Mike Caro “CHEAT” Mike Caro “CHEAT”

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POKER PLAYER
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Michael Woos ‘Em
at Commerce
Casino’s
Hold’em
Series
Michael Woo Takes
First Place Prize
of $189,876
Last month, between
September 10 and 27,
Commerce Casino hosted
their Hold’em Series, a
group of tournaments that
drew more than 6,000
players during its 17-day
run. Buy-ins ranged from
$200 to $2,500 with a
prize pools in the hundreds
of thousands.
We reported on all but
the main event last issue,
which occurred too late for
our press deadline. But we
have it for you now, and
local player Michael Woo,
from Hacienda Heights,
captured the $2,580 buy-in
tourney. He topped a field
of 270 players, and took
down the first prize of
$189,876.
Tyler Patterson, of
Everett WA, finished sec(Continued on page 17)
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With 49 events spread over
an eighteen day period that
began October 1 and will
end October 18, there’s
more tournament poker
than any one person can
reasonably play in that
period of time. That’s the
downside. The upside to
Reno’s Grand Sierra Resort
Fall Deepstack Pot of Gold
Tournament is that there’s
$30,000 in added prize
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Englishman Paul Zimbler
broke a world record for the
longest recorded continuous poker session during
the World Series of PokerEurope, when he played 74
hours, 20 minutes, and 21
seconds straight.
Challengers were asked
to donate a minimum of £10
to play against him, with
proceeds going to the MakeA-Wish Foundation. Betfair
Poker added a £5,000 donation and Zimbler raised
close to £35,000 during his
sleepless saga.
He began on a Monday
and finished three days later
Bike’s Big Poker Oktober Makes Big
Poker Splash with 1,000-Player
Fields for Opening Three Events
Big Poker Oktober, held
annually at the Bicycle
Casino in Bell Gardens, got
underway in grand style
October 1, with Miguel
Angel Luna defeating a field
of more than 1,000 players
to win $14,888 for his $50
investment.
Tony Rochman captured
second place, good for a
cool $7,000, while the show
money of $3,645 went to
Francisco Baltazar.
In the second event on
the calendar, 1,092 players ponied up $100 + $20
apiece, which yielded the
By Nolan Dalla
Barry Shulman stood up,
hoisted the Trophy, received
the bracelet and cash prize
of $1,275,000 as the 2009
World Series of PokerEurope (WSOP-E) champion. But it was a 17 hour
marathon on Day 5, and it
was never easy.
The nine-handed final
table included two members
of the “November Nine,”
who will play for the World
Series of Poker main event
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Our farewells to
Bob Stupak
Barry Shulman Defeats
Daniel Negreanu to Win
World Series of PokerEurope Championship
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Caro’s Word: “Cheat”
POKER NEWS
By Haley Hintze
SOUTH CAROLINA GAMBLING
CHARGES DISMISSED
Gambling charges were officially dismissed
against five South Carolina poker players who
maintained that their game was predominantly skill, not luck, a
sentiment upheld by the judge who threw out the case. The five
had refused to pay a fine and accept a plea bargain offered following the raid of the 2006 game in Mount Pleasant, though 20 others
accepted the same deal. Also put under scrutiny was an antiquated
South Carolina law governing games of chance, under which such
common board games as Monopoly (which includes dice) could be
construed as illegal. The state’s legislature continues to consider
modernization of its gambling laws.
WYDEN PULLS GAMING AMENDMENT
FROM FRANK LEGISLATION
Oregon Senator Ron Wyden (D) submitted, then quickly retracted,
an amendment to the online-gambling regulatory legislation championed by Barney Frank that would have used funds raised from
online regulation for upcoming health-care reform needs. Wyden’s
quick reversal, according to a release, was to keep another controversial issue (online gambling) from becoming entangled in the
heated battle over health-care reform. Meanwhile, Frank’s legislation continues in its holding pattern as economic issues of higher
importance dominate the attention of Congress.
FULL TILT SUED BY NOT-BOTS
Online poker site Full Tilt Poker has been sued again, this time by
a couple of Los Angeles-area players who claim the site has falsely
accused them of being “bots” (automated programs set up to play
unmonitored on computers). The two players, Lary “Poker Girl”
Kennedy and Greg Omotoy, allege that the site has illegally withheld some $80,000 in winnings. The suit alleges fraud, libel and
unjust enrichment, and names Full Tilt Poker and several prominent
players alleged to hold ownership roles in the company. Full Tilt
has been targeted by or connected to at least three other lawsuits
in recent months, including two brought by former employees and
endorsers.
HELLMUTH FIRES SALVO AT HARRAH’S,
THREATENS SEPARATE POKER SERIES
11-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth Jr.
recently lambasted WSOP corporate owner Harrah’s Entertainment,
threatening that other entities might start their own, competing series. Hellmuth made the comment on an episode of the
“Hardcore Poker Show” on Sirius Radio. At issue was Harrah’s
use of Hellmuth’s image in WSOP promotional material at Harrah’s
Entertainment properties, and the perceived higher juice charged
by the WSOP for its events. Hellmuth also lambasted Harrah’s for
not comping him a room at the Rio this past summer.
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F
or eight years, I haven’t
talked much about
cheating at poker.
Unfortunately, today’s
word “cheat” came up at
random from a pool of candidates whose size can be
calculated by 16,384 times
the reciprocal of 2 to the
14th power. Here’s a selfinterview, in which I get to
ask my own questions and
respond however I like.
Question 1: How come
you haven’t talked much
about cheating publicly in
recent years?
After decades of dealing
openly with the topic and
headquartering my Cheater
Monitoring Service at two
different casinos, I was
slapped around by entities
POKERSTARS SETS NEW ONLINE
PLAYER MARK
Leading online poker site PokerStars has set another Guinness
Book of World Records mark, this time for most ever players at the
same time at an Internet-based poker room. The new mark, verified as occurring on September 6, 2009, saw 307,016 players in
action simultaneously at the tables.
EUROPE CRUSHED AMERICAS IN
“CAESARS CUP” PREMIERE
This made-for-TV event at the 2009 WSOP Europe featured competing teams of hand-picked players from Europe and the Americas,
and in this one it was Europe in a rout. Europe’s team, captained
by Annette Obrestad, romped to a 4-1 decision over several formats pitting the teams’ players against each other. Team Europe
featured Obrestad, Peter Eastgate, Dario Minieri, Bertrand “Elky”
Grospellier, Ilari Sahamies, Patrik Antonius, Gus Hansen, and online
qualifier John Harvey. Team Americas was captained by Daniel
Negreanu and included Doyle Brunson, Phil Hellmuth, Phil Ivey,
Huck Seed, John Juanda, Jennifer Harman, and Barry Greenstein.
and players I considered my
allies in efforts to keep poker
honest.
It happened a decade ago,
when I announced that there
would be a public interview
with three cheaters who
promised to expose all. In
recorded, preliminary, private
questioning, they ended up
making many unfounded
and false accusations along
with some legitimate ones.
Because of that, I decided not
to conduct public interviews,
but the cheaters themselves
distributed stolen video.
Even today, this subject is
sensitive. But you can do an
Internet search (both on the
web and in the Usenet newsgroups) if you want to piece
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How Would You Play
This Hand, PART 2
Dealer’s
Choice
LOU KRIEGER ON POKER
By Lou Krieger©
A poker playing friend asked me to comment on two hands
he played. Last time we discussed the hand he played in a
cash game. This one deals with a hold’em tournament, and
expands on some of the major differences between tournament and cash game play.
SITUATION NUMBER 2. “I’m in a fixed-limit hold’em
tournament with 20-minute rounds and blinds that double
each round. We’re five-handed at the final table, and I have
the second highest stack. I’m dealt Ah-Qh under the gun.
I raise, and everyone but the small blind, who is the chip
leader—though not by much—calls. The flop contains a jack
and two small hearts. The small blind bets out on the flop,
and I read him for a jack. I call, since I have two overcards
that can make a bigger pair and a draw to the best possible flush. But the turn is no help and neither is the river.
We both check, and he wins the pot with K-J.
“In retrospect, I think I should have folded to his bet
on the flop. With only two of us, and each chip so vitally
important, this did not seem to be the best time to continue with a draw.”
MY RESPONSE. If this were a cash game, it’s clearly
correct to call. In a no-limit game it’s correct to try for the
nut flush as long as the implied odds supported the cost to
keep drawing. If you both had decent sized stacks, along
with a chance that you could win most or all of his chips,
and the cost to draw was reasonable, it’s clearly a hand to
play.
But this was a tournament, and since you were in second
chip position, this was a hand you did not need to play.
Once he bet the turn you should have released your hand.
At that point your chances for improvement were reduced
and you had less of an opportunity to punish him if you
were lucky enough to make your hand.
In a no-limit tournament you might have raised him allin on the flop if you thought there was some chance that
he would release his hand. A big bet gives you some fold
equity, a term that refers to the chance that your opponent will not call your big bet and release his hand. But in
a fixed-limit tournament you probably won’t induce a fold
by raising, unless your opponent held A-K and was willing
to fold in the face of a raise.
You have nine outs to the nut flush and pairing your ace
will probably win the pot for you, and pairing your queen
might do the job too. Your opponent has to fear any flush
card, as well as an ace, king, or queen. Because you raised
before the flop, your opponent might even read you for an
overpair and not want to jeopardize his chip lead. As tournament chip leader, he should be reluctant to play for all
his chips with nothing more than top pair, especially when
he can duck this confrontation and remain chip leader
while looking for a better situation to gather more chips.
But all of this is speculative and conjecture. The key
issue is that you did not need to play this hand in the first
place, and could have released it with a minimal loss in
chips once your opponent bet the flop.
In retrospect, you would have been better off waiting for
opportunities to punish the small stacks. If this hand were
played against a small stack, you would have been justified
in raising him all-in. After all, you couldn’t have gotten hurt
by bets on the turn and river, and with nine outs to a flush
and three additional queens and three aces that would presumably vault you into the lead, it’s a play worth making—
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A Joe & Hobby fiction by
David J. Valley
was sitting in front of
my laptop with a long
neck Corona at my elbow
and about 36 hours to meet
my deadline. It was a firstcut script for a popular
TV cop show for which I
had sold a premise. I was
relaxed and enjoying the
writing because I had a
good plot laced with comedy and unexpected turns.
When the phone rang I was
tempted not to answer until
some bad consequences
raced through my mind.
“Joe, where are you?”
my buddy, Hobby, asked.
“Well just take a wild
guess. You called me at
home and I answered the
phone.”
“Yeah, well I mean,
why aren’t you here?
Tonight’s my poker night
on Lazybuns.”
“Oh, shit. I totally forgot.
I’m working; you’ll have to
count me out.”
“Joe, you can’t let me
down like this. We’ve
been planning this for two
months. I’ve got a great
group of guys coming and
I’m having Chen’s cater our
eats. It’ll be a bust without
you, Joe.”
“Jeez, I don’t know. I’ve
got a deadline and I should
keep working.” About that
time my stomach growled
and I thought about Chen’s
food; it was first-rate.
“Joe, if you’ll come
tonight, I’ll spring for dinner at Ruth’s this weekend
I
for you and Kim.”
How tempting, not only
did I savor the best steaks
in town, but it was also
Kim’s favorite and an
almost guaranteed a sleepover. “Okay, Hobby, I’ll be
right over.”
