Arnold Thimons Poker
Poker After Dark is an hour-long poker television program that originally aired on NBC, premiering on January 1, 2007. The series was canceled on December 3, 2011, following the 'Black Friday' criminal case, which involved major sponsor Full Tilt Poker as one of the defendants. Six poker pro's Johnny Chan, Jennifer Tilly, Arnold Thimons, Mike Matusow, Phil Laak, & Daniel Negreanu compete in a no-limit Texas hold'em winner-take-all game for $120,000.
- Arnold Thimons, winner of Poker After Dark's Dream Table III contest has already won - he got to see Leeann Tweeden up close in that outfit. (Also, Jennifer Tilly.).
- I've been watching Poker After Dark this week. Some guy named Arnold Thimons on Full Tilt won the right to play a table full of the pros of his choice on the show. It's easy in such circumstances to play armchair quarterback, and I think there were lots of choices I would have made differently in Thimons' shoes.
We've had a great two weeks (and one day) in Las Vegas, but now it's back to LA, and back to business for Dana, who returns to defend... Arnold Thimons Poker Tournament
There will be a 'Dream Match III' as 44 year-old amateur Arnold Thimons from Greensburg, PA has chosen Phil Laak, Jennifer Tilly, Mike Matusow, Johnny Chan, and Daniel Negreanu as the players he wants to compete against for the $120,000 first place prize.
Arnold Thimons Poker Tournaments
| Dana Sause orig. Wallingford, CT logistics manager $17,610 | Beth Crosland Tulsa, OK caregiver | Fred Beukema Minneapolis structural engineer |
Dana starts the game with $200 Before & After. Fred ends up finding the Daily Double under $600 Tasmania Mania. He doubles the level on this: it's the ocean to the east of Tasmania. 'What is the Pacific?' Correct for $5000 even! He builds on that to end the round with $6800 to Beth's $4400. The champ is on $400 and gets first go in Double Jeopardy!...
... with $400 All the President's Children, where Beth finds the first Daily Double under $1200. She bets $2000 on this: her father's only daughter, she was called on to christen a new battleship, the USS Missouri. Beth blanks on Margaret Truman, leaving her with $6400. Fred finds the other under $800 Health & Fitness. Working to preserve his lead, he bets $1000 on this: on the BMI, this index, 25.0 to 29.9 is overweight; 30.0 or above is obese. 'What is the Body Mass Index?' Correct for $19,800, where he ends the round. With Beth on $6400 and Dana on $6800, the game is Fred's to lose.
Final Jeopardy! in 'Authors': in 1865 he wrote the line 'You're nothing but a pack of cards!' Correct response: who was Lewis Carroll?
Fred gets it right to win $21,800. Dana leaves with $18,610.