ORLEANS OPEN Shares Spotlight HUSTLER GRAND SLAM Hits

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Hustler Grand Slam
Last Minute Results
Every Daily PAGE
Tournament in
the USA
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Card Room
Entertainment
Schedule
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POKER PLAYER
Vol. 7 Number 3 July 28, 2003
A Gambling Times Publication Copyright ©2003
HUSTLER GRAND
SLAM Hits Home
This year the Hustler Casino
has run its popular Grand
Slam tournament from July
Thus far, two victories for
Chris Grigorian
12 thru July 31. Early event
results show that a large
number of winners are local
players as the tournament is
running head-to-head with
the Orleans Open in Las
Vegas. Middle range players
are attracted to these events,
which offer good size payoffs for modest buy-ins and
entry fees.
Grand Slam events are
directed by Jim Miller, coordinated by Warren Karp,
under the supervision of Mike
Dixon, Poker Manager for
Hustler Casino.
We’re pleased to bring you
the results of the early events
thanks to the excellent narrative of Max Shapiro, who
does an outstanding job bringing you the action. Additional
events will be covered in the
next edition of Poker Player.
Chris “The Armenian
Express” Grigorian continued
his victory run at the Hustler
Casino with his second Grand
Slam win as he took down
event number five, limit
hold’em. His win in event
number one was also for limit
hold’em. And he had a first, a
second and a third in the
Hustler’s Challenge Cup tournament earlier in the year.
Victory did not come easy
for Grigorian. He was up and
down “like a yo-yo” all
night, he said. The final
table, which didn’t end until
5:30 a.m., was especially
tough because players repeatedly would be all in, often
with the worst hand, without
being knocked out.
The tournament ended in a
three-way deal with Chris as
chip leader with $71,200.
Robert “Chip-Burner” Turner
had $51,000 and Ernie
Sebastian finished third with
$23,400 in chips.
Only nine made it to the
final table as two players were
knocked out at the same time
at the second table. Ray
Ghafour raised holding A-9.
Sebastian called from the
small blind with Kc-Qc and
Fred Khazhakyan called from
the big blind with 9c-7c. The
flop was A-10-9 with one
club. A Jc turned to give
Sebastian a nut straight and a
draw to a royal flush. A 7s on
the river changed nothing, and
Ray and Fred, both all in,
were both all out.
Blinds at the final table
started at $500-$1,000, with
1k-2k limits. The old chipburner immediately began
burning his opponents’ chips
as he won seven out of the
first 12 hands, jumping from
23 to nearly 50k, and knocking out a player. Eric Lassen
had arrived with only $3,200
and by hand seven was down
to $700. One off the button, he
committed his last chips with
As-5s. There was four-way
action, and Turner, with 10d-
LA
versus
LV
6d, won with two pair when a
six flopped and a 10 turned.
Grigorian, who arrived
with a below-average $9,400,
was all in for $3,400 on hand
16 after limits went to 3-6k,
winning when he paired a 10
to his A-10. A few hands later
he raised with pocket kings.
John Chang called all in with
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Bi-Weekly $3.95
ORLEANS OPEN
Shares Spotlight
Running in the same time slot
as the Hustler Grand Slam in
Los Angeles, the Orleans
Open at the Orleans Casino in
Las Vegas, one of the more
popular events in the poker
tournament world competes
for the big tournament players. Based upon the home
addresses of the winners, it
appears that most players are
sticking close to home. The
Orleans Open began on July
12 and will run until July 27.
We are pleased to bring
you the results and some photos of winners up to closing
time for this newspaper.
Results of the final events
will be available in the next
issue of Poker Player.
Opening Day Winner
Peter Costa
Poker Talk Radio Show
Launches Successfully
By Stanley R. Sludikoff
Standby! You’re on the
Air! Thus began the first
Poker Talk with Mike and
Stan Radio Show. America’s
Mad Genius, Mike Caro and
yours truly successfully
launched the first of 13 contracted one hour radio programs on VoiceAmerica.com
at 1:00PM Pacific time on
July 17, 2003. Our guest for
that first airing was Whittier
College Law Professor I.
Nelson Rose, a long time personal friend and distinguished
expert on Gambling and the
Law. Nelson’s column can be
read in this issue of Poker
Player.
Our lively discussion covered many issues with some
specific discussion about
internet poker and its legalities. A number of persons
who had called in to ask questions remarked that the lines
were continually busy, so, the
switchboard must have been
all lit up.
Mike & Stan are on the air.
This Thursday, July 24,
2003, again at 1:00 PM
Pacific Time on
VoiceAmerica.com, our guest
will be America’s distinguished poker historian,
Oklahoma Johnny Hale.
Johnny, now 76 years young
has been there and done that.
He has fascinating stories to
tell of poker past. Johnny is
also the creator of the Seniors
Championship of Poker with
many events across the country. Johnny’s column will be
found regularly in Poker
Player. To speak with Mike,
myself or our guests you may
call in toll free at: 1-888-3355204, during broadcast time.
In a future broadcast, we
will have more distinguished
guests, one of whom will be
Mike Sexton, Poker’s leading
TV celebrity and long time
poker tournament expert.
Thursday
1:00 PM PST,
Mike & Stan with
HEAR IT ON
VoiceAmerica.com
Oklahoma Johnny
Hale
J U LY 2 8 , 2 0 0 3
P O K E R P L AY E R 1
MasterCard Wins Narrow Victory
Poker & THE LAW
By Professor i. Nelson rose
MasterCard and Visa recently won a major
victory in the Court just below the U.S.
Supreme Court, declaring that they could not be sued for
being involved with Internet gambling. Yet these and other
credit card companies, and the banks that issue the cards,
have announced that they are abandoning this extremely
lucrative market.
No one likes to be sued. But the suits brought against
MasterCard have not been for innocuous breach of contract. Instead, the complaints allege RICO, Racketeer
Influenced and Corrupt Organizations.
Imagine having to explain to your children that, “No, my
company does not collect credit cards debts like the
Sopranos.”
The RICO Act adds injury to the insult of being declared a
racketeer in the form of triple damages. More scary are
RICO’s criminal penalties. The government can throw you in
prison and take everything you purchased with tainted money.
Although the credit card companies have been winning
most of their lawsuits, the wins are not clean.
In the latest decision, the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of
Appeals agreed with the trial judge that, given the facts
alleged, MasterCard and Visa could not be sued for allowing their cards to be accepted by Internet casinos.
But the plaintiffs’ lawyers made mistakes that could be
fixed.
The case involved numerous class action lawsuits from
around the country. The trial judge ordered the plaintiffs
to choose two test cases, to see whether the RICO claim
was any good. This meant that potentially millions of players were represented by two typical individuals.
For some reason, the lawyers chose Larry Thompson of
Kansas and Lawrence Bradley of New Hampshire.
RICO requires proof that the defendants violated certain federal laws or any state felony anti-gambling law.
Illegal gambling in Kansas and New Hampshire is almost
always a misdemeanor, not a felony.
Kansas does make it a felony to set up or collect an illegal bet. But, the involvement of the credit card companies
ended before the first bet was made.
New Hampshire was an even worse choice. The lawyers
alleged violations of civil statutes, which were not even
misdemeanors, let alone felonies.
The plaintiffs’ lawyers could have still won, if they
proved a violation of federal anti-gambling laws. The Wire
Act, for example, prohibits gambling businesses from knowingly using an interstate wire to transmit “bets or wagers or
information assisting in the placing of bets or wagers on
any sporting event or contest.” The statute also uses the
phrase “bets or wagers” without adding “sporting event.”
The MasterCard decision is important because the
Court held that the Wire Act is limited to sports bets.
Thus, under federal law, as it is now written, Internet casinos and lotteries are legal.
Plaintiffs’ lawyers had again made a terrible mistake.
Not once did they allege that either Thompson or Bradley,
who gambled for years online, ever bet on a sporting event.
The case had other weaknesses. But, it is easy to see
why credit card companies are uneasy. There are states
which make illegal gambling a felony.
And next time, the plaintiff will be someone who is
happy even when his team loses, so long as it beats the
spread.
Professor I. Nelson Rose is recognized as one of the world's
leading authorities on gambling law. A Harvard Law School
graduate, he is a tenured full Professor at Whittier Law
School in Costa Mesa, California. He is the author of more
than 500 published works, is an internationally known public speaker and has served as an expert witness and consultant to governments and industry. Web Site:
www.GamblingAndTheLaw.com
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J U LY 2 8 , 2 0 0 3
letters to the editor
Dear Stan,
I was glad to see your exciting new magazine. I believe
you have a winner that is sure
to be a welcome addition to
the Poker World. As an avid
poker player, I always like to
see the strategy side of things,
but I really enjoy Susie Isaac's
Chip Chatter. She mixes fun
and real life perfectly. Good
luck and much success!
POKER PLAYER
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Endless Summer Rolls On...
“Endless Summer” was the
title of a series of surfing
movies that spanned the
globe. Following the sun, top
surfers went from one big
wave to the next in a seemingly endless test of their
skills. Considering the
length of the Hollywood Park
tournament series of the same
name, it indeed seems like
summer will never end as the
poker tournaments go on and
on. Some 36 events spanning
13 weeks (with one week off
for vacation) from June
through August take place
every Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday, beginning at 7:15
at the Hollywood Park Casino
in Inglewood, California.
Monday is Limit Hold’em
with a $20 + $10 buy-in and
$12,500 guaranteed prize
pool. Tuesday is No Limit
Hold’em with a $20 + $10
buy-in and $10,000 guaranteed prize pool. Wednesday’s
game alternates starting week
1 with 7 card stud, week 2
with Omaha Hi-Lo, week 3
with 7 card stud Hi-Lo and
wk 4 with Limit Hold’em.
All events carry a $20 buy-in
+ $10. The guarantee on
Wednesday’s events is $5,000,
$7,500, $7,500 and $12,500
respectively from weeks 1
through 4. In all some
$367,500 is guaranteed over
this series, which, is significant considering the low buyin. All in all Endless Summer
gives the tournament player
one big bang for his buck.
Additional details may be
found in the Hollywood Park
Casino ad on the last page of
this newspaper.
Nearing the halfway point
in this series, we give you the
list of winners for these
events below.
8. Doyle Williams . . . .$370
9. “Shorty” . . . . . . . . . .$300
10th-18th . . . . . . . . . . . .$185
19th-27th . . . . . . . . . . . .$110
BUY-IN
ENTRY FEE
PLAYERS
REBUYS
PRIZE POOL
3% STAFF
PRIZE POOL
7/14/03
Event #16 Limit
Hold ’em
$20
$10
200
642
$16,840
$505
LESS 3%
$16,335
CHIP COUNT
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
381,000
Joseph Pres . . . . . .$6,530
Doyle Williams . . .$3,265
Gary Beck . . . . . . .$1,630
Robin Biroc . . . . .$1,060
Ricardo Najera . . . .$815
Gus Cornejo . . . . . .$570
Jay Bryon . . . . . . . .$410
Sepher Ebrahimi . . .$325
Beverly Kiefer . . . . .$245
10th-18th . . . . . . . . . . . .$165
7/9/03
Event #15 7 Card
Stud
BUY-IN
ENTRY FEE
PLAYERS
REBUYS
ADD-ONS
PRIZE POOL
3% STAFF
PRIZE POOL
$20
$10
96
158
135
$7,780
$235
LESS 3%
$7,545
CHIP COUNT
175,300
1. Pam Cedeno . . . . .$3,020
The POKER ZONE
Featuring the highest reguarly
scheduled tournaments!
7/15/03
Event #17 No
Limit Hold ’em
BUY-IN
ENTRY FEE
PLAYERS
REBUYS
PRIZE POOL
3% STAFF
PRIZE POOL
$20
$10
205
749
$19,080
$570
LESS 3%
$18,510
CHIP COUNT
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
436,000
Ernesto Sebastian $6,755
Lisa Sheppard . . .$3,515
Rick Cruz . . . . . . .$1,760
James Troung . . . .$1,200
Phillip Wexler . . . . .$835
Ann Wygle . . . . . . . .$650
June Vo . . . . . . . . . .$470
Sunday
No Limit Hold’em at 5 P.M.
Monday
Limit Hold’em at 7 P.M.
Tuesday
Wednesday
Limit Hold’em at 7 P.M.
Thursday
The Mirage Cardroom is a smoke free area.
For information call 800-77-POKER or 702-791-7291.
J U LY 2 8 , 2 0 0 3
Perks and Picks
We’ve got more promotions and updates for card players from several of your favorite Las Vegas and
California casinos. Let’s “deal ‘em out!”
The Bargain Bin
By H. Scot Krause
“Rack Attack” is back at the Orleans!
This popular drawing promotion is held
on the second Wednesday of every month
at 6:00 p.m. when 10 winners are selected to “compete” for cash and prizes. Certain specified hands
qualify to earn drawing tickets. Obviously, winners
must be present at the drawings to compete! The
winners are blind folded and placed in front $1500 in
assorted chips plus a mystery money chip worth
between $25-500, along with chips for dinner for two
at Canal Street, dinner for two at the Oyster Bar, show
tickets for two or a logo jacket. They have 40 seconds
to place as many chips as they can in a rack.
Complete rules are posted in the poker room. Orleans
is also a great place for graveyard breakfast specials.
From midnight to 7:00 a.m., they offer three 99 cent
breakfast options, plus $1.95 steak or ham special
that includes two eggs, potatoes & toast. Specials are
not available on Fridays or Saturdays.
Downtown at Jackie Gaughan’s Plaza, for four hours
of daily poker room play, earn $5.00 in comps for the
Plaza Diner or the Chop-Chop Chinese Buffet. Add
$4.95 of your own pocket cash and go for the Steak
and Lobster special available at the Plaza Diner 24
hours a day for $9.95. You may even find Jackie himself sitting in on a Pan game from time to time! As
another nice perk, cash any government issued check
at the Plaza including IRS refund checks, and receive
a 5% bonus of the amount of the check to be credited
as gift certificate vouchers for dining in the terrific
Center Stage Restaurant located on the second floor
overlooking the Fremont Street Experience. The
maximum bonus amount awarded is $50. As examples, a $300 check would net a $15 bonus; a $600
check would result in a $30 bonus. Stop by the main
cage to cash your checks or for more information.
For poker newbies wanting to learn to play, the
Palms Poker Room offers free poker lessons in both
Texas Hold-‘em and 7 Card Stud at 12:00 noon daily
from Monday through Friday. Sandi Wilson has been
teaching poker in Las Vegas for over 20 years and
helps make it fun and easy to learn. There is no
charge for the lessons and no obligation to play live
poker, although they do strike up a low-limit game for
the learners to get started afterwards. Be sure you
have a Club Palms club card before you start playing.
By presenting your card when you play, you can earn
up to $7 per day in food comps. They also host special
promotions for regulars who play often.
At California’s Commerce Casino the ongoing
“$15,000 Super Sunday Cash Drawings” offer seated
California games section player’s opportunities to win
cash every Sunday at 3:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m., 9:00 p.m.
and 12:00 midnight. Cash drawing tickets are distributed to seated players prior to each drawing and are
good for all drawings held that night. Drawing
amounts increase throughout the evening, starting at
$2,000 for the first drawing with $3,000 and $4,000
awarded to the winners of the next two drawings. At
midnight, $6,000 is awarded to the final lucky ticket
holder. That’s it for this week!
H. Scot Krause is a freelance writer, gaming industry analyst and researcher, originally from Cleveland, Ohio. He
and his wife, Donna (and 10 month old son, Zachary) are
seven-year residents of Las Vegas where Scot reports,
researches, and writes about casino games, events,
attractions and promotions. Questions or comments for
Scot may be addressed to: krauseinvegas@att.net
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Endless Summer
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Steve Hearst . . . . .$1,735
Bruce Appeldorn . . .$905
Steve Trivelpiece . . .$530
Chan Kong . . . . . . .$455
Graig Kaufman . . . .$375
David Hoekstra . . . .$300
Barry Bergida . . . . .$225
7/8/03
Event #14 No
Limit Hold ’em
BUY-IN
ENTRY FEE
PLAYERS
REBUYS
ADD-ONS
PRIZE POOL
3% STAFF
PRIZE POOL
$20
$10
238
592
308
$22,760
$685
LESS 3%
$22,075
CHIP COUNT
521,400
1.
2.
3.
4.
