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Poker Pass

Swifty

Dismember
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Location
Minneapolis MN
I think I am finally ready to take the plunge and host my first pass. Ready or not, here goes.

The name of this pass will be the “Poker Pass”. I will have a total of 12 participants (excluding myself). There will be a separate bag in the pass labeled “Poker Pot”. In addition to the usual puts/takes each participant will put one additional cigar of a quality you would wish to receive if you won (please, no “yard gars” or “dog rockets”) into the “Poker Pot”. When the pass returns to me I will match the pot with an additional 10 cigars so the pot will have a total of 22 cigars. In the pass box will also be 12 sealed envelopes numbered 1-12 each containing a 5 card poker hand. Each participant will chose an envelope to keep as their “hand”. The hands will have been randomly dealt documented and put in the envelopes by me. At the conclusion of the pass I will announce the suite and rank of the remaining 2 cards of the deck which will act as “community” cards to be used by all participants to make a best of 5 out of 7 card hand. At that time I will also reveal the name of the participant holding the winning hand and ship them the “pot”.

All the general rules apply but I am posting some that I lifted from another pass just as a reminder and I happen to like these particular rules.

1. When you receive the pass, please do an inventory and make sure everything is there and numbered correctly. (I will put a hard copy and a floppy disk in the box for everyone to keep updated and I will also keep a current post of the pass inventory here)
2. Please inspect the box and packaging materials for proper cigar packing. Either post your concern or contact me directly.
3. Do not remove the cigars from their baggies unless they are part of your approved P&T’s.
4. Please post your proposed P&T’s in the forum prior to the pass arriving to you. If anyone has an issue with someone else's plays, please be polite about it and post your concerns in the forum.
5. P&T’s should be ISOM for ISOM, NC for NC, Premium for Premium and all should be value for value.
6. Please notify next person in line via a post in this thread prior to shipping to confirm they are ready.
7. Ship package via USPS and post the DC# in the forum.

As this is my first attempt at hosting a pass any comments/suggestions are very welcome.

As I said this will be a 12 person pass (13 including myself). I already have 8 confirmed participants as I sent invitations to the local Minnesotans and others who have invited/allowed me to participate in their passes in the past.

Sorry, I now have a full list of 12.

As of now the list of participants is as follows (in the official pass order)
Pass sent out 9/7/05

1. MonkeyK received 9/7/05, sent 9/9 DC#03051720000237685571,
2. grand cru no 2 Received 9/12, sent 9/13 DC# 0304 1560 0006 1031 2101
3. junkman_56 Received 9/14, sent 9/15
4. LC-Smoker Received 9/15, sent 9/16
5. cigardawg Received 9/15, sent 9/16, DC#03051720000014560329
6. mrjinglesusa Received 9/15, sent 9/16
7. golfgar Received 9/19, sent 9/20, DC#01038555749644011711
8. tpntp Received 9/23,sent 9/23, DC# 0304 3490 0000 3746 8623
9. Gonz Received 9/24, sent 9/26
10. sir-smokes-a-lot received 9/27,sent 9/30, DC# 0302 0980 0002 3357 3229
11. mhortsch Received 10/1, sent 10/3
12. davela received 10/3, sent 10/3
13. swiftyReceived 10/3




The cigar lineup is as follows:

