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Miguel Cota & Josh Brillon played in EVENT #54 ($1500.00 No limit hold'em bracelet event) at the 2009 World Series of Poker courtesy of The Poker Pub!  Miguel and Josh both played well.  Unfortunately they both finished out of the money.  Make sure you ask them about their experience when you see them at the tables. CONGRATULATIONS gentlemen on earning your seats in the WSOP!

We will be hosting ALL of our regularly scheduled sessions on Saturday, July 4th!  We hope you all have a safe and HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!

We are pleased to announce that Seri Melaka has joined The Poker Pub of Tucson!  Seri Melaka is the sister restaurant of Neo of Melaka!  BOTH of these fine restaurants have EXCELLENT Malaysian cuisine!  If you haven't had a chance to try the food, we highly recommend it!  The prices are very reasonable as well! Seri Melaka will be hosting sessions EVERY FRIDAY at 2 & 4:30PM and EVERY SUNDAY at 6 & 8PM starting on July 10th!  Come out and try some the great food, enjoy your favorite beverages and play some "NO ENTRY FEE ~ NO LIMIT TEXAS HOLD'EM" with The Poker Pub of Tucson!

The Unicorn Sports Lounge will be giving a Sports game system to the WINNER of the 10PM session on Saturday, June 27th!  Unicorn will also be awarding another Sports Game System in a drawing!  You must play in at least 2 of the 4 sessions in order to qualify to win!  Come out to the Unicorn at 1, 4, 7 & 10PM on Saturday, June 27th and WIN a Sports Game System, courtesy of The Unicorn Sports Lounge!  See related story below for more information on the exciting promotions that are being offered by the Unicorn!

The Poker Pub of Tucson  and the Unicorn Sports Lounge reserve the right to alter or cancel promotions at any time.

   
 
We are pleased to announce that the date has been set for the June Tucson Regional World Series of Poker/WSOP Circuit event buy in Tournament! This special event will be held on Sunday, June 28th at Cactus Moon located at 5470 E. Broadway. Registration begins at 2PM. The Tournament starts at 3:30PM. Cactus Moon will be opening up on June 28th just for this special event so we will have the place to ourselves!  They will be offering half price appetizers all day for our players!  Let's make sure we show our appreciation and support this venue while we are there! 

This tournament is for the TOP 280 WSOP Points leaders for May. To find out if you are qualified for this event click on WSOP points on the left side menu. The list has 500 players. It is the second list on the page "WSOP points leaders Last Month".  The TOP 280 and ties are automatically qualified.  The next 220 players are the alternate list.  If you are on the alternate list, you must be registered no later than 30 minutes prior to the start time.  We will close registration for the TOP 280 players 15 minutes prior to the start of the tournament. If you are not registered by then your seat will be given to an alternate. 
We have attached a list of the TOP 500 players with WSOP points for May.  If your name is on the list and there are seats available at the start of the tournament, we will allow you to play as an alternate with a shorter starting stack.

Seating will be limited and will be on a first come, first served basis. Registration will be closed as soon as we have 280 players signed in.
 
We are rewarding the TOP 50 WSOP point leaders with extra starting chips as follows: 1 - 10 = 1000 chips, 11 - 20 = 800 chips, 21 - 30 = 600 chips, 31 - 40 = 400 chips, 41 - 50 = 200 chips.

The WINNER of this special event will choose either a seat in a *WSOP circuit event and travel & lodging for two or a seat in a $1500 Buy In bracelet event at the 2010  World Series of Poker!

GOOD LUCK to you all and don't forget to "GO ALL IN!"

*The winner will be able to choose from one of the following events depending on availability: Harrah’s Rincon San Diego, Harrah's Lake Tahoe or Caesars Palace Las Vegas. The buy in for the circuit event will be between $340 and $550.  Package will include round trip travel & lodging for 2 for 3 days & 2 nights. Payouts at WSOP circuit events vary depending on the number of entries. Some restrictions apply.