James Moriarty . .$8,060
Jonathan Azoulay $4,195
Makram Merhom $2,095
Reynaldo Manlagnit . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,435
5. Jerry Ganey . . . . . . .$995
6. Gary Beck . . . . . . . .$775
7. Mike Bunin . . . . . . .$550
8. E. Yamini . . . . . . . . .$450
9. Leo Davis . . . . . . . . .$370
10th-10th . . . . . . . . . . . .$220
19th-27th . . . . . . . . . . . .$130
2. Paul Zibalese . . . .$2,980
3. Richard Buchanan$1,490
4. Ted Zepro . . . . . . .$1,020
5. Param Gill . . . . . . . .$705
6. George Wilson . . . . .$550
7. Mario Rojas . . . . . . .$390
8. Emad Yarbouk . . . .$320
9. Joe Tushnet . . . . . . .$250
10th-18th . . . . . . . . . . . .$155
19th-27th . . . . . . . . . . . . .$95
BUY-IN
ENTRY FEE
PLAYERS
REBUYS
ADD-ONS
PRIZE POOL
3% STAFF
PRIZE POOL
$20
$10
242
448
361
$21,020
$630
LESS 3%
$20,390
CHIP COUNT
477,100
1. Mardin Davoodi . .$7,440
2. Joseph Schulman .$3,875
3. Calvin Bailey . . . .$1,940
4. Fred Rana . . . . . . .$1,330
5. Wayne Harman . . . .$920
6. Mark Bartlog . . . . .$715
7. Eulises Sandoval . . .$510
8. Frank Stoegerer . . .$410
9. Michael Chang . . . .$325
10th-18th . . . . . . . . . . . .$205
19th- 27th . . . . . . . . . . .$120
6/25/03
Event #12 Limit
Hold ’em
BUY-IN
ENTRY FEE
PLAYERS
REBUYS
ADD-ONS
PRIZE POOL
3% STAFF
PRIZE POOL
$20
$10
215
348
245
$16,160
$485
LESS 3%
$15,675
CHIP COUNT
361,000
1. Tich Moran . . . . . .$5,720
1. “Captain” . . . . . . .$3,700
2. Charles Miller . . .$1,850
3. Omar Campolongo .$925
4. Jimmy Taing . . . . . .$555
5. Rudy Cruz . . . . . . . .$460
6. Phil Barber . . . . . . .$375
7. Gary Mallette . . . . .$280
8. Walter Smiley . . . . .$190
9th-16th . . . . . . . . . . . . .$115
6/17/03
6/24/03
Event #11 No Limit
Hold ’em
BUY-IN
ENTRY FEE
PLAYERS
REBUYS
PRIZE POOL
3% STAFF
PRIZE POOL
$20
$10
242
850
$21,840
$655
LESS 3%
$21,185
CHIP COUNT
497,600
1. Bruce Berlow . . . .$7,735
2. Charles Miller . . .$4,025
3. Jimmy Choy . . . . .$2,010
4. T.A. . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,380
5. Edwin Pairavi . . . . .$960
6. Robert Durant . . . . .$750
7. Jay Moriaty . . . . . . .$540
8. Danny Podell . . . . . .$430
9. David Hoekstra . . . .$340
10th-18th . . . . . . . . . . . .$210
19th-27th . . . . . . . . . . . .$125
7/7/03
Event #13 Limit
Hold ’em
(Continued from page 3)
Event #8 No Limit
Hold ’em
BUY-IN
ENTRY FEE
PLAYERS
REBUYS
ADD-ONS
PRIZE POOL
3% STAFF
PRIZE POOL
$20
$10
186
428
253
$17,340
$520
LESS 3%
$16,820
CHIP COUNT
396,300
1. Sam Sanusi . . . . . .$6,725
2. Wayne Harmon . .$3,360
3. Ryan Schwartz . . .$1,690
4. Gus Mintzias . . . .$1,085
5. Bijan Ashkan . . . . . .$835
6. Thien Ng . . . . . . . . .$590
7. Michael Jemal . . . . .$420
8. Frank Schram . . . . .$335
9. Calvin Woodard . . .$250
10th-18th . . . . . . . . . . . .$170
6/16/03
6/23/03
Event #10 Limit
Hold ’em
BUY-IN
ENTRY FEE
PLAYERS
REBUYS
ADD-ONS
PRIZE POOL
3% STAFF
PRIZE POOL
$20
$10
281
427
366
$21,480
$645
LESS 3%
$20,835
CHIP COUNT
480,800
1. Mamoru Fuyumura . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$7,600
2. Robert Wampler .$3,955
3. Graig Handschu . .$1,980
4. Al Either . . . . . . . .$1,355
5. Al Dinnewith . . . . . .$935
6. Bobby Ford . . . . . . .$725
7. Edwin Pairavi . . . . .$520
8. Dan Nelson . . . . . . .$420
9. Chau Nguyen . . . . . .$330
10th-18th . . . . . . . . . . . .$210
19th- 27th . . . . . . . . . . .$125
6/18/03
Event #9 7 Card
Stud Hi-Lo
BUY-IN
ENTRY FEE
PLAYERS
REBUYS
PRIZE POOL
3% STAFF
PRIZE POOL
$20
$10
112
365
$9,540
$285
LESS 3%
$9,255
CHIP COUNT
216,000
Event #7 Limit
Hold ’em
BUY-IN
ENTRY FEE
PLAYERS
REBUYS
ADD-ONS
PRIZE POOL
3% STAFF
PRIZE POOL
$20
$10
217
413
328
$19,160
$575
LESS 3%
$18,585
CHIP COUNT
435,600
1. Simon Yeger . . . . .$6,785
2. Coach Nessel . . . . .$3,530
3. Carlos Luis . . . . . .$1,765
4. Anton Ulker . . . . .$1,210
5. Shig Nakayama . . . .$835
6. Jesus Garcia . . . . . .$655
7. Don Swan . . . . . . . . .$465
8. Ted Gamboa . . . . . .$375
9. Mike Watson . . . . . .$310
10th-18th . . . . . . . . . . . .$185
19th-27th . . . . . . . . . . . .$110
6/11/03
Event #6 Omaha
Hi-Lo
BUY-IN
ENTRY FEE
PLAYERS
REBUYS
PRIZE POOL
3% STAFF
PRIZE POOL
$20
$10
96
312
$8,160
245
LESS 3%
$7,915
CHIP COUNT
186,300
1. James Tierney . . .$3,165
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Poker in Europe
By Nic Szeremeta
Miami John Cernuto, one of the high profile
Americans who made it over to Vienna for the
ParadisePoker.com World Heads Up Poker Championship, is
now one of the UK’s most recognisable poker faces.
He won the no limit hold’em match play event at the
Concord Card Casino in the Austrian capital and as
the quarter final stages onwards were televised Miami John featured in all three shows
which were broadcast on Sky Sports.
Not only that the shows were shown
three times each night. Because the event
was heads up so the camera has only two
players to focus on Miami must have been on
Miami John screen for about four hours.
ParadisePoker in conjunction with
Betfair.com sponsored the heads up championship for the
first time, adding EURO 25,000 to the prize pool and
under-writing the costs of the TV productions.
For the record Miami John beat English player Anthony
Chapman in the final winning EURO 60,000. Anthony who
won his seat in a ParadisePoker online satellite picked up
EURO 25,000.
Next year the event moves venues to the Gran
Casino, Barcelona – the Spanish city which hosted the
1968 Olympics.
Another major poker happening to be televised was the
Grand Prix de Paris staged at the Aviation Club de France
on the French capital’s Champs Elysees.
This EURO 10,000 buy in no limit hold’em event generated a pool of over $1 million so it was not surprising that
many of the top American players forgot their fear of flying and jetted over.
Another factor which boosted the field to 96 players
was the fact that it was the first leg of the World Poker
Tour’s second “season”.
Such serial tournament winners as Howard Lederer, Phil
Ivey, Scotty Nguyen, Men the Master and Eric Seidel joined
the line-up.
But when it got to the bit where the big money gets
shared out it was the French home team which was on top.
First place went to youthful David Benyamine who picked
up Euro 370,000 plus with his countryman Jan Boubli in
second spot and runner-up winnings of over Euro 170,000.
How did they do it? All will be revealed when the final
table is shown as part of the WPT poker series on the
Travel Channel in the USA later this year.
Because the Grosvenor Victoria Casino in London is just
a Eurostar train ride away under the English Channel it
was assumed that many of the Americans would take the
opportunity to go and relieve some of the Brits of their
English pounds.
And there was a major no limit hold’em tournament there
running under the title of the European Championship.
Now betting on poke risk becoming pretty popular this
side of the pond and as the sponsors of the Vic event was
a betting firm, BlueSquare.com they put up the odds.
Trouble for them was that they had little idea who these
Americans were and when they opened their book had Phil
Ivey priced at 100 to 1.
The price lasted about two minutes as the smart money
moved in and by the time the dust had settled Phil was 331 favourite.
Can’t tell you how the Phil backers got on or the result
as deadline time beckons and the tournament doesn’t even
take place for another five days. Check it out on
www.PokerInEurope.com
Nic Szeremeta is Managing Editor of Poker Europa magazine. He has also won several events across Europe and
was the first non-American winner of the WSOP
Media crapshoot (1996). You can e-mail
Nic at: NicSz@bigfoot.com
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2003 Worldwide Poker Tournaments
DATE
EVENT
July 12-31
July 30-Sept. 3
July 30-Aug. 11
July 31-Aug 1
Aug. 3-Sept. 1
Aug. 4-6
August 5-11
Aug. 9-10
Aug. 11-13
Aug. 11-17
Aug. 12-16
Aug. 16
Aug. 18-20
Aug. 23-30
Aug. 27-31
August 30-31
Aug. 30-Sept. 7
Sept. 1
Sept. 1-19
Sept. 3-5
September 3-7
Sept. 5-7
Sept. 5-14
Sept. 10-21
Sept. 12-14
Sept. 16-Oct. 2
Sept. 17-Oct. 5
Sept. 17-Oct. 5
Sept. 18-21
Sept. 22-30
Sept. 24-28
Oct. 1-4
October 1-5
Oct. 2-12
October 4-17
Oct. 6-12
Oct. 9-19
October 9-19
Oct 10-18
October 13-19
Oct 13-20
Oct. 15-19
Oct. 16-23
Oct. 16-26
Oct. 16-18
Oct. 18-19
Oct. 23-25
Oct. 23-26
Oct. 23-26
Oct. 24-28
Oct. 27-Nov. 17
Nov. 2-4
Nov. 2-8
Nov. 3-5
Nov. 5-8
Nov. 6-9
Nov. 7-9
Nov. 10-12
Nov. 10-16
Nov. 15-16
Nov. 17-19
Nov. 21-22
Nov. 21-30
Nov. 24-30
Dec. 1-7
Dec. 1-18
Dec. 3-5
Dec. 4-6
Dec. 8-14
Dec. 10-21
Grand Slam of Poker
Hustler Casino – Gardena, CA
Legends of Poker
Bicycle Casino – Bell Gardens, CA
3rd Mid-America Poker Classic Horseshoe Casino/Gold Strike Casino – Tunica, MS
Last Chance Challenge
Pechanga Resort & Casino, Temecula CA
Legends of Poker
Front Nine #2
Hollywood Park Casino (AdPg 20) – Inglewood, CA
Scottish Open
Gala Casino - Dundee, Scotland
Dog Days of Summer
Ocean’s Eleven Casino – Oceanside, CA
Front Nine #2
Grosvenor UK Open
Grosvenor Casino – Luton, Bedfordshire, England
Empire State Hold‘em Championships Turning Stone Casino Resort, Verona NY
Poker & Ponies
Front Nine #2
Speedway of Poker V
Garden City Casino – San Jose, CA
Bodensee Poker Championship Casinos Austria – Bregenz, Austria
Labor Day Weekend tournamentChip Inn Island Resort Casino - Harris, MI
Victorian Poker Championships Crown Casino Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Labor Day Event
2003 United States Poker Championships Trump Taj Mahal, Atlantic City NJ
September Festival
Napoleon’s Casino Owlerton – Sheffield, England
Barcelona Open
Gran Casino de Barcelona - Barcelona, Spain
Grosvenor Grand Prix
Grosvenor Casino Walsall – West Midlands, England
Heavenly Hold’em
Commerce Casino – Commerce, CA
Autumn Tournament
Aviation Club de France – Paris, France
Guaranteed Weekend
Bicycle Casino, Bell Gardens CA
Sweet September
Hustler Casino – Gardena, CA
Big Poker Oktober
Four Queens Poker Classic
Four Queens Hotel & Casino – Las Vegas, NV
CA Ladies State Championship Ocean’s Eleven Casino – Oceanside, CA
Austrian Classics
Concord Card Casino – Vienna, Austria
Northern Challenge
Grosvenor Casino – Manchester, England
Poker EM
Casinos Austria – Baden, Austria
10th Ann Dakotah jim Dandy Poker Fest Spirit Lake Casino - Spirit Lake, ND
Pot of Gold
Reno Hilton – Reno, NV
Fall Poker Classic
Canterbury Park Card Club - Shakopee, MN
Poker Classic
Grosvenor Victoria Casino – London, England
Moscow Open
Cosmos Casino, Moscow, Russia
Pot of Gold
Reno Hilton - Reno, NV
“The Seniors” World Champ. of Poker Grand Casino – Tunica, MS
Harbour Lights Festival
Rendezvious Casino - Brighton, England
Ultimate Poker Classic II
Aruba, Netherlands Antilles
Anniversary Series 2003
Spirit Mountain Casino – Grand Ronde, OR
Moscow Open
Cosmos Casino – Moscow, Russia
Nat’l Championship of Poker Hollywood Park Casino (AdPg 20) – Inglewood, CA
For Hold’em Players
Haig Kelegian Classic
For Hold’em Players
The Bay 101 Open
Bay 101 – San Jose, CA
Irish Winter Festival
Merrion Square Club – Dublin, Ireland
Oasis Open
The Oasis Resort Casino Golf Spa – Mesquite, NV
World Poker Finals
Foxwoods Resort Casino – Ledyard, CT
Southampton Poker Championship Grosvenor Casino – Southampton, England
Masterclassics of Poker
Holland Casino – Amsterdam, Holland
Back Nine #2
Harvest Poker Classic
Casino Regina – Regina, Saskatchewan Canada
Blackpool Bonanza
Grosvenor Casino – Blackpool, England
Guaranteed Weekend
Back Nine #2
Helsinki Freezout
Casino Ray – Helsinki, Finland
Let the Good Times Roll
Back Nine #2
Casino Seefeld Poker Party
Casinos Austria – Seefeld, Austria
Holiday Bonus Tournament
Commerce Casino – Commerce, CA
Midland Masters
Grosvenor Casino Walsall – West Midlands England
Ho-Ho Hold’em
Five Diamond Poker Tournament Bellagio Hotel & Casino – Las Vegas
December Festival
Napoleon’s Casino Owlerton – Sheffield, England
Christmas Poker Championship Casinos Austria – Velden, Austria
Christmas Cracker
Grosvenor Casino – Luton, Bedfordshire England
Winter Tournament
Aviation Club de France – Paris, France
2004
2004 Crown Australasian Poker Champ. Crown Casino – Melbourne, Australia
5th Annual Jack Binion World Poker Open Horseshore/Gold Strike – Tunica, MS
World Poker Tour Championship Event Bellagio – Las Vegas, NV
Jan 3-17
Jan 6-29
April 19-23
LOCATION
Interview with Cardroom Manager,
Endless Summer
Dick Gatewood
By Debbie Burkhead
Poker Player correspondent
Dick Gatewood entered the
world of poker as a dealer at
the Las Vegas Hilton in 1989
so he could be close what he
loved to do, play poker.
Two years later he took a
job at Sam’s Town in Las
Vegas as a brush. Over the
next 5 years he worked his
way from brush to cardroom
manager.
Gatewood now manages a
nine table cardroom, oversees
40 dealers and 4 floorman. I
made the statement, “Now
that you’re a manager life
should be easy.” Not so,
according to his wife, Carol,
“When he was a dealer the
job ended when his shift was
over but now it never ends.”
Let’s find out why.
Debbie Burkhead: What did
Carol mean when she said, “It
never ends?”
Dick Gatewood: That is probably my fault. I have very
good employees, especially
supervisors. They take care of
the business. However, I have
told them, they can call me
day or night if there is something they are not comfortable
with and want my input. It
doesn’t happen too often.
However, the eight hour days
don’t exist anymore and I
don’t always leave the job at
work.
DB: Carol also told me, under
that gruff exterior you’re really quite soft hearted when it
comes to your employees and
locals. Explain?
DG: I don’t know about
“gruff exterior”, that could
be an age thing. I expect the
employees to take care of the
customers. No customer
should have to wait for service when coming into the
poker room. So yes, my gruff
exterior may show up once in
a while. We have a very
strong local customer base
and we are like a large family. Therefore, there are times
when we become annoyed
with each other. Both our customers and our employees are
very understanding of one
another.
DB: Are there any advan-
tages or disadvantages to
operating a poker room off
the Las Vegas strip.
DG: The disadvantage of
being off the Las Vegas strip
is that you don’t have thousands of people walking by
everyday. The advantage of
being off the Las Vegas strip
is that you don’t have thousands of people walking by
everyday. It is easier to run
and maintain the operation
when you know who is going
to show up and play everyday.
We are a local’s poker room
and while we cater to the
locals, we also make sure our
visiting poker players are well
taken care of.
DB: Speaking of visiting
players, I understand you
have the “big game”. Are
there any problems with having a $4000-$8000 game in a
local’s room?
DG: We have had zero problems with this game. They
started playing here in April
2002. The game doesn’t go
everyday or every week. We
enjoy having the game and
the players are perfect gentlemen. And ladies also.
DB: Do you attribute your
background as a dealer and
your love of the game as a
winning combination for a
successful manager?
DG: I think if you have never
dealt, you can’t have a good
idea of how the dealers feel
and what their emotions are
when dealing. And if you
don’t play poker, there is no
way you can have empathy
for the player. I am not talking about ‘bad beat’ stories.
