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Celebrity Crossword PAGE
tribute to
Mohegan Sun Casino
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John Carlisle Warns— PAGE
Don’t Let Annoying Guys
Spoil Your Game
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Jennifer Newell: FIGHT PAGE
to Stop Government
Seizures of Poker Funds
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POKER PLAYER
Vol. 13 Number 2 July 20, 2009 A Gambling Times Publication www.pokerplayernewspaper.com Copyright ©2009 Bi-Weekly $3.95
Amir Ghazvinian
Wins Bike’s
Deepstack
Mini Series
Championship
Event
The Bicycle Casino’s
Deepstack Mini Series
championship event drew
208 players, creating a prize
pool in excess of $100,000,
with first place taking home
$33,500 plus a $10,000 seat
into the World Poker Tour/
Legends of Poker tournament
next month.
Winding Down the WSOP,
Ramping Up to the Main Event
Amir Ghazvinian, a
structural engineer who has
been playing poker for four
years—ever since he moved
to the Los Angeles area from
Florida—was the winner
when a chip count deal was
reached with three players
remaining. Ghazvinian was
Jeffrey Lisandro
has won THREE
gold bracelets
in this year’s
WSOP!
(Continued on page 6)
Anthony Damato Captures
Borgata Summer Poker Open
Borgata Hotel Casino &
Spa’s fourth annual Borgata
Summer Poker Open concluded with Philadelphian
Anthony Damato winning
the $3,000 + $200 no-limit
hold’em championship, and
taking home $356,319 for
his efforts. The three-day
championship offered a prize
pool of $1,245,000.
Damato outlasted Newark,
DE, resident Michael Walls
along with a field of over
400 poker pros and amateurs
Kahuna begins July 3 and
plays through July 16, when
a final table will be determined. Just as they did last
year, the nine players who
remain standing at the end
of July 16 will come back
Mike Caro
“SERIES”
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With 50 of the scheduled 57
events in the bag, the World
Series of Poker is rushing
headlong to its conclusion… sort of. Still to come
are Event No. 56, a couple
of super satellites that
will get ten percent of the
entrants into the main event
on the cheap, the annual
Ante Up For Africa charity
tournament, and the main
event itself.
Tournament poker’s Big
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EVENT
BUY-IN
ENTRY
TOTAL
STARTING
CHIPS
BONUS
CHIPS
DAY
DATE
T
7/28
3:00 P CASINO EMPLOYEE - NO LIMIT HOLD 'EM
$100
+ $20 = $120
$4,000 $1,000 for $5
W
7/29
3:00 P MEDIA EVENT - NO LIMIT HOLD 'EM
$2,500 to media winner, $2,500 to charity
$0
+ $0
$3,000
W
7/29
W
7/29
7:00 P LEGENDS OF POKER / EVENT CENTER GRAND OPENING $300
Th
7/30
3:00 P NO LIMIT HOLD 'EM
F
7/31
Sa
S
=
$0
4-6 P LEGENDS OF POKER COCKTAIL PARTY
+ $35 = $335
$10,000 $1,000 for $5
$300
+ $35 = $335
$10,000 $1,000 for $5
8/1
3:00 P NO LIMIT HOLD 'EM DAY 1A
$300,000 GUARANTEED $300
3:00 P NO LIMIT HOLD 'EM DAY 1B
+ $35 = $335
$10,000 $1,000 for $5
8/2
1:00 P LIPS TOUR NO LIMIT HOLD 'EM
$300
+ $40 = $340
$10,000 $1,000 for $5
NO LIMIT HOLD 'EM
$100,000 GUARANTEED
S
8/2
7:00 P LIMIT HOLD 'EM
$300
+ $35 = $335
$10,000 $1,000 for $5
M
8/3
$300
+ $35 = $335
$10,000 $1,000 for $5
T
8/4
3:00 P H.O.R.S.E.
$300
+ $35 = $335
$10,000 $1,000 for $5
W
8/5
$500
+ $45 = $545
$15,000 $2,000 for $5
Th
8/6
3:00 P POT LIMIT HOLD 'EM*
$300
+ $35 = $335
$5,000
F
8/7
3:00 P E. O. (1/2 Stud Hi-Lo, 1/2 Omaha Hi-Lo)
Sa
8/8
3:00 P NO LIMIT HOLD 'EM**
$200,000 GUARANTEED
$300
+ $35 = $335
$10,000 $1,000 for $5
$300
+ $35 = $335
$3,000
S
8/9
$300
+ $35 = $335
$10,000 $1,000 for $5
M
8/10
3:00 P LIMIT HOLD 'EM
$500
+ $45 = $545
$15,000 $2,000 for $5
T
8/11
$500
+ $45 = $545
$15,000 $2,000 for $5
W
8/12
3:00 P OMAHA HI-LO
$500
+ $45 = $545
$15,000 $2,000 for $5
Th
8/13
$500
+ $45 = $545
$15,000 $2,000 for $5
$500
+ $45 = $545
$15,000 $2,000 for $5
$300
+ $35 = $335
$3,000
+ $45 = $545
F
8/14
3:00 P E. O. (1/2 Stud Hi-Lo, 1/2 Omaha Hi-Lo)
Sa
8/15
3:00 P NO LIMIT HOLD 'EM**
$200,000 GUARANTEED
S
8/16
$500
M
8/17
$1,000 + $70 = $1,070
$20,000 $3,000 for $5
T
8/18
3:00 P H.O.R.S.E.
$1,000 + $70 = $1,070
$20,000 $3,000 for $5
T
8/18
7:00 P MEGA SUPER SATELLITE
$1,070 + $30 = $1,100
$5,000
W
8/19
3:00 P POT LIMIT OMAHA*
$500
$7,500
$1,070 + $30 = $1,100
$5,000
$1,000 + $70 = $1,070
$20,000 $3,000 for $5
$1,070 + $30 = $1,100
$5,000
W
8/19
7:00 P MEGA SUPER SATELLITE
Th
8/20
5:00 P MARIANI/BUSS COCKTAIL PARTY
Th
8/20
7:00 P MARIANI/BUSS LAKER'S YOUTH FOUNDATION CHARITY
F
8/21
NO LIMIT HOLD 'EM✓
1P & 7P MEGA SUPER SATELLITE
Sa- 8/22Wed 8/26
3:00 P WPT NO LIMIT HOLD 'EM CHAMPIONSHIP
Th
7:00 P BANKROLL REBUILDER
8/27
NO LIMIT HOLD 'EM DAY 1A
F
8/28
+ $45 = $545
$15,000 $2,000 for $5
$9,800 + $200 = $10,000 $30,000
$50,000 GUARANTEED
$100
+ $20 = $120
$5,000 $1,000 for $5
$25,000 GUARANTEED
$100
+ $20 = $120
$5,000 $1,000 for $5
$25,000 ADDED
$100
+ $20 = $120
$5,000 $1,000 for $5
NO LIMIT HOLD 'EM DAY 1B
Sa
8/29
NO LIMIT HOLD 'EM
Su
8/30
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Lisandro Triples Up at WSOP
POKER NEWS
By Haley Hintze
While the poker world focused its attention on the
2009 World Series of Poker, legislative and legal
events concerning online gambling dominated June’s international scene.
As four-fifths of the 2009 WSOP events hit the books, the series had
already produced one triple winner (Jeffrey Lisandro) and two double
winners (Phil Ivey, Brock Parker), the most prodigious production of multiple winners in nearly a decade. Meanwhile, the United States’ increasingly isolated stance regarding online gaming continues to come under
siege, both from within and outside the country’s borders. The news
highlights:
LISANDRO NOTCHES RARE BRACELET TRIPLE
News from the World Series of Poker dominated the poker headlines in
June, with international star Jeffrey Lisandro claiming the lion’s share of
the glory. Lisandro turned in a rare triple at the WSOP in all three stud
variations, claiming gold in $1,500 7-card stud (Event No. 16), $10,000
world championship 7-card/8 (Event No. 37), and $2,500 razz (Event No.
44). Lisandro had won one previous WSOP bracelet, but became only the
fifth person to win three WSOP events in a single year, tying the mark set
by Puggy Pearson (1973), Ted Forrest (1993), Phil Hellmuth (1993) and Phil
Ivey (2002). Lisandro collected roughly $745,000 for his victories in the
three events.
EUROPEAN COMMISSION DECLARES U.S.
VIOLATES TRADE AGREEMENTS
After lengthy hearings, the European Union formally declared that the
United States violated its World Trade Organization agreements by passing the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) in 2006. The
law forced publicly-held, US-facing companies such as PartyGaming and
888 to exit the market, wiping billions of dollars in market valuation from
those companies’ books. While the EU declared that “action is necessary” in the matter, it indicated that a solution growing out of renewed
negotiations with the Obama administration would be preferred over
increased trade sanctions.
IVEY WINS SECOND 2009 BRACELET,
SEVENTH OVERALL
The player who may have had the best 2009 WSOP financially is Phil
Ivey, who was rumored to have won millions in prop bets when he pulled
down his second bracelet of the 2009 WSOP in Event No. 25, the $2,500
Omaha-8/7-stud-8 mixed event. Along with his triumph in Event No.
8 (deuce-to-seven single-draw lowball) earlier in the series, the win
gave Ivey a total of seven career bracelets and added his name to the
short list of players likely who may someday reel in all-time leader Phil
Hellmuth, who has won 11. Ivey became the second double bracelet of
the ’09 Series—joining Brock “t soprano” Parker—only to see Jeffrey
Lisandro’s rush to a second and third bracelet move Lisandro past Ivey
and Ville Wahlbeck to the top of the 2009 WSOP Player of the Year standings.
BARNEY FRANK BILL REGULATORY
HEARINGS DELAYED
Hopes that a bill officially regulating online gaming at the U.S. federal
level would quickly pass faded to black when the office of Rep. Barney
Frank (D-MA) announced that hearings on his proposed Internet Gambling
Regulation Consumer Protection and Enforcement Act would be delayed
until at least September, following Congress’s summer recess. Despite
the delay, Frank’s second effort at passing a law seeking to undo many of
the effects of the UIGEA continued to gain momentum, though a vote on
the measure now seems unlikely before 2010.
PPA ANNOUNCES NATIONAL POKER WEEK
The Poker Players Alliance unveiled plans for the 2009 National Poker
Week at a WSOP press conference in mid-June. The PPA’s plans for the
week, to be held July 19-25, 2009, call for a fly-in to Washington D.C. by
PPA state representatives and famed poker professionals to lobby on the
game’s behalf. The organization also announced several new initiatives,
including an online poker petition to be presented to President Obama.
PPA organizers hope it will have as many as a million signatures. It’s
available at pokerpetition.com, and a “my poker story” site at mypokerstory.com is intended to show videos about modern poker players, to
humanize and modernize the image of the millions of everyday players
who enjoy the game.
Haley Hintze is the Editor-in-Chief of PokerNews.com, a
leading portal for news from the world of poker.
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Caro’s Word: “Series”
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
H
ere is another column
in this series of selfinterviews. But that
isn’t why “series” is
today’s word. Today, the
interview centers on the
2009 World Series of Poker.
That series.
About one hour from
now, I’ll be heading for the
main event. The first-day
action is actually four days
long, since there are too
many players to be accommodated in a single sitting, even at the Rio in Las
Vegas, with its massive tournament areas. There will be
four starting day divisions,
which began yesterday, July
3 with over 1,100 players
competing.
I’m kind of in a rush, so
if someone will ask some
quick questions, I’ll begin to
babble…
Question 1: Are you
impressed with the turnout
at the 2009 WSOP?
I’m amazed. Many of the
events set records for number of entrants. And, despite
the very poor economy,
4,000 or more players will
invest $10,000 each for a
shot at the 2009 championship bracelet. It boggles the
Mad Genius’ mind.
Question 2: How come
you’re playing, anyway?
Aren’t you the one who
avoids poker tournaments?
You’re right: I’m not
motivated to play in many
tournaments. That’s because
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7/2/09 3:32 PM
Domination, PART 2
LOU KRIEGER ON POKER
By Lou Krieger©
In Part 1 of this two-part series, we left off by
saying, “When you are playing against an opponent who raises with a very broad spectrum of hands, you won’t
necessarily be dominated if you hold an otherwise troublesome
hand like A-J.”
In fact, it’s the raiser who might be dominated, not you. While
he may think otherwise, it just might be your foot that’s firmly
planted on his throat. There’s no tactical edge more important than
knowing your opponents, and a hand like A-J, which I’d release in
the face of a raise from a sound player, might be a hand I’d reraise
with against others.
Nevertheless, when you’re holding a trouble hand, you’ll seldom
be sure whether you’re in the lead or not. Because you have to
consider that your hand might be dominated, you’re apt to play
passively by checking and calling rather than betting and raising.
Even when you win these confrontations, caution minimizes the
amount of your win, while your opponent—who seized the initiative
with aggressive play—will maximize his or her wins.
While winning a pot—any pot, regardless of its size is nice, and
you’re certainly not going to throw it back—having a hand that
allows you to bet and raise with the certainty of winning a huge pot
you’ve been busily building is where you’ll really make your money.
