World Tavern Poker is looking for a part to full time customer service rep to join our team in our Durham, NC office.

You’ll need to have a great personality, want to be part of a great team and know how to get your job done while having fun at work.

This is an entry to mid-level position.

If you are interested, please send a cover letter, resume and salary history to Nancy@WorldTavernPoker.com

MIKE & BEN’S ROAD TRIP POKER!

Check out more info and the photos here http://www.worldtavernpoker.com/newcmspage13.aspx
Well we are partially recovered from the trip, but what an incredible time! Got to see so many of our bars, meet owners, tournament directors and hundreds of players. AWESOME!

Here is the final tally…

? 7 Days
? 5 States
? 16 Bars visited
? 13 Tournaments Played
? 2 Days working a Trade Show
? 2,187 miles driven
? 0 Tickets
? 1,687 Jager Shots


THE WINNERS

We had 8 players follow us to at least 6 tournaments to earn their FREE VIP BADGES TO THE OPEN IN OCTOBER!

From Maryland (the md crew) (gi joe)
? G.I. Joe Motley
? Dave Menusan
? Corrie Atkinson
? Brian Deiss
? Lisa Deiss

From Raleigh – Photo Coming!
? John Owens
? Carl Rigsbee
? Steven “with a V” Dorsey

Unbelievable that you guys/gals followed us so far…Glad you had so much fun!

We also had another 20 or so players that made it to 3 tourneys to earn their free tee shirt!

THE TRIP

I’ll try to keep this short…

Wednesday June 18

1:00pm Mike heads out of the WTP Offices in Durham, NC on a 4 hour trip to VA

5:00pm Arrive at Main St Bar and Grill and head into the bar for my first shot of the night! Over 70 players there…so crowded that they didn’t have enough chairs! Thanks so much to the wonderful staff and to Lynn and Barb for putting on such a wonderful tournament. (main st players)

8:15pm Jump in the car and drive 90 minutes to Seaside Marina in Benedict Maryland.

10:00pm Arrive to Seaside followed by the Raleigh and MD crew. Great bar and restaurant right on the water! 42 players strong and who is at the final table? ME!!!! ? (mike)

2:00am Head to the hotel


Thursday June 19

11:00am Head with the Raleigh, NC crew up to Baltimore…do a little shopping and eating along the way.

5:00pm Arrived at The Charred Rib in Timonium to a crowd of over 60 players! The shots started flowing. Thanks to Pat and the staff at The Rib for such a great event.

8:30pm Head out to York, PA. Thanks to Steven for being my driver for the evening.

9:50pm Arrive at Mr. T’s Road House just outside York to a huge crowd of players waiting with shots in their hands! One guy bought me 4 shots at one time…No, I didn’t do them all ?. Thanks to Mike & Theresa and the wonderful staff at Mr. T’s! (mr ts)

1:00am Head to the hotel for a much need night sleep.

Friday June 20

8:00am Wake up and call Nancy because it’s her 40th birthday today!!! Head 2 ½ hours to the Philadelphia Airport where Ben Dawson is flying in. We then head over to Jersey to get ready for another night out. (I still have chips)

6:00pm Arrive at Bubba Dean’s in Mt. Ephraim, NJ. If you’ve never been to this place, it’s simply awesome! Great food with huge servings…and they even have the sounds of the ocean playing in the bathroom. TOO COOL. And who is at the final table again? ME! ? I grew up in South Jersey so also had a number of old friends come out to join in the fun. Did I mention more Jaeger shots? (mike and dawn)

2:15am Head back to my parents house. Yes, I still stay with my parents when I’m up there ? Luckily they don’t give me a curfew anymore!

Saturday June 21

11:00am Head up to North Jersey

1:00pm Arrive at Avellino’s Restaurant and Bar. What a great crowd and a great bar. Got to see so many players I haven’t seen in a while. And what was waiting for us when we arrived? Shots of Jager from the infamous Chris. (chris is ready to go)

3:30pm Head 90 minutes to Croyden, PA just outside Philly.

5:00pm Pulled into the AMF parking lot followed by Arnie, the TD for AMF. TRUE STORY! He said he had to make a pit stop…he called the bar on the way and asked how much Jager they had…apparently not much so he had to stop and get another bottle!!!! Too Funny! Great time at AMF with Shari, Keith, Steven, Rob, Kelly, Mike and all the great people up there!!! Thanks for an awesome time. (amf players)

Sunday June 22

7:30am Ben and I head to NY City for the Bar & Nightclub Trade Show where we had a booth. During the show we got to see a number of our bar owners and managers including Brian Pfizer from Tim’s Ugly Mug, the bartenders from The Cornerstone and the entire crew (20 of them) from The City Lounge in North Jersey. (brian riding the bull)

5:00pm Head to the City Lounge to have a drink after an invitation from Tony the owner….and what are they doing when we arrive…Playing Poker. Great bar with a deck that has a serving window you can knock on when you need a drink. AWESOME! (hangin at city lounge)

8:00pm Head to Cryan’s Ale House in Central Jersey. THIS PLACE ROCKS! Great bar, Great TDs and got to see their entry for THE BEST DAMN POKER BAR IN THE COUNTRY! We had an awesome time. Thanks to George, Linda, Lorraine and all. I think I also found someone who can do more shots than me. Mike the GM from Cryans made me look like I was an amateur. Great time…Plus, guess who was a the final table? ME! ? (cryans ale house)

Monday June 23

9:00am Head back to the Trade Show in NYC for a full day of talking to drunk people at a trade show…not bad ?

