Quick wrap up for now.

Hi everybody! Just wanted to give you a quick wrap up of how the Battle of the Sexes Tournament turned out. I know some of you had to leave early, so I thought you might like to hear the final table results.

Here is the order of finish at the final table:

1st place and Battle of the Sexes Champion for 2009
- Michael Myers
2nd place - Deb Walton
3rd place - Martin A.
4th place - Dennis Almasy
5th place - Ron Medinger (how did this guy finish this high anyway??)
6th place - Jennifer Trump
7th place - Lori Beimer
8th place - Kellen Axtel
9th place - Gina Avila
10th place - Leslie S.

Congratulations to all who represented their gender by making the final table! I for one had an excellent time and I hope all of you feel the same.

I'd like to give a big thank you to Mike Dalton and Nick Medinger for running the tournament so I could have fun playing.

I'd like to give another big thank you to my dear wife Stella for working so hard to manage all the food that everybody brought (good job everybody!!) and making sure everyone was served at the tables while they were playing.

Thanks to Rebecca Long for being such a great "poker wife" to me.

Thanks to Bill Allen, Billy Frombach, Ed Lafollette, Rebecca Long, Julie Chambers and Sarah Ballou for dealing while they were playing. You all contributed greatly to the success of the day!

Thanks to the numerous players who agreed to deal once they were....ahem...how shall I say this diplomatically......."done playing cards for the day." ;-)

Thanks to all the players who generously brought food to share with everyone! Wow!! What a spread!! (No, seriously, it made me spread out even more....more Hippopepper!!)

And finally thanks to all of you who stayed to help clean up at the end of the night. Your help is REALLY appreciated!

I will most likely do another post here including some pictures and perhaps even some video at some point. But right now...all I want to do is try and recuperate for the next few days.

All my best to everyone and thanks for playing!

Ron