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POKER PLAYER
Vol. 18 Number 4 August 11, 2014 A Gambling Times Publication www.pokerplayernewspaper.com Copyright ©2014 Bi-Weekly $3.95
Will Amaya Acquire
Brian Zimcosky Wins Mid-States
PokerStars’ Midas Touch?
Poker Tour at Majestic Star
The Mid-States Poker Tour stopped at
Majestic Star Casino in Gary, Indiana for
a whirlwind 3 day event in early August.
The poker room was filled with hundreds
of players vying to finish in the money
with the ultimate dream of making it to the
final table.
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2014 WSOP November Nine Profiles:
The Top 3 Chipleaders BY JOSEPH SMITH SR.
Jorryt van Hoof
T 38,375,000
Felix Stephensen
T 32,775,000
Mark Newhouse
T 26,000,000
Another first at the 2014
WSOP. For the second
consecutive year we have
a Dutchman at the WSOP
final table and he’s sitting
in seat #3 behind almost
20% of the events total
chips in play. Holding
38,375,000 in play money
is Jorryt van Hoof of
Eindhoven, Netherlands.
The 31-year-old Dutch
poker professional has
5,600,000 more chips than
Felix Stephensen, second
on the chip leader board.
Following the lead of
fellow Dutchman, 2013
November Nine player
and seventh place finisher, Michiel Brummelhuis,
Sitting in the number two
spot on the chip leader board we find Oslo,
Norway native Felix
Stephensen. Now living in London, England
Stephensen has no previous
cashes in the World Series
of Poker and shows lifetime
live earnings to be $22,118.
With an almost non-existent live poker resume how
did this 23-year-old end up
with a seat and T32,775,000
in play money in the most
famous final table in Poker?
Let us examine his path
to his assigned Seat #2
for the November finale
of the 2014 World Series
of Poker Main Event.
It’s been a decade since we
have had a player claim
a seat at two consecutive
World Series of Poker’s
Main Event final tables.
The last time was in 20032004 when poker professional and 1995 Main Event
winner Dan Harrington
did the back-to-back trick.
A major difference is the
event field sizes for the two
repeats. Dan Harrington
had to out last the twoyear total of 3,410 entrants
while Newhouse faced a
combined total of 13,029
players. That’s a five times
larger field.
When Mark Newhouse
made the 2013 WSOP
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by Wendeen H. Eolis
Since its inception,
PokerStars has shown itself
as a true believer in customer service, monitoring poker
forums, and paying close
attention to them for clues
and advice on how best to
serve customers. Amaya
Gaming chair, David
Baazov is following suit—
even before the closing of
Amaya’s 4.9 billion dollar
purchase of PokerStars is
completed. He has joined
poker forums. And he says,
Amaya’s “most important
relationship will be with the
players.”
Amaya Picks Up the
Pieces on Scheinbergs’
Initiatives in America
Before a relationship
between Amaya and
American players begins in
earnest, however, Amaya
will need to go through
more than a few hoops, as
the Company attempts to
hook up online gaming on
American shores.
Things are looking up for
PokerStars in New Jersey.
The PokerStars partnership
with Resorts is the talk of
the town. New Jersey regulators are embracing the
Amaya deal, with renewed
zeal. The PokerStars licensing process has resumed
thanks to a deal that knocks
out the Scheinbergs, at the
closing. A few naysayers
still insist, “It ain’t over till
the fat lady sings, but their
Mike Caro In
The MAD GENIUS of Poker
TODAY’S WORD IS...
“WATCH”
real-world poker
games, tells can
account for most of
your profit. But in order
to take advantage, you
need to watch closely. And
you need to know what to
watch. Today’s self-interview provides some advice
w w w. p o ke r p l a y e r n e w s p a p e r. c o m
voices are
fading fast.
In contrast, a battle
royal is in full
swing in California.
Legal experts at opposite
ends of the pole are opining
on how to proceed with
online gambling legislation.
On one side is flag-waving for the Constitution’s
Tenth Amendment. On the
other side is a pounding
voice for states’ rights that
may effectively trump the
Constitution. For lawmakers it is a classic case of
Fiorello’s song, “Politics
and Poker.”
California, here we
come—maybe
Earlier this month, longtime Whittier law professor
and gambling law expert
I. Nelson Rose challenged
leading Constitutional
scholar and Harvard
Professor, Lawrence Tribe.
Rose rebutted Tribe’s legal
opinion concerning online
poker bills pending in
the California legislature.
Tribe challenges the “bad
actor” clause in proposed
legislation. Rose defends
it. Tribe is advocating for
a client. It is not clear as to
whether Rose is representing or looking for a client
on the other side, or deeply
engaged in an intellectual
exercise.
and some secrets.
Question 1: How can
tells account for most of
your profit? Isn’t that
an exaggeration?
It would be an exaggeration and a falsehood
had I said that tells will
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account for most of your
profit. Instead, I said they
can. But it’s sort of a parlor
trick using words.
Here’s the deal. Let’s say
you’re a fairly sophisticated
player who can overcome
the rake and break exactly
even. You’ve overcome
obstacles. And you should
be proud.
Fine. But let’s say you
did it without knowing
anything about tells. Now
you study and practice tells
and find yourself making
$35 an hour. Well, it’s reasonable to assume that your
entire profit is being made
by tells. If you were previously losing $10 an hour
and now make $15 an hour,
then your entire profit plus
$10 an hour is accounted
for by tells. If you had
been earning $28 an hour
and you now earn $40 an
hour, then tells account for
$12 an hour—not most of
your profit, but still a large
chunk of it.
So, how much of your
profit from tells depends on
how well you play without
them and how efficiently
you use them. They might
only cut your losses. Or
they might quadruple your
winnings, if you move from
$50 an hour to $200 an
hour.
Question 2: I’m having
trouble spotting tells. Why
can’t I see them?
It’s probably because
you’re looking at too many
things and too many opponents at once. Try focusing
on just one player at a time.
After you’ve learned to spot
some tells, you’ll automatically see more without concentrating on those players.
Question 3: In your
New Poker Room Open
at East Chicago
Ameristar
Ameristar Casino Hotel
East Chicago is pleased to
announce the opening of a
new 108-seat poker room on
the fourth level of the casino. The new room opened
July 24, and will be open 24
hours a day, seven days a
week.
The newly-designed
room holds 12 tables and
will feature Texas Hold
‘Em and no limit style
games with various stakes
available. The poker room
also includes a USB port
at every seat, a self-service beverage station, and
food service from various
restaurants. Guests visiting
the poker room can also utilize the BravoPokerLive™
app to stay updated on live
games and to receive a text
when seating is available.
The poker room opening
represents an investment
2
of more than $400,000 for
Ameristar East Chicago.
“We are excited to
reintroduce live poker at
Ameristar with the opening
of our brand new poker
room,” stated Matt Schuffert,
Vice President and General
Manager. “We look forward
to offering great poker action
daily in our new state-of-the
art room and welcoming
guests to the outstanding gaming experience at
Ameristar East Chicago.”
The poker room opening comes just prior to the
Heartland Poker Tour; an
eleven day national tournament being held August
7-18, in the Discovery
Ballroom at Ameristar. A
special ribbon-cutting ceremony to commemorate the
opening of the poker room
will be held at noon Friday,
July 25.
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book on tells, you say that
you should first determine
whether an opponent
is acting. But, how do I
know if an opponent is
acting?
Try to determine if every
action and every comment
is necessary. When opponents are acting, in an effort
to deceive you, they’ll do
and say things that aren’t
required to perform their
call, bet, raise, or check.
Whatever those unnecessary actions or words, they
usually represent an attempt
to deceive you. So at that
point, your job is to determine what these actors are
trying to convince you to
do and disappoint them.
Another clue about
whether opponents are
acting revolves around the
likelihood that they think
you’re watching. If you
seem to be looking at the
flop, they’re not likely to
act to deceive you at that
moment. If they think
they’re being scrutinized,
any movements are more
likely to be an act.
Opponents who convey
sadness or uncertainty
by shrugging, sighing, or
using sad voices are acting
weak—on purpose. They
usually hold strong hands.
Players who bet and stay
motionless are often afraid
of doing anything to make
you suspicious and are likely to be bluffing.
When a player isn’t acting, look for involuntary
tells. A trembling hand, for
instance, is almost always
an involuntary reaction
after having made a strong
hand. It’s unlikely to be
either a bluff or an act.
Seldom call.
Question 4: So, what’s
your method for watching
tells?
I don’t really have a
single method. But I have
an attitude. You need to
understand that there might
not be any obvious tells.
Accept the fact that you’re
not going to spot tells every
hand. If you only are confident about a couple tells
an hour, on average, you’re
still going to make significantly more money than
you would by not watching
for them. That’s the right
attitude.
Something that might be
considered a method is to
do what we’ve already discussed while you’re learning to spot tells: Focus on
just one player at a time. If
that opponent doesn’t turn
out to be a good tell candidate, move on to someone
else.
One “method” I have
for finding tells in difficult
situations is to observe
opponents when they
don’t think they’re being
watched. Then, suddenly,
make it known that you are
watching. This often makes
the opponents uneasy
and you’ll see attempts to
manifest tells—which are
always an act. When you
see the change—if you
do—remember that strong
acts indicate weakness and
weak acts indicate strength.
Question 5: What are
some mistakes common to
watching tells?
It’s a mistake to act
immediately after spotting a
tell. Hesitate and then seem
unsure. That way the opponent is less likely to associate your action with the tell.
If you act immediately, the
opponent often will remember the action and might
think you’re calling for that
reason. If so, he might not
repeat that tell reliably and
you’ll lose future profit
from its use.
It’s also a mistake to give
up when you don’t spot a
tell in a crucial pot—especially after an opponent
has made a big bet. If he’s
bluffing, he’s under pressure. So, interact. Talk.
Feign the start of a call.
Anything. If he remains
animated, he’s probably got
a big hand. If his actions
diminish or he freezes,
that’s usually an indication
that the opponents are conducting themselves as if to
keep a snake from striking.
In other words, they don’t
want you to call and are
hoping that nothing they do
will tempt you. So, they do
nothing. You won’t often
spot tells like that unless
you do something to elicit
them.
Question 6: Is there any
value in tells if you don’t
watch for them?
Sure. Some of the most
valuable tells are audible.
You don’t watch these, you
listen. In a way, you can
sometimes beat poker with
your eyes closed.
Listen for sighs. These
are an act that indicates
strength. Listen for humming. If an opponent bets
and you start to call, the
humming will often cease
if it’s a bluff, but continue
if it isn’t. Also, listen to the
breathing. If you hear it,
it’s probably not a bluff. If
an opponent seems to stop
breathing audibly, it often is
a bluff.
And sad voices mean
strong hands.
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Tristan Wade Wins WSOP Circuit Main
Event at Palm Beach Kennel Club
Gold bracelet winner
comes out on top of
the season’s first
WSOP Circuit finale,
wins $106,806.
Most players earn a World
Series of Poker Circuit ring
before they win a WSOP
bracelet, but Tristan Wade
decided to do it the other
way around.
The 29-year-old professional poker player already
had over $1.1 million in
earnings and a bracelet in a
shootout event at the 2011
WSOP Europe on his poker
resume. With little left to
prove, the South Florida
native added a Circuit ring
to his trophy case by emerging on top of a 303-entry
field in the first WSOP
Circuit Main Event of the
season at the Palm Beach
Kennel Club. Wade defeated fellow bracelet winner
David Diaz heads-up to
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Midas Select Results: Florida State Poker Championships
Touch? FLA STATE POKER CHAMPIONSHIPS
$432,000
PLAYERS 432
PRIZE
POOL
THE ISLE CASINO
(Continued from page 1)
Tribe relies on the
Constitution’s 10th amendment to assail the “bad
actor clause.” He says it is
a pointed effort to cut out
his client, PokerStars, from
the re-emerging industry of
online poker and expanded online gaming fare.