4:30pm Scoot out of the Trade Show early and head down towards Atlantic City, stopping off and seeing Shawn at High Velocity…A WTP Bar in Toms River NJ. (high velocity)

7:00pm Running a little bit late, we arrive at Mangia By The Green in Egg Harbor Twp, NJ greeted by the infamous G. Dull and his WorldTavernPoker.com Truck. YOU ROCK G! Good food, good drinks and lots of great people at Mangia! (g dulls sweet ride)

9:00pm Head 60 miles west towards Philly and arrive at Harpers Pub in Clementon, NJ. We are 1 minute late..walk in and guess what…THEY STARTED PLAYING WITHOUT US! Thanks guys ? Great to see Carlos, Tiffy and many old time WTP faces!

Tuesday June 24

9:00am Wake up late and start getting ready for the last day. Get on the road and start heading south. Made a couple of stops at other WTP bars along the way…The Corral Inn in Baltimore and the VFW in Morningside, MD. (morningside VFW)

7:00pm Arrive at Destry’s in Emporia, VA. This place was great! Thanks so much to all 3 Willie Browns (3 generations of owners) and the great staff there!

8:30pm Head back to Raleigh to play in the last event of the Road Trip back on our home Turf. Thanks to Crowley’s and all the players.

Overall…it was a simply awesome time! Thanks so much to everyone who came out and to all the bars that invited us with open arms!

NEXT ROAD TRIP? We are already talking about Indiana, Michigan and Western PA! We’ll let you know!

BEST DAMN POKER BAR CONTEST!

We get so many e-mails and comments about why one of our bars thinks that their bar is the Best Damn WTP Bar in the country!

So we want to find out why you think your bar is the best!

Visit http://www.worldtavernpoker.com/newcmspage4.aspx for more info.

NEW POINT UPDATE SYSTEM – MUST READ!

We have had some “issues” in regards to points not being given out accurately based on the number of players registered for an event. Many of these issues are from players registering for a game but not showing up.

Currently, TDs must un-register or mark absent any players that did not play to get the accurate player count and appropriate points.

We understand that this requires more work and we want to make this easier on the TD so we have added a new function to the Update Points Section.

Now the TD can quickly select the # of players that actually played without the ability to choose a number greater than the # of players registered (hope this makes sense)

Above all, it is imperative that all of our Tournament Directors enter the correct number of players to ensure that points are being awarded fairly and that players do not search for ways to "beat the system". We are very excited about this new functionality!!!!

Thanks so much for all of your help with this!

This is going to be awesome. Visit this link for all the details.

http://www.worldtavernpoker.com/newcmspage1.aspx

LET THE GAMES BEGIN!

Hello everyone,

The 2008 Tournament of Champions Qualifier list is up for Fall 2007 and Winter 2008 seasons. Please check to be sure your name is on the list if you qualified. If your name is not, e-mail MikeM@WorldTavernPoker.com and include the Bar Name and Season that you qualified from so we can verify it. Thanks and see you all in Las Vegas! To view the list go to the Championships menu at the top of the page and click on the Tournament of Champs button!

First of all,

Thanks so much for all of the wonderful entries into our World Tavern Poker Open photo contest.

We asked for great photos and a testimonial about the event.

It was very difficult to choose a winner...but Rober Janney from Philadelphia took it down. He sent in (2) CDs full of great photos and videos along with a great testimonial about the event.

Check out all of the finalists here

http://www.worldtavernpoker.com/newcmspage8.aspx

Robert gets a VIP Badge to the WTP Open in Vegas this fall!

We have had some great blogs on the new WTP Forum. Check it out when you log on!

We have also had requests to make Forums for each individual state. So, if you would like a forum dedicated to your neck of the woods, just e-mail me at MikeM@WorldTavernPoker.com

thanks!

We are considering making a move to larger starting chip stacks...but need your help!

Several bars have already started testing both 7k and 10k starting chip counts.

If you'd like your bar to be part of the test, just ask your tournament director for their help. In your next early game, give each player an extra white chip ($5k) and then please let me know the following

1. Which bar
2. # of players
3. Total time to play the tournament.

Based on the feedback we get, we will consider making the change for next season.

Thanks so much for everyone's help!

We just updated the Photo Gallery to include photos FROM ALL OF THE REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS!

Check them out under the Photo Gallery!!!

I have already heard a number of players who will be playing in the World Series of Poker this summer, and we want to follow your story!

If you are playing, please e-mail me at MikeM@WorldTavernPoker.com with the subject line WSOP.

I will contact you and we can update our site regularly so other WSOP players will know how you are doing and what you are experiencing!

Good Luck to everyone!