File that thought away and don’t lose touch with it. It’s another
example of why selective and aggressive play is a major factor
underlying winning poker. It’s also an example of the “know your
opponents,” line of reasoning: You know the mantra; strategy
depends on the situation, and a hand that’s playable against John
might not by playable against Mary. When you’re in early position,
you won’t know which of your opponents might come out firing.
It could be Mary, the gal who never raises unless she holds a premium hand. But it might also be John, the maniac who is always on
tilt and just as likely to come after you with 7-6 or K-2 as he is with
another, more legitimate holding.
One way to deal with the unenviable consequence of finding
your hand dominated by an opponent who also has the advantage
of acting last is to avoid getting into this kettle of fish in the first
place. You can avoid that boiling cauldron by severely restricting the hands you play from early position. While face cards are
pretty, they’re not equally desirable, and a hand like Q-J in early
positionÐor even in middle position in an aggressive gameÐflings
the door to domination wide open.
If you don’t play hands that can get you in trouble, you won’t
find yourself staring up at three-outers and the improbable odds
you’ll have to overcome in order to win the pot. Remember, the
first decision in a poker hand is usually the most important,
because all subsequent options are driven by that initial choice.
Although you won’t avoid dominated hands with 100 percent
certainty—unless you refrain from playing all hands save a pair of
aces—it’s your first decision that matters most. If you are nimble
enough to avoid getting yourself into this kind of trap in the
first place, and both deft and sufficiently disciplined to extricate
yourself from its clutches at the earliest hint of trouble, you’ll
find yourself doing just about all you can to minimize the adverse
impact of finding yourself dominated whenever you hold a troublesome hand.
This is a wordy way of saying that much of poker is all about
developing your senses to the point that you’re able to realize
when you have the best of it, and exercising the sorely needed
self-discipline required to release hands when you’re staring up a
long and lonely hill.
If you can master this—and the skill required to execute this
strategy is a lot tougher than any words I’ve used to describe
it—the tactical aspects become pretty simple when you’re playing
limit poker: get your money into action when you have the best
of it, and use your discipline to fold those dominated three-outers
when you don’t.
Visit Lou Krieger online and check out all his
books at www.loukrieger.com. You can read his
blog at http://loukrieger.blogspot.com and write
directly to him at loukrieger@aol.com.
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World Series Of Poker
in November to play it out
for the championship.
Last issue we provided a
potpourri of stats related to
the WSOP, but only through
the first 20 events. They
proved popular, as well
as interesting, so here are
some more numbers to cogitate on—this time through
Event No. 50.
MOST CASHES
Player
Darryll Fish
Fabrice Soulier
Jeffrey Lisandro
Daniel Negreanu
Brock Parker
Anthony
Cousineau
David Fox
Barry Greenstein
Mitchell Schock
John Monnette
Ville Wahlbeck
Roland DeWolfe
Neil Channing
Nikolay Evdakov
Alexander
Kravchenko
Phil Ivey
Robert Mason
Michael Binger
Ken Lennaard
Clark Hamagami
# of
Cashes
7
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
MOST FINAL TABLE
APPEARANCES
Player
John Juanda
Jeffrey Lisandro
Greg Mueller
Phil Ivey
Ville Wahlbeck
Times
at Final
Table
3
3
3
3
3
PLAYERS WHO HAVE
ENTERED MORE THAN
HALF THE EVENTS AT
THIS YEAR’S WSOP
# of
Entries
Nikolay Evdakov
33
Roland Isra
32
Jacobo Fernandez
29
Daniel Negreanu
28
Andrew Black
28
Erick Lindgren
28
Amnon Filippi
28
Daniel Heimiller
27
Soheil Shamseddin
27
Andrew Bloch
27
Gavin Smith
27
Tad Jurgens
26
Frank Kassela
26
Marco Traniello
26
Richard Geyer
26
Michael Binger
25
Jason Mercier
25
Chris Bjorin
25
Shannon Shorr
25
David Singer
25
Ryan Hughes
25
Berry Johnston
25
Michael Leah
25
Player
WINNERS BY
NATION (THROUGH
EVENT NO. 51)
NATIONALITY OF
WSOP GOLD BRACELET
WINNERS
# of
Winners
United States
33
United Kingdom
3
Canada
3
Australia
2
Russian Federation
1
Finland
1
Sweden
1
Mexico
1
Italy
1
Holland
1
Hungary
1
Iran
1
Germany
1
Nation
HIGHEST CASH TO ENTRY RATIOS
Minimum 10 Events Entered
Player
# of Cashes # of Entries
Darryll Fish
7
13
Mitchell Schock
5
10
Ken Lennaard
5
11
Clark Hamagami
5
11
David Fox
6
15
Mats Gavatin
4
10
Andrew Lichtenberger
4
10
Luke Vrabel
4
10
Leonid Yanovski
4
10
Roland DeWolfe
5
13
Michael Parizon
4
11
Brett Switzer
4
11
Motoyuki Mabuchi
4
11
Ville Wahlbeck
5
15
Rami Boukai
4
12
Howard Boyd
4
12
Ratio
0.538
0.5
0.455
0.455
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.385
0.364
0.364
0.364
0.333
0.333
0.333
Note: Last year 19 of the
59 gold bracelet events were
won by non-Americans (32
percent). In, 2007, the number was 15 of 55 (29 percent). In 2006, the number
was 5 of 45 (11 percent).
Fourteen of the 51 winners this year (28 percent)
were previous gold bracelet
winners. There have been
three double winners in
2009: Brock Parker, Phil
Ivey, and Greg “FBT”
Mueller. There has been
one triple winner in 2009:
Jeffrey Lisandro.
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POwer POKER PSYCHOLOGY
By JAMES A. McKENNA, PH.D.
I appreciate the reception that my article on
when not to play poker has received. One of
my points was never to play when you are
in a slump. Actually, as some of you have said, it’s impossible
to avoid slumps if you play a lot of poker. So, as a follow-up I
thought that instead of avoiding playing poker when in a slump,
that it would be better to list some techniques for surviving the
inevitable poker slumps.
It’s critically important to understand the reasons you are
continually losing. Such things as your mood, or not having
much fun, may have resulted in you being complacent—a condition that eventually leads to losing. Whether you are among the
best poker players or new to the game, you will eventually experience a slump. It’s a part of poker and life and surviving such
events are more possible if you are not surprised. When you’re
playing poker you can’t expect to win every hand and you can’t
expect good cards every time. Similarly, you can’t expect to
have a slump last forever. Just be patient and don’t do anything
stupid in the meantime—like frequent bluffing or playing cards
out of boredom. As a guide for when in a slump, I created this
acronym:
Stay Cool. The worst think you can do when in a slump is to
go on tilt and start looking at mistakes others made. Instead,
you need to take the time to evaluate what you did to lose the
hand or series of hands. As long as you are not winning, take
the time to chill-out and examine what changes you may need
to make in your strategies.
Look at your game. Did you read the other players or their
hands correctly? Are you focused, or has your game relaxed
and you find yourself believing the BS that others are feeding
you? What’s different from your “A” game. If you are not winning, it might be more than a change in luck. Or are you now
chasing your luck? If so, that’s a big mistake.
U
se the lull as an opportunity preceding your winning. A
good salesperson knows that every refusal gets him or her closer to a sale. Every loss, whether it came from incredible luck, a
bad beat, or just carelessness on your part will get you closer
to winning a future pot. Remember, slumps don’t last forever.
Maintain yourself and remember to avoid monotony.
These down periods are chances to revitalize, take a break,
and evaluate how well you pay attention. Remember, monotony
is the cement of failure. You can’t afford to let your spirits be
downcast. Use these down-periods to your advantage. Know
that you are going to get your share of good and bad cards
and use the time to refresh yourself. Sometimes maintenance
means doing something entirely different, like going home or
playing a different game.
Patience is the virtue of poker. A lot of players treat slumps
as if they are curses personally aimed at them. Show me a
poker player who hasn’t had frequent slumps and I’ll show you
a new poker player. Baseball has its slumps and so does poker.
As baseball has been referred to as a “game of failure,” poker
hands you’ll be dealt are also more likely to be thrown in the
muck than played for their intrinsic value. That’s why they
shuffle the desk to create random generations.
So, instead of avoiding poker altogether when you are in a
slump, learn how to survive a losing streak. And don’t let your
emotions cause you to do something stupid like quit the game
altogether. Learn how to handle down-times. That’s life and it’s
part of playing poker.
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NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
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BUY-IN $3,000 + $200
PLAYERS 415
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EVENT #15
1.
2.
3.
4.
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6/24/09
LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $350 + $50
PLAYERS 120
PRIZE
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3. Ratilal Patel . . . . . . . $3,990
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6/24/09
H.O.S.E.
BUY-IN $1,000 + $80
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PRIZE
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2. Gregory Bock . . . . . $10,750
3. Ming Reslock . . . . . . . $6,450
EVENT #17
6/23/09
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6-HANDED
BUY-IN $500 + $60
PLAYERS 188
PRIZE POOL
$94,000
Daniel Chan
1. Daniel Chan . . . . . . $28,952
2. Jeffrey Wicker . . . . $15,980
3. Joo Kim . . . . . . . . . . . $8,930
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Aaron Gustovson . . $53,592
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1.
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Eugene Castro . . . . $39,100
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1.
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Anthony Damato . $356,319
Michael Walls . . . . $192,975
Charles Marchese . . $99,600
Robert Pyne . . . . . . $87,150
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9
Smart Player
Problems
CARD SENSE
By ASHLEY ADAMS
I know a lot of smart players. By “smart” I don’t mean, necessarily “good.” I mean “smart” as in book smart. They got good
grades in school. Maybe that’s you. If it is, this article may help
you see some inherent weaknesses in your game. But even if
that doesn’t describe you—even if you weren’t a good student—
this article should strengthen your game by showing you some
of the weaknesses in the game of smart players that you can
exploit.
Smart players don’t like to be wrong. Why should they?
They’re used to being right. That’s how they got good grades.
That’s what fed their egos. That’s how they got ahead—by being
right.
This often inhibits their aggression—holding them back from
the risky, but more profitable plays. They are more apt to be
passive and less likely to call on the river, lest they show down
a losing hand and show that they were wrong in their assessment of their opponent.
But poker is a game of probability, not certainty. A good
player must be willing to be aggressive when they aren’t sure
that they’re ahead or certain that they’ll win. If I’m a 7-to-1 dog
but the pot is offering me 10-to-1 odds I should call, or maybe
raise, even though I will lose the hand more often than I will
win. If I believe that my raise might drive out a player with a
better hand one out of ten times, and the pot is offering me
twenty to one odds on my raise, then I should make the raise
even though I’m going to be wrong nine times out of ten.
Smart players are often arrogant. They suffer, oft times,
from “smartest-guy-in-the-room” syndrome. They are used to
being deferred to, regarded highly, and listened to. And so they
may also be opinionated, condescending, and otherwise offensive—driving away bad players in the process. The arrogance
of smart players may also improve the play of their opponents
who become more aggressive in retaliation.
Smart players often rationalize their errors—and keep
making them. There are few mistakes in poker so clear cut
that they can’t be explained as the product of something other
than error. Put another way, bad players can, if they are smart,
excuse their mistakes as the product of something else: the
bad play of other players, bad luck, or just the catch all “variance.” So smart players often create intellectually satisfying
but completely wrong-headed excuses to continue their bad
play, to the advantage of the truly good players at the table.
Smart players often fail to learn from their mistakes.
Lacking humility, they often find it hard to admit when they
are wrong. This hinders their ability to learn from those who
are better than they are, since they are loathe to recognize
that anyone else is better. And so they miss opportunities to
improve their game—thinking instead that they are beaten by
the forces of luck and happenstance rather than superior play.
Smart players are more likely to steam. Those who rarely
failed in school are often less able to deal with failure than
the rest of the schlubs who did fail. Hey, we’re used to it! But
they’re not. In poker, losing is much more common than winning. A good player can lose dozens of hands in a row and show
no ill effects. But for smart players who may not be emotionally equipped to deal with lots of losses, this can be a tough
blow to handle—resulting in increasingly bad and erratic play.
There’s no question that intelligence is a useful tool in
becoming a better poker player. The thoughtful, introspective,
aware player who applies himself will almost surely become
better. But being smart also carries with it certain risks, so be
smart, but be careful.
Ashley Adams is the author of Winning 7-Card Stud and
Winning No Limit Low Limit Hold’em. He hosts the
radio show House of Cards, broadcast Mondays at
5 – 6 p.m. in Boston, MA, on 1510 AM, and on the
Internet at www.houseofcardsradio.com.
Contact Ashley at asha34@aol.com.