After a round of drinks,
Hobby got it underway saying, “It’s dealer’s choice
tonight, and no fair opting
out before you see some
cards. Let’s give everyone
a chance to try out their
favorite game.” Oh boy, I
thought, this can be a real
bummer. I’d played with
some of the guys before
and their concept of poker
is double-deck canasta for
money. Oh well, I signed
up. I’d have to grin and
bear it.
I bought $100 worth of
chips and planned to sit
back and play conservatively, but when I found
three aces in my hand for a
game of “confetti” and the
fourth ace turned up on the
board I made a substantial
bet. I momentarily forgot
the starting instructions that
the two cards on either side
of the second community
card would be wild. A six
was turned over, which did
nothing for my hand. After
the final card was exposed,
a jack which paired anther
on the board, I wasn’t sure
where I sat in the hierarchy of weird hands, and
checked. A following
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bet, which I felt obliged to
call; after all it’s not every
day you get four true aces.
My opponent turned over
a pair of sevens and a five
and claimed, “Five jacks, I
win.”
I tried to be gracious
about it but underneath I
was pissed. The past hand
was the epitome of what
stupid off-beat poker games
produce. I swear, I’ll never
be sucked into another one
of these lame excuses for
the honored game of poker,
good friend Hobby, or not.
When the rotation came
to me I attempted to bring
some balance to the game
and announced, “Five-card
draw.” You would have
thought I farted at the buffet table to see the looks
on their faces. Even Hobby
said, “Is that the best you
can come up with, Joe? I
was expecting something
more creative.” That was
a low blow, but rather
than stew about it I started
thinking about what I might
offer next time.
I actually began to make
money on the crazy games,
not for any skill on my part,
but just from the luck of the
draw. I played games I’d
never heard of before, like
night baseball extra innings
where in addition to two
wild cards, you could buy
a final card which would
be your personal wild card.
Good grief, unless you had
five aces or a royal flush
you had no chance to win.
We took a break to enjoy
Chen’s spread of Chinese
food. I was famished by
this time and totally pigged
out. I had already put away
a half-dozen beers and was
mellowing out, despite my
revulsion at the corrupt
poker. Hobby took a seat
next to me and said, “Joe,
I know you’re not a fan of
goofy poker, but try to get
with the program; just do it
for me.”
Everyone seemed to be
more interested in chow
than poker so it was late
when we got back to the
table. By the time the deal
got to me we were on the
downhill leg. Before I
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Raymond Davis—
the Badugi Master
ONLINE POKER
Paul “Dr. Pauly” McGuire
No one specifically comes to mind when you think of the premier
Badugi players in the world. Although Badugi has been played in
poker circles for years—especially in high stakes mixed games—the
game is still in its infancy and not as popular as hold’em, stud, or
Omaha. Badugi is a fixed-limit lowball game with four cards and
three chances to draw. You’re seeking the lowest low hand but with
different suits.
Badugi recently made its debut at the virtual tables and the
game was finally introduced at this year’s World Championship of
Online Poker (WCOOP) on PokerStars. The winner of the inaugural
event was a familiar face, none other than Raymond Davis.
If you frequent the card rooms in Southern California, you might
have come across the flashy pro. Davis is often the best dressed
player at the table, decked out in a Gucci fedora and diamond
earrings. He loves to get under people’s skin in an attempt to tilt
them.
When Davis got out of the Army in the early 1990s, he settled
down in Seattle. After rising through the ranks of the local cards
rooms in Washington, he headed south to Los Angeles to test his
skills against some of the best players in the world. In the early
2000s, Davis was mentored by the late John Bonetti, while he
befriended pros such as Phil Ivey and Paul Darden. The guidance of
all three helped Davis’ game evolve and he amassed $1.5 million in
career tournament earnings. Now, Davis can add a WCOOP bracelet
to his resume.
Davis, playing under the screen name “raydavis77,” faded a field
of 376 runners en route to his first place finish. The top 56 won
prize money, and notables who cashed included Vicky Coren (36),
Katja Thater (22) and Daniel Negreanu (21).
Davis began the final table in a comfortable spot as the chip
leader, but he had a couple of difficult opponents nipping at
his heels including Aussie pro Billy “the Croc” Argyros, Danny
“THE__D__RY” Ryan and Jason “JP OSU” Potter.
Team PokerStars Pro Barry Greenstein, who hosted the event
and is good friends with Davis, entertained everyone on the rail
with some witty banter.
“Normally I would congratulate all of you,” explained
Greenstein. “But you are all behind Raymond Davis, which is
embarrassing. I have to root for you, Raymond. No one else owes
me money.”
When Davis knocked out Billy the Croc in seventh place,
Greenstein could not resist teasing Davis, “Raymond still leading?
Bad for the arguments that poker is a game of skill.”
When action was heads-up against “bobsmith166,” Davis held a
slight chip lead, yet agreed on a deal. Despite the chop, the two
played for over ninety minutes before Davis finally won the tournament. He collected $19,912, the bracelet, and the distinction of
being the first player to ever win a high stakes Badugi tournament
on PokerStars.
This year’s WCOOP boasted $40 million in guaranteed prize
money and the number of tournaments increased from 33 in 2008
to 45 in 2009. The WCOOP has come a long way from its first
festival, which conswisted of a mere nine tournaments. Although
WCOOP victories are not quite the online equivalent as winning a
WSOP bracelet, winning a WCOOP event is a badge of honor among
the online community. Several previously unknown online pros were
thrust into the spotlight after their first place finishes in WCOOP
events. That list includes Jeff ‘ActionJeff’ Garza, Jason ‘strassa2’
Strasser, James ‘mig.com’ Mackey, and Steven ‘stevesbets’ Jacobs.
Over the years, a couple of familiar names have won WCOOP
events. That elite list includes Greg “fossilman” Raymer, J.C.
“area23JC” Tran, Chad “stelladora” Brown, Shaun “shaundeeb”
Deeb, and Dan “Lenny” Heimiller.
For now, Raymond Davis has bragging rights and can claim that
he’s the greatest Badugi player in the world.
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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9
It Doesn’t Take the
Best in the World…
POKER TO THE NTH DEGREE
By Tony Guerrera
NFL teams play predetermined schedules. NBA teams play predetermined schedules. NHL teams play predetermined schedules. Teams
in these leagues don’t get to choose their opposition. Their schedules are set by the league and the teams play it. Thriving in such an
environment requires being the best.
Poker is much different. If you’re a cash game player, you can
enter or leave games as you wish. As a result, it’s possible to be a
winning player in the long-run even if you’re the ninth worst player
in the world. Simply sit in games exclusively featuring the eight
worst players in the world.
Tournament players can also choose the tournaments they want
to play. As a result, you can be a winning tournament player in the
long-run if you play events where the field contains a high percentage of players who are weaker than you are.
Poker skill entails mastering the strategic elements of the game
and applying an understanding of tells to exploit those who exhibit
them. Poker profitability entails playing in games where opponents
are exploitable in identifiable ways. Interesting consequences of
this dynamic are that:
1) It’s possible that some of the best players in the world are
losing players.
2) It’s possible that some of the most profitable players in the
world are not the best players
On one level, this is a simple reiteration of one of the most important aspects of playing poker profitably: game selection. On another
level, this is a way of expressing how important it is to properly
process all the poker knowledge that’s thrown at you. It’s possible
that we’re all missing out on pearls of wisdom from poker geniuses
who happen to be losing players as a result of extremely poor game
selection; however, the biggest obstacle that many players face is
adhering to untested advice from big winning players.
While some notably big winners are among the best players in
the world, it’s still possible that other big winners are either somewhat above average players with superb, disciplined game selection
or losing players who simply haven’t played enough for the long
term to catch up.
Someone who has won a lot of money doesn’t necessarily have
a strong theoretical grasp of the game. And even if you’re getting
advice from one of the best players in the world, can that player
precisely communicate the nuances that go into his decisions?
A line of play that exploits a certain player type might get you
into a lot of trouble against an unknown opponent. If action A
shouldn’t be taken unless B, C, and D are true, have conditions B, C,
and D, been sufficiently articulated?
Although you should distrust every piece of poker information
that you’re exposed to, you should always seek information. But
dissect everything!
Don’t just do as your told; don’t blindly follow convention. Ensure
that everything you assimilate into your game is built on a logically
sound foundation. The best learners in poker as well as pretty much
every other discipline are those who persistently question their
teachers. Instead of assuming that they’re being taught correctly,
they prove to themselves that they’re being taught correctly.
Regardless of your skill level, it’s possible to identify exploitable opposition, assuming that you know what to look for. Putting
yourself in a position where you can exploit the highest possible
percentage of the opposition is a much tougher task. Accomplishing
it requires:
1) Processing available information
2) Verifying the validity and applicability of processed information
3) Creatively theorizing and being open-minded enough to
explore the unexplored
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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Pocket aces are certainly a
thing of beauty to behold
but more frequently you
will be holding one ace
and hoping to connect
with one on the board to
make top pair. That’s the
type hand we will explore
today… top pair, an ace in
your hand and one on the
flop.
you. Success in hold’em is
often linked to being proactive… take the initiative
and bet!
If someone in front
of you has already bet, I
endorse raising with a ten
or higher kicker, especially
since no one raised before
the flop. You need to play
this type of hand aggres-
part 150, Multiway
Aces
IMPROVING PERFORMANCE
By Tom “TIME” Leonard
The strength of these
hands lies in the value of
the kicker, whether the ace
is suited to the kicker, your
position, and how the betting progresses. A suited
A-K is the strongest of the
single ace hands and some
players bet and raise with
this holding like they’ve
just been dealt an unbeatable hand. Of course, in
due time they find out that
isn’t always the case.
Let’s imagine holding
a lone ace in an unraised
multiway pot with four
other players, and the flop
is A-7-2 of mixed suits.
With no raise prior to the
flop and no reasonable
draw, your aces are probably the best hand regardless of your kicker. If you
are first to act or everyone
has checked to you, a bet
is in order. Taking down
the pot right away is fine
since you do not want to
give someone holding a
hand like 8-7 a free card,
and along with it, the
opportunity to draw out on
sively to
maximize
your win, since many
weak players who play
weak aces will pay you
off.
If you are played back
at, you need to reassess
the situation. Is the raiser
capable of a raise in this
situation with a weaker
hand in an attempt to
move you off your hand?
Has he possibly hit a set
of deuces, or was he in
the big blind and hit the
big blind special of 7-2
and made two pair on the
flop? You won’t always
be on the correct side with
your decision but seeing
the turn for one extra bet
might be in order, especially if your kicker is
higher than a seven.
On those occasions
when there is a bet and
a raise before the action
reaches you, there are
likely two aces out and
now your kicker is critical. If you’re holding
anything but a picture
card kicker, your hand
is probably beaten. Even
a queen or jack may not
be a good enough kicker.
Many players will limp
with A-K treating it as the
drawing hand it is. Getting
involved with just a pair of
aces and a mediocre kicker
can be a big mistake. Even
with a solid kicker you are
at risk of being in second
place, or possibly investing money just for a chop.
I would not play anything
less than A-Q for two bets.
But knowing how your
opponents play is always
a major factor in decision
making, and erring on the
side of caution usually
serves you well.
While pocket aces are
the best starting hand in
hold’em, many players
overrate a pair of aces with
one in the hand and one
on the board. Our goal for
today is not to be one of
those players. Evaluate
these holdings through a
filter made up of the value
of your kicker, whether it
is suited to the ace, your
position, and the betting
action. When holding this
kind of hand, be aggressive but don’t hesitate to
release it if it looks like
you’re in trouble.
