RIP David Stern

[Mark]

Mark, the game you're thinking of is Anaconda... most assuredly one of Dave's favorites.

and Tim... I agree wholeheartedly that the tournament should be renamed in his honor... I just couldn't bring myself to be the first to say it.

Hmm...  Then what's Twister?  Either way, he was the one who first called it at the table so I will associate it with him regardless of what it's called 

[Cat]

Though I didn't know David Stern that well, I know he was great poker player.   Gene, Renny, if you need someone to talk to, feel free to contact me. My condolences go out to you and the rest of your family.

[Felicia]

I never truly knew Dave.  I knew him in the beginning years of Double Exposure and up to this point.  I can't contribute a story but I can contribute an idea.  Instead of leaving a seat empty we change the name of the Dexcon poker tournament to The David Stern Poker Tournament adding one round of the tournament to be one of his favorite Fannish Poker choices whether its twister or what have you (pardon me I really don't know Poker).  Anyway I can say one definite thing, he will be missed and his love of poker has blossomed within many a friend he had.  He will always be remembered in the Double Exposure Family every time there is an event with poker being played into the wee hours of the morning. 

Hey Dave, keep laughing and smiling now you get to play poker with some of the best. 

Tim

Tim, if I may make a small tweak on your suggestion... add the word "Memorial" to the proposed Poker Tournament name.  I only knew Dave by sight as a nice, grizzled-looking gent.  Based on what people who knew him well have said on this thread, putting his name on the Poker tourney is truly fitting.

Felicia

[Mark]

Hmm...  Then what's Twister?  Either way, he was the one who first called it at the table so I will associate it with him regardless of what it's called 

The game was Anaconda.  Thanks for the 411.

Mark

[Bulova]

Hmm...  Then what's Twister?  Either way, he was the one who first called it at the table so I will associate it with him regardless of what it's called 

A couple or three things:

1) Twister is a "fannish" variant that also seems to have gone by the name...wait for it...Birnbaum*

2) I'm also in favor of the "David Stern Memorial Poker Tournament."

3) Is anyone heading to the viewing and/or service today who is driving, and can swing through Ewing, NJ? I'd really like to attend, but the state of public transit here on weekends is less than pitiful. Call () or e-mail (bulova NOSPAM at nyct dot net). Please.

Paul

* Twister came about as I was playing around with the "low hole card wild" idea and trying to wrap it around the lowball variant. So, with a stop at "lowball, HIGH card in-the-hole wild" I ended up at "High Low. For your high hand, the low hole card is wild; for your low hand, the high hole card does it. All face up cards in your hand that match your wild card in rank are also wild. Your high hand wild card(s) may be different from your low hand wild card(s)." Aces, being high in a high hand, and low in a low one, are never wild. Vinny, deciding that the concept twisted the wild cards around (or was twisted, in general), named it "Twister" as he wrote his book on Fannish Poker. But until then, folks, particularly David, were calling it after it's "inventor." Me.

Anaconda is, in fact, the card-passing poker variant. It only vaguely resembles twister.

[dsamuels]

I always had a great time at any table where Dave Stern was either a player or a judge.  Dave would go out of his way to make sure that people had a good time.  I remember an occasion from DREAMATION 2001 when I was running a table of a Living Greyhawk module in RPGA HQ for Gene Stern and some other people.  Dave was playing the same module at another table.  The table that Dave was at finished playing and he stopped by HQ to see how Gene was doing.  Dave saw that my table was still playing and asked if he could watch.  When the game was over Dave told me that he wished that he had played the event at my table, as he would've had fun, which he did not have when he played the module.  He then asked me to give him a copy of the module so that he could read it, and insisted on covering the slots that the other GM was scheduled to run that module because he wanted to make sure that any player signed up to play that event had a good time.

Dave would also volunteer to run any module that he played, and had been known on occasion to run a module a few hours after playing that same module. 

Dave had a loyal following among the LSJ, and (and LC when it was around) players.  Players would come from as far away as Vermont or California to game with him.

Dave Strern was one of a kind, and his passing leaves a tremendous void

David

All,

I know that I will miss Dave Stern  , but I also know that he would be very upset if we only dwelled on his death.  Instead I challenge every one of us on these boards to come up with their favorite memory of him!  Let's talk about him and recall the good memories and what he meant to each of us....  This will also give Rennie and Gene a way to laugh and smile at the good memories we all have of him. 

Love to all of you and RIP Mr. Stern...

[Sinkuu]

I always had a great time at any table where Dave Stern was either a player or a judge.  Dave would go out of his way to make sure that people had a good time.  I remember an occasion from DREAMATION 2001 when I was running a table of a Living Greyhawk module in RPGA HQ for Gene Stern and some other people.  Dave was playing the same module at another table.  The table that Dave was at finished playing and he stopped by HQ to see how Gene was doing.  Dave saw that my table was still playing and asked if he could watch.  When the game was over Dave told me that he wished that he had played the event at my table, as he would've had fun, which he did not have when he played the module.  He then asked me to give him a copy of the module so that he could read it, and insisted on covering the slots that the other GM was scheduled to run that module because he wanted to make sure that any player signed up to play that event had a good time.

Dave would also volunteer to run any module that he played, and had been known on occasion to run a module a few hours after playing that same module. 

Dave had a loyal following among the LSJ, and (and LC when it was around) players.  Players would come from as far away as Vermont or California to game with him.

Dave Strern was one of a kind, and his passing leaves a tremendous void

David

/applauds a great tribute