The World Series of Poker reserves all rights.

The Poker Pub of Tucson reserves the right to alter or cancel promotions at any time.

For more information about WSOP circuit events click here.

The AZ Daily Star was at Taco Bron this week taking pictures and interviewing our players for an article in the paper.  Here is the article.  If you want a copy, you can find this at: http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/297252.php

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Grins take over poker faces > Players at Taco Bron gamble to win five nights a week < By Jill Torrance Arizona Daily STar Tucson, Arizona | Published: 06.18.2009

Players of all ages and skill level trickled Friday into a brightly painted yellow room where a half-dozen poker tables were set up for a poker tournament. The tournament at Taco Bron, 6910 E. Tanque Verde Road, was presented by Poker Pub of Tucson, a free no-limit Texas Hold 'Em league. The players signed in, got their chips and greeted each other warmly. Most of the them are regular players at Taco Bron, and many admit to being poker junkies. "I probably play poker seven nights a week," said Elizabeth Webb, who started playing a year ago. "It gets me away from negative junk and I like the people." "It's really about people getting out and having a good time," said Taco Bron general manager Jim Owen. "It's fun and free." The tournaments are open to players with all levels of experience. "Everyone is really open — they like to help and give advice," said Jessica Landry, tournament director from Poker Pub of Tucson. Taco Bron hosts poker tournaments at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday and at 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. every Friday and Saturday. Go online to www.tucson.ThePokerPub.com for more information on events or participating establishments in Tucson, Marana and Green Valley. ● Contact photographer Jill Torrance at 618-1921 or jtorrance@azstarnet.com.

 Regulars Kathy Parris and Una Byrnes enjoy themselves during a tournament. Taco Bron hosts the meets at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, and at 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Photos by Jill Torrance / Arizona Daily Star

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The dealer flips the cards during a tournament, which is open to players with all levels of experience.

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Art Hisel quietly checks out his cards during a Texas Hold 'Em tournament at Taco Bron on East Tanque Verde.

The Executive Inn & Suites of Tucson is being sold.  During the transition we will not be hosting sessions at Executive Inn.  It has been a great run for the last 2 years and we will miss you Eric & Carsten!  We wish you the very best in all your future endeavors!

The LAST DAY at Executive Inn will be on Sunday, June 21st (Father's Day)  We will be hosting special "Bon Voyage" to Eric, Carsten and the staff at Executive Inn and Father's Day Blowout Tournaments!  *We will be awarding 1, 2 or 3 seats to The Poker Pub 2010 National Tournament of Champions! 

Come out to Executive Inn on Sunday at 7 & 9:30PM and say "bon voyage" to the staff while you WIN a seat in Nationals!  NOTE: ALL Fathers will receive 1000 extra starting chips for both sessions!

We will also be inviting all of our Tournament Directors and management staff to this event.  If you take one of them out of the tournament your name will be put into a drawing and the WINNER of the drawing will receive **up to $100 off their bar tab!

*The number of National seats will depend on the number of players at each session.  If there are 5 - 7 tables we will award one seat.  If there are 8 - 11 tables we will award two seats and if there are 12 or more tables we will award 3 seats! 

**Amount of bar tab will be determined by the number of tables at each session. 

The Poker Pub of Tucson reserves the right to alter or cancel promotions at any time.

We are pleased to announce our latest Vegas Trip/National Tournament of Champions promotion!  Starting on July 1st through September 30th 2009 the TOP 2 players at EVERY session at The Unicorn Sports Bar will receive entry into a special tournament (time & date TBA) at the Unicorn where the TOP 2 players will receive a trip to Vegas and a seat in The Poker Pub 2010 National Tournament of Champions!  The FINALS will be a double stack tournament with 8000 in starting chips!  For each additional TOP 2 finish during this timeframe you will receive 500 extra starting chips up to 4000 extra chips. 

