January 23 2004

The Oregon Poker Tour was off to an incredible start to its first full season, and there is still much more poker to be played. This night, players gathered at the house of Co-Founder Tim Dugan for the chance to put themselves on the map. In an early game, five players gathered and put their $2.50 up for grabs. While the wait for the other players began, who would take this first prize pot of the night?

The Winner ($11.50):

Josh Cowan

Josh collected his first pot of the season, but the night was far from over.

It was still early, and only one other player had shown up, but six was better than five, so another game began.

The Winner ($14.00):

Ray Welch

*red indicates busted on same hand.

Ray came in and took his first prize pot of the year.

Finally all of the player gathered for the big game of the night. Joining the game was Co-founder Luke Shortridge, who was looking to capitalize on his win last event. However, Co-founder Dugan had been finishing second all night, and had won one game in each of the last three events. Jerry Pickering also made an appearance, looking to add his name to the OPT 2004 leader board. With a total of nine players, the winner was looking at a $21.50 prize for winning. Who would take the biggest pot of the night?

The Winner ($21.50):

Josh Cowan

Josh took his second first prize of the night, bolting him into second place on the OPT leader board.

By now, most of the players had left, but both founders and Josh wanted more action, so the three players divided the poker chips up and played a final game for the night.

The Winner ($6.50):

Co-founder Luke Shortridge