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
[email protected].
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4
it together for yourself.
I learned from that episode. I also concluded that
you can’t combat cheating
effectively in a public arena
where anonymous trouble
makers contribute to the conversation and nobody, except
those who are objectively
investigating, have a clue
who’s telling the truth and
who’s lying.
Poker today is played in
the spotlight. It’s no longer
unnoticed in dingy backrooms, so management and
players have more to protect.
It’s obvious that poker is
more honest today than ever
and that most real-world and
online poker rooms try to
ensure poker integrity. But
it’s a challenging job, and
one that can best be handled
behind the scenes. That way,
the weapons used to combat
cheating are usually a surprise to the criminals.
Question 2: Did you say
“criminals?” Is that how
you feel about players who
scam poker?
Yes. And there should
be an even more repugnant
word for them. Guys who rob
convenience stores are very
bad dudes, in my book. But
at least you know who they
are. They’re the ones in the
masks, holding the guns.
But poker is a game of
implied promise. We pledge
to each other that when
we sit at the table, we’ll be
playing as individuals, not
as teams. An honest player
simply cannot compete with
opponents who join together
and help each other out at the
table. And that’s why I keep
reminding people that poker
partners are serious criminals.
You’re honoring your pledge;
they’re not — and there’s
usually no way to know it!
They’re not just stealing from
a 7-Eleven, where everyone
knows a crime is committed. They’re destroying fair
chances to win, hope, homes,
fortunes, and more. And
they’re doing it while counting on you to keep your word
to them.
If poker partners sound to
you like the lowest bacterial
life on earth, then we share
similar opinions.
Question 3: What can
honest players do?
Don’t tolerate cheating.
Don’t look the other way.
Don’t just get out of a game
and seek safer grounds. Say
something, if you’re sure.
Scream. Our game is too
important not to protect.
Poker is all over television.
It has crawled out of dank
windowless basements and
been exposed to the sunlight.
Honor our game by not letting anyone cheat. The days
when people glamorized
and envied poker cheats are
long ago, yesteryear, before
humans walked upright.
Protect me and I’ll protect
you.
Question 4: What
inspired you to do this
interview after saying so
little about cheating for so
long?
Ford.
Question 5: Ford?
Yes, Ford. Ford Motor
Company has created the
most obnoxious advertisement in history. Hardly anyone is saying much about it,
which is scary.
The announcer promoting a pickup truck says: “I
figure the engineers who
built the all-new ’09 F150 are
probably the same guys we
all cheated off of in science
class. We’re thinking about
pizza; they’re thinking about
aerodynamic weight properties. Crazy smart.”
Right there is the end of
poker. Yes, I realize that the
latest generation doesn’t
consider cheating something
that makes you a social outcast. Recent polls report that
most students think cheating on tests is okay — and
many do it. And, apparently,
Ford thinks it’s cool to target an audience of that age
with those beliefs. I pity
any teachers who still try
to teach that cheating is a
severe offense, that if you do
it, you’re stealing the future
of others who won’t excel
as much comparatively from
their efforts. Here’s a corporation of world stature claiming “we all cheat, so let’s
buy this truck.” To me, this is
beyond reprehensible.
I teach and admire many
aspiring young poker players.
They definitely don’t share
Ford’s outlook.
Still, beware of the next
generation of poker players.
They’re on the way.
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
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11
Don’t be GREEDY! Use
Money Management
Oklahoma Poker, PART 2
SENIORS SCENE
By George “The engineer” EPSTEIN
My first book, The Greatest Book of Poker for
WINNERS!, explains four basic rules for winning at
poker. Rule No. 1 deals with goals and money management—tactics for preserving your winnings at each
session. Certainly if you win every session, you will
be a winner over the long run. Besides, it’s always
more fun going home a winner. My book describes
two money management techniques—one that I use
and one that my co-author Dr. Dan Abrams prefers.
Both are similar and can help you to avoid losing back
all your winnings when you are ahead.
Variance is a part of playing poker. It’s a fact of
life. Variance—ups and downs—is as inevitable as the
fickle dalliances of Lady Luck. When you enjoy good
luck, winnings pile up before you. The river brings the
card you need to beat your opponent’s hand. Your
kicker is one level higher than his. We have all experienced periods of good luck. Optimistic, we hope the
good luck will continue. The stacks of chips grow higher. It’s a great feeling … Euphoria! Elation! Ecstasy!
But the poker gods inevitably decide you’ve had
enough and the good luck is rewarded to your opponents. You get what’s left. Second-best can be costly.
Meanwhile the casino steadily takes its rake. Roughly
$150 is subtracted from the chips at the table each
hour—about $15 per hour per player, including you.
Sure, the casino is entitled to the rake. It has expenses and must show a profit or it won’t be in business
for very long. While you were winning, the rake was
like a fly speck on the poker table—lost in the noise
as you won hand after hand.
Now you see your winnings shrink. A bad beat cuts
your mountain of winnings down to a mere molehill.
It’s happening right before your eyes. But you won’t
give up. Is it greed that keeps you glued to your
seat? Greed! The desire to win more. You know you
can do it, as you did a little while ago. You pray to the
poker gods. You take your favorite good-luck charm
out of your pocket and set it atop your chips. Alas,
nothing seems to help.
But, there is one way to stem the outward flow of
chips back to your opponents. Use money management! Here’s how it works: It applies after playing
awhile and achieving your original goal, so that you
are well ahead for the session. Set a portion of your
winnings—say, one half of the winning chips—to the
right of your remaining chips: the money you started
with plus the rest of your winnings. The chips to the
right—that’s your “playing money.” The rest of the
chips are your “money in the bank.”
Don’t use the money in the bank unless forced
to do so. When your “playing money” is gone, it’s
time to cash out. Go home a winner. Often, while
using your “playing money,” you lose a few hands
and then win a big one. Use these last winnings to
replenish your “playing money,” and put the rest
with the “money in the bank.” It’s fun to watch your
“money in the bank” grow bigger. But it’s even more
important not to lose it all back to the table. Don’t
be greedy. Settle for a smaller win. It takes courage,
determination, and self-control to use money management. Can you do it?
. . . So readers, what’s YOUR opinion?
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].
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G
reetings
from
Oklahoma! In
this issue we
will tour four
more poker rooms
that offer reasonable
cash games and low buy-in
tournaments in this great
gaming state.
Firelake Grand Casino
in Shawnee provides a
comfortable and enjoyable
atmosphere in its 20-table
poker room. The friendly
staff here can sign you
up for one of the regular
games including $1-$2 nolimit hold’em and $3-$6
limit hold’em and will also
spread other games depending on player interest. They
have a variety of daily
tournaments with buy-ins
starting at $30 and ranging
up to $100 for Saturday’s
popular freeze-out tournament. They offer ladies
events on Wednesday at 7
p.m. and the last Saturday
of every month at 12 p.m.
This beautiful casino knows
how to take care of its players so call the poker room
today at 405.964.7263.
Choctaw Casino in
Durant will be expanding its 18-table room to 30
tables in February 2010
and will launch satellites
in January for the Choctaw
Open that is to run into
April 2010. The main cash
game available is $1-$2
no-limit hold’em, and they
also have a variety of daily
tournaments sure to please
many poker players. Most
weekly tournament buyins start at $60 for their
no-limit hold’em games.
You can also play a $115
Omaha high tournament
held on the first Saturday
of the month, a $330 nolimit hold’em tournament
on the second Saturday
of the month, and a $225
no-limit hold’em tournament on the last Saturday
of the month. Choctaw
also offers a monthly $60
ladies tournament, $120
Jack and Jill tournament,
and $115 seniors event.
For more information call
800.788.2464.
Osage Million Dollar
Elm Casino in Tulsa provides top-notch service
in its 6-table poker room.
By Crystalynn Harris
They
spread $1-$2 no-limit
hold’em cash games and
$3-$6 limit hold’em games
most of the time. So if you
are looking to come in and
play with regulars, this
is the place to be! Every
Monday they offer an
exciting pot-limit Omaha
tournament and on the first
Sunday of every month they
host a $10,000 guaranteed
free-roll tournament that
brings in quite a crowd. The
atmosphere is laid back and
relaxed and the staff is very
player-friendly. So whether
you are planning to attend
one of the great concerts
that Osage holds or just
want to get in on the game,
call 918.699.7777 and book
your next trip today!
First Council Casino
in Newkirk is located right
across the Oklahoma/
Kansas border on Highway
77. This enclosed room
is always jumping with
action. They have eight
tables and regularly play
$1-$2-$5 no-limit hold’em,
$3-$6 limit hold’em, and
$2-$5 pot-limit Omaha.
There are daily
tournaments available with
buy-ins ranging from $30
to $230, as well as a $65
ladies tournament available on Sunday. Easy to
find and easy to play, First
Council knows how to
accommodate the average
poker player. This enclosed
poker room offers sanctity
from the buzzing of slot
machines, a sociable and
knowledgeable staff, as
well as great dealers. Call
Tim Craft, Poker Room
Manager, at 877.725.2670
for more information.
Whether you are headed
North, East, West, or South
in Oklahoma, make sure
to join me next issue for
highlights of more poker in
Oklahoma so you can find
and play in a poker room
along the way!
Crystalynn Harris is a
small-stakes poker player,
writer, and sales rep
for Poker Player in the
Oklahoma area.
You may reach her at
[email protected].
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13
Just One Pair
THE FOX’s DEN
BY Russ Fox
I was playing in an online deep-stacked
no-limit hold’em tournament, and
found myself looking at Jd-Ja in the big blind. A
middle-position player raised to T70 when the blinds
were T10-T20. He did this frequently in this very
early portion of the tournament. I elected to call and
then evaluate my hand on the flop.
The flop of Qf-10s-6d was both good and bad
news for me. There was an overcard—though when
you hold jacks you should expect that—but I was
likely ahead of my opponent’s range. Given that he
was active, he could hold A-5 or better, many suited
kings, two Broadway cards, and any pair. Of course,
if he hit the flop he would be way ahead of my hand,
but the odds favored my holding the best hand.
My opponent made a continuation bet of T100
after I checked the flop. I called. The turn was the
7a and we both checked. The river was the 2d.
I could bet the river—it was likely I was ahead—but
what hands would he call with if I bet? Perhaps he’d
call if he had A-10 or K-10. He’d almost certainly call
me if he had a queen. It was unlikely that he would
put any more money into this pot with a losing hand.
The other problem was what I would do if he
raised? All I had was one pair of jacks. Sure, it was a
deep-stacked tournament but is there any reason for
me to lose a lot of chips early in a tournament when
I didn’t have to? I couldn’t think of a good reason for
betting and ended up checking. He checked too, and
my pair of jacks won. It turned out he had Kf-Js.
Many Internet players have been brought up on
aggression followed by more aggression. Slowing
down is the opposite strategy, and learning when
to slow down is the opposite of what action junkies
desire.
That said, just as there are times when unbridled
aggression is vital there are times when exercising
discretion is the better part of valor. When you bet,
you should know what you’re going to do regardless
of what your opponent does in response. If you don’t
know what you will do if your opponent raises, then
why are you betting?
Consider this hand played by my friend Aaron in a
brand new $2-$5 no-limit hold’em cash game. Aaron
was under the gun with As-Aa and raised to $25.
He was called by Linda in the cutoff seat and Raul in
the big blind. All three players began the hand with
$500.
The flop was 10f-9fJf, about as ugly a flop
for aces as you can have. Raul checked, and Aaron
fired a continuation bet of $55. Both opponents
called.
