Okay, here is the line-up as it now stands. Please feel free to offer another suggestion or two though, as we still have another 21 hours of character time to play out until the tournament starts so one or two of those listed might become 'unavailable' during that time.
Cornelius Van Horne Invitational Poker Tournament, Lucky Lady Dance Hall and Saloon, Promise City, Arizona Territory, Saturday & Sunday June 17 & 18, 1882
Entry Fee: $3,000 per participant. Prize Purses are $ 30,000 for 1st Place, $ 15,000 for 2nd Place and $ 5,000 for 3rd Place.
Format: The game will start with five tables, with consolidations during scheduled breaks as appropriate. Saturday play from 12:00 Noon until 2:30 AM in three four-and-a-half hour blocks with two scheduled half-hour breaks at approximately 4:30 to 5:00 PM and 9:30 to 10:00 PM. Play will resume at 12:00 Noon on Sunday until completed with no more than two half-hour breaks called at the dealer’s discretion.
Participants:
1. Evan Adair – Promise City owner of the Palace Saloon and candidate for Town Council. (fictitious character from the TSR Boot Hill module “Ballots and Bullets” by David James Ritchie).
2. Helen Barker – Promise City Deputy Marshall and owner of the town’s Photographic Studio (fictitious character from the TSR Boot Hill module “Ballots and Bullets” by David James Ritchie).
3. Edward Julius Berwind – Pennsylvania Coal Tycoon (1848 - 1936). Known for construction of the Newport, R.I. mansion known as “The Elms”.
4. Conrad Booth – Promise City gambler at the Long Branch Saloon and illegitimate son of famed actor Edwin Booth. (fictitious character from the TSR Boot Hill module “Ballots and Bullets” by David James Ritchie).
5. Edwin Booth – World renowned actor (1833 – 1893). Also known for being the brother of Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth.
6. Twitchy Brooklyn – Gambler (fictitious character from the 1994 movie “Maverick”, played by actor Dan Hedeya).
7. Joe Cartwright – Rancher (fictitious character from the 1963-1973 series “Bonanza”, played by actor Michael Landon).
8. ‘Silver’ Jake Cook – Promise City gambler and co-owner of the Lucky Lady Dance Hall and Saloon and co-owner of the Fisk Mountain Silver Mine. (fictitious Playing Character played by Baradtgnome).
9. Lottie ‘The Poker Queen’ Deno – Gambler who in 1882 resided in the nearby town of Deming, New Mexico (1844 – 1934). Traveled with her husband Frank Thurmond.
10. Commodore James Duvall – Gambler and owner of the Mississippi riverboat Lauren Belle (fictitious character from the 1994 movie “Maverick”, played by actor James Coburn).
11. Moria Stone Enion – Promise city wife of house painter Patrick Enion and daughter of an English con artisit (fictitious character from the TSR Boot Hill module “Ballots and Bullets” by David James Ritchie).
12. Hamilton Fisk – Gambler, Attorney, Mine Owner and Mayoral Candidate (fictitious character from the TSR Boot Hill module “Ballots and Bullets” by David James Ritchie).
13. Jim Franklin – Gambler (fictitious character from the WotC game supplement “D20 Past” by James Wyatt & Gwendolyn F. M. Kestrel).
14. John Wesley Hardin – Gunslinger (1853 – 1895). Considered the deadliest killer in the history of the Wild West.
15. Brady Hawkes – Gambler (fictitious character from the 1980’s series of ‘The Gambler” TV movies played by singer Kenny Rogers).
16. ‘Poker’ Alice Ivers – Gambler (1851 – 1930).
17. Burton Lumley - Promise City owner of the Gay Lady Dance Hall and Saloon and candidate for Town Council. (fictitious character from the TSR Boot Hill module “Ballots and Bullets” by David James Ritchie).
18. Torvald MacNaulty – Dwarven prospector from Promise City and co-owner of the Fisk Mountain Mine (fictitious NPC from the ongoing Wild West campaign where this poker tournament is set).
19. Bat Masterson – Lawman and Gambler (1853 - 1921).
20. Brett Maverick – Gambler (fictitious character played by James Gardner in 1957-1962 television series “Maverick” and by Mel Gibson in the 1994 movie “Maverick”).
21. Forrest Morand – Rancher (fictitious character from the TSR Boot Hill module “Ballots and Bullets” by David James Ritchie).
22. Victor Muratz – Gambler (fictitious character from the WotC game supplement “D20 Past” by James Wyatt & Gwendolyn F. M. Kestrel).
23. Theodore Roosevelt – New York Assemblyman (1858 - 1919) Best known for being the 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909.
24. Anson Peacely-Killen Safford – Arizona Territorial Governor (1830 – 1891). Served as the Arizona Territorial Governor from 1869 to 1877.
25. Luke Short – Gambler and gunslinger (1854 - 1893).
26. Jefferson ‘Soapy’ Smith – Gambler (1860- 1898) Worked primarily out of Leadville, Colorado, the Silver Capital of the old west.
27. Wendall Spaudling - Promise City gambler at the Long Branch Saloon (fictitious NPC from the ongoing Wild West campaign where this poker tournament is set).
28. Willy Spinner – Gambler (fictitious character from the WotC game supplement “D20 Past” by James Wyatt & Gwendolyn F. M. Kestrel).
29. Ben Thompson – Gunslinger, gambler and lawman (1851 - 1884). Often traveled with his hothead brother Billy.
30. Ned Walters – Promise City prospector (fictitious character from the TSR Boot Hill module “Ballots and Bullets” by
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