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At the Bike, Mazhari 2011 WSOP: Lamb Leads for POY,
Makes Quantum Leap November Niners Excel,
While Kim LAPS the Field Plus Some New and
Repeat Bracelet Winners
The Bicycle Casino has had
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In their Quantum Reload
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27 year-old Canadian pro
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Jarvis, who was knocked
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By K. Preston Oade, J.D.
& Arthur S. Reber, Ph.D.
[Editor’s Note: Much
of what has been written
about Black Friday is not
correct. Here, a lawyer and
a psychologist outline the
law, discuss the psychology
of the situation, and urge
players to keep playing
online.]
1. No federal law makes
playing online poker illegal. The Unlawful Internet
Gambling Enforcement Act
(UIGEA) did not change
existing federal gambling
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transmission of wagers that
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1961. Thus if it is not illegal under the Wire Act, it is
not illegal under UIGEA.
Federal Courts have ruled
that the Wire Act does not
apply to poker, but only
covers sports betting.
While the UIGEA references state laws, only a
very few states, such as
Washington and Nevada,
specifically prohibit playing
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2. It is not illegal for a
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With the 2011 World
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a former November Niner,
and a mix of familiar names
and unknowns capturing the
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Las Vegas’ own Ben
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Caro’s Word: “Watch”
POKER NEWS
real-world poker
games, tells can
account for most of
your profit. But in order to
take advantage, you need
to watch closely. And you
need to know what to watch.
Today’s self-interview provides some advice and some
secrets.
Question 1: How can tells
account for most of your
profit? Isn’t that an exaggeration?
It would be an exaggeration and a falsehood had I said
that tells will account for most
of your profit. Instead, I said
they can. But it’s sort of a parlor trick using words.
Here’s the deal. Let’s say
you’re a fairly sophisticated
player who can overcome the
rake and break exactly even.
You’ve overcome obstacles.
And you should be proud.
Fine. But let’s say you
did it without knowing anything about tells. Now you
study and practice tells and
find yourself making $35 an
hour. Well, it’s reasonable to
assume that your entire profit
is being made by tells. If you
were previously losing $10 an
hour and now make $15 an
hour, then your entire profit
plus $10 an hour is accounted
for by tells. If you had been
earning $28 an hour and
you now earn $40 an hour,
then tells account for $12 an
hour—not most of your profit,
but still a large chunk of it.
So, how much of your
profit from tells depends on
how well you play without
them and how efficiently you
use them. They might only
cut your losses. Or they might
quadruple your winnings, if
you move from $50 an hour to
$200 an hour.
Question 2: I’m having
trouble spotting tells. Why
can’t I see them?
It’s probably because
you’re looking at too many
things and too many opponents at once. Try focusing on
just one player at a time. After
you’ve learned to spot some
tells, you’ll automatically see
more without concentrating on
those players.
Question 3: In your
book on tells, you say that
you should first determine
whether an opponent is acting. But, how do I know if
an opponent is acting?
Try to determine if every
By Haley Hintze
MAGUIRE, KAPLAN NAMED IN
PONZI-SCHEME CLAWBACK SUIT
A high-stakes LA home game featuring Spider-Man star Tobey Maguire,
veteran poker commentator Gabe Kaplan (originally of “Welcome
Back, Kotter” fame), Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck,
Dan Cassavetes and several prominent Hollywood businessmen is the
center of a controversy involving former hedge-fund manager Bradley
Ruderman’s ill-gotten gains—some of which he is alleged to have lost at
the poker table.
The lawsuit, filed by a bankruptcy trustee on behalf of Ruderman’s
victims, alleges that Ruderman used the stolen money to pay off
losses to other participants in the game, and that these other players, including Maguire and Kaplan, should be compelled to return their
winnings.
BARTON INTRODUCES INTERNET POKER BILL
A new “poker only” bill designed to regulate online play by Americans
has been introduced in Congress by US Representative Joe Barton
(R-TX). Barton’s bill joins measures previously introduced by Reps.
James McDermott and Barney Frank on the Congressional slate.
Barton’s measure has received the backing of the Poker Players Alliance
and already features co-sponsors from both sides of the aisle. Among
the features of Barton’s bill are express requirements for obtaining an
American license and the banning of credit-card payments, to avoid the
specter of addicted gamblers playing on borrowed money.
NO MOVEMENT ON FULL TILT, AP REFUNDS
No news was decidedly bad news for frustrated online punters still
waiting for signs of online-bankroll refunds from Full Tilt Poker and
Absolute Poker (which also includes UB.com). Despite assurances
from Department of Justice representatives that both sites were
“able” to refund American players’ outstanding balances, both sites
appear confronted by cash shortages threatening their viability and
ongoing existence.
Full Tilt is rumored to be seeking external investment as it seeks
a new future as a (largely) Euro-facing site, facing a shortfall of an
estimated $50-$60 million in deposits reportedly credited to American
players but never actually debited against their US bank accounts.
Absolute Poker’s future appears even bleaker despite a dribbling of
some $500-max withdrawals haltingly issued to a smattering of nonAmerican players in recent weeks. No Americans have received a payment from either site as of the late June press date for this issue.
FS+G PURCHASES HEARTLAND POKER TOUR
Federated Sports + Gaming, parent company of the fledging Federated
Poker League, has announced its acquisition of the Heartland Poker
Tour. FS+G, the effort led by former WSOP commissioner Jeffrey
Pollack and one-time UB spokesperson Annie Duke, picked up the
regional HPT in a deal announced in mid-June. Heartland’s efforts have
been focused in the Midwest and Mountain states, and their complete
slate, often featuring $5,000 main-event buy-ins has also garnered
some cable-television coverage.
NEEMAN BEST IN $1K BORGATA SUMMER
OPEN PRELIM
New Jersey’s Hal Neeman took home $45,710 after capturing the $1,000
no-limit hold’em preliminary event in the 2011 Borgata Summer Open.
The $1K buy-in event was the largest event on the Borgata’s summer
slate, excepting the series’ championship event itself, which had just
begun as of press time. Neeman triumphed over a 153-player field, with
Jack Barnes second ($25,230) and Benedetto Bianco third ($14,099).
CALIFORNIA ONLINE POKER ASSOCIATION
INKS PACT WITH PLAYTECH OFFSHOOT
Should an intrastate California online poker network ever come to fruition, industry veteran Playtech will likely have a hand in programming
the site, through its Sciplay joint venture. Playtech brings a veteran
internet-poker presence to the technical side of any forthcoming network, at one point ranking among the very largest networks in terms
of number of skins (component sites) available for its players.
Veteran poker-industry writer/editor Haley Hintze is the author
of an upcoming book on the Absolute Poker and UltimateBet
online cheating scandals, to be released later this year.
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In
action and every comment is
necessary. When opponents
are acting, in an effort to
deceive you, they’ll do and
say things that aren’t required
to perform their call, bet,
raise, or check.
Whatever those unnecessary actions or words, they
usually represent an attempt
to deceive you. So at that
point, your job is to determine
what these actors are trying to
convince you to do and disappoint them.
Another clue about whether
opponents are acting revolves
around the likelihood that they
think you’re watching. If you
seem to be looking at the flop,
they’re not likely to act to
deceive you at that moment. If
they think they’re being scrutinized, any movements are
more likely to be an act.
Opponents who convey
sadness or uncertainty by
shrugging, sighing, or using
sad voices are acting weak—
on purpose. They usually hold
strong hands. Players who bet
and stay motionless are often
afraid of doing anything to
make you suspicious and are
likely to be bluffing.
When a player isn’t acting, look for involuntary
tells. A trembling hand, for
instance, is almost always an
involuntary reaction after having made a strong hand. It’s
unlikely to be either a bluff or
an act. Seldom call.
Question 4: So, what’s
your method for watching
tells?
I don’t really have a single
method. But I have an attitude. You need to understand
that there might not be any
obvious tells. Accept the fact
that you’re not going to spot
tells every hand. If you only
are confident about a couple
tells an hour, on average,
you’re still going to make
significantly more money
than you would by not watching for them. That’s the right
attitude.
Something that might be
considered a method is to do
what we’ve already discussed
while you’re learning to spot
tells: Focus on just one player
at a time. If that opponent
doesn’t turn out to be a good
tell candidate, move on to
someone else.
One “method” I have for
finding tells in difficult situa(Continued on page 10)
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it. The lead changed many
times before Ahmed finished
him off in Omaha/8 when he
scooped the pot with a flush
and a 6-low. Another former
November Niner having a
good run this year is John
Racener who has registered
three cashes and two final
tables so far.
Phil Hellmuth continues
to be heard from this series,
albeit without winning a
bracelet. In the $5,000 triple
chance no-limit hold’em
event, he erupted Poker Bratstyle against an opponent
after a cruel river ended his
day. Hellmuth had pocket
threes and was no doubt
thrilled to have his opponent
calling his all in with As-9h
on a 3h-9d-4c flop. The 9s
turn gave Hellmuth threes
out in brutal fashion during last year’s main event
final table, came back with a
vengeance, steamrolling the
field of 732 who took part in
the $5,000 buy-in six-handed
no-limit hold’em championship. He now has an additional $808,538 to add to last
year’s take of $1,045,743.
Coming tantalizingly
close to following up last
year’s WSOP main event run
and $50,000 players’ championship win with another
bracelet at this year’s series
was Michael Mizrachi. The
Grinder fell one spot short,
losing out to Miami pro
Owais Ahmed, in the $2,500
mixed high-low split 7-card
stud/Omaha event. Mizrachi
was heads up with a 2-to1 chip lead, and then lost
full over his opponent’s trips,
but a 4h on the river spelled
disaster. Still, Hellmuth has
had good results at the series
with two second place finishes, both in non-hold’em
events, the most recent in the
$10,000 7-stud/8 championship. Hellmuth finds himself
second on the Player of the
Year leader board behind
Lamb, and is up to 83 lifetime cashes.