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2009 WORLD
SERIES OF POKER
EVENT #55
6/29/09
DEUCE TO 7 LOWBALL
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MINI SERIES OF POKER
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REBUYS 17
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2. Keith Rogers . . . . . . . $1,930
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6/23/09
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BICYCLE CASINO
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BUY-IN $200 + $25
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PRIZE
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2. Julian Chung . . . . . . $7,140
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6/21/09
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $150 + $20
PLAYERS 209
PRIZE
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$30,625
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2. Joshua Smith . . . . . . $5,595
6/20/09
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM REBUY
BUY-IN $100 + $20
PLAYERS 166
PRIZE
POOL
$36,472
1. Steve Shkolnik . . . . $13,767
2. Kirk Conrad . . . . . . . $6,750
3. Ming Huang . . . . . . . $3,470
BICYCLE CASINO
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BICYCLE CASINO
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BICYCLE CASINO
BUY-IN $150 + $20
PLAYERS 252
PRIZE
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6/18/09
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $150 + $20
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6/16/09
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Tony Veckey . . . . . $673,276
Jason Wheeler . . . $418,122
Joseph Chaplin . . . $276,029
Sergey Konkin . . . $195,213
Andrew Malott . . . $147,131
Christopher Bonita $117,358
Christopher DeMaci $98,933
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7-CARD STUD HI-LO
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PLAYERS 466
PRIZE POOL
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2.
3.
4.
5.
David “J” Halpern $159,048
William Kohler . . . . $98,339
Dr Max Stern . . . . . $64,346
Chad Brown . . . . . . $44,494
Matt Savage . . . . . . $32,396
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6/18/09
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
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PLAYERS 854
PRIZE POOL
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1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Jorg Peisert . . . . . . $506,800
Jason Dewitt . . . . . $313,227
Benjamin Gilbert . $205,180
Michael Noda . . . . $142,035
Jason Somerville . . $103,591
Michael Katz . . . . . . $79,385
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6/18/09
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3.
4.
5.
6.
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David Walasinski . $272,405
Steven Levy . . . . . . $192,650
Owen Crowe . . . . . $145,199
Thibaut Durand . . $115,817
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WSOP
Ladies of the Evening
FISHING AROUND
By Jan Fisher
There, now that I got your attention, I was honored
to be one of the second-year inductees into the
Women in Poker Hall of Fame. Joining me were June Field, the founder of Card Player Magazine, and Cyndy Violette, noted top high-limit
pro. Each of them is a WSOP gold bracelet winner and has been in the
poker industry as long as have I ... 30 years give or take a few.
2009 WORLD
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June has been a proponent of women’s events while playing in them
over the years and also by promoting the growth of women in poker.
She founded Card Player Cruises, which became a stand-alone company many years ago, and I was lucky enough to become a partner in it.
Cyndy Violette has been a one-woman wrecking ball on the poker
circuit for many years. Always an icon of decorum and class, she won
a WSOP bracelet and other numerous championships across the country. She owns a clothing line and is a spokesperson for a macrobiotic
diet. I applaud Cyndy’s “stick-to-it-ness,” as she’s talked the talk
and walked the walk for as long as I can remember. She may also be
among the truly healthiest poker players on the planet! The two ladies
and I join the inaugural members, Marsha Waggoner, Barbara Enright,
Linda Johnson, and Susie Isaacs in this Hall of Fame.
But the best part of this event (other than the fact that I was
inducted, of course!) is its large charity element. Poker Gives (pokergives.org), was the charity of choice for this event. Mike Sexton, Linda
Johnson, Lisa Tenner, and I founded this charity to raise funds from
poker players who want to “give back.” The Intrepid Fallen Heroes,
Special Olympics, and The Paralyzed Veterans of America are the designated charities of Poker Gives.
Several fundraising events were held during the WIPHOF weekend,
including a silent auction and our first charity poker tournament. More
than $35,000 was raised for Poker Gives. We are very proud of how
this vehicle assists the poker community with an easy way to designate a portion of their winnings or buy-ins to a worthy cause where
the majority of the money goes directly to those in need, rather than
administrative fees. No one on the Board of Directors of Poker Gives
receives or ever will receive a salary. Our aim, which so far is being
met, is to get 95 cents of each dollar raised to our causes.
Thanks to everyone who participated in the poker tournament on
June 4 and to the Golden Nugget for hosting both events, and to Lisa
Wheeler of Greasie Wheels for helping coordinate the media. Thanks
also to Mike Sexton for being an outstanding emcee and to Jeffrey
Pollack for taking time out of his busy schedule during the World
Series of Poker to stop by and say a few words.
Thanks also to Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman for issuing an
official decree proclaiming June 5 to be the Women in Poker Hall of
Fame Day. Thanks also to our many, many anonymous donors. Lastly,
thank you for the honor of allowing me into the Women in Poker Hall
of Fame. Moving right along!
Jan Fisher has 30 years experience as a poker player,
tournament director, strategist/columnist, co-founder of
the Tournament Directors Association, Partner in Card
Player Cruises, WPT Boot Camp instructor and statistician,
and live studio announcer for the Professional Poker Tour.
E-mail Jan at Jan@cardplayercruises.com.
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PLAYERS 95
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
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John Hanson . . . . . $789,199
Erik Sagstrom . . . . $522,393
Vitaliy Lunkin . . . $368,812
Huck Seed . . . . . . . $276,609
Ville Wahlbeck . . . $219,655
Chau Giang . . . . . . $184,087
Erik Seidel . . . . . . . $162,381
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Players may also buy in
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Club Fortune in
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The poker room opens on
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Club Fortune offers
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High-Level Strategy
POKER TO THE NTH DEGREE
By Tony Guerrera
This mixture of skill and chance makes poker
different from other games of skill such as
chess and go, where chance plays no element. The skill in
poker has to do with understanding the nature of random
events and being able to devise winning strategies in an environment run by random processes. It’s amazing that games
played with a deck of only 52 cards can foster decision-making
skills applicable to all areas of life. It’s a shame that many,
including policy makers at the highest levels of governments,
seemingly don’t understand this.
In any game, a strategy is the defined set of all possible
actions that a player can take in all possible situations. In
games involving an element of chance, the expected value of
a strategy is the sum of the payouts corresponding to each
outcome multiplied by the respective probabilities of each outcome occurring. The skill in poker is finding and implementing
the strategy that either:
1. Has the highest expected value against particular
opponents (exploitative poker)
2. Can’t be beaten by any opponent (equilibrium poker)
An interesting consequence of this definition of skill is that
the skill in poker isn’t necessarily confined to what a player
does when playing. The ability to perform meaningful analyses
away from the table is an essential skill for those wishing to
devise strategies effective against high-level opponents.
Because of the combinatorics involving a standard deck of
52 cards, we’re not quite at the point where computers are
able to solve any of the currently popular poker variants completely for the equilibrium strategy. As a result, it’s probably
best to say that today’s high-level players adopt a style that’s
semi-exploitative and semi-equilibrium in nature.
Suppose you’re in a six-handed no-limit hold’em game where
the small blind and the big blind will only play 10 percent of
their hands and you open to three big blinds from the button.
If you’re playing pure exploitative poker, you could probably
maximize your profits by opening to three big blinds from the
button 100 percent of the time action folds to you, provided
that you play well when you don’t steal the blinds outright.
However, playing a purely exploitative strategy leaves you
open to being counter-exploited.
The better your foes are, the better they’ll be at counterexploiting you. As a result, survival in tough games is about
taking advantage of opponents’ leaks in a way that makes it
difficult for opponents to counter-exploit you.
In deeply stacked no-limit hold’em, high-level strategy for
playing each position boils down to two important concepts:
1. Playing different hands the same way
2. Playing the same hand different ways
If you three-bet A-A preflop, then you also need to be willing to three-bet hands like 5-4s preflop to threaten having the
nuts on a wide range of boards. If you three-bet shove flush
draws on the flop, then you also need to be willing to three-bet
shove top set on the flop.
Force your opponents to play against distributions, but it
don’t stop there. To prevent your actions from betraying your
distributions, you also need to play the same hand differently.
If you’re inclined to call a preflop raise in position with K-Q,
then you also need to call a preflop raise in position at least a
small percentage of the time you’re dealt A-A because if you
only three-bet pocket aces, then your opponents know that
you can’t have A-A when you just call. If you’re going to make
pot-sized bluffs on the river, then you also need to make potsized bets with made hands that you’d usually make smaller
value bets with. Mix it up, maintain balance, and give your foes
fits!
Tony Guerrera is the author of Killer Poker by the Numbers and
Killer Poker Shorthanded (with John Vorhaus). Visit him online
at www.killerev.com, and check out his weekly show, Killer
Poker Analysis, on Rounder’s Radio (www.roundersradio.com)
Fridays from 5:00PM to 6:00PM Pacific Time.
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WSOP
2009 WORLD
SERIES OF POKER
EVENT #46
6/18/09
OMAHA HI-LO
8 OR BETTER
BUY-IN $2,500
PLAYERS 424
PRIZE POOL
$975,200
Derek Raymond
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Derek Raymond . . $229,192
Mark Tenner . . . . . $141,647
Scott Bohlman . . . . $93,199
Fabio Coppola . . . . $65,094
Joshua Schlein . . . . $48,028
EVENT #45
6/18/09
POT LIMIT HOLD’EM
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
BUY-IN $10,000
PLAYERS 275
PRIZE POOL
$2,585,000
John Kabbaj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
John Kabbaj . . . . . $633,335
Kirill Gerasimov . . $391,369
Eric Baldwin . . . . . $259,534
David Kitai . . . . . . $183,638
Juan Carlos Alvarado $138,375
Jason Lester . . . . . $110,431
Eugene Todd . . . . . . $93,085
Isaac Haxton . . . . . . $82,668
Darryll Fish . . . . . . . $77,136
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Michael Craig . . . . $116,405
Ryan Fisler . . . . . . . $76,261
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Eric Rodawig . . . . . $38,471
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Charles Simon . . . . $95,332
Roberto De La Torre $76,118
Art Duncan . . . . . . . $64,047
Richard McCall . . . $56,903
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4.
