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All-Around BAAP Points Database

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0700

Steve Daniel has put together a points database for all the years that BAAP points have been tracked. I believe the spreadsheet includes all *ARG* results going back to 2003. On the Lists tab you can generate reports of total points/cashes/money won, which can be filtered by year and/or game type. You can also generate reports of total finishes for any paying place (i.e., 1st, 8th, 17th, etc.) (also filterable by year and/or game type).

Code of Conduct

Mon, 25 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0800

At this time, there is no formal Code of Conduct, but at a minimum it is expected that all who participate in our tournaments and other activities will observe the rules of our host poker room, be respectful of all poker staff and players, and not be openly critical of other players. Abuse of staff or other players will NOT be tolerated. Bad beats happen. Players get lucky. Dominated hands lose. Deal with it. Our goal is to create a pleasant experience for all participants.

BARGE Trivia book

Tue, 16 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0700

Chris Mecklin put together a comprehensive BARGE Trivia book available here as a PDF. It has not been updated in a few years, but it has an amazing amount of detail. —ts4z

Virgin Queen History

Thu, 11 Jul 2002 23:18:57 +0000

For your first BARGE, you’re a Virgin. Traditionally, there’s a “virgin queen” nominated from the virgins, typically the first one who posts to the mailing list in a given batch.

Here’s some more context.

The Beginning of the Virgin Tradition

From: eae...@aol.comhatespam (ADV Beth)
Newsgroups: rec.gambling.poker
Date: 11 Jul 2002 23:18:57 GMT
Subject: A Brief History of the BARGE Virgins

[posted & emailed to the BARGE mailing list]

I started playing poker in 1998 and discovered RGP shortly thereafter. Since it was summer, RGP was filled with threads regarding BARGE. I felt like such a newbie that I didn’t feel comfortable taking a spontaneous trip to Vegas to join the group, but I read the threads with interest.

By the next year, I had already gone to my first RGP event (ESCARGOT ‘99) and was eager to attend my first BARGE.

BAAP Points Table

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Per Stephen “Crunch” Daniel, the creator of the BAAP (BARGE All-Around Player) calculation, otherwise known as PeterPoints (and previously known as “Crunchy” Points):

There is a lot of interest by a few people in being able to know where they have to finish in the final few event of an ARGE event and/or a specific tournament to win either the event or the over all BAAP top spot. The attached spreadsheet show how many points will be won for finishing in Nth place in a tournament with M players. The table can be adjusted for number of people qualifying for points by cashing, saves and deals included. You can change both the % paid and the extra beyond the percent.

BARGE Chips

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BARGE Memorabilia

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BARGE Rulebook

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If you got here anyway, perhaps you would like the the PDF rulebook instead?

BARGE Rulebook (as PDF)

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This page exists to make the PDF-style rulebook accessible on the resources page.

BARGE Rulebook Archive

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The current rulebook is here:

Current Rulebook as Web Page
Current Rulebook as PDF Note that this has to be manually updated, so this may be slightly out of date.

The current rulebook is maintained via the scripts and source here:

https://github.com/ts4z/barge-rulebook/

We also have a collection of the old rulebooks here:

https://secure.barge.org/bargerulebooks/

Before we had a PDF rulebook, we had a website that was a source for the book. The Internet Archive remembers.

BARGE Welcoming Committee

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The BARGE Welcoming Committee is a informal group of BARGErs who help first-time attendees (read: Virgins) get acclimated, meet people and just generally have a great time! They can be identified by some sort of special thingy on their name badges - but most likely, they’ll find you if you don’t find them!

Here are some articles written by members of the BARGE Welcoming Committee:

More resources may be available at this tag.

BARGE, Inc.

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BARGE/EMBARGO Tournament Payout Structures

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Glossary

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Common slang among BARGErs.

In Memoriam

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