I’m talking about the player
who has played on graveyard
all night, getting hammered
hand after hand. I come in
fresh in the morning with a
“Hi, how’s everyone” and
this player gets up and says,
“ I will tell you how I am;
your %#@%@ dealers can’t
deal and your $#^%&* cocktail servers... It helps to know
what this player is feeling and
be able to understand that
this is just a snap reaction.
DB: You came up with a very
successful idea for a monthly
tournament a few years ago,
tell us how it works.
DG: Not me. I didn’t invent
this wheel, I just try to
improve on it. We just try and
give the players a goal to aim
for and give back a little
money. We were doing a
$1,500 weekly freeroll but
have recently changed it to a
$6,000 monthly freeroll which
we will probably keep for the
rest of the year. The freeroll
only takes fifty hours of live
play to qualify.
DB: I’m sure you are aware
that Internet poker has
exploded since the televising
of poker tournaments, are you
in favor of Internet poker?
DG: I am in favor of internet
poker. Anything that will
increase the general population’s knowledge of poker is
good for poker. We have players who play in the room and
they also play on-line. I don’t
see it hurting the Brick and
Mortar rooms.
DB: Have you noticed an
increase in your poker room
since the televising of poker
tournaments?
DG: It is difficult to determine
whether or not this is true.
There are so many other variables. Our business is good
this summer, better then normal. So this could be a factor.
DB: What are your policies
on dealer or player abuse?
DG: ZERO tolerance! We see
very little dealer abuse. Once
in a while, there is some player to player verbal abuse.
When this happens, we immediately stop it.
DB: Do you have any upcoming promotions or events
you’d like to share with our
readers.
DG: We have no-limit
hold’em tournaments on
Friday, Saturday and Sunday
nights. In December, we are
having a $3,000 added
freeroll for the 40 players
who make the most final
tables of our weekend tournaments. You can call the poker
room at 702 454-8092 for
complete details.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
David Witek . . . . .$1,820
Ronnie McMillan . .$950
Jim Pechak . . . . . . .$555
Bobby Beckerman .$435
Mike Chang . . . . . . .$355
Grant Saidiner . . . .$275
Stan Zdanowich . . .$200
Sharon Louie . . . . . .$160
6/10/03
Event #5 No Limit
Hold ’em
BUY-IN
ENTRY FEE
PLAYERS
REBUYS
ADD-ONS
PRIZE POOL
3% STAFF
PRIZE POOL
$20
$10
191
471
264
$18,520
$555
LESS 3%
$17,965
CHIP COUNT
424,800
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Jonas Menarde . . .$7,185
Eulises Molina . . .$3,590
Stephane Fitoussi .$1,795
Sy Sundell . . . . . . .$1,165
Sharon Neely Goldman .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$900
6. Kevin Bainton . . . . .$630
7. Howard Walker . . .$450
8. James Park . . . . . . .$360
9. Jonathan Azouley . .$270
10th-18th . . . . . . . . . . . .$180
6/9/03
Event #4 Limit
Hold ’em
BUY-IN
ENTRY FEE
PLAYERS
REBUYS
PRIZE POOL
3% STAFF
PRIZE POOL
$20
$10
192
672
$17,280
$520
LESS 3%
$16,760
CHIP COUNT
393,600
1. Mike Gross . . . . . .$6,700
2. Maurice Azoulay .$3,350
3. Lloud Sicard . . . . .$1,675
4. Young Song . . . . . .$1,085
5. Oscar Cansino . . . . .$835
6. John Richardson . . .$580
7. Leo Kay . . . . . . . . . .$415
8. Tom Walker . . . . . . .$340
9. Doyle Williams . . . .$250
10th-18th . . . . . . . . . . . .$170
6/4/03
Event #3 7 Card
Stud
BUY-IN
ENTRY FEE
PLAYERS
REBUYS
ADD-ONS
PRIZE POOL
3% STAFF
PRIZE POOL
$20
$10
79
121
110
$6,200
$185
LESS 3%
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5.
6.
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8.
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David Pressman . . .$420
Grandison Johnson .$360
Phil Barber . . . . . . .$300
Kenneth Tuong . . . .$240
Mark Schlig . . . . . . .$185
6/3/03
Event #2 No Limit
Hold ’em
BUY-IN
ENTRY FEE
PLAYERS
REBUYS
ADD-ONS
PRIZE POOL
3% STAFF
PRIZE POOL
$20
$10
180
392
232
$16,080
$480
LESS 3%
$15,600
CHIP COUNT
366,000
1. Soren Gooding . . .$6,085
2. James Ido . . . . . . .$3,120
3. David Wortham Sr. . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,560
4. Frank Rite . . . . . .$1,015
5. Phil Barber . . . . . . .$780
6. Kevin Bainton . . . . .$545
7. Zeke Vurgec . . . . . . .$400
8. Eulises Molina . . . . .$310
9. Ruben Ledesma . . .$235
10th-18th . . . . . . . . . . . .$155
6/2/03
Event #1 Limit
Hold ’em
BUY-IN
ENTRY FEE
PLAYERS
REBUYS
PRIZE POOL
3% STAFF
PRIZE POOL
$20
$10
209
665
$17,480
$525
LESS 3%
$16,955
CHIP COUNT
395,200
1. Ron Nguyen . . . . .$6,190
2. Calvin Bailey . . . .$3,220
3. Sandy Orell . . . . . .$1,610
4. George Brown . . .$1,100
5. Ryan Tran . . . . . . . .$760
6. Tony Abesamis . . . .$595
7. Brian Ritchie . . . . . .$440
8. Vinnie Landrum . . .$340
9. Steven Sparks . . . . .$270
10th-18th . . . . . . . . . . . .$170
19th-27th . . . . . . . . . . . .$100
Watch these
pages for
Additional
$6,015
CHIP COUNT
139,200
1. Lance Carte . . . . .$2,405
2. Jeff Minister . . . . .$1,385
3. Coleman Roy Jr. . . .$720
Results!
J U LY 2 8 , 2 0 0 3
Psychological Games
and Gaming
Power Poker PSychology
By JAMES A. M C KENNA, P H .D.
The whole gaming industry is ripe with psychological games between the casinos, the commissions, and the public. Besides psychological games between
players, there are
1. Games played between players and dealers,
2. Games that occur between players and the gaming industry, and
3. Games that result between the gaming industry and the
regulators (Gaming Commissions).
Psychological games between players are more prevalent in casino games such as poker. However, players will compete and
match their wits in Blackjack, Craps, and just about any other
place where people gather. This sets the stage for psychological
games where the payoff is someone ends up feeling righteous
and someone feels victimized. Since there is so much to cover,
this will be part one of the three articles on psychological games.
I have devised this game formula to apply to games within the
gaming industry.
B + P = D F Payoff
Bluff (a Con) + Pigeon = Drop (that leads to) The Fold (Switch)
that results in a Payoff (the feeling at the end of the game)
In other words, it takes a Bluff (or a Con) plus a Pigeon (or
someone with a handle to get hooked into the game) to have a
Drop. Who’s the Con and who’s the Pigeon will change to produce
the desired Drop. A drop is the desired response and anytime
after that the Fold and Payoff can occur. The Fold refers to the
psychological switch that results when the bluff is revealed.
Here’re some examples of how Drops occur in the gaming industry.
Games Between Players and Dealers. A lot of players
use casino situations to blame the dealers for their own failings.
Games and Pastimes like “Ain’t it awful” and “If it weren’t for
you… dealing me lousy cards,” abound. However, it takes two to
dance these games and dealers have their favorite games with
players. Probably the most frequent is the game of Corner where
the dealer becomes the table-parent and catches players being
bad. Eric Berne, MD called this game of corner a game of
NIGYSOB, an acronym for “Now I’ve got You, You Son of a Bitch.”
The Bluff is an efficient dealer just doing a job when a player who’s
the Pigeon has the tendency to perhaps be impulsive and make
mistakes. Anytime after that the dealer can catch the player (the
Fold) and collect a righteous payoff. The player usually gets hurt
or mad and the beat goes on. Here’s a more specific example.
Dealers have some latitude in how strictly to apply certain rules.
With players that they like they may be a little more liberal than
with players that they don’t enjoy. When a player turns a hand
face down, technically (s)he has folded. If the dealer touches the
cards and “mucks” them, the hand is dead and even if it was the
winner, it can’t be played. I’ve seen some dealers allow a player
to change their mind and not touch the cards too quickly, so the
player might say, “Oh, let me look again, I might have had a
flush.” However, a dealer who’s playing NIGYSOB with players
might with the speed of a bullet grab the cards and say, “Sorry
Sir! Your hand is dead!” You know it’s a game when the player
gets mad and the dealer gloats (The Payoffs). You are doubly sure
it was a psychological game when the same thing happens later
and the same dealer is slow to touch the cards. Players also
“NIGYSOB” dealers and become the table-parent waiting for some
dealers to make a mistake that they can point out.
In subsequent articles, we will look at how the game formula
applies to games that occur between players and the gaming
industry, and games that result between the gaming industry
and the regulators (Gaming Commissions).
James A. McKenna, PhD., has been a practicing individual and
group therapist for over thirty-five years. His knowledge of
human behavior combined with over thirty years of gaming
experience gives him a unique perspective on the psychology
of the gamer. His book, “Beyond Tells-Power Poker
Psychology,” will be published soon by Gambling Times. He
can be contacted at: jim@JimMckenna-phd.com.
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Orleans Open
7/12/03 (AM)
07/13/03 (AM)
07/14/03 (AM)
LIMIT HOLDEM
OMAHA HI-LO
BUY-INS 1166
PRIZE FUND $116,600
3% DEALERS $3,500
ADJ PRIZE FUND
BUY-INS 640
PRIZE FUND $64,000
3% DEALERS $1,920
ADJ PRIZE FUND
SEVEN CARD
STUD
$113,100
$62,080
BUY-INS 432
PRIZE FUND $43,200
3% DEALERS $1,295
ADJ PRIZE FUND
$41,905
Jack “JJ” Jones
Peter Costa
1. Peter Costa . . . . .$40,715
Las Vegas, NV
Carl Bleeker
1. Carl Bleeker . . . .$13,200
2. Dennis Meador . .$11,640
Warren, NV
Leicester, UK
Silver Spring, MD
2. John Green . . . . . .$7,960
2. Shin To . . . . . . . .$21,205
3. Walter Morril . . . .$6,210
Placentia, CA
Downey, CA
Tomball, TX
3. Sidney Wechter . .$4,110
3. Jerry Mellinger .$11,310
4. Dave Keiser . . . . .$4,040
Las Vegas, NV
Las Vegas, NV
Hallendale, FL
4. Deter Dechant . . .$2,725
4. Hwan Kim . . . . . .$7,350
5. Ed Borgolte . . . . .$2,950
Henderson, NV
Henderson, NV
Las Vegas, NV
5. John Womack . . . .$2,310
5. Tommy Kinder . . .$5,370
6. B. Salter . . . . . . . .$2,180
Lauderhill, FL
Eaton, OH
Tacoma, WA
6. Eric A. Mann . . . .$3,960
7. Tom Arbabian . . .$1,550
6. Grant Guevremont . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,890
Henderson, NV
Las Vegas, NV
Montreal, QC
7. Bob Popek . . . . . .$2,830
8. Marc Bitar . . . . . .$1,250
9. Harvey Greenberg $1,000
10th - 12th . . . . . . . . . . .$745
13th - 15th . . . . . . . . . . .$620
16th - 18th . . . . . . . . . . .$495
19th - 27th . . . . . . . . . . .$370
7. Hani Awad . . . . . .$1,360
8. Larry Clark . . . . .$1,150
9th - 12th . . . . . . . . . . . .$735
13th - 16th . . . . . . . . . . .$525
17th - 24th . . . . . . . . . . .$270
Las Vegas, NV
8. Richard Brown . . .$2,260
9. Ray Ragan . . . . . .$1,810
10th - 12th . . . . . . . . .$1,355
13th - 15th . . . . . . . . .$1,130
16th - 18th . . . . . . . . . . .$905
19th - 27th . . . . . . . . . . .$680
7/12/03 (PM)
LIMIT HOLD-EM
BUY-INS 220
RE-BUYS 192
PRIZE FUND $41,200
3% DEALERS $1,235
ADJ PRIZE FUND
$39,965
1. Jack "JJ" Jones .$22,350
07/14/03 (PM)
7/13/03 (PM)
OMAHA HI-LO
BUY-INS 157
RE-BUYS 129
PRIZE FUND $28,600
3% DEALERS $860
ADJ PRIZE FUND
$27,740
NO LIMIT HOLDEM
BUY-INS 293
RE-BUYS 272
PRIZE FUND $56,500
3% DEALERS $1,695
ADJ PRIZE FUND
$54,805
1. Terry Smith . . . .$19,700
1. Mike Wilson . . . .$10,265
Shawnee, KS
Manassas, VA
2. Alan Miskin . . . .$10,300
1. Mike Wilson . . . $10,265
2. Adrian Sanders . .$5,325
Laurel, MD
Las Vegas, NV
Albuquerque, MM
3. Adrian Sanders . .$5,460
2. Bill Carter . . . . . . .$7,675
3. Mike Mahan . . . . .$2,915
Las Vegas, NV
Las Vegas, NV
Las Vegas, NV
4. Max Ruhlman . . .$3,560
3. Anthony Scalf . . . .$4,190
4. David Rabbi . . . . .$1,940
Las Vegas, NV
University Pl, WA
Las Vegas, NV
5. Arturo Morales . .$2,605
4. Mark Bokano . . . .$2,800
5. Lou Fein . . . . . . . .$1,385
Las Angeles, CA
Detroit, MI
Miami, FL
6. Nababan Bisman .$1,920
5. Jaime Mengahas .$2,000
6. Lou Macchiaverna$1,040
St Peter, FL
Las Vegas, NV
Las Vegas, NV
7. Don Binford . . . . .$1,370
6. Kee Ng . . . . . . . . .$1,500
7. Tom "Mark'Em Down"
Noyes . . . . . . . . . . . .$765
Las Vegas, NV
New Orleans, LA
7. James Hurst . . . . .$1,100
Summit, PA
Las Vegas, NV
8. Don Naifeh . . . . . . . .$625
9. Chad Fugal . . . . . . .$480
10th - 12th . . . . . . . . . . .$390
13th - 15th . . . . . . . . . . .$335
16th - 18th . . . . . . . . . . .$275
8. Mike Marcos . . . . . .$900
9. Ray Rais . . . . . . . . . .$700
10th - 12th . . . . . . . . . . .$560
13th - 15th . . . . . . . . . . .$480
16th - 18th . . . . . . . . . . .$400
8. Frank Perry . . . . .$1,095
9. David Kelly . . . . . . .$875
10th - 12th . . . . . . . . . . .$660
13th - 15th . . . . . . . . . . .$550
16th - 18th . . . . . . . . . . .$440
19th - 27th . . . . . . . . . . .$330
...Tournament Results
07/15/03 (AM)
07/16/03 (AM)
07/17/03 (AM)
07/18/03 (AM)
07/19/03 (AM)
NO LIMIT HOLDEM
(ONE RE-BUY)
LIMIT HOLD'EM
NO-LIMIT
HOLD'EM
OMAHA HI-LO
(ONE $200
RE-BUY)
LIMIT HOLDEM
(ONE $200
RE-BUY)
BUY-INS 282
RE-BUYS 191
PRIZE FUND $94,600
3% DEALERS $2,840
ADJ PRIZE FUND
BUY-INS 363
RE-BUYS 282
PRIZE FUND $129,000
3% DEALERS $3,870
ADJ PRIZE FUND
BUY-INS 506
RE-BUYS 321
PRIZE FUND $165,400
3% DEALERS $4,960
ADJ PRIZE FUND
BUY-INS 536
PRIZE FUND $107,200
3% DEALERS $3,215
ADJ PRIZE FUND
$103,985
$160,440
BUY-INS 177
RE-BUYS 561
PRIZE FUND $35,400
3% DEALERS $1,060
ADJ PRIZE FUND
$34,340
$91,760
$125,130
Marie Gabert
Jeannie Kim
Kelly Siah
1. Kelly Siah . . . . . .$37,430
Jake Warren
Burnaby, BC
Jack Duncan
1. Jake Warren . . . .$57,760
2. Felice Davis . . . . .$19,490
1. Jack Duncan . . . .$12,705
Carencro, LA
Las Vegas, NV
Las Vegas, NV
2. Ray Taranto . . . .$30,080
3. Dan Kenworthy .$10,400
2. Mike Laing . . . . . .$6,595
1. Marie Gabert . . .$33,035
1. Jeannie Kim . . . $45,050
New Orleans, LA
Lapeer, MI
Las Vegas, NV
Carson City, NV
Portland, OR
3. Jerry Rhoads . . .$16,040
4. David Plastik . . . .$6,760
3. Bob Craig . . . . . . .$3,605
Las Vegas, NV
Shoshone, ID
2. Vince Ballinger . .$17,200
3. Teddy Goodbear .$9,175
2. David Plastik . . . $23,460
Las Vegas, NV
4. Ron Stanley . . . .$10,430
5. John Womack . . . .$4,940
4. Gary Hutteball . . .$2,405
Boca Raton, FL
3. Terry Fleisher . . $12,520
Henderson, NV
Lauderhill, FL
Las Vegas, NV
4. Bill Carter . . . . . . .$5,965
Las Vegas, NV
4. Doug Macarthur . $8,140
Las Vegas, NV
5. Milt Meyers . . . . .$7,620
6. Jack Mccollor . . . .$3,640
5. Rich Lister . . . . . .$1,715
Las Vegas, NV
Las Vegas, NV
Skowhegan, ME
Costa Mesa, CA
5. Dick Reed . . . . . . .$4,360
Fruita, CO
6. JJ Jones . . . . . . . .$5,610
7. Bo Desuacido . . . .$2,600
6. Steve Chesler . . . .$1,290
Las Vegas, NV
5. Jake Warren . . . . $5,945
Las Vegas, NV
Las Vegas, NV
Las Vegas, NV
6. Mike Bailine . . . . .$3,210
Carencro, CA
7. Ed Newton . . . . . . . .$945
Lighthouse Point, FL
6. Ed Comer . . . . . . $4,380
Las Vegas, NV
7. Scott Buller . . . . . .$2,295
8. “Houston” Harry . . . . . .