Come out the Unicorn EVERY SUNDAY at 7pm (Omaha) EVERY WEDNESDAY at 7 & 10pm, EVERY FRIDAY at 6 & 9pm and EVERY SATURDAY at 1, 4, 7 & 10pm and WIN your seat in this special tournament!  

If you haven't been to the Unicorn lately, there are a few changes you should know about!  The Unicorn now has a pool table to go along with the dart boards & NTN, a new big screen to catch all the games and FREE wifi access!  There is also a SPECIAL BOUNTY on the new owners, Gene & Bea!  If you take them out of any session you will receive a drink ticket with a $3 value and 50 bounty points! 

The Poker Pub of Tucson reserves the right to alter or cancel promotions at any time. 

CONGRATULATIONS to Bob Francis the WINNER of the AZ Regional World Series of Poker Main Event Buy In FINALS!  Bob played his way through 272 players over 2 days on his way to the WIN!  Bob opted for the $5000.00 instead of the Main Event Seat.  We witnessed some truly amazing poker being played for over 19 hours in 2 days!  The FINAL 40 squared off at 1pm on Sunday, June 14th and the last hand was dealt after 7:30pm!  When they reached heads up and after Bob had taken down a huge pot, leaving 2nd place finisher Shylo Gossman with just over 100,000 in chips (Bob had over 3 million in chips) he graciously offered Shylo a fair chop - $4000 to $1000.  True to his word, Shylo said he was in it to win it and turned down the offer.  Shylo said he wanted to play in the main event and no amount of money would change his mind!  The next hand all the chips went into the middle and Bob caught his trip sixes on the turn to eliminate Shylo and take home the WIN! 

We would like to congratulate everyone that qualified and participated in this amazing event!  We would also like to thank all of you for being such GREAT CUSTOMERS and valued supporters of The Poker Pub of Tucson and The Poker Pub of West Phoenix!  We would like to thank all of our venues for hosting our games and all of our players for continuing to support these venues while helping make The Poker Pub the premiere free poker leaue in Arizona!  Special thanks to Clicks Billiards, Famous Sam's (43rd & Glendale) Famous Sam's (57th Ave & Bell) Fox & Hound (Tucson) and Taco Bron for hosting the qualifier tournaments!  Thanks to Executive Inn & Suites of Tucson for hosting the qualifiers and the FINALS!

2009 Main Event Buy In Series Finals - FINAL TABLE:

WINNER - Bob Francis
2nd place - Shylo Gossman
3rd place - Danielle Estrada
4th place - Dewayne Loftis
5th place - Justin Eastman
6th place - Skip Geroux
7th place - Ernest Dagnino
8th place - Richard Cook
9th place - Beverly Calk
10th place - Patrick Doyle
Final Table Bubble Dereck "Bubba" Gardner

Congratulations to these 40 players that made it to day two: 
Jake Schaeffer, Shylo Gossman, Dewayne Loftis, Danielle Estrada, Rick Transue, John Moreno, Mike Frazee, Dave Drolet, Justin Eastman, Bob Francis, Bubba Gardner, Bob Tims, Mark Branaman, Richard Cook, Simon Cain, Patrick Doyle, Brenda Baggett, Travis Smith, Cesle Bustillos, Matt Leach, Chad Riesgo, Todd Mazur, Bev Calk, Pete Alvey, Ernest Dagnino, Rick McDonald, Charles Nicolai, Skip Geroux, Eddie Gonzales, Scott Mendelson, Linda Witte, Linda Vossler, Rich Nicholas, Kerry Hays, Jack Kinnaman, Michael Altsheyn, Bernie LeBrun, Dilan Zespy, Larry Lane, Paul Gaeta, Brenda Perry.

We look forward to doing this again next year, so keep accumulating those WSOP Points and keep an eye on the website for the next round of qualifier tournaments!  Until then, GOOD LUCK to you all and ... "May all your cards be live!"

The Poker Pub of Tucson and The Poker Pub of West Phoenix reserve the right to alter or cancel promotions at any time.