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WSOP Package winners:
 1 Skip Bales - Drift Inn 
 2 Tim Schlink - Tumbleweed 
 3 Ramon Hernandez -Tumblewd 
 4 Pat Schroeder - Ranch House

Other Final Table finishes:
 5 Paul Henkel - Tumbleweed
 6 Matt Frakes - Liquor Barrel
 7 Dennis O'Neil - Creekside
 8 Adam Miranda - Liquor Barrel
 9 Brian Parent - Native NY
10  Ken Okvath - Drift Inn


Some of the players at the final table signed a pledge to give 1% of any money earned at the WSOP from events entered with the winnings of this tournament, to each of the other players.

Those players included:
1.  Dennis O'Neill
2.  Skip Bales
3.  Paul Henkel
4.  Brian Parent
5.  Adam Miranda
6.  Ken Okvath
7.  Pat Schroeder
8.  Ramon Hennandez

So we are now all rooting for Skip, Ramon, and Pat to win a lot of money at the WSOP.

In addition to the above pledges,
Skip Bales pledged 10% of his winnings, if any, to the Drift Inn and an additional 1 % each to the top ten points leaders below him at the Dfit Inn.  Those players are:

Joe Ramos
Kevin Phillips
Richard Hemnes
Virgie Pereyda
Steve Stapleton
Eileen Townsend
Jake Jackson
George Snelling
Karen Brumm
Alfredo Clendon


Note: the pledges are from the events directly paid for from the TPL packages.  Any additional tournaments the players may play are not included.

The next top 10 finishers were:
11 Fred - Tumbleweed
12 Jim Sokol - Bull Pen
13 Patty Savoy - Creekside
14 Matt Munk - Native NY
15 Randy Hoste - Creekside
16 Doug Eddy - The Cabin
17 Dora Molina - The Cabin
18 Arnie Ellis - Ranch House
19 Gail Parent - Native NY
20 Daniel Joaquin - Stolen Recipe

Tavern Poker League Holds the Annual Grand Championship WSOP Package Tournament  at the Tumbleweed in Eloy.

The prizes were scheduled to be one $10,000 WSOP package and one $2,000 package.
But when it was down to the final four players, by unanimous decision, it was decided, instead to award:

1st = $4,000 package  2nd = $3,000 package  3rd = $3,000 package  4th = $2,000 package

The winners all want to play mutiple events and agreed to try to schedule them during the same time period so they can all be in Las Vegas at the same time.

The final 3 winners.  On the left is Ramon Hernandez (3rd) Skip Bales (1st) is in the middle and Tim Schlink (2nd) is on the right.


First and Second


2nd and 3rd



Skip explains the 1 % pledge concept to the players and discusses options to re-allocate the $12,000 in tournament packages at the final table.




The bar was packed as about 100 of the TPL players and guests converged at the Tumbleweed in Eloy.



The guests and those who got knocked out early enjoyed the side tournaments and won fun prizes.