Proponents of the two current bills in the California
legislature make no bones
about seeking to bar Poker
Stars from entering the U.S
market, anytime soon. But
Rose’s article sidesteps
pointing fingers. He looks
instead to states’ rights, and
a state’s police powers that
provide for a state to protect its citizens, to make his
argument that the bad actor
clause is legally justified.
Rose’s Grandstanding
Makes Sense!
Rose opens his article on
the subject, which was
recently published by
Gaming Law Review and
Economics (July/August
2014) with the words,
“Larry Tribe is wrong!” At
first blush, it sounds like
showmanship or a gambit
to impress clients with how
much smarter he is than
one of the most acclaimed
U.S. constitutional scholars.
Rose’s initial self-aggrandizement may tempt the
reader to toss the article
aside, immediately. And,
online poker players, faithful to Poker Stars can only
hope that Rose has little
between his ears. But it is
well worth soldiering on
with a full reading of the
Rose article! It is hard to
dismiss.
Rose’s analysis is
thoughtful, and well
explained for us lay folks.
He asserts, “Gambling
comes under the state’s
police power… to protect
the health, safety, welfare, and morality of its
citizens.” He brings the
assertion into sharp focus
by citing one case after
another to show that the
Courts repeatedly confirm
the intrinsic and unrestrained power of the individual states. A State’s right
to suppress gambling is a
well-worn tradition!
EVENT 12
7/31/14
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $2,500
PLAYERS 229
PRIZE
POOL
$526,700
1. Qasem Jamhour . . . $110,002
2. Doron Malinasky . . $110,001
3. Brandon Setzer . . . . . $72,318
4. John Dolan . . . . . . . . $40,293
5. Erik Christensen . . . $30,022
6. Andjelko Andrejevic .$23,175
7.DNR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $17,908
EVENT 9
7/24/14
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $1,090
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Debra Dorcy . . . . . . $104,048
Cody Francis . . . . . . . $76,960
Anthony Cappadona. . $43,416
Anthony Roberto . . . $30,240
Marc Duquette . . . . . $21,816
Kenneth Kemple . . . . $17,496
EVENT 5
4.
5.
6.
7.
EVENT 1
BUY-IN $550
PLAYERS 781
PRIZE
POOL
$390,500
1. Jonathan Gold . . . . . $49,806
2. Richard Blanchar . . . $45,752
3. Steven McKoy. . . . . . $41,300
7/9/14
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $330
PLAYERS 1,372
REBUYS 310
PRIZE
POOL
$411,600
7/17/14
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
Marc Sachelli . . . . . . $37,660
Sasha Walter . . . . . . . $31,758
William Smith . . . . . . $29,537
Anthony Ruttler . . . . $24,301
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Randy Bogen . . . . . . . $68,035
Garrett Lorman . . . . $48,051
Lee Berkowitz . . . . . . $37,076
Julio Sanchez . . . . . . $33,938
Gary Viebahn . . . . . . $31,794
Mitchell Mantin. . . . . $27,532
Brent Granda . . . . . . $14,612
Select Results: Planet Hollywood Phamous Series
PLAYERS 1,023
PRIZE
POOL
PLANET HOLLYWOOD
PHAMOUS SERIES
EVENT #86
7/5/14
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $560
PLAYERS 922
PRIZE
POOL
$451,780
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Kien Tieu . . . . . . . . . . $56,000
Erdogan Munich . . . $54,000
Bento Sato . . . . . . . . . $45,000
Corey Burbick . . . . . $34,000
Adam Balint . . . . . . . $30,168
Haukur Bodvarsson .$30,168
Roman Valerstein . . . $30,168
Keiko Lim . . . . . . . . . $30,168
EVENT #67
6/28/14
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $300
$258,656
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Sarah Wasch . . . . . . . $22,522
Rubin Chappell . . . . $22,345
Jennifer Printz . . . . . $21,739
William Steele . . . . . . $19,132
John Holley . . . . . . . . $15,740
Charles Kassatly. . . . $15,719
Brian James . . . . . . . $15,157
EVENT #46
6/21/14
EVENT #25
BUY-IN $300
PLAYERS 523
PRIZE
POOL
$132,236
1. Volker Stich . . . . . . . . $40,000
2. Salvatore Musto . . . . $19,346
EVENT #4
$174,150
1. Zahi Bahar . . . . . . . . $21,637
2. Lyle Munday . . . . . . . $18,295
3. Joachim Lob . . . . . . . $15,506
BUY-IN $560
PLAYERS 794
PRIZE
POOL
$397,794
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
David Jackson . . . . . . $84,000
Leif Force . . . . . . . . . $73,811
Steven Levy . . . . . . . . $35,641
George Lyttle . . . . . . $26,275
Paul Poindexter . . . . $19,583
Wade Wins WSOP-C at PBKC
take home the hardware and
$106,806 with some of his
family in attendance.
“I’ve been waiting to win
a tournament for a while,”
said Wade. “It’s in my backyard, so I got to have the
family come support me.
Mom got off work early and
they were staying up late
last night rooting for me
and following the updates.
It’s really nice to have my
family here and be close to
home. It’s always fun [to
win a tournament].”
Diaz and Wade combined for over $2.7 million
in tournament earnings
and provided one of the
more star-studded headsup matches the Circuit has
seen in recent history. Diaz
started the heads-up match
with the chip lead, but after
Wade turned a bigger two
pair than Diaz, the match
swung in the other direction
and Wade opened up what
turned out to be an insurmountable chip lead.
Wade finished off Diaz
shortly after, ending headsup play in just over 20 minutes. All of the chips got in
preflop with Diaz holding
pocket jacks against Wade’s
Kd10d. The dealer peeled
a king on the turn to put
Wade in the lead and win
the title.
Wade and Diaz weren’t
the only two established
pros who made the final
table, though. Fellow bracelet winner Chance Kornuth
finished in seventh place
while Zo Karim and Will
Souther finished in fifth and
sixth, respectively.
Kristopher Bradshaw
made the final table and
needed sixth place finish or
better to take the lead in the
Casino Championship race.
He earned a fourth place
finish and took a sizeable
lead in the race with just one
event remaining.
“I started the final table
with Zo Karim to my left
and he had all the chips,”
said Wade. “He’s a really
good player so that was very
difficult for me at the start.
I just kind of stayed snug.
We had Chance [Kornuth]
also at the final table who
got eliminated on a bad
beat. [Diaz] is also an unbelievable player. Those three
guys are guys I’m actually
6/7/14
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $300
PLAYERS 675
PRIZE
POOL
6/14/14
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
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close with. They’re great
people. Tom [Midena]
played great. [Kristopher
Bradshaw] played good.
Everyone at the final table
was playing really solid. If it
wasn’t for a couple fortunate
spots for me it might have
went differently. Anyone
could have won it. Everyone
was playing solid.”
Other notables to earn
at least a cash in this event
were Nathan Bjerno,
bracelet winner Chris
Dombrowski, Justin Zaki,
Chris Conrad, Nancy
Birnbaum and Jimmy
(Thong) Tran.
PALM BEACH KENNEL CLUB
WSOP CIRCUIT EVENT
EVENT 10
8/8/14
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
MAIN EVENT
BUY-IN $1,675
PLAYERS 303
PRIZE
POOL
$454,500
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Tristan Wade. . . . . . $106,806
David Diaz . . . . . . . . . $66,039
Tom Midena . . . . . . . $47,963
Kristopher Bradshaw.$35,428
Zo Karim . . . . . . . . . . $26,597
Will Souther. . . . . . . . $20,284
Chance Kornuth . . . . $15,712
Benjamin Zetina . . . . $12,353
Philip Consolo. . . . . . . $9,858
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P............AM, PM
O A,Wk.................Week
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on this day. Call.
E .........Hold’em
..No Limit Hold’em
..Limit Hold’em
N..............No Limit
L.................... Limit
..............Stud
...7-Card Stud
...5-Card Stud
......... Omaha
H/L.. High/Low Split
Pi...........Pineapple
Po............Pot Limit
Mx...Mexican Poker
DC..Dealer’s Choice
HH....... Headhunter
B............. Bounties
Sp............... Spread