An amateur, Kenneth
Griffin, took down the
$1,000 no-limit hold’em
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Black & Blue Monday
ONLINE POKER
Paul “Dr. Pauly” McGuire
Five weeks passed since the DOJ handed down
indictments on April 15, 2011 that decimated the
American online poker market. The poker community was still trying to
deal with the fallout from Black Friday when the online gaming community was struck with a second wave of indictments.
On May 23, 2011, a Maryland court indicted two major players,
ThrillX Systems and K23 Financial Services (BMX Entertainment), for
money laundering and running illegal gambling business. As a result,
domains affiliated with both companies were seized and shut down
by the Feds. Two of those sites were online poker rooms—Doyle’s
Room and True Poker. A pair of sportsbetting sites were also targeted—BookMaker.com and BetEd.com. Also seized were Funtimebingo.
com, Goldbnarchcasino.com, Betgrandesports.com, 2Betdsi.com, and
Betehorse.com.
The back story on how the Feds caught the indicted companies is
something out of a Hollywood screenplay. During their two-year sting,
the Feds created a fake payment processing company called Linwood
Systems. The Feds’ fake company moved millions of dollars from
American soil to offshore accounts and vice versa.
Initially, it seemed as though the Feds unleashed a second wave of
crackdowns because Doyle’s Room was one of the few online poker
sites still operating in the wake of Black Friday. However, they original
scope of their investigation appeared to be sportsbooks and other
online gaming not related to online poker. Doyle’s Room was a recent
acquisition by one of the indicted companies and shut down by its
mere association.
However, even if you’re playing on one of the few sites still in operation, such as Bodog or the Merge Network, the second round of indictments does not bode well. Based on what we’ve seen already, it’s my
opinion both Bodog and Merge are future targets for the Feds and it’s
not a question of if they will get shut down, but when will it happen.
Bodog tried to stay one step ahead of the Feds and recently
changed their domain name from Bodog.com to Bodog.eu, so even if
they are named in a future indictment, the Feds won’t have the power
to seize their European-domiciled domain name.
So what’s next for Americans online poker players? The pros will
adapt because they have no choice but to increase their live play.
Meanwhile, a small group of pros will move to foreign countries. For
the for the casual online poker player, they too will have to play more
live poker in casinos, card rooms (both legal and underground), and at
kitchen table home games.
For the serious online gaming addicts that need a fix by any means
possible, they will have to seek out non-monetary alternatives and
play online poker via social media sites such as Zenga or at membership sites like ClubWPT and newly formed Rise Poker.
Even though the poker community referred to the second round of
indictments as Blue Monday, the affected parties in the sportsbetting
world dubbed it Black Monday. If anything, Black Friday was a wake-up
call for the entire offshore sportsbetting industry.
As a precautionary measure (if the DOJ decided to shut down
sportsbooks), many Americans with offshore accounts quickly cashed
out. A few companies took a proactive approach—Sportsbook.com
and BetUS stated they would no longer accept new accounts from
American players, although old accounts were grandfathered in. But
even then, the news of Black/Blue Monday still surprised many punters
when they discovered news of the indictments.
So what’s the future outlook for offshore sportsbooks? If you’re
a whale and a professional sports bettor, it’ll be business as usual
because even though a premier site like Pinnacle does not accept
Americans, whales use “agents” to handle the accounting hassles for
them. However, for the majority of sports bettors—low-stakes casual
gamblers who don’t live in Vegas or have a neighborhood bookie—the
outlook is bleak. They might be able to find an offshore sportsbook to
fund an account and take the action, but getting paid will be a major
headache.
In the end, Las Vegas is still the safest place to play cards and bet
on sports.
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.
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The 42nd annual World
Series of Poker is well
underway and thousands of
pokers elite, veterans and
rookies are still looking
to make a name for themselves and a big payday.
ing their stories of past
WSOP experiences as well
as future plans to make it to
the WSOP.
Every year at this time
the World Series of Poker
brings out the poker player
Field of Dreams
BACK IN THE SADDLE AGAIN
By oklahoma SARAH hale
The turnout already seen
at the Rio should prove to
be another record breaking
year. The main event is still
weeks away and endless
hours of poker remain to be
played.
This time of year does
not only bring the starry
eyed players looking for
bracelet events and big
tournaments, but reminds
players of poker’s explosive
popularity that moved many
to begin their own road to
poker because of this event
almost ten years ago.
Players across the world
have traveled to Las Vegas,
filling not only the Rio but
poker rooms throughout
the Las Vegas strip. Cash
games as well as tournament play throughout the
city and are filled day and
night to a peak not seen
through the rest of the
year. The rest of the country seems to be following
suit. Recently, I visited
California and Florida on
vacation as well as for what
I like to call “research.”
In both states poker rooms
were packed with long lists
and players talking about
the World Series and relat-
in all of us.
Living in
Las Vegas I can say that
I love this time of year.
Every day I can go to any
casino and find a full room
of poker hopefuls. I have
been fairly lucky to be on a
hot streak since the WSOP
started. Las Vegas poker
rooms that were used to
seeing more practiced players are once again flooded
with more twenty-something players than are seen
through the year.
Poker has become a
game that youth has a
stranglehold on. Many
young players see the likes
of Jonathan Duhamel, Joe
Cada and Peter Eastgate
winning an unfathomable
amount of money, a bracelet, respect and a place in
the history books, all before
the age of 24. The dreams
of many seem feasible
through these young men
who have proven the games
ultimate prize is attainable
against the massive fields,
poker pros, and poker
legends. The ability that
young players have shown
in recent years is unprecedented and continues to
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These young players are
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of the poker hopefuls do not
realize the countless hours
accrued online or the endless pages read from the
poker elite or most importantly the immeasurable
amount of “growing pains”
that each Champion has
gone through.
It took 31 years of the
WSOP before the poker
world would be changed
forever. Because of the
World Series of Poker, the
poker boom seems to have
no end in sight. Every poker
player, whether a fan or not
of the WSOP or tournament
play at all, should play in
at least one event in their
lifetime, not only for the
incomparable experience
but to pay homage to the
entity that provided limitless possibilities to a game
that can defy odds and
make an overnight millionaire, but more importantly
laid the foundation that
brought poker to almost
every state in the nation.
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The Dread Zone
CONNORS’ CORNER
By BARBARA CONNORS
Poker players are an eccentric lot. Whether
we base our strategy decisions on mathematical expectation, a gut feeling, or the whim of the moment, we
all have peculiarities. For example, take favorite hands. They
can be on the junky side or they can be downright rubbish, but
for some private reason—we’ve won a lot with that hand in the
recent past, or the combination of the two numbers has some
special meaning—we feel good whenever we look down to see
those two particular cards.
Then there’s the other side of the coin: least-favorite hands.
I’m not talking about the obvious holdings like 7-2 or 8-3 offsuit. Yes, it’s annoying to look down and discover a couple of
raggedy junk cards in your hand. But the annoyance is fleeting; cards like these are easily thrown away and instantly
forgotten.
No, I’m talking about the hands that are good enough to
play, often good enough to raise with, and yet you dread the
idea of getting them. The hands you hope the dealer never
gives you because somehow, against all odds, these cards
always seem to lose money for you. Big pairs that are vulnerable to overcards—pocket jacks, pocket tens, even queens.
Aces and kings paired up with moderate-strength kickers.
Primo cards that look good but can never seem to deliver the
goods.
Perhaps it was a another river ace that killed yet another
pair of queens, or a long unbroken string of ace-high flops
every time you held pocket jacks, or a freakishly unlucky
series of hands where some other player always managed
to have A-K whenever you got A-Q. Whatever the reason the
result is the same—we feel apprehension about playing a
least-favorite hand. Cards that should be a seen as a great
opportunity have become our own personal poker Kryptonite.
Unlike the ugly-but-benign 7-2 offsuit that’s easily folded, a
least-favorite hand cannot be thrown away without a second
thought. Barring a large preflop raise in front of you—and
sometimes even with such a raise—you pretty much have to
play the hand. And barring a horrendous flop that makes it
crystal-clear you’re beaten, these hands can be excruciatingly
difficult to get away from after the flop.
But if we can’t throw our least-favorite hand into the muck
pile, we can do the next-closest thing. We can play it timidly. We don’t bet, don’t raise, or don’t raise enough. Please,
please, don’t let me lose again with this hand, or at least,
don’t let me lose too much. This is the real danger of the
least-favorite hand: the fear it conjures up in our minds. Just
as favorite hands make us feel invulnerable, least-favorite
hands make us feel like a sitting duck. It’s not a feeling that
exactly encourages strong aggressive play.
Whenever I look down to see pocket jacks I don’t think,
“Yay, I’ve got a premium hand! I can’t wait to raise.” No, the
thought process is more along the lines of, “Oh, #*@&! I have
to raise.” Believing in my heart that an overcard is going to
flop and then I’ll have to kiss those raising chips goodbye. The
fact that I still raise preflop with jacks is a victory of sheer
will over emotion. But it’s not a battle I always win. There
have been times—too many—when I neglected to raise preflop
with jacks and went on to lose the hand, only to discover that
I probably would have won had I pushed out that preflop raise.
Least-favorite hands are the poster children for Monsters
Under the Bed Syndrome. The result is that the hand usually
gets played in a half-hearted manner, which in turn virtually
guarantees more losses. So the “curse” of the hand keeps
going indefinitely. The way to break the curse is to see the
cards as they really are: strong but vulnerable holdings that,
when played correctly, are profitable in the long run.
