RPC Historic Stats

One cool thing about the way the RPC is setup are the stats. We’ve got every scribble documented. Well we finally put all those scribbles together on one page. As you can see we’ve gone through every yearly score sheet and reformatted with the color coded winners and bubble breakers. This will make it easier to pull out different stats like how many times Scotty V took first place or who broke the bubble the most. We’re all making history together and this is the proof.

2017 was the inaugural year and we played our first game in March. We don’t have any pictures of that game and to tell you the truth we don’t know where it was played. To make up for a few lost games this year we played an extra game and added another one in December. Scott was our very first Champion. He placed 6 times! This is when the core was formed.

In 2018 we were in full swing. As you can see, we had many more players than in the first year. This was Josh’s year to take the trophy home. He also finished in the circle 5 times! We also had our biggest year-end double points game this year.

2019 was another great year. Players came and gone but the core remained. This was Lori’s first year to claim the trophy. She did it with only 1 win and 2 second place finishes. She didn’t miss a game and played consistently. This was another close finish. Anything could have happened at that double points game.

2020 was the covid year! As you can see we succumbed to the scary virus for 3 months. In June we said fuck it, lets play some cards! This was the closest finish we’ve ever had with Lori claiming the trophy 2 years in a row!

Now we arrive in 2021 when we had our biggest opening game at 20 players. This was Tony’s year to shine. With only 1 win, 3 seconds and 2 third place finishes he even missed a game and still fought to the end to claim the title.

2022 was the year Clyde was on a mission to get the trophy. He said he would and he did. With 3 first place wins, 1 second and 1 third he even missed a game and still ran away with it. He’s one of our best players and a great friend who’s 2 dollar bills are always good.

The year Scott doubled up his championships to claim two spots on the trophy and join Lori in this prestigious honor. He finished in the winners circle 6 times with 4 of those in 1st place! He even missed a game. If he hadn’t have been successful then we would have possibly had our first 3 time champ.

Here we are in 2024 when it was Bobby’s year. Bobby had to work for it though. As you can see he only placed 2 times but broke the bubble 4 times. He didn’t miss any games though and played very consistently. No low scores! Look how far back the other players are! This is also the year that our biggest game was played with 21 players at Nates multi-level poker pad.

What’s gonna happen in 2025? Will we have a triple crown RPC Champ? Or maybe another returning champ claiming their 2nd title? Or will another great RPC member be successful with their play and get their first championship? Anything can happen! We’ve learned that.

Here’s a look at 25 and who’s alive.

February Game at Andrews

The RPC met at one of our newer members and favorite players Andrew’s place. It was a modest size game with 16 players. Andrew’s wife Bridget, was a gracious host and made some amazing chicken soup and sourdough bread for us all to refuel on at the first break. Multiple hosts are what the RPC is all about and Andrew and Bridget’s place was a great example of the fun we have.

The coolest hand of the night might have to be this one. A straight flush by Tony Hord. If a hand like this won’t build momentum, I don’t know what will.

Here’s a glimpse of the final table. This is when hopes are high for every player. Anything can happen and usually does. However, this might be a good time to Thank Tom for breaking the bubble.

And here you have it, the winners circle! We wrapped it up just before midnight with 3 money filled envelopes. Sometimes you can’t catch Don. When he’s hot you’d better adjust your game. Congrats Don, on the win! Number 2 wend to Tony Hord. He could have probably done better but he was so happy with 2nd that he went all in on a queen five. Rich brings in 3rd place in style. As long as you’re in the circle, you’re cool.

Here are the latest standings for the club. We had some movement for sure! Tom played well enough to keep the lead. Tony played well enough to move up to 2nd place. Nate mustered up enough points to occupy 3rd.

We’re playing at Natron’s next month so get ready for the big one! Nate don’t mess around. If you love playing with the Redding Poker Club then give us a review. It’s just for fun. We don’t really care. We love our members though.

January 2025 Opening Game

The Ice has been broken! The green flag is out, the gates have opened, and the pack is off! It’s only the first game, but if you look at last year’s stats, you’ll see a pattern. Stat’s are just that though, anything can happen! The first game is very cool though. Everyone is even at the beginning but after a long night of serious card playing, it’s a race! Some are looking good and others have a deficit to make up. Either way it’s poker with the RPC and that’s just alright in anyone’s book.

So let’s talk about the game! We only had 16 players which is an almost all-time low for the first game of the year. That’s how the cookie crumbles sometimes though. We had players who were out doing other things and couldn’t make it. Life happens. We had 2 tables going with lots of great friends so it doesn’t get any better than that. Tim was the first one out and with that goes the honor of being the first out in 2025. Sorry, Tim, you’ll have to break out the nitrous at the next game. Josh wasn’t too far behind, unfortunately. He had a straight to the queen but ol Tony had one to the king. Well you get the idea, you can see the stats above.