Al..........Alternates
Z............ Freezeout
Cz................. Crazy
E...........Elimination
Q................ Qualify
Sh............Shootout
SpL.... Spread Limit
+...Rebuys, Add-Ons OK
+RE........... Re-Entry
F................ Freeroll
Lad...... Ladies Only
Men.........Men Only
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Bill’s Gambling Hall & Saloon
Caesars Palace
Cannery Casino-Eastside
Club Fortune-Henderson
Colorado Belle-Laughlin
Edgewater-Laughlin
Excalibur
Eureka-Mesquite
Fitzgeralds
Golden Nugget
Golden Nugget-Laughlin
Green Valley Ranch
Hard Rock
Harrah’s Las Vegas
Harrah’s Laughlin
Luxor
Mandalay Bay
MGM Grand
Mirage
Monte Carlo
Orleans
Palace Station
Palms
Planet Hollywood
Poker Palace
The Quad
Red Rock Station
Rio Suite Casino
River Palms
Riverside-Laughlin
Sam’s Town
Santa Fe Station
South Point Casino
Stratosphere
CALIFORNIALOS ANGELES
NEVADA
NORTH
Suncoast
Texas Station
Treasure Island
Venetian
Wynn Las Vegas
Atlantis Casino
Boomtown
Cactus Pete’s-Jackpot
Cal Neva Casino
Carson Valley Inn
Casino Fandango-Carson City
Eldorado
Grand Sierra
Harvey’s Lake Tahoe
Montego Bay Cas. W Wendover
Peppermill
Rainbow Cas. W Wendover
Sands Regency, Reno
Winners Hotel/Casino-Winnemucca
Bicycle Casino
Crystal Casino
Diamond Jim’s
Hawaiian Gardens
Hollywood Park
Hustler Casino
Normandie Casino
Players Casino-Ventura
1P&
10A
11A&
2P&
9A&
7P
2P
10A&
12P
9A&
6P
12P&
11A&
10A&
10A
7P
12P&
10A&
10A
10A&
10A&
7P
11A
6P&
12P&
11A
6P
10A&
10A&
6P
1P
10A
6P
12P&
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
O H/L
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
O H/KL
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$125 1P&
$25 10A&
$65 11A&
$50 2P&
$70 9A&
$25+ 7P
$30+ 2P
$30 10A&
$30 12P
$35 9A&
$65 6P
$35+ 12P&
$55+ 11A&
$45 10A&
$40 10A
$40 6P
$60 12P&
$60 10A&
$45 10A
$35 10A&
$40 10A&
$80 7P
$60 11A
$60 6P&
$75 12P&
$30 11A
$30 6P
$60 10A&
$75 10A&
$18+ 6P
$50+ 7P
$105 10A
$65 6P
$40+ 12P&
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
Lad
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
HORSE
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$125 1P&
$25 10A
$65 11A&
$50 2P&
$70 9A&
$25+ 7P
$30+ 2P
$30 10A
$30 12P
$35 9A&
$10+
$35+ 12P&
$55+ 11A&
$45 10A&
$40 10A
$80 7P
$60 12P&
$60 10A&
$45 10A
$35 10A&
$40 10A&
$120 7P
$60 11A
$60 6P&
$75 12P&
$30 11A
$30 6P
$60 10A&
$75 10A&
$18+ 6P
$50+ 1P
$105 10A
$65 6P
$40+ 12P&
10A
7P&
12P
7P
10A&
11A&
10A
7P
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NH
$18 10A
$45 7P&
$40+ 12P
$55+ 7P
$60 10A&
$45+ 11A&
$40+ 10A
$40+ 7P
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NH
$18 10A
$45 7P&
$40+ 12P
$40+ 7P
$60
$45+ 11A&
$40+ 10A
$40+ 7P
NH
NH
NH
NH
11A&
12P&
12P
11A
NH
NH
NH
NH
$50 11A&
$145 12P&
$140 12P
$40+ 11A
7P
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
10A&
12P
NH
N H Sh
$10+ 10A&
$20 6P
NH
NH
$50 11A&
$145 12P&
$140 12P
$40+ 11A
$22+
7P
$10+ 10A&
$25+ 12P
10A
11A&
6P&
8P
2P&
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$30 10A&
$25 11A&
$50 6P&
$50 8P
$45 2P&
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$30 10A&
$25 11A&
$80 6P&
$50 8P
$45 2P&
10A&
6P
12P
6P&
7P
6P
1P&
11A
6P
7P
NHB
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NH
NH
$25 10A&
$20+ 6P
$40 12P
$30+ 6P&
$30+ 7P
$72+ 6P
$30+ 1P&
$40+ 11A
$50+ 6P
$200 7P
7P&
N H Deepstack
$65+ 7P&
NHB
$25 10A&
Varies
$20+ 6P
NH
$50 12P
N H Deepstack $65+ 5P&
NH
$30+ 7P
NH
$62+ 6P
N H $60+RE 1P&
NH
$40+ 11A
NH
$50+ 6P
N H Dstack Tbo $140+ 7P
NH
$35+ 11A
$125 1P&
$25 10A
$65 11A&
$50 2P&
$70 9A&
$25+ 7P
$30+ 2P
$30 10A&
$30 12P
$35 9A&
6P
$35+ 12P&
$55+ 11A&
$45 10A&
$40 10A
$40 6P
$60 12P&
$60 10A&
$45 10A
$35 10A&
$40 10A&
$80 7P
$60 11A
$60 6P&
$75 12P&
$30 11A
$30 6P
$60 10A&
$75 10A&
$18+ 6P
$50+ 7P
$105 10A
$65 6P
$40+ 12P&
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$18 10A
$45 7P&
$40+ 12P
$40+ 7P
10A&
$45+ 11A&
$40+ 10A
$40+ 7P
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$50 11A&
$145 12P&
$140 12P&
$40+ 11A
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
N H Sh
$20+
$10+ 10A&
$20 6P
NH
NH
$30 10A&
$25 11A&
$50 6P&
$50 8P
$45 2P&
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
HORSE
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHB
$25 10A&
Mixed Game $20+ 6P
NH
$40 12P
NH
$30 5P&
NH
$30+ 7P
NH
$65
N H $75+RE 1P&
NH
$40+ 11A
NH
$50+ 6P
NH
$140+ 7P
N H Deepstack
$65+ 7P&
NHB
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHB
NH
$125 1P&
$25 10A&
$65 11A
$50 2P&
$70 9A&
$25+ 7P
$30+ 2P
$30 10A&
$30 12P
$35 9A&
$25+ 10A
$35+ 12P&
$55+ 11A&
$45 10A&
$40 10A
$40 6P
$60 12P&
$60 10A&
$45 10A
$35 10A&
$40 10A&
$80 7P
$60 7P&
$60 6P&
$75 12P&
$30 11A
$30 6P
$60 10A&
$75 10A&
$18+ 6P
$50+ 1P
$105 10A
$65
$40+ 12P&
6P
$18 10A
$45 11P&
$40+ 12P
$40+ 6P
$60 10A&
$45+ 11A&
$40+ 10A
$40+ 7P
7P
$50 11A&
$145 12P&
$140 12P
$40+ 11A
7P
7P
$10+ 10A&
$25+ 12P
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHB
NH
HORSE
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHZ
NH
$125 1P&
$25 10A
$65 11A
$50 2P&
$70 9A&
$25+ 7P
$30+ 2P
$30 10A
$30 12P
$35 9A&
$15+
$35+ 12P&
$55+ 11A&
$45 10A&
$40 10A
$40 6P
$60 12P&
$60 10A&
$45 10A
$35 10A&
$40 10A&
$125 7P
$150 11A&
$60 6P&
$75 12P&
$30 11A
$30 6P
$60 10A&
$75 10A&
$18+ 6P
1P
$105 10A
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
N H Sh
$40+ 12P&
$60 2P
$18 10A
$45 11P&
$40+ 12P
$40+ 6P
$60 10A&
$45+ 11A&
$40+ 10A
$40+ 7P
$35+
$50 11A&
$145 12P&
$200 12P&
$40+ 11A
$22+
$75
$10+ 10A&
$20 12P
$30 10A&
$25 11A&
$80 6P&
$50 8P&
$45 2P
7P
$25 10A&
$30+ 6P
$40 12P
$30 4P&
$50+ 7P
NH
N H Megastack
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHB
Turbo
NH
NH
NH
$30+ 1P&
$40+ 11A
$50+ 6P
$180 7P
7P
$35+ 11A&
NH
NH
NH
N H Deepstack
NH
N H Deepstack
$30 10A
$65 11A&
$100 10A&
$80 8P
$55 1P
$40
$25 10A&
$20+ 6P
$40 12P
$40 4P&
$30+ 7P
1P
$10+ 10A&
$40+ 11A
$40+ 4P
$150 3P
$30 12P&
F 11A&
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHZ
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
N H Sh
NH
N H Megastack
N H Turbo
NH
NH
NHB
Turbo
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
N H Deepstack
NH
NH
NH
N H Deepstack
$125 1P&
$25 10A
$65 11A
$50 2P&
$70 9A&
$25+ 7P
$30+ 2P
$30 10A&
$30 12P
$35 9A&
12P
$35+ 12P&
$55+ 11A&
$45 10A&
$40 10A
$40 6P
$60 12P&
$60 10A&
$45 10A
$35 10A&
$40 10A&
$125 7P
$60 11A&
$60 6P&
$75 12P&
$30 11A
$30 6P
$60 10A&
$75 10A&
$18+ 6P
$50+ 1P
$105 10A
6P
$40+ 12P&
$60
$18 10A
$45 7P&
$40+ 12P
$40+ 7P
$60
$45+ 11A&
$40+ 10A
$40+ 7P
10A
$50 11A&
$330 12P&
$225 12P
$40+ 11A
7P
12P
$10+ 10A&
$20 12P
11A
$30 10A
$65 11A&
$40 2P&
$80 4P
$115 1P&
7P
$25 10A&
$20+ 6P
$40 12P
$40 4P&
$30+ 7P
$30+ 1P
Varies 2A&
$75+ 11A
$50+ 4P
$150+RE 3P
$35 1P
$65+ 7P&
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$125
$25
$65
$50
$70
$25+
$30+
$30
$30
$35
F
$35+
$55+
$45
$40
$40
$60
$60
$45
$35
$40
$80
$60
$60
$75
$30
$30
$60
$75
$18+
$50+
$105
$65
$40+
NH
NH
NH
NH
$18
$45
$40+
$40+
NH
$45+
NH
$40+
NH
$40+
NH
$25+
NH
$50
NH
$145
NH
$200
NH
$40+
NH
$22+
NH
$30+
NH
$10+
N H Sh
$20
NH
$45+
NH
$30
NH
$25
NH
$60
NH
$100
NH
$35
NH
$40
NHB
$130
Varies Varies
NH
$40
NH
$40
NH
$50+
NH
$62
N H $50+RE
NH
$40+
NH
$50+
NH
$150+
N H $5 or $15+
NHB
$125
DA I LY TO U R N A M E N T L I ST I N G S CO N T I N U E O N PAG E 5
November Nine Profile: Mark Newhouse
Main Event final table he
was included in the Poker
Player Newspaper bio’s we
published for each of the
November Nine players.
Originally from Chapel
Hill, North Carolina,
4
29-year-old Mark
Newhouse now calls Las
Vegas home because it puts
him in the midst of legal
high-limit live poker in
both Las Vegas and the Los
Angeles area casinos.
AU G U ST 1 1 , 2 0 1 4
Following the 2013
ninth place finish when
Newhouse collected
$733,224 his WSOP cash
totals just over $900,000.
This does not include
the $730,725 ninth place
money awarded to each of
the 2014 final players. His
career poker earnings total
$2,776,172. He has cashed
in eight previous WSOP
events and has played the
WSOP Main Event every
year since 2006.
