We had the pleasure of having Matt “The Hammer” Hamill come to our National Deaf Poker Tour event during our November 2011 weekend in Atlantic City, NJ. This was a part of our player appreciation weekend where we were able to show the movie The Hammer to our players, friends and community free of charge. Throwing in a personal appearance by Matt Hamill, people enjoyed talking to the UFC fighter and taking pictures over the weekend.

Early Bird Winners

1. Kalervo Salminen 3977
2. Luke Faxon-St.George 1988
3. Frank Winans 1169
4. John Mauser 935
5. Matt Malzkuhn 701
6. Joseph Fox 468
7. Tony Ratcliff 351
8. Mark Panella 292
9. Chris Shannon 234
10. Abe Seltzer 176
11. Steve Smith 176
12. Stan Bailey 176
13. Yevgeny Rubinchik 176
14. Michael Fischer 176
15. Robert Miller 176
16. Mike Russo 176
17. Tom Pirozzi 176
18. James Hanson 176

Omaha Winners 3 way split

1. Dan Maliszewski 582
2. Jeff Deja 582
3. Lester Siegel 582

Madness Event Results

1. Paul Kaufman $2,514.00
2. Walter Parsinitz $1,397.00
3. Frank Todesco $768.00
4. Victor Yu $594.00
5. George Morgan $524.00
6. John Crump $454.00
7. Matthew Kohashi $314.00
8. Eric Carlson $244.00
9. Francois Roa $175.00

Main Event Winners

1. Dustin Zeno 6649
2. Ron Moberly 3325
3. Bill Loftus 1956
4. Eric Kaika 1565
5. Tony Ratcliff 1174
6. Nathan Montoya 783
7. Mike Hylinski 587
8. Jay Winegard 489
9. Dan Maliszewski 391
10. Billy Megee 293
11. Frank Winans 293
12. John Mauser 293
13. Mark Korn 293
14. Anthony LoBue 293
15. Jon Collins 293
16. Eric Bonds 293
17. Elijah Gold 293
18. David Day 293

Ladies Winners

1. Lana Dantone 1659
2. Tina Stincone 829
3. Heather Sieg 498
4. Julie Kneisl 332

ASL Event Results

1. Ricky Edwards $2,043.00
2. Natan Zfati $1,135.00
3. Jon Lamberton $624.00
4. Francis Russo $482.00
5. Michael Friess $426.00
6. Steven Coira $369.00
7. Irvin Buckingham $255.00
8. Frank Winans $199.00
9. Beth Davenport $142.00

Before reading the points results, please read the announcement below:

The National Deaf Poker Tour was founded six years ago; during these six years, we have remained committed to our original mission. This mission was to find the best deaf poker players and match them against each other in hopes that someone will represent us on the big stage at WSOP, WPT, USPC, or another major poker tour.

To ensure that this mission remains focused, NDPT is making the following changes:

• All six partners of NDPT will not be eligible for any tour prizes. We would like to see others have the opportunity to play on the big stage and win additional prizes.
• NDPT is proud to announce a new initiative: NDPT Training Academy. With Joey Seifner and Nathan Montoya claiming cash or winning championship from NDPT events over the last year we are pleased that they have agreed to share their secrets and tips with everyone.
• Vouchers for the top points winners can be used for WSOP, WPT, USPC, or NDPT events. While we prefer our best players to go to the big tour events we understand that they may not have time to do so. NPDT is flexible and want to meet everyone’s needs.
• Vouchers must be used within one year from previous NDPT tour closing date (i.e. Use up by end of July 2012 for winning top two on overall 2010-2011 tour ranking).

Points Results

Note: Everyone actually moves up 2 places as Joey and Nathan’s positions are not actually counted.

General

1. LoBue Anthony 304.8
2. Seifner Joey 299.2 (Not qualified for rewards)
3. Montoya Nathan 236.1 (Not qualified for rewards)
4. Hanson James 200.9
5. Cao Tam 200.3
6. Brafford Joseph 173.2
7. Steffl Francis 164.7
8. Pearce Cliff 164
9. Quigley Cren 157.3
10. Minckler Lawrence 140.9
11. Procopio Michael 133.8
12. Breiter Martin 127
13. Ratcliff Tony 126.4
14. Scharnow Michael 123.7
15. King Tomeka 121.9
16. Thompson Matt 119.2
17. Parsintiz Wally 118
18. Leonard Theodore 116.4
19. Forncrook James 116.2
20. Robinson Joseph 112.6

Ladies

1. Clarke Lauren 109.3
2. Schmidt Debra 76.7
3. Fallstone Hollie 54.2
4. Russo Regina 50.2
5. DeRosa Nicole 44.3

Thank you for participating in a great season!

Fun with cash game

ASL Event Saturday 5pm – 53 Players
1. James Hanson $1712
2. Bill Strickland $991
3. Ronald Nguyen $676
4. Joey Seifner $541
5. Thomas Narvard $360
6. Fred Bass $225
7. Rambo Lopez
8. Alex Vazquez

Main Event Saturday 10am – 71 players
1st Matt Thompson $3,885
2nd Cliff Pearce $2,158
3rd Nathan Montoya $1,187
4th Sung Park $863
5th Mike Hylinski $755
6th Dennis White $648
7th Greg Olson $540
8th Lana Coker $432
9th Branton Stewart $324
10. Leroy Mcgale
11. Bill Stricklen
12. Curt Anderson
13. Gary Heygler
14. Charles Barham
15. Joe Weiss

Main Event winner Matt Thomson and runner up Cliff Pearce

Madness II/Ladies Event Friday 8pm – 48 players
1. Norman Chan $1428
2. Young Park $1000
3. Lana Coker $617 –Lana wins Ladies bracelet and get entry to Main event–
4. Danny Hyung $490
5. Tom Morrison $326
6. Rob Esposito $204
7. Francis Steffl
8. James Kim
9. Terrell Brittain
10. Zack Pham

Madness Event Friday 2pm – 61 Players
1. Matt Thompson $1419
2. Norman Chan $1418
3. Joey Seifner $1000
4. Anthony LoBue $519
5. Craig Herman $363
6. Alex Vasquez $259
7. Sung Park $207
8. Eric Bonds
9. Terrell Brittain
10. Eric Albro
11. Dave Polashenski
12. Larry Smith

Final Table Madness I

Early Bird Event Thursday 9pm – 53 Players
1. Cliff Pearce $1577
2. Tyran Lee $1126
3. James Kim $901
4. Joey Brafford $586
5. Anthony LoBue $315
6. Peter Trzesniewski
7. David Weiss
8. Jennifer Friede
9. Paul Kowalski
10. Joey Seifner

Interview with Radu Junc by National Deaf Poker Tour from National Deaf Poker Tour on Vimeo.

Here are the results from June 3-4, 2011 at Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City!

Early Bird Tournament
1. Ely Dorsey $1244
2. Anthony LoBue $1244
3. Cren Quigley $498
4. Peter Vitucci $332

Madness Tournament
1. James Hanson $1441
2. Jason Ingraham $720
3. Irvin Buckingham $432
4. Larry McNulty $288

ASL I Tournament
1. Molly O’Hara $948
2. Bruce Herzig $648
3. Tad Taylor $150

ASL II Tournament
1. James Rydstrom $624
2. James Hanson $623
3. Alok Doshi $150