The RecPoker NLHE Championship Series is a yearly series of No-limit Hold’em tournaments played on the first Wednesday of each month.
- The winner of each Monthly NLHE tournament earns a REC.POKER BRONZE PIN (Limit to one NLHE Series Bronze Pin per person per year)
- Each player will earn points toward the NLHE Player of the Year title according to the following formula:
10 x SquareRoot(#Players) / SquareRoot(Place)
For example, the fourth place finisher of an 81-person field would get:
10 x SquareRoot(81) / SquareRoot(4) = 10 x 9 / 2 = 45 points - Starting in 2023 only the top ten scores will count for POY points standings. This will allow players to miss two tournaments without being penalized.
- The winner of the Player of the Year points race will earn a REC.POKER SILVER PIN
- All winners and the top point earners will be eligible for a 24-player Tournament of Champions. The winner of the TOC will also earn a REC.POKER SILVER PIN! This will be played on the third Wednesday of December.
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2025 NLHE Championship Series Schedule
- January 1 – No Limit Hold’em 9 Handed
- February 5 – No Limit Hold’em 9 Handed
- March 5 – No Limit Hold’em 6 Handed
- April 2 – No Limit Hold’em 9 Handed
- May 7 – No Limit Hold’em 9 Handed
- June 4 – Pot Limit Hold’em 9 Handed
- July 2 – No Limit Hold’em 9 Handed
- August 6 – No Limit Hold’em 9 Handed
- September 3 – No Limit Hold’em 9 Handed Turbo
- October 1 – No Limit Hold’em 9 Handed
- November 5 – No Limit Hold’em 9 Handed
- December 3 – No Limit Hold’em 9 Handed Deepstack
- December 17 – NLHE TOC – No Limit Hold’em 6 Handed Deepstack
- Winners plus top POY points earners for a 24 player field
NLHE Championship Series Winners
Below are the winners separated by year:
- 2025 NLHE Series – POY: TBD – TOC Winner: TBD
- 2024 NLHE Series – POY: evilroyca (David Westerveld) – TOC Winner: MaxKaos2112 (Greg Clem)
- 2023 NLHE Series – POY: gfhawk (Eric Romo) – TOC Winner: MaxKaos2112 (Greg Clem)
- 2022 NLHE Series – POY: GopherBoyTJM (Taylor Maas) – TOC Winner: MrDzzz18 ([Private])
- 2021 NLHE Series – POY: RecPokerSteve (Steve Fredlund) – TOC Winner: RecPokerSteve (Steve Fredlund)
- 2020 NLHE Series – POY: fortuneNY (Yamel Cuevas) – TOC Winner: wokthisway (Steve Olson)
- 2019 NLHE Series – POY: GopherBoyTJM (Taylor Maas) – No TOC
2025 NLHE Championship Series Winners
- January 2025 – 9MAX – Mudslinger1942 (Jack Petschl) – POY Standings
- February 2025 – 9MAX – Stueyy13 (Stuart Kerridge) – POY Standings
- March 2025 – 6MAX – UWRiverrat ([Private]) – POY Standings
- April 2025 – 9MAX – TBD – POY Standings
- May 2025 – 9MAX – TBD – POY Standings
- June 2025 – PLHE 9MAX – TBD – POY Standings
- July 2025 – 9MAX – TBD – POY Standings
- August 2025 – 9MAX –TBD – POY Standings
- September 2025 – 9MAX Turbo – TBD – POY Standings
- October 2025 – 9MAX – TBD – POY Standings
- November 2025 – 9MAX – TBD – POY Standings
- December 2025 – 9MAX Deepstack – TBD– POY Standings
2024 NLHE Championship Series Winners
- January 2024 – 9MAX – fergie56 (Kim Kilroy) – POY Standings
- February 2024 – 9MAX – kellis196220 (Kelli Storck) – POY Standings
- March 2024 – 6MAX – rabman50 (Rob Washam) – POY Standings
- April 2024 – 9MAX – SpotConlon (Daniel Kennedy) – POY Standings
- May 2024 – 9MAX – 1JackFlack ([Private]) – POY Standings
- June 2024 – PLHE 9MAX – osloborger (Trond Vidar Stensby) – POY Standings
- July 2024 – 9MAX – evilroyca (David Westerveld) – POY Standings
- August 2024 – 9MAX –kekgeek65 (Jacob Kieke) – POY Standings
- September 2024 – 9MAX Turbo – mbabker (Michael Babker) – POY Standings
- October 2024 – 9MAX – evilroyca (David Westerveld) – POY Standings
- November 2024 – 9MAX – bonecrusher14 (Marcel Dusyk) – POY Standings
- December 2024 – 9MAX Deepstack – PokerGeekMN (John Somsky)– POY Standings
2023 NLHE Championship Series Winners
- January 2023 – 9MAX – oakie_3791 ([Private]) – POY Standings
- February 2023 – 9MAX – PokerGeekMN (John Somsky) – POY Standings
- March 2023 – 6MAX – MaxKaos2112 (Greg Clem) – POY Standings
- April 2023 – 9MAX – bonecrusher14 (Marcel Dusyk) – POY Standings
- May 2023 – 9MAX – Digging8Graves (chris simoneau) – POY Standings
- June 2023 – PLHE 9MAX – Bagman723 ([Private]) – POY Standings