Newhouse is known
for his roller coaster rides
through poker tournaments
and the 2014 WSOP was
no exception. He entered
DA I LY TO U R N A M E N T L I ST I N G S (CO N T I N U E D F R O M PAG E 4 )
CALIFORNIANORTH
CA—SAN DIEGO
& INLAND EMPIRE
| SATURDAY | SUNDAY
Harrah’s Rincon
Lake Elsinore
Lucky Lady
Morongo
Oceans Eleven
Pala Casino
Pechanga
Santa Ysabel Casino
Soboba
Spotlight 29, Coachella
Sycuan
Viejas
Village Club
Artichoke Joe’s
Aviator Casino
Bay 101
Black Oak Casino, Tuolumne
Black Sheep Inn, Cameron Park
Cache Creek
Cameo Club, Stockton
Casino 580, Livermore
Casino 99
Casino Club-Redding
Casino Marysville
Casino Real Cardroom
Casino Royale
Central Coast Casino, Grover Beach
Central Coast Casino, Paso Robles
Chukchansi Gold Casino
Chumash
Club One Casino, Fresno
Colusa Casino
Cordova Casino
Del Rio Casino, Isleton
Eagle Mountain Cas.-Porterville
Elk Valley Cas.-Crescent City
Feather Falls Cas., Oroville
The 500 Club, Clovis
Folsom Lake Bowl
Garden City
Garlic Club-Gilroy
Gold Country Cas.-Oroville
Golden West-Bakersfield
Jackson Rancheria
Limelight Casino-Sacramento
Livermore Casino
Lodi Casino
Lucky Chances
Lucky Derby Casino
Merced Poker Room
NH
$40 7P&
$20+ 10A&
$25+ 10A
10A
$30 10A&
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NH
$40 7P&
$20+ 10A&
$25+ 10A
$25 10A
$30 10A&
NHB
NHB
NH
NH
NH
10A
NH
$30 10A&
NHB
$35 10A
NHB
10A
11A&
6P
10A&
10A
11A
6P
9A
11A
NH
NH
NH
N H Deepstack
NH
LH
NH
NH
NH
$25 10A&
$30 11A&
$36 6P
$40 10A
$25 10A
$28+ 11A
$30+
$125
$25 11A
NH
NH
NH
N H Deepstack
NH
LH
$30 10A&
$30 11A&
$36 6P
$40 10A
$25 10A
$25 6P
6P
NH
NH
NH
N H Turbo
NH
L&O H/L
NH
$25 11A
NH
H
7P&
10A
10A
NH
NHB
NH
10A&
6P
7P
11A
11A
NH
NH
NH
NH
10A
11A
NH
NH
10A
NH
12P
$40+
$40+ 7P
$20 11A
$17 11A
7P
$20 10A
$35+RE 11A&
10A
$5
7P
7P
NH
NH
$10+ 7P
$50+RE 6P
10A
2P
6P
6P
6P
10A&
7P
6P
7P&
7P
9A
9A
11A&
$50 10A
6P
NH
$25 6P
NH
$35 6P
NH
$45+ 6P
7P
NH
$45
NH Double Stack $120 10A&
NH
$35+ 7P
12P
NHB
$65 6P
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$40+ 7P&
$60
$120+ 9A
$15 9A
$7 11A&
NH
$25+ 12P
6P
$40+ 7P
$32 11A
$17 11A
$30
$20 10A
$35+RE 11A&
F
10A
7P
$60 7P
$40+RE 6P
$40 7P&
$20+ 10A
$25+ 10A
$25 10A
$30 10A&
7P
$25 10A
7P
$25 10A
$30 11A&
$36 6P
$15 + 10A&
$25 10A
$50+ 11A
$25+ 6P
9A
$25 11A
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NH
N H Turbo
N H Survivor
NH
NHB
NH
NH
O
NH
LH
Mx
NH
NH
$40 12P
$20+ 10A
$25+ 10A
$25 10A
$30 12P
$55 7P
$35 12P
$20 7P
$30 10A&
$30 11A&
$36 6P
$15+ 10A&
$25 10A
$48
$30+
$125 9A
$25 11A
NH
NH
NH
NH Double Stack
NH
NH
NH
$50 10A
$15
$35 2P
$30 6P
$45+ 6P
$66
6P
$120 10A&
$35+ 7P
$30 12P
$65 6P
$55 6P
$40+
$40+ 7P
$20 11A
$17 11A
7P
$20 10A
$35+RE 11A
10A
$25
$40 7P
$35 7P
$70+RE 6P
6P
$50 10A
6P
$25 6P
F+ 6P
$45+ 6P
NH
NH
NH
NHF
NH
$45
$120+ 10A&
$35+ 7P
$5 12P
$65 6P
NH
NH
NH
Varies
NH
$40+ 7P&
NH
6P
$40+ 7P&
NH
NH
$80+ 10A&
$35+ 6P
$40+ 12P
Varies 10A&
11A
$40+RE
$40+ 7P&
NH
NH
NH
$275 9A
$15 9A
$7 11A&
NH
NH
NH
$65+ 9A
$15 6P
$7 11A&
NH
NH
NH
$120+
$70 9A
$7 11A&
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
LH
NH
NHB
NH
NH
O H/L
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHB
NH
H
$10
NH
NH
NH
O/8
NH
NH
NH
$40+ 7P
$20 11A
$17
$30
$20 10A
$35+RE 11A
$5
10A
$40 7P
$40 7P
$60+RE 6P
$15+ 6P
$50 10A
$30+ 6P
$25 2P
$30
$45+ 6P
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
N H Deepstack
NH
$40 11A&
$20+ 10A
$25+ 10A
$25 11A
F 10A
$40 12P
$25 10A
$50 2P
$25 11A
$30 11A&
$54 6P
$40 10A&
$25 10A
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
N H Deepstack
NH
NH
NH
2P
$180 9A
$25 11A
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
LH
NH
$40+ 7P
$57 11A&
3P
1P
$20 10A
$50 11A
10A
$5
$40 7P&
$150 10A
$70+RE
$30+ 4P
$50 10A
$15 6P
$25
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$50+ 12P
NH
NH
NH
NH
$40 5P
$20+ 12P
$25+ 10A
$60 11A&
$90 10A
$75 7P
$25 10A
$40 2P
$40 1P&
$30 11A&
$54 6P
$40 10A&
$25 10A
6P
$25 6P
$230
$25 11A
2P
10A
$40+ 7P
$20 11A&
$37 3P
F 1P
$20 10A
$50 11A&
$10
$50 5P
$10+ 10A
1P
NH
$30+ 2P Wk2
NH
$50 10A
LH
$15
12P
6P
NH
Varies
2P
12P
NH Double Stack $150 10A&
NH
$35 6P
NH
$40 12P
NH
$65 2P
NH
$50
NH
NH
NH Double Stack
NH
N O H/L
NH
NH
$150 10A&
$35 6P
$40 12P
$35 2P
$50 11A
NH
$100 7P&
9A&
NH
NH
NH
NH
$15 9A
$7 11A&
NH
NH
$100 7P&
$40 9A&
9A
$60 10A
$7 11A&
N H $50-$3Kguar
NH
$7+
NH
$25+
NH
$25
NH
$145
N H Dstack Turbo
$55
NH
$35
NH
$25
NH
$45
NH
$30
NH
$54
NH
$20+
NH
$25
NH
$49+
Mx
$30+
NH
NH
$25
$55
LH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$30+
$40+
$32
$37
$30
$20
$50
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$40
$80
$60+
$170
$50
NH
NH
$35+
$35
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NH
NH
F
$20
Varies
$35
$40
$50
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$80
$40
$225+
$30
$7
P L AY E R
RPLA
A N KYER
INGS
POKER
q denotes upward mover; [ denotes event winner
H.O.R.S.E.
1 Barbara Enright
2 Tommy Hang
3 Chris Wallace
4 James Wheatley
5 Peter Brownstein
6 Fabio De Francesco
7 Matt Schultz
8 Wing Wong
9 David Wortham
10 Manuel Labandeira
11 Jim Collopy
12 Larry Cesario
13 Shawn Vanasdale
14 Chun Chen
15 Kristan Lord
16 Randy Ohel
17 Michael Long
18 Bandon Guss
19 Richard Sklar
20 Robert Minow
21 Daniel Buckley
22 Jerry Hughes
23 Joseph Brandenburg
24 Marlon Milne
25 David Kopp
pts
191
149
142
137
126
114
114
112
105
104
102
100
100
99
97
97
95
92
92
92
90
90
90
90
87
$$
3
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
NL HOLD’EM
1 Joe Kuether q
2 Michael Linster q
3 Allie Prescott q
4 Stephen Bokor [
5 Patrick Karschamroon
6 Michael Dentale
7 Cuong Phung q
8 James Anderson q
9 Ryan Hartman q
10 Brett Shaffer q
pts
323
277
247
246
245
229
228
221
214
212
$$
4
5
4
5
4
3
3
3
2
4
2
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OMAHA H/L
1 Danny Chang
2 Steve Lustig
3 Donald Webb
4 Michael Bees
5 Clemente Palacci
6 Olga Gault
7 Robert Campbell
8 Minh Trinh
9 Ismael Bojang
10 Sirous Baghchehsaraie
11 Casey Hayes
12 Nicholas Kost
13 Melissa Burr
14 kal Raichura
15 John Kabbaj
16 Phillip Hui
17 Walter Smiley
18 Jagdish Tejwan
19 James Bucci
20 Jeremy Alexander
21 John Parker
22 Nguyen Tran
23 Willam Smith
24 Gebrehiwet Goitom
25 Konstantin Puchkov
pts
217
201
200
199
153
135
129
120
119
118
115
110
109
105
104
104
103
100
100
100
100
100
100
99
99
$$
3
4
4
3
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
207
201
197
197
196
195
193
193
189
187
Hung Truong q
Michael Sica
Patrick Halter
Paul Sokoloff
Paul Volpe q
Idris Gencoglu
Jeffrey Fielder
Mario Rodriguez q
Jacob Schindler q
Joshua Suyat q
pts
180
150
141
136
127
126
116
114
111
109
109
106
104
104
104
102
102
101
100
100
100
99
99
99
99
$$
3
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
PLO
1 James Manning
2 Morgan Popham
3 Christopher Benoy q
4 Daniel Lowery
5 Matthew Humphrey
6 Sorin Marinca
7 Stanislav Parkhomenko
8 David Nicholson
9 Brandon Shack-Harris
10 Brandon Paster
11 Paul Phillips q
12 Nick Guagenti
13 Marcel Vonk
14 Michael Drummond
15 Patrick Walsh
16 Alfredo Meister
17 Harold Mahaffey
18 Iori Yogo
19 Andrew Buck
20 Ben Sagan
21 Matt Newcombe
22 Darius Studdard
23 Darryl Dauenhauer
24 Gabriel Nassif
25 Javed Abrahams
3
3
2
3
2
2
2
3
3
3
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
185
183
183
181
178
178
177
177
177
175
3
2
3
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
3
Lily Newhouse q
Hoa Minh Nguyen q
Michael Nia
Larry Quang
Blake Bohn q
Paul Phillips
Charles Coultas
David Tuthill
Dennis Thurman q
John Holley q
2
2
2
2
2
PLO H/L
1 Raouf Malek
2 Gregory Masterson
3 Dylan Wilkerson
4 Sean Remz
5 Barry Gassen q
6 Owais Ahmed
7 Jordan Chizick
8 Tyler Patterson
9 Florian Langmann
10 Scott Clements
11 Antonio Machado
12 Dylan Easley
13 Jason Steinberg
14 Mark Novisoft
15 Patrick Knight
16 Pilar Tucker
17 Warren Sheaves
18 Cody Crawford
19 Zachary Freeman
20 Chan Pelton
21 Clemente Palacci
22 Colin Burton
23 Mike Krescanko
24 Rich Davis
25 Richard Chiorarr
pts
319
205
163
136
126
124
113
109
104
104
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
99
99
96
95
95
95
95
95
$$
4
4
2
2
2
2
3
31 Jonathan Hilton
32 Nathan Bjerno
33 Everett Carlton
34 Daniel Sindelar
35 Lily Kiletto
36 Robert Brown [
37 Ray Qartomy [
38 Stuart Paterson q
39 Bruce Kramer
40 Paul Klann q
174
172
170
169
169
168
164
162
161
161
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
4
2
2
2
7-CARD STUD
pts $$
1 Eric Buchman
103
2 David Prager
100 2
3 Alexander Kravchenko 98
4 Aleksandr Denisov
93
5 William Thompson
88
6 Bryn Kenney
83
7 Nabih Helmi
78
8 Mallory Smith
73
68
9 Matt Grapenthien [
10 Steve Sung
63
11 Todd Brunson q
63
12 Daniel Negreanu
58
13 James Obst q
58
14 William Munley
57
15 Ben Yu q
53
16 Frank Athey
53
17 Wilfred Morrissette
52
18 Sergey Rybachenko
48
19 Steve Landfish q
48
20 Thomas Butler
47
21 Filippos Stavrakis
43
22 Phil Hellmuth q
43
23 Philip Milson
42
24 Chris Giese
40
25 Henrik Hecklen q
38
41 Pradeep Buddharaju
42 Pedro Rios q
43 William Pappas q
44 David Gonia q
45 Thomas Gleason
46 Alex Bylicki
47 Huicun Qiao
48 Joseph Mckeehen [
49 Kyle Bowker
50 Thomas Beckstad
AU G U ST 1 1 , 2 0 1 4
160
159
159
158
158
157
157
157
157
157
2
3
2
2
3
2
2
2
3
2
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DAILY TOURNAMENTS (CONT’D FROM PAGE 5)
Time. Some events &.......... Additional
.Limit Hold’em
start after the hour
gametimes. Call. N...........No Limit
A, P........ AM, PM
. .... Hold’em L................. Limit
Wk..............Week
..No Limit Hold’em
...........Stud
T................ Turbo
Sp L....Spread Limit
..7-Card Stud
...... Omaha Pi........Pineapple Mx.. Mexican Poker HH....Headhunter Al.......Alternates
..5-Card Stud H/L.High/Low Split Po.........Pot Limit DC.Dealer’s Choice B.......... Bounties Z......... Freezeout
Cz.............. Crazy +.Re-buys and/or
E....... Elimination Add-ons allowed
Q.............Qualify +RE........ Re-Entry
Sh.........Shootout F.............Freeroll
CALIFORNIANORTH
| SATURDAY | SUNDAY
SOUTHWEST
AZ
CO
KS
NM
N’EAST
OK
CT
DE
NH
Mike’s Card Casino. Oakdale
Oaks Card Club-Emeryville
Oceana Casino
Paiute Palace
Pastime Cardroom, Benicia
Pete’s 881 Club
Phoenix Casino
Pit River Casino
Poker Flats, Merced
Red Hawk Casino-Placerville
River Rock Casino-Geyserville
Sho Ka Wah, Hopland
Stars Casino, Tracy
Tachi Palace Casino
The 101 Casino
Thunder Valley Casino, Lincoln (6,7)
Towers Casino-Grass Valley
Turlock Poker Room
Wine Country Casino
Win-River Casino, Redding
Apache Gold
Blue Water Casino
Bucky’s Casino
Casino Ariz.-Scottsdale
Casino Del Sol
Cliff Castle
Fort McDowell
Gila River/Wild Horse Pass
Gila River-Vee Quiva
Harrah’s Ak Chin
Hon-Dah Casino
Paradise Casino
Twin Arrows Navajo-Flagstaff
Double Eagle
Isle Casino-Black Hawk
Lady Luck-Blackhawk
Midnight Rose-Cripple Crk
Sky Ute-Ignacio
Ute Mountain Casino-Towaoc
Wildwood Casino-Cripple Creek
Golden Eagle
Buffalo Thunder
Hardrock Albuquerque
Route 66 Casino
Sandia Casino (10)
Santa Ana Star
Casino Oklahoma-Hinton
Cherokee-Roland
Cherokee-W. Siloam
Choctaw
Comanche Red River Cas.
