2012 XS CES Event

[Petra]

sorry guys for not showing up, I had to go back in Santa Clara in a Rush, 1st xtremesys party i miss for a long time ... Grrrr ...
Francois

I take it you left Godzilla at home and it got hungry...?

[[XC] gomeler]

Go Dave go! Take em for all they're worth. Remember our deal, right? 50/50 and I get the strippers.

I take it you left Godzilla at home and it got hungry...?

Those pesky Japanese road monsters.. always needing to be fed rubber and gas

[Charles Wirth]

Jake from Corsair wins!

Thanks everyone who played and took part in this event, it was a good turnout and lots of fun for everyone.

A big thanks to the sponsors for coming together to make this happen, looking forward to next year. I took notes on what to improve and to better promote the event during CES.

Cheers

[Planet]

Thanks Charles and all the sponsors for putting on another great event! Sorry I had to take you out Dave but atleast you got some new cards to crunch with.

[Movieman]

What a night!!! Charles had a winner that i wouldn't have missed for love or money.
Great hosts at Caesars. Excellent bunch of people turned out. Just couldn't have asked for better in any way.
Now I haven't touched a deck of cards in 30 years but I figured what the hell, it's like riding a bike and I occasionally watch the poker tourrnaments
so I'm not a total n00b to this.
Started out trying to get my feet under me and remember the right mindset and it all came back.
We each started with $3000.00 in chips..About the 4th hand when the blinds were $25 and $50 I drop a $1000.00 chip on the board after the flop and they all drop out.
I figure they aren't ready yet for heavy numbers so I pull this again all on crap hands another 3 times and then the first hour is up and we switch tables.
Same at table number 2 for the next hour and I'm flying with app $20,000 in chips.
Then we're down from the orginal 100 + players to maybe 30 and I'm at the third table.
Two hands in my good buddy Jake sitting next to me opens with a $2300 bet.
I'm dealt a pair of queens so I figure this is the time to step it up and I match his $2300 and raise him $2300 for $4600..Everyone else folds and then Jake goes all in.
I say lets dance and follow him in.
First card flopped is another queen and life is looking good.
Next 3 cards are three hearts and what is my good buddy jake sitting on?
Yup, two hearts. His all in bet of over $17,000 in chips was on two crap hearts.
BIG COJONES!
I congratulated him and left the table.
OOPS, forgot to mention that earlier I'd knocked out Tom Peterson of nVidia and was handed two PNY GTX 570 cards.
My thanks to Tom. I will put them to good use.
I went for the experience and wasn't let down.
My congratulations to Jake. He played well all night long and deserved this win.
To Charles, all the sponsors and to Caesar's staff I send my heartfelt Thanks.
It was and will be a night I will never forget.
I have some pics but forgot to bring my adapter for my SDHC card, will up when I get home sat night..

I should amend this. There was one disappointment.
For a week I'd been looking forward to sitting down beside Francois so much that I had a "fix" in to make sure we'd be at the same table.
We have a good friendly back and forth here and really wanted to get on him but he was called away at the last minute.
Next year pal and no excuses ok?

[chinkgai]

Great turnout indeed. Thanks Charles and sponsors!! Looking forward to next year!

[Movieman]

You are a blogger.

My money is on Tom Peterson to win
Side bet: A Taiwanese rep will take all Francois chips.

I just noticed this..
Hope you didn't have a LOT of money on this..

[Gautam]

Good to hear everyone had fun. This year was a combo breaker for me too...couldn't make it. :-/

Grats Jake, total nub at everything ocing but pro poker face.

[Hondacity]

two fermiss for the Mman

and Jake winnin

thats sounds XtremeSystems orayt

[Movieman]

two fermiss for the Mman

and Jake winnin

thats sounds XtremeSystems orayt

First time I ever owned two identical vid cards!

[posershadow]

Just wanted to say thanks to Charles and all the sponsors for putting up the prizes and hosting a great event. Excellent format and congrats to Jake.

[Charles Wirth]

Grats on second place, I could not remember your name but I wont forget now. Thanks for playing.

[posershadow]

Grats on second place, I could not remember your name but I wont forget now. Thanks for playing.

Anyone got any pictures from the event to post up? I saw a few cameras floating around the event.

[Russian]

Jake won a lot of prizes, including the tournament, but gave (almost) all of them away.

[Planet]

Yeah I would love to see some pics. Great job Poser!

[ZenEffect]

Congrats to Jake and Josh. If anybody has pics, please put them up so I can hate my job even more

[Movieman]

Some pics:
Some a tad blurry but I never claimed to be a good photographer!
Scott(serlv) and Charles(FUGGER)

Simon( 64NOMIS) and others..He's trying to look the part with those glasses..


Blurry pic of Jake from Corsair,the eventual winner..


So many people I didn't get names from..


The guy from Caesars that made it all work. These people REALLY know how to make things happen and the right way.. Yay Caesars
Scott in the background hogging the glory!


Some old fart mugging for the camera with a pair of nice PNY GTX570 cards he's just won. Wonder who this is?


Simon and the old fart again..


Some pics of the Rocky Mountains taken from Denver,CO airport on my way home yesterday;

[Hondacity]

colorado? go Tebow!

[Movieman]

colorado? go Tebow!

He's still wimpering from the beating Denver got last night in Foxborough,Mass from the Patriots..
Headlines today should read: ( but won't):
"Tebow gets Teabagged"

[ZenEffect]

a pair of 570's and the gangsta hat... can it get any more epic?

thanks for the pics Dave, looks like it was a blast.

[Hondacity]

that mustache is epic. I guess I can't say gigab*tt now hahahah :P

[Movieman]

that mustache is epic. I guess I can't say gigab*tt now hahahah :P

The mustache has been with me since 1968..
The beard comes and goes but the mustache stays forever..

[posershadow]

I think Mike got a few good shots of the final table.

[zsamz_]

congrats to the winners

nice cards dave
hate the gigabut hat lol

[alpha0ne]

Some pics:
Some a tad blurry but I never claimed to be a good photographer!

Thats an understatement ...................I bet that monster 'tash got in the way