Let’s just get to the final table. Below you can see the Nine that made it. Everyone here was playing strong with plans to take it down. Is that a Motley Crue or what?

Wendy was the first out and then most of the other players went out in a big way until there were 4. The final four and somebody’s gonna do it. Somebody’s gonna play all night long and walk away with nothing. That’s our man Tony. Bubble breakin Tony they call him. Now we’re down to the money.

Forrest was short-stacked and claimed 3rd place.

Tom asked Veronica if she’d like to split and she flat-out said no way.

Who would blame her? She’s in it to win it just like any other RPC member. You have to hand it to her. She’s got guts. She let it all ride 4 hands in a row and accepted her fate of 2nd place.

Tom who played furious acted like a gentleman when he took the win.

We’d like to thank Doug for hosting and a big welcome back to the table. We missed you bro.

A big thanks to Scott for dealing to the end.

And to Natron for always keeping it real. Always bringing a smile to anyone.

Most of all we’d like to thank our newest members. Scott, Doug, Tony, Wendy, Natron, Bobby, Lori, Veronica, Forrest, Tom and Josh bit the bullet and signed their names. New members will always see their names in bold on the monthly score sheet. They have the power of a vote, will wear the 2025 T-Shirt and are in for the big grand prize at the end of the year and the coveted RPC Trophy.

Speaking of the cash and the trophy, we voted in a pay raise for the champ! We’re now pulling 15% each month to make up a worthy prize for the 2025 champion. So far the pot is $160. Do the math. At this rate, the 1st place purse is almost $1000. Good job members for making the club that much more exciting!

Next month we’re playing wherever Andrew decides to host us. Surprise, surprise, surprise.

Until next month.

If there weren’t luck involved, I’d win every time!

Phil Hellmuth

2024 Year End Double Points Championship Game

The RPC closes out 2024 at the magnificent man cave at Scott and Sue Voorhee’s home.

Final 3

We played all nigh long and it came down to these three. Andrew, Veronica and Clyde. Tony was kind enough to break the bubble and Josh deals the cards. Looks like Andrew might have this all sewed up.

She might kill me for this one.

Veronica contemplates going all in. It’s late and she’ll be happy with 2nd place if it doesn’t work out.

The stack-master

Andrew is up for an all-in. Bring it on Veronica!

December RPC Champs

Andrew won it! Good job Andrew! And Veronica just wanted to go home. That strategy seems to be working for her. Clyde it’s great to have you at the table. Congrats on getting to the money!

Veronica’s never sad after a win.

Yea, 2nd place isn’t bad at all. Nice playing V!

Scott says a few words.

Now lets get down to the best players of 2024. Scott says a few heart felt words to his nemesis and comrade, Bobby Thompson as Josh listens.

Bobby accepts

We do something at the RPC every year that’s a right of passage and milestone. We hand off the trophy. 2 of RPC’s best players passing the torch.

23 and 24 champs

It’s the Champions Hand-off. It’s been done 7 times so far. Scott has had the honor of handing off the trophy twice now. Lori is the other RPC member with that honor.

RPC’s best of 24

So here you have it folks. The best players of 2024.

Bobby Thompson – He’s been picking up momentum for the past few years and like a lot of RPC members, he’s been getting better and better. 2024 was his year. He always plays quiet and confident and most importantly he’s still there. It’s interesting to note that Bobby only placed 2 times in the whole year. They were both 1st place finishes though. He was also the bubble breaker 4 times. The key here is consistency. He always played a good game and waited for his time to make his move. Nice work Mr. Thompson!

Josh Eastman – 2018 Points Champ and runner up in 2023 and 2024. He had a shot at 1st this year but didn’t quite make it. His only first place was in June. Consistency!

Andrew Jacobsen – 1st place winner of the December game. He’s placed 4 times this year and broke the bubble once. Andrew is serious about getting his name on the trophy next year.


Check out this cool video Veronica got! Scott is passionate about this game and this club.

Here’s what our year looked like. And yes, Bobby has been telling us all year that he’s number 1.


The potato soup was perfect.

Did somebody say Potato soup? It was warm and tasty. Just what we needed after the first round. Thank you Sue for taking care of us!

Our Amazing hosts, Scott and Sue
Rich and Lori
Nate and Tom
What’s up with these guys?