Downstream
Firelake Grand Casino
Hard Rock-Tulsa
Riverwind
WinStar World Casino
Foxwoods
Mohegan Sun
Delaware Park
Dover Downs
Harrington Raceway
Rockingham Park, Salem
The Lodge at Belmont
10A
6P
9A
6P
6P
1P
NH
0+ 10A
N H B $160+RE
NH
F+ 9A
NH
$17+ 6P
7P
NH
$80+
NH
$40+ 1P
$15 11A&
$35 10A&
11A&
10A&
NH
NH
5P
NH
$55+
7P
1P
12P
10A&
10A&
6P
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
7P
$20+ 7P
$40 1P
$30 12P
$15 10A&
$30 10A&
$25+ 6P
11A
10A
10A
12P&
12P
11A
NH
HZ
N H Sh
NH
NH
7B
12P
$60 7P
$10+ 10A
$25 10A
$30 12P&
$25+ 7P
$20 11A
7P
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
0+ 10A
6P
F+ 9A&
$17+ 6P
F
$40+ 1P
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$50 7P
$50
$40 1P
$30 12P
$15 10A&
$30 10A&
$25+ 6P
6P
NH
H
NH
O H/L Z
L H Sh
NH
NHZ
HB
O H/L
$25+
$130 7P
$10+ 10A
$25 10A&
$30 12P&
$50 7P
$20 11A
$25+
6P
NH
$50
10A
Cz Pi H/L
$45
NH
$50
8P
7P
7P
NH
NH
NH
$60 7P
$30+ 11A
$20+
2P
NH
$44
2P
11A&
NH
NH
11A&
NH
7P
10A
2P&
12P
11A&
11A
10A&
11A&
7P&
6P&
9A
7P&
1P&
NHZ
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHZ
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
12P
NH
NH
$15 11A&
$35 10A&
7P
NH
NH
7P
7P
NH
NH
O H/L
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
H
NH
Cz Pi Z
N H Sh
NH
NH
HB
NH
0+ 10A
$100+ 6P
F+ 9A
$23+ 6P
7P
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
0+ 10A
$70+
F+ 9A&
$12+ 6P
F
NH
$40+ 1P
7P
$15 11A&
$35 10A&
$55
NH
NH
NH
NH
$40+ 5P
$30+ 7P
$15 11A&
$35 10A
NH
NH
NH
NH
$60
5P
NH
NH
NH
Var
NH
$50
$35+ 10A
$60+ 2P&
$30+ 12P
$30 11A&
$30 11A&
$35 10A&
$40 11A&
$115 7P
$160 6P&
$60+ 9A
$60 7P&
$65 1P&
11A
6P
$80 12P
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHZ
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$40+RE
$20+ 2P
$25 11A&
$35
$30 11A&
7P
1P&
$35+ 10A
$60+ 2P&
$30+ 12P
$30 11A&
$30 11A&
$35 10A&
$40 11A&
$100 7P&
$120 6P&
$60+ 9A
$60 7P&
$65 1P&
$60
$40 6P
$80 12P
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHZ
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
H
O H/L
7F
$60
$30
$15
F
F+
$20+
$25
O H/L
NH
NH
NH
HB
N H B Ko
Cz Pi
H
NH
$20
$60+
$30+
$13
$35
NH
NH
$90 3P
$60 2P
NH
NH
NH
$20 11A
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHB
NHB
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$30+ 1P
$35+ 10A
$60+ 7P&
$30+ 12P
$30 11A&
$30 11A&
$35 10A&
$85 11A
$115 10A
$180 6P&
$60+ 9A
$60 7P&
$65 1P&
$60
$40 6P
$80 12P
NH
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$5+ 2P
$25 11A&
7P
$30 11A&
$35+
$30+ 1P
$35+ 10A
$60+ 2P&
$30+ 12P
$30 11A&
$30 11A&
$35 10A&
$60 11A&
$60 1P
$200 6P&
$60+ 9A
$60 7P&
$65 1P
11A
$40 6P
$80 12P
NH
$15
$40+
11A
$60+ 5P&
$30+ 4P
$13 1P
$15 12P
$30 7P
7P
$45 10A
7P&
$60
$20 11A
$20/F
4P
$5+
6P
$20+ 2P
$25 11A
$50
$30 11A&
NHB
NH
O
NH
NH
NHZ Deepstack
NH
O H/L
NH
NH
$50+ 7P
$20 11A
7P
$35
$40 3P
4P
1P
$35 12P&
F
$45 12P
$60 12P
7P
NH
NH
NH
$25
$50
NH
Pi
N H Sh
NH
$50 7P
$20 11A
$45+
40+
$30+
O Sh
NH Deepstack
$60 11A
$10+ 10A
$25 10A
$30 12P&
$25+
$20
$10+ 7P
$40
O H/L
O/8
Po O
NH
$80+ 10A
$5 12P&
NH
NHZ
L H Sh
NH
Men N H
HB
NH
O H/L
10A
0+
$125+
F+
$23+
NH
NH
$130 11A
$10+ 10A
$25 10A
$30 12P&
$20+ 12P
$20 11A
7P
$40 6P
$60
NH
NH
NH
NH
H
NH
11A
$50
$40 11A
$30 12P
$15 10A&
$30 10A&
F+
$20
$25
NH
0+ 10A
$120+RE 1P
F+ 9A
$22+ 6P
12P
$60 10AWk4
$10+
$25 11A
$30 12P&
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
O H/L
HB
7P
NH
NH
NH
NH
$55+ 6P
$60 1P
$30+ 3P
$40
$35 10A
$55
$75 5P
$40+ 12P
$60
$115
$60 11A
$30 12P
$15 10A&
$50 1P
F+ 5P
3P
2P
$25+ 1P
$150
7P
$40 1P
$30 12P
$15 10A&
$35 10A&
$25+ 6P
$25+ 7P
7P
6P
6P
$10+ 2P
$25 11A&
7P
$30 11A&
NH
NH
0+ 10A
11A
F+ 9A
$23+ 5P
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
12P
NH
$25 7P
NH
$30+ 7P
NH
$15 5P
NH
$35 10A
NH
10A
NH
$55+ 5P
NH
12P
NH
$50 11A
NHB
1P Wk2&4 N H
$50 11A
NH
$30 12P
NH
$15 10A&
NH
$35 10A&
NH
11A
NH
$100 11A
3P
$25+ 7P
NH Survivor $100 6P
3P
NH
$18+ 6P
$60+RE 6P Wk2&4 N H $60+RE 6P Wk1&3
$20+ 2P
NH
$5+ 2P
$25 1P
NH
$40 7P
12P
$30 11A&
NH
$40 11A&
7P
NH
$45+ 2P
$30+
1P&
$35+ 10A
NH
$35+ 2P
$115 11A Wk1& O
$115 3P Wk1&
$30+ 10A
NH
$25+ 10A
$30 11A&
NH
$30 3P
$30 2P
NHZ Deepstack $100 2P
$35 10A&
NH
$35 10A&
$40+ 11A
NHB
$85 11A&
$220
1P
$230 6P&
NH
$120 6P&
$60+ 9A
NH
$60+ 9A
$145 7P&
NH
$145 7P&
$65 1P&
NH
$65 1P&
11A
NH
$60+
$60 2P
NH
$60 2P
$80 12P
NH
$100 12P
F
$60
NH
$20
NH
$10
NH
$60
O H/L
$45
Varies Varies
NH
$5+
NH
$25
Var
$35
O8
$40
NH
$35+
NH
$30+
NH
$60
N H Lad
$60
NH
$25+
NH
$30
NH Deepstack $120
NH
$35
NHZ
$40
NH
$230
N H B Survivor $150
NH
$60+
NH
$60
NHB
$95
NH
NH
$60
$100
Will Amaya Acquire PokerStars’ Midas Touch?
Several other lawyers,
in addition to Rose point
out that state laws and public policy treat gambling
as illegal in this country,
except where states license
and regulate them. Lawyers
queried for this article offer
a united view. They say that
limiting the activity of gambling is a generally acceptable principle. Therefore,
a state’s requirements for
a license are less likely to
appear unfairly onerous.
The Tenth
Amendment—not so
easy to apply
Now enter into the mix
the Tenth Amendment.
According to Wikipedia,
“The Tenth Amendment
to the United States
8
Constitution, which is part
of the Bill of Rights, states
the Constitution’s principle
of federalism by providing
that powers not granted
to the federal government
by the Constitution, nor
prohibited to the States,
are reserved to the States
or the people.” In simpler lay terms, the Tenth
Amendment says that
the Federal Government
passes laws on things the
Constitution specifically
gives it authority to do, and
otherwise, the individual
states are empowered to
legislate as they wish.
Judicial interpretation... if you care!
The United States Supreme
Court, United States v.
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Sprague (1931), declared
the Tenth Amendment “a
truism.” However, lawyers
consulted for this article
generally agree that Courts
rarely declare laws unconstitutional for violating the
Tenth Amendment,
Online legislative bill
with bad actor clause
stirs cry of Tenth
Amendment violation!
An active lobbyist for
PokerStars, Tribe makes
the case for a constitutional
attack against two current
online gambling bills in
California. He perceives the
bills as incorporating punitive action without trial. He
also complains about the
bills’ arbitrary cutoff date for
U.S. facing online gambling
sites in America; immediately following enactment
of the Unlawful Internet
Gambling Enforcement
Act. Tribe’s constitutional
arguments may not prevail
but several lawyers concur
they will be taken far more
seriously by the Courts than
Rose’s short shrift of them.
That said, Rose’s analysis
is compelling, say the same
lawyers.
Rose Knows His Stuff!
Rose notes that in America,
gambling is an activity
that traditionally faces
restraints—in the interests
of society. And, he suggests
as a practical matter, the
individual state’s police
powers trump the Tenth
Amendment. PokerStars
is not likely to appreciate Rose’s position. The
Company has consulted
Rose, previously.
On the other side of the
coin, most of the Indian
tribes and commercial casinos across the country welcome Rose’s legal stance, if
only because it is compatible with their widespread
resentment of PokerStars’
success in the States after
UIGEA effectively barred
them from continuing such
operation.