The turn was the 2d, and everyone checked.
The river was the 3a. Raul bet $100. Aaron
thought for a few moments and called. Linda also
thought for a few moments before folding. Raul
showed Qf-Js and Aaron’s aces took down the
pot.
Aaron later told me why he took the conservative
route with his aces. “The flop hit my opponents’
likely ranges dead-on. What could I beat? Worse, if a
fourth club or straight card fell on the turn or river
I’d almost certainly be dead. All I had was one pair.
Sure, it was the best possible pair but there’s no
reason to go broke with one pair.”
Russell Fox is the co-author of “Mastering No-Limit Hold’em,”
“Why You Lose at Poker,” and “Winning Strategies for
No-Limit Hold’em.” He’s a federally licensed tax preparer specializing in gambling, with a blog at taxabletalk.com.
E-mail Russ at [email protected]
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O C TO B E R 26 , 2 0 0 9
Sam Mudaro, BA, MBA, is a practicing tax
accountant and financial executive with
35 years of analytical business expertise. He uses simulation software to analyze and develop strategies for Omaha/8
and other forms of poker. Reach Sam at:
[email protected].
S
ome bad information
is being disseminated
on the internet by the otherwise reliable Wikipedia,
the free encyclopedia. The
reference may be viewed at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
poker_probability_(Omaha).
Wikipedia is a hosting site
that accepts posts from
anyone who submits them.
They make no attempt to
verify the validity of the
information placed on line.
While you cannot contact
them by phone or e-mail,
you may join the organization and edit a preexisting
post and submit it.
The offending post is
titled “Poker Probability
(Omaha)” and it addresses
probability and odds for
Omaha. The results they
present are clearly wrong
and they build upon them.
The errors center around the
number of unique starting
hands.
I have built a database of
all possible starting hands. I
literally defined every possible unique starting hand
and ran a simulation with
each one, a minimum of
100,000 times, 10,000 times
from each starting position.
They claim there are 16,432
possible unique starting
hands on page two of a 22
page posting. They build
upon this incorrect fact, and
while the math is beyond
my total comprehension,
I do know that 16,432 is
incorrect and will prove that
the number of unique starting hands is 11,999 beyond
a shadow of a doubt,
If you have two independent events and one may
be accomplished in m ways
and the other in n ways then
they may combine is m * n,
(read as m times n) ways.
For example if we flip two
coins there are four possible
outcomes, namely H-H,
T-T, H-T and T-H. The first
coin may land on heads or
tails, and the second coin
has the same two possible
outcomes. Our formula is
then m * n, or 2 * 2 = 4.
We may apply this to
poker in calculating the
number of way we may be
dealt two aces in hold’em.
Sam Mudaro is the...
Unique Starting Hands, PART 1
We may
receive any of the four aces
first and any of the three
remaining aces second.
Following the above rule
we would then have 4 * 3
or 12 ways. The chart below
shows all 12 of the possible
ways in which you may be
dealt two aces. Looking
at the chart one may say,
“There is no difference
between the starting hand
of As-Adand Ad-As,”
and you are absolutely correct. The only thing that
is different between the
two hands is the order. But
order does not matter in
poker. In fact in most cases
a card’s suit does not matter
unless it relates to a flush or
straight flush.
When order does not
matter we may still calculate the number of combinations by using the binomial
coefficient. The derivation
of the mathematical formula
for calculating the binomial
coefficient is beyond the
scope of this article. There
is another term we do need
to learn and that is factorial. It is denoted with an
exclamation point as in n!,
which is read “n factorial.”
The factorial of a number
is n*(n-1)*(n-2)… (n-x)
until n minus x is equal to
one. Therefore 4! is equal
to 4*3*2*1 which equal
24, and 2! is equal to 2*1 =
2. To calculate the number
of possible combinations
to receive 2 aces out of 4,
when order does not matter, we simply divide the
total number of possible
outcomes by the factorial
of the number of card to be
selected. The symbol “/”
will be used for division.
Therefore we would have
4*3/2*1 which equals 12/2
= 6.
In English, we have four
choices for our first ace
and three for our second
ace. Remembering the m*n
formula we have 4*3 which
equals 12, the number we
received above that relates
to the chart. We now divide
this by 2! since we are only
taking two cards. 2! equals
2*1 = 2.
Dividing 12
by 2 we get
the result of
6 combinations in which order does
not matter. The chart on
the left shows the six possible combinations. There is
now only one combination
of spades with diamonds
because it does not make a
difference which card we
are deal first.
These are all the tools
necessary to verify my calculation of total possible
starting hands in Omaha.
Remember in Omaha we
are dealt 4 cards from
a deck of 52 possible
cards. Therefore there are
52*51*50*49 or 6,497,400
possible combinations if
order matters. Since order
does not matter and we
are dealt 4 cards we will
divide this result by factorial 4! Factorial 4 equals
4*3*2*1 = 24. If we divide
6,497,400 by 24 we get
270,725 possible starting
hands.
Next time we will begin
calculating the number of
unique hands using the
techniques above and simple logic.
So what have we
learned? You now know
how to count the number of
possible outcomes taking
x number of cards from a
deck at a time.
Lastly, here are some more
terms from my poker glossary—
Full Bet–A bet that is
equal to the proper bet size
bet in a limit game.
Full Boat–A hand consisting of any three cards of
the same rank plus any two
cards of the same rank.
Full House–The same as
a full boat. Three-of-a-kind
plus a pair.
Full Bet–A bet that meets
the minimum required
amount set by the limits in
a limit game. In pot-limit or
no-limit it is the full minimum bet.
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NH
$50 7P
Z
$17 8A
NH
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$17 8A
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$65 7P
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$17 8A
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$25 10A&
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$25 10A
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$40 10A&
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NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
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NH
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NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
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NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
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NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
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$65 7P
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NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
HORSE
NH
NHB
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
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$25+ 7P
$35+ 12P
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$40+ 12P
$55+ 11A&
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$40 6P
$45+ 9P&
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$25+ 6P
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NH
$22+
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NH
$25 10A
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$60 11A&
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$25 10A&
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NH
NH
NH
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$20 12P
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NH
$60 11A
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NH
N H Deepstack
NH
$60 11A
$80
$25 10A
NH
N H Deepstack
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$60 11A
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$25 10A
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NH
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$25 10A&
$25 10A&
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4P
$25 10A
GAMES BUY-IN|TIME
NH
$50 2P
NHB
$65 7P
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
$35+ 12P
NH
$35+ 9P
NH
$40+ 12P
NH
$55+ 11A&
NH
$55 10A
NH
$65
NH
$45+ 9P&
N H B $60+ 11A&
N H Z $50+ 1P
NH
$25+ 6P
NHZ
$30 10A
NH
$55 10A
NH
NH
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
$35+ 12P
$35+ 9P
$40+ 12P
$55+ 11A&
$55 10A
$65 6P
$45+ 9P&
$60+ 11A&
1P
$25 6P
$30 10A
$55 10A
$40
$65
$60+ 12P
$50 9A&
$40 11A
$40 6P
$50+ 1P&
$35+ 1P
$17+ 6P
$40
$105 10A
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$40+ 12P&
$30+ 10A&
$44+ 10A&
$40+ 11A&
$45+ 7P&
$40+ 12P
$40+ 6P
$45 10A
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
6P
$60+ 5P
$50 9A&
$40 11A
$40 6P
$50+ 1P&
$35+ 1P
$17+ 6P
12P
$105 10A
6P
$40+ 12P&
$30+ 10A&
$44+ 10A&
$40+ 11A&
$45+ 7P&
$40+ 12P
$40+ 7P
$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&
2P
$25 10A&
$145 12P&
NH
NH
NH
$200+ 12P&
$35 11A
$22+
NH
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
$60 11A
6P
$25 10A
NH
NH
SUNDAY
GAMES BUY-IN
NH
$50
NH
$50
Z
$17
NH
$65
NH
$50
NH
$65
NH
$25
NH
F
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$25
$65
$20+
$65
$25+
$35+
$35+
$40+
$55+
$55
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NHZ
NH
$45+
$60+
$50+
$25+
$30
$55
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$125
$125
$50
$40
$40
$50+
$35+
$17+
$40
$105
$65
$40+
$30+
$44+
$40+
$45+
$40+
$40+
$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 7
Dealer’s
Choice
(Continued from page 6)
picked up the deck Hobby
announced, “Joe has a very
special game for you which
will be the last one for
the night, so let’s make it
memorable.”
“Okay, guys. Since I
know the game and you
don’t, I’m going to excuse
myself. I’ll just explain it
and do the dealing. The
game is called fish poker.
You’ll each be dealt six
cards, after each there will
be a round of betting and
after the third and fifth
card you can turn to the
player on your left and
ask for whatever card you
want, like ‘give me all your
kings’ and replace them
with cards from your hand.
After the last round of betting you will open this note
I’ve written for the final
instruction.”
As stupid as it was, most
of the players were enthu-
siastically getting into it.
The exception was Marty
who was so far into his
cups that he didn’t seem to
understand what the hell
was going on. After the
betting ended on the final
round five players were still
in the game. It was the biggest pot of the night, by far.
Hobby opened my note and
read. “The player with the
poorest hand wins.”
There was pandemonium and general disgust
from expectant winners,
especially when it became
obvious Marty had won the
hand.
Write to author David Valley
at: [email protected]
O C TO B E R 26 , 2 0 0 9
15
WSOP-Europe
championship next month in
Las Vegas. James Akenhead
arrived at this final table
ranked second in chips (and
ninth in chips going into
November’s championship).
Antoine Saout arrived as
sixth in chips (he is eighth in
November).
Five former poker world
champions played in this
event, including Doyle
Brunson, Phil Hellmuth,
Chris “Jesus” Ferguson,
Huck Seed, and Peter
Eastgate. Brunson was the
only player to cash.
It took more than five
hours to eliminate the first
player. That moment came
when James Akenhead was
knocked out late in the afternoon. Once Akenhead was
gone, four more eliminations
quickly took place within
90-minutes.
Ultimate winner Barry
Shulman arrived at the final
table fourth in chip count.
He took the lead about twothirds of the way through
the finale, then see-sawed
back and forth with Daniel
Negreanu, before finally
prevailing.
When heads-up play
began Negreanu enjoyed a
slightly better than a 3-to2 lead over Shulman. The
exact chip counts were:
Negreanu with 6,180,000;
Shulman with 3,855,000.
After about an hour of
heads-up play, with Shulman
down about 5-to-3 in chips,
he moved all-in on just a
flush draw after a flop of
Kd-8h-6h. He held A-5 of
hearts.
Negreanu instantly called
Shulman’s all-in semi-bluff
and tabled two black aces.
Negreanu was two cards
away from the championship. But a heart on the turn
saved Shulman from extinction and deflated Negreanu’s
momentum. That critical
hand gave Shulman about a
3-to-1 edge.
Negreanu never quit and
chopped away at Shulman,
regaining the chip lead about
two hours later. About three
hours into heads-up play, the
two were about dead-even
in chips.
Poker fans everywhere
will certainly be talking
about what is destined to
become known as “the
hand.” Negreanu held Q-J.
The flop was J-x-x, and
Negreanu, with a pair of
jacks, bet out. This time
it was Shulman who held
pocket aces and he raised
all-in.
Negreanu thought for
a few minutes, and then
finally announced, “Call.”