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Sergey Altbregin . . $149,341
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NH
NH
NH
NH
$17 8A
$65 11A&
$50 2P&
$65 9A&
$25 10A&
Z
NH
NH
NH
NH
$17 8A
$65 11A&
$50 2P&
$65 9A&
$25 10A&
10A&
NH
6P
$25 10A&
NH
NH
$35 6P
$25 10A
NH
NH
$35 6P
$25 10A&
9A
6P
5P
12P
11A&
10A
7P
1P
11A&
1P
6P
10A
10A
10A&
11A&
7P
9A&
11A
6P
1P&
12A&
6P
12P
10A
6P
12P&
10A&
10A&
11A&
7P&
12P
10A
7P
1P&
10A
7P
11A
NH
NH
Lad N H
NH
NH
NH
L O H/L
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NHZ
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$20+ 9A
$25+ 6P
$25+ 7P
$40+ 12P
$55+ 11A&
$40 10A
$40 7P
$45 1P
$60+ 11A&
$50+ 7P
$25 6P
$30 10A
$55 10A
$40 10A&
$100 11A&
$100 7P&
$50 9A&
$40 11A
$40 6P
$50+ 1P&
$65+ 12A&
$17+ 6P
$40 12P
$65 10A
$65 6P
$40+ 12P&
$30+ 10A&
$44+ 10A&
$40+ 11A&
$45+ 7P&
$35+ 12P
$45 10A
$65+ 7P
$60 1P&
$40+ 10A
$40+ 7P
$40 11A
NH
NH
O
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NHZ
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHB
$20+ 9A
$25+
$25+
$40+ 12P
$55+ 11A&
$40 10A
$65 7P
$45 1P
$60+ 11A&
$50+ 1P
$25 6P
$30 10A
$55 10A
$40 10A&
$65 11A
$150+ 12P
$50 9A&
$40 11A
$40 6P
$50+ 1P&
$65+ 12A&
$17+ 6P
$40 12P
$65 10A
$65
$40+ 12P&
$30+ 10A&
$44+ 10A&
$40+ 11A&
$45+ 7P&
$35+ 12P
$45 10A
$100
$60 1P&
$40+ 10A
$40+ 7P
$50+ 11A
NH
NH
NH
NH
Lad N H
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NHZ
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
O H/L B
NH
$20+ 9A
6P
6P
$40+ 12P
$55+ 11A&
$40 10A
$40 7P
$45 1P
$60+ 11A&
$50+ 1P
$25 6P
$30 10A
$55 10A
$40 10A&
$75 6P
$75 7P&
$50 9A&
$40 11A
$40 6P
$50+ 1P&
$65+ 12A&
$17+ 6P
$40 12P
$65 10A
$65 6P
$40+ 12P&
$30+ 10A&
$44+ 10A&
$40+ 11A&
$45+ 7P&
$35+ 12P
$45 10A
$75+ 7P
$60 1P&
$40+ 10A
$40+ 7P
$50+ 11A
$37+
$60 11A&
NH
O H/L
NH
NH
NH
NH
Horse
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NHZ
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
11A&
$20+ 9A
$25+
$25
$40+ 12P
$55+ 11A&
$40 10A
$40 7P
$45 1P
$60+ 11A&
$50+ 7P
$25 6P
$30 10A
$55 10A
$40 10A&
$75 11A&
$75 7P&
$50 9A&
$40 11A
$40 6P
$50+ 1P&
$65+ 12A&
$17+ 6P
$40 12P
$65 10A
$65 6P
$40+ 12P&
$30+ 10A&
$44+ 10A&
$40+ 11A&
$45+ 7P&
$35+ 12P
$45 10A
$65 7P
$60 1P&
$40+ 10A
$40+ 7P
$40 11A
7P
$60 11A&
NH
$25 10A&
$145 12P&
NH
NH
$200+ 12P&
$35 11A
$22+
7P
NH
$25+ 6P
NH
$17 11A
NH
$22+
NH
$60 11A
N H Deepstack
$80 6P
NH
$25 10A
H
$25+
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$60 11A&
Var
$25 10A&
$145 12P&
$35+
$200+ 12P&
$35 11A
7P
NH
NH
NH
$60 11A&
6P
$25 10A&
$145 12P&
6P
$200+ 12P&
$35 11A
NH
NH
NH
F+
$40+ 6P
$17 11A
NH
NH
$25+ 12P
$17 11A
N H Sh
NH
$20 12P
$17 10A
NH
N H Deepstack
NH
$60 11A
$80 6P
$25 10A
NH
N H Deepstack
NH
$60 11A
$80
$25 10A
10A&
12P&
6P
12P&
11A
7P
12P
11A
11A
6P
10A&
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HH ...... Headhunter
B ............ Bounties
Sp .............. Spread
Al .........Alternates
Z........... Freezeout
Cz ................ Crazy
E..........Elimination
$25 10A&
$145 12P&
$35+
$200+ 12P&
$35 11A
7P
Pi
$15+
N H Sh
$20 6P
NH
$17 11A
6P
NH
$60 11A
N H Deepstack
$80 6P
NH
$25 10A
6P
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
N H Deepstack
NH
$60 11A
$80 6P
$25 10A
NH
NH
$35
$25 10A&
4P
$25 10A
NH
GAMES BUY-IN|TIME
NH
$38+ 12P
NH
$65+
Z
$17 8A
NH
$65 11A
NH
$50 2P&
NH
$65 9A&
NH
$25 10A&
12P
NH
$40
NH
$25 10A&
12P
NH
$20+ 9A
NH
F 1P
NH
$25+ 11A
NH
$40+ 12P
NH
$55+ 11A&
NH
$40 10A
NH
$65 7P
NH
$45 1P
N H B $60+ 11A&
N H Z $50+ 1P
NH
$25+ 6P
NHZ
$30 10A
NH
$55 10A
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHB
NHZ
NH
NHZ
NH
N HZ
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$20+ 9A
1P
10A
$40+ 12P
$55+ 11A&
$40 10A
$65 7P
$45 1P
$60+ 11A&
1P
$25 6P
$30 10A
$55 10A
$40
$65
$60+ 12P
$50 9A&
$40 11A
$40 6P
$50+ 1P&
$65+ 12A&
$17+ 6P
$40
$105 10A
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$40+ 12P&
$30+ 10A&
$44+ 10A&
$40+ 11A&
$45+ 7P&
$35+ 10A
$45 10A
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
Lad N H
NH
6P
$60+ 5P
$50 9A&
$40 11A
$40 6P
$50+ 1P&
$65+ 12A&
$17+ 6P
12P
$105 10A
6P
$40+ 12P&
$30+ 10A&
$44+ 10A&
$40+ 11A&
$45+ 7P&
$35+ 12P
$45 10A
NH
NH
NH
NH
$60 1P&
$40+ 10A
$40+ 7P
$40 11A
NH
NH
NH
NH
$60 1P&
$40+ 10A
$40+ 7P
$50+ 11A
NH
NH
NH
$60 11A&
6P
$25 10A&
$145 12P&
NH
NH
NH
$200+ 12P&
$35 11A
$22+
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$60 11A&
Var
$25 10A&
$540 12P&
2P
N H $300+ 12P&
N H B $65+ 11A
7P
12P
N H Sh
$20 6P&
NH
$17 10A
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$60 11A
6P
$25 10A
SUNDAY
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NH
$38+
$17
$65
$50
$65
$25
F
Z
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
L O H/L
7
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NHZ
NH
$25
$65
$20+
$65
$25+
$40+
$55+
$40
$40
$45
$60+
$50+
$25+
$30
$55
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$125
$125
$50
$40
$40
$50+
$65+
$17+
$40
$105
$65
$40+
$30+
$44+
$40+
$45+
$35+
$45
NH
NH
NH
NH
$60
$40+
$40+
$50+
NH
$60
NH
$25
NH
$145
NH
$35+
N H $200+
N H B $65+
NH
$22+
H
F+
N H Lad
$30
NH
$17
NH
N H Deepstack
NH
$60
$80
$25
DA I LY TO U R N A M E N T L I ST I N G S CO N T I N U E O N PAG E 1 9
Results: Venetian’s Deep Stack Extravaganza
VENETIAN RESORT CASINO
6/29/09
DEEP STACK EXTRAVAGANZA 3
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $330
PLAYERS 956
PRIZE
POOL
$276,762
1. Kyo Cho . . . . . . . . . $71,956
2. Martin Bertschi . . . $38,193
3. Matthew Emmel . . . $22,141
6/28/09
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $1,070
PLAYERS 321
PRIZE
POOL
$309,765
1. Stephan
Dzhigarkhanyan . . . $96,023
2. Chan Pelton . . . . . . $55,758
3. Oscar Erixson . . . . . $30,977
6/27/09
2. Leslie Spears . . . . . . $52,149
3. Michael Sandler . . . $29,799
6/26/09
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $550
PLAYERS 772
PRIZE
POOL
BUY-IN $2,100
PLAYERS 426
PRIZE
POOL
$372,490
1. Rasmus Vogt . . . . . $101,139
$822,180
1. Dong Wang . . . . . . $254,874
2. Mark Leonard . . . $133,604
3. Garrett Beckman . . $65,774
4. Matt Vance . . . . . . . $57,553
ADVERTISE IN
POKER
PLAYER
J U LY 2 0, 2 0 0 9
IT WORKS!
17
Nine-Card Bad-Beat Sequences
STRAIGHT SKINNY
By RICHARD G. BURKE
Desiree, a poker dealer in a southern
California card room, dealt a bad beat when
a player’s straight flush lost to a higher straight flush using
all five cards on the tableau. She dealt these cards on the
flop, turn, and river.
Since this is the 145th
installment of Improving
Performance, if you’ve
been a regular reader
then you would know my
answer to the title’s question, is tight really right?
I’ve probably intoned over
the last five years that in
some common attributes
that weak-tight players
share along with the appropriate strategy to exploit
their playing styles.
First, weak-tight players don’t play very many
hands and many times
will just limp-in hoping to
part 145, Is
Tight Really Right?
IMPROVING PERFORMANCE
By Tom “TIME” Leonard
The bad beatee held the 7d 5d; the bad beater held
the Qd 9d. Both cards played in both players’ hands so
her poker room’s management paid out the bad-beat jackpot.
Being naturally curious, Desiree sent us an e-mail asking
the odds against that bad beat’s happening. This column
answers her question.
Straight flush bad beats using nine cards piqued our
interest because the criteria that both hole cards of both
players must play and that all five cards on the tableau
must play require a one- or two-card gap between the middle card and the next higher card on the tableau. As you
can readily see in the sequence above, there is a one-card
gap between its middle card, the eight, and its next higher
card, the ten.
We examined all 126 possible arrangements of five of
nine cards on the tableau, C(9,5), and used those two criteria to eliminate most of them. For example, the criterion
that all five cards on the tableau must play eliminates
sequences like Ad 4d 5d 6d 8d because the ace
wouldn’t play.
By inspection, we determined that each 9-card sequence
has just 18 arrangements which satisfy the two criteria. We
show below all 18 qualifying arrangements with an eight as
the middle card.
4d 6d 8d Td Jd 4d 5d 8d Td Jd 4d 7d 8d Td Jd
4d 6d 8d Td Qd 4d 5d 8d Td Qd 4d 7d 8d Td Qd
4d 6d 8d Jd Qd 4d 5d 8d Td Qd 4d 7d 8d Jd Qd
5d 6d 8d Td Jd 5d 7d 8d Td Jd 6d 7d 8d Td Jd
5d 6d 8d Td Qd 5d 7d 8d Td Qd 6d 7d 8d Td Qd
5d 6d 8d Jd Qd 5d 7d 8d Jd Qd 6d 7d 8d Jd Qd
When the trump ace plays as the low end, a straight
flush wheel, the middle card of the sequence is a five.
When the trump ace plays as the high end, a royal flush,
the middle card is a ten. There are six middle cards possible from five to ten inclusive. Each of the six sequences
has variations similar to those shown above. Of course
those sequences could occur in any of the four suits.
By multiplying, we find that 432 tableaux qualify for a
bad beat of this type. There are C(52,5) tableaux possible,
so the probability that any deal would have a qualifying
tableau is given by 432/2,598,960, or 1.66*10-4.
We did the rest of the math in detail when we answered
Desiree’s other question in our column, “Steel Meets
Royalty,” which appeared in a previous issue of Poker
Player newspaper. (You can find those details at www.
pokerplayernewspaper.com.)
The probability that all four key cards would be dealt
among nine players is the same, 0.0171558. The probability that the four key cards would lie in two players’
hands as needed for the bad beat is the same, 0.00392157.
Multiplying, we obtain the probability 1.12*10-8. We convert
that number that to odds by inverting, rounding, and subtracting 1: the odds against dealing a bad beat of this type
are 89,421,971-to-1.
limit hold’em, tight is right
at least one hundred and
forty five times!
The real key to this
question is, what kind of
tight are we referring to?
Can you be too tight? Too
tight usually indicates a
weak player with little
heart. We all should know
that tight-aggressive play
is generally the correct
formula for limit hold‘em,
and today we’ll explore
how to beat those weaktight, passive players.
They’re the rocks who just
sit there and wait for premium hands and never mix
up their games.
First, you must identify
the player as weak-tight.
I know it would be easier
if it was mandated that all
players were required to
wear name tags identifying
their style of play. Imagine
tags such as “Hi, I’m a
maniac,” or “Hi, I’m tightaggressive.” Yeah, it would
be easier, but figuring it
out on your own isn’t that
difficult and why have the
rest of the table gain free
information? Let’s look at
Mr. Burke is the author of Flop: The Art of Winning at
Low-Limit Hold ’Em, on sale at amazon &
kokopellipress.com. E-mail your Hold ’Em questions to
richardburke@comcast.net
18
J U LY 2 0, 2 0 0 9
see the flop
cheaply so
they can exit
quickly if
they don’t catch a piece of
it. Assuming they have not
shown any aggression, you
should be able to bluff at
them quite liberally.
Second, if they do get
frisky with a raise before
the flop, they often just
check it to the river if they
miss the flop when holding over cards such as a
Big Slick. This is a classic
weak-tight move… they
rarely make continuation
bets if the flop doesn’t hit
them. Now you can bet or
raise with a wide variety
of hands and expect them
to fold.
A third trait of these
truly puts the scare into
the term scare card. They
epitomize the sniper syndrome in that they fear the
worst at every turn. They
tend to fold quickly when
presented with aggression,
especially when a scare
card lands, and you should
react aggressively to scare
cards by betting when an
ace hits the board, even
when you don’t have one.
If a weak-tight opponent
plays back at you, it is
time to retire because they
don’t make moves. They
only bet or call when comfortable that they have the
best of it. This trait leads
to a fourth one and it’s
this: if they are in it, they
can win it. This means that
you need to respect their
holdings if you can’t make
them muck. If they bet
the flop or turn consider
giving them credit instead
of your chips… it’s a lot
cheaper.
So there you have it, the
four most common traits
that weak-tight players
embrace. They are easy
to spot… it’s almost as if
they are wearing one of
the name tags that I joked
about earlier.
Our goal for today’s
time together is to first
identify the weak-tight
player, then understand the
nuances that make up his
playing style and exploit
those traits with the appropriate counter strategy. The
three key words for success in this endeavor are…
Identify, Understand, and
Exploit! Let’s call it the
IUE strategy.
See you next “TIME”
Tom “Time” Leonard has
played poker in Atlantic City,
Las Vegas, and California
for more than 30 years and
written about the game
since 1994. Contact Tom at
thleonard@msn.com.
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1P&
8P
10A&
6P
1P
7P
8P
6P
7P
6P
1P
6P.