PokerStars Got
Rich; U.S. Gaming
Companies Waded
Through a Recession
PokerStars profited handsomely while American
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11A&
3P
10A&
11A&
11A&
6P
10A&
10A&
12P&
11A
11A&
10A&
12P&
11A
7P
1P
10A
11A
NH
$100 11A&
NH
$80+ 3P
NH
$50 10A&
NH
$65 11A&
NH
$62 11A&
NH
$120 6P
NH
$60 10A&
NH
$60 10A&
NH
$70 12P&
NH
$60 11A&
NH
$45 11A&
Sit N Go
$60 10A&
7P
NH
$50 12P&
N H $100+RE 11A
NH
$20+ 7P
7P
O H/L
$40 1P
NH
$65 7P
6P
12P
L O H/L
$30 6P
7P
7P
NH
$80 11A&
NH
$80+ 3P
NH
$50 10A&
NH
$65 11A&
NH
$62 11A&
NH
$65 6P
NH
$60 11A&
NH
$50 10A&
NH
$50 12P&
NH
$80 11A&
NH
$50 11A&
Sit N Go
$60 10A&
NH
$120 12P
NH
$50 12P&
NH
$100
NH
$60 7P
NHB
$60
NH
$40
N H $65+RE 10A
NH
$40
NH
$30 7P
NH
$80 6P
NH
$60+ 7P
NH
$50
1P
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHB
NH
NHB
$60 12P
$20+ 6P
$70 11A
$110
$50 12P&
$50 12P
$80 7P&
$40 12P
$80 6P
6P
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$60 12P
6P
$125 11A
12P
$51 12P&
$50 1P
$100+ 7P&
$40 12P
$65 6P
NH
NH
NH
NHB
NH
N H Deepstack
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHZ
NH
$40 7P
$45 6P&
$10 6P
$50 6P&
$25 12P
$70
$30 6P
$60 1P&
$35 12P&
$60
$40 10A
$200
$25+
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHZ
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$40 7P
$45 10A&
$30
$150 6P&
$25 12P
6P
$30 6P
$60 1P&
$35 12P&
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$40 10A&
NH
12P
NH
11A
NHB
12P
3P
7P&
12P
6P
7P
10A
2P
2P&
12P
6P
6P
1P&
12P&
7P
10A&
12P
7P
7P
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
Sit N Go
NH
NH
NH
$35+
12P&
NH
12P&
NH
6P
6P
7P
1P
7P
3P
7P
7P
12P
7P
12P
7P
7P
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NH
NHZ
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$85 12P&
7P
$40 12P&
6P
$75+
$70 6P
$20+
$60 1P
$50 7P
$45 2P
$20+ 7P
$35+ 7P
$100 12P
$100
$50+ 12P
$50 7P
$25+ 7P
6P&
7P&
1P&
8P
NHB
N H Deepstack
NH
NH
$25 6P&
$120 7P&
$25+ 1P&
$40 8P
6P&
12P
7P
1P&
1P&
12P&
7P
1P&
7P
12P&
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHZ
NH
NH
NH
NH
$60 6P&
$100 12P
F 7P
$65 1P&
$50 1P&
$65 12P&
$50 1P
$65 1P&
$50
$150 12P&
11A&
1P&
12P&
NH
NH
NH
$40 11A&
$40 1P&
$120RE 12P&
8P
NH
NH
NH
H
NH
NH
N H Deepstack
NHBZ
NH
Turbo N H
NH
NH
NH
NH
$60 12P
$20+ 6P
$100 11A
12P
$60+RE 12P
$60 6P
$50 7P&
$40 12P
$65 6P
$30+ 6P
$40 7P
$45 12P&
6P
$70 6P&
$25+ 12P
$60 7P
$30 6P
$60 1P&
$35 12P&
7P
NH
$40 10A&
12P
$40+ 6P&
7P
6P
NH
NH
$65+
$120
$165 12P&
$65+ 7P
$60 10P&
F+
11A
$90 6P
$70 1P&
$50 7P
$60 7P
$20+
$40 7P
$100 12P
7P
$50+ 12P
$50 7P
$50+
$100 6P&
$65 7P&
$45 1P&
$20 8P
7P
NH
$60 6P&
NH
$100 12P
O H/L
$110 7P
NH
$35+
NH
$50 1P&
WSOPC Satellite $30+ 12P&
NH
$50 7P
NH
$45 1P&
7P
NHB
$120 12P&
7P
NH
$40 11A&
NH
$40 1P&
N H $230RE 7P
Var
$25+
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$120 11A&
NH
$80+ 3P
NH
$50 10A&
NH
$65 11A&
NH
$62 11A&
NH
$65 6P
NH
$60 6P
N H Deepstack
$100 10A&
NH
$50 12P&
N H Sh
$80 11A&
NH
$50 11A&
NH
$60 10A& Sit N Go
$120 7P
NH
$50 12P&
NH
7P
NHB
$20+ 7P
NH
7P
NH
6P
NH
$65 7P
NHB
6P
NH
$30 7P Wk1 N H B
$40 6P
NH
$20+ 7P
NH
7P
NH
6P
NH
$160
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHB
Turbo N H
NH
N H Big Stack
NH
NH
NHB
N H KO
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NH
N H Turbo Megastack
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
N H Lad
NH
NH
Po O
NH
$100 12P&
$80+ 3P
$50 10A&
$65 11A&
$62 11A&
$120 6P
$90 4P
$50 10A&
$70 12P&
$80 11A
$45 11A&
$60 10A&
$120
$50 12P&
$125 11A Wk4
$60 7P
$60 2P
$40
$75 10A
$40
$60
$30 4P&
$60+ 7P
$135
$125 11A
$60 12P
$20+
$70 11A
$110 12P
$50 12A
$40 2P
$80+ 7P&
$40 12P
$65
$40+ 6P
NH
$10+ 7P
Sit N Go $60/105 10A&
NH
$60 6P&
NH
$150 6P&
NHZ
$25 2P
NH
$50
NH
$30 10A
NH
$60 1P&
NH
$35 12P
12P
NH
$40 10A
Po O $100+RE
N H Sat
$30 7P
$200 11A&
$80+ 1P
$50 10A&
$65 11A&
$62 11A
$225 6P&
$35 12P
$80 11A
$70 11A&
$80 11A
$50 11A&
$60 10A&
12P
NH
$65 12P&
NHB
$125 11A
Lad N H $15+ 3P
N H Turbo
$25 2P
12P
N H $65+RE 10A
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
Sit N Go
NH
NH
$30 1P
$20+ 7P
NH
NH
NH
Varies 11A
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHB
NH
$60 11A
12P
$100 11A
$210
$60 12P
$100
$125 7P&
$40 10A
NH
NH
NH
Deepstack
NH
NH
$40 5P
NH
NH
NH
LH
NH
NHZ
$40
$45 10A&
$20+ 12P
$70 6P&
$25 12P
NH
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$30 10A
$60 2P
$55 4P
$90 12P
$40
NH
NH
NH
NH
N H Sat $40 + 12P
12P
NH
NH
6P
$165 12P&
Varies 1P&
$50 12P&
NH
NH
NH
NH
$60
$165 12P&
$45+
$50 12P&
N H Big Stack B
$75+
$60 6P
7P
$80 1P&
$50 7P
$40+ 2P
Po O
NHB
NH
NHB
NHZ
$115 12P&
20+ 7P
$90 1P&
$50 6P
$60 3P
2P
$40 2P
$100 12P
NH
NH
NH
N H Deepstack
NHZ
N H Sh
NHZ
NH
NH
$50 12P
NH
$50
NH
$25+ 7P
NH
$100 7P
NHB
$50 6P&
Turbo N H
$35 7P
N H DeepStack $60 2P&
N H Qual Players F 8P
7P
NH
$60 6P&
NH
$100 12P
NH
F 7P
NH
$35+ 7P
NH
$65 6P
NH
$65+ 12P&
NH
$100 7P
NH
$45 1P&
N H Big Stack
$40 7P
$100 12P
$150
$50+ 12P
$50 7P
7P
7P
$25 6P&
$80 12P
DeepStack $60 1P&
$50+RE 8P
$55+
$60 6P&
$100 12P
F 7P
1P&
$50 1P&
$30+ 12P&
$100 7P
$65 1P&
$20+
$150 12P&
$35 7P
$40 11A&
$20 1P&
$120 7P
Turbo N H
NH
NHB
$150 12P&
O/8
$50 7P
NH
$40 11A&
N H Dbl Megastack
$80 1P&
N H $150RE 7P
NHB
by Tribe and countered by
Rose proves to be nothing
more than a distraction, the
political question lives on.
How Does Amaya Get
Past First Base in
New Jersey
As online gambling
re-emerges in individual
states the reasonableness
of PokerStars (no matter
the management) benefitting from its arrogance
toward the law in America
while the American-based
gaming industry played
by the rules, has yet to be
resolved—on a state by
state basis.
Amaya chair Baazov
seems to have his eye on
the ball, not on the flak. In
New Jersey, he is moving
NH
$60 12P
$60+ 4P
$100 1P&
$90 3P
$60 3P
$35
$35 2P
$100 12P
7P
$150 12P
NH
N H Lad
NH
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
N H Deepstack
NH
Sit N Go
$50+
$85+
$50
$65
$62
$120
$60
$60
$125
$100
$95
$60
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$75
$125+RE
$60
$60
$100
$45
12P
$30 2P
$20+
4P
Varies 11A
11A
11A
$60 11A
$80 12P
$70 11A
12P
$80 3P
NH
NH
$60
$50
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$135
Varies
$90
$115
$60
$80
$150
$210
$81
$100 11A&
$40 12P
NH
NH
$50
$120
$40 5P
NH
2P
NH
2P
NH
$180 10A&
NH
$50 2P
NH
$150 12P&
NH
$50+ 12P
4P
NH
$30 10A
NH
$125 12P&
NH
$55 12P&
NH
$240 12P
NH
12P
NH
12P LastWk N H Z
$60
Varies
12P
NH
$120 3P
12P
NH
$75
$75 12P& N H Dbl Stack $300 12P&
1P Wk1,3&4 N H B
$75 2P
$65 12P
NH
Varies 2P
12P
Varies Varies
$115 2P
20+
$110 1P&
$150 2P
$60 10A&
$60+ 2P
$560 12P
Varies 7P
$50+ 12P
7P
$30+
$30+
$120
Varies
$40
$300
$30+
$70
$30
$60
$35
$140
$120
$500
NH
$120
NH
NH
NH
$165
Varies
$65
$60
NHB
NH
$50
N H Deepstack
$90
Varies Varies
Turbo N H
N H Big Stack
NH
Po O 8
NH
$40
$150
$100
$70
$50
NH
$25+
NH
$50 7P
NH
$50 7P&
NH
$100
NH
$100 6P&
NHB
$100 5P&
NHB
$50
NH
$120 7P
N H KO
$140 1P&
N H Super Deepstack $275
N H DeepStack $60 2P&
NH
$60 1P
N H DeepStack $60
N H $65+RE 8P&
NH
$30 2P
NH
Varies
N H $30+RE 7P Wk2,4&5 N H B
$80 4P
NH
$55
NH
$60 6P&
NH
$120 6P&
NH
$60
NH
$100 10A
NH
$100 12P
N H Deepstack Varies
NH
F 7P
NH
F 7P
N H Sh
F
NH
$45 1P
NH
$120 1P
NH
$65
N H Deepstack
$115 1P exc Wk1&4 N H Deepstack
$115 1P&
N H Deepstack
$115
N H $100+ 12P& N H Deepstack $120+ 12P&
N H $100+
NH
$50 7P&
NH
$100 7P&
NH
$50
N H Deepstack
$115 1P&
N H Deepstack
$65
7P
NH
$50 2P
NH
$40
NH
$100 12P&
NH
$65 12P&
NHB
$150
NH
$60 1P&
NHB
$50 6P
N H MiniDeepstack
$70
NH
$75 11A&
NH
$100 11A&
NH
$40
NH
$40 1P&
N H Dbl Megastack
$80 1P&
N H No Rake $200
NH
$120 12P&
NH
$120 12P exc Wk4 N H
$350
Will Amaya Acquire PokerStars’ Midas Touch?
based casinos toed the line,
respecting a law that made
processing of online bets
by American-based players
verboten. PokerStars gained
a sophisticated understanding of the business and
developed an astoundingly
loyal customer base in the
years following the passage
of UIGEA. Even if the
Constitutional issue posed
N H Deepstack $180 11A&
N H $100+ 7P
NH
$50 10A&
NH
$65 11A&
NH
$122 11A&
NH
$340 6P
NH
$60 12P
NH
$225 6P&
NH
$90 11A&
N H Deepstack $100 11A&
NH
$70 11A&
Sit N Go
$60 10A&
NH
$230
NH
$225 12A&
N H Deepstack $200 7P
NH
$60 3P
NH
$100 2P
NH
$60 1P
NH
$65 10A&
the ball down the court,
briskly. Knowledgeable
industry observers say
he is also committed to
customer service in the
tradition of the Sheinberg
family—fully. They say he
is learning about his customers, looking to them for
guidance and support, and
treating customer service
as the key to the company’s
success.
