Official 2008 Negreanu Open Thread!

[Suited_Up 2]

The 4th quarter is now complete and there won't be any Neg O's this week or next.

@#@*(&SDG()*@#$%^USD)(*@#%*#

[dna4ever 2]

I will have all the final results posted on Tuesday night along with the winners, instructions, TOC information, and 2009 info.

[weishan14 0]

I will have all the final results posted on Tuesday night along with the winners, instructions, TOC information, and 2009 info.

Which Tuesday would that be?????????????? You got us with that one last time But really, thanks for all you do. We really do appreciate you!?!

[dna4ever 2]

Alrighty kids, another successfull Negreanu Open season has come to a close.Thanks to everyone who participated in games this year. I hope you all had fun.Before I forget, I will be on vacation from Jan 1st - 7th and will not have internet access so I will not be able to respond to any messages or posts made during that time.This post is probably going to be extremely long as it will contain information regarding:

• 2008 4th Quarter Winners and Prize Instructions
• 2008 Tournament of Champions Info
• 2008 Missing Prizes Info
• 2009 New Season Info and Changes
• 2009 Website Info

2008 4th Quarter Winners and Prize InstructionsCongratulations to all the 4th Quarter Winners!The full final leaderboard results are updated and can be found at http://www.negreanuopen.comTUESDAY NIGHT MIXED LEAGUE 4TH QUARTER CHIP SET WINNERS

• 1 AAsnake88 534.87
• 2 hoodini 392.75
• 3 Larons 356.65

TUESDAY NIGHT MIXED LEAGUE 4TH QUARTER FCP TSHIRT OR HAT WINNERS

• 4 allen1948 337.69
• 5 Raise, Ha! 295.91
• 6 CalifNaughti 282.68
• 7 rcgs59 261.43
• 8 davezz5 220.10
• 9 PTBalloon 181.93

WEDNESDAY NIGHT NLHE LEAGUE 4TH QUARTER CHIP SET WINNERS

• 1 hoodini 519.12
• 2 dt1313 457.12
• 3 Lunchbox12 447.53

WEDNESDAY NIGHT NLHE LEAGUE 4TH QUARTER FCP TSHIRT OR HAT WINNERS

• 4 Raise, Ha! 421.96
• 5 fitzinabox 413.48
• 6 Larons 397.81
• 7 x_SuitedUp_x 388.55
• 8 Tasman25 387.28
• 9 'olnumber7 360.43

If your PokerStars name is listed above please send me a private message with the following information:

• PokerStars Name
• FCP Name
• Real Name
• Shipping Address
• Email Address (needed for Tournament of Champions information)
• Prize (if you are a 4th - 9th place finisher please include your choice of FCP Shirt or FCP Hat. If you choose a shirt please include size)

If you believe there is a legitimate error with your points calculation please send me a message as well. 2008 Tournament of Champions InfoThere will be two Tournament of Champions tournaments held; one for the Tuesday night League and one for the Wednesday night League.The Tuesday night TOC will be held on Tuesday February 3rd at 9 PM EST on Pokerstars and will be a HORSE MatchThe Wednesday night TOC will be held on Wednesday February 4th at 9 PM EST on Pokerstars and will be a NLHE Match.The winner of each nights TOC tournament will not only have the pride of being crowned the 2008 Negreanu Open year champion, but will also win the grand prize of a 1 hour phone consultation with Daniel Negreanu himself or their choice of a $250 Cash prize being put up by Daniel. We have added the cash prize option because scheduling these calls is very difficult as Daniels schedule is very hectic and changes regularly and some people just like cold hard cash! The money will be deposited directly to your PokerStars account.Congratulations to everyone who qualified for the Tournament of Champions! Here is a list of everyone who qualified:Tuesday Night Mixed League Tournament of Champions Qualifiers (alphabetically by username):Poker Stars Name - Quarter(s) Qualified

• AAsnake88 - 4th
• Adaon6 - 3rd
• allen1948 - 2nd, 3rd, 4th
• BogiePutt - 1st
• BunnyRocks - 2nd
• CalifNaughti - 3rd, 4th
• CaptDrew - 2nd, 3rd
• checkymcfold - 1st
• davezz5 - 4th
• dinho_style - 1st
• dt1313 - 3rd
• Fabbs - 2nd
• Figger - 1st, 2nd
• gilarenas - 3rd
• GWCGWC - 1st, 2nd
• hoodini - 2nd, 3rd, 4th
• jawalives - 2nd
• ko8e34 - 1st
• Larons - 4th
• Phil Logan - 1st
• PTBalloon - 4th
• qzarian - 1st
• Raise, Ha! - 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th
• rcgs59 - 3rd, 4th

Wednesday Night NLHE League Tournament of Champions Qualifiers(alphabetically by username):Poker Stars Name - Quarter(s) Qualified