1. A.F. Flor Fina 8-5-8 Maduro T: LC-Smoker
2. Sancho Panza Extra Fuerte Madrid
3. CAO Italia Piazza T: grand cru no 2
4. CAO Brazilia Samba T: MonkeyK
5. H. Upmann Vintage Cameroon Belicoso
6. La Unica Cameroon Torpedo #1 T: golfgar
7. Onyx Reserve Mini Belicoso T: Gonz
8. Gurkha Centurian XX
9. Montecristo Platinum Mini Belicoso Tube T: golfgar
10. Pryme Gold 400T
11. Camacho Liberty Amendment XII
12. CAO Palms
13. DC Maximus #1
14. DC Maximus #5 T: cigardawg
15. Aurora 100 Años Belicoso T: MonkeyK
16. Ashton VSG Spellbound T: cigardawg
17. Davidoff Aniversario #3 Tubo
18. Graycliff Espresso PG T: mrjinglesusa
19. OpusX Reserva D'Chateau T: tpntp
20. PAM Diplomatico
21. Padron 1926 #9 Natural
22. Padron 1926 #1 Maduro
23. A.F. Añejo #48 T: grand cru no 2
24. A.F. Añejo #50 T: mrjinglesusa
25. ERDM Choix Supreme 6/03 (ISOM)T: junkman_56
26. VR Famoso (ISOM)T: junkman_56
27. VR Don Alejandro (ISOM)T: golfgar
28. Montecristo #2 10/04 (ISOM) T: cigardawg
29. Ramon Allones Gigantes 5/04
30. Cohiba Esplendido 6/04 T: tpntp
31. AF Hemingway Work of Art P: MonkeyKT: junkman_56
32. Padron 1926 #9 Natural P: MonkeyK
33. Montecristo #4 11/03 P: MonkeyKT: Gonz
34. VSG Corona Gorda P: grand cru no 2T:LC-Smoker
35. Partagas 898 P: grand cru no 2
36. Bolivar Belicoso Fino (ISOM)P:junkman_56T: LC-Smoker
37. SLR Serie A 1/03 (ISOM)P:junkman_56T: LC-Smoker
38. PAM Exclusivo P: junkman_56
39. VR Unicos (ISOM) P: LC-Smoker T: golfgar
40. RyJ Belicoso (ISOM) P: LC-Smoker
41. Hemingway Sig. Maduro P: LC-SmokerT: tpntp
42. CAO Brazilia Samba P: LC-SmokerT: golfgar
43. Don Lino Africa Punda Milia P: LC-SmokerT: sir-smokes-a-lot
44. Padron 1964 Exclusivo Maduro P: cigardawg
45. AF Anejo #49 P: cigardawg
46. H Upmann No. 2 (JUL01) P: cigardawg
47. Padron 40th Anniversary Natural P: mrjinglesusa
48. Hemi Classic Maduro P: mrjinglesusaT: Gonz
49. La Aurora Sapphrire P: cigardawg
50. Greycliff Red Label PG
51. Carlos Torano Reserva Selecta Torpedo P: golfgar
52. Monte #2 ABR '04 P: golfgar
53. Gurkha Anniversario Perfecto P: golfgar
54. Hdm Double Corona 1998 P: golfgar
55. LFD Double Ligero Chisel Maduro P: golfgar T: tpntp
56. Cohiba Sublime P: tpntp
57. Fuente Anejo 46 P: tpntp T: Gonz
58. Fuente Opus X #2 P: tpntp
59. Fuente Opus Perf X P: tpntp
60. Onyx Reserve No. 4 P: Gonz T: sir-smokes-a-lot
61. RyJ Exhibicion No. 4 (May 05)(ISOM)P: Gonz
62. AF Don Carlos #2 P: Gonz
63. Ashton VSG Torpedo P: Gonz
64. La Gloria Cubana - roubsto P: sir-smokes-a-lot
65. CAO Brazilia - corona gorda [forget the name]P: sir-smokes-a-lot
66. CAO Maduro - Torpedo P: sir-smokes-a-lot

I will start contacting people to arrange pass order.



( Edited to account for my screw-up )
 
Looks good! I see a few in there I hope make it to me. :p Great idea for a "gimmick" too! Lookin' forward to this...
 
Thanks Swifty for letting me participate in this pass. :thumbs:
It looks to be a lot of fun.
 