Again, lets congratulate these RPC Players! They played better than all of the rest of us and they deserve to be standing there. The New Year is coming though! We all start over in January and it can be anyone’s game! If we vote to pull 20% we’ll really have something worth playing for.

Thank you RPC members for another great year of fun, competition, love and comradery!

See you all next year!

May Game Wrap-Up

The May game of 2021 is now in the books. Hosted by the Hord’s we had a cozy little 1 table game with 11 people. Smoked Buffalo wings at the break and lots of good conversation.

Although Chris did good at the first game he couldn’t hang on for more than being the first one out. Hey somebody’s gotta do it. Then came our good man Don, he was second out. Mind you this is hours after we started. Just because someone is first or second out doesn’t mean they didn’t play a good competitive game. Don was chipping up well but obviously lost it all going all in with someone else. Speaking of which, Forrest chipped up big time but then lost it all in a couple of big hands. The second one was brutal! Forrest had a King high flush but then Jody flipped over the ace. That was it for Forrest! 3rd out. Phil was playing hard to protect his position but left the game at 4th out. It was about this time that people were dropping like flies about two at a time and before we knew it we were down to 4 and nobody wants to be the bubble breaker. Congratulations Jody! Someone had to do it. Now, much to our disbelief the two hosts of the night were sitting at the table with Lori who was not sitting on a very big pile of chips. One hand later Wendy gobbled up those chips. Now it’s just Tony & Wendy. Heads up! It only took one hand. Tony had pocket 3’s and Wendy of course had pocket Queens. That gave Wendy her first win! She’s placed before but not like this. Congratulations Wendy! Stan was the only other host who won the game they hosted. In this case both hosts won! That’s a rarity! The Hord’s (most of them) are not complaining!

Yes, it was another successful game of the RPC. Going 5 years strong now!

The next game does not have a host yet. We lost some of our good hosts over the years. Who wants to do it for June?

“Poker is a skill game pretending to be a chance game.” ~ James Altucher.

April game wrap-up

RPC had a great game at Veronicas last night. We started with 14 players at 2 tables and played 20 minute blinds with 2 friendly’s to get us done by 11:30. Veronica was an awesome host as usual. Great food and too many cup cakes!

You could tell that everyone was playing their best game. It was over 2 hours when the first player finally dropped and it was a player with some points. That is always encouraging to players trying to catch up in points. By the time we got down to 4 players it was around 11pm. Wendy was the bubble breaker. She tried hard and played a solid game. Phil, who hasn’t played since January came back with a vengeance and took 1st place. Josh finished strong in 2nd and Forrest took home a nice purse for 3rd place.

The grand total in the pot so far for the 2021 champ is $390. The next game is at Tony & Wendy’s on May 22nd.

Here are your 2021 RPC points leaders.

“Life, like poker, has an element of risk. It shouldn’t be avoided. It should be faced.” ~ Edward Norton.

March Game at Stans

We had another great game in March at Stans home. We just barely had enough players to make 2 tables but we did it. Everyone played well and somewhat conservative. I think it was 10:30 before the first player went out. Sorry Lori. 🙂

As you can see we have a whole new leader board after last night. Things can change a lot in the beginning of the year. Nate pulled it out last night and took 1st place! I think we can all agree that he was due. That gave him just enough to tie Josh for the lead in points. Josh didn’t place last night but did acquire enough points to hold onto first with Nate! Veronica played her usual consistent game and although didn’t place last night she’s holding 2nd place in points all to herself. Forrest finished strong last night with 2nd place and ended up with enough points to share 3rd in points with Rich who only needed 2 games to have enough points to not only take home some money last night but land on the leader board with Forrest. Congratulations to these players and everyone else who is fighting and clawing to make the cut.

Thank you Stan for opening up your home to the RPC. Much appreciated!

The next game is at Tony and Wendy’s! Polish up your skills, read your books, watch those videos or even pay for some training but what ever you do, don’t miss the next RPC game!

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October Game

Don’t you hate it when a new guy takes first place? Lol, not really. It couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy. Welcome to the club Jim!

It was a great game at the Hord house on Saturday night. These are your top players right here. Jim took first. Jody took 2nd. Josh took 3rd. Congratulations to these guys for sure! Take a look at the Stats to see where everyone stands.

Who was the bubble breaker? It’s a bitter sweet title. You get some points but no cash. Congratulations Nate! Someone had to take one for the team.

The next game is down at Nates on the 21st. It’s always a good time at Nates!

The website is back up and running! Everyone has a login now but it’s really not needed yet. The schedule page is the only one that requires a password to see. It’s the same password as we all had before. If you need it then shoot Tony a text. More to come! Http://www.reddingpokerclub.com

Rock on Players!