liar's dice [Updated October 2006]  

	2006 WBC Report       2007 Status: pending 2007 GM commitment
Dan Hoffman, NC 2006 Champion Offsite links:	Event History 2003    Josh Githens     140 2004    Lucimara Martins     145 2005     Legend Dan Hoffman     132 2006    Dan Hoffman     145	Laurels Rank Name From Last Total 1. Daniel Hoffman NC 06 36 2. Legend Dan Hoffman MD 05 30 3. Lucimara Martins MD 04 30 4. Josh Githens SC 03 30 5. Kathy Kilroy PA 06 18 6. Doug Galullo FL 05 18 7. Richard Curtin NY 04 18 8. Fabio Tola MD 03 18 9. Patrick Shea VA 06 12 10. John Kilbride PA 05 12 11. Craig Reece FL 04 12 12. Gordon Rodgers PA 03 12 13. Greg Thatcher FL 06 9 14. Ken Gutermuth TX 05 9 15. Robert Drozd IL 04 9 16. Bill Place PA 03 9 17. Erik Arneson PA 06 6 18. Larry Lingle PA 05 6 19. Abigail Cocke MD 03 6 20. Devin Flawd PA 06 3 21. Ashley Collinson MD 05 3 22. Jeff Mullet OH 04 3 23. Peter Stein OH 03 3
2006 Laurelists Kathy Kilroy, PA 2nd Patrick Shea, VA 3rd Greg Thatcher, FL 4th Erik Arneson, PA 5th Davin Flawd, PA 6th Past Winners Josh Githens, SC 2003 Lucimara Martins, MD 2004 L. Dan Hoffman, MD 2005    Twas the night before Slapshot and not a creature was stirring - save for the Liar's Dice semi-finalists going at it in Round 2. Here Bruce Monnin, Alan Kaiser, Greg Thatcher and Rob Kilroy (left to right) practise their poker faces.  GM Jason Levine (standing right). 2003 champion Josh Githens and Jessica Greenwood watch Mafioso member Ralph Gleaton, Richard Curtin and Erik Arneson (left to right) in the semi-finals. Only Arneson would advance. Bad time to tell the truth ... Liar's Dice continued to be a huge nightcap in it's fourth year at the WBC. 145 crazed liars came to the ballroom with hopes of becoming the ultimate champion, a 10% increase over last year. The festivities started with the traditional mass cup shake and smash to the tables. From those 145 prevaricators, 24 fibbers emerged victorious to enter the semi-final round. Former champion Josh Githens was not so lucky this year as he couldn't make it out of the preliminaries for the second straight year. Defending champion "Legend" Dan Hoffman fared better - escaping the preliminaries ..but going down in the semi-finals. Your happy GM was eliminated in the first round by roomate Nick Anner...who lost in the semi-finals. The Final consisted of Dan Hoffman (yes there are two of them which is why "Legend Dan" is so named and this one is not the legend), Kathy Kilroy, Erik Arneson, Greg Thatcher, Patrick Shea, and Devin Flawd. Dan started the bidding and the visage of the happy finalist's faces changed instantly to bluff mode. The first bid went to ten stars by Greg and when Patrick called there were only nine showing so Greg lost the first die die and first blood. 29 to go. The next bid was eight stars by Dan and when Kathy called there were only seven so Dan lost the next die; 28 left. Next Erik bid seven stars and when Greg called there were only five so Erik lost a pair to become low man; 26 bones remained. Our first exactor hit as Dan made a bid of seven stars which Kathy called, costing everyone but Dan a die; 21. Then Devin repeated the seven stars bid and when Dan called it was back-to-back exactors; 16 left. Next Devin bid five stars and when Dan called there were only four; 15 to go. It was crunch time early as the third exactor struck as Greg bid four-stars and Patrick bit; 10. Erik was the first player to reach the need for perfection having but one die left. Next Kathy bid three stars and Erik, facing elimination called anyway so Kathy joined him on the one-die life cycle; 9 remaining. Patrick now made the first non-star bid by bidding four 5's and soon regretted it ... when Devin called he joined the one-die club; 8 dice. Patrick now made the second non-star bid with more success when his four 2's turned out to be six. Devin became the first casualty and was instantly serenaded with the now famous "Kiss Him Goodbye" song; 7. The next round Dan worked the bid to five 1's and Kathy called with only four showing so Dan was also left with just one life remaining; 6. On the very next challenge Kathy bid three 4's and Erik called. When the cups were revealed we had our fourth exactor and Erik was relegated to 5th place; 4.. In the process of this bid Greg and Patrick both were reduced to their last die. Now it was an even battle as all four remaining players had but a single die. Greg bid two stars and Patrick called with one showing to crown Greg with 4th place laurels; 3 to go. At this point each of the survivors knew they were going to get wood of some sort...but only the winner would receive the special Pirates Of The Caribbean dice game and go home with the real wood. Kathy bid one star and Patrick called her bluff only to be greeted by the fifth exactor of the game and his own eviction notice; 2. Now it came down to a battle between Kathy and Dan to see who would emerge as the 2006 Liar's Dice champion. Kathy started the bidding with a star which was a big mistake. Dan upped the ante by bidding two-2's. She called and when the cups were revealed Kathy had a star and Dan had a 2. Kathy picked the wrong time to tell the truth. Dan became the champion with one die remaining. He became the second Dan Hoffman in a row to win the tournament and he also became the fourth different player in as many years to win it all. It was another "Legendary" victory and now we crown him "New Legend" Dan Hoffman. I look forward to seeing everyone next year for another exciting Friday night session! Liar's Dice Junior 21 little liars ... er exaggerators, participated in the Juniors version with April Gardner being the best truth stretcher, and taking home the wood. More importantly, everyone had a great time shaking the dice cups and making noise. Other finalists included: 2nd: Aurora Pack 3rd: Ben Gardner 4th: Erin Treadway 5th: Jonathan Barry 6th: Rebecca Melton
GM      Jason Levine  [4th Year]   NA    NA   NA