OK, it’s Wednesday. I know you are probably expecting a “What’s New Wednesday” blog entry. But in an effort to NOT be so predictable that this becomes a boring, mundane blog I’ve decided to write about something a little different today.
So did the title of this blog post confuse you? I mean poker is definitely perceived to be and has always been an individual event.
But there’s something new in the poker world called “Dream Team Poker”. Basically here’s how this two-day tournament is played. There are 122 3-person teams (366 players in all). The tournament has a unique scoring system. You compete as an individual but you are scored as a team. You receive a score based on the order of elimination, the higher your number the sooner you were out of the tourney. The two lowest numbers of the three teammates are added together and that becomes your team’s final score. Like golf, the lowest number wins. Money is awarded to both the best (lowest) team scores as well as the best (lowest) individual scores.
This has several advantages over your traditional poker tourney. First it allows players to play together with their friends, not against them. Secondly, each player has a higher chance of winning. One can end up in the money even if they are eliminated if by chance their two teammates both do well.
Sound interesting? If you have two poker buddies, can come up with a cool team name and want to enter the next tournament (or just want to learn more about it all works) head over to their website at DreamTeamPoker.com.
So you’re probably wondering how this all ties into Spinettis Gaming Supply aren’t you?
Well, our very own Rosanne Wright got to play in this years Dream Team Tournament a few weeks back at the Rio, during the World Series of Poker. Rosanne is our general manager here at Spinettis. She and two of her friends, Maureen and Phyllis teamed up and became “The Jersey Girls”. In the picture to the left, Rosanne is standing between her two friends.
So how did our “home team” do? While they weren’t in the money they had a respectable finish coming in 51st out of 122 teams with a score of 238 points. Maureen did very well, placing 100th out of the 366 players. More importantly, they all had a blast, had some good “gal-bonding” time and can’t wait till next year to try to better their score.
The day of the event Rosanne was looking around the store wanting to bring her teammates a small gift as a good luck momento. She mentioned that it would be cool to do something personalized but it was so last minute that it just didn’t seem possible. Then she remembered the Poker Chip Customizer Kit that we sell here at the store.
The customizer kit comes with software, 700 labels and a centering tool to position your newly printed labels. At first Rosanne was concerned that it may be too difficult to install the software and design a chip but was soon pleasantly surprised.
Rosanne says “I couldn’t believe how simple it was to make my chip. I’m no graphic designer or computer expert but the software made it so easy to choose a template, pick some clip art and add the text. The labels printed perfectly the first time and it was easy to put them onto the chip. My teammates LOVED their new personalized card guards and other players even commented on them. If only they knew that I whipped them together that morning in just minutes I bet they’d be shocked!”.
Using the customizer kit, Rosanne chose our pink Ace/Jack chips, put them into a deluxe airtite chip holder and had an instant card guard. So I bet your wondering how her chip turned out? Well, here it is:
You can do something very similar as a gift or make chips for your own home game by picking yourself up a customizer kit. Just Click Here.
