BARGE 2025 Event Schedule

[Rich Bremer]

BARGE 2025 will take place at the Orleans Hotel & Casino from July 28 through August 2.  The event schedule for BARGE 2025 can be found at https://www.barge.org/barge/2025/schedule/ and is also set forth below.

Registration for BARGE 2025 will be opening in a few days, and hotel rates and booking information will also be circulated in the next few days.

A few notes:

• Although we have run the event schedule by the Orleans, it is subject to change.
• The listed tournament fees/buy-ins are tentative as they have yet to be confirmed, but they should be generally accurate.
  
• The Thursday casino tournaments are not confirmed.  The Blackjack tournament will go forward as either a formal or informal event, but if the other two casino tournaments do not proceed, we will move the start time of the PLO tournament to noon and add a second chance event at 4 pm.

Hope to see you there!

Rich

on behalf of the Organizers

BARGE 2025 Schedule

Monday July 28

4:00 pm

Board of Directors Meeting via Zoom

6:00 pm

Mixed Big O Memorial Charity Tournament (with rebuys) ($140; $60 rebuys)

• In memory of Bob Ogus, Tom Sims, and Rick Charles
• Played pot limit during the rebuy period and limit thereafter (all played 8 or better high/low split)
• Unlimited $60 rebuys during first hour (must be below starting stack); all players may add-on for $60 at first break
• all rebuy/add-on proceeds to be donated to winner’s choice of the Orlando Dog Training Club Inc. (Bob Ogus’s preferred charity), the American Cancer Society, the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education, Team Rubicon, Habitat for Humanity, Dogs On Deployment, and World Central Kitchen, and possible additional charities
• Deron Brod has offered to have BARGE's donation matched through his employer!
• featuring table shuffle reseating (seating at each table is redrawn at each break; button is awarded to player who last paid the big blind)
  

Tuesday July 29

11:00 am

Abridged History of Poker ($100; reentry permitted)

• Levels alternate between California Lowball and 5 Card Draw (guts to open)
  
• Switch to No Limit 2-7 at final table or predetermined point in structure
• featuring table shuffle reseating (seating at each table is redrawn at each break; button is awarded to player who last paid the big blind)
  

5:00 pm

TORSE ($140; reentry permitted)

• HORSE with 2-7 Triple Draw instead of Hold’em
• featuring table shuffle reseating (seating at each table is redrawn at each break; button is awarded to player who last paid the big blind)

Wednesday July 30

11:00 am

Champions Bounty No Limit Hold’em with 2-7 Game ($140; reentry permitted) 

• This event is modeled after both two recent/current WSOP events – the Champions Reunion and Hall of Fame Bounty events
• Former BARGE main event champions each have a bounty
• The amount of the bounty is $100 plus the last two digits of the year(s) that they won
• For example, Tim Showalter would have a $124 bounty ($100+’24), Lee Jones would have a $198 bounty ($100+’98), and Rich Bremer would have a $134 bounty ($100+’11+’23)
• Even though it was an online free event, Russ Fox gets credit for his 2020 main event win* so his bounty would be $121 ($100+’01+’20)
• Bounties are funded from the prize pool
• Bounties apply to all reentries should a champion bust and reenter
• featuring:
• 2-7 Game – players winning with 2-7 collect a big and small blind from each player dealt in the hand
• ultra-flat payout structure – 30% of field paid
• table shuffle reseating (seating at each table is redrawn at each break; button is awarded to player who last paid the big blind)
• Next year:  Savage Average NLHE!

3:00 pm

Bidirectional Chowaha High/Low (second chance event) ($100; reentry permitted)

• after the flop betting, button rolls die to determine whether turn and river are dealt to the right of flops or underneath flops 
• 4 card Chowaha played eight or better
  
• featuring table shuffle reseating (seating at each table is redrawn at each break; button is awarded to player who last paid the big blind)

8:00 pm

Team CHORSE ($440+??/team)

• this is a six person team event where each team member plays one CHORSE game (HORSE + Crazy Pineapple 8 or better)

Thursday July 31

10:00 am

Blackjack ($50)

• We will run a blackjack event in this time slot whether the Orleans can run a formal event or whether we run an informal event

Version A (Orleans runs three casino events)

11:30 am 

Video Poker ($50)

1:00 pm 

Third ToGa Casino Game TBD ($50)

2:30 pm

Pot Limit Omaha (with lammers) ($140; reentry permitted)

• Players start with 10,000 in chips and receive 2 lammers worth 5,000 in chips each
• Next year:  Funbook Pot Limit Omaha!

Version B (Orleans does not run three casino events)

12:00 pm

Pot Limit Omaha (with lammers) ($140; reentry permitted)

• Players start with 10,000 in chips and receive 2 lammers worth 5,000 in chips each
• Next year:  Funbook Pot Limit Omaha!

4:00 pm

TBD (second chance event) ($100; reentry permitted)

8:00 pm

Mini-Reindeer Games

• Somewhat expanded roster of cash games
• Game selection through registration

11:59 pm

(see below)

Friday August 1

12:00 am

Midnight Madness No Limit Hold’em (second chance event) ($100+??; no reentry)

• This event will mirror the FARGO event Midnight Madness event
• Uses cash game chips
• Tournament runs without breaks for 2.5 hours or until all agree to end it; players keep the chips they have in front of them when the tournament ends

10:30 am

TOC-Style ($160; no reentry)

• mix of limit Hold’em, Omaha/8 or better, Stud High before switching to no limit Hold’em with 1-2 tables remaining
• 6:00 pm dinner break; 8:00 pm restart

6:00 pm

BARGE Annual Dinner (cover charge TBD)

• Prime Rib Loft at the Orleans

8:15 pm

Whammy CAR (second chance event) ($100; reentry permitted)

• Limit, three game mix of Courchevel high (modified), Action Razz, Rio Bravo
  
• Courchevel – modified so that players are dealt three cards preflop and a flop window card is dealt; players receive their fourth card after the river; must use two from hand and three from board
• Action Razz – standard rules
• Rio Bravo – hold’em with a third down card dealt after the river
• 5 betting rounds in each game
• Deck includes one joker
• In any game if the joker is in your hole cards, you cannot win at showdown, but if you win the pot without a showdown you win a big bet from everyone dealt in
• In Courchevel and Rio Bravo, if the whammy appears on the board, the board is killed and replaced
• In Action Razz, if the whammy appears on a player’s board, the player’s board is killed and replaced
• featuring table shuffle reseating (seating at each table is redrawn at each break; button is awarded to player who last paid the big blind)

Saturday August 2

10:30 am

No Limit Hold’em Main Event ($180; no reentry)

• 5:30 pm dinner break; 7:30 pm restart

11:00 am

Significant Others' Mixed Hold'em ($40; no reentry)

12:00 pm

Group Picture

8:00 pm

Reindeer Games

• Expanded roster of cash games
• Game selection through registration