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tions is to observe opponents
when they don’t think they’re
being watched. Then, suddenly, make it known that you are
watching. This often makes
the opponents uneasy and
you’ll see attempts to manifest tells—which are always
an act. When you see the
change—if you do—remember that strong acts indicate
weakness and weak acts indicate strength.
Question 5: What are
some mistakes common to
watching tells?
It’s a mistake to act
immediately after spotting a
tell. Hesitate and then seem
unsure. That way the opponent is less likely to associate your action with the tell.
If you act immediately, the
opponent often will remember
the action and might think
you’re calling for that reason.
If so, he might not repeat that
tell reliably and you’ll lose
future profit from its use.
It’s also a mistake to give
up when you don’t spot a tell
in a crucial pot—especially
after an opponent has made a
big bet. If he’s bluffing, he’s
under pressure. So, interact.
Talk. Feign the start of a call.
Anything. If he remains animated, he’s probably got a big
hand. If his actions diminish
or he freezes, that’s usually an
indication that the opponents
are conducting themselves
as if to keep a snake from
striking. In other words, they
don’t want you to call and are
hoping that nothing they do
will tempt you. So, they do
nothing. You won’t often spot
tells like that unless you do
something to elicit them.
Question 6: Is there any
value in tells if you don’t
watch for them?
Sure. Some of the most
valuable tells are audible. You
don’t watch these, you listen.
In a way, you can sometimes
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closed.
Listen for sighs. These are
an act that indicates strength.
Listen for humming. If an
opponent bets and you start
to call, the humming will
often cease if it’s a bluff, but
continue if it isn’t. Also, listen
to the breathing. If you hear
it, it’s probably not a bluff.
If an opponent seems to stop
breathing audibly, it often is
a bluff.
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And sad voices mean
strong hands.
Question 7: Will watching
for tells help any player win
more money?
No. In fact, most players
who try to incorporate tells
into their poker games fail.
They invent tells that bolster the choice they want to
make. They weigh tells too
heavily, instead of considering
them to be just one of many
factors in making a decision.
And, mostly, they have a bias
toward calling. Therefore,
they ignore tells that would
prompt them to fold and
mentally exaggerate tells that
allow them to call.
All these things are danger-
ous. You might be better off
not trying to use tells at all
than to use them like that.
In poker, tells surround
us. But they don’t have value
unless we watch responsibly.
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The DOJ’s Campaign of Fear
an
online poker
site. T
This is true by virtue
site
of the above. Banks, however, are risk averse, which
has led to the problems
identified below.
3. Banks stopped deposits for the wrong reasons.
Some mistakenly believed
that UIGEA might apply to
poker or were concerned
that a poker site might also
offer wagers on sports betting. Others concluded it
was too difficult to determine which payments were
legal and simply blocked all
deposits to offshore sites.
4. The sites set up “front”
companies. To circumvent
blocked deposits, online
sites set up shell companies. A player’s deposit
to Poker Stars was not
recorded as a transaction
with Stars. Instead, they
used innocuous names …
like “Henry’s Plant Store.”
Federal banking laws, however, make it illegal to hide
the true nature of a transaction or transacting parties’
identities. This is the real
basis for the indictments.
5. Don’t be deceived by
the indictments. The DOJ
is using misdirection to
further its campaign of fear
and to convince others that
UIGEA has real legal teeth.
In fact, the defendants are
charged with money laundering and bank fraud. The
DOJ threw UIGEA into the
pot to confuse and intimidate everyone, especially
the poker community.
6. Expect guilty pleas.
We anticipate guilty pleas
because the bank fraud
charges appear to be on
sound legal footing. But
don’t confuse these pleas
with poker or UIGEA. They
do not change the fact that
without bank fraud charges
the government does not
have a case.
7. The government’s
poker game. The DOJ
“plays poker” at a very
high level, but uses the law
instead of a deck of cards
and is careful to make sure
it will never have to turn
over its real hand. In effect,
DOJ is bluffing poker
players. DOJ assumes that
poker players and the general public will confuse tra-
dditional
ition bank fraud charges
with UIGEA. Thus DOJ’s
Black Friday press release
emphasized UIGEA, not
the traditional bank fraud
charges.
8. Stop the fear. The DOJ
wants to scare poker players to stop us from continuing to play online. It is a
war of wills, and DOJ is
winning. But it cannot win
in the long term unless we
abandon online play. The
outcome of this fight is in
our hands as poker players.
Collectively, we control
the outcome. If we want
it enough, we cannot lose.
And if we don’t want it
enough, we deserve to lose.
9. Keep playing at websites that accept US players. They offer a variety of
deposit methods including
direct deposits, third-party
payment processors like
Pay Pal, and paper checks.
As long as the identities of
all participants are open and
knowable, the deposits are
legal.
10. Be careful. Stick to
poker websites only. Poker
websites that also offer
sports betting, fall under the
Wire Act. This makes it a
“gambling” website under
federal law—in which case
UIGEA applies. Also be
careful to manage your
money. Deposit only what
you can afford to lose and
keep your account at an
acceptable level of risk by
making regular withdrawals. This avoids having too
much money on deposit
with the next DOJ target.
Most of the easy targets,
however, are already gone.
And be forewarned; some
sites might not operate in
accordance with standard
business practices as, apparently, Full Tilt was not.
Law Professor Nelson
Rose on his blog,
GamblingAndTheLaw.com,
observes that the DOJ has
announced “showy legal
action against easy targets
about every other year,”
but lacks “a statute that
clearly makes the activity
illegal.” He points out that
although these scare tactics
have driven some from the
US market, “there are now
wonderful opportunities
for new operators to fill the
vacuum. Unless, of course,
Americans are actually
going to stop playing poker
on the Internet.”
Comments or questions
to Preston Oade at http://
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$65 9A&
NH
$25+ 7P
NH
$45 2P
NHB
$45 7P
NH
$25 10A&
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NH
$30 12P
NH
$50 7P
Z
$17 8A
NH
$125 1P&
NH
$65 11A&
NH
$50 2P&
NH
$65 9A&
NH
$25+ 7P
NH
$45 2P
Razz
$45 7P
NH
$25 10A
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NH
$30 12P
NHB
$65 7P
Z
$17 8A
NH
$125 1P&
NH
$65 11A&
NH
$50 2P&
NH
$65 9A&
NH
$25+ 7P
NH
$45 2P
NH
$115
NH
$25 10A&
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NH
$30 12P
NHB
$65 7P
Z
$17 8A
NH
$125 1P&
NH
$65 11A
NH
$50 2P&
NH
$65 9A&
NH
$25+ 7P
NH
$45 2P
NH
$65 6P
NH
$35+ 12P&
NH
$55+ 11A&
NH
$40 10A
O H/L
$40 6P
NH
$55 12P&
NH
$60 10A&
NH
$50+ 7P
NH
$25 6P
NH
$55 10A&
NH
$40 10A&
NH
$80 11A&
NH
$60 11A
NH
$50 9A&
NH
$30 11A
NH
$30 6P
NH
$70 10A&
NH
$35+ 1P
NH
$17+ 6P
NH
$40 12P
NH
$105 10A
NH
$65 6P
NH
$40+ 12P&
NH
$25 10A&
NH
$44+ 10A&
NH
$40+ 11A&
NH
$45 7P&
NH
$40+ 12P
NH
$55+ 7P
NH
$50 11A&
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NH
$20+ 10&
NH
$40+ 10A
NH
$40+ 7P
NH
$40 11A
6P
NH
$50 11A&
NH
$35 10A&
NHB
$65 8P&
Lad
NH
NH
NH
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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
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NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
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$55+ 11A&
$40 10A
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$55 12P&
$60 10A&
$50+ 1P
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$55 10A&
$40 10A&
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$60 11A
$50 9A&
$30 11A
$30 6P
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$65 6P
$40+ 12P&
$25 10A&
$44+ 10A&
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$45 7P&
$40+ 12P
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$35 10A&
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NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
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NH
NH
NH
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NH
NH
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NH
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NH
$145 12P&
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$25+
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NH
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NH
$55+ 11A&
NH
$40 10A
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NH
$55 12P&
NH
$60 10A&
NH
$50+ 7P
NH
$25 6P
NH
$55 10A&
NH
$40 10A&
NH
$80 11A&
NH
$60 11A
NH
$50 9A&
NH
$30 11A
NH
$30 6P
NH
$70 10A&
NH
$35+ 1P
NH
$17+ 6P
NH
$40 12P
NH
$105 10A
NH
$65 6P
NH
$40+ 12P&
NH
$25 10A&
NH
$44+ 10A&
NH
$40+ 11A&
NH
$45 7P&
NH
$40+ 12P
NH
$40+ 7P
NH
$50 11A&
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NH
$20+ 10&
NH
$40+ 10A
NH
$40+ 7P
NH
$40 11A
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$37 6P
NH
$50 11A&
NH
$35 10A&
NHB
$65 8P&
6P
NH
$145 12P&
NH
$120 12P
NH
$75 11A
$17 11A
6P
$60 11A&
$40 6P&
6P
$25 1P
$25+ 8P
$25 10A&
$20+ 6P
$40 12P
$60 7P&
$10+
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$30+ 7P
$25+ 6P
$30 1P
$65 6P
$40+ 11A
