME
NH+
22-Sep
WEDNESDAY
TIME
2:15P
10:30A NHAl+
2P
NHAl+
6P
20-Sep
MONDAY
NH
TIME
18-Sep
SATURDAY
10:30A
LadNH $25/$40
$30
Diamond Jo
Turtle Lake
$25
$50
$60
Canterbury Park
Fortune Bay
BUY-IN
NH+
NHAl
NHAl
Turtle Lake
Black Bear
GAME
12P
12:15P
6:15P
10:30A NHAl+
7P
NHAl+
17-Sep
FRIDAY
TIME
$110
26-Sep
SUNDAY
TIME
TIME
16-Sep
THURSDAY
NHAl
2:15P
11-Sep
SATURDAY
BUY-IN
10:30A
LaNH $25/$40
NH
NHF
NH
BUY-IN
NH+
Diamond Jo
Prairie's Edge
2P
GAME
6P
GC - Hinckley
Treasure Island
9-Sep
THURSDAY
BUY-IN
10:30A
7:30P
6:30P
Jackpot Junction
9:30A
2P
NH+
8-Sep
WEDNESDAY
BUY-IN
$65
$65
NH+
7-Sep
TUESDAY
GAME
NHZ
NHZ
6P
Turtle Lake
5-Sep
SUNDAY
10:30A
3P
6P
Diamond Jo
TIME
TIME
$110
Jackpot Junction
Shooting Star
Black Bear
Black Bear
Prairie's Edge
Running Aces
BUY-IN
NH
19-Sep
SUNDAY
Prairie's Edge
12P
6P
GAME
12P
4-Sep
SATURDAY
BUY-IN
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WEDNESDAY
TIME
Diamond Jo
Turtle Lake
TIME
14-Sep
TUESDAY
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Bar League Happenings
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Wins
Summer 2010 Leaders as of 8/16/10
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Points
Chippy Poker League
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Minnesota Poker League
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Season: 14 "10K Session 2" as of 8/16/10
Player
Points
Player
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2010 Season 3 standings as of 8/16/10
Wins
Points
Player
Points
1.
Mike Swenson
2
290
1.
Christine Lano 1,508
1.
Mike Bouffleur
2
2,138
1.
Michael A Flasch
329
2.
Shane Quiram
1
265
2.
Dave Hendershot 1,170
2.
Tim Bouffleur
-
1,717
2.
Sharon Arneson
227
3.
Jay Fisherman
-
260
3.
Ferris Bouvein 906
3.
Mike Beberg
1
1,690
3.
Troy Andren
196
4.
Wes Seitz
1
230
4.
Jim Hansen 853
4.
Brandon F
1
1,680
4.
Tom Tezak
193
5.
Mark Zieglemann
1
230
5.
Adam Bailey
847
5.
Dave Vavro
1
1,591
5.
Apollo Sargent
190
6.
Jeff Haugen
1
220
6.
Derek Authier 771
6.
Tya Beberg
-
1,557
6.
Morten Arneson
190
7.
Jeff Stradtmann
1
210
7.
Peter Konig 743
7.
Jeff Scherer
-
1,337
7.
Jerry Scharlemann
163
8.
Dusty Soper
1
210
8.
Art Feierabend 730
8.
Amy Hilsgen
-
1,289
8.
Shawn "Milhouse" Hagen
158
9.
Angie Bellino
1
205
9.
John Herring Sr. 729
9.
Ed Savard
1
1,218
9.
Nick Janowiec
152
10.
Ron Pich
1
195
10.
Tony Wacholtz 723
10.
Jack Hayden
3
1,088
10.
Tom Chan
148
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Player
Points
1.
Bob Watson
9,315
2.
Al Daugherty
8,175
3.
Laurel Bahn
7,288
4.
Allan Litwin
6,798
5.
Debbie Arens
6,721
6.
Anthony Lorinser
5,901
7.
David Dorn
5,577
8.
Tom Lacrosse
5,084
9.
Rick Gunderson
5,016
10.
Timothy Smith
4,989
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