• armen13 - 1st, 2nd
• blufferdave - 1st
• BogiePutt - 1st, 2nd, 3rd
• dt1313 - 3rd, 4th
• Figger - 1st
• fitzinabox - 1st, 4th
• GalloFX - 1st, 2nd
• GWCGWC - 2nd
• hoodini - 2nd, 3rd, 4th
• Larons - 4th
• Lunchbox12 - 2nd, 4th
• montrealphil - 3rd
• 'olnumber7 - 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th
• pzlm73 - 1st
• Raise, Ha! - 3rd, 4th
• rch60 - 3rd
• seacucumber1 - 2nd
• sergetoronto - 1st
• Tasman25 - 2nd, 3rd, 4th
• x_SuitedUp_x - 3rd, 4th

IF YOU QUALIFIED PLEASE SEND ME A PRIVATE MESSAGE TO MAKE SURE THAT I HAVE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS AS I WILL BE SENDING OUT AN EMAIL TO EACH OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY THAT WILL CONTAIN THE DETAILS OF THE TOURNAMENT INFO INCLUDING THE SPECIAL PASSWORD. YOU WILL RECEIVE THIS EMAIL BY JANUARY 30TH, 2009. IF YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED AN EMAIL BY JANUARY 30TH PLEASE SEND ME A MESSAGE.It is obviously critical that you do not give this password out to anyone as I can not remove anyone from the tournament if they register and it would really suck to have a non qualifying person enter this tournament because someone leaked the password. 2008 Missing Prizes InfoIt is my understanding there may be a few people (hopefully not) that may still be missing prizes from this season. If you have not receive a your prize from the 1st, 2nd or 3rd quarter please send me a private message stating the details and I will check with Matt in promotions for you.2009 New Season Info and ChangesThe 2009 Season will begin on Wednesday January 7th at 9 PM EST on Pokerstars with NLHE.Thanks to everyone who gave their feedback on how to structure this years season.The biggest change is we are moving back to a 1 night per week schedule versus the two night per week schedule.All games will be held on Wednesday Nights and include a 2:1 rotation of NLHE and HORSEAll games will be held on Pokerstars at 9 PM ESTAll games will be listed in the Tourney/Private tab (1st quarter tournaments are already listed)All games are password protected and have the same password as the 2008 season, "fcpfcp" without the quotationsAll games have the same extended blind structure and double starting chip stacksAgain, I realize there is no way to please everyone with this new format, but I went with the majority for this 1st quarter. Please feel free to continue to post feedback or recommend changes and it is possible to make changes starting with the 2nd quarter. The only things that are not up for negotiation are: Buyin Amount, Dates/Nights, Starting Time.The prizes will be very similiar for the 2009 season with the top 3 cumulative points winners for each quarter winning a FCP Chipset and the 4th -9th place cumulative points winners receiving their choice of a FCP Hat or FCP Shirt.There will be a 2009 Tournament of Champions which will include the top 9 winners from each quarter to play for a grand prize of $250 cash being put up by Daniel Negreanu himself and of course the title of 2009 Negreanu Open Champion. A few notes on the prizes .... Some people have asked me if there is a way to get different prizes since a lot of people that play these regularly have already won either a chipset/hat/shirt and the answer is not at this time. I realize no one really plays these tournaments for just the prizes and hopefully everyone sees these as a nice value add. I'm sure the majority would agree that these tournaments are mainly about having a good time, comraderie, goading, pride, etc. I do not personally make anything for running these touraments and for one am very grateful that FCP is gracious enough to give me anything at all to offer as bonus incentives for these games.2009 Website InfoI will be creating a new website look for the 2009 Season that will have all the changes outlined above included. The site will still be at http://www.negreanuopen.com but I will not be able to get to these changes until the weekend of January 10th since I will be on vacation. I will be keeping the leaderboards current regularly which will hopefully promote more turnout and increased competiton.One note, until I can get a proper spam filter please do not use my dna4ever@negreanuopen.com email address as I rarely check that account and I currently have about 3,000 spam messages and it is difficult to filter through the legitimate emails. On that same note if anyone needs a good deal on some Viagara, Cialis, or Nike shoes, please let me know, I can put you in touch with some people.Sorry for the long post! I will create a new 2009 thread and pin it before the first January 7th game.

[dt1313 0]

Alrighty kids, another successfull Negreanu Open season has come to a close.Thanks to everyone who participated in games this year. I hope you all had fun.I will be creating a new website look for the 2009 Season that will have all the changes outlined above included. The site will still be at http://www.negreanuopen.com but I will not be able to get to these changes until the weekend of January 10th since I will be on vacation. I will be keeping the leaderboards current regularly which will hopefully promote more turnout and increased competiton.One note, until I can get a proper spam filter please do not use my dna4ever@negreanuopen.com email address as I rarely check that account and I currently have about 3,000 spam messages and it is difficult to filter through the legitimate emails. On that same note if anyone needs a good deal on some Viagara, Cialis, or Nike shoes, please let me know, I can put you in touch with some people.Sorry for the long post! I will create a new 2009 thread and pin it before the first January 7th game.

Thanks very much for all you do !!! You really do a GREAT job and I just wanted to send a huge THANK YOU out to you for all to see. You deserve it from each and every one of us that play these tourneys.Have a Happy New Year and i'll be looking forward to the 09' Neg-O.Dan