11A
NH
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
O Pi H
NH
NH
NH
7P
NH
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$25 1P
$25+ 8P
$25 10A&
$30+ 6P
$40 1P
$60 7P
$10+
$65+ 6P
$30+ 7P
$25+ 6P
$30+ 1P
$65+ 6P
$30+ 11A
7P
$125+ 7P
7P
GAMES BUY-IN|TIME
NH
NH
NHB
N H Turbo
NH
NH
$25 1P&
$25+
$25 10A&
$18+ 6P
$40 1P
$60 7P
NH
$65+ 6P
NH
$30+ 7P
LH
$20+ 6P
O H/L
$65 1P
NH
$55+ 6P
NH
$30+ 11A
N H Deepstack
p
$75 7P
NH
$125+ 7P
NH
$100
GAMES BUY-IN|TIME
NH
$25 7P
NHB
N H Turbo
NH
NH
$25 10A&
$18+ 6P
$40 1P
$60 7P
NH
NH
Lad L H
NH
NH
NH
N H Deepstack
p
NH
$65+ 6P
$30+ 7P
$25
$55+ 1P
$55+ 6P
$30+ 11A
$75 7P
$230 7P
7P
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NH
NHB
NHZ
NH
NH
NH
NH
$115+ 6P
8P
$25 10A&
$12+ 6P
$40 1P
$60
$65+ 1P
$50+ 7P
NH
$30+ 4A
NH
$65+ 4P
NH
$30+ 11A
N H Deepstack
p
$75 7P
NH
$125+
Blackjack
j
$25+
FRIDAY
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$110
$50 2P
$25 10A&
$30+ 4P
$40
2P
$50+ 3P
$25 10A&
$55+ 6P
7P
NH
NH
NHB
O Po
NH
10A
6P
7P&
7P&
10A
5O
NH
NH
NH
NHB
$30+ 7P&
$10+ 6P
$60+ 1P
$40 7P&
$20+ 10A&
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHB
$50+ 10A
$10+ 7P
$30+ 7P&
$40 7P&
$20+ 10A&
NH
NH
NH
NHB
NHB
$30 7P&
$15+ 7P
$60+ 7P&
$40 7P&
$20+ 10A
H
NH
NH
NH
NHB
$60 10A
$15+ 4P
$60+ 7P&
$40 12P
$20+ 10A
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHB
7P
10A&
10A
11A&
10A&
11A&
10A
10A
11A
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
O
NH
$50+ 7P
$15 10A
$25 10A&
$30 11A&
$16+ 10A&
$25 11A&
$12+ 10A&
$30+ 10A
$20 11A
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
O H/L
NH
NH
$50+ 7P
$25 10A
$30 10A&
$30 11A&
$16+ 10A&
$25 11A&
$12+ 10A&
$30+ 10A
$20 11A
$50+ 10A
$25 10A&
$25 10A
$30 11A&
$16+ 10A&
$25 11A&
$12+ 10A&
$30+ 10A
$20 11A
NH
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NH
O
O
NH
$40 10A
$25 10A
$30 10A&
$30 11A&
$16+ 10A&
$25 11A&
$12+ 10A&
$30+ 10A
$20 11A
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
Artichoke Joe’s
11A
LH
$28+ 11A
LH
$25 6P
Bayy 101
Black Oak Casino, Tuolumne
Black Sheepp Inn, Cameron Park
Cache Creek
California Grand
Cameo Club, Stockton
Casino Club-Reddingg
y
Casino Marysville
Casino Real Cardroom
Casino Royale
y
Central Coast Casino, Grover Beach
Central Coast Casino, Paso Robles
9A&
11A
Spp L H
NH
$70+ 9A
$25 11A
Spp L H
NH
$50+ 9A
$25 11A
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
O
NH
L H/L
O H/L
Spp L HH
NH
H
$25+ 12P
6P
$17 11A
6P
$20 10A
$15+ 11A
F
10A
12P
6P
11A
NH
NH
$40+
$17 11A
10A
11A
NH
NH
10A
NH
$20 10A
$15+ 11A
10A
$5
NH
NH
NH
NH
LH
$48
$55+ 9A&
$25 11A
Spp L H
NH
$50+ 9A
$25 11A
O H/L
$55 6P
H
$10
NH
NH
O/8
NH
NH
$40+
$17 11A
$25+
$20 10A
$15+ 11A
10A
$25
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
GAMES BUY-IN
NH
NHB
NHB
NH
NH
$35+
$130
$130
$30+
$60
2P
Mx
$33
$120+ 1P
NH
$65+
$30+ 7P
NH
$50+
$25+ 1P&
NH
$50
$340 4A
NH
$65+
$20+ 1P
NH
$30+
$70 11A
NH
$35+
$120 4P
N H Deepstack
p
$95
3P
Pai Gow F
$5
Pai Gow F
$5 1P
NHF
$5
NH
$100 5P
NH
$100
NH
$55 11A
H
$5
NH
$20+ 4P
NH
$20+
NH
$40+ 12P
NH
$40+
NH
$40 5P
N H $50-$3Kguar
g
NH
$20+ 12P
NH
$7+
O H/L $22+ 10A
H
$22+
NH
$75 11A
N H $100+
NH
$25 2P Feb 15 F
$30K
NH
$40 1P&
NH
$45
NH
$30 11A&
NH
$30
NH
$36 10A&
NH
$16+
NH
$20 12P
NH
$20
NH
$12+ 10A
NH
$12+
O
$30+ 10A
LH
$25+
NH
$32 11A&
NH
$20
4P
7P
$45 11A
$20+ 4P
$110 12P
$40 11A&
$20+ 10A
10A
$40 10A
$25 10A
$25 11A
$30 11A&
$26+ 10A&
$25 12P
$12+ 10A
$30+ 10A
$57 11A&
6P
Spp L H
NH
$17
$20 10A
$15+ 11A
$5
10A
NH
NHB
NH
SUNDAY
$120+ 1P
NH
$30+ 7P
NH
1P
LH
NH
$65+ 4P Wk1&3 N H
NH
$155 6P
Mx
NH
$30+ 11A
NH
N H Deepstack
p
$225 3P
N H Sh
NH
NH
Casino Morongo
g
Casino Pauma
Fantasyy Springs,
p g Indio
Harrah’s Rincon
Lake Elsinore
Luckyy Ladyy
Oceans Eleven
Pechanga
g
Soboba
Spotlight
p g 29, Coachella
y
Sycuan
Valleyy View Casino
j
Viejas
Village
g Club
Angie’s
g
Poker Club, Chico
$50+ 11A
| SATURDAY |
GAMES BUY-IN|TIME
NH
NH
NH
$110 9A
$25 11A
Spp L H
NH
3P
NH
$20 10A
$30+
10A
$5
NH
NH
$125+ 9A
$25 11A
2P
10A
10A
$37 3P
11A
$20 10A
11A
$10
NH
$49+
Spp L H
NH
NH
$70+
$25
$55
LH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$55
$30+
$37
$65
$20
$60
DA I LY TO U R N A M E N T L I ST I N G S CO N T I N U E O N PAG E 2 1
J U LY 2 0, 2 0 0 9
19
Victim of Its Own Success
POKer AND THE LAW
By I. NELSON ROSE
Most casino regulatory systems are either too
new or too old.
When a system is new, regulators and lawmakers have freedom to play at being social
engineers. New regulators are often inflexible about allowing
rules to change to match real-world experience. This is how
you end up with docked riverboats throwing all their patrons
off the ships at the end of phantom cruises.
But if a system is too old, regulators become captives of the
casinos they are supposed to police.
Macau is unique in that it faces the best and worst of having a system that is both too new and too old. And most of
the problems this has caused have been ignored up to now,
because everyone was making so much money.
This year, Macau casinos will make more than all of the casinos in Las Vegas and Atlantic City combined.
Yet it’s hard to even know who owns the casinos.
Macau is the only jurisdiction in the world that licenses
operators and not casinos. In 1937 Macau gave the gaming
concession to a single company. But the company was not limited to one casino.
After the Portuguese left in 1999, the government of China
decided to end the monopoly. It was only fair for those companies winning the new concessions to also be allowed to operate
more than one casino.
One of the successful bidders was a partnership between
Galaxy Entertainment and Las Vegas Sands that fell apart.
Most regulators would have told the partners, “It’s your problem.” But since concessions were not limited to a single casino, the Macau government allowed Galaxy to have the concession and created a new law, creating a sub-concession for LVS.
The other concessions also had to be given this right. Wynn
Resorts, for example, sold its newly created sub-concession to
Melco-PBL for $900 million.
The three concessions had now turned into six, with no fixed
limit on the number of actual casinos.
Growth has been so explosive that when Macau’s Chief
Executive announced a freeze on new casinos and casino
expansions on April 22, 2008, after the initial shock, there was
a general sigh of relief. No one complained that this is not the
way to run a casino jurisdiction.
The Macau government had, without hearings, votes, or public input, simply said these are the new rules. And no one is
sure exactly what those rules are.
And continuing a practice that would never be tolerated by a
new casino regulator, Macau allowed the six licensees to have
revenue-sharing partnership deals with unlicensed individuals
and companies.
Like many jurisdictions, Macau has piled on a myriad of
separate fees and taxes. But unlike others, Macau taxes its
operators at different rates. And the details of the agreements
between the casinos and government have not all been made
public.
The effective tax rate is about 40 percent of gross gaming
revenue. Not only is this high, it is obviously too high. To get
around currency restrictions on high rollers from the Chinese
mainland, casino owners have made deals with junket operators: they also get about 40 percent—which leaves 20 percent
to cover all of the casinos’ expenses and profit.
Meanwhile, the Macau government is making so much money
that it sent checks for MOP $5,000 (about US $672) to every
resident.
Even Stanley Ho, owner of one of the concessions and one of
the richest men in the world, got MOP $5,000.
I wonder if he wrote a thank you note.
Professor I Nelson Rose is recognized as one of the
world’s leading experts on gambling law. His latest
books, Gaming Law: Cases and Materials and Internet
Gaming Law, are available through his website,
www.gamblingandthelaw.com.
20
J U LY 2 0, 2 0 0 9
X
X
X
X
Poker Player
Every other issue’s crossword
puzzle honors a poker
celebrity and will be about
that person’s life. Today’s puzzle
honors not a person but a place—Mohegan Sun Casino. Crossword by Myles Mellor.
Word
26. Poker pro, Huck
ACROSS
DOWN
28. Goes with 15 across
30. Sun lovers’ goals
1. Act without looking at
the cards (2 words)
5. Another word for call
31. Band aid
2. Another word for ace
7. Digital camera product
3. Fold
9. Poker pro and celebrity,
Jennifer
32. Howard Lederer’s
sister’s original first
name
10. Having a diamond or
heart flush (2 words)
33. Just barely beat someone
6. Moose
12. We will ___ him alive!
34. Stack the deck
7. Speed of the game
13. Big slick
37. Love, Spanish-style
8. Get rid of evidence after
cheating (2 words)
15. Fabulous Connecticut
gaming destination
(goes with 29 across)
39. Put money in the pot (2
words)
1. Position just out of the
money in a tournament
41. Conclusion about what
another player is holding
16. Pair of ladies
18. Nonsense!
42. Vietnamese poker pro,
J.C.
20. ____ “the Master”
22. Emotional highs
43. No, in Shakespeare’s
English
24. Getting good cards
1
2
3
4
7
9
5
6
18
14
16
22
28
27
29
34
37
41
38
42
35
36
39
40
43
The correct solution to the puzzle will be found
only at: www.pokerplayernewspaper.com.
It will be posted on the cover date.
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better, including: Mike Caro’s
bi-weekly tell, David Sklansky,
Stu Jacobs, Bobby Baldwin, A
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It’s a truly exciting issue! The
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21. Finish
23. Poker pro, Shorr
25. Ace, when playing low
29. Having one’s name on
a list to play for a particular game (2 words)
32. Percentage of the pot
kept by the management to pay expenses
32
33
19. Trademark, abbreviation
31. “I knew it!”
25
30
31
17. Leaves the game
30. Nashville state
23
24
26
17
19
21
14. Knock out, abbr.
28. Small, for short
15
20
11. Three 3’s in a lowball
game
27. Additional thing
11
12
13
5. Heart, for one
26. Poker pro, Surinder
8
10
4. Goose egg
35. Russell Crowe’s middle
name
36. “__ Which Way But
Loose” 1978 film
38. Whitney, for example
40. Des Moines’ state
Leibowitz, Bo Dunning, Georgia
Johnson, William Morris, Ron
Nadeau, Jack Keller, Sara
Creed, Cyndy Violette, Jackie
Jean, Terry Rogers, Eric
Drache, Tom McDonald, Glen
Gilbert, Abe Alpern, Milton
Butts, David Heyden, Rick
Greider, Don Maegan, Charles
Collier, Doyle Brunson, Minnie
Madden, Patti Lewis, Harry
Cadler, Si Forgette, Norman
Holbrook, George Tyrell, Bob
Quin, Lou Nova, Jack Smith,
Kenny Swint and David Chew.
