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But if we ever fall below four, we'll have to call it a day:' said Klinger, athletic chairman for the B'nai B'rith Great Lakes Region. "The league has been around a long time, so it's important we keep it going; he said. "But it will be tough. People don't have as much spare time as they used to." In its heyday in the early 1990s, Klinger said, the league had about 18 to 20 teams. By the late 1990s and early 2000s, there were 12-14 teams. There were five teams last year. Besides vigorous recruiting through word-of-mouth and social media, Klinger is trying other strategies to revive the league. For the first time in league history, games are being played at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield. The league moved from Walled Lake Central High School, its home for about 10 years. Klinger is hoping men who normally play basketball at the JCC will be inter- ested in joining the B'nai B'rith league. Two league games are being played each Sunday morning for 11 weeks. There will be a 10-week regular season and a one-week playoff. Downtown Fox beat Zeiger 58-52 and Great Lakes Region defeated Brotherhood 48-32 in opening-day games. Teams play two 20-minute halves with running time except for the final five minutes of the game. Two - Time Poker Champ Jonathan Coden has done the improbable. The West Bloomfield resident is the first two-time win- ner of the Bloch/Israel and Pisgah/Zeiger B'nai B'rith Texas hold Jonathan em poker tournament. Coden Coden achieved the feat Jan. 27 in the Teen Center at the JCC in West Bloomfield when he topped a 52-player field. The tournament, a fundraiser for B'nai B'rith sports programs, has been held 14 times since 2005. Coden is on a roll. He won the tour- nament June 5, 2011, finished second to Randi Schaefer on Jan. 29, 2012 ("I was one card away from winning; he said) and won last month. He didn't play in the June 5, 2012, event. All in all, he's played in the tourna- ment seven times and made the final table four times. What's his secret to success? "Obviously, you have to get the cards. You can only bluff so many times:' said Coden, 43, who works at his family's flower shop in Southfield. "You also must have incredible patience he said. "I'm very conserva- tive. I enjoy matching wits with other players, trying to figure out their rhythm" Pisgah/Zeiger president and tourna- ment spokesman Rick Sherline said he was somewhat surprised Coden won again. "The tournament is a real grind, and there always are lots of good players:' he said. The good players Jan. 27 included former champions Ken Korotkin, Derek Einhorn, Tim Buchman, Bruce Sable, Danny Rosenberg, Jared Rothberger and Schaefer. Eight players made it to the final table and won cash prizes. Laura Zerillon fin- ished second and Sabry Mansour placed third behind Coden. They were followed by Ryan Cardoni, Lyle Schaefer, Jeff Belen, Philip Warner and Jim Golden. Players who didn't get to the final table didn't go home empty-handed. Each won something in a raffle. David Jaffa won the big prize, a donated 32-inch flat-screen television. Tickets to Detroit Tigers, Detroit Pistons and Detroit Red Wings home games and the JCC Stephen Gottlieb Music Festival Rock 'n' Roll show were given out, as were restaurant gift certifi- cates and car wash coupons. Sherline said there may be a summer tournament this year if the Teen Center is available on an appropriate date. ❑ Please send sports news to sports@thejewishnews.com.