- July 2023 – 9MAX – fortuneNY (Yamel)– POY Standings
- August 2023 – 9MAX – kekgeek65 (Jacob Kieke) – POY Standings
- September 2023 – 9MAX Turbo – Karl0621 ([Private]) – POY Standings
- October 2023 – 9MAX – kekgeek65 (Jacob Kieke) – POY Standings
- November 2023 – 9MAX – nowthenkb ([Private]) – POY Standings
- December 2023 – 9MAX Deepstack – combinkley (Eric Gin) – POY Standings
2022 NLHE Championship Series Winners
- January 2022 – 9MAX – PokerGeekMN (John Somsky) – POY Standings
- February 2022 – 9MAX – BLUFFSTORINI (Jim Reid) – POY Standings
- March 2022 – 6MAX – Ziva5735 ([Private]) – POY Standings
- April 2022 – 9MAX – pokercat36 (Naomi Pazol) – POY Standings
- May 2022 – 9MAX – Karl0621 (Karl Anderson) – POY Standings
- June 2022 – PLHE 9MAX – combinkley (Eric Gin) – POY Standings
- July 2022 – 9MAX – RozzyQ (Roz Quarto) – POY Standings
- August 2022 – 9MAX – Vanquisto ([Private]) – POY Standings
- September 2022 – 9MAX Turbo – elvis76 ([Private]) – POY Standings
- October 2022 – 6MAX – PetVet33 (Kim Kilroy) – POY Standings
- November 2022 – 9MAX – MarblesJam (Jefferson Kupferburg) – POY Standings
- December 2022 – Deepstack – bethekidd (Brian Morey) – POY Standings
2021 NLHE Championship Series Winners
- January 2021 – 9MAX – Gloves1010 (Collin Anderson) – POY Standings
- February 2021 – 9MAX – eric_m0lina (Rob Brereton) – POY Standings
- March 2021 – 9MAX – RecPokerSteve (Steve Fredlund) – POY Standings
- April 2021 – 6MAX – pcs2005 (Jack L’hreaux) – POY Standings
- May 2021 – 9MAX – Dibolique (David Amundson) – POY Standings
- June 2021 – PLHE 9MAX – nowthenkb (Doug Behrens) – POY Standings
- July 2021 – 9MAX – HunterH1017 (Hunter Hawes) – POY Standings
- August 2021 – 9MAX – MarblesJam (Jefferson Kupferburg) – POY Standings
- September 2021 – 9MAX Turbo – Klinger50 (Julie Murphy) – POY Standings
- October 2021 – 9MAX – Stevetrapz (Steve Tucker) – POY Standings
- November 2021 – 9MAX – RecPokerSteve (Steve Fredlund) – POY Standings
- December 2021 – 9MAX Deepstack –fergie56 (Kim Kilroy) – POY Standings
2020 NLHE Championship Series Winners
- January 2020 – wokthisway (Steve Olson) – POY Standings
- February 2020 – JakeInge (Jake Ingebrigston) – POY Standings
- March 2020 – Patty98 (Mike Patrick) – POY Standings
- April 2020 – fortuneNY (Yamel Cuevas) – POY Standings
- May 2020 – PowerCookies (Dan Bloom) – POY Standings
- June 2020 – PokerGeekMN (John Somsky) – POY Standings
- July 2020 – FiveByFive555 (Chris Jones) – POY Standings
- August 2020 – MNted (Philip Feuhrer) – POY Standings
- September 2020 – fergie56 (Kim Kilroy) – POY Standings
- October 2020 – MarblesJam (Jefferson Kupferburg) – POY Standings
- November 2020 – evilroyca (Private) – POY Standings
- December 2020 – combinkley (Eric Gin) – POY Standings
2019 NLHE Championship Series Winners
- September 2019 – GopherBoyTJM (Taylor Maas) – POY Standings
- October 2019 – JasperJr (Patrick Barry) – POY Standings
- November 2019 – PokerGeekMN (John Somsky) – POY Standings
- December 2019 – Illychippies (Jill Burke) – POY Standings
2023 NLHE Championship Series Tournament of Champions Qualifiers
If you won a NLHE Championship Series tournament in 2023, you are eligible to play in the 2024 NLHE Series Tournament of Champions on Wednesday, December 18 at 8:00 PM Central time. Additionally we will take the top Player of the Year points leaders to fill out the tournament to 24 players. The winner will receive the elusive “silver” Rec.Poker pin.
NOTE: This the RecPoker PoY Championship club which is a DIFFERENT club than the Daily Series TOC.
To sign up do the following:
Be sure to sign up for the club and tournament by December 17 to reserve your spot.
- Open the PokerStars main poker lobby, then click on the Home Games tab.
- Click the ‘Join a Poker Club’ button.
- Enter my Club ID number: 4863961
- Enter my Invitation Code: RECPOKER
- Wait to be approved.
- Sign up for the tournament
The following is the list of eligible players: (* indicates the players that have not signed up for the club as of December 7):
1JackFlack*
7high11
Bagman723
bonecrusher14
combinkley
dandresg*
evilroyca
gibber3
kekgeek65*
kellis196220
kpokerwanabe
Larsensopening*
LLtahoe*
MaxKaos2112
mbabker
MikeB172*
MrDzzz18
osloborger*
PetVet33*
PokerGeekMN
rabman50
shipnfliprec
SpotConlon*
Zen Heartshadow*