$50+ 6P
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NH
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NH
NH
H
NH
NH
NHB
Varies
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NH
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$25+
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$25+
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$20+ 6P
$40 12P
$60 7P&
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NH
NH
NH
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NH
NH
NH
NH
$65+ 6P
$30+ 7P
$20+ 6P
$75 1P
$75 6P
$40+ 11A
$50+ 6P
$50 7P
NH
$65+ 6P
NH
$30+ 7P
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$65 1P
NH
$55 6P
NH
$40+ 11A
NH
$50+ 6P
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$20+ 10A&
$25+ 10A
$30 10A
$45 7P
$50+ 7P
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NH
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NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$40 7P&
$20+ 10A&
$25+ 10A
$30 10A
$35 7P
$50+ 7P
$25+ 7P
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NHB
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
N H Sh
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
O Pi H
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHB
NH
O
NH
NH
NH
NH
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NH
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$25+ 10A
$35+ 12P&
$55+ 11A&
$40 10A
$40 6P
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$60 10A&
$50+ 1P
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$55 10A&
$40 10A&
$80 11A&
$60 7P&
$50 9A&
$30 11A
$30 6P
$70 10A&
$35+ 1P
$17+ 6P
$40 12P
$105 10A
$65
$40+ 12P&
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$44+ 10A&
$40+ 11A&
$45 11P&
$40+ 12P
$40+ 6P
$50 6P&
$65+RE 10A&
$20+ 10&
$40+ 10A
$40+ 7P
$50+ 11A
$45
$50 11A&
$35 10A&
$65 8P&
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$120 12P
$75 11A&
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$65 7P
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$17 8A
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$125 1P&
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$65 11A
NH
$50 2P&
NH
$125 9A&
NH
$25+ 7P
NH
$45 2P
NH
$25 10A
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHZ
NH
NH
N HZ
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$15+
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$40 10A
$40 6P
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1P
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$40
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$40
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NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NH
NH
$40+ 12P&
$60 6P
$44+ 10A&
$40+ 11A&
$45 11P&
$40+ 12P
$40+ 6P
$60 6P&
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NH
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
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$50 11A&
$35 10A&
$65 8P&
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$145 12P&
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$22+
$75
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NH
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NH
NH
$17 11A
$55 6P
$60 11A&
$30 6P&
NH
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NH
NH
$17 11A
$55
$60 11A&
$60 6P&
NH
$17 10A
NH
NH
$60 11A&
$60 6P&
NH
$25 7P
NH
$115+ 6P
8P
$25 10A&
$30+ 6P
$40 12P
$60 7P&
NH
NH
NHB
Turbo
NH
NH
$110
$50 2P
$25 10A&
$20+ 6P
$40 12P
$60 7P&
$120+ 1P
$30+ 7P
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$150 10A&
6P&
$40+ 11A
$40+ 4P
$40+ 7P
3P
$40 11A&
$20+ 10A
$25+ 10A
$30 11A
$97
$40 10A
$35
$25 10A&
$20+ 6P
$40 12P
$60 7P&
$40 7P&
$20+ 10A
$25+ 10A
$30 10A
$5 7P
$50+ 10A
$25+ 7P&
NHB
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$65+ 1P
$50+ 7P
NH
NH
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NHB
$30 6P
$75
$40+ 11A
$50+ 6P
$100+ 7P
NH
NH
NHB
NH
LH
NH
NH
N H Deepstack
$40 12P
$20+ 10A
$25+ 10A
$30 10A
$45 7P
$40 10A
$65 7P&
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
SUNDAY
GAMES BUY-IN|TIME
NH
$30 12P
NHB
$65 7P
Z
$17 8A
NH
$125 1P&
NH
$65 11A
NH
$50 2P&
NH
$65 9A&
NH
$25+ 7P
NH
$45 2P
GAMES BUY-IN
NH
$30
NH
$50
Z
$17
NH
$125
NH
$65
NH
$50
NH
$65
NH
$25+
NH
F
$25 10A&
12P
12P
$35+ 12P&
$55+ 11A&
$40 10A
$40 6P
$55 12P&
$60 10A&
$50+ 1P
$25+ 6P
$55 10A&
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$25
$65
F
$35+
$55+
$40
$40
$55
$60
$50+
$25+
$55
$80 11A&
$60 11A&
$50 9A&
$30 11A
$30 6P
$70 10A&
$35+ 1P
$17+ 6P
12P
NH
$105 10A
6P
NH
$40+ 12P&
NH
$60
NH
$44+ 10A&
NH
$40+ 11A&
NH
$45 7P&
NH
$40+ 12P
NH
$40+ 7P
NH
$60 6P&
N H B $65+RE 10A&
NH
$20+ 10&
NH
$40+ 10A
NH
$40+ 7P
NH
$50+ 11A
2P
NH
$50 11A&
NHB
$65 10A&
NHB
$65 8P&
NH
Var
NH
$330 12P&
NH
$120 12P
NHB
$75 11A
7P
12P
N H Sh
$20 6P&
11A
NH
$17 10A
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$80
$60
$50
$30
$30
$70
$35+
$17+
$40
$105
$65
$40+
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHB
$44+
$40+
$45
$40+
$40+
$60
$65+RE
$20+
$40+
$40+
$50+
$45
$50
$35
$65
NH
NH
NHB
NH
NH
N H Lad
NH
NH
$145
$120
$75
$22+
$30+
$30
$45+
$17
NH
NH
$60
$40
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHZ
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$60 11A&
$60 6P&
2P
$50+ 3P
$25 10A&
$20+ 6P
$40 12P
$60 7P&
2P
NH
$120+ 1P
NH
$30+ 7P
LH
$25+ 1P&
NH
$75 2A&
Mx
$20 1P&
N H Deepstack
p
$75+ 11A
NH
$50+ 4P
NH
$20+ 4P
Pai Gow F
$5 1P
NH
$40 5P
NH
$20+ 12P
NH
$25+ 10A
NH
$55 11A
NH
NHB
Turbo
NH
NH
NH
$75 11A
11A& excWk1&5
NH
$35+
NHB
$130
NHB
$130
Varies Varies
NH
$40
NH
$60
Mx
$33
NH
$65+
NH
$50+
NH
$50
NHB
$75
NH
$30
NH
$40+
NH
$50+
NH
$100
NHF
$5
N H $50-$3Kguar
g
NH
$7+
NH
$25+
NH
$45
NH
NH
$100+
$40
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15
Deception
SENIORS SCENE
By George “The engineer” EPSTEIN
In the game of poker, deception is not cheating or immoral. In all its ramifications, deception and trickery are part of the game and worthy of our full
respect. . .
To be a winner at the game of poker, you must be deceptive:
Give your opponents information that will lead them to make mistakes and it will enable you to win more and bigger pots. Consider
ways to be deceptive at the poker table. . .
Bluffing: Bluffing is the most apparent form of deception. Most
bluffs are intended to force out an opponent. Betting or raising
gives your opponent reason to muck his cards, leaving the pot for
you. At least you hope your bluff—your level of deception—will be
adequate for the job.
Tells: According to Mike Caro, “tells are mannerisms ... that
... allow you to determine what type of hand your opponent is
holding and whether or not he is bluffing” (from Mike Caro’s
Most Profitable Hold’em Advice). Mike discusses “natural tells”
and “actor tells.” In my book, I refer to the latter as “Voluntary
(or Controlled) Tells” (The Greatest Book of Poker for Winners!)
designed to deceive the observer. Mike lists the “Shrug Tell” as an
example: When a player shrugs his shoulders and then bets, he has
a powerful hand, and is trying to convey his indecision in order to
induce a call. I have previously described the Richard B. Reverse
Tell that my poker students use in conjunction with the Esther
Bluff: By leaning forward as he bets, the bluffer is sending the
message of strength, thereby encouraging his opponent to fold.
Listening, Probing: In The Psychology of Poker, Dr. Alan
Schoonmaker discusses unique ways to gain information: Listen
for comments made by opponents and probe by asking questions
to get more information. Knowing this, a smart player who does
not have an image of deception, can offer statements that mislead
his opponent. Deception...
Slow-Play, Sandbag, Check-Raise: If you flop a powerful
hand, instead of betting or raising, a slow-player checks rather
than bets. A vivid example is offered by Lou Krieger in his book,
Hold’em Excellence: From Beginner to Winner, If you catch the nut
flush on the flop, “your interest lies not in reducing the number
of opponents but in luring them onward,to the turn and the river,
when the bets double and you can extract maximum profit from
them.”
Similarly, a sandbagger will check after flopping a monster
hand, and then raise if anyone bets. A check-raiser checks from
an early or middle position, hoping that an opponent will then bet.
After others call, the check-raiser then “drops the bomb” by raising to build the pot. Deception...
In all of these cases, deception is used to keep opponents in
the hand and to build the pot.
Evaluating the Players: Most players evaluate opponents’
traits: tight or loose, passive or aggressive, timid, calling-station,
or deceptive. Recognizing this, a deceptive player may use his
tight image to be more effective in bluffing. After playing a while,
he may change from tight to loose-aggressive to gain an advantage over his opponents who still are expecting him to play his
hands tight.
A Unique Act of Deception: In a recent column in Poker Player
Newspaper, one of my favorite columnists, Ashley Adams, offered
a very different act of deception: When about to make a seat
change, “inquire about the fate of the last occupant to throw off
any suspicion that you are a skillful player” who is making the
change to gain better betting position over selected opponents;
e.g., to bet after a maniac.
Other Forms of Deception?: Can you suggest other forms of
deception? Explain your rationale. E-mail to [email protected].
A prize awaits the best submissions. Offer stands for two weeks
after publication of this column. . .
Bike Tournament Action
his efforts, won $25,000.
Finishing third was Martiros
Manukyan, who walked
away with $12,218.
Rounding out the top five
were fourth place finisher
Parviz Sayyad ($9,000),
while fifth place went to
Man Trinh ($7,000).