As the crowd rose to its feet,
screaming for various cards,
the turn nearly blew the roof
off the Empire Casino. It
was a jack—a near-miracle
catch for Negreanu that put
him a single card away from
winning what would have
been a fifth WSOP gold
bracelet.
Negreanu, blushing from
his good fortune, stood
in marked contrast to the
somber Shulman, who was
desperately drawing to two
outs. With his tournament
life on the line, down to two
remaining aces, the bullet
hit. It was an ace—striking Negreanu between the
eyes and lifting Shulman
to the doorstep of his second WSOP career title.
Following screams of horror
from everyone except those
sitting in the Shulman camp,
the room went nearly silent
as the full effect of the hand
set in. It was the most exciting hand of the 2009 WSOP
and once broadcast to a
global poker audience, is
destined to be remembered
for years to come.
In the anti-climatic final
hand Negreanu’s pocket
fours were crushed by
Shulman’s pocket tens. A ten
flopped—good for a set—
and the WSOP-E ended
at 5:17 a.m. in front of an
audience who witnessed one
of tournament poker’s most
thrilling finishes.
LONDON CLUBS INTERNATIONAL—
THE CASINO AT THE EMPIRE
WSOP-EUROPE
EVENT #4
9/26/09
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
MAIN EVENT
BUY-IN £10,000
PLAYERS 334
PRIZE
POOL
£3,340,000
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Barry Shulman . . . £801,603
Daniel Negreanu . . £495,589
Praz Bansi . . . . . . . £360,887
Jason Mercier . . . . £267,267
Markus Ristola . . . £200,367
Chris Bjorin . . . . . . £150,267
Antoine Saout . . . . £114,228
Matthew Hawrilenko £87,074
James Akenhead . . . £66,533
EVENT #3
9/23/09
BICYCLE CASINO
EVENT #6
10/7/09
BUY-IN £5,000
BIG POKER OKTOBER
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
PLAYERS 154
PRIZE
POOL
£770,000
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Jani Vilmunen . . . . £204,048
Howard Lederer . . £126,134
Kivelio Aarno . . . . . . £93,293
Ross Boatman . . . . . £69,030
Ville Haavisto . . . . . . £51,890
Dan Hindin. . . . . . . . £39,193
Roberto Romanello . £29,830
EVENT #2
9/23/09
POT LIMIT HOLD’EM/
POT-LIMIT OMAHA
BUY-IN £2,500
$37,878
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Erik Cajelais . . . . . £104,677
Mats Gavatin . . . . . . £64,705
Robin Keston . . . . . . £47,858
Men Nguyen . . . . . . . £35,412
Richard Gryko. . . . . £26,619
Chris Bjorin . . . . . . . £20,106
Hoyt Corkins . . . . . . £15,302
Brent Lee . . . . . . . . . $11,363
Donna Dao . . . . . . . . . $5,690
Saul Zayas . . . . . . . . . $2,840
Michael Amine . . . . . . $1,890
Guda Azulay . . . . . . . $1,520
Jason Swanson . . . . . . $1,130
Tae Myoung . . . . . . . . . $945
EVENT #5
10/6/09
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $50 + $10
PLAYERS 227
PRIZE
POOL
£395,000
support and I’m very happy
I did it,” said an exhausted
Zimbler. “I was very close
to stopping right at the end. I
wasn’t doing it for the world
record and all that rubbish.
It’s just a great thing to do
good things for those who
are less fortunate.”
O C TO B E R 26 , 2 0 0 9
BUY-IN $50 + $10
PLAYERS 781
PRIZE
POOL
PLAYERS 158
PRIZE
POOL
16
tidy sum of $31,759 for
Patrick Brennan. Second and
third place finishers were
Stewart Lovelace and Mikael
Narveson, who won $15,500
and $7,680 respectively.
The calendar’s third event
saw 1,018 hopefuls buy-in
for $50 each, in an event
taken by Dong Xu, who won
$11,151. Jason Mangold
was second, winning $5,515,
while third place went to
Richard Constantine, who
walked away with $2,710.
This event runs through
October 18, and we have
results from the first six in
this issue. Next issue we’ll
bring you the results from
Event No. 7 through the
final, so stay tuned.
POT LIMIT OMAHA
Zimbler Sets World Record
after playing Mike Matusow.
Zimbler had to be helped—
and partially carried—from
the table.
During the nearly 75-hour
session, he played a total of
183 matches. Zimbler won
102 of them.
“Thankfully I had a lot of
Big Poker Oktober
$44,038
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mo Mogadam. . . . . . $16,293
Alan Greinetz. . . . . . . $8,100
Bruce Russell . . . . . . . $3,960
Dong Xu . . . . . . . . . . . $2,640
Eugene Tito . . . . . . . . $1,980
Alice Talbot . . . . . . . . $1,540
7. Omid Sasson . . . . . . . $1,100
EVENT #4
10/5/09
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $100 + $20
PLAYERS 341
PRIZE
POOL
$33,077
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Tony Cawich . . . . . . $10,852
Thung Huynh. . . . . . . $5,560
Ramil Mosquera . . . . $2,670
Fong Quach . . . . . . . . $1,990
Brandon Park . . . . . . $1,490
Jeff Crouse . . . . . . . . . $1,150
Duke Nguyen . . . . . . . . $825
EVENT #3
10/4/09
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $50 + $10
PLAYERS 1,018
PRIZE
POOL
$37,151
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Dong Xu . . . . . . . . . . $11,151
Jason Mangold. . . . . . $5,515
Richard Constantine . $2,710
Salvador R Carrillo. . $1,855
Tommy Wong . . . . . . . $1,485
Chan Vu . . . . . . . . . . . $1,115
Shan Jina . . . . . . . . . . . $930
EVENT #2
10/2-3/09
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $100 + $20
PLAYERS 1,092
PRIZE
POOL
$105,924
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Patrick C Brennan . $31,759
Stewart Lovelace . . . $15,500
Mikael Narveson . . . . $7,680
Manuel Armendariz . $5,295
Shawn McCoy . . . . . . $4,235
Michael Hall. . . . . . . . $3,175
Jess Cornejo . . . . . . . $2,650
EVENT #1
10/1/09
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $50 + $10
PLAYERS 1,018
PRIZE
POOL
$49,373
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Miguel Angel Luna . $14,888
Tony Rochman . . . . $7,000
Francisco Baltazar . . $3,645
Martin Bernal . . . . . . $2,265
Andres Gonzalez . . . . $1,775
Gene Wong . . . . . . . . $1,480
Christopher Walker . $1,235
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 5 )
MONDAY
CALIFORNIANORTH
CALIF.—SAN DIEGO &
INLAND EMPIRE
CALIFORNIA- NEVADA
LOS ANGELES NORTH
|
TUESDAY
7P
6P
Casino Morongo
g
Casino Pauma
Fantasyy Springs,
p g Indio
Harrah’s Rincon
Lake Elsinore
Luckyy Ladyy
Oceans Eleven
Pechanga
g
Santa Ysabel Casino
Soboba
p g 29, Coachella
Spotlight
Sycuan
y
Valleyy View Casino
Viejas
j
Village
g Club
Angie’s
g
Poker Club, Chico
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
7P
10A&
NH
NH
$50+ 7P
$15 10A&
NH
NH
$50+ 7P
$25 10A&
NH
NH
10A
11A&
10A&
11A&
10A
10A
11A
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$25 10A&
$30 11A&
$16+ 10A&
$25 11A&
$12+ 10A&
$25 10A
$20 11A
NH
NH
NH
NH
O H/L
NH
NH
$30 10A&
$30 11A&
$16+ 10A&
$25 11A&
$12+ 10A&
$25 10A
$20 11A
NH
NH
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NH
O
NH
NH
$40 10A
$25 10A&
$20 7P
$30 10A&
$30 11A&
$16+ 10A&
$25 11A&
$12+ 10A&
$25 10A
$20 11A
Artichoke Joe’s
11A
LH
$28+ 11A
LH
$25 6P
$50+ 11A
LH
$48
Bayy 101
Black Oak Casino, Tuolumne
Black Sheepp Inn, Cameron Park
Cache Creek
California Grand
Cameo Club, Stockton
Casino Club-Reddingg
Casino Marysville
y
Casino Real Cardroom
Casino Royale
y
Central Coast Casino, Grover Beach
Central Coast Casino, Paso Robles
9A
11A
LH
NH
$120 9A
$25 11A
LH
NH
$120 9A
$25 11A
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
L H/L
O H/L
LH
NH
$50+ 10A
$25 10A
7P
$25 10A
$30 11A&
$16+ 10A&
$25 11A&
$12+ 10A&
$25 10A
$20 11A
$60+ 9A
$25 11A
LH
NH
$80+ 9A
$25 11A
H
$25+ 12P
O H/L
$55 6P
H
$10
6P
$17 11A
6P
$20 10A
$15+ 11A
F
10A
NH
NH
O/8
NH
NH
$40+
$17 11A
$25+
$20 10A
$15+ 11A
10A
$25
Hustler Casino
Norrmandiee Ca
C sin
no (1,2
no
23)
GAMES BUY-IN|TIME
NH
$25 1P&
NH
$25+
NHB
$25 10A&
N H Turbo $18+ 6P
NH
$40 12P
NH
$60 7P&
NHB
N H Turbo
NH
NH
$25 10A&
$18+ 6P
$40 12P
$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
$10+ 6P
NH
NH
Lad L H
NH
NH
NH
N H Deepstack
p
NH
NH
$65+ 6P
$30+ 7P
$25
$55+ 1P
$55+ 6P
$30+ 11A
$75 7P
$230 7P
$10+ 6P
12P
6P
11A
NH
NH
$40+
$17 11A
10A
11A
NH
NH
10A
NH
$20 10A
$15+ 11A
10A
$5
NH
NH
NH
NH
GAMES BUY-IN|TIME
NH
$25 7P
|
GAMES BUY-IN| TIME
NH
$25 1P
NH
$25+ 8P
NHB
$25 10A&
NH
$30+ 6P
NH
$40 12P
NH
$60 7P&
NH
$10+
NH
$65+ 6P
NH
$30+ 7P
O Pi H $25+ 6P
NH
$30+ 1P
NH
$65+ 6P
NH
$30+ 11A
7P
N H $125+ 7P
NH
$10+ 6P
TIME
Pepp
ppermi
mill
ll
1P&
Rainbow Cas. W Wendover 8P
g y Reno
10A&
Sands Regency,
Winners Hotel/Casino-Winnemucca 6P
12P
Bi yclee Club
Bicy
Cl b
7P&
Club Caribe
8P
Comm
Co
mm
merce
ce Club
lub (2
(24)
4)
6P
Crystal
y
Casino
7P
Diamond Jim’s
6P
1P
Hawa
waiian
a Garddenss (2
2)
6P.
