Maricopan Poker Tournament

Trophy given out at C-3PO sponsored events, such as this one.

The Maricopan Poker Tournament is an annual poker tournament created by citizen Munditenens Tresplet as a way to increase the provincial activity in what was the slightly inactive province of Maricopa in late July of 2012. The Tournament kicks off the annual poker season sponsored by the Colossal Provincial Poker Playing Organisation (C-3PO for short).

First Annual Maricopan Poker Tournament Results

This tournament was held on August 11th, 2012 on BluffAve.com. The First Place Prizes included bragging rights, a "gold" trophy of C-3PO representing the hosting organisation, and a the right to throw a pecan pie in the face of Maricopa's Cunstaval, Baron Hooligan. The Second Place prize was a picture of the First Place trophy, which was just out of their reach. (Six people signed up; only 3 showed up.)

Results

Position	Player	Province	Last Hand
1	Vitxalmour Conductour		5♦, J♠
2	Munditenens (Dien) Tresplet		6♦, Q♣
3	Martì Prevuost		5♥, 7♦

Second Annual Maricopan Poker Tournament Results

The tournament of 2012 began with an exhibition game, mainly used as a test game and called such, open to any player who is signed up and wishes to go a few hands. The winner was Martì Prevuost, beating out Dien Tresplet with pocket aces.

Position	Player	Province
1	Martì Prevuost
2	Munditenens (Dien) Tresplet

Aftermath

Since the Tournament's inception, Maricopa has seen a largely unexpected increase in provincial activity, with the Maricopan Cabana (the legislative body) meeting for the first time in three Cosas.

Third Annual Maricopan Poker Tournament Results

The Third Annual Maricopan Poker Tournament took part 23 August, 2013.Only two citizens showed up to play.

Results

Position	Player	Province	Last Hand
1	Alèxandreu Soleighlfred		? ?
2	Munditenens (Dien) Tresplet		? ?

Fourth Annual Maricopan Poker Tournament

The Third Annual Maricopan Poker Tournament took part 31 July, 2022, nine years after the Second Annual Tournament. Three citizens showed up to play. The Tournament was sponsored by Maricopan citizens but it was the first edition where there were no players from that Province in the tournament.

Results

Position	Player	Province	Last Hand
1	Bråneu Excelsio		8♦ , 5♠
2	Glüc da Dhi		J♥ , 2♦
3	Alexandreu Davinescu		6♣ , 6♠

A summary of the game is available on the website.

Fifth Annual Maricopan Poker Tournament

The Fifth Annual Maricopan Tournament took part in August 27, 2023. Two citizens showed up to play. 50 hands were dealt. A noticeable remark of the tournamente is that citizen Glüc da Dhi won 3 all-ins in a row, in hands #42, #43 and #44.

Results

Position	Player	Province	Last Hand
1	Bråneu Excelsio		9♠ , 9♦
2	Glüc da Dhi		Q♦ , 3♠

A summay of the game is available on the website.

Sixth Maricopan Poker Tournament

The Sixth Annual maricopan Tournament was played in August 4, 2024. The three players were Glüc da Dhi, Munditenens Tresplet and Bråneu Excelsio. This was the come back from Munditenens, as he was a player in the first three tournaments. Defending champion Excelsio won the third year in a row. There were 56 hands dealt, citizen da Dhi lasted 28 hands which lasted the first 25 minutes of the game. The heads-up lasted 7 minutes and was 28 hands long as well.

Position	Player	Province	Last Hand
1	Bråneu Excelsio.		J♣, A♠
2	Munditenens Tresplet		8♦, 8♠.
3	Glüc da Dhi		A♥, A♠.