Time. Some events &. ........ Additional
Limit Hold’em
start after the hour
gametimes. Call. N ..........No Limit
A, P ....... AM, PM
..... Hold’em L ................ Limit
Wk .............Week
.No Limit Hold’em
..........Stud
MONDAY
SOUTHWEST
CALIFORNIANORTH
AZ
CO
NM
Club One Casino, Fresno
Colusa Casino
Comstock Card Room, Tracyy
Del Rio Casino, Isleton
Feather Falls Cas., Oroville
The 500 Club, Clovis
Folsom Lake Bowl
Garden Cityy
Gold Countryy Cas.-Oroville
Gold Rush
Golden West-Bakersfield
Jackkson Ra
Ranc
ncheeriaa (114)
4)
Kelly’s
y Cardroom
Limelight
g Cardroom-Sac’to
Livermore Casino
Luckyy Buck Cardroom, Livermore
Luckyy Chances
Luckyy Derbyy Casino
Merced Poker Room
Mike’s Card Casino. Oakdale
Napa
p Valleyy Casino
Oaks Card Club-Emeryville
y
101 Club-Petaluma
Pastime Cardroom, Benicia
Pete’s 881 Club
Phoenix Casino
Poker Flats, Merced
River Rock Casino-Geyserville
y
y
Casino
San Pablo Lytton
Sho Ka Wah, Hopland
p
Tachi Palace Casino
Thunder Valleyy Casino, Lincoln
Turlock Poker Room
Wine Countryy Casino
Win-River Casino, Reddingg
Apache
p
Gold
Blue
Blu
ue Water
err C
Cas
asin
no (2
21))
y Casino
Bucky’s
Caasino
no Ariz..-Sco
cootttsdal
ale (1
(11))
Casino Del Sol
Cliff Castle
Fort McDowell
B ......... Bounties
T ............... Turbo
.7-Card Stud
..... Omaha Pi........Pineapple Pn......Panginque DCDealer’s Choice Sp ........... Spread
.5-Card Stud H/LHigh/Low Split Po........Pot Limit Mx .Mexican Poker HH ...Headhunter Al ......Alternates
DAILY TOURNAMENTS (CONT’D FROM PAGE 19)
|
TUESDAY
GAMES BUY-IN| TIME
NH
$75 7P&
TIME
7P&
6P
6P
NH
$15+
10A&
10A
7P
NH
Sp L
NH
7P
$40 10A&
$60+ 10A
$25+ 7P
10A&
GAMES BUY-IN|TIME
NH
$35+ 7P&
LH
$15
6P
NH
NH
H
NH
GAMES BUY-IN|TIME
NH
$55 7P&
6P
$66
$40 10A&
$40+ 10A
$50
7P
$20+ 6P
$30+ 10A&
NH
NH
Sp L
NH
NH
6P
$30+ 10A&
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$25 10A&
$25+ 11A
$25+ 9A
$175 9A
$14 9A
$7 11A&
0+ 10A
$60 6P
65+ 6P
$50
F
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$30+ 11A
$15 11A&
7P
NH
NH
NH
6P
$40 6P
NH
NH
$30+ 6P
$60 6P
$40 10A&
$40+ 10A
7P
$20+
$58
$30+ 10A&
NH
H
NH
$40 10A&
$40+ 10A
$50 12P
$25 10A&
$25+ 11A
$25+ 9A
$65+ 9A
$14 9A
$7 11A&
0+ 10A
$60
$80+
7P
7P
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$30+ 11A
$15 11A&
$55
NH
NH
6P
11A
11A&
NH
NH
NH
$25 10A&
$25+ 11A
$25+ 9A
$65+ 9A
$14 9A
$7 11A&
0+ 10A
$60 6P
10A
7P
7P
$80+
$30+ 11A
$15 11A&
5P
NH
$55+
1P&
10A&
10A
6P
NH
NH
NH
NH
7P
$22 1P&
$12 10A&
$20 10A
$20+ 6P
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$60 7P
$22 1P&
$12 10A&
$20 10A
$20+ 6P
6P
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
H
$50
$22 1P&
$12 10A&
$20 10A
$30 6P
$25+ 7P
7P
11A
10A
10A
12P&
NH
HZ
N H Sh
NH
12P
$60 7P
$10+ 10A
$25 10A
$13+ 12P&
H
NH
O H/L Z
L H Sh
NH
$25+
$130 7P
$10+ 10A
$25 10A&
$13+ 12P&
NH
Cz Pi Z
N H Sh
NH
$130 11A
$10+ 10A
$25 10A
$13+ 12P&
10A&
11A
9A
9A
9A
11A&
10A
6P
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
Gila River/Wild Horse Pass 12P
NH
$25+
Gila River-Vee Quiva
Harrah’s Ak Chin
Hon-Dah Casino
Paradise Casino
Gilpin
p Hotel & Casino
Midnight
g Rose-Cripple
pp Crk
Ute Mountain
Buffalo Thunder
Isleta Casino & Resort
Route 66 Casino
Sand
ndia
ia Casinoo (2
24)
11A
1P&
6P
7B
NH
Flop
$20 11A
$30+ 1P&
$10 6P
HB
NH
H Sh
12P&
8P
6P
6P
2P
11A
N H Sh
NH
H
NH
NH
NH
$10+ 12P&
$60 7P
$20+
$60 6P
$10+ 2P
$25 11A
7P
NHZ
NH
NH
NH
NH
Var
$24 12P&
$45 7P
$60 6P
$20+ 2P
$25 11A
$35
NH
NH
$25 10A&
$25+ 11A
$25+ 9A
$120
$14 9A
$7 11A&
0+ 10A
| SATURDAY |
GAMES BUY-IN|TIME
10P
NH
$30+ 4P
12P
LH
$15 6P
NH
$50 6P
$40 10A&
$60+
$35 12P
12P
2P
$60 10A
1PWk2
$25 10A&
$25+ 11A
$25+ 1P
NH
Sp L
NH
NH
NH
NH
O
NH
NH
$30+ 11A
$15 11A&
5P
11A
$60 11A
$10+ 10A
$25 10A
$13+ 12P&
$20 11A
$30+ 1P&
$10 6P
NH
NHZ
L H Sh
NH
Men H
NAI
HB
NH
O H/L
$20
$30+ 1P&
$25
N H Sh
NH
$10+ 12P&
$35 7P
NHZ
NH
$24 12P&
$55+ 2P
NH
NH
NH
$60 6P
$5+ 2P
$25 11A
NH
NH
NH
$60 6P
$20+ 2P
$25 11A
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
Pi
N H Sh
NH
$25+
SUNDAY
GAMES BUY-IN|TIME
GAMES BUY-IN
O
$14+ 12P&
NH
$50
NH
$30+ 2P Wk2 N H
$170
NH
$40+ 12P
NH
$40+
LH
$15
NH
$40
2P
NH
F
NH
$40 10A&
NH
$40
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$25 9A
$7 11A&
0+ 10A
9A&
NH
NH
NH
NH
12P
$75
$15 5P
10A
9P
$55+ 5P
$35+ 11A
NH
$50
F
$22
$12 10A&
$20 10A
$30
$20
$25
HB
NH
H
FRIDAY
$50 10A
NH
NH
NH
NH
O H/L
HB
12P
$20 11A
$30+ 1P&
F 6P
|
GAMES BUY-IN|TIME
NH
$85
NH
$15+ 6P
Z........ Freezeout Sh ........Shootout
Cz ............. Crazy + Re-buys and/or
E...... Elimination Add-ons allowed
Q ............Qualify F ............Freeroll
$30+ 12P
$20 7P
$5+ 2P
$60 10A&
$100+
$25 1P
$25+ 7P
$45+ 5P
9A
$60 11A
$7 11A&
0+ 10A
$40 9A&
1P
5P
$12 10A&
$20 10A
11A
NH
NH
NH
12P
$60 10AWk4
$10+
$25 11A
$13+ 12P&
H
NH
$55+ 6P
11A
$40
$55
$65 9P
$75 5P
$35+
3P
$12 10A&
$20+ 4P
$20 4P
3P
2P
$25+ 1P
$150
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$30+
$20+
$15+
$120
NH
NH
NH
NH
Lad N H
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$50
$60
$60+
$225
$30
$7
0+
$40
$125
$20+
O/8
NH
$45+
$50
NH
NH
$65
$15
NH
NH
NH
NH
H
O H/L
7F
$55
$12
$65
$40
$20+
$25
$80+ 10A
$13+ 12P&
O Sh
NH
$25
$13+
11A
$60 12P&
$10
$13 1P
$20+ 12P&
$60 12P
12P
6P
$5+ 2P
$18 11A
12P
HB
NH
$20
$60
H
NH
NH
7
NH
NH
NH
Var
$13
$20+
$55
$15
$110
$5+
$25
$35
12P
NH
NH
NH
NH
$30+ 12P&
3P
1P
$10+ 12P&
F 12P
$110
$20+ 2P
$25 7P
NH
H
O H/L
NH
NH
NH
NH
DA I LY TO U R N A M E N T L I ST I N G S CO N T I N U E O N PAG E 23
Borgata Summer Open
EVENT #11
BORGATA SUMMER POKER OPEN
EVENT #13
BUY-IN $300 + $50
BUY-IN $1,000 + $80
PLAYERS 124
PRIZE
POOL
PLAYERS 150
PRIZE POOL
$124,000
James Boyle . . . . . . $15,000
Paul Kitsos . . . . . . . . $15,000
Joanne Dorin . . . . . $15,000
Dominic Reggimenti $15,000
Michael Dostaler . . $15,000
Dzmitry Zybiko . . . $15,000
Emil Mardakhayev $15,000
EVENT #12
$45,000
Mark Jones
1. Mark Jones . . . . . . . $13,859
2. Aaron Gustovson . . . $7,650
EVENT #10
BUY-IN $300 + $50
6/17/09
PLAYERS 340
BUY-IN $500 + $60
PLAYERS 115
PRIZE
POOL
PRIZE POOL
$102,000
$57,500
Richard Maurer . . . $16,675
Kevin Sivaneri . . . . . $9,775
Gregory Joslyn . . . . . $5,175
Michael Zduniak . . . $5,175
Phil Diep . . . . . . . . . . $2,875
6/16/09
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
HEADS UP—NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6/16/09
OMAHA HI/LO
8 OR BETTER
6/18/09
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BSO CHAMPIONSHIP
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Mark Scellato
1.
2.
3.
4.
Mark Scellato . . . . . $29,580
Michael Merkovich $17,136
Peter Leung . . . . . . . . $8,466
Alexander Hardy . . . $7,140
J U LY 2 0, 2 0 0 9
21
Nose Bleed Report: Durrrr Surges
in 16-Hour Session
ONLINE POKER
Paul “Dr. Pauly” McGuire
Sometimes, events get billed as the greatest
show on Earth—no disrespect to legendary
showman and circus owner P.T. Barnum—but those lofty events
often fail to live up to the hype and expectations. When the
“durrrr Challenge” was announced in January, many folks in
poker, myself included, thought that those heads-up matches
between Tom “durrrr” Dwan and his challengers would
become the greatest invention in the world since sliced bread.
However, after several months of sporadic play, the “durrrr
Challenge” was not as sexy as everyone thought, that was,
until one night in the middle of June.
They were only supposed to play for a brief amount of time,
but a short session quickly turned into a marathon heads-up
battle between Patrik Antonius and Tom “durrrr” Dwan. The
two regulars in the nose bleed stakes played almost 16 hours
in total and when the dust settled, durrrr walked away the
winner in the most talked about session since the inception
of the “durrrr Challenge.” That was the type of session that
poker fans expected to see during the initial stages of the
challenge.
Inside of a three hour period on June 19, Antonius and
durrrr were involved in three pots worth over $400,000 each
over at Full Tilt Poker. Antonius and durrrr played $200-$400
pot-limit Omaha as a part of the “durrrr Challenge” that many
insiders and fans thought would become a casualty during the
hectic World Series of Poker. Those lucky few who were on the
rail during the heads-up match caught a remarkable session
where more than $5 million was put into play over a span of
4,500 hands.
Out of the ten largest pots played between the two pros,
nine of them occurred on the June 19 session. Durrrr got
the better of Antonius and booked a win worth $764,000. At
the same time, durrrr maintained an overall advantage of
$726,500 through 30 sessions. At this juncture, they have
completed approximately 20,500 hands but are less than
half way through the 50,000 hand challenge. They have bet
through almost a staggering $160 million since the outset.
Although durrrr dominated Antonius for most of the June
19 session, Antonius won the largest pot worth over $477,555.
Antonius opened with a raise to $1,200. Durrrr made it $3,600
to go in the big blind. Antonius bumped it back up to $6,000.
Durrrr potted to $18,000 and Antonius called. The flop was
Qs-6s-6d. Durrrr checked. Antonius bet $16,400. Durrrr
check-raised to $47,100 and Antonius called. The turn was the
9h. Durrrr fired out $54,600 and Antonius shoved all in for
$173,600. Durrrr had him covered and called. Durrrr held a full
house with 9c-8d-7d-6c for sixes full of nines, while Antonius
was way ahead with Kc-Qh-Qd-9d. The Finnish pro flopped a full
house with queens full and it held up. Unfortunately, that would
be the only significant pot that he’d win the entire session.
Durrrr collected pots worth $408,394, $376,790, and
$353,759 en route to his thumping of Antonius. Alas, the wunderkind legend of durrrr grows. During his marathon session
against Antonius, durrrr played a series of heads-up matches
against Gus Hansen, Phil Ivey, and young Russian Alexander
Kostritsyn. Ivey took on durrrr during the dinner break of one
of his WSOP events. Ivey had been running hot at the 2009
WSOP and collected two bracelets, and there were rumors
that he won $14 million in various bracelet prop bets. Over
at the virtual tables, Ivey’s streak continued as he won over
$816,000 online at Full Tilt since the beginning of June.