11A
Hollyw
ywoo
oodd Paarkk (5
5)
NH
GAMES BUY-IN|TIME
NH
$115+ 6P
8P
NHB
$25 10A&
NHZ
$12+ 6P
NH
$40 12P
NH
$60 7P&
NH
NH
$65+ 1P
$50+ 7P
NH
$30+ 4A
NH
$65+ 4P
NH
$30+ 11A
N H Deepstack
p
$75 7P
NH
$125+
NH
$10+
NH
NH
NH
NH
FRIDAY
GAMES BUY-IN|TIME
2P
NH
$50+ 3P
NHB
$25 10A&
NH
$55+ 6P
NH
$40 12P
NH
$60 7P&
2P
NH
$120+ 1P
NH
$120+ 1P
NH
$30+ 7P
NH
$30+ 7P
1P
LH
$25+ 1P&
NH
$65+ 4P Wk1&3 N H
$340 4A
NH
$155 6P
Mx
$20+ 1P
NH
$30+ 11A
NH
$70 11A
N H Deepstack
p
$225 3P
N H Sh
$120 4P
3P
3P
Pai Gow F
$5 1P
6P
NH
$45 11A
NH
$55 11A
NH
$20+ 4P
NH
$20+ 4P
NH
$110 12P
NH
$40+ 12P
NH
$40 11A&
NH
$40 5P
N H B $20+ 10A
NH
$20+ 12P
10A
O H/L $22+ 10A
NH
$40 10A
NH
$75 11A
NH
$25 10A
NH
$25 10A
NH
$50 2P
NH
$40 2P
NH
$25 11A
NH
$40 1P&
NH
$30 11A&
NH
$30 11A&
NH
$26+ 10A&
NH
$36 10A&
NH
$25 12P
NH
$20 12P
NH
$12+ 10A
NH
$12+ 10A
NH
$25 10A
NH
$25 10A
NH
$57 11A&
NH
$32 11A&
LH
NH
$17
$20 10A
$15+ 11A
$5
10A
| SATURDAY |
GAMES BUY-IN|TIME
NH
$110
NH
$50 2P
NHB
$25 10A&
O Po
$30+ 4P
NH
$40 12P
NH
$60 7P&
NH
NH
NH
$120 9A
$25 11A
LH
NH
3P
NH
$20 10A
$30+
10A
$5
NH
NH
SUNDAY
GAMES BUY-IN
NH
$35+
NHB
$130
NHB
$130
NH
$30+
NH
$40
NH
$60
Mx
$33
NH
$65+
NH
$50+
NH
$50
NH
$65+
NH
$30+
NH
$35+
N H Deepstack
p
$95
Pai Gow F
$5
NHF
$10
NH
$10+
H
$5
NH
$20+
NH
$40+
N H $50-$3Kguar
g
NH
$7+
H
$22+
N H $100+
NH
$25
NH
$25
NH
$45
NH
$30
NH
$16+
NH
$20
NH
$12+
NH
$25
NH
$20
6P
NH
$49+
$200 9A
$25 11A
2P
LH
NH
NH
$80
$25
$55
10A
10A
$37 3P
11A
$20 10A
11A
$10
LH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$55
$30+
$37
$65
$20
$60
Grand Sierra
EVENT #10
10/4/09
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $100 + $25
PLAYERS 103
PRIZE
POOL
7. Phat Chad Vitale . . . . $1,094
8. Mike McInerney . . . . . .$889
EVENT #7
Larry Stockton . . . . . $2,887
Robert Talley . . . . . . $1,956
Charles Williams . . . $1,305
Ross Anderson . . . . . . .$932
John Claycomb . . . . . . .$745
Kay Jones . . . . . . . . . . .$559
James Campbell . . . . . .$373
Bill Rizzuto . . . . . . . . . .$303
EVENT #9
BUY-IN $200 + $30
PLAYERS 103
PRIZE
POOL
$19,982
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
EVENT #6
BUY-IN $300 + $30
PLAYERS 63
PRIZE
POOL
$12,998
Emmett McGill . . . . . $4,938
Jason Stern. . . . . . . . . $2,990
Nancy Powell . . . . . . . $1,950
Joe Spinali . . . . . . . . . $1,300
Mike Kropp . . . . . . . . $1,040
$18,333
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Jerry Buss . . . . . . . . . $6,966
Kevin Murphy . . . . . . $4,217
George Gray . . . . . . . $2,750
Jason Stern. . . . . . . . . $1,833
Joan Reinhardt . . . . . $1,467
10/4/09
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $300 + $30
PLAYERS 94
PRIZE
POOL
EVENT #5
Russel McClean . . . . . $8,481
Manh Tran . . . . . . . . . $5,744
Andy Miller . . . . . . . . $3,830
Adam Hutchinson . . . $2,735
Phong Nguyen . . . . . . $2,188
Brent Busboom . . . . . $1,641
10/3/09
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $500 + $40
PLAYERS 81
PRIZE
POOL
$27,354
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
10/3/09
OMAHA HI-LO
BUY-IN $200 + $25
PLAYERS 67
PRIZE
POOL
EVENT #8
Timothy Davey . . . . . $5,774
Tou Her. . . . . . . . . . . . $3,912
Tom Lawre . . . . . . . . . $2,610
Shawn Roberts. . . . . . $1,864
Lee Lightfield. . . . . . . $1,491
Chad Sherman . . . . . . $1,119
Greg Feirman . . . . . . . .$745
Andrew Groge . . . . . . . .$605
Commerce
Hold’em Series
ond, winning $104,105,
while Derek Christensen of
Farmington, NM finished
third, which was good
for $72,023. Local players rounded out the top
five, with Bao Dao of Los
Angeles finishing fourth
and winning $47,797,
while Murietta’s Dan Lu
won $37,321 for his fifth
place finish.
10/4/09
POT LIMIT OMAHA HI-LO
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
10/3/09
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
$9,991
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
$39,285
1.
2.
3.
4.
Toan Nguyen . . . . . . $12,570
Vincent Phu . . . . . . . . $8,643
Emmitt McGill. . . . . . $5,893
Minh Hua . . . . . . . . . . $3,929
COMMERCE SERIES
EVENT #17
9/25-27/09
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
CHAMPIONSHIP
BUY-IN $2,580
PLAYERS 270
PRIZE
POOL
$654,750
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Michael Woo . . . . . $189,876
Tyler Patterson . . . $104,105
Derek Christensen . . $72,023
Bao Dao . . . . . . . . . . $47,797
Dan Lu . . . . . . . . . . . $37,321
Ed Liu . . . . . . . . . . . . $29,464
John Conkright . . . . $22,262
Paul Chauderson . . . $16,369
Andrew Koly . . . . . . $11,786
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O C TO B E R 26 , 2 0 0 9
17
Poker Bedtime Stories
By oklahoma SARAH hale
I grew up with much older poker playing parents, but was lucky because they waited until
they had enough time and patience to give me tons of attention. My dad, “Oklahoma” Johnny Hale had a wild imagination
and would tell me poker fairy tales at bedtime. Come with
me and experience what it was like when I was learning poker
from my father, long before I could even read!
“Sarah, are you ready for a bedtime story?” “Yes,
Oklahoma Daddy!”
“Okay, here is the way it was, way back before TV, computers, cell phones, casinos and even poker games. Mankind has
always loved to fight and gamble. Push the rewind button and
come with me to the very beginning of poker, when cavemen
fought for food and shelter and the skins of the animals that
they killed and the women of other cavemen. They fought
their way into the cave and plundered the keep of the other
caveman and dragged their women off by their hair!
Now after the caveman had his food, shelter and the women
of his dreams, he looked for games to play to occupy his time.
Everyone wanted to be king of the hill and ruler of all he could
possess.
They formed alliances and created tribes, the castles and
the keep, the city states and finally their own kingdoms. After
the kings of the hills conquered all the land that they could,
they turned to the fun and games where chance was married
to skill.
Now they would compete and see who could throw a rock
the furthest, who ran fastest, who jumped the highest, and the
Olympics were created. But women wanted to play and gamble
too, so they created a deck of cards modeled after the men in
their families and the workman of the kingdom.
The ruler of the land was the king, his wife was the queen,
and their son would be the jack. The stable man would become
the square and wear the coat of many buttons symbolizing the
ten, while the other serfs became the little cards in the deck.
Fast forward and you will find another card … the ace.
This was the God card and had divine power over all. One
other card, the joker was fashioned after the court jester. He
became the joke card in some of the games they played.
Now they wanted to have a lot of games that old men and
their ladies could play without being bothered by the little
princes and princesses—otherwise known as whippersnappers—
who could play with their own deck, so they created the Seniors
World Championship of Poker, and all of the people lived happily
ever after in a this fairy tale land of poker players!
Now folks, forgive me if I have left something out, but my
daddy has been telling me this and other fairy tales all of my
life!
I also want to share with you dad’s invention of the poker
cards.
Yes, he told me that my grandfather, Granville Newton
Hale, created the first tournament poker game. He called it
Depression Poker, and designed it so that no one would ever go
broke! Now folks, dad had his second heart operation this week
on his 82nd birthday but he is fine and won the tournament at
Binions the day before the operation!
And I am the happiest girl in the world to still be able to
listen to his tales of yesterday even if they do require an open
mind!
OK-Sarah’s poker tip of the week: When I first opened up
the book of my life the pages were blank but my daddy called
this book, “Opportunity.”
And the first time I played the main poker event at the World
Series of Poker I cashed because I had a teacher who could see
the beauty of the cards and the magic of playing them.
May you always hold aces and win all of life’s important
pots! I am OK Sarah and I always stay lucky!
You may contact Sarah and OK-J at [email protected].
Visit Oklahoma Sarah and Oklahoma Johnny at
their website—www.ok-j.com.
18
O C TO B E R 26 , 2 0 0 9
X
X
X
X
Poker Player
BACK IN THE SADDLE AGAIN
Three
SoCal
Cardrooms
ACROSS
1. Skips, as a stone (anagram of
PADS)
5. With: French
9. Feed the ___ (add chips to the pot)
14. Sufficient, old style
15. Start of a legal plea meaning “I am
unwilling to contend”
16. WSOP bracelet, say
17. “I could ___ hand here” (“How
about dealing me some winning
cards?”)
18. Rock’s Jethro
19. Nostrils
20. World’s largest cardroom
23. Lt.’s subordinate
24. “Uh-uh”
25. Exam for prospective atty.
26. B&B
27. Scribbles (down)
28. Green-lighted
31. Vietnamese-American poker player, real estate investor, and speaker
best remembered as an infomercial
personality who promoted his moneymaking seminars in the late 1980s and
early 1990s
34. ___ grapes
35. Garfield’s foil
Word
Crossword by Michael Wiesenberg.
36. Eponymous casino located in an
LA County city whose name came
from a 1920s refreshment stand that
was decorated with palm fronds and
bamboo
39. Venue for Camus’ “The Plague”
40. Yawn-inducing
DOWN
1. One smaller than 62-ACROSS
2. Williams of “Happy Days”
3. Dickinson output
4. Did laps
43. Expressions of anger
5. Vietnamese-American professional
poker player whose total live tournament winnings exceed $2,600,000,
including 42 WSOP cashes
44. Bro’s counterpart
6. Certify, with “for”
45. 1970s rocker Quatro who played
Leather Tuscadero on “Happy Days”
7. Women’s fashion magazine
41. Saying
42. Find seats for, slangily
46. Washington and McKinley: abbr.
47. Capt.’s subordinates
50. Indian Casino in Temecula,
California
8. Birmingham tournament player
Dave who was inducted into the
European Poker Players Hall of Fame
in 2005
9. Home of 52-DOWN
54. Vegas casino that shines a beam
into the sky
10. “No bet from me”
55. Let up on
12. Palm product
56. Jacob’s brother
13. QB’s goal
57. Stern look
58. ___ gin fizz
21. Reaction of some to classical
music
59. Remain unsettled
22. Stars, in Kansas’ motto
60. Fudd of Bugs Bunny cartoons
26. One-named singer of “Real Wild
Child”
61. Signaled someone’s hand, usually
by one thief to his confederate; usually followed by “the hand”
62. One bigger than 1-DOWN
11. Lake formed by glaciation
27. Pop trio brothers
28. Donnacha of Ireland
29. Good kicker for your aces
30. Opposite of dose
31. G
32. Rowboat equipment
33. Sound of a kiss
34. The condition of running poorly in
poker for a long time
35. Pot ___ (what you’re getting on
a bet)
37. Resort island near Majorca
38. Poker’s power play
43. WWII tyrant
44. Round in 7 stud
45. A nice ___ (a good win)
46. Malmuth of S&M
47. Many a poker player
48. Big name in A/C
49. Regard your cards intently while
trying to make up your mind what to
do next
50. Draw a card from the deck, particularly for the purpose of starting a
game, with the player drawing either
the highest or the lowest card becoming the first dealer
Copyright ©2009 Michael Wiesenberg
51. LSAT, for one
The correct solution to the puzzle will be found
only at: www.pokerplayernewspaper.com.