Marshall Kim won the
Los Angeles Poker Series
$100,000 guarantee nolimit hold’em event when
he overcame a field of 1,910
players who took 1,383
rebuys to generate a prize
pool that far exceeded the
guarantee. For his $50 buyin, Kim won $37,610, topping Mihaly Molnar who
finished second to take down
$18,000, and Bo Van Tran
who won $9,500 for finishing third. Martin Martinez
George “The Engineer” Epstein is the author of The
Greatest Book of Poker for Winners! and Hold’em or
Fold’em?—An Algorithm for Making the Key Decision and
teaches poker at the Claude Pepper Sr. Citizen Center in
Los Angeles. Contact George at [email protected].
16
J U LY 1 8 , 2 0 1 1
and Sam Sanusi rounded out
the top five, winning $6,000
and $4,000 respectively.
BICYCLE CASINO
BICYCLE CASINO
BUY-IN $50 + $15
PLAYERS 260
PRIZE
POOL
QUANTUM RELOAD
BUY-IN $100 + $20
PLAYERS 771
PRIZE
POOL
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
$178,518
Massoud Mazhari . . $50,000
David Liu . . . . . . . . $25,000
Martiros Manukyan $12,218
Parviz Sayyad . . . . . . $9,000
Nam Trinh . . . . . . . . . $7,000
BICYCLE CASINO
6/27/11
L.A. POKER SERIES
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $50 + $15
PLAYERS 1,910
REBUYS 1,383
PRIZE
POOL
$159,710
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Marshall Kim . . . . . $37,610
Mihaly Molnar . . . . $18,000
Bo Van Tran . . . . . . . $9,500
Martin Martinez . . . . $6,000
Sam Sanusi . . . . . . . . $4,000
6/27/11
LADIES NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
6/16/11
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
$12,380
1. Fong Anna Young . . . $4,275
2. Laura Adler . . . . . . . $2,150
3. Naomi Takaya . . . . . . . .$950
BICYCLE CASINO
6/8/11
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $100 + $20
PLAYERS 160
PRIZE
POOL
1.
2.
3.
4.
$194,792
Chris Doan . . . . . . . $50,002
David Liu . . . . . . . . $26,690
Bruce Kramer . . . . . $12,400
Richard Munro . . . . . $8,500
BICYCLE CASINO
6/5/11
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $150 + $25
PLAYERS 533
PRIZE
POOL
$75,832
1. Laser Haas . . . . . . . . $10,000
2. Elvis Huynh . . . . . . $10,000
3. Pho van Tran . . . . . $10,000
DA I LY TO U R N A M E N T L I ST I N G S (CO N T I N U E D F R O M PAG E 1 4 )
MONDAY
CALIFORNIANORTH
CA—SAN DIEGO
& INLAND EMPIRE
TIME
10A
Pechanga
7P
Santa Ysabel Casino
7P
Soboba
10A
Spotlight
p g 29, Coachella
11A&
Sycuan
y
6P
Viejas
j
10A
Village
g Club
10A
Angie’s
g
Poker Club, Chico 11A
Artichoke Joe’s
11A
Bayy 101
9A
Black Oak Casino, Tuolumne 11A
Black Sheepp Inn, Cameron Park
Cache Creek
California Grand
Cameo Club, Stockton
6P
Casino Club-Reddingg
11A
Casino Marysville
y
Casino Real Cardroom
10A
y
11A
Casino Royale
Central Coast Casino, Grover Beach
Central Coast Casino, Paso Robles 10A
Chukchansi Gold Casino
10A
Chumash
h (12
(12)
Club One Casino, Fresno
Colusa Casino
Comstock Card Room, Tracyy
Del Rio Casino, Isleton
Eagle
g Mountain Cas.-Porterville
Elk Valleyy Cas.-Crescent Cityy
Feather Falls Cas., Oroville
The 500 Club, Clovis
Folsom Lake Bowl
Garden Cityy
Garlic Club-Gilroyy
Gold Countryy Cas.-Oroville
Gold Rush
Go denn WestGold
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Jackson Rancheria
Limelight
g Casino-Sacramento
Livermore Casino
Luckyy Buck Cardroom, Livermore
Luckyy Chances
Luckyy Derbyy Casino
Merced Poker Room
Mike’s Card Casino. Oakdale
7P&
|
TUESDAY
GAMES BUY-IN| TIME
N H Survivor
$35 10A
N H Survivor
$35
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
LH
LH
NH
$25 10A&
$30 11A&
$36 6P
$12+ 10A&
$25 10A
$20 11A
$28+ 11A
$120 9A
$25 11A
12P
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$40+
$17 11A
7P
$20 10A
$35+RE 11A&
10A
$5
$35 10A
7P
$75 7P&
GAMES BUY-IN|TIME
NH
$35 10A
7P
NH
NH
NH
O H/L
NH
NHB
LH
LH
NH
H
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$30 10A&
$30 11A&
$36 6P
$12+ 10A&
$25 10A
$32 11A
$25 6P
$120 9A
$25 11A
GAMES BUY-IN|TIME
NHB
$25 10A
NHB
$25
7P
NH
$25 10A
NH
$30 11A&
NH
$36 6P
NH
$12+ 10A&
NH
$25 10A
NH
$20 11A
L&O H/L $50+ 11A
LH
$60+ 9A
NH
$25 11A
$25+ 12P
O H/L
6P
$17 11A
$30
$20 10A
$35+RE 11A&
F
10A
7P
$35 10A
$70 7P
$35+ 7P&
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHB
$65 6P
NH
$15
$35 2P
$30 6P
$45+ 6P
$66
6P
$120 10A&
$35+ 7P
$30 12P
7P
$65 6P
10A&
NH
$30+ 10A&
NH
$30+ 10A&
NH
11A
9A
9A
9A
11A&
10A
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$35+ 11A
$25+ 9A
$120+ 9A
$15 9A
$7 11A&
0+ 10A
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$35+ 11A
$25+ 9A
$275 9A
$15 9A
$7 11A&
0+ 10A
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
2P
6P
6P
6P
$25 6P
$35 6P
$45+ 6P
7P
NH
$45
NH Double Stack $120 10A&
NH
$35+ 7P
12P
NH
NH
NH
6P
10A&
7P
6P
LH
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NH Double Stack
NH
NH
|
FRIDAY
GAMES BUY-IN|TIME
NH
$25 10A
10P
NH
$20 7P
NHB
$30 10A&
NH
$30 11A&
NH
$36 6P
O
$12+ 10A&
NH
$25 10A
NH
$20 11A
LH
$48
LH
$80+ 9A
NH
$25 11A
$55 6P
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$17
$30
$20 10A
$35+RE 11A
$5
10A
$40 7P
$35 10A
$70
$85
$15+ 6P
NH
NH
NHB
NH
$30+ 6P
$25 2P
$30
$45+ 6P
NH
O/8
NH
NH
NH
LH
NH
$120 9A
$25 11A
SUNDAY
GAMES BUY-IN|TIME
NH
$25 10A
GAMES BUY-IN
NH
$35
$40 2P
$40 1P&
$30 11A&
$54 6P
$12+ 10A
$25 10A
$20 11A&
6P
$200 9A
$25 11A
2P
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
LH
NH
NH
$25
$45
$30
$54
$12+
$25
$32
$49+
$80
$25
$55
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
10A
10A
$37 3P
F 1P
$20 10A
$50 11A&
$10
LH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$55
$30+
$37
$30
$20
$50
NH
NH
$50 5P
$20+ 10A
NH
NH
$40
$70
NH
NH
NH
$50
$170
$40+
NH
NH
$35+
$35
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
F
$20
Varies
$35
$40
$20+
$50
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
LH
NH
$10
H
$40+
$17 11A
7P
$20 10A
$35+RE 11A
10A
$25
$40 7P
$35 10A
$35 7P
$55 7P&
6P
| SATURDAY |
GAMES BUY-IN|TIME
NH
$25 10A
NH
$50
NH
$50 2P
NH
$25 11A
NH
$30 11A&
NH
$54 6P
NH
$12+ 10A
NH
$25 10A
NH
$57 11A&
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
3P
1P
$20 10A
$50 11A
10A
$5
$40 7P&
$35 10A
LH
NH
10P
$30+ 4P
12P
$15 6P
$25
NH
$50+ 12P
NH
NH
NH
NH
6P
$25 6P
F+ 6P
$45+ 6P
NH
NH
NH
NHF
NH
NH
$45
$120+ 10A&
$35+ 7P
$5 12P
$20+
$65 6P
NH
NH
NH
$80+ 10A&
$35+ 6P
$40+ 12P
NH Double Stack
NH
N O H/L
Varies
$30+ 10A&
6P
$35+ 11A
$25+ 9A
$65+ 9A
$15 6P
$7 11A&
0+ 10A
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
Varies 10A
6P
$30+ 10A&
$40+RE
$35+ 11A
$25+ 9A
$120+
$70 9A
$7 11A&
0+ 10A
NH
NH
NH
$150 10A&
$35 6P
$40 12P
12P
$35 2P
$65
$30+ 10A&
NH
NH
$35+ 11A
$25+ 1P
$15 9A
$7 11A&
0+ 10A
NH
NH
NH
$14+ 12P&
$30+ 2P Wk2
$40+ 12P
$15
12P
6P
NH
Varies
2P
12P
NH Double Stack $150 10A&
NH
$35 6P
NH
$40 12P
NH
$20 7P
NH
$65 2P
O
NH
NH
LH
NH
$30+ 10A&
NH
$30+
NH
NH
$35+ 7P
$45+ 5P
9A
$60 10A
$7 11A&
0+ 10A
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$60
$60+
$225+
$30
$7
0+
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 1 9
Results: Venetian Deepstack Extravaganza III WSOP
VENETIAN CASINO RESORT
EVENT 23
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
$485,070
1.
2.
3.
4.