Fitzpatrick . . . . . .$1,835
9. Paul Sweeney . . . .$1,470
10th - 12th . . . . . . . . .$1,100
13th - 15th . . . . . . . . . . .$920
16th - 18th . . . . . . . . . . .$735
19th - 27th . . . . . . . . . . .$550
Williamsburg, OH
7. John Thompson . $3,130
8. Walter Threadgill $2,505
9. Scott Buller . . . . . $2,000
10th - 12th . . . . . . . . . $1,500
13th - 15th . . . . . . . . . $1,250
16th - 18th . . . . . . . . . $1,000
19th - 27th . . . . . . . . . . $750
07/18/03 (PM)
07/19/03 (PM)
LIMIT HOLDEM
OMAHA HI-LO
7. Sarah Casey . . . . .$4,010
Las Vegas, NV
8. Arturo Morales . .$3,210
9. Dan Wayofski . . . .$2,565
10th - 12th . . . . . . . . .$1,920
13th - 15th . . . . . . . . .$1,605
16th - 18th . . . . . . . . .$1,285
19th - 27th . . . . . . . . . . .$965
8. Paul Sherr . . . . . .$2,080
9. Rick Brickner . . . .$1,660
10th - 12th . . . . . . . . .$1,250
13th - 15th . . . . . . . . .$1,040
16th - 18th . . . . . . . . . . .$830
19th - 27th . . . . . . . . . . .$625
7/16/03 (PM)
OMAHA HI-LO
07/15/03 (PM)
LIMIT HOLD-EM
BUY-INS 251
RE-BUYS 216
PRIZE FUND $46,700
3% DEALERS $1,400
ADJ PRIZE FUND
$45,300
8. Harold Barnholtz . .$775
9. Gloria Tschetschot .$600
10th - 12th . . . . . . . . . . .$480
13th - 15th . . . . . . . . . . .$410
16th - 18th . . . . . . . . . . .$345
BUY-INS 221
RE-BUYS 194
PRIZE FUND $41,500
3% DEALERS $1,245
ADJ PRIZE FUND
$40,255
07/17/03 (PM)
NO LIMIT HOLDEM
BUY-INS 289
RE-BUYS 269
PRIZE FUND $55,800
3% DEALERS $1,675
ADJ PRIZE FUND
$54,125
1. Terry Fleischer . .$14,875
BUY-INS 254
RE-BUYS 224
PRIZE FUND $47,800
3% DEALERS $1,435
ADJ PRIZE FUND
BUY-INS 224
RE-BUYS 206
PRIZE FUND $43,000
3% DEALERS $1,290
ADJ PRIZE FUND
$46,365
$41,710
2. David Sprenkle . .$10,150
1. Austin Bryant . . .$16,690
1. Gene Gans . . . . . $15,435
3. Terry Wiggam . . .$4,225
Sierra Vista, AZ
Sutter Creek, CA
Woodbridge, VA
Ft. Pierce, FL
3. Gus Alfieri . . . . . .$5,415
2. Robert Hoy . . . . . .$8,690
2. Steve Simmons . . $8,010
3. John Thompson . .$4,530
4. Nels Lover . . . . . . .$2,820
Lakewood, CO
Sterling, VA
Scottsdale, AZ
Las Vegas, NV
Annapolis, MD
4. Kim Hwan Young $3,520
3. Gerald Rosenberg $4,630
3. Phillip Goatz . . . . $4,380
4. Bill Mccauley . . . .$2,945
5. John Swinford . . .$2,015
Henderson, NV
Greenville, FL
Las Vegas, NV
Prim, NV
Las Vegas, NV
5. Fred Samelian . . .$2,570
4. Michael Ostrower $3,015
4. Mike Cunningham $2,920
5. Steve Rosling . . . .$2,150
6. Steve Brite . . . . . .$1,510
Orange County, CA
Vero Beach, FL
Cincinatti, OH
Tigard, OR
Springfield, VA
6. Sammy Phaphol . .$1,895
5. Don Binford . . . . .$2,200
5. Brent Carter . . . . $2,085
6. Mike Zuorell . . . . .$1,585
7. Anne Picotte . . . . .$1,105
Las Vegas, NV
Las Vegas, NV
Oakpark, IL
Henderson, NV
Las Vegas, NV
7. Steve Meyerson . .$1,355
6. Joan Destino . . . . .$1,625
6. Randall Witt . . . . $1,565
7. Steve Krogness . . .$1,135
8. Steve Leventis . . . . .$905
9. Bob Kusche . . . . . . .$705
10th - 12th . . . . . . . . . . .$565
13th - 15th . . . . . . . . . . .$485
16th - 18th . . . . . . . . . . .$405
Virginia Beach, VA
Las Vegas, NV
Nashville, TN
8. Joe Rivero . . . . . . .$1,085
. Kelly Harmen . . . . .$865
10th - 12th . . . . . . . . . . .$650
13th - 15th . . . . . . . . . . .$540
16th - 18th . . . . . . . . . . .$435
19th - 27th . . . . . . . . . . .$325
7. Bonnie Rattner . . .$1,160
8. Howard Wolper . . .$925
9. Wang Xiaden . . . . . .$740
10th - 12th . . . . . . . . . . .$555
13th - 15th . . . . . . . . . . .$465
16th - 18th . . . . . . . . . . .$370
19th - 27th . . . . . . . . . . .$280
7. Namon Yosoph . . $1,145
Las Vegas, NV
1. John Foley . . . . .$19,485
1. Joe Fleming . . . .$16,310
2. Irv Deutsch . . . . . .$7,730
Las Vegas, NV
Fairfax, VA
Essex, VT
2. John Maxwell . . . .$8,495
Belle Mead, NJ
Minne, MN
8. Athena Masasses . . .$905
9. Tom Oberbroeckling $725
10th - 12th . . . . . . . . . . .$545
13th - 15th . . . . . . . . . . .$455
16th - 18th . . . . . . . . . . .$360
19th - 27th . . . . . . . . . . .$270
New York, NY
8. Jerry Dennis . . . . . . $940
9. Marie Gabert . . . . . $730
10th - 12th . . . . . . . . . . $585
13th - 15th . . . . . . . . . . $500
16th - 18th . . . . . . . . . . $415
J U LY 2 8 , 2 0 0 3
LESSON 3:
Poker’s Silliest Question
I visited the greatest gambling city of the world last week.
It was my first trip to Las Vegas and I was totally astounded by the magnificence of the casinos. Never in my wildest
imaginings could I have adequately pictured those breathtaking buildings. They pulsed with a life of their own, each
one set apart by its unique beauty and its individual décor.
This is a city that lives 24 hours a day, never sleeping,
allowing you to eat, play, or be entertained anytime of day
you wish. You can experience any type of amusement
imaginable, and the buffets are endless.
Lessons from mike caro
university of poker
BY DIANE M C HAFFIE
Of course, you all probably know this, but
it was my first trip. I’m new to gambling and
just learning poker from Mike Caro University. So, I will be
sharing my lessons with you on these pages.
A lesson in Vegas. I attended the World Poker Players
Conference, at the Orleans, where Mike emceed, introducing 18 speakers to an audience of more than 300. While I
was there, I experienced first hand the fact that winning
poker players took their game very seriously.
While we were there, Mike Caro continued to school me
in the ways of poker. Yes, just because we were on a business trip, that didn’t give me an excuse to skip class. The
trip was a learning experience in gambling and poker, in a
variety of ways.
Mike spoke to me about an incident that occurred about
25 years ago, when he was up about $30,000 almost
immediately upon entering a game. Then just as suddenly,
he was losing $15,000. I asked him why he hadn’t quit
while he was ahead. I couldn’t understand being ahead that
much money and not leaving the table right then. I soon
realized what a foolish question that was. In fact, it might
be poker’s silliest question.
Of course, the question isn’t usually asked until after you
lose your winnings. If you were winning you might say stop—
you could lose, or wait you might win more, so go for it. But,
you can’t see ahead at that point, so you can’t be sure
you’re making the right choice. I assume the question, “Why
didn’t you quit?” is extremely irritating to gamblers, once
they’re up a considerable amount and then come down.
Nobody would have asked. Remember, if you’re ahead
$300 and then lose $150, someone might ask why you didn’t
quit at $300. You could probably ask yourself that same
question. We can’t do things on the “what if” basis, especially with poker. We can’t see ahead to the future to make
those monumental decisions. Life just isn’t like that. We live
one day at a time, hopefully to the fullest, making sure each
day counts, each decision is a well thought out one. You
would do the same with poker. Each decision must count,
because it is very valuable to you, in one form or another. If
you play your best all the time, making good decisions, you
shouldn’t have to stop and ask yourself, “what if?”
So, I’m going to prove how silly the “Why didn’t you
quit?” question really is. Mike pointed out to me that if
he had continued from $30,000 to $150,000, nobody
would have asked him why he didn’t quit at $30,000.
Whenever you win a lot of money, people don’t ask you
why you didn’t quit sooner; they only ask you after
you’ve lost. You never know when a good time to quit is.
You might have won more, if you had continued, instead
of quitting when you did.
When you’re playing poker, and you’re up a good
amount, and continue to play, only to see your winnings
diminished, don’t let anyone beat you up with that common question: Why didn’t you quit?
Diane McHaffie is Director of Operations at Mike Caro
University of Poker, Gaming, and Life Strategy. Her diverse
career spans banking, promotion of major financial
seminars, and the raising of White-tailed Deer.
You can write her online at diane@caro.com.
10
J U LY 2 8 , 2 0 0 3
Small Room Directory
When you're traveling across the country or around the world, and, you find yourself in
one of these towns, here is where you can get a good poker game and your copy of
Poker Player newspaper. This directory only lists card rooms that have one or two
tables. Call the room for directions and other information.
#TABLES | C A R D R O O M
2 Augustine Casino
2 Dealer's Choice Card Room
2 Elk Valley Casino
1 Folsom Lk Bowl Sports Bar & Cas
2 Gold Rush Card Room
1 Lucky Buck Card Club
2 Old Tavern Cardroom
1 Golden Gates Casino
2 Casino Princesa
1 SunCruz Casino - Jacksonville
2 World of ResidenSea
2 Desperados
1 Little Nevada Casino
2 Locomotive Inn Casino
1 Silver Tip Casino
1 Rosebud Casino
2 Ariz. Charlie's Htl & Cas-West
2 El Cortez Hotel & Casino
2 Eureka Casino Hotel
1 Exchange Club Cas & Motel
1 Hotel Nev. and Gambling Hall
2 Nevada Palace Htl & Cas
2 Pahrump Nugget Htl & Gambl. Hall
2 Poker Palace Casino
1 Searchlight Nugget Casino
1 Stagecoach Hotel and Casino
2 Kah-Nee-Ta High Des Resort & Cas
2 Kla-Mo-Ya Casino
2 The Mill Casino Hotel
2 Wildhorse Resort and Casino
2 Southern Cruz Casino
2 Golden Buffalo Cas and Resort
2 Grand River Casino & Resort
1 Miss Kitty's Gaming Emporium
1 Cadillac Ranch Casino
2 Cafe International
2 Chip's Casino
2 Cleopatra's Wild Goose Casino
2 Great Wall Casino, Rest & Lounge
1 Hiline Lanes Cardroom
2 Kenmore Lanes Casino
2 Luciano's Cas-Waterfront Rest
2 Magic Lanes Cardroom
2 Oak Bowl
2 Pete's Flying Aces
2 Riverbend Casino
2 Wild Grizzly Casino
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ADDRESS
84-001 Avenue 54
Coachella
13483 Bowman Rd
Auburn
2500 Howland Hill Rd
Crescent City
511 E Bidwell St
Folsom
106 E Main St
Grass Valley
1620 Railroad Ave
Livermore
1510 20th St
Sacramento
261 Main St
Black Hawk
3050 Biscayne Bl
Miami
4378 Ocean St
Mayport
5200 Blue Lagoon Dr #790 Miami
145 Regal St
Billings
1413 13th St W
Billings
216 First Ave S
Laurel
680 SW Higgins Ave.
Missoula
Hwy 83 & SD/NE State Ln Valentine
740 S Decatur Bl
Las Vegas
600 E Fremont St
Las Vegas
275 Mesa Bl
Mesquite
119 Main St
Beatty
501 Aultman St
Ely
5255 Boulder Highway
Las Vegas
681 S Hwy 160
Pahrump
2757 Las Vegas Bl N
N Las Vegas
100 North Highway 95
Searchlight
Highway 95 N
Beatty
6823 Hwy 8
Warm Springs
34333 Highway 97 N
Chiloquin
3201 Tremont Ave
North Bend
72777 Highway 331
Pendleton
4491 Waterfront Ave
Little River
321 Sitting Bull Lane
Lower Brule
West Hwy 12
Mobridge
647 Main St
Deadwood
1125 Commerce
Longview
758 Peace Porto Dr
Blaine
1500 NE Riddell Rd
Bremerton
1600 Carrier St
Ellensburg
3121 S 38th St
Tacoma
15733 Ambaum Bl SW
Burien
7638 NE Bothell Way
Kenmore
3327 Ruston Way
Tacoma
10612 15th Ave. SW
Seattle
531 SE Midway Bl.
Oak Harbor
14101 Pacific Hwy S
Tukwila
2721 North Market St
Spokane
902 Ash Street
Kelso
2 Stampede Casino
1 Boomtown Casino
2 Gold Dust Casino
1 Billy Barker Casino Hotel
2 Grt Canadian Cas. - Renaissance Htl
2 Casino Nova Scotia - Sydney
2 Gold Eagle Casino
2 Northern Lights Casino
#TABLES | C A R D R O O M |
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Casino Bregenz
Casino Graz
Cas. Innsbruck (Htl Hilton)
Casino Linz
Casino Copenhagen
Bayerische Spielbank Bad Füssing
Spielbank Bad Homburg
Spielb. Bad Zwischenahn
Spielb. Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Bayerische Spielbank Kötzting
Casino Kiel
Spielb. Konstanz
Casino Schenefeld
Casino de Crans-Montana
Victoria Club
Shaftesbury Casino
1801 Big Four Tr SE
9825 Hardin Street
24 Boudreau Road
308 McLean Street
1133 West Hastings St
525 George Street
11902 Railway Avenue
44 Marquis Road West
ADDRESS
Calgary
Ft McMurray
St. Albert
Quesnel
Vancouver
Sydney
N Battleford
Prince Albert
92236
95603
95531
95630
95945
94550
95814
80422
33131
32233
33126
59101
59102
59044
59803
69201
89107
89125
89027
89003
89301
89122
89048
89030
89046
89003
97761
97624
97459
97801
29566
57548
57601
57732
98632
98230
98310
98926
98409
98166
98028
98407
98146
98277
98168
99207
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(530) 885-3627
(707) 464-1020
(916) 983-4411
(530) 477-6537
(925) 455-6144
(916) 444-5595
(303) 582-1650
(305) 379-5825
(904) 249-9300
(305) 264-9090
(406) 248-2969
(406) 256-5366
(406) 628-7969
406-728-5643
(605) 378-3800
(702) 258-5200
(702) 385-5200
(702) 346-4646
(775) 553-2368
(775) 289-6665
(702) 458-8810
(775) 751-6500
(702) 649-3799
(702) 297-1201
(775) 553-2419
(541) 553-1122
(541) 783-7529
(541) 756-8800
(541) 278-2274
(843) 249-9811
(605) 473-5577
(605) 845-7104
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Todays question, “Does the
value of a high only hand
increase as the number of
players at your table
decreases?” This question is
inspired from tournament
play. Did you ever notice that
toward the end of an Omaha
H/L tournament, poor high
hands tend to hold up more
often? Is this because there is
always a high hand winner?
Lets take a look at what happens when we play 10 different starting hands, 250,000
times with from 10 to 2 persons at our table. The results
are listed in the table below.
It should be clear from the
above chart that as the number of players at the table
decreases the win percentages
of these high hands, increases.
This fact, in and of itself,
accounts for the perception
that the high hands tend to
win more frequently. High
hands that won less than 2%
of the time when up against
10 players, win over 30%
when heads up. Similarly a
40% winner is turned into an
80% winner.
