Update From The Palms UBT Main Event

is, terrell owens, one of the 62 at the "big" event. guess he did not make the final table. man, how did he know that there were to be only 62 players at the "big" event? but, then again, "TO" does not eat much and has the travel book on finding cheap buffets in vegas.
 
Palms results from first UBT show...

Special thanks to Adriana Jade for taking the time to call me with this information.

1st Place

Robert Blechman - this is Roberts second win in as many tournaments at the Palms, congratulations Robert!

2nd Place

Hollywood Dave - this was Dave's 2nd final table at the Palms in as many events, congratulations Dave!

3rd Place - ?

4th Place

Joep - congratulations on making the final table.

5th - ?

6th - ?

7th - ?

Those three BJT.com members were the only ones Ms. Jade knew about, thanks again for the update.
 
Questions for you

Joep said:
There are so many questions being asked of me on this thread I'm not sure I will have enough time to address them all right now.But trust me when i have the time i will answer all the questions asked of me.
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I'm glad you'll finally answer all the questions you've been asked. To make it easier, I've copied them for you here:

Congratulations on making it to the second round, Joe. How many people did you have to defeat to do that?

Is this your best finish in a televised tournament?

How many of the 62 people were there because they wanted to be and not because someone else paid their fee?

Is it possible for the UBT to do anything you'd disagree with?

Do you think it's right that bet21 hasn't delivered on its promise of paying people bonus money?

What is your record in televised blackjack events? How many have you competed in and what have the results been?

Other than UBT events, what other blackjack tournaments do you support?

Are you backing out of your bet with FGK42?

Do you have a financial interest in UBT or bet21.com?

How much money have you spent competing in UBT events vs. how much you've made in prize money? Please include travel and other costs.
 
I called first...

I called Ms. Jade first today to see if she knew the results from the Palms. When I got the results from her it was when she called me back.
 
Let me give everyone an accurate update from the Palms as a lot of information is missing.

In my Final Table

Robert "Back to Back" Blechman won his 2nd Tournament in a row at the Palms. His first was an exclusive invite in February with a 200,000 prize pool and Robert won 100,000.Todays event was a scheduled UBT Tour Stop that was open to all. Robert victory today will be in my opinion a pretty good show as the play and the banter between the players was entertaining, it will air on CBS TV in the near future.

I personally finished 4th after losing a crucial big bet on hand 24,leaving me as the low bankroll after Annie Duke who finished 5th, went all in and lost on the same hand. I will have exact details and add my analysis of all the crucial hands in my monthly column "House Of Pane" that appears monthly in the All In Magazine.

1st Robert Blechman

2nd Hollywood Dave

3rd Deb ........www.PlayUbt.com Internet winner (Left Nuts Coach) ;)

4th Joe Pane

5th Annie Duke

6th Tommy Percell

7th Monte Weiner

In the Second Final Table

1st Tameka Jackson.........She also finished 2nd at Barona on Thursday A Great Weekend for her.

2nd Freddy Deeb..... Played well even though his game is poker

3rd Skip Samad......The cards stop talking back to him at the end as he lead early with Big Bets from seat 1

4th John Ressman who lose some big bets trying to catch the eventually winner who on one hand had a 40,000 bet received a pair and wound up with 120,000 on the table out of her 124,000 bankroll.She never lost the lead after that hand

5th David Marsh who won his seat at a UBT satellite that was held in the Pacific Northwest Casinos name I'm not sure of.

6th Ken Cash who was dressed in a It's Einiger Time Hat and was the www.PlayUBT.com Internet winner

7th Christian Leinhos who found himself in seat 7 and the low bankroll on hand 8 the first elimination hand moved all in and was beaten.


I hope you enjoyed the Palms update that I have supplied right from the tournament location with accurate and complete results.


Joep
 
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Bubble boy thoughts

Congrats to Robert once again for winning it. You should never leave Palms, it's magic for you. (BTW, Robert told me he had a special shirt ready for TV if he made it...can't wait to see if he wore it) :laugh:

And congrats to Hollywood, Joe, Skip, John and Annie for making the final table.
 
Congratulations Skip and John

Why to go guys, congratulations on your 3rd place finish Skip and 4th place finish for you John, in the 2nd finals today at the Palms UBT event.
 
wtg skippy, dave and joe. better results than barona for yourselfs. great to see david marsh, placing in the final table. sure glad you decided to take the trip. can not wait to hear all about the adventure when we play against one another in the very near future
 
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Nicely Done

Congrats go to Skip, Joe and HD for finishing in the money this weekend at the Palms. Thanks go out to Rick for giving us an early update on the first table results and Joe for filling in more of the details later on the first table.

Hope to see you all at Laughlin and/or Tulsa next month.
 
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marichal said:
rather shocked to see "only" 62 players at the palms. rather lead to believe, by the posts on this site, that this event was to attract a larger crowd, instead of mostly the same old "big" name players. first heard that the palms were out of rooms, (i know the wa. state guys had to stay at the luxor), and the dates of the tourney seemed to change as well, leading myself and others to think that this would be a populated tourney. hell, the iron horse casinos of wa. state, were to send 10 players alone. so i guess that there were no other qualifiers around the country to turn this into the "big" event as one thought

i realize the entry fee was 10 times higher than barona. yet this tourney was held on the weekend, and in vegas. yes barona had its' high rollers playing, that made up some of the population of the almost 400 players (i guess the palms does not have any high rollers). but, come on, this "big" event was in vegas.

good luck to the bjt players on the final table. sorry to see that the wa. state gang did not advance. want to send out kudos to max at barona for putting on a professional run tourney at barona. the man, knows how to run one.

still, something smells fishy about the palms. just wondering what it could be???????
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Barona sent promo materials and invitations to its players while the Palms didn't seem to do any of that. (Please correct me if anyone received any mailings or offers from the Palms about this event.)

The Palms doesn't seem to treat its players as nicely as Barona. Well, anyone who ever stays at the Palms knows it tacks on a telephone fee to your hotel bill (room might be comped but not telephone, even if you never use it.)

It's a good thing the TOC will be at the Barona and not the Palms (or Venetian.)
 
Ubt Palms

Congrats To All Final Table Winners At The Palms And Especially Internet Winner That Was A Long Haul To Make It To The Final Table I Hope I Can Do The Same The 30th
 
Palms Final

"5th David Marsh who won his seat at a UBT satellite that was held in the Pacific Northwest Casinos name I'm not sure of."

David won a seat to the Palms from the Iron Horse Casino up here in Washington. Iron Horse will be holding another tournament to send players to the Barona Ranch September UBT tournament. Congratulations to all that made the Palms final table and to all players that made it from the Iron Horse Casino.
 
To BJT.com members at The Palms:

Congratulations for making the finals and I can't wait to see the TV results

HD, Joep, Dreamer - ya done good.

I heard it was a tought fight, that might explain this photo I received from the final ceremony :joker:

Hey I got a picture of Joe celebrating after the final table! Rumor has it he was going to start getting ready to play online at Bet21.com
 

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Internet winner on Joep's table

Yup, that was my Deb who finished 3rd. But, you're being too kind, Joe. The reason that you AND Annie Duke busted out was some rather...... ummmm..... er........ let's just say imaginitively creative strategy on Deb's part. :eek:
I just can't wait to hear what Max says about it on the show!

By the way, rack up her position as another one for BJT.com members, as she has been for a few months now.
She's just a confirmed lurker.
 
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