Since the WSOP kicked off, the big online winners included
durrrr (+$1.1 million) and luckexpress10 (+$898,000), while
the big losers in June included Gus Hansen (-$1.1 million),
Bomberman (-$988,503), and LarsLuzak (-$501,000).
Paul ‘Dr. Pauly’ McGuire is the author of the upcoming
book ‘Lost Vegas’. You can read his poker blog, Tao of
Poker, over at www.taopoker.com.
22
J U LY 2 0, 2 0 0 9
With most of us are busier
than ever, it’s more and
more difficult to find time
to play poker. When you
are finally able to carve out
a few hours from your hectic schedule to dash into
the poker room, you want
chime in with a smart comment, or boast loudly that
he knew what the other
guy was holding the whole
time.
He showed every single
bluff he pulled off, and
blasted others as “lucky
Poker and the
Annoying Guy
POKER COUNSELOR
By John Carlisle, MA, NCC
to have a winning and
enjoyable session. Because
winning every time is an
impossible feat—even for
poker’s very best—we
can’t rely on that to be the
only criteria that keeps us
coming back.
The cards we are dealt,
and a goodly portion of
luck, have a big impact on
wins and losses. We’ve all
played very good poker
only to lose all of our
money for the night, but
we love the game and can
still have a very enjoyable,
satisfying session even if
we break even or come out
behind.
We enjoy the challenge,
the competition, and the
camaraderie that often
comes with playing the
game. Even at the most
tense tournaments that I’ve
played in, there is always
great table chatter, jokes,
and fun that come along
with decisions that may
sway the huge prize pool.
This is why we can feel
cheated if we are forced to
play poker with an annoying person who seems to
ruin the fun flow of the
game.
After grinding out another thankless 60 hour work
week pushing papers for
his grumpy boss, Dave just
could not wait to unwind
at have fun at a buddy’s
Friday night home game.
The regular crew at this
single table cash game had
a new addition that night.
The young gunslinger
with thick, dark sunglasses
and his ball cap on backwards seemed out of place
among the otherwise easygoing, middle-aged crowd.
It only took a few hands
for Dave to confirm his
initial hunch. The gunslinger was cocky, loud,
rude, and rather disrespectful toward other players.
After every hand he’d
donks” anytime they
caught him bluffing. He
played too many hands,
bluffed way too often, and
talked trash far too much.
Despite the fact that he
was slowly draining his
chip stacks off to Dave and
his regular poker cronies,
my friend was frustrated
and disgusted.
Winning this guy’s chips
should have been enough
of a payoff for having to
put up with his foolish
antics, but on this particular night that was not the
case. Already emotionally and physically worn
after a long work week,
Dave did not have the
fortitude to push though
this guy’s annoying habits. Uncharacteristically,
Dave gave up a potential
poker payday and excused
himself from the game
well before the gunslinger
busted out. Instead, he
headed out to meet up
with a group of friends at
the local off-track betting
parlor to lose some money
betting the ponies.
A hardened professional poker player would
never dare to leave a game
that had a dead money
gunslinger hemorrhaging
chips. To Dave, any many
recreational players like
him, annoying guys can
spoil our poker fun and
force us to leave. While it
is true that many amateurs
seek profit when we play
the game, we also recognize that it’s our escape.
Like all pastimes, we hope
to enjoy some laughs,
relaxation, camaraderie,
and relief from our daily
stresses while we enjoy
our chosen hobby of poker.
While some annoying guys
may be good sources of
poker profits, the benefit
of an increased win might
not offset the cost of a
less-than-enjoyable poker
evening.
I couldn’t fault my
buddy for choosing to lose
money betting horses with
friends that he liked, rather
than winning money at a
poker table where he was
miserable. For amateurs,
winning is sometimes less
about the money in the
chip rack and more about
an enjoyable emotional
escape.
Now go make it happen.
John Carlisle is a National
Certified Counselor with
a Master’s degree in
Counseling Psychology from
West Virginia University.
Contact John at
pokercounselor@yahoo.com
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$20 9A
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$25
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NHB
NH
NH
10A
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5P
NH
NH
NH
$30 10A
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$13+ 5P
NH
NH
NH
$30 10A
$20 11A
$13+ 5P
NH
NH
NH
7P
7P
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7P
6P
NH
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NH
H
7P
6P
6P
9A&
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NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$30+
$44
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NH
NH
NH
NH
5P&
3P
10A&
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7P
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHZ
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NH
NH
NH
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11A
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7P
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$60 7P
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NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
2-10P
6P
$40
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$55+ 6P
12P
1P&
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7P
7P
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
6P Wk3
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6P
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4A&
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6P&
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12P
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$20+ 1P
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$20 9A
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$35 11A
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NH
NH
H
$75+
NH
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NH
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$80 1P
NH
$65+
NH
$20+ 7P
NHB
$25 6P&
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$25+ 1P&
NH
$60 6P&
NH
$100 12P
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$65 12P&
NH
$55+ 6P
NH
$125 7P
NH
$150 12P&
NH
$60+ 2P&
8P
$35 7PWk1
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
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NHB
NH
NH
NHB
NHB
Var
$110 7P
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NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$65 7P
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$75 6P&
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$27+ 7P
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$40
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$60 7P
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$50
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$10+ 6P
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$150+ 6P
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$40 11A
$40 7P
$60 10A
$60 7P
$50 12P&
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$15 6P
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1P
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6P
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6P
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Pi
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$20
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NH
NH
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$65+ 2P
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$50-200 4P
$165
$30 3P
H
$25+
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NH
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$50 3P
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$110
NH
$25+
NH
$75
H
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
H
NH
NH
$18+
$20+
$20
$35
$20
$20
$35
$50+
$28+
O/8
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$25+
1P
$20+ 1P
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$20 4P
$35 11A
$30+ 12P
$13+ 11A
$35
$65 11A
10A
$40 7P
$65 10A
O H/L
NH
NH
NH
$65
$35
$115
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$20+ 1P
$20 9A
$35 12P
$20 9A
$20 4P
$35 11A
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5P
$65 11A
$35
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10A
$30
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NH
NH
NH
NH
H
NH
NH
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NH
NH
NH
NH
$20
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H
$20+
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NH
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NH
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$30+ 7P
$10+ 4P
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7P
NH
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2P
$30+ 6P
3P
$560 12P
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$60 2P
$75 1P&
$50+ 1P&
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$50 10A&
$65+ 12P
$340 6P
$87 7P
$65 7P
$120 12P
NHZ
H
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$60
$40
$30+
$88
$340
$75
$60+
$60
$50
$50+
$85+
$50
$55+
$120
$58
$65
$60
$120 10A
6P
$90 11A&
$20+ 3P&
Var 12P
NH
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NH
NH
NH
$50
$120
$125
$60
$25+
N H/O
NH
$10+
$90
$200+
$200 8A&
NH
$60 3P
NH
$35+ 6P
NHB
2P
NH
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5P
NH
LH
F$5+ 12P
NH
$10+ 12P
7
NHZ
$25 12P
NH
$50+ 12P
NH
$40 2P
NH
$110 12P
NH
NH
$55 4P
NH
$55 12P&
NH
N H Sat $40 + 12P
NH
$60
$80
$25+
$25+
$30+
$50+
$15+
$10+
$30+
$25
$35
NH
NH
O H/L
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
Terminator
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$75 2P&
$60 2P
$20+ 5P&
$50 1P&
$80+ 1P
$50 10A&
$60+ 12P
$225 6P&
$37+ 12P
$65 7P
$60 10A
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHZ
NH
NH
NH
$60 10A
Deepstack
p
NH
$70 11A&
11A&
Var
NH
NH
NH
Poker League
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$95 10A
Poker League
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$95
N H Sh
$70 12P&
NH
$40+
NH
$65
2P
11A
NH
LH
NH
NH
NH
$50
$65+
$80 10A
$30+ 6P
$35+ 6P
NHZ
NH
NH
N H Sat
NH
12P
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$140 1P&
$35 12P
$30 7P
NH
NH
NH
$55+
$60
20+ 7P
$120 5P&
$55 1P&
$65+ 4P
2P
NHB
$50 6P&
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NH
$60 6P&
NH
$100 12P
Sit N Go
$42 12P&
NH
$100 1P&
NH
$200 6P
7P
NHB
$150 12P&
NHB
$150 7P
NHB
NHZ
NH
NH
$120
$25
4P
$50
NH
$11+
NH
$180 6P
NH
$50 9A&
NH
$75 6P&
NH
$40 6P
N H League
g
$40 7P
NH
$50 5P&
NH
$80+ 3P
NH
$50 10A&
LH
$30+ 4P
NH
$120 6P
NHZ
$57 7P
NH
$65 7P
N H Deepstack
p
$90 11A
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NH
$35
NH
$60
$60+
$100 2P
$15+ 2P
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
H
NH
NH
H
SUNDAY
NH
NHZ Deepstack
p
NH
$50+ 7P
$0+ 3PWk1&3
NH
NH
$25 7P
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NH
$35 10A
10A
NH Deepstack
p
$120 6P
NH
NH
NH
NH
$30 10A
$20 11A
$13+
F $100
$10+ 7P
$200 12-10P Sit N Go $55/100
$25+
$25+ 12P
$25 1P&
$35 12P&
$40+ 6P&
$65+
6P
$120+ 6P
FRIDAY
NH
$65+ 2P
NH
$30 11A&
Po O $100-300 6P
NH
$115 11A
NH
$45 7P
Tahoe $25+ 4P
H/L
7P
6P
NH
$33+
N O H/L $20+ 1P
NH
$20 9A
NH
$35 12P
NH
$20 9A
NH
$20 4P
H
$35 11A
Lad N H $25+ 12P
NH
$13+ 11A
NH
$45
NH
$65 11A
NH
$40 10A
$65 10P
7P
6P
7P
1P
11A
7P
$30+ 7P
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
H
NH
NH
$25+ 4P
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NH
$35 10A
10A
NH
$60
NH
$20 10A
$30+
$10+
MI
MN
GAMES BUY-IN|TIME
NH
$35 10A
10A
Po O
$60 7P
NH
$20 10A
NH
$20+
NH
$25+ 6P
NH
$30 11A&
NHZ
$50 6P
NH
$60 1P
NHB
$35 7P
1P
9A
12P
9A
4P
11A
12P
11A
7P
7P
10A
10P
IL
IN
GAMES BUY-IN|TIME
NH
$35 10A
10A
NH
$60 7P
NH
$20 10A
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NH
$65+ 6P
NH
$30 11A&
Sit and Go
$25 7P
NH
$60 1P
NH
$30+ 7P
12P
$50 12P&
$40+ 1P
$35+ 1P
12P
12P
NH
60+ 4P
NH
$120+ 11A&
NH
$100 1P&
NH
$65+ 2P
N H Sh
$35
NH
$100 6P&
N H DeepStack
p $600 2P&
NH
$60 6P&
NH
$100 10A
Sit N Go
$45 12P&
NH
$100 1P&
NH
$200 6P
NH
$150 7P
NH
$100 12P&
NH
$150 2P&
F+
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
Var
$115
Var
N H Lad
20+
NH
$35+ 1P&
NH
$100 1P&
NH
$130+ 4P
NHB
NH
NH
NH
Sit N Go
NH
NH
NH
NH
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$100 5P&
$60 1P
$120 6P&
$100 12P
$45 12P&
$200 12P&
$200 6P
$130
$65 12P&
$200 2P&
BNH
NH
$65+
$70
$130+
NHB
$50
N H DeepStack
p $600
NH
$60
N H Deepstack
p
Varies
Sit N Go
$45
NH
$100
NH
$200
NHB
NH
$150
$120
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World Series Of Poker
EVENT #36
2009 WORLD
SERIES OF POKER
EVENT #41
6/21/09
SHOOTOUT—NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
PLAYERS 1,695
Jordan Smith
EVENT #40
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
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BUY-IN $5,000
PLAYERS 363
PRIZE POOL
BUY-IN $10,000
PLAYERS 295
$1,706,100
PRIZE POOL
Richard Austin
Matthew Graham . $679,402
Vitaliy Lunkin . . . $419,832
Van Marcus . . . . . . $278,409
Robin Keston . . . . $196,994
Ferit Gabriellson . $148,439
Stefan Mattsson . . . $118,463
Josh Arieh . . . . . . . . $99,856
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6/20/09
Matthew
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Jordan Smith . . . . . $586,212
Ken Lennaard . . . . $360,439
Laurence Grondin $237,537
Joe Morneau . . . . . $166,584
Anthony Roux . . . . $120,311
Pat Atchison . . . . . . $95,631
Almira Skripchenko $78,664
EVENT #35
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2. Andrew H
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3. Max Lykov . . . . . . $145,062
4. Danny Wong . . . . . $105,609
5. Nasr El Nasr . . . . . . $82,697
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
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Sorel Mizzi . . . . . . $253,048
Cliff Josephy . . . . . $166,771
Dan Hindin . . . . . . $116,748
Rifat Pavlevic . . . . . $86,516
Felipe Ramos . . . . . . $67,663
EVENT #34
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NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $1,500
PLAYERS 2,095
EVENT #39
BUY-IN $1,500
$2,859,675
$3,705,974
Ray Foley
Ray Foley . . . . . . . $657,969
Brandon Cantu . . . $403,951
Wei Mu . . . . . . . . . $269,609
Alex Jacob . . . . . . . $190,857
Tyler Spalding . . . $143,421
Jonathan Markham $114,514
Chairud Vangchailued $96,355
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
BUY-IN $2,000
PRIZE POOL
PLAYERS 446
$1,739,000
PRIZE POOL
Greg Mueller
6/18/09
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1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
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Matthew Hawrilenko $100,688
Matthew Glantz . . . $80,342
Michael Brummelhuis $67,647
EVENT #32
BUY-IN $10,000
PLAYERS 164
PRIZE
POOL
Jeffrey Lisandro . . $431,656
Farzad Rouhani . . . $266,804
Mike Wattel . . . . . $176,605
Frank Mariani . . . $124,684
Yan Chen . . . . . . . . . $93,513
Abraham Mosseri . . $74,258
Doyle Brunson . . . . $62,234
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EVENT #37
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LIMIT HOLD’EM
Marc Naalden . . . . $190,770
Steve Cowley . . . . . $117,902
Ian Johns . . . . . . . . . $77,576
Tam Hang . . . . . . . . . $54,182
Alex Keating . . . . . . $39,977
Danny Qutami . . . . $31,088
Jared Odell . . . . . . . $25,439
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6/19/09
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1.