Do we win more money as
the number of players
decrease? Excluding the special circumstance of heads up
play, the predominant answer
Hand
High Hand Values vs No. of Players
Suited
10
9
8
7
A-A-K-K Win%
47.2%
50.4%
55.6%
58.9%
2PSS
Net
$ 9.10 $ 8.58 $ 8.35 $ 8.22
A-9-K-J
Win%
17.5%
21.7%
27.7%
34.3%
DSHL
Net
$ (0.12) $ (0.14) $ (0.17) $ (0.42)
A-A-9-9
Win%
11.8%
14.3%
17.3%
21.0%
NS
Net
$ (0.55) $ (0.58) $ (0.52) $ (0.58)
K-K-Q-Q Win%
4.3%
5.4%
6.9%
8.5%
NS
Net
$ (0.57) $ (0.75) $ (1.00) $ (1.07)
A-T-J-Q
Win%
1.5%
2.0%
2.9%
3.4%
NS
Net
$ (1.23) $ (1.33) $ (1.41) $ (1.70)
8-9-T-J
Win%
0.3%
0.4%
0.6%
0.9%
NS
Net
$ (1.44) $ (1.60) $ (1.78) $ (2.01)
K-K-K-9
Win%
0.4%
0.6%
0.8%
1.2%
NS
Net
$ (1.57) $ (1.69) $ (1.87) $ (2.08)
A-A-K-T Win%
43.1%
46.8%
52.3%
55.7%
1PBS
Net
$ 1.91 $ 2.42 $ 3.18 $ 3.57
A-A-K-9
Win%
41.6%
45.1%
50.8%
54.5%
1PBS
Net
$ (0.29) $ 0.24 $ 1.20 $ 2.06
A-A-K-Q Win%
47.2%
50.5%
55.6%
58.8%
1PDS
Net
$ 9.41 $ 9.22 $ 9.02 $ 8.74
2PSS = 2 pair single suited, NS = Non-suited
1PBS =
is no. The only two
starting high
hands that do
increase are
the AAK9 and
the AAKQ. I
find it interesting that the
double suited
AAKQ does
not increase, as
did the single
suited AAK9
and AAKQ. On
the surface they
appear to be the same
type of hand, a pair with 2
additional cards to the nut
straight. I will investigate this
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5
62.6%
65.2%
$ 7.52 $ 7.03
38.7%
43.9%
$ (0.36) $ (0.13)
28.0%
36.2%
$ (0.71) $ (1.07)
11.8%
17.7%
$ (1.50) $ (1.68)
5.3%
8.7%
$ (1.83) $ (1.82)
1.8%
3.1%
$ (2.22) $ (2.53)
2.2%
3.8%
$ (2.36) $ (2.65)
59.7%
62.6%
$ 3.87 $ 3.85
58.5%
61.4%
$ 2.33 $ 2.48
62.3%
65.2%
$ 7.75 $ 7.59
1 pair back suited,
250,000 Hands
4
3
2
67.5%
76.1%
81.7%
$ 6.14 $ 5.18 $ 5.76
48.9%
53.6%
72.5%
$ (0.20) $ (0.65) $ 0.82
49.1%
57.4%
71.9%
$ (1.68) $ (1.30) $ (1.50)
26.6%
45.2%
64.9%
$ (1.79) $ (2.48) $ (2.07)
13.4%
24.9%
35.1%
$ (2.26) $ (2.19) $ (2.59)
5.4%
24.9%
31.3%
$ (2.89) $ (2.19) $ (0.91)
6.3%
12.9%
33.1%
$ (3.17) $ (3.65) $ (1.17)
65.2%
74.6%
80.4%
$ 3.53 $ 3.66 $ (1.35)
64.0%
73.9%
79.9%
$ 2.30 $ 3.11 $ (0.37)
67.6%
76.5%
82.1%
$ 6.81 $ 5.76 $ (0.78)
1PDS = 1 pair double suited
Sam Mudaro IS the...
further in the next article.
So what can we learn from
the results of the above 25
million hands? As the number
of players decrease at your
table you should play more
high hands, as they will win
more frequently. This is especially useful in tournament
play when the blinds are
increasing fast, relative to the
total chips in play. This happens in smaller tournament
quite often, as the blinds can
be as much as 40% of the
total chips in play. A person
armed with this information
will probably play his high
hands more aggressively. As
stated earlier “there will
always be a high”.
In the next article we will
expand the single and double
suited pairs with straight draws
to see if we can shed some
more light on the difference.
Please submit any questions
you may have that may be
answered by running simulations to:
realguru2003@yahoo.com.
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Q-J, and Sebastian also called
with the same hand. With a
board of J-8-2-10, Grigorian
bet, all in again, then had to
yell “Stop!” as the dealer
started to burn and turn without waiting for the players to
turn up their cards. The river
was a six, and Chang was out.
“She might have dealt a nine
(giving both his opponents a
straight) if I didn’t stop her,”
Chris explained. Grigorian,
now with about $26,000,
turned aggressive and began
steadily adding to his stacks.
Jeff Jerome, who had been
nursing his last $600, finally
committed it with A-10, the
first of five times he would
go all in and survive. “I don’t
like it,” he said when Turner
raised. But he ended up
chopping with Sebastian
when both had A-10 and an
ace flopped. Meanwhile,
Victor Dadon, who had started as chip leader, went all in
for the first of four times
himself, escaping when his
A-Q held up against
Grigorian’s A-10.
Grigorian’s little rush was
halted when he ran into Emil
Calitis’ full house and was left
with 8k. Then, with limits at
2-4k, he capped the betting
and went all in against Turner
with A-10, only to see Robert
turn up 10-10. A river ace
saved him as he wiped his
brow. “I will not make another
mistake tonight,” he vowed.
Many more hands and allin escapes went by. The fifth
time Jerome was all in, he
committed his last couple of
chips in the small blind without even looking. He had Kc5c against Sebastian’s A-9,
but won again with a flush.
When Jerome finally succumbed, he uncharacteristically had the best hand. Playing
at 3-6k limits, he was dealt KK on hand 65. Turner was far
behind with Qs-Js, but
flopped two pair. Finally the
field began to thin as Yoon
Ueo, in the big blind with 9h5h, fell to Sebastian’s pocket
sixes three hands later. Eight
hands later, it was Dadon’s
turn. He button-raised with A7. With a flop of 10-8-5,
Grigorian bet his pocket
jacks, Dadon added another
$1,000, then exited in fifth
place when a river jack gave
Chris a set.
At this point, Grigorian
and Turner were virtually
dead even with about $52,000
each, while Sebastian and
Calitis were tied with about
20k each. A deal was discussed but not consummated.
Then, two hands later,
Sebastian went all in, pitting
his A-K against Grigorian’s
pocket eights. An eight on
fourth street gave Grigorian a
set, and he jumped into a lead
of about 20k over Turner.
Two more hands went by,
and the three at last agreed to
a deal that ended the tournament. With two wins in five
events, “The Armenian
Express,” who also became
the all-around points leader,
was at full throttle.
EVENT #5--JULY 16
LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $200 + $25
ENTRANTS 182
TOTAL PRIZE POOL
$36,400
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Chris Grigorian .$13,775
Robert Turner . . .$6,915
Ernie Sebastian . .$3,460
Emil Calitis . . . . . .$2,185
Victor Dadon . . . .$1,820
J U LY 2 8 , 2 0 0 3
P O K E R P L AY E R 1 1
Lorraine Arms Left her Mark
in the Real World...
CHIP CHATTEr
By SUSIE ISAACS
As Well as in the
Poker World.
Lorraine Arms was in Las Vegas from her home in Reno,
doing one of her favorite things, attending a major poker
tournament, The Orleans Open. After much personal
heartache over the last few years, Arms life was on an
upswing. She was a romantic and glowed like a teenager
when she spoke of the new man in her life.
Arms was a noticeable presence every time she entered
a poker room. She was elegant, sophisticated,
and always picture perfect. Years ago an article on the ten best-dressed poker players
appeared in Card Player magazine. She was at
the top of the list. She was a woman of pride
and independent means, years before it was
fashionable to be an independent woman.
In the sixties, as a young divorced mother of one son,
she set out to find a career for herself in her hometown of
Great Falls, Montana. She found her niche when she went
into sales for the local radio station KFBB. She became the
top sales person within six months but left that job when
she was overlooked for a promotion because she was a
female. She was quoted as saying; “I was in a minority in
those days. They simply didn’t give me that promotion, even
though I was the best person for the job, because I was a
female. The laws have since changed and it’s easier for a
woman to get ahead.”
She left Great Falls in 1970, with her young son and a lot
of self-confidence. She ended up in Reno where she went to
work for the local AM station KCBN. Within six months she
became the sales manager and within a year she was making more money than the general manager, so he fired her!
As she prepared to start all over again, the owner of the
station contacted her. He had fired the general manager and
offered her the position. The offer, which she readily accepted, included great stock options and within three years she
bought the station! She fought with the Federal
Communications Commission and finally got approval for an
FM station. In 1987 Lorraine Arms found a new radio challenge in Las Vegas and purchased KRLV.
When Arms began her career in Reno she was the only
woman selling radio time in that market. She went on to
become known as the “first lady” of Reno radio. Arms held
title to many “firsts”. She was the first woman elected president of the Nevada Broadcasters Association, the first
woman selected s the Reno Ad Club’s “Ad Man of the Year”,
the first female president of that club, the first woman
elected to a three-year term on the Reno Chamber of
Commerce’s Board of Directors, and the first woman voted
president of that entity.
Arms began playing low-limit poker for relaxation in
1968. She was intrigued with the game and the variety of
people she met at the poker table. She was a regular on the
poker circuit, especially the ladies events. When she entered
a poker emporium, everyone was glad to see her. She literally lit up a room. Perhaps an oxymoron for poker but her
presence in a poker room was almost regal.
Young at heart, she was vibrant those last few days as
she chatted with friends about her new beau. Lorraine, beautiful, elegant Lorraine, you will be so missed by so many.
Arms is survived by son and daughter-in-law Bill and Deanna
Walker and granddaughters Katy Lorraine and Elly Walker.
Susie Isaacs has written about poker and poker players
since 1985. The first woman to win back-to-back titles
in the women’s division in the World Series of Poker,
she is the author of “MsPoker, Up Close and Personal.”
Her latest venture is a line of poker-themed jewelry.
See her ad on page 2 and visit www.buyitinvegas.com.
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J U LY 2 8 , 2 0 0 3
Hustler Grand Slam
6.
7.
8.
9.
Yoon Ueo . . . . . . . .$1,455
Jeff Jerome . . . . . .$1,090
John Chang . . . . . . .$910
Eric Lassen . . . . . . .$695
EVENT #4
Dr. Frank Rite is a naturopath, a hypnotherapist, a
clinical nutritionist and an
energy healer, and he needed all his healing powers
when he was down to $200
with about 10 tables to go in
tonight’s pot-limit hold’em
event. But then a couple of
winning river cards, one
against Chris Grigorian, got
him going. For most of the
final table he was in about
average shape until, with 10
hands to go, he went on a big
rush, climaxed when he won
an $84,000 pot.
With three players left, Rite
had about $120,000 of the
$192,800 in play, and a deal
was struck ending the fourth
event of Hustler Casino’s
Grand Slam of Poker. Rite’s
biggest cash-outs to date have
been a $45,000 win at the
Aladdin years ago and a
$27,000 pot-limit hold’em win
at Commerce.
The final table got underway with blinds of $300$600, 13:27 remaining. Mel
Weiner was chip leader with
$39,900, but on the second
hand he went from the proverbial penthouse to the poor
house. In the big blind with
9s-2s, he bet when the flop
came J-7s-5s, only to have
J.C. Tran move in with K-J.
No flush came, the jacks won,
and Tran took the lead with
about 44k while Wiener was
left with around 17k.
With blinds at $600-$1,200,
a big three-way pot developed
on the eighth hand. The flop
was Kh-9c-7h. Dennis
Waterman was in the small
blind with K-10 and moved all
in for $3,200. Kavous “Kav”
Shariatzadeh also went all in
holding K-Q, and Weiner
called with 10h-8h, giving him
draws to an open-end straight
and a flush. Two rags came
and Kav’s higher-kicker kings
won. Waterman was out of
business, and Weiner was
down to about 8k.
Kav’s chips only kept him
in action a few more hands.
With a board of K-9-7-8-A, he
check-raised Can Kim and
went all in for 10k holding
aces and sevens. Despite three
clubs on board, Kim called,
won with aces and eights, and
Kav cashed out ninth. After
winning the next pot, Kim took
the lead with close to 50k.
There were two unfamiliar
faces at the final table: an
attorney named Grady Talbot
and a retiree named Gene
Resnick. Both had been playing very cautiously. Finally,
Resnick had a tremendous
flop. Holding Jh-10h, he had a
straight flush draw when the
flop came Kh-9h-9. He bet
out, went all in on the turn,
missed everything and lost to
Jack Boghossian’s nines full.
As play continued, Tran
built his stacks to about 80k
and increased his lead after
beating Kim in two pots.
Weiner, meanwhile, hadn’t
been able to recover and busted out on hand 30. At this
point, blinds were 1k-2k,
meaning that a player could
raise to 7k by calling the 2k
big blind and betting the pot
of 5k. In the small blind,
Weiner went all in with Q-10.
Rite called from the big blind
with J-6 and flopped a jack to
send Mel home in seventh
place. Three deals later, Rite
dispatched Kim in an unusual
hand. Kim moved all in with
pocket threes and ended up
with a full house when the
board came J-9-9-9-3. Rite,
however, had A-J, and he
made nines full of jacks.
On hand 36 it was doctor
versus lawyer, though no
Indian chief was in sight.
Holding Jh-9h, Talbot raised
to 7k and Rite put him all in
for an additional $5,500. Rite
held pocket eights and made a
full house when the board
came A-Q-7-A-8.
With four players left,
Tran still held a comfortable
lead with about $90,000, more
than twice as much as any
other player. Rite and
Boghossian were pretty closely tied for second with roughly $42,000 each, while David
Levi brought up the rear with
less than 20k. Levi, winner of
the Omaha hi-lo event the
night before, had been down
to about $200 earlier, before
the break, and he had been
struggling to stay afloat ever
since. He finally went all In
with 9-8, pairing his nine and
thwarting Dr. Rite, who had
been trying to anesthetize
him. “Trying to get rid of me,
doctor? Get sick,” Levi told
him, as the players engaged in
friendly banter.
Rite started making his
move on hand 49 when he
went in with J-8 and outdrew
Boghossian’s Q-J by making a
straight. The next hand saw
four-way action, and Rite
chased everyone away by betting the flop
Hand 54 was the big one.
Rite had Q-J to Tran’s pocket
eights. With blinds now at
$1,500-$3,000, Tran raised to
$10,500 pre-flop and Rite
called. Tran then bet 15k into
the K-Q-A flop and the turncard deuce. The river brought
a trey. Both players checked,
and Rite took in an 84k pot.
On the next hand, Tran
knocked out Boghossian
when his pocket sixes held up
against Jack’s K-Q.
Holding most of the chips,
Rite now agreed to a deal and
the festivities ended
EVENT #4--JULY 15
POT-LIMIT
HOLD’EM
ENTRANTS 126
REBUYS 92
TOTAL PRIZE POOL
$43,600
Frank Rite
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Frank Rite . . . . .$16,505
J.C. Tran . . . . . . . .$8,275
David Levi . . . . . .$4,130
Jack Boghossian . .$2,605
Grady Talbot . . . .$2,180
Can Kim . . . . . . . .$1,745
Mel Weiner . . . . .$1,310
Eugene Resnick . .$1,090
Kavous Shariatzadeh . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$765
EVENT #3
David Levi, the Israeli soccer
pro turned pro poker player,
took down the third event of
Hustler Casino’s Grand Slam
of Poker, Omaha hi-lo. He and
Rusty Mandap, the Hawaiian
Gardens tournament director,
had shared the chip lead for
some time. Then, with four
players left, Levi was dealt AA-3-7 double-suited, made a
nut flush, scooped and took a
big chip lead.
The four finalists then
played nine more hands.
With Levi now holding more
than 40 percent of the chips,
they agreed to a tournamentending deal.
Levi has had numerous
prior tournament wins, the
Pham to bet the turn so he
could raise and go all in. “I
checked to give you a freeroll,” he explained as he
turned up his hand and Pham
mucked without bothering to
see the river.
As play continued, the
multi-talented Warren Karp
took drink orders to relay to
the porter: “Diet Coke, bottled
water, coffee with three creams
and a sugar, a hot tea... and a
hand for Craig,” he added
helpfully, noticing that
Mizufuka was low-chipped.
No hand came, and Craig was
down to $900. That went in on
the next hand. Holding A-6-89, Craig made a straight when
the board came K-10-8-J-Q.
But three diamonds gave Pham
a flush, and Craig cashed out
in seventh place.
A hand later, Super Mario,
who hadn’t been able to
recover since being quartered,
went out on a terrible river
card. He was in the small
blind with J-8-5-5. With the
board showing J-7-4-A, he
had a made eight. Pham, with
A-3c-7c-Q, was double counterfeited. Then, a three of
clubs hit the river to give him
a flush and a better low, and
Esquerra cashed out sixth.