Christopher Johnson $115,335
Frank Alpandinar . $69,971
Cody Cheek . . . . . . . $46,856
William Hickey . . . . $32,679
EVENT 26
EVENT 22
$252,733
1. Michelle Bennett . . . $54,347
2. Nicholas Long . . . . . $33,639
3. Daniel Doucet . . . . . $22,038
EVENT 21
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $550
PLAYERS 621
PRIZE
POOL
$341,550
1. Daniel Steen . . . . . . $67,408
2. Anthony Zinno . . . . $41,649
3. Thomas Nasuti . . . . $27,297
1.
2.
3.
4.
Kunal Patel . . . . . . $111,637
Robert Layne . . . . . $68,839
Mario Silvestri . . . . $46,513
Carter King . . . . . . . $33,024
6/12/11
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $340
PLAYERS 654
PRIZE
POOL
$189,333
1. Paul Juma . . . . . . . . $42,600
2. Bryan Stillwell . . . . . $26,317
3. Christian Iacobellis . $17,248
EVENT 17
BUY-IN $340
PLAYERS 727
PRIZE
POOL
1. Huy Hang . . . . . . . . . $46,304
2. Matthew Piggott . . . $28,687
3. Peter Klaus-Stohner $18,837
EVENT 20
EVENT 16
BUY-IN $2,375
PLAYERS 223
PRIZE
POOL
$511,116
$420,740
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Billy McBrayer . . . . $98,874
Ron Williams . . . . . $61,007
David Tiffenberg . . $39,970
William Beasley . . . $27,769
Steven van Zadelhoff $20,616
6/10/11
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $1,070
PLAYERS 436
PRIZE
POOL
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
EVENT #28
BUY-IN $2,500
PLAYERS 2,500
PRIZE POOL
$1,870,050
PRIZE POOL
$3,375,000
Sam Stein
1.
2.
3.
4.
6/16/11
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
Sam Stein . . . . . . . $420,802
Ben Lamb . . . . . . . $259,918
Warren Fund . . . . . $184,368
Christian Harder . . $132,623
EVENT #30
6/17/11
SENIORS NO LIMIT
HOLD’EM CHAMPIONSHIP
BUY-IN $1,000
PLAYERS 3,752
PRIZE POOL
$3,376,800
Andrew
Frankenberger
1. Andrew
Frankenberger . . . . $599,153
2. Josh Evans . . . . . . $372,498
3. Robert Shortway . $263,655
4. Owen Crowe . . . . . $190,147
5. Tyler Kenney . . . . $138,847
6. Steve Merrifield . . $102,600
7. Thao Nguyen . . . . . . $76,747
8. Sidney Hasson . . . . . $58,083
9. Brett Hruby . . . . . . $44,482
EVENT #27
$210,466
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
2. Brian Haveson . . . $157,491
3. Travis Pearson . . . $101,258
4. Shaun Deeb . . . . . . . $67,146
Adel Jo . . . . . . . . . . $122,670
Jesse Cohen . . . . . . . $75,645
Jeffrey Littlefield . . . $51,112
Maxim Lykov . . . . . . $36,289
Masaaki Kagawa . . . $28,111
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
James Hess . . . . . . $557,435
Richard Harwood . $342,407
Craig Koch . . . . . . $248,971
Joseph Bolnick . . . $182,347
Gregory Alston . . . $134,801
EVENT #29
BUY-IN $10,000
PLAYERS 152
PRIZE POOL
$1,428,800
6/16/11
Daniel Idema
10-GAME MIX 6-HANDED
BUY-IN $2,500
PLAYERS 431
PRIZE POOL
$980,525
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Chris Lee
1. Chris Lee . . . . . . . . $254,955
6/15/11
LIMIT HOLD’EM
CHAMPIONSHIP
James Hess
1. Ben Dobson . . . . . . . $30,034
2. Domenico Tolone . . $18,521
3. Pierre Marc Chadi . $12,514
6/14/11
BUY-IN $3,000
PLAYERS 685
6/11/11
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
$125,143
6/17/11
$465,130
Oscar Castagna, Jr. $122,632
Filipp Khavin . . . . . . $74,397
Seth Fischer . . . . . . . $49,819
Matthew Lagarde . . $34,746
Mark Busch . . . . . . . $26,059
EVENT 18
BUY-IN $550
PLAYERS 249
PRIZE
POOL
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $2,100
PLAYERS 241
PRIZE
POOL
6/15/11
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
POSITION POKER
6/18/11
EVENT 24
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
$202,168
1. John Spillane . . . . . $47,509
2. David Williams . . . . $29,314
3. Ryan McClain . . . . . $19,206
6/17/11
POT LIMIT OMAHA
$510,968
BUY-IN $550
PLAYERS 419
PRIZE
POOL
6/19/11
EVENT 25
6/15/11
POT LIMIT OMAHA
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $340
PLAYERS 873
PRIZE
POOL
Michael Bena . . . . . $51,230
Matt Quattrone . . . $31,712
Kristian Pedersen . . $20,776
Doug Freiss . . . . . . . $14,367
EVENT #31
BUY-IN $1,590
PLAYERS 353
PRIZE
POOL
$238,258
1.
2.
3.
4.
6/13/11
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $340
PLAYERS 823
PRIZE
POOL
6/20/11
BUY-IN $1,590
PLAYERS 332
PRIZE
POOL
EVENT 19
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
DEEPSTACK EXTRAVAGANZA III
EVENT 27
6/16/11
J U LY 1 8 , 2 0 1 1
Daniel Idema . . . . . $378,642
Matthew Gallin . . . $233,944
Barry Greenstein . $169,512
Steve Landfish . . . $125,120
Domenico
Denotaristefani . . . . $94,029
17
Trumped-Up Flops
STRAIGHT SKINNY
By RICHARD G. BURKE
In their books, Harrington on Cash Games,
Harrington and Robertie wrote that you
have a bluffing opportunity heads-up when the dealer
flops all the same suit. Let’s see why.
If you hold a suited hold’em hand, then the probability
that the dealer flops three of your suit equals 0.008418,
about 118-to-1 against, as given by C(11,3)/C(50,3). The
probability that the dealer pitched you two suited cards
equals 4/17, or 0.23529. So, before you look at your hand
the probability of your flopping a flush equals their product, 0.00198, about 504-to-1 against. (You could offer side
bet odds of 250-to-1 and make a tidy profit.)
If you have a suited hand then the probability that the
dealer flops three of a different suit equals 0.04378, from
3*C(13,3)/C(50,3), or about 22-to-1 against.
If you have an unsuited hand, itself a probability of
0.76471, then the probability that the dealer flops three
cards of either of your suits equals 0.02245, about
44-to-1 against, from the expression, 2*C(12,3)/C(50,3).
More likely, you whiff the flop with a probability given by
2*C(13,3)/C(50,3), which equals 0.02918, odds against of
about 33-to-1.
All these numbers can get confusTrumped-Up Flop
ing,
so the table shows the probYour Hand Prob.
ability
of events when the dealer
Whiff
0.63
flops three cards of the same suit.
Draw
0.33
You can expect to whiff 63 percent
Flush
0.04
of the time. You expect a flush draw
33 percent of the time. One time in twenty-six you should
make a flush.
Remember that when you do flop a flush, it almost
doesn’t matter how high: in a ten-handed game you have
a 76 percent chance of having the only flush! And, as
the number of your opponents decrease, your chances
increase.
In a no-limit game, you frequently find yourself headsup. With a trumped-up flop how often does your headsup opponent have a flush or its draw? Her chances also
appear in the table: she whiffs ~2/3 of the time, has a
draw ~1/3 of the time and a flush about one time in 26,
the same as you.
Harrington and Robertie pointed out that since your
heads-up opponent whiffs 2/3 of the time you have a
good bluffing opportunity. An opening bet of a half-pot or
more makes it tough for her call. If she opens the postflop betting, then raising may turn the possession arrow
your way.
The third of the time that you have a trump makes your
bet a semi-bluff, and then even if she calls, you still have
outs. Of course you could also have a pair, two pairs, etc.,
for additional strength.
With two or more opponents, you have problems. If you
have no trumps, then the approximate probability that neither of your opponents has a trump equals 0.37, as given
by C(37,4)/C(47,4), which means either opponent has one
or more trumps 63 percent of the time. Plus, the more
opponents you face, the further your fold equity erodes.
You should expect to see an all-the-same-suit flop every
half-hour or so. The probability of a suited flop equals
0.05176: we figure that by computing the ways to flop
three of the same suit, 4*C(13,3), and then divide by all
the ways to flop three cards, C(52,3). So, about one flop
in nineteen has all three ranks in the same suit. At thirtyeight hands per hour using an automatic shuffler, a good
bluffing opportunity twice an hour has some potential.
Good hunting.
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
[email protected]
18
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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—The Tropicana Casino.
23. Tight-aggressive,
internet talk
ACROSS
1. Joe Hachem’s
nickname
24. Add up
4. Passes on a good hand 25. Cell phone letters
with the idea of
26. Cry of distress
raising if anyone bets
27. What’s more
10. Catching good cards
29. One __ one
12. Poker pro, ____
30. See 19 across
Watkinson
33. Part of a royal flush
13. Bluff
34. “___ you sure?”
14. Innovative
35. Ace in a “low” hand
16. “Moves like a
butterfly, stings like
a __”
36. They get dealt
38. Player who calls with
a marginal hand
because he thinks
the opponent may be
bluffing
18. Edge
19. Location of an
exciting new poker
room in Vegas (goes
with 30 across)
40. Plasma/flat screen?
22. Apiece
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3
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It will be posted on the cover date.
tion in legalizing games.
• Mason Malmuth shares some
insight on taking advantage
of other players going all-in.
