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Event Recap: Portland, March 2019
What a more fitting way to welcome Spring in Portland than having a lot of fresh new faces at the March game. From seasoned startup veterans just completing sales of their companies to founders just prepping for launch, the new stories they had to tell ran the gamut. Special thanks to CJ from VinoVoyage for [...]
Event Recap: Portland, May 2019
It's always a pleasure to have Mr. StartupHaven, Bob Crimmins, himself in the house. Turns out he knows a thing or two about and played his way to a second place finish at the Portland poker game. The top honors went to Patrick Ezell of Bridgetown AI. Special thanks to the folks at Cloudability who [...]
Event Recap: Portland, January 2019
We had a lot of new faces to start 2019 at the PDX startup poker event. Bart Bergquist showed off his amazing convertible travel bag, and the team from Cocacao joined us for the first time, makers of the most amazing three ingredient chocolates you've ever tasted. It looked like beginners luck was going to [...]
Event Recap: Portland, June 2019
Let's start this month by talking about Cloudability. For the last 18 months, they have been the greatest hosts a poker game could ask for. Congratulations to Mat and team on the successful acquisition. The positive impact this company has had on the Portland community cannot be overstated. It looked like Mat would continue his [...]
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2018 Poker 2.0 League Winners – Portland
The Portland chapter results for the 2018 Startup Poker 2.0 League Championship are in. Big congratulations to this year's SD member winner, Christa King, who finished with 20.6 points. It's worth noting that five of the top six players all played in 4 or more events and three of the top six played in 6 [...]
Event Recap: Portland, December 2018
Portland, OR was truly a winter wonderland for poker night. Unfortunately in the Pacific Northwest, that means downpours and whipping gusts of wind. That didn't stop our cavalier cohort of card sharks from getting together for the holiday edition of Startup Poker. With everyone in the giving mood, we had one of our biggest pots [...]
Event Recap: Portland, November 2018
As a warm up to gathering around the table with loved ones to be thankful, the Portland squad gathered around the poker table with fellow cutthroats and complained about their 2 - 7 off suit hand. In the end it was Alex Z. who took home the pot with his patented "bet big because I [...]
Event Recap: Portland, October 2018
The Halloween edition of Startup Poker was a monstrously good time! A group of almost twenty got together to talk cards and startups. Special thanks to Cliff DeGroot from Davis Wright Tremaine for sharing some truly spooky stories about double trigger vesting and acquisitions. At the end of the day former chapter director Brandon Cannady took home [...]
Event Recap: Portland, September 2018
The Fall season got off to a great start down at Cloudability. The night started right, with some delicious tamales that were remarkably hard to unwrap. The action was hot, and that pot waiting for the winners at the final table was huge. Portland Startup Poker's Fall season is proving to be the best one [...]