At this point, Levi and
Mandap were pretty much in a
tie for the chip lead, with each
holding a bit over 30k. Eddie
Ngo was lowest in chips, soon
went all in with A-2-3-4, and
recovered when a second
deuce turned to give him winning trips. “Give them what
they want,” he said confidently
as the magic deuce turned and
he bet his last $200.
Pham, known for playing a
lot of hands, raised all in preflop holding A-A-5-6. His two
opponents checked it down as
the board came J-9-2-10-J, and
his aces held up for a scoop. In
the next six hands, he played
four, went all in three more
times and escaped each time.
The first time he made two
pair and chopped with Levi.
The next time his three aces
lost to Rusty’s sevens-full, but
he took low with a live deuce.
And then, on hand 48, he
scooped in four-way action
with a six-high straight.
It seemed that nothing short
of a royal flush could put him
away…and that’s what it took.
In the small blind with 3-5-7-8,
he went all in for the last time.
Dino Medina held A-Ac-Qc-3,
and a K-J-10 of clubs on fourth
street gave him the royal and
Van the boot.
With limits now at $2,000$4,000, three players had
about 30k while Ngo was low
man with half as much. A deal
was discussed without agreement. After nine more hands,
Levi had climbed to about
43k thanks to his club flush,
while Ngo had moved into
second spot with about 25k.
This time there was agreement, and the ex-soccer player
had kicked another goal.
EVENT #3--JULY 14
OMAHA HI-LO
ENTRANTS 123
TOTAL PRIZE POOL
$25,000
David Levi
1. David Levi . . . . . .$9,520
2. Eddie Ngo . . . . . . .$4,750
3. Rusty Mandap . . .$2,375
Grand Slam Last Minute Results (Events 6,7 & 8)
HUSTLER EVENT #6--JULY 17
7-CARD STUD
HI-LO
LIMIT HOLD’EM
NO-LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $200 + $25
ENTRANTS 204
REBUYS 316
TOTAL PRIZE POOL
ENTRANTS 104
TOTAL PRIZE POOL
(GUARANTEED)
$104,000
$25,000
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Robert Turner . . .$9,750
Richard Prozanski $5,000
“Captain” . . . . . . .$2,500
T.J. Cloutier . . . . .$1,650
Tad Cooke . . . . . . .$1,250
Craig Hartigan . . .$1,000
Richard Tatalovich .$750
David Tran . . . . . . . .$500
Scotty Philips . . . . . .$375
BUY-IN $200 + $25
ENTRANTS 200
REBUYS 138
TOTAL PRIZE POOL
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Philip Luong . . . .$39,520
Charles Shoten . .$19,760
Yup Son . . . . . . . . .$9,880
David Levi . . . . . .$6,240
Tony Eskandari . .$4,160
“TNT” . . . . . . . . . .$3,640
Moshe Yona . . . . .$2,860
Steven Edwards . .$2,340
Frankie O'Dell . . .$1,560
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Dino Medina . . . . .$1,500
Van Pham . . . . . . .$1,250
Mario Esquerra . .$1,000
Craig Mizufuka . . . .$750
Sam Sanusi . . . . . . .$595
Jeff rey Han . . . . . . .$440
EVENT #2
The second event of Grand
Slam of Poker, no-limit
hold’em, proved to be wild
and unpredictable. With four
players left, Kenna James held
a substantial chip lead, but the
action became fast and furious
and the lead changed several
times before James finally
ended up with all the chips
and top prize of $28,120.
James, a P.R. player at
Hawaiian Gardens, has been
having a good year. He won
three events at Hollywood
Park’s Poker and Ponies tournament in January, finished
fourth at the Commerce’s L.A.
Poker Classic main event and
had four cash-outs at the World
Series. Interestingly, two key
hands for him came when he
outdrew players who slowplayed big hands. The first
came when he knocked out
Kathy Liebert in 20th place
when she held pocket kings
and he made a flush. The second occurred when he had just
K-3 against Greg Hopkins’
pocket queens, but made two
pair to regain the chip lead.
The final table began with
$300 antes and blinds of
$1,000-$2,000, 34 minutes
remaining. Hopkins had the
chip lead with 64k. At the
other end was Jack Boghssian
Palms Poker Room Presents
biggest coming when he he
earned $159,000 at a Bellagio
championship event.
Limits at the final table
started off at $600-$1,200,
with 14:21 left in the round.
Chip leader, with $13,700,
was “Super Mario” Esquerra.
Hassan Kamoei had $2,000
and lasted three hands. He
called Craig Mizufuka’s raise
holding A-3-7-10. Craig had
A-3-4s-5s. The flop was Qs-J9s. Craig bet and Hassan,
drawing dead to Craig’s flush,
called for his last $200.
A big pot developed on
hand 15. There was four-way
action and both Jeffrey Han
and Sam Sanusi were to go
all in. Holding 4-4-5-7, Han
flopped a set when the board
came K-4-3. But Levi had
pocket kings and Han was
din big trouble. A turn card
trey filled them both, and
then a river deuce gave Sam
Sanusi a wheel. Rusty
Mandap, who had a nut low
until the river, was counterfeited but got small piece of
the side pot with a live six.
Levi and Sanusi chopped the
main pot while Han departed
in ninth place.
After scooping the next
pot, Levi took the lead with
about 20k. With limits at to
$1,500-$3,000, Super Mario
got low-chipped when Van
Pham quartered him with a
king-high flush, while both
had a live four for low.
Sanusi exited on hand 25.
He had K-10-6-2 and the lead
with two pair with a 9-6-2-10
board. But a river ace made a
set for Van Pham, who held
A-A-3-8.
The seven remaining players were now playing with
$1,500-$3,000 limits.
Flopping aces full,
Mandap checked, allowing
with only 5k. He went all in
on the first hand, doubled up
with a paired queen and managed to hang on and climb
three rungs on the ladder.
On hand seven, Dan
Heimiller tried to steal the
antes and blinds from the button by pushing in his $25,100
with just 8-2 offsuit. James
called him with A-10 and
turned a nut straight. As he
walked off, Heimiller muttered, “I hate when 8-2 doesn’t hold up.” One hand later,
Reza Golestani moved in with
pocket nines. Ben Boyd called
with his remaining 19k holding A-K and busted out when
the board came J-10-7-6-J.
On hand 18 the blinds
increased to$1,500-$3,000
with $500 antes. Right after
that, three players went broke
in four hands. Tuong Luu, a
popular local player, was first
to go. He had J-10 to Greg
Hopkins’ J-9. A flop of Q-106 gave Luu two 10s, and he
caught a third one on the
river, but a turn-card eight had
given Hopkins a straight.
Two hands later,
Boghssian, who had survived
a second all-in encounter,
moved in for about 19k.
Holding Ad-3d, he was in bad
shape when Ramzi Daniel
challenged him with A-Q and
he finished eighth. A hand
later, Darryl Wooldridge also
had A-3 in the big blind.
James put him all in holding
Ad-10d and broke him when
he flopped a 10.
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July 1 - July 31
$67,600
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Jeff Chui . . . . . . .$25,690
Makram Merhom$12,845
Martin Corpuz . . .$6,420
Tod Dubow . . . . . .$4,045
Amir Vahedi . . . . .$2,705
Taylor Randall . . .$2,365
David Cai . . . . . . .$1,860
Richard Tatalovich $1,520
James Syzmanski . .1,015
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J U LY 2 8 , 2 0 0 3
BacK in the saddle Again
By OKLAHOMA JOHNNY HALE
I remember that last time I was telling you
about how I met Benny Binion in Denver, and
that he invited me down to his------"Little
Club" in Las Vegas, Nevada, none other than
the Horseshoe Club, to play a little poker.
Benny and I visited together on the plane ride from
Denver to Vegas--and he told me about the little ranch that
he had up in Montana and a few other personal stories.
Because Benny, is gone now I will not write all of these
personal stories--but if you want to talk to me about them
one on one –E-Mail me at Oklajohnny @aol.com and I will
share some of them with you.
Benny told me that he had to shoot a man in Texas (in
self-defense of course) but most unfortunately, others did
not see it his way and he was forced to leave the state
rather hurriedly.
Benny was one of the old-time road gamblers who had
run some illegal poker games and casinos in Texas and
Louisiana. He wasn't always as legitimate as he was in
Vegas, or at least he didn't
have a license to do what he
was doing.
He told me "Johnny, here
in Vegas they just gave me a
license and made it all legal".
A couple of days later
while I was in Vegas I found
myself in Benny's little club
where a group of men were
assembled around a poker
Benny Binion (right)
table in the old part of the
with Chill Wills.
Horseshoe where the baccarat
room is today, the room where they first held the World
Series of Poker was only big enough to hold four or five
poker tables.
The boys invited me to sit down and play a few hands of
Texas No Limit Hold’em Poker with them--They introduced
themselves to me--some were retired professors, ranchers,
and the local judge and the mayor. These poker players
were the nucleus of the first World Series of Poker (WSOP)
They included as the best I can remember--Johnny Moss,
Curtis Skinner, Joe Bernstein, Puggy Pearson, Charlie
Hendrix, Amarillo Slim, Doyle Brunson, Jack Straus, Bob
Hooks, Natey Blank, Bill Riddle, Titanic Thompson, Junior
Whitehead, Jesse Alto, Sailor Roberts and Doc Greene.
Of this little group of players--Many of them are in the
Binions' Poker Players Hall of Fame and-Johnny Moss, Puggy Pearson, Amarillo Slim, Doyle
Brunson Jack Straus, and Sailor Roberts---all of these
players have won the World Series of Poker (WSOP) championship and all would wear the gold bracelets.
How would you like to sit down and play a little poker
with this group????
Well, I did but I was younger then and had no fear--I
also wear the only gold bracelet ever awarded by the World
Series of Poker for being the best all around player of the
World Series of Poker---I dusted---off a chair---Took out my
poker roll---as I recall the change in was $5000---I sat
down to play.
Tune in next time and I will tell you about the first time
I played with this group of poker players who played in the
first WSOP-I wish I could tell you that I played in the first WSOP but
I was out of town during the time that the first game was
played as I recall there were only 6 players. But, I did play
Texas No LImit Hold em' cash poker with them all at the
old Horseshoe in Las Vegas, Nevada before the first WSOP
was ever held...
Until next time, remember to always STAY LUCKY!!!!!!
Editors Notes: “The Seniors” World Championship of Poker
hosts several “The Seniors” poker tournaments each year. EMail Oklajohnny@aol.com for a complete listing of upcoming
“The Seniors” poker tournaments.
14
J U LY 2 8 , 2 0 0 3
Card Room Roundup
Crystal Park Casino
123 E. Artesia Blvd., Compton CA 90220
(310) 631-3838
Toll-Free:(800) 717-1000
website: www.crystalparkcasino.com
Crystal Park Casino opened
in 1999 as the first casino
hotel in the Los Angeles area.
This first-class gaming facility and its professional staff
of more than 300 employees
now offer all of the most
popular live casino card
games 24 hours a day.
$25, $100 and higher.
All players are also elgibile for a bonanza of great
promotions. One of the best is
the monthly Blackjack and
Pan 9 tournaments. Entry is
free and each tournament
offers $3,000 in prize money.
Another great promotion is
For poker players the casino has 8 tables featuring
Hold'em with limits of $1/$2,
$2/$4, $3/$6, $6/$12; 7-Card
Stud at $1/$2, $2/$4, $3/$6;
and Mexican at $1/$2, $2/$4.
Higher limits are also available upon request.
the free breakfast for all seated poker players. This freebie,
which is offered Monday
through Friday from 9am to
11am, consists of two eggs
any style, breakfast potatoes,
bacon or sausage and toast.
On Wednesdays and
Saturdays all poker and card
game players with qualifying
hands anytime during the
week are eligible for free cash
drawings. Drawings are held
hourly from 8pm to 3am with
a total of $2,000 given away.
Progressive poker jackpots
are offered for all games (with
qualifying hands) and the
jackpots are doubled during
select hours of every day. To
hear a listing of all current
jackpot totals call (310) 6614937.
From 6am to noon daily
Hold'Em players are also eligible for a special "Aces
Cracked, Wins A Rack"
promo which awards a free
rack of chips ($100 value)
whenever pocket aces are
beaten by another player.
Free Player's Club membership is offered to both
poker and California card
games players and it allows
players to earn comp credits
for every hour played. Those
credits can then be redeemed
for food, hotel rooms, airline
tickets, gift shop purchases
and more! Club members are
also eligible for special tournaments, parties and other
promotions.
All players are also eligible for discounted rates at the
on-property hotel. According
to casino manager, Jim Smith,
players with as little as two
hours of action are elgible for
a $39 rate Sunday through
Thursday and $49 on the
weekends. Larger discounts
are also available for players
logging more hours.
The nearby Hollywood
Park Casino is a sister property of Crystal Park and as an
added amenity free shuttle
service is offered three times
daily between the two casinos. The Hollywood Park
facility showcases a similar
selection of games, but it also
offers live and simulcast betting on horse racing, as well
as nightly bingo.
The Crystal Park Casino
Hotel is centrally located on
the 91 Freeway at Alameda
Avenue in Compton,
California. Call toll-free (800)
717-1000, or visit their website at www.crystalparkcasino.com for more information.
Casino Manager Jim Smith in
the Poker Section
Crystal Park Casino also
offers 16 tables of California
card games including: "No
Bust" Blackjack, Caribbean
Stud Poker, Pai Gow Poker,
Pai Gow Tiles, Asian Baccarat
and Super Pan 9. Limits on
these games run from $2
(Blackjack only) to $5, $10,
Crystal Park Casino Main Gaming Room
Time...........Some H.......Hold’em
L .................Limit
N ...........No Limit
7 .Seven Card
Stud
O........Omaha
C
events start
O after the hour
D AP ....................AM
E Wk....................PM
..............Week
•Denotes Advertiser
REGION/Cardroom(Ad Pg.)
H/L ......High/Low
Split
Pi ........Pineapple
Po.........Pot Limit
Pn.......Panginque
S ...........Stud
MONDAY
Time
Games
5....Five Card
Stud
Mx ..Mexican Poker
DC.Dealer’s Choice
HH....Headhunter
B ...........Bounties
Sp ............Spread
Al .......Alternates
F .............Freeroll
Z .........Freezeout
Q..............Qualify
Sh.........Shootout
TUESDAY
Buy-in Time
Games
WEDNESDAY
Buy-in Time Games
NEVADA-SOUTH
Bellagio
Luxor
12P H Z (29M)
7P
SQ
Mandalay Bay
10A H Z (30M)
Mirage (3)
•Nevada
Palace
The Orleans
7P
10A
12P
7P
$25 12P H Z (29M)
$25
F 7P
HQ
F
$25 10A H Z (30M)
$25
6P
HQ
F
H
$60RB$40AO$40 7P
N H $60RB$40AO$40
H
$18 10A
H
$19
O H/L
$20RB$10 12P
H
$20RB$10
NH
$20RB$10 7P
S
$20RB$10
Sahara
Town (11)
•Sam’s
Sunset Station
Oasis-Mesquite
Col.Belle-Laughlin
Cactus Petes-Jackpot
10A
H
10A
7P
7P
Pi Z
HB
Pi
NEVADA-NORTH
Boomtown
7P
Eldorado
Harvey's Tahoe
Peppermill
Reno Hilton
9A
1P
H
7
CA-SAN DIEGO
Lucky Lady
Oceans Eleven
10A
Pechanga
10A
6P
Sycuan
10A
H
H
O
LH
Viejas
H
$18AO$2 10A
$12 10A
$25RB$10AO$20
$15RB$10
12P H Z (29M)
10A H Z (30M)
6P
O H/L
7P
LH
10A
H
12P
O H/L
7P
H
7P
NH
$18AO$2 10A
6P
$12 10A
7P Wk1
7P
Pi Z
NH
NH
Pi Z
H
NH
DAILY TOURNAMENTS
Note: All tournaments are subject to change. Check with the Cardroom for any updates.