PokerStars’ business
principles under Amaya
have yet to be tested, but
Amaya is no stranger to the
American-based gaming
industry fraternity. Mitch
Garber, the CEO of Caesars
Interactive Entertainment
(CIE), which owns the
World Series of Poker, tells
AU G U ST 1 1 , 2 0 1 4
9
November 9 Profile: Felix Stephensen
California Poker
Scene, PART 6
CARD SENSE
By ASHLEY ADAMS
In my previous installment of this seven-part series, my friend
Andrei and I were playing our way through Stockton on a
25-room poker trip in Central California. We left the two gritty
rooms there and headed south to Casino Real (1355 North
Main St., Manteca, 209-239-1455). This seven-table room
struck me as being a blend of a modern casino poker room and
a traditional local California card room. There’s tableside food
and beverage service as well as a reasonably priced player’s
menu, with $6-$8 sandwiches and $8 Asian dishes like pho.
They spread $1/$1/$2 and $1/$1/$3 no limit, $3/$6 limit hold’em,
and $4/$8 Omaha with a ½ kill. There was a prop in the Omaha
game I played in—but other than he, the action was good and
the quality of my opponents was, at best, tight and predictable. After an hour, I moved over from Omaha to $1/$1/$3 no
limit. I managed to lose a large contested pot with a full house
but ended up winning money when I was awarded $100 by the
poker room thanks to a neat little bad beat promotion they had
going. Sweet! The other distinguishing feature of the room is
Ernie’s, the high-end gourmet restaurant located on the premises. I didn’t have time to sample the menu, but everyone I met
in the poker room raved about it.
Andrei and I left Casino Real and drove to the former
Comstock Casino, now known as Stars Casino, (775 Clover
Road, Tracy, 209-777-7777). When we arrived at about 2:00
PM on a Tuesday afternoon, only one of its two tables was
going. There were exactly two seats open—so my friend and
I both sat down. We played in this extremely tight game consisting of a bunch of local rocks who didn’t seem particularly
pleased with my aggressive play. The dealer was competent,
but not at all welcoming to Andrei or me—in spite of my eagerness to strike up a conversation. I was lucky enough to meet
the owner. He told me that he was eager to build up the room
and take advantage of his great new space. They were offering
a $1,000 freeroll tournament on Sunday. He shared with me
that his number one objective was to create a welcoming room
that made new visitors feel at home. Judging by the mood in
the room among the regulars and staff, he has his work cut out
for him. I wished him well—but left soon thereafter to visit the
rooms in and on the way to San Jose.
Our next stop was the Livermore Casino (formerly the 580
Card Room), 3571 1st Street, Livermore, 925-447-1702. This
is a great, busy, 10-table room, with a wide variety of games.
When I visited late on a Tuesday afternoon, there were seven
games going including $4/$8 limit hold’em, $6/$12 Omaha with
a half kill to $10/$20, and $3-$200 spread limit hold’em. The
room is limited in what they can spread because of a local
gambling ordinance that does not allow no limit poker. So they
have this very broad spread limit game instead. I sat in the
Omaha game and had a ball—with a bunch of very talkative, fun,
and engaging players. The room does what they can to promote action—allowing straddles up to any amount. Players take
advantage of this. In my two-hour Omaha session I saw players
straddle to $30 when there was a kill pot that raised the stakes
to $10/$20. I was lucky enough to win one of those hands—raking in a large pot in the process. I also got to sample some
soup and a burger—each reasonably priced and delicious. The
shift supervisor whom I spoke to described the place as the
Cheers of poker rooms. This Boston boy would have to agree.
I’d gladly play here regularly if I lived in the area.
Andrei and I concluded the day by driving to San Jose and
the Bay 101 casino. More on that place and the other casino in
the area, the M8trix, next time.
Ashley Adams is the author of Winning No Limit Hold’em and
Winning 7-card Stud, both available at Amazon.com. He is also the
host of the popular poker radio show, House of Cards. For listening
times and stations, to get a podcast of the show, or to check out
the blog, go to www.houseofcardsradio.com.
You can email Ashley at asha34@aol.com.
10
AU G U ST 1 1 , 2 0 1 4
The journey began when
Stephensen developed an
affinity for online poker
and playing under the pseudonym “FallAtYourFeet”
he has amassed more than
$300,000 in earnings since
2001.
Next, we follow his
journey to Las Vegas with
a group of friends to the
WSOP at the Rio All-Suite
Hotel & Casino. Stephensen
apparently had a plan and
it was to enter (and win,
obviously) the Main Event
because that’s the only
event he played during the
2014 WSOP. He survived
the inherent insanity of
Main Event Day 1C to
return on Day 2 with slight-
ly more chips than his starting T30K.
Unlike the chip leader,
Jorryt van Hoof, whom rode
a roller coaster to his final
table seat, Felix Stephensen
spent the first five days
of play making modest
additions to his chip total.
Finally on Day 6 he got the
momentum engine fired up
and began his climb up the
chip leader board. Day 7
began with Stephensen in
ninth place holding almost
seven and three quarters of
a million in chips.
Adding to his stacks
throughout Day 7 he was
sitting behind T14,640,000
when Tom Sarra Jr fourbet and Stephensen moved
all-in only to be called
by Sarra. When the T25
million pot was pushed to
Stephensen he was suddenly the chip leader with
T27.86 in the WSOP Main
Event. The double up not
only made him the chip
leader but it guaranteed his
claim to a seat at the final
table and his rightful place
among the November Nine.
Stephensen is a firm
believer in the “Poker is a
Game of Skill, “ philosophy. Considering the young
player’s smooth style and
more than a decade of solid
experience to back up his
play he could be the next
World’s Greatest Poker
Player.
Zimcosky Wins at Majestic Star
A total of 369 players
were involved in the events
leading up to the final
table. During the satellite segments, 74 players
earned their way to the
final rounds while another
154 bought their way into
the heart-pounding final
stages of the competition.
The 228 players jousted
until the final table of combatants was carved out and
ready to do battle on the
felt.
The players at the final
table were methodically
playing both their hands
and opponents with their
sights set on the top slot
and prize money. Players
dueled for over 6 hours
while trying to felt the
rest of the field. After
the dust had settled, Brian
Zimcosky had bested all
other card sharks gathering in all the chips and a
healthy $61,870 payout for
his efforts.
Alexander Kaufman
finished in second place
taking home $36,459
while Brad Sailor pocketed $20,992 for his second
place finish. Robert Chow
earned $17,014 while
landing in fourth place and
Gerald Stemienas’ fifth
place finish earned him
$13,258. Better than one
in 10 players cashed in the
event with 27th place taking home $1,989.
Majestic Star continues
to offer players of all skill
levels opportunities to
try their luck at a variety
of games hosted in their
poker room. They plan
to have some new and
exciting events coming up
Midas Touch?
me, “I like and respect Dan
Baazov.” CIE’s executive
offices in Montreal are a
stone’s throw away from
Amaya headquarters. The
cold war that developed
between PokerStars and
Caesars, over the past two
years, may be over!
Will the rest of the casino
industry soon put bygones
into a new perspective?
Will politicians look for
compromises that affirm
the freedom of adults to
play poker in pajamas from
their home computers?
Tribe supports it. Rose
concedes in his article that
Amaya will likely succeed
in entering the online gaming market –one way or
another. Now it is up to the
politicians to bring home
the bacon with licensed,
regulated, and taxed online
gambling fare across
America.
Editor’s Note: Wendeen
Eolis is CEO of EOLIS,
a legal consultancy with
a specialty in the gaming
space. She has served as
in the very near future so
watch our publication for
details. Their schedule of
regular tournaments can
also be found in Poker
Player Newspaper and you
can find out more on their
web site, www.majesticstar.com, or by calling the
property at 219-977-7777.
MAJESTIC STAR CASINO
MID-STATES POKER TOUR
8/1-4/14
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
MAIN EVENT
BUY-IN $1,100
PLAYERS 228
PRIZE
POOL
$221,244
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Brian Zimcosky. . . . . $61,870
Alexander Kaufman.$36,459
Brad Sailor. . . . . . . . . $20,992
Robert Chow. . . . . . . $17,017
Gerald Siemienas. . . . $13,528
Paul Fisher. . . . . . . . . $11,048
William Luciano . . . . . $8,839
Musa (Mike) Mustafa.$6,629
Bryan Schultz . . . . . . . $4,419
an advisor to Mayor Rudy
Giuliani and as First Asst.
to Governor George Pataki
with responsibility for gaming issues in her portfolio.
She was the first woman to
cash in the main event at
the World Series of Poker.
See her wikipedia listing,
and the eolis.com press
clip index for more information. This article is her
exclusive property. She can
be reached at eolis@eolis.
com; Twitter Facebook and
LinkedIn or at the website:
www.eolis.com.
November 9 Profile:
Mark Newhouse
17 events prior to the 2014
WSOP Main Event and
did not score a single cash
until his deep run in the
Championship Event. He
began his Main Event journey in typical Newhouse
fashion on Day 1C when he
finished with slightly less
than the T30K chips he had
at the start. He then began
his climb through the ranks
and on Day 5 he finished
atop the chip leader board.
Day 6 was another day of
loss; but, Day 7 he could
see the seat at his second
consecutive Main Event
final table and was not to
be denied. He finished the
day third on the chip leader
board with T26,000,000 and
seat #4 at the 2014 WSOP
Main Event in November.
Mark Newhouse has
positioned himself to make
a run at the Championship
and providing the cards
break even he can makes
this happen. Don’t be sur-
prised if the man with the
coveted, rare gold and diamond bracelet is non other
than Last Year’s ninth place
finisher, Mark Newhouse.
I picked him as the longshot to win the 2013 contest
and neither the cards noe
the chips went in his favor.
This year I’m picking him
as the co-favorite, along
with the player with all the
chips Jorryt van Hoof, to
win it all. Then next year
he can come back and win
again so he can join Doyle
Brunson, Johnny Chan and
Stu Unger as back-to-back
winners.
Note: You can access
the 2013 Newhouse
bio by going online
to our website, www.
PokerPlayerNewspaper.
com, then clicking on the
“Visit the Poker Player
Newspaper Issue Archives”
in the right hand column to
navigate to the October 7,
2013 issue.