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5.
6.
7.
Eric Baldwin . . . . . $521,932
Jonas Klausen . . . . $322,371
James Taylor . . . . . $213,046
Benjamin Scholl . . $150,133
Roland de Wolfe . . $112,957
Andrew Youngblood $89,222
Steven Bradbury . . $74,352
EVENT #33
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EVENT #38
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6/20/09
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of the proportional payoff
system where first place
only gets a fraction of the
winnings after gathering
all the chips, second place
a smaller fraction, and so
on down the line. I hate
that because first place gets
penalized and – as a result
– poker is played upside
down. In the pursuit of profit, you must sacrifice all the
daring, long-range moneymaking finesse plays that
you could use to establish
superiority in a non-tournament game.
In other words, you
sacrifice skill and play to
survive. But I’m playing
anyway, because, well, it’s
the World Series of Poker
and any grievances I have
about tournaments in general are petty in comparison
to stature of the WSOP in
particular.
Besides, the WSOP
offered some shoot-out and
heads-up events that are
structured just the way I like
them to be.
Question 3: You sometimes word your advice
about surviving in a proportional payoff tournament in a strange way.
It’s something about not
wanting to win. What is it
exactly?
You’ve got that wrong.
Not wanting to win has
nothing to do with it.
Sometimes I just like to
state the truth in shocking
terms, and so I love saying
that the correct strategy for
a proportional payoff poker
tournament is to avoid taking first place.
It’s completely correct,
as strange as it sounds. That
doesn’t mean you don’t
want to win. It just means
you want to back into a victory, while sacrificing your
best opportunities to win
first place by playing to
survive. If you take fourth
place, as an example, you’re
rewarded, because you’ve
lost all your chips and still
have won money. Survival
is key.
Question 4: Any rules at
the Series that annoy you?
Yes, but it’s not the fault
of the WSOP. All major
tournaments have adopted
this same new rule and it’s
driving me crazy – or crazier, whatever.
It actually came up in an
event I played this year at
the Series. I was heads-up,
giggling and mumbling
about the cards showing
on the board, attempting to
get a read on my opponent,
who had bet on the previous
round and again now. There
was something like A-4Q-K-10 showing at the river
and I had a pair of queens. I
was saying, “Wouldn’t you
be concerned about the jack
if you actually had a big
pair?” As I’m speaking these
words, I’m gauging my
opponent’s reaction.
The dealer then informed
me that you can’t speculate
aloud about a hand. I didn’t
know that. I knew there was
an absurd rule stating that
you can’t tell the truth about
your hand – meaning if I say
“All I can tell you for sure
is that I don’t have a pair of
aces,” then I must have a
pair of aces or I’m in violation of the rule.
I think not being able
to speculate about a hand
heads-up is even worse, and
certainly not good for either
the soul of poker or televised play-by-play drama.
Humor me. Change these
rules, please. By the way, I
called and won the pot.
I believe there’s a place
on this planet for a game
where you have flushes, full
houses, and pairs, but can’t
speculate aloud about your
hands. That’s perfectly okay
with me. But please don’t
call it poker, because that
name is already taken.
Question 5: Will you
survive day one?
Probably. Sorry, I’ve got
to leave now.
Mike Caro is widely regarded as the world’s foremost
authority on poker strategy,
psychology, and statistics. A
renowned player and founder
of Mike Caro University of
Poker, Gaming, and Life
Strategy, he is known as
“the Mad Genius of Poker,”
because of his lively delivery of concepts and latest
research. You can visit him at
www.poker1.com or e-mail
him at mike@caro.com.
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Online Poker Funds Seized
by NY District Court
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BY Jennifer Newell
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It started with the usual rumblings. Several
players wrote on poker forums that their
withdrawal payments from Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars
were invalid. Checks were bouncing and funds transfers
were not completing. But the number of complaints grew at
an unusually rapid pace until it became a full-blown concern.
Then the truth came out: More than $30 million in funds
were seized from major U.S. banks, all of which pertained to
online poker companies, and it was ordered by the Southern
District of New York.
The order officially came from Assistant U.S. Attorney
for the SDNY, Arlo Devlin-Brown, and it was precise. Freeze
the accounts of several banks associated with online poker
accounts—Citibank, Alliance, and Goldwater—on the basis
that they “... constitute property involved in money laundering transactions and illegal gambling offenses.” This seizure
of funds occurred in numerous states and affected countless poker players. Though online poker sites were able to
skirt the freeze, albeit after the hassle of it happening in
the first place, by opening new accounts and asking players
to request their transactions again, the prosecutor’s harsh
words and actions were enough to garner the attention
of the entire poker community as well as the mainstream
media.
As for the poker industry, the Poker Players Alliance
immediately came to the defense of players by writing to
Devlin-Brown on June 8 to request “notice and the opportunity to be heard with respect to any warrant the AUSA may
seek...” PPA Executive Director John Pappas also added in
the publicly-released letter, “The PPA will pursue every legal
course available to ensure that poker players’ funds are not
seized and their right to play online poker is protected.”
Pappas contended that the PPA should have standing in the
case because the property seized belonged to quite a few of
its 1.2 million members.
PPA Chairman Alfonse D’Amato released a statement as
well to note his disappointment in the actions and insist
that any seized monies should be released immediately.
“The PPA is coordinating a legal strategy to appropriately
protect PPA members who are impacted by the Southern
District’s actions,” he wrote. “Seizure of money without
judicial authority and litigation tactics inconsistent with
previously stated Department of Justice policy appear to be
the type of conduct that the Department has recently committed to change.”
Hearings should be scheduled in the coming weeks, and
the Southern District of New York may issue a response to
the PPA during that period of time. Until then, poker players
need to stand up and be heard. Presumably, tens of thousands of poker players were affected by the attempted seizure of funds, and it must be the players who let the SDNY
and members of Congress know exactly the hardships these
actions caused.
At the time this article goes to press, there is no news on
the progress, or lack thereof, of the case.
What people can do now is to contact their political
representatives through one of two major poker organizations—Poker Players Alliance (www.thePPA.org) or Safe and
Secure Internet Gambling Initiative (www.SafeAndSecureIG.
com). It is of the utmost importance to become active in
the fight before the Department of Justice is able to have
its way with any funds they deem related to gambling. Only
the voices of the masses can change the trend.
Jennifer Newell is a compulsive writer. In addition to
Poker Player Newspaper, she writes for numerous publications and blogs at Pokerati.com as California Jen. In her
little bit of spare time, she plays poker, too.
Contact her at jen3351@msn.com.
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DATE
EVENT
LOCATION
May 27-July 15
May 28-July 10
May 28-July 16
>July 2-19
July 21-25
June 22-28
>July 22-Aug 1
July 23-Aug 2
>July 23-Aug 11
>July 25-27
>July 25-Aug 2
>July 28-Aug 30
Aug 3-9
Aug 7-24
Aug 12-23
Aug 14-23
>Aug 15-17
>Aug 18-23
>Aug 24-30
Aug 26-30
>Sep 3-14
>Sep 10-27
Sep 18-Oct 1
>Sep 24-Oct 11
Oct 1-18
Oct 7-11
>Oct 11-19
>Oct 30-Nov 17
Nov 1-25
>Nov 6-22
>Nov 26-Dec 13
Dec 3-10
World Series of Poker
Rio All-Suites Hotel, Las Vegas, NV
Mega Stack Series
Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, NV
Deep Stack Extravaganza III
The Venetian, Las Vegas, NV
Stars and Stripes
The Bicycle Casino (Ad Pg 3), Bell Gardens, CA
ANZPT Queenstown
SKYCITY, Queenstown, NZ
Summer Poker Classic
Turning Stone Resort & Casino, Verona, NY
Summer Showdown
Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, NY
Summer Pot of Gold
Grand Sierra Resort & Casino, Reno, NV
World Poker Open
Gold Strike Hotel Casino (Ad Pg 7), Robinsonville, MS
Washington State Ch’ship
Muckleshoot Casino (Ad Pg 12), Auburn, WA
Eureka Mesquite Open
Eureka Casino Hotel (Ad Pg 4), Mesquite, NV
Legends of Poker
LSOP Panama
Majestic Casino, Panama City, Panama
Mega Stack Showdown
Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, NV
Asian Poker Tour Macau
StarWorld Hotel & Casino, Macau, China
Empire State Hold’Em Ch’ship
Turning Stone Resort & Casino, Verona, NY
Arizona State Poker Ch’ship
Casino Arizona (Ad Pg 11), Scottsdale, AZ
Megastack Challenge XIII
Foxwoods Casino (Ad Pg 27), Ledyard, CT
WinStar World Ch’ship Series Tourn. WinStar Casino (Ad Pg 13), Thackerville, OK
Edmonton Poker Classic
Casino Edmonton, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Gulf Coast Poker Championship Beau Rivage Resort & Casino (Ad Pg 5), Biloxi, MS
Commerce Hold’Em Series
Commerce Casino (Ad Pg 28), Commerce, CA
WSOP Europe
Casino at the Empire, London, UK
Big Poker Oktober
Fall Pot of Gold
Canadian Poker Championship Casino Yellowhead, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Heartland Poker Tour Event
Downstream Casino Resort, Quapaw, OK
Cherokee Open
Cherokee Casino, Tulsa, OK
Deep Stack Extravaganza IV
The Venetian, Las Vegas, NV
L.A. Open
Commerce Casino (Ad Pg 28), Commerce, CA
Turkey Shoot/Ho-Ho Hold’em The Bicycle Casino (Ad Pg 3), Bell Gardens, CA
Winter Pot of Gold
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6/25/09
DEEP STACK EXTRAVAGANZA 3
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BUY-IN $550
PLAYERS 664
PRIZE
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1.
2.
3.
4.
Julian Thew . . . . . . . $89,708
Michael Mercaldo . $46,455
Daniel Steele . . . . . . $25,630
Jerry Savino . . . . . . $22,427
6/24/09
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $330
PLAYERS 914
PRIZE
POOL
1. Arthur Tate . . . . . . . $68,803
2. Charles Chattha . . . $36,515
3. Devin Cloninger . . . $21,168
6/23/09
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $330
PLAYERS 962
PRIZE
POOL
$278,499
1. Jesse Fujarczyk . . . $72,418
2. Jeff Schachter . . . . . $38,433
3. Martin Bertschi . . . $22,280
6/22/09
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $550
PLAYERS 500
PRIZE
POOL
1. Dimitri Tholen . . . . $74,806
2. Alex Maturi . . . . . . . $39,758
BUY-IN $550
PLAYERS 274
PRIZE
POOL
1. Carl Edwards . . . . . $72,614
2. Mihai Manole . . . . . $38,600
6/21/09
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $1,070
PLAYERS 334
PRIZE
POOL
$132,205
1. Karl Mahrenholz . . . $40,986
2. Humberto Kim . . . . $23,797
6/20/09
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $550
PLAYERS 384
PRIZE
POOL
$185,280
1. Jay Greenspan . . . . $57,438
2. Jordan Kewicz . . . . $30,108
6/19/09
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $550
PLAYERS 515
PRIZE
POOL
$248,488
6/18/09
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
$322,310
6/18/09
POT LIMIT OMAHA
$241,250
BUY-IN $550
PLAYERS 444
PRIZE
POOL
1. Shawn McBride . . . $99,913
2. Andrei Martsev . . . $58,016
$264,603
$214,230
1.
2.
3.
4.
Joseph Calderon . . . $66,413
Osmin Dardon . . . . $34,812
Jom Lagas . . . . . . . . $17,138
Nikolay Karman . . . $14,996
6/17/09
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $550
PLAYERS 698
PRIZE
POOL
$336,785
1. Philip Warner Cole $94,296
2. Robert Matthews . . $48,834
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