Cardrooms-please send your schedules to Tournament Editor H. Scot Krause,
krauseinvegas@att.net
THURSDAY
Buy-in Time
Games
$25 12P H Z (29M)
7P
SQ
$25 10A H Z (30M)
$25 6P H Z (30M)
$120RB$100 7P
NH
$18 10A
H
$30RB(1)$20 12P
H
$20RB$10 7P
O H/L
$40RB$20
$23RB(1)$10AO$2 10A
$20RB$10
$12 10A
$110 7P
F RB$10
H
FRIDAY
Buy-in Time
$25
F
$25
$45
$120RB$100
$18
$20RB$10
$20RB$10
Games
5P
NH
12P H Z (29M)
10A H Z (30M)
10A
12P
7P
7P
$18AO$2 10A
Pi Z
$12 10A
O H/L B $25RB$10AO$20 7P
H
O H/L
NH
NH
NH
SATURDAY
Buy-in Time
Games
$540
$25 10A
H (20M)
SUNDAY
Buy-in Time Games
$25 10A
H (20M)
$25
$18 10A
$20RB$10 12P
$60RB(1)$40 7P
H
H
S H/L Sp
$40RB(1)$20 7P
$23RB(1)$10AO$2 11A
NH
NO
Pi Z
$12 10A
O H/L B $25RB$10AO$20
Pi Z
5P
$18 10A
$30RB(1)$20 12P
$20RB$10 7P
7P
$40RB(1)$20 7P
$23RB(1)$10AO$2
6P
$12 10A
12P
N H$120RB$100AO$100
H
$18
$30RB(1)$20
NH
H
$60RB(1)$50
NH
$40RB$20
N H $40RB(1)$20AO$20
L/N H
Pi Z
F
$12
H
F RB$20
4P H/S H/L Sh Al
$17 9A
$17 1P
$13RB$5AO$10
$25
$15
$12
Buy-in
$25
$22RB$10
6P
6P
10A
6P
O
30M ...30 players
maximum
RB..........Re-buys
AO..........Add Ons
Cz ..............Crazy
E .......Elimination
10A
10A
6P
10A
HB
H
$12 10A
$12 6P
$10RB$10AO$10 10A
7P
$17RB$5AO(2)$5 10A
6P
NH
H
$22
$22RB$20
$25RB$20
H
7
$17 9A
$17 1P
O H/L
O H/L B
H
NH
OB
H
H
7
$17 9A
$17 1P
$13RB$5AO$10 10A
H
$13RB$5AO$10 10A
$25 10A
HB
$25 10A
$15
$12 10A 7 H/L Sp
$12 10A
6P
$12 10A
SB
$12 10A
$12 6P
SB
$12 6P
H
7
$17 9A
$17 1P
H
7
$17 9A
$17 1P
O H/L
O H/L
$13RB$5AO$10 10A
$25 10A
H
HB
10A
$13RB$5AO$10 11A
$25 10A
O H/L
H
OB
O
$12 10A
F 6P
$12 10A
$12
NH
LH
HB
$12 10A
$22 6P
$12 10A
H
H Sh
2P
$17 9A
$60 12P
NH
H
LH
$33RB(1)$30
$17
$60RB(1)$50
O H/L
HB
HB
$22RB$11 10A
$23RB$10AO$20
$15 10A
H
$22RB$11
H
$20
H
NH
HB
$13 10A
$12RB$10AO$10 6P
$12 10A
H
LH
H/O/S
F
$17
$12
H
$10RB$10AO$10 12P
H
CA-INLAND EMPIRE
Casino Morongo
10A
5O
Lake Elsinore
10A
O H/L
CA-LOS ANGELES
Bicycle Club
12P
7P
Club Caribe
Commerce Club
Hawaiian Gardens
12P
•Hollywood Park (20) 11A
CA-NORTH
Bay 101
Cache Creek
California Grand
O H/L
O H/L
NH
S H/L
7P
H
Casino San Pablo
Garden City
Gold Rush
11A
7P
7
Sp L H
Lucky Chances
Oaks Card Club
Sonoma Joe's
10A
6P
NH
H
$15RB$10 12P
$15RB$10 6P
O H/L
H
7P
$15RB$10 12P
$15 11A
Pn
S H/L
O H/L
11A
12P
$50 7P
Sp L H
H
H
$36RB$20 11A
$25RB$20 12P
$20RB 7P
H
O H/L
S
$77 11A
$55 6P
$50 7P
$15RB$10AO$10 11A
$40RB(1)$40 7P
$15 1P
7P
$88 10A
O H/L
O H/L
H Sh
H
NH
$15RB$10AO$10 11A
$40RB$40 7P
$15 1P
F RB$10
$40RB(1)$40
$40RB(1)$40 6P
$60RB(1)$50
7P
12P
12P
CONNECTICUT
Foxwood's
7P
Mohegan Sun
7P
H
H
Cz Pn
$15RB$10 12P
$15RB$10 6P
H
H
H Sh
O H/L
H/O H/L
H
H
6P
$25RB$20 12P
H
H
S
7P
$10 12P
NH
S
$40
$10 12P
$35RB(1)$30 7P
$35RB$20 7P
NH
SB
$35RB$20 7P
$35RB$20 7P
11A
10A
DC
7P
6P
6P
O H/L
MINNESOTA
•Canterbury Park (11)
10A
7
MISSISSIPPI
Grand Casino(Biloxi)
Grand Casino(Gulfport)
Grand Casino(Tunica)
7P
12P
12P
Ladies S
H/O
H
7 H/L
LH
NH
H
NH
H
H
O
7
H
H Sh
$15RB$10 12P
$15RB$10 8P
$50RB(1)$40
7P
$15RB$10 6P
$325RB(1)$300 7P
H HH
Pn
$36RB$20 11A
$10
$20RB
Pn
LH
H Po
LH
Pn
Mx
O H/L
O H/L
$99 11A
Sp L H
2P
H Sh
10A
LH
$25RB$15 7P
$25RB$20
O
$20
H
NH
$40
$10
$35 12P
$35RB$20/$30 7P
12P
7
Al
S H/L
H $35RB$15AO(1)$20
11A
H
N H/O
H
Varies
O H/L F RB$10AO(2)$10
Pn
H HH
Pn
H HH
NH
$33
$20RB$10
$40
$20
$325RB(1)$300
H
$70RB(1)$60
$50 2P
7P
$15RB$10AO$10
$120RB$100 7P
$15
H
O
$50
$50
H
$60RB$40
$55 6P
$60RB(1)$50 1P
6P
$10 12P
S
12P
$10 12P
10A
10A
H
H
$35RB(1)$15 10A
$20RB$15 10A
$10RB$10AO$10
F RB$15AO$15/$30
12P Wk1 H
12P Wk3 H
12P Wk4 H B
$10RB$5
6P
Pi
$8RB$4 6P
$20RB$10AO$10
7P
V
V 7P
H
$5RB$20
H
H
12P
$5RB$15AO$25 12P
$5RB$15AO$25
H
H
$15 11A
$15
$5RB$15AO$25 12P
6P
H 2fLOP
$10RB$5 6P
H
$55RB(1)$45
H
H
$5RB$15
$30RB(1)$40
11A
$5RB$15 12P
$5RB$15AO$25 10A
Cz Pi
H
NH
$220
H $60RB$50AO(1)$50
O H/L F
RB$10
H
$20
NH
S
$35RB(2)$30
$10
7
S
$35RB(1)$15
$20RB$15
6P
NH
$50RB(1)$40
2P
N H/O
$10RB$10AO$10
10A
H Sh
1P Wk1 N H
$10
$60RB(1)$50
S H/L
$50
NEW MEXICO
Isleta Gaming Palace
11A
H
$15 7P
H
$25 11A
S
$15 7P
H
$25 11A
NEW YORK
Turning Stone
1P
H
$25RB$5 1P
7P
S
H
$25RB$5 7P
$35RB$10
NH
NORTH DAKOTA
Dakota Magic
7P
S
F RB$10 7P
NH
$30RB$10 7P
S H/L
F RB$10 7P
OREGON
Spirit Mountain
H
$25RB(2)$10 11A
$25RB(2)$10 11A
7P
H
O H/L
$25RB(2)$10 11A
$27RB(2)$20 7P
S H/L
$10RB$5
O
$15RB(2)$10 10A
8P
H.O.T.
V
$15RB(2)$10 10A
H
$15RB(2)$10 10A
H.O.T.
H
$25RB$5
6P
$15RB(2)$10 10A
$15
12P
$30 6P
NH
6P Wk5 N H
$25RB(2)$10 10A
$25RB$20
7
V
$330
H
H
NH
12P
$50RB(1)$50
$10
$10
$60 7P
$25 7P
H
O H/L
O H/L
H
H
$5RB$20
2P
7P
$30 7P
H/L Sp Z
$25RB$10
$15RB$10
$15RB$10
$10
S
S H/L
$75RB(1)$75
$100RB(1)$100
$40RB(2)$30
NH
$40 7P
$50RB$20 1P
$10RB$5 1PWk1&3 N H E
1P Wk2 H E
1P Wk4 H B E
10A
S
10A
$55 10A
12P
$5RB$5AO$5
$70RB(1)$60 11A
S $30RB$15AO(1)$20
12P
CANADA
Casino Regina
$15RB$10AO$10 11A
NH
7P Wk1 Sp L H
$15 1P
H Sh
$35RB(1)$30
$35RB(1)$30
NEW JERSEY
Tropicana
WASHINGTON
Northern Quest
H
1P
6P
$15RB$10
$40 1P
F RB$10
$325RB(1)$300 11A
8P
3P
5P
SOUTH DAKOTA
Dakota Sioux
6P
$20
$40
7P
$40 1P
$25RB 6P
$325RB(1)$300 7P
$15RB$10AO$10 11A
$60RB$40
$15 1P
Pearl River Resort
11A
O H/L $17RB$5AO(2)$5 3P
H
F RB$10AO(2)$10
$20RB$20(1)
7P
7
O H/L
H
$10RB$10AO$10 10A
DC
$10RB$10AO$10 11A
H
$60
O H/L $17RB$5AO(2)$5 10A
O H/L $17RB$5AO(2)$5 10A
6P Wk2/Wk4 H
F 5P
$10RB$10
LOUISIANA
Grand Coushatta
MICHIGAN
Chip-In's Island
NH
NH
$20RB$20(1) 7P
INDIANA
Blue Chip
IOWA
Isle of Capri
Winn-A-Vegas
$10RB$10AO$10 10A
7P
O H/L $17RB$5AO(2)$5 10A
$15RB$10 12P
$15 11A
$15RB$10AO$10 11A
$40RB$40 7P
1P
LH
7 H/L
O
$15RB$10 12P
$15RB$10 6P
9P
$40
$15RB$10 12P
$15 7P
ARIZONA
Apache Gold
Fort McDowell
COLORADO
Midnight Rose
Ute Mountain
H
$10RB$10AO$10 10A
H
$30RB#10AO$20
O H/L $17RB$5AO(2)$5 10A
H
F RB$10AO(2)$10
NH
H
S H/L
O
$15
11A
NH
2P
NH
F RB$15,$10 12P Wk2 H
12PWk4/5
$10RB$5 4P
$15RB(2)$10 10A
O H/L
H
$25RB$5
$30RB$10 3P
H
$115RB(1)$100 12P Wk3 N H
$115RB$100
$10RB$5 4P
V
F RB(2)$15AO$20 10A 49 S H/L
F RB$10
$65RB$50
$20RB$10
$15RB(2)$10
$25RB$20AO$20
J U LY 2 8 , 2 0 0 3
Stu Played a Hand
Students Hit a Big Payday
SENIORS SCENE
By George “The engineer” EPSTEIN
Stu is a senior citizen I’ve known, and admired,
for many years. In his earlier life, he was a super entrepreneur in the advertising industry. Knowing I am writing this
column, Stu sent me the details of a fascinating Texas
hold’em hand, asking my opinion. Let’s see what you think... I
have added a few comments (in italics).
It was a 1/2-kill pot with the betting now starting at $15
and $30. The first bettor opened; the second bettor raised. I
was holding a pair of jacks. My thinking: The opener had either
a pair or two high cards, one possibly an ace. If unpaired, his
two high cards were suited or sequenced and could lead to a
flush or straight. The raiser probably had a higher pair. I had
nothing invested so far but jacks were a fair hand, worth
calling a raise; so I thought. Then the fourth player reraised,
bringing the pot to $255. The fifth player called. He had to
have a pair or high suited cards, or at the very least an ace,
lured in by the size of the pot and having money to burn.
The original opener called, convincing me that he had a
worthwhile playing hand. The first raiser also called. (The
pot now had over $400!) I called too. Should I have? (Tough
decision. At this point, the pot odds were high relative to the
card odds; so calling was correct -- and hope for a third jack
on the flop. —GE)
The flop was 7, 8 and 10, with two suited cards. The first
raiser bet. Another decision: My pair of jacks was most likely
beat. Again, the HOPE and DREAM of a Gambler: Maybe I
would get the third jack? (You also had a draw to an inside
straight. Perhaps now you were really INVESTING. —GE)
Knowing that rarely does a situation like usually leads to
disappointment, I called the bet. (Your card odds -- 2 jacks
and four 9s -- were 41 to 6. The pot now $500; your pot
odds were significantly higher than 7 to 1. The Investment
Odds had to be favorable -- see p.151 in my book. The right
bet was to call; now you are Investing. —GE)
The fourth player who had previously reraised did it
again. The fifth player folded. The original bettor also called.
My oh my, that pot was now huge and I had so much invested
with not that much money left if I called, I “GAMBLED” and
called. (At this point I would pray to the Poker Gods. —GE)
The turn was another 10, pairing the board. The first two
players checked. So did I. The big raiser bet. We all called. I
had long since stopped figuring the size of the pot. The river
card was a 9, off color. (I think the Poker Gods heard you. —GE)
No Flush possible. The first player checked. The original raiser hesitated and checked. I had made an inside
straight, jack high. It wasn’t likely that any of the players
could have a higher straight. But there could be a Full
House out there. I only had enough money to call if anyone
bet. This I would have to do, so I might as well bet, and
pray. (Yes, I agree —GE).
The remaining players looked startled and the next bettor, who had done the most raising, just called. The original
raiser called. The cards showed: kings over 10s for the original raiser, and aces over 10s for the reraiser. My jack-high
straight took that HUGE pot!. GOOD PLAYING???? I don't
think so. That's why they call it “GAMBLING”. What’s
your opinion?
George “The Engineer” Epstein is the author of The Greatest
Book of Poker for Winners! (T/C Press, PO Box 36006, Los
Angeles, CA 90036) A retired engineer who received many
industry and government awards and commendations, he continues to be active by consulting, editing an international
technical newsletter, teaching an engineering course at UCLA,
and serving as an officer in a professional engineering society.
One engineering society has a scholarship in George’s honor.
In writing his poker book, he applied the lessons learned and
experience while working as an engineer to solve problems.
He is currently writing his next book on The Four Rules for
Success in Life and Living. Reach George by e-mail:
geps222@msn.com.
16
J U LY 2 8 , 2 0 0 3
Editor’s Note: This feature is an adaptation of material and interviews prepared
for a chapter in Ms. Eolis’ book in
progress, Power Poker Dame.
By
the time the opening
bell sounded on July
11th at 9AM, three hundred
poker players had packed the
ballroom of the Orleans
Hotel in Las Vegas. The 2003
World Poker Players
Conference, hosted by Linda
Johnson and Mike Caro in
association with Card Player
Cruises and Mike Caro
University was officially in
session. Students thirsty for
all the information they could
get, lingered with the assembled experts until way past
the scheduled 5:30 PM closing time.
Robert Varkonyi (World
Series of Poker Champion
2002), Russ Hamilton (WSOP
Champion 1994), Robert
Williamson the hottest Omaha
Pot Limit Player of the
moment (Omaha Pot Limit
World Champion WPO 2003
and WSOP 2003) and Yours
Truly (moderator/panelist)
banded together to create an
interactive two hour discussion, our time slot having
recently been doubled by the
organizers, in anticipation of a
blockbuster presentation.
We called our topic,
“Different Strokes for
Different Folks; Strategies that
Get the Money.” Surrounded
by the most impressive array
of educators ever assembled,
for a poker industry conference, the pressure was on us to
match our colleagues not only
with valuable advice but also
with style; the grace of Linda
Johnson, the subtle insights of
Mike Caro, the wit of Barry
Tannenbaum, the exuberance
of hot tournament director
Matt Savage, the sass of Annie
Duke, and the statesmanship
of Dave Lamb. And they were
just the morning line up!
In the afternoon we would
have to compete for kudos
with another round of heavyweights including the duet of
the articulate Brothers Mark-Card Player Cruises principal
and newly minted poker author
Mark Tenner and Mark
Gregorich, known among winning “Omaha Eight or Better”
players as “the man to watch
and imitate.” Lou Krieger, visiting dean from Mark and Tina
Napolitano’s PokerSchoolOnline, would be offering
BY
pithy tips alongside Tom
McEvoy, another WSOP
World Champion who is also
among the poker world’s most
prolific and successful authors.
Rounding out the high profile
roster on the final panel there
would be Card Player Cruises
principal Jan Fisher, who was
cracking the whip to keep the
program running smoothly all
day and well-established poker
writers Lee Jones, Mike
Cappeletti and Michael
Wiesenberg. Our work was cut
out for us!
The evening before the
conference, my esteemed
panel met with me for a
rehearsal dinner to debate the
questions we would address.
We scratched all issues related
to game protection (a topic
that could easily consume our
entire time slot) and concentrated on questions that would
prompt each speaker to offer
anecdotes from personal experience at the tables.
At the beginning of the
conference, Johnson, one of
poker’s best known and most
highly respected ambassadors
of the game, greeted a sea of
exuberant students--many of
the program panelists among
them--looking forward to taking advantage of the privilege
of their free admission to the
full day’s star studded program ($99 for pre- registered
guests and $125 for attendees
at the door).
Master of Ceremonies,
Mike Caro, also known as the
"Mad Genius of Poker,” got
the show on the road and
from the top of the morning to
the end of the afternoon, he
handed out scores of poker
tips for every level of poker
player in the room.
The SRO program covered
the waterfront of live action
and tournament competition.
It emphasized the most popular games amongst the attendees. Tannenbaum kept the
rapt attention of his audience,
touting aggressive betting tactics in Limit Hold’em, Lamb
instructed his pupils on the
complicated decisions in tournament deal making and
Savage gave a chiding finger
to doing tournament deals,
urging players not to falter in
their search for the gold and
the glory. Duke took the
standing room crowd on a
“field trip” from the traditional brick and mortar casinos
WENDEEN H. EOLIS
into the new world of cyberspace poker rooms.