November 9 Profile:
Jorryt van Hoff
chip leader Jorryt van Hoof
makes it two-in-a-row for
the Netherlands. Jorryt van
Hoof arrived atop the Main
Event chip leader board
after a rocky start following Day 1B.
On Day 2 he bagged less
chips than he had at the
start of the day. Day 3 saw
him add to his total play
money but once again, Day
4 had him showing another
loss and bagging less. Day
5 showed a significant gain
in chips. Day 6 had van
Hoof adding even more to
his stacks and finishing the
day among the chip leaders.
Day 7 belonged to Jorryt
van Hoof when the WSOP
Main Event starting field of
6685 runners was trimmed
down to nine players. They
were assigned seats at the
World’s most famous poker
table, the World Series of
Poker Main Event Final
Table. Jorryt van Hoof
stands above the November
Nine as the chip leader.
Like many of today’s
younger players Jorryt
van Hoof began his journey into gaming playing
“Magic, the Gathering.”
Following the path of his
peers he began playing
poker. Jorryt van Hoof
found he had a knack for
the game and in particular,
Pot Limit Omaha.
Jorryt van Hoff is no
stranger to the WSOP and
has cashed three times
for a total of $27,956.
He has career earnings
of $358,580 which does
not include the $730,725
ninth place money each of
the November Nine have
already received.
Jorryt van Hoof will lead
the November Nine into
the Penn & Teller Theater
located in the Rio All-Suite
Hotel & Casino in Las
Vegas on November 10,
2014. They will play until
only two remain. The following day, November 11,
the two will play heads-up
until one is eliminated and
a 2014 Poker Champion
of the World is crowned.
The winner will receive
$10,000,000, a very special
gold and diamond bracelet
and perpetuity in the history of poker.
2014 WSOP—Interesting Facts
Now that the 2014 World
Series of Poker has completed all but 2 days of play
we can look back at the the
Big Poker Show and be
amazed at how far the game
has come. People in my age
group that follow poker can
recall with pride the pleasant
memories of the WSOPs of
bygone years.
The tall, thin man from
Amarillo, Texas that not
only won the $10,000 championship of poker (Main
Event wasn’t coined yet) but
got himself an invite to the
Johnny Carson Show. The
nation watched in awe as
this poker player entertained
us with tales about those
people that would play a
card game that required a
$10,000 buy-in. We were
shocked they could find
enough people to fill a single
table and in 1972 the $10K
championship event seated 8
players. Amarillo Slim did
win and left with $80,000
because it was “winner take
all.” Second place paid the
same as last place—nothing!
It was the first time many
of us young hometown
poker players had ever
heard the terms “freeze out,”
or “Texas Hold’em.” We
played real poker games that
were generally limited to
Draw Poker or SDtud Poker
and occasionally we even
played Lo-ball depending on
how much we had to drink
that particular Thursday
night. We also knew an
indisputable fact, If you
play poker with someone
nicknamed after a city or
state you would lose. This
was the era of Texas Dolly,
Amarillo Slim, Tree Top,
Puggy and The Kid.
Now we move ahead
forty-five years to the 2014
WSOP Main Event and realize there were 6,683 players
with a $10,000 buy-in playing in same event. And for
complete Shock and Awe,
42 players paid a $1 million
buy-in to play in the 2014
WSOP Event #57, The Big
One for One Drop.
2014 WSOP Statistical
Overview
• Official WSOP Gold
Bracelet Events: 65
• Total Entries: 82,360
• Total Prize Pool:
$225,584,873
• Total Cashers: 8,730
• Main Event Entries:
6,683
• Main Event Prize Pool:
$62,820,200
• Largest 1st Place Prize:
$15,306,668
• Average 1st Place Prize:
$792,507
• Average Age: 38.93
• Average Age of Casher:
37.66 (excludes Main
Event)
• Average Age of Final
Tablist: 35.32 (excludes
Main Event)
• Male Participation:
94.72% (78,009 entries)
• Female Participation:
5.28% (4,351 entries)
• # of Countries
Represented: 107
• # of U.S. States
Represented: 50
• # of Canadian
Provinces Represented:
10, plus Yukon Territories
The above stats of the
2014 WSOP Gold Bracelet
Events are provided courtesy of Seth Palansky,
Vice President, Corporate
Communications, Caesars
Interactive Entertainment
(CIE)/World Series of Poker
2014 WSOP—New Records Abound!
Most important fact coming out of the 2014 World
Series of Poker at the Rio
All-Suite Hotel & Casino
in Las Vegas this summer?
The increase in the number
of entries of the 2014 Main
Event at 6,683 making
it the fifth largest Poker
World Championship field
of all-time and the largest
seated combine of players
since the 2010 Main Event
attracted 7,319.
Some of the credit for the
demonstrated growth in the
latest WSOP summer meet
must be attributed to the
recent positive events surrounding the legalization of
online poker rooms. While
this trend towards legitimacy is a small step when
compared to the popularity
poker enjoyed during the
2004-2006 era it is a giant
step for the poker industry.
There is no better barometer of poker’s rise as the
world’s favorite game than
the WSOP. Throughout its
45 year history the World
Series of Poker is the one
that every poker player
dreams of winning. For
many of poker’s faithful
just being able to say, “I
played in the WSOP,” is
more than reason enough
to make the trek to Las
Vegas and 2014 saw record
numbers come to live the
dream.
The following records
from 2014 are now a point
of fact in the WSOP history
book:
1. Largest single day
attendance at 7,977 in
Event #8, $1,500 buy-in
Millionaire Maker
2. Largest non-Hold’em
event at 1,128 in Event #3
$1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha
3. Largest Omaha
Hi-Lo 8 or Better at 1,036
in Event #14 $1,500 Omaha
Hi-Lo 8 or Better
4. Largest Seniors
Event at 4,425 players in
Event #17 $1,000 Seniors
No-Limit Hold’em
5. Largest Prize Pool
for $1,000 Buy-in at
$3,982,500 in Event #17
Seniors No-Limit Hold’em
6. Most Players for nonre-entry at 7,862 in Event
#51 $1,500 Monster Stack
7. Largest Field for
non-Hold’em $10K buyin at 418 in Event 64 PotLimit Omaha
8. Most Events with $1
million+ winner’s prize at
5 (events #8, #46, #51, #57,
#65)
9. Most Events with $10
million+ prize pools at 4
(events #8, #51, #57, #65)
10. Largest Main Event
starting flight at 3,768
players on Day 1C
We will continue to
offer WSOP facts, figures,
records and tall tales in
future articles so stay tuned.
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Michigan Man turns $360 into $137K on HPT
Drikakis Ships HPT
Title at Soaring Eagle
After getting a taste of the
spotlight during Heartland
Poker Tour’s November
visit to Soaring Eagle
Casino Resort, John
Drikakis returned over the
weekend to improve on
his sixth-place finish. The
shipping and receiving
clerk from Battle Creek,
Michigan shipped the win
after investing just $360
in the tournament. For the
victory, Drikakis received
$137,014.
For Drikakis, the key
was to steer clear of the
competition in the early
stages. “I’m not going to
do anything too crazy,” he
said. He stuck to the game
plan, waiting in the shadows for the cards to come
his way before eliminating
the final three players.
The last opponent
standing in his way was
Anthony Mastraieni of
Temperance, Michigan. In
the final hand of the tournament, Maistraieni got
his remaining chips in the
middle with nine-eight on
a board with two queens,
a four, and a two. Drikakis
smelled the bluff and made
the call with ten-high. The
river brought an irrelevant
ace and Drikakis became
the newest HPT champion.
Mastraieni, who works in
global freight, finished in
second place for $84,547.
Falling just short of the
title didn’t bring the runner-up’s spirits down. “I
can’t say thank you enough
to everyone...It’s an honor
to be here. It’s been really
enjoyable.”
Drikakis and Mastraieni
topped a field of 407
entrants including notables
like Allen Kessler, David
Williams, Dash Dudley,
and Stan Jablonski. Wellknown World Series of
Poker bracelet winners
Dutch Boyd and Joe Cada
left empty-handed, but not
before jumping into the
broadcast booth to provide
live commentary of the
action for HPTpoker.com.
HPT heads next to
Ameristar Casino Hotel
East Chicago before going
west for the Gold Rush
series. Preliminary and
qualifying events kick off
at Ameristar on Thursday.
A full schedule of events is
available at HPTpoker.com.
SOARING EAGLE RESORT 7/31/14
HEARTLAND POKER TOUR
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $1,500 + $150
PLAYERS 407
PRIZE POOL
$583,080
John Drikakis
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
John Drikakis . . . . . $137,014
Anthony Mastraieni .$84,547
Theodore Tober . . . . $55,393
Gus Vergos . . . . . . . . $38,483
Bruce Rowland . . . . . $28,571
Clarence Alchambo . $22,157
Alex Barill . . . . . . . . . $19,183
Nicholas Pupillo . . . . $15,743
Millard Hale . . . . . . . $12,828
WSOP-C at PBKC
PALM BEACH KENNEL CLUB
WSOP CIRCUIT EVENT
EVENT 9
8/7/14
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
EVENT 1
PRIZE POOL
BUY-IN $580
PLAYERS 958
PRIZE POOL
$500,000
$95,000
Kristopher
Bradshaw
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Kristopher Bradshaw.$28,498
Debra Dorcy . . . . . . . $17,615
Dan Alspach. . . . . . . . $12,542
Antionette Fiorenza . . $9,111
Nicholas Mann . . . . . . $6,749
Mark Dube . . . . . . . . . $5,095
Payman Moughaddas .$3,919
7/30/14
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN 1,125
PLAYERS 95
Avery Bass
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Avery Bass . . . . . . . . . $95,000
James Locklar . . . . . $58,760
Howard Darnold . . . $43,370
Maurice Hawkins . . . $32,450
Jason Reep . . . . . . . . $24,585
Devon Shalmi . . . . . . $18,860
Richard Davis . . . . . . $14,645
Joseph Dipascale . . . $11,515
Brandon Newsome . . . $9,160
2014 WSOP Generosity Shines Bright
Beginning in 2012 the
World Series of Poker has
partnered with the One Drop
Foundation and provided the world charity with
$12,205,089 in donations.
The One Drop Foundation
is dedicated to providing
clean, safe water to people
around the world.
Through the efforts of
Guy Laliberté the world’s
most expensive buy-in poker
tournament became a reality.
In 2012 the $1,000,000 buyin “The Big One for One
Drop” poker tournament
headlined the WSOP summer event at the Rio in Las
Vegas.
Guy Laliberté is the
founder of Cirque du
Soleil®, the live stage
shows found at many of the
major strip properties and
filling seats with delighted
Las Vegas show goers for
years.
In addition to the “Big
One” there is also a “Little
One for One Drop” with a
$1,111 buy-in. The 2014
“Little One” raised $499,056
while the “Big One” collected $4,666,662 for the One
Drop Foundation. A third
program, “All-In for One
Drop” allows all players to
donate a percentage of their
winnings to the foundation
and in 2014 they donated
$107,329. The total for the
2014 efforts amounted to
$5,273,047. Since 2012 the
WSOP partnership with Guy
Laliberté has collected and
donated $12,205,089 to the
One Drop Foundation.
Of note, Caesar’s
Entertainment, owner and
operator of the World Series
of Poker & WSOP brands
does not take any of the
revenues generated from the
player’s buy-ins. The entire
amount goes to the foundation or into the prize pool.
Additional millions more are
donated through the covered
cost of for the tournaments,
TV production, marketing
and contributed time from
poker dealers, floor supervisors as well as registration
and payout clerks.
The World Series of
Poker along with the thousands of players has proven to be an outstanding,
caring citizen of the world
neighborhood. Providing a
source of healthy water is
just one on the good things
that comes from this generosity.

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