I feel like a real shmuck. :( I thought I had heard back from everyone I sent invites to. Now I just got PMs from sir-smokes-a-lot and Gonz. I can't beleive I spaced these guys out. Would anyone be apposed to randomly adding 10 more cards to the deck so these guys could play? I'll PM everyone and go with the group conscience. Sorry for being such a dope. :blush:
 
Swifty said:
I feel like a real shmuck. :( I thought I had heard back from everyone I sent invites to. Now I just got PMs from sir-smokes-a-lot and Gonz. I can't beleive I spaced these guys out. Would anyone be apposed to randomly adding 10 more cards to the deck so these guys could play? I'll PM everyone and go with the group conscience. Sorry for being such a dope. :blush:
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The response from 8 out of 10 people ( 2 have yet to respond) seems to be that adding 10 more cards so sir-smokes-a-lot and Gonz can play won't be a problem. It may make for some weird poker hands, but that shouldn't be a big deal either. So I am going to go ahead and set up a pass order and get this thing rolling.
Sorry again for the screw-up and thanks for your patience.
 
Here is the tentative pass order:

1. mhortsch
2. MonkeyK
3. grand cru no 2
4. junkman_56
5. LC-Smoker
6. cigardawg
7. mrjinglesusa
8. golfgar
9. tpntp
10. Gonz
11. sir-smokes-a lot
12. davela
13. swifty


I talked to mhortsch today and he will be contacting MonkeyK to figure out which of them I will drop the pass off with or if we all get together or what. If anyone has any problems with the pass order let me know. Otherwise as soon as I hear back from mhortsch and/or MonkeyK I'll post the official order and have this moved to the "Passes In Progress" forum.
 
Swifty said:
Here is the tentative pass order:

1. mhortsch
2. MonkeyK
3. grand cru no 2
4. junkman_56
5. LC-Smoker
6. cigardawg
7. mrjinglesusa
8. golfgar
9. tpntp
10. Gonz
11. sir-smokes-a lot
12. davela
13. swifty


I talked to mhortsch today and he will be contacting MonkeyK to figure out which of them I will drop the pass off with or if we all get together or what. If anyone has any problems with the pass order let me know. Otherwise as soon as I hear back from mhortsch and/or MonkeyK I'll post the official order and have this moved to the "Passes In Progress" forum.
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Sweetness! I'm all for it either way. My new house is on Lake Phalen, so if the timing is right (decent weather and not a work night) and you guys want to herf, I'm up for that too.
 
Swifty - what a great idea for a pass. Sorry I missed this one but I'm sure all will have a blast with this..... :thumbs:

Best Regards, gents - B.B.S.
 
Sorry I missed it too...next time, if you want more people in the pass, only put two cards in each envelope and you could have up to 23 people (46 cards) if you wanted...that would leave 6 cards of which you deal 5 as community cards...just like in Texas Hold'em...each player gets two cards and then 5 community cards are dealt...pot goes to best hand made up of both or one of your hidden cards, and either 4 or 5 of the cards on the table...that would make it truly random...the only thing you'd have to watch for (and since you're doing the envelopes you can control it) is that the community cards don't beat everyone's hand as can happen in Hold'Em...dunno how you're gonna figure out 0 hand with 10 extra cards which are going to duplicate cards being held by the pass members....theoretically you could have two pass members with duplicate hands...
 
And "we're off!" the captain shouted as he shook his wooden leg. I Dropped the pass off at MonkeyK's house tonight.
Here is the official pass order:


1. MonkeyK
2. grand cru no 2
3. junkman_56
4. LC-Smoker
5. cigardawg
6. mrjinglesusa
7. golfgar
8. tpntp
9. Gonz
10. sir-smokes-a lot
11. mhortsch
12. davela
13. swifty

I will now ask Rod to move this to the Passes In Progress forum.
 
Sorry, I should have been more on the ball. The pass order changed up last night and I just got a chance to rest tonight.

Takes:
4. CAO Brazilia Samba
15. Aurora 100 Años Belicoso

Puts:
31. AF Hemingway Work of Art
32. Padron 1926 #9 Natural
33. Montecristo #4 11/03

Poker bag:
1. Oliva MB Robusto 2004


If I hear no problems tonight, this will head out to grand cru no 2 tomorrow.
 
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