25 Years Ago in Poker Player Newspaper
Vol. 5, #2 • November 24, 1986 • Get it at www.pokerplayernewspaper.com
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
• Players from across the
globe gather for the Grand
Prix of Poker at the Golden
Nugget in Las Vegas.
“Be cautious against opponents who have become so
frustrated due to losing that
they will call with just about
anything.”
• The importance of classifica-
• Gary Thompson feels con-
Word
Crossword by Myles Mellor.
42. Another word for an
ace
43. ____ for a count
44. Course of action
DOWN
1. He won the main event
when he was 24
2. Person who plays fior
the house (2 words)
3. Santa sound
5. Las Vegas ad says you
need one
6. Compass direction
7. Win against
8. Term meaning a weak
ace (2 words)
9. Put a bad beat on
someone
11. “Super System”
provides a lot of it
15. ___, senor!
17. Economy, for short
20. ____ on one’s
instincts
21. Indian bread
27. Poker pro
Cunningham
28. Poker pro, Alaei
29. Courageous
30. Tournament in
which four forms of
poker are played in
rotation, abbr.
31. Put someone __ a
hand
32. Exams
34. Makes a poker play
37. “___ not!”
39. Shuffle the deck
fident about his poker game,
except against his six-yearold daughter.
PHOTOS IN THIS ISSUE:
Len Miller, Sally Sander, Toni
DiGrazio, Terry Rogers, and
more.
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DAILY TOURNAMENTS (CONT’D FROM PAGE 17)
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
CALIFORNIANORTH
TIME
Napa
p Valleyy Casino
6P
Oaks Card Club-Emeryville
y
6P
Oceana Casino
9A
Pastime Cardroom,, Benicia
Pete’s 881 Club
6P
Phoenix Casino
11A
Pit River Casino
Poker Flats,, Merced
11A&
River Rock Casino-Geyserville
y
Sho Ka Wah,, Hopland
p
5P
7P
Tachi Palace Casino
The 101 Club
Thunder Valleyy Casino,, Lincoln 1P&
10A&
Turlock Poker Room
Wine Countryy Casino
10A
Win-River Casino,, Reddingg 6P
Apache
p
Gold
Blue Water Casino
y Casino
Bucky’s
C sinoo Ariz..-Sccottsdaale (1
Ca
( 3) 11A
Casino Del Sol
10A
Cliff Castle
10A
12P&
Fort McDowell
Gila River/Wild Horse Pass 12P
Gila River-Vee Quiva
11A
1P&
Harrah’s Ak Chin
6P
Hon-Dah Casino
Paradise Casino
Double Eagle
g
7P
Isle Casino-Blackhawk
Ladyy Luck-Blackhawk
7P
Midnight
g Rose-Cripple
pp Crk 8P
Skyy Ute-Ignacio
g
7P
Ute Mountain Casino-Towaoc 7P
Golden Eagle
2P
Buffalo Thunder
6P
2P
Isleta Casino & Resort
Route 66 Casino
10A
Sandia
ndia Cassin
inoo (8
8)
11A
Santa Ana Star
Cherokee-Roland
7P
Cherokee-W. Siloam
10A
Choctaw
2P&
Comanche Red River Cas.
12P
11A
Dow
Do
wnsttreeam
7P
Firelake Grand Casino
11A
Gold River Casino-Anadarko 6P Wk1
Hard Rock-Tulsa
10A&
Riverwind
11A&
WinStar World Casino
7P
Foxwoods
6P
Moheegan
n Sun
9A
Delaware Park
7P&
Dover Downs
12P&
Harrington
g
Racewayy
Rockingham
g
Park,, Salem
The Lodge
g at Belmont
7P&
Borgata
g
11A&
Caesars Atlantic Cityy
3P
Harrah’s Atlantic Cityy
10A&
Tropicana
p
11A&
Trumpp Tajj Mahal
6P
Senecca Alllega
gany
y
11A&
Seenecca Niaaggaaraa
10A&
Tu
urniingg Ston
ne
12P&
Hollywood
y
Casino-Grantville 12P
The Meadows
10A
Mohegan
g Sun at Pocono Downs 10A&
Grand Coushatta
Horseshoe Casino-Shreveport
p
6P
Isle of Capri-Lake
p
Charles
6P
Paragon
g Casino Resort
7P
Gold Strike Casino
4A&
Harrah’s Tunica
1P
Horseshoe Casino (Tunica) 7P
Isle of Capri-Biloxi
p
3P
Pearl River Resort
7P
Silver Star-Choctaw
7P
Dania Jai-Alai
6P&
Derbyy Lane
1P&
Ebro Greyhound
y
8P
Gulfstream Park Racingg & Casino 6P&
Hard Rock
12P
Mardi Gras Gamingg Ctr,, Hollywd
y 12P&
Orannge Park Kennnel Cluub ((3
3) 2P
Palm Beach Kennel Club
12P&
Seminole Casino Brighton
g
7P
Seminole Hollywood
y
Cas.
12P&
St. John’s Greyhound
y
Park
1P
Tampa
p Bayy Downs
1P&
The Isle at Pompano
p Park
12P&
CANADA Casino Regina
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CT
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PA
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Sp L ...Spread Limit
.7-Card Stud
..... Omaha Pi........Pineapple Mx .Mexican Poker HH ...Headhunter Al ......Alternates
.5-Card Stud H/LHigh/Low Split Po........Pot Limit DCDealer’s Choice B ......... Bounties Z........ Freezeout
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$60 6P
NH
$120 10A
NH
F+ 9A
7P
NH
$80+
NH
$30+ 11A
7P
NH
$15 11A&
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$55+
$40 7P
7P
$22 1P&
$15 10A&
$35 10A
$25+ 6P
12P
NH
$60 7P
HZ
$10+ 10A
N H Sh
$25 10A
NH
$13+ 12P&
NH
$25+ 7P
7B
$20 11A
NH
$30+ 1P&
N H & O HL
25+
NH
GAMES BUY-IN|TIME
NH
$60
N H $100+
O H/L
F+ 9A
7P
NH
NH
$30+ 11A
$20+
$15 11A&
7P
NH
NH
NH
$15 11A&
$55
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$40 7P
$50 7P
$22 1P&
$15 10A&
$35 10A
$25+ 6P
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NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
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$50 9A
$50 7P
$22 1P&
$15 10A&
$35 10A
$25+ 6P
$25+ 7P
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NH
O H/L Z
L H Sh
NH
NHZ
HB
NH
$25+
$130 7P
$10+ 10A
$25 10A&
$13+ 12P&
$50 7P
$20 11A
$30+ 1P&
6P
NH
Cz Pi Z
N H Sh
NH
NH
HB
NH
NH
7P
$45+ 10A
$40 7P
$50 7P
$20 11A
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$60 6P
$20+ 2P
$25 10A
$35
$25 11A&
1P&
NH
$35+ 10A
NH
$60+ 2P&
NH
$30+ 12P
NH
$30 11A
NH
$35 7P
NH
$30 11A&
Sit and Go
$25 7P
NH
$35 10A&
NHZ
$40 11A&
NH
$60 1P
NH
$150+ 6P
NH
$60+ 9A
NH
$60 7P&
NH
$65 12P&
NH
$60
NH
$40 6P
NH
$50 7P&
NH
$80 11A&
NH
$80+ 3P
NH
$50 10A&
NH
$62 11A&
NH
$65 6P
NH
$40 11A&
NH
$60 10A&
NH
$50 12P&
NH
$65+ 12P&
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$40 7P
Sit N Go
$60 10A&
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F+
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NH
$90 6P
NH
NH
NH
Var
NH
NH
$90+ 11A&
NH
$70 1P&
N H Deepstack
p
$55 7P
NHBZ
$60 7P
NH
$20+
Turbo N H
$40 7P
NH
$100 6P&
NH
$45 1P&
NH
$20 8P
NH
$60 6P&
NH
$100 12P
Sit N Go
$42 12P&
NH
$45 4P
WSOPC Satellite $30+ 12P&
NH
$35+ 7P
NHB
$120 12P&
NH
$70 1P
N H Deepstack
p
$40 1P&
NH
$230 3P&
Var
$25+
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHZ
NH
NHZ
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
Sit N Go
$30+ 11A
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NH
NH
NH
$50
10A
NH
$40 7P
NH
$60 7P
NH
$30+ 11A
NH
$20+
NH
$44
NH
$60 6P
NH
$10+ 2P
NH
$25 10A
7P
NH
$25 11A
NHZ
$50
NH
$35+ 10A
NH
$60+ 2P&
NH
$30+ 12P
NH
$30 11A
NH
$35 7P
NH
$30 11A&
NH
F 6P
NH
$35 10A&
NHZ
$40 11A&
NH
$115 7P
NH
$230 6P
NH
$60+ 9A
NH
$60 7P&
NH
$65 12P&
11A
6P
Super
p Stack Turbo $50 7P&
NH
$100 11A&
NH
$80+ 3P
NH
$50 10A&
NH
$62 11A&
NH
$120 6P
NHB
$55 11A&
NH
$60 10A&
NH
$70 12P&
NH
$65+ 12P
NH
$40 10A
Sit N Go
$60 10A&
6P
NH
$75+
NHB
$70 6P
NH
$20+
NH
$65 5P&
NH
$60 1P
N H Survivor
$55 7P
NHZ
$45 2P
NH
$20+ 7P
NH
$35+ 7P
NHB
$25 6P&
NH
$25+ 1P&
NH
$40 8P
NH
$60 6P&
NH
$100 12P
Sit N Go
$45 12P&
NH
$70 4P
NHZ
$65 12P&
NH
$125 7P
NH
$150 12P&
NH
$35 1P
N H Deepstack
p
$40 1P&
NH
$100 12P&
8P
GAMES BUY-IN|TIME
NH
$60 6P
NH
65+ 6P
NH
F+ 9A&
NH
F
NH
F+ 9A&
F
$30+ 11A
FRIDAY
$15 11A&
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
O H/L
HB
5P
Varies 11A
$50
$22
$15 10A&
$35 10A
F+
$20
$25
NH
NH
$130 11A
$10+ 10A
$25 10A
$13+ 12P&
$20+ 12P
$20 11A
$30+ 1P&
$40 6P
NH
NHZ
L H Sh
NH
Men N H
HB
NH
O H/L
$60 11A
$10+ 10A
$25 10A
$13+ 12P&
$25+
$20
$30+ 1P&
$40
NH
Pi
N H Sh
NH
$60
$65+ 10A
$40 7P
$50+ 7P
$20 11A
7P
6P
$60 6P
$5+ 2P
$25 10A
NH
NH
NHB
NH
O
NH
NH
NH
NH
7P
$65+ 2P
$40 7P
$60
$20 11A
$20/F
$5+
$60 6P
$20+ 2P
$25 10A
NH
NH
NH
$25 11A&
$30+ 1P
$35+ 10A
$60+ 2P&
$30+ 12P
$30 11A
$60 7P
$30 11A&
$50 6P
$35 10A&
$60 11A&
$60 1P
$230 6P
$60+ 9A
$60 7P&
$65 12P&
11A
$40 6P
$60 7P&
$120 11A&
$80+ 3P
$50 10A&
$62 11A&
$65 6P
$60 6P
$60 10A&
$50 12P&
$65+ 12P&
$120 7P
$60 10A&
$75+
$60 6P
7P
NH
$35+ 5P&
NH
$80 1P&
N H Superp Deepstack
p
$100 7P
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NH
NH
Turbo N H
$40 7P
NHB
$25 6P&
N H DeepStack
p $600 1P&
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NH
$60 6P&
NH
$100 12P
Sit N Go
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NH
$45 2P
NH
$30+ 12P&
NH
$20+
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$150 12P&
NH
$65 1P
N H Deepstack
p
$40 1P&