It will be posted on the cover date.
with superb strategies, or just
to take a trip down memory
lane. A truly exciting issue!
The biggest names in poker
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52. Dorothy of Oz
53. Labor Day mo.
54. T-shirt size: abbr.
and the latest news to hit the
gaming industry.
NOTEWORTHY PHOTOS:
Georgia Johnson, Don
Maedgen, Al Guzman, Kevin
Kubiak, Oklahoma Johnny Hale,
25 Years Ago in Poker Player Newspaper
Volume 3, Number 1—see it at www.pokerplayernewspaper.com
Read this issue to get the
poker news of exactly 25 years
ago and read great columns
to read this issue in its entirety and so much more including
this current issue, past issues
Edith Higgins, Billy Onorato,
(Governor) Richard Bryan and
Jackie Gaughan
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
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
SOUTHWEST
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Jack
Ranc
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AZ
CO
NM
Kelly’s
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Limelight
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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
Bluee W
Blue
Wat
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Bucky’s
C si
Ca
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coottssdal
sd le (9
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Casino Del Sol
Cliff Castle
Fort McDowell
B ......... Bounties
T ............... Turbo
.7-Card Stud
..... Omaha Pi........Pineapple Pn......Panginque DCDealer’s Choice Sp L ...Spread Limit
.5-Card Stud H/LHigh/Low Split Po........Pot Limit Mx .Mexican Poker HH ...Headhunter Al ......Alternates
DAILY TOURNAMENTS (CONT’D FROM PAGE 17)
TIME
7P&
|
TUESDAY
GAMES BUY-IN| TIME
NH
$75 7P&
GAMES BUY-IN|TIME
NH
$35+ 7P&
6P
LH
GAMES BUY-IN|TIME
NH
$55 7P&
6P
$15
6P
NH
$15+
10A&
10A
7P
NH
Spp L
NH
7P
$40 10A&
$150 10A
$25+ 7P
NH
NH
Spp L
NH
10A
3P&
NH
NH
6P
$30+ 10A
$10+ 3P&
NH
NH
NH
$66
$40 10A&
$120 10A
$50
7P
$20+ 6P
$30+ 10A
$10+ 3P&
10A&
11A
9A
9A
9A
11A&
10A
6P
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
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
NH
NH
Spp L
NH
NH
NH
NH
$40 10A&
$120 10A
7P
$20+
$58
$30+ 10A
$10+ 3P&
NH
Spp L
NH
$40 10A&
$120 9A
$50 12P
NH
Spp L
NH
NH
NH
$30+ 10A
$10+ 3P&
NH
NH
$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
$25 10A&
$25+ 11A
$25+ 9A
$120
$14 9A
$7 11A&
0+ 10A
NH
NH
NH
$30+ 11A
$15 11A&
$55
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
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
$65 7P
$22 1P&
$12 10A&
$20 10A
$20+ 6P
6P
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
H
$55
$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&
$20 11A
$30+ 1P&
F 6P
HB
NH
H
NH
$25+
11A
1P&
6P
7B
NH
Flopp
$20 11A
$30+ 1P&
$10 6P
HB
NH
H Sh
12P&
8P
12P
6P
6P
2P
11A
N H Sh
NH
NH
H
NH
NH
NH
$10+ 12P&
$60 7P
$20 12P
$20+
$60 6P
$10+ 2P
$25 11A
7P
NHZ
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
Var
$60 6P
$20+ 2P
$25 11A
$35
O
NH
NH
$40 10A&
$200 9A
$35 12P
12P
2P
$30+ 10A
F+
1PWk2
$25 10A&
$25+ 11A
$25+ 1P
$25 9A
$7 11A&
0+ 10A
9A&
$50
F
$30+ 11A
$15 11A&
5P
11A
NH
NH
NH
NH
$12 10A&
$20 10A
11A
NH
NH
NH
12P
$60 10AWk4
$10+
$25 11A
$13+ 12P&
H
NH
NH
NH
$22
$12 10A&
$20 10A
$30
$20
$25
$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
NH
$10+ 12P&
$35 7P
$20 12P
NHZ
NH
NH
$24 12P&
$55+ 2P
$20 12P
NH
$30+ 12P&
3P
1P
$10+ 12P&
F 12P
$20 11A
NH
NH
NH
$60 6P
$5+ 2P
$25 11A
NH
NH
NH
$60 6P
$20+ 2P
$25 11A
NH
NH
NH
$110
$20+ 2P
$25 7P
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
Spp L
$250 10A
Spp L
$250
NH
$30+ 12P
NH
$30+
NH
$20 7P
NH
$20+
NH
$5+ 2P
NH
$15+
NH
$30+ 10A
NH
$30+
7P
NH
$65+
N H $100+
NH
$25 1P
NH
$50
NH
$25+ 7P
NH
$60
NH
$45+ 5P
NH
$60+
9A
NH
$225
NH
$60 11A
Lad N H
$30
NH
$7 11A&
NH
$7
NH
0+ 10A
NH
0+
NH
$40 9A&
NH
$40
1P
NH
$125
5P
NH
$20+
$55+ 6P
11A
$40
$55
$65 9P
$75 5P
$40
3P
$12 10A&
$20+ 4P
$20 4P
3P
2P
$25+ 1P
$150
12P
$75
$15 5P
10A
9P
$55+ 5P
$40 11A
NH
NH
NH
NH
O H/L
HB
12P
$24 12P&
$45 7P
$20 12P
NH
NH
| SATURDAY |
GAMES BUY-IN|TIME
10P
NH
$30+ 4P
12P
LH
$15 6P
NH
$50 6P
NH
NH
6P
11A
11A&
Gila River-Vee Quiva
Harrah’s Ak Chin
Hon-Dah Casino
Paradise Casino
Gilpin
p Hotel & Casino
Midnight
g Rose-Cripple
pp Crk
Skyy Ute-Ignacio
g
Ute Mountain
Buffalo Thunder
Isleta Casino & Resort
Route 66 Casino
Sand
n ia Cassinoo (110)
$30+ 6P
$60 6P
FRIDAY
6P
$40 6P
$25 10A&
$25+ 11A
$25+ 9A
$65+ 9A
$14 9A
$7 11A&
0+ 10A
$60 6P
10A
7P
7P
$80+
$30+ 11A
$15 11A&
Gila River/Wild Horse Pass 12P
|
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
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
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
$100
12P
6P
$5+ 2P
$18 11A
12P
HB
NH
$20
$60
H
NH
NH
$13
$20+
$55
7
NH
NH
NH
Var
$15
$110
$5+
$25
$35
12P
NH
NH
H
O H/L
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
Grand Sierra
EVENT #2
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
EVENT #4
BUY-IN $200
PLAYERS 140
PRIZE
POOL
10/2/09
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $110
PLAYERS 146
PRIZE
POOL
$14,162
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Cliff Clark . . . . . . . . . $3,879
Jon Mclinn . . . . . . . . . $2,627
Mark Lloyd . . . . . . . . $1,752
David Anderson . . . . . $1,252
Craig Vaughn . . . . . . . $1,001
John Sheehan . . . . . . . . .$751
John Pecharich . . . . . . .$500
John Bentz . . . . . . . . . . .$406
EVENT #3
$27,160
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Frank Bakarich . . . . . $4,718
Brent Carter . . . . . . . $2,856
Kathy Bohrer . . . . . . . $1,862
Jason Stern. . . . . . . . . $1,242
Dave Avina . . . . . . . . . . .$993
10/1/09
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $110
PLAYERS 169
PRIZE
POOL
H.O.R.S.E.
$12,416
Scott Gould . . . . . . . . $7,442
Byron Lee . . . . . . . . . . $5,038
Devon Wedum . . . . . . $3,360
Tony Le . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,401
Manh Tran . . . . . . . . . $1,920
Don Zetz . . . . . . . . . . . $1,439
Phillip Anderson . . . . . .$959
Michael Murphy . . . . . .$779
EVENT #1
10/2/09
BUY-IN $200
PLAYERS 64
PRIZE
POOL
10/2/09
$16,393
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Leonard Wight . . . . . $4,463
Skip Ferguson . . . . . . $2,751
Ladislav Golias . . . . . $1,943
Kim Huynh . . . . . . . . $1,387
Tim Lunghi . . . . . . . . $1,110
George LaValley . . . . . .$833
Verna Dungo . . . . . . . . .$556
O C TO B E R 26 , 2 0 0 9
19
DEBBIE DOES POKER
Stupak Succumbs, Stratosphere Remains
By DEBBIE BURKHEAD
WSOP Circuit Event Scheduled for
Lake Tahoe. Located on the south shore
of Lake Tahoe is Harrah’s Harvey’s with
views of both the majestic waters of Lake
Tahoe and the surrounding Sierras. The World Series of
Poker Circuit event begins Thursday, November 5 and
runs through Tuesday, November 17. The event will be
held in the poker room adjacent to the Hard Rock Café
and registration will open at 9 a.m. daily. Players may
register one day prior to the event.
Mega satellites for entries into the main event will
be held November 13 at 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. and again
on November 14 at noon, 3 p.m., 6 p.m., with one turbo
mega at 9 p.m. The buy-in is $330 with players receiving 4,000 chips with 40 minute levels, and 15 minute
levels for the turbo. Second chance tournaments will
run daily at 7 p.m. from November 5-13, and November
15-16. Players will receive 3,000 in tournament chips
with 30 minute levels.
The noon no-limit $340 events will have 40 minute
rounds with players receiving 6,000 in starting chips.
Players in the no-limit $550 buy-in event on Saturday,
November 7 will start with 7,000 in chips and play 40
minute rounds. There are seven specialty events on
the schedule: two pot-limit Omaha high events, limit
Omaha/8, HORSE, pot-limit hold’em/Omaha high and
limit crazy pineapple high-low. The start time for these
events is 5 p.m. with players receiving 6,000 in chips
and 40 minute levels.
An employee’s event is scheduled for Thursday,
November 5 at 5 p.m. Players will receive 4,000 in
starting chips with 40 minute levels. The event is open
to all Harrah’s and other casino employees.
A one-day ladies event is scheduled for Saturday,
November 14 at 2 p.m. The buy-in is $340 and the ladies
will receive 6,000 in starting chips with 30 minute levels.
A $5,150 main event is scheduled to begin on Sunday,
November 15. Seven levels will be played on day one.
Day two is a play-down to the final table. The final nine
return on day three at noon. Players will have 60 minute
rounds and will start the event with 15,000 in chips.
Harrah’s is offering a room rate starting at $45, use
offer code: WSOP9. For more information contact the
poker room.
Hustler Presents the Xtreme Stack Series.