And then there was a thirty-minute lunch break; time
enough to brief Caro on our
panel’s finalized agenda.
Unlike our colleagues whose
words of wisdom appeared in
accompanying slide presentations prepared by Diane
McHaffie (Director of
Operations at MCU and a
Poker Player columnist), our
panel opted for a more extemporaneous approach against a
backdrop of sixty prepared
tips that were threaded into
our program.
Here are a dozen of my
personal favorites among the
Do’s and Don’ts from the
mouths of Hamilton,
Varkonyi, and Williamson:
DO’S—
Pay attention to the game, even
when you are out of the hand.
Keep accurate and complete
records of your results; know
the truth as to where you
stand.
Watch winners to find ways to
improve your own game
In a good game (one with strong
chances to win) stick around,
in a bad game scram.
A fun game is a good game so
make it fun for everyone.
Remember, it’s not just what you
make in the game it is also
what you save.
DON’TS—
Don’t sweat the sporting event
on TV while playing---if you
want to beat the poker game.
Don’t insult or criticize a bad
player; he/she is your customer.
Don’t ever think you know it all
or quit trying to learn; stop
learning and you'll stop winning.
Don’t go all-in without a good
reason.
Don’t let bad luck make you a
bad player.
Don’t necessarily show focus but
always be focused.
Now, let me offer one final
tip of my own: Drink in the
advice of experts and then
fashion your game--one that
supports your strengths and
avoids attack of your weaknesses.
Ms. Eolis’ has been the subject of numerous business and poker feature stories,
including four in the New York Times
(most recently 02/09/03) as well as profiles on Court TV, A&E’s Biography and
GQ Magazine. An acclaimed lecturer, she
uses poker as a metaphor for negotiating strategies. Ms. Eolis may be reached
at wendeen@wendeeneolis.com.
Hustler Grand Slam
A rough chip count
showed James in the lead with
about 90k, followed by Reza
Golestani with 78k; Hopkins
with about 64k; Jon Barker
with 40k and Daniel with
around 28k.
Barker had been very
aggressive, repeatedly calling
“all in.” When he did it again,
Hopkins asked him, “Are those
the only words you know?”
Maybe not, but they were his
last words. He had K-J of
clubs and ran into pocket aces
held by James. Kenna flopped
a set and moved up to about
$120,000 after hauling in
Barker’s $30,500.
Blinds became 4-8k with
$500 antes. Now it was
Golestani who became the
aggressor, with a lot of all-in
bets. “I’m trying to either win
it or go home,” he explained.
Daniel then made a unique proposal: everyone take $5,000
and play winner-take-all for the
remainder. Different amounts
were argued for the non-winners, but no deal was reached.
After a lot of heated action
and chip movement, Golestani
moved in for $52,500 with
pocket eights. Daniel called
for his last 38k with A-Q. A
queen flopped, and Golestani
was left with 15k. On the next
hand, Golestani was in the big
blind as blinds jumped to 3-6k
with $1,000 antes. With half
his chips committed, he
pushed the remainder in blind.
Hopkins, with A-10, made trip
10s and blew Golestani away.
Three-handed, Hopkins led
with about 162k while Ramzi
had about 70k and James,
65k. More action, lots of allin moves and a little singing
by James to ease the tension.
Then, on hand 77, James
reclaimed the lead. On a flop
of 7-4-3, Hopkins, with pocket queens, made a trap bet of
just 8k. James, with just K-3,
called with his paired three,
hit his king on the river and
took down a big pot. Two
hands later, Hopkins called
Kenna’s all-in bet. “Yow!” he
exclaimed, as he saw James
had pocket sixes to his pocket
fives. No six came, and James
suddenly was heads up with
Daniel with an overwhelming
215-81k lead.
It all ended seven hands
later. The board showed 8c5d-2d-Ah. Daniel, with 10-5,
bet 10k and James moved in
with 7d-3d. “You call and it’s
all over, baby,” he warned,
borrowing Scotty Nguyen’s
(Continued from page13)
trademark line. Daniel called,
a river Kd gave James a flush,
and it indeed was all over, as
Kenna James made another
mark on his 2003 scorecard.
EVENT #2--JULY 13
NO-LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $200 + $25
ENTRANTS 228
REBUYS 142
TOTAL PRIZE POOL
$74,000
1. Kenna James . . . .$28,120
2. Ramzi Daniel . . . .$14,060
3. Greg Hopkins . . . .$7,830
4. Reza Golestani . . . .$4,440
5. Jon Barker . . . . . . .$2,960
Kenna James
6. Darryl Wooldridge $2,590
7. Jack Boghssian . . .$2,035
8. Tuong Luu . . . . . . .$1,665
9. Ben Boyd . . . . . . . .$1,110
EVENT #1
Chris Grigorian seems to
have found a home at the
Hustler Casino. Earlier this
year he finished first and third
in two 7-stud hi-lo events and
second in limit hold’em at the
casino’s Challenge Cup tournament, and now the
“Armenian Express,” chugging right along, won the
opening event of Larry Flynt’s
Grand Slam of Poker, $200
limit hold’em. Chris, holder
of numerous titles, finished
22nd at the 2003 WSOP
championship event.
There was actually a threeway chop when Grigorian,
Randy Holland and Vinny
Landrum were reasonably
even in chips. But Grigorian,
with the lead, was the official
winner and is also the frontrunner in the $25,000 allaround points race. He took
the chip lead in early going at
the final table when he
knocked out John Hoang and
retained the lead, or was close
to it, until the three finalists
decided to call it a night.
Limits at the final table
started at $1,500-$3,000, with
25 minutes remaining. Ron
Melrose, winner of the Bay
Area tournament championship, arrived with just
$4,200 and lasted but four
hands. Looking at Kd-Qd, he
decided to go with it from
J U LY 2 8 , 2 0 0 3
Entertainment Listings
Entertainment RePORT
By LEN BUTCHER
Got a call the other day from one of my
favorite performers, Tony Orlando. As
well as performing at other Coast properties during the year here, Tony will once again return
to The Orleans Dec. 16-21 for his Christmas Show,
which has become a classic. Although he has made
his home in Branson, MO for the past 10 years, he has
owned a house in Las Vegas since 1976, in which his
mother lives.
The singer spends most of his time on the road,
performing around the country, doing “everything
from symphony dates to casinos.” Tony says he still
finds it all exciting, despite getting older and all the
traveling. “The traveling can get a little heavy at
times, especially going through some airports with all
the security that's in place now, but I don't feel that
getting older has slowed me down or lessened the
anticipation of performing. I'm 58, but I don't see any
reason to stop, as long as the people come out and
enjoy the show and I enjoy doing it.”
He's excited to see a lot of young fans in the audiences, which he attributes to appearances on VH-1
and “Late Night with David Letterman.” “That boosted
the number of young fans.” He says he loves being on
the road, but doesn't rule out the possibility that if
there was a Las Vegas hotel that was looking for a
permanent headliner and “it felt right and I felt I could
really bring something to the property ... If a situation
arose like the one Gladys Knight or Clint Holmes find
themselves, that would be very seductive and I'd have
to think very strongly about it.”
When he and his family are in town for the summer,
Tony likes to take in all the shows, his favorite being
Clint Holmes. “I think Clint is one of the really great
singers and he's a really great guy. I also love to see
Danny Gans at The Mirage. They're wonderful people
and put on a great show. So I have a great time when
I'm in town.”
As for relaxing, Tony likes to spend it with his family.
“I love being with my family -- my wife, my daughter,
Jenny and son, Jon, who both perform with me when I
do my Christmas show here at The Orleans. Then
there's my brother David, who plays keyboards for me.
So it's a real family affair, but that's the way I like it.”
The Stardust hosted a bash to celebrate its 45th
Anniversary. Wayne Newton, Don Rickles, Tim Conway,
Phyliss Diller, Robert Goulet and others who have, and
still do, perform at the resort, attended the event.
Rickles, who fills in for Newton, and who will be performing there Aug. 21-24, had the guests howling as
he hurled barbs at the Midnight Idol. Great fun and a
great night.
AROUND TOWN…..CineVegas International Film
Festival Closing Night Gala at the Palms was the place
for stargazers. Dennis Hopper, Sean Penn, Benicio Del
Toro, Jeff Goldblum, Josh Hartnett, Daryl Hannah, Mary
Stuart Masterson, and Taye Diggs were just a few of the
celebs on hand……Sean Connery and his wife in town to
take in O at Bellagio while in town….Over at The Mirage,
Nicolas Cage, without a date, but with friends, ooh-ed
and aah-ed over Siegfried & Roy…..Danny Gans, the
other Mirage headliner, back in action after neck surgery……Playboy’s August Centerfold, Las Vegan Coleen
Marie, signing autographs at the Palm’s Palapa
Lounge….The Young and the Restless star, Jeanne
Cooper, with actor son Corbin Bernsen, accompanied by
kids and grandkids, at the Monte Carlo to see magician
Lance Burton perform.
Poker Player Advertisers are shown in RED along with their ad’s page number
CALIFORNIA
Agua Caliente Casino
Comedy Shop
Ballroom Dance Party
Crystal Park Casino & Hotel (5)
Cambodian Dance Party
Karaoke
Pechanga Resort & Casino
8:30 p.m. Featuring three top comedians
weekly.
Thursdays 8 p.m. to Midnight, Sundays 2-6 p.m.
Fridays 8 p.m. to 2 a.m.
Nightly, except Tues., Wed.
El As De Oros Night Club
Presents Banda Nortina Sats 8 p.m.-3 a.m.
Guitars & Saxes-Smooth
Jazz
Nightly.
CONNECTICUT
Foxwoods Resort Casino
Lee Ann Womack
July 30, 8 p.m. in the Fox Theater.
Jimmy Hopper
July 30-Aug 7, 7:30 p.m.
Rick Springfield
July 25, 8 p.m.
Grand Casino (Biloxi)
Sinbad
July 26, 8 p.m.
Grand Casino (Tunica)
Gallagher
July 25, 8 p.m.
Grand Casino (Gulfport)
Gallagher
July 26, 8 p.m.
Dion
Aug 2, 9 p.m.
Mohegan Sun Resort Casino
MISSISSIPPI
Gold Strike Hotel Casino (Tunica)
Horseshoe Casino
NEW JERSEY
Tropicana Casino & Resort
(Atlantic City)
Whisper
A fusion of music, dance and acrobatics. 8 p.m.
NEW YORK
Turning Stone Casino
Johnny Mathis
July 29, 8 p.m.
NEVADA-LAS VEGAS
Bellagio Resort & Casino
Boulder Station Hotel & Casino
Excalibur Hotel & Casino
“O”
Ronnie Milsap
Thunder From Down Under
Tournament of Kings
Flamingo Las Vegas
Gladys Knight
The Amazing Johnathan
7:30 & 10:30 p.m. (Dark Wednesday, Thursday).
July 26, 8 p.m.
7:30 p.m. Fridays through Wednesdays. 11:30
shows Fridays/Saturdays.
6 & 8:30 p.m. daily.
7:30 p.m. Tuesdays thru Saturdays.
10 p.m. Fridays thru Wednesdays.
7 p.m. Wednesdays, Thursdays, Sundays; 8 p.m.
Fridays; 7 & 10:30 p.m. Saturdays, Mondays.
Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino
Mamma Mia
Monte Carlo Resort & Casino
Magician Lance Burton
7 & 10 p.m. Tuesdays, Saturdays. 7 p.m.
Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays. (Dark
Sunday/Monday).
Palace Station Hotel & Casino
Laugh Trax comedy club
7:30 & 10 p.m. Tuesdays thru Saturdays.
Plaza Hotel & Casino
The Comedy Zone
9 p.m. Tuesdays thru Sundays.
Palms Hotel & Casino
Steel Pulse
July 25, 9 p.m.
Magician Steve Wyrick
Sahara Hotel & Casino
Sam’s Town Hotel & Casino (11)
Stardust Hotel & Casino
The Mirage Hotel & Casino (3)
The Platters, Coasters and
Drifters
Tineta & Electric Avenue
8 p.m. nightly.
July 23-Aug 3, 8:30 & 9:30 starting times
Wayne Newton
Saturdays thru Thursdays 8 p.m.
Siegfried & Roy
Sunday thru Tuesday 7:30 p.m. Friday/Saturday
7:30 p.m. & 11 p.m. (Dark Wednesday/Thursday).
Impressionist Danny Gans
The Orleans Hotel & Casino
7 & 10 p.m. Wednesdays thru Saturdays. 7 p.m.
Sundays/Mondays.
Righteous Brothers
Sunset Station
Michael McDonald
Texas Station
Love Shack
8 p.m. (Monday thru Friday)
July 29
July 26, 8 p.m.
Fridays and Saturdays, 10 p.m. & 2 a.m.
LAUGHLIN
Flamingo Hilton Hotel Casino
River Palms Hotel Casino
Earth, Wind and Fire
Joey & Maria's Comedy
Italian Wedding
Aug 29, 8 p.m.
5:30 p.m. dinner show nightly.
MESQUITE
Casablanca Hotel & Casino
Bellamy Brothers
Aug 8, 8 p.m.
RENO
Len Butcher, a 25-year resident of Las Vegas, is an
online columnist for the Las Vegas Review-Journal and
a former Managing Editor of the Las Vegas Sun and of
Gaming Today.
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middle position, but couldn’t
overcome Richard “Tiny”
Nauffal’s A-K.
Next out was Hoang, who
has been having a fantastic
year. He’s had 18 final table
finishes thus far in 2003. He
arrived in strong chip position,
but nothing went right for him
once he sat down. After losing
big pots to Landrum and
Grigorian, he was down to
$7,200 when he found himself
in the big blind right after limits went to $2,000-$4,000. He
called with Js-10s after
Grigorian raised, then called
for his last $1,200 when
Grigorian bet with a board of
K-9-5-4. His only hope was a
queen for an inside straight,
but Chris, with pocket queens,
already owned two of them,
and Hoang unhappily settled
for ninth place.
Not long after that, David
Lambard, a high-limit side
game player, found himself all
in with only K-4 to defend
himself against Hossein
“Mike” Razmi’s K-K. No
contest. When the board came
J-8-5-4-5, seven were left.
A few hands later, Nauffal
raised with pocket fives.
Massoud Setayesh didn’t
notice, and made what he
thought was a call with Q-8.
When told of his oversight, he
tried to take his money back,
but the ruling was that he had
to either abandon his $2,000
or put in the full 4k . He
called the raise...and flopped
two more eights. “Sorry about
the ruling,” tournament coordinator Warren Karp said to
him jokingly.
But the windfall didn’t do
him much good. Holding 10-5
in the big blind, he paired his
five on a flop of K-J-5 and bet
all in. Unfortunately for him,
Londoner Norm Wheatcroft
held Qh-Jh and had paired his
jack. Six were left just as limits inched up again to 3-6k. At
this point, Grigorian,
Landrum and Nauffal were all
closely bunched with a bit
over 60k each.
But then Holland moved
into contention at Grigorian’s
expense. The pot was three-bet
before the flop. Holland checkraised with a board of A-A-6-3
and then bet the river.
Grigorian called and sighed
when Holland showed him AK. Holland now took the lead,
briefly, with close to 70k.
At 3 a.m., Razmi took his
leave. He was all in with J-9
against Holland’s J-3. When
the flop came A-K-J, Holland
called for a pair or big card so
he could at least get his
money back with a chop. A 10
turned, and it looked like
might get his wish. Instead, a
river trey gave Holland a win,
and a startled Razmi cashed
out in fifth place.
At this point, Grigorian,
thanks to an earlier straight,
had regained the lead with
approximately $88,000 to
$76,000 for Landrum, $60,000
for Holland and $58,000 for
Nauffal. A deal was discussed
at length, but couldn’t be
reached. As play continued,
Grigorian continued to add to
his stacks, finally reaching the
$100,000 mark. Holland’s
luck, meanwhile, continued to
hold. All in with K-10 against
Nauffal’s K-Q, he got the split
he was looking for in the earlier hand when the board came
7-7-9-A-A and the king played
for both.
One hand after the players
returned from a break, it was
Grigorian’s turn to get lucky.
He held K-6 of hearts, while
Nauffal had K-Q of clubs.
With a board of A-Q-2-K and
two hearts, Grigorian bet and
Nauffal called all in. “No
heart!” Tiny pleaded. To no
avail. A 10 of hearts rivered,
and the table was down to
three players.
Chris was the leader with
about $112,000, and now,
with limits raised again, the
finalists this time agreed to
divvy up the remaining prize
pool. The Armenian Express
once again was on the fast
track at the Hustler.
EVENT #1--JULY 12
LIMIT HOLD’EM
ENTRANTS 229
REBUYS 424
TOTAL PRIZE POOL
$109,600
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Chris Grigorian .$41,090
Randy Holland . .$20,825
Vinny Landrum .$10,410
Richard Nauffal . .$6,575
Hossein Razmi . . .$4,385
Norm Wheatcroft .$3,835
Massoud Setayesh $3,015
David Lambard . .$2,465
John Hoang . . . . .$1,645
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