O Po
$120 7P
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NH
NH
NH
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$125+
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11A
NH
NH
NH
12P
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$10+
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$13+ 12P&
H
NH
$55+ 6P
11A
3P
$40
$55
$75 5P
Varies 9A
5P
3P
$15 10A&
$35 4P
F+ 5P
3P
2P
$25+ 1P
$150
NH
NH
$80+ 10A
$13+ 12P&
O Sh
NH
$25
$13+
11A
$60 12P&
$30+ 4P
$13 1P
HB
NH
Cz Pi
H
$20
$60
$30+
$13
$90+
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NH
$60
NH
NH
O H/L
NH
NH
O H/L
Var
NH
NH
NH
N H Lad
NH
NH
$20
$10
$45
$110
$5+
$25
$35
$40
$30+
$60
$60
$25+
$30
NH Deepstack
p
NH
NH
NHZ
$120
$25
$35
$40
NH
NH
NH
NH
$340
$60+
$60
$65
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$60
$50
$50+
$85+
$50
$62
$120
$60
$50
$125
NH
Sit N Go
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$60
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12P
NH
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10A
$55+ 5P
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NH
NH
NH
NH
$75
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NH
4P
NH
1P
O H/L
F
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p
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NH
NH
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NH
3P
$110
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NH
NH
NH
NH
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NH
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3P
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6P
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12P
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1P&
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$25+ 10A
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$10+
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$15+ 2P
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$85 11A&
NH
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NH
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NH
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NH
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NH
$30+ 12P
NH
$30 11A
NH
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NH
$30 11A&
Po O $100-300 6P
NH
$35 10A&
NHB
$85 11A
NHB
$115 11A
NH
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NH
$60+ 9A
NH
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NH
$65 12P&
NH
$60
NH
$40 6P
NH
$40 7P&
NH
$100 12P&
NH
$80+ 3P
NH
$50 10A&
NH
$62 11A&
NH
$120 6P
N H Deepstack
p
$90 11A
Poker League
g
$95 10A
N H Sh
$70 12P&
NH
$65+ 12P
NHB
$65 12A
Sit N Go
$60 10A&
NH
$25 11A&
NH
NH
$30+
NH
$35+ 10A
NH
NHB
$115 11A Wk1& O
NH
$30+ 10A
NH
NH
$30 11A
NH
NH
$25 3P
NH
NH
$30 2P
NHZ Deepstack
p
N H $50-200 4P
NH
NH
$35 10A&
NH
NH
$40+ 11A
NHB
NH
$165
NH
$340 12P
NH
$560 12P
NH
$60+ 9A
NH
$60+ 9A
NH
$145 7P&
NH
$145 7P&
NH
$65 12P&
NH
$80 12P&
11A
NH
$60+
NH
$60 2P
NH
$60 2P
NH
$20+ 7P&
Bigg Stack
$50 4P&
NH
$200 11A&
N H Deepstack
p
$180 11A&
NH
$80+ 1P
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NH
$50 10A&
NH
$50 10A&
NH
$62 11A
NH
$122 11A&
NH
$225 6P&
NH
$340 6P
Terminator
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NH
$120 12P
NH
$60 10A
Deepstack
p
$120 10A&
NH
$70 11A&
NH
$90 11A&
NH
$65+
N H Deepstack
p
$50 3P
N H Deepstack
p
$225 10A
Sit N Go
$60 10A& Sit N Go
$60 10A&
12P
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20+ 7P
$120 5P&
$90 1P&
$50 6P
$60 3P
2P
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$40 2P
NHB
$50 6P&
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p $600 2P&
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y F 8P
NH
$60 6P&
NH
$100 12P
Sit N Go
$42 12P&
NH
$70 2P
NH
$65+ 12P&
7P
NHB
$150 12P&
NH
$30 7P
N H Dbl Megastack
g
$80 1P&
NHB
$150
NH
$60 12P
NH
$60+ 4P
NH
$120+ 11A&
NH
$100 1P&
N H Deepstack
p
$55 4P
NHZ
$60 3P
N H Sh
$35
NHZ
$35 2P
NH
$100 6P&
N H DeepStack
p $600 2P&
N H $65+RE 8P&
NH
$60 6P&
NH
$100 10A
Sit N Go
$45 12P&
NH
$35 4P
N H $100+ 12P&
NH
$150 7P
NH
$100 12P&
NHB
$100 2P
N H Deepstack
p
$40 1P&
Po O
NHB
NHZ
NH
NHB
NHZ
SUNDAY
GAMES BUY-IN|TIME
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$40 9A&
NH
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NH
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NH
N H Lad
NH
NH
N H 10K Guar
NHB
$115 2P
20+
$35+ 1P&
$110 1P&
$150 2P
$60 10A&
NH
$60+ 2P
NHB
$100 5P&
NH
$60 1P
NH
$30 2P
NH
$120 6P&
NH
$100 12P
Sit N Go
$45 12P&
NH
$65 1P
Deepstack
p
$120+ 12P&
NH
$130
NH
$65 12P&
NH
$125 4P
N H Dbl Megastack
g
$80 1P&
12P&
O/8
NH
NH
$45+
$50
$20+
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
H
O H/L
7F
$15
Varies
$20+
$55
$15
F+
F+
$20+
$25
B N H $65+
NH
$50
N H Superp Deepstack
p
$100
Varies Varies
Turbo N H
$40
NHB
$50
N H DeepStack
p $600
NH
Varies
NH
$60
N H Deepstack
p
Varies
Sit N Go
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NH
$65
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“Why am I losing?” This may be the most frequent question asked
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The thoughtful player is used to mastering whatever challenge
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I see nine possible reasons why the good player may be losing
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turn. This will take me a couple of articles—so please be patient. I
think it will be worth it.
Reason No. 1: The sample size is too small. So you’ve lost for a
few sessions. That doesn’t mean that you are a losing player. It could
well not mean anything. It’s one big game. The fact that after five
hours, sixteen hours, or even sixty hours you might be down doesn’t
mean that you will be, over the long run, a loser. The general consensus among experts is that it takes about 500 hours or 15,000 hands
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Reason No. 2: Your opponents are losing and lying. If your
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their losses. Don’t believe what you hear or even what you see at
the poker table. Just because someone says he’s a winning player
doesn’t mean he is.
Reason No. 3: You may not be as good as you think. Reading
books and articles, having a strong desire to win, and even attempting to apply what you’ve learned is no guarantee that you are playing well. Smart and thoughtful poker players are can be bad poker
players. Many smart and studious players misapply what they have
learned by playing too tightly, conservatively, and timidly—especially
when large pots are involved. They may understand the concept of
pot odds, but when the rubber meets the road they erroneously
avoid risk when they should embrace it. Otherwise technically proficient players often are more concerned with not being embarrassed
with a losing showdown than they are with the pot odds that they
are being offered for a call. Similarly, they often fail to bet or raise
aggressively when they are in the lead, losing out on the additional
winnings a truly skillful player would accumulate. Just because you
know the importance of skill in poker doesn’t mean you possess it.
Reason No. 4: You have failed to appreciate the full cost of
playing in a public poker room. You may be beating the other players by a significant amount but still not beating the game because
of the combined cost of the rake or time charge, the tips, and the
bad beat or high hand take-out. You may in fact be as much as 15
to 20 percent better than your opponents. But in the public poker
rooms, especially the lower stakes games, the effective tax on your
winnings can be as high as 20 percent or more. So your bottom
line may be in the red even if you are significantly better than your
opponents.
In my next article I’ll examine the remaining reasons why you
might be losing.
Ashley Adams is the author of Winning 7-Card Stud and
Winning No Limit Low Limit Hold’em. He hosts the
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Internet at www.houseofcardsradio.com.
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