The Oktoberfest fall classic will begin on October
15-November 2 with buy-ins ranging from $120-$1,060,
including Liz Flynt’s $225 buy-in poker classic with
a $100,000 guarantee on October 24-26. All events
will begin at 3 p.m. with the exception of mega satellites, the championship event and a donkey fest. Mega
satellites begin Friday, October 30 at 4 and 8 p.m.
and Saturday, October 31 at 1 p.m., 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.
The Championship event is a two day event starting
November 11 at 2 p.m. The donkey fest—the last tournament in the series—begins November 2 at 7 p.m. with
a $130 buy-in, multiple rebuys, and $10,000 added.
Players also receive an additional 1,000 in chips for
every event played. There are three $50,000, one
$30,000, and two $15,000 guaranteed events, not to
mention Liz Flynt’s $100,000 guaranteed event. Players
receive 8,000 in starting chips in the $120 events,
10,000 in the $225 events, 12,000 in the $330 events,
5,000 in the megas, 2,500 in the donkey fest and
20,000 in the championship event.
Second chance tournaments are scheduled for
October 15-27 at 7 p.m. with a $125 buy-in. Registration
for each event begins at 9 p.m. the night prior to the
tournament. For more information see the Hustler ad in
this issue of Poker Player Newspaper.
Debbie Burkhead is a long time poker player, writer and sales rep
for Poker Player. You may contact Debbie at [email protected].
20
O C TO B E R 26 , 2 0 0 9
By Stanley Sludikoff
The curse that is part of
a long life is that you watch
your friends pass on. Bob
Stupak was a friend of mine.
We helped each other in
business and shared many
personal moments. Bob was
a character of the first order,
a unique and creative individual far beyond the crowd
of his peers.
Sometimes he annoyed
people with his ideas.
Sometimes he showed the
world that he was right, and
that public opinion wasn’t.
Bob passed away on Friday,
September 25, a victim of
leukemia. I didn’t get the
word until the next Monday,
so this memorial message is
late, but still heartfelt. I will
miss him. For those of you
who never had the privilege
of knowing him, your loss is
greater than mine.
Whenever I came to see
him, and that was quite
often, I would ask, “How’s
business?” Bob’s standard
answer was, “Every day is
Christmas!” He loved what
he did. What more can a
person ask for? Perhaps
the words of Paul Anka’s
song, My Way, is as good a
description of Bob’s life as
one might find. Although he
liked being referred to as the
“Polish Maverick,” to most
people he was just “Stupak.”
On several occasions our
families had Thanksgiving
dinner together, at his
home in Vegas and mine in
Encino, California. On many
occasions he would
comp me to a steak
dinner in his little
restaurant at the old
Vegasworld casino.
We talked there
often, over dinner.
I recall some poignant moments. He
had just divorced
his second wife,
Sandy. He shocked
me by telling me
how well a financial
deal he had made
with her, while he
got to keep the casino. A few
months later, when I visited
him again, he was bemoaning the fact that he had the
divorce, and wanted Sandy
back. He said he would give
up the hotel to get her back.
I believe this is the first time
anyone, other than my wife,
has heard this story. I felt so
bad, wishing that I somehow
could do something to bring
them back together, but
Sandy had already moved to
Australia.
Once, when he realized
that I had a list of customers
for our books and subscribers in excess of 500,000
names he became very
interested reaching these
people through direct mail.
He rented my list more than
a half-dozen times. One of
my Gambling Times Board
members, Harvey Brody,
and I taught him how to use
direct mail … and use it
well he did. I think he made
more money from my customer list than I did, using
Rep Barney Frank Adds 60th
Co-Sponsor to Bill
Representative Barney
Frank (D-MA) recently
added his sixtieth co-sponsor
for his proposed legislation
that would tax and regulate
online gaming in the US.
Representatives Bennie
Thompson and Adam Smith
became co-sponsor numbers
fifty-nine and sixty.
Frank’s proposal has
been on hold in Congress
while the Financial Services
Committee—chaired by
Barney Frank—deals with
the economy. But that hasn’t
stopped Frank from working behind the scenes on this
issue.
Frank, along with Peter
King (R-NY) and seven-
teen other
bipartisan
lawmakers,
sent a letter to
Federal Reserve Chairman
Ben Bernake and Treasury
Secretary Timothy Geithner,
asking that the implementation of UIGEA’s rules be
delayed by one year. The
letter stated that they “…
believe this is an unreasonable burden on regulators
and the financial services
industry at a time of economic crisis.”
The rules are set to take
effect on December 1, but
the lawmakers hope to delay
the law to give them time to
overturn UIGEA.
some of those funds to help
build his Stratosphere tower.
I told Bob that no one who
is not a public entity can
afford to build such a tower.
The costs of building such
an edifice can only be justified by rentable space… all
the way up. I even wrote a
column in Gambling Times
magazine trying to dissuade
him from this project. Well,
when Bob made his mind
up, there was little anyone
could do to change that.
The financing of the
tower is what eventually caused him to lose his
interest in the hotel. Lyle
Berman, a mutual friend,
tried to help him out, but,
the numbers were just not
there. Carl Icahn eventually managed to acquire the
property at a bargain price.
Although Bob ended up losing the hotel and tower, he
has clearly left his mark on
Las Vegas. It is near impossible to visit Las Vegas and
not see this monument to
Stupak’s vision, rising above
all. It will probably be there
still, when all who read this
are gone.
Bob was often thought
of as a modern version of
P.T. Barnum, because of his
very colorful showmanship.
He loved Las Vegas and did
much to be acclaimed by
its citizens. He was a great
example of an entrepreneur.
He was also the consummate gambler. He defied
the odds often… and won.
When he had a motorcycle
accident about 10 years ago,
he defied the doctors who
said he wouldn’t make it.
But no gambler wins every
game he plays. In the end,
leukemia won the last hand.
You can be sure of one
thing, if there is a gambling
casino in heaven, Bob is
running it.
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 9 )
MONDAY
SOUTHWEST
TIME
GAMES
10A
10A
NH
Ch
herokeee-Cat
atoo
at
oossa
5P
Srs N H
Cherok
okeee-Rol
-Rollandd
10A
NH
Cher
erokeee-W
ee-W
W. Si
Silooam
am
10A
NH
Comanche Red River Cas.
6P
NH
Firelake Grand Casino
11A
NH
Gold River Casino-Anadarko 6P Wk1
NH
WinS
nSta
tar Worl
rldd Casin
Ca no
7P
NH
Astoria Bar & Poker Room, Eugene
g
7P
NHB
4P
H
Chinook Winds Casino
Full House Poker
Seven Feathers-Canyonville
y
Wilddhorse Caasinoo Resoort
or
Blue Mountain Casino
1P
N O H/L
Chips
p Bremerton
9A
NH
p La Center
12P
NH
Chips
p Lakewood
9A
NH
Chips
p Tukwila
4P
NH
Chips
Drift-On-Inn
11A
H
Final Table Cas., Everett
12P
NH
Goldie’s
11A
NH
Little Creek Casino
7P
LO
Luckyy Eagle
g
6P
NH
Muck
cklesh
shooot Caasinoo (4)
4) 7P
NH
Northern Quest
10A
NH
Point Defiance Cafe & Cas., Tacoma 10P
NH
Silver Dollar Casino
Snoqualmie
q
Casino
10A
NH
Suquamash
q
Clearwater
11A
NH
5P
NH
Wild Grizzlyy
Black Jack’s Casino
4 Bears Casino
Dakota Magic
g
7P
S
Rosebud Casino
7P
NH
Dakota Sioux
6P
7 H/L
Gold Dust Cas., Deadwood
7P
NH
Rosebud Casino
Silverado Casino Deadwood 6P
NH
Foxwoo
oodss
6P
NH
Moheeggaan Su
un
9A&
NH
Poker Room at Nashua Elks 6P&
NH
Rockingham
g
Park, Salem
The Lodge
g at Belmont
Seabrook Greyhound
y
Park 5P&
NH
Caesars Atlantic Cityy
3P
NH
Harrah’s Atlantic Cityy
10A&
NH
p
7P
NH
Tropicana
Trumpp Tajj Mahal
6P
NH
Akwesasne Mohawk
7P
NHZ
j y Casino Boar
Majesty
11A
NHB
Seneca Allegany
7P
NHB
10A
NH
Seneca Niagara
7P
NH
Turningg Stone
12P&
NH
Catfish Bend
7P
NH
6P
O H/L
Diamond Jo’s “Worth”
Isle of Capri
p
10A
NH
g
Winna Vegas
Hollywood Casino-Aurora
Belterra (Florence)
12P&
NH
Horseshoe Hammond
Horseshoe Southern Indiana 11A
NH
Majestic
j
Star
7P
NH
Chip-In’s
p
Island
The Island Resort, Harris
Lac Vieux Desert Cas., Watersmeet
Turtle Creek
7P
NH
Caanter
errbury Parkk (1
(15
5)
10A
N H Sh
6P
NH
Fortune Bayy Casino
Northern Light
g Casino
Shootingg Star Casino
12P
NH
Harrah’s St Louis
1P&
NH
Lumiere Place
12P&
NH
Menominee Casino
7P
NH
Oneida Casino, Green Bayy
7P
NH
Potaawa
w to
tomi
mi Northhern Lig
Lights
tss, Cartter (3)
St Croix Casino, Turtle Lake 6P Wk3 N H
Grand Coushatta
Horseshoe Casino-Shreveport
p
6P
NH
Paragon
g Casino Resort
7P
NH
Go d SStrrike
Gold
ik Casino
Ca o (Tunica)
4A&
NH
Harrah’s Tunica
1P
NH
NH
Horseshoe Casino (Tunica) 7P
Pearl River Resort
7P
NH
Dania Jai-Alai
6P&
NHB
1P&
NH
Derbyy Lane
Gulfstream Park Racingg & Casino 6P&
NH
12P
NH
Hard Rock
Mardi Gras Gamingg Ctr, Hollywd
y 12P&
Sit N Go
Palm Beach Kennel Club
12P&
NH
6P
NH
Palm Beach Princess
Seminole Casino Brighton
g
7P
NH
Seminole Hollywood
y
Cas.
12P&
NH
The Isle at Pompano
p Park
2P&
NH
CANADA Casino Regina
OK
|
TUESDAY
BUY-IN| TIME
$35 10A
10A
$25 7P
$20 10A
$20+ 7P
$25+ 6P
$30 11A&
F 6P
$115 7P
$30 7P
$25+ 4P
NORTHWEST
PACIFIC NORTHWEST
OR
WA
MT
ND
NE
SD
NORTHEAST
CT
NH
NJ
NY
IA
6P
$20+ 1P
$20 9A
$35 12P
$20 9A
$20 4P
$35 11A
$30+ 12P
$13+ 11A
$15+ 7P
$60
$65+ 7P
$35 10A
$40 7P
NH
NH
NH
$30 10A
$20 11A
$13+ 5P
NH
NH
NH
F+ 7P
$30+
$10+
7P
$30+
$44
$230 6P
$60+ 9A&
$75 6P&
6P
NH
7P
$30+ 7P
7
S H/L
$30 10A
$20 11A
$13+ 5P
7P
$10+ 7P
F+ 7P
H
$110 7P
$50 5P&
$80+ 3P
$50 10A&
$30+ 7P
$120 6P
$67 7P
NH
NH
NH
7
NH
NHZ
$55 11A
$55 7P
$60 10A
$60 7P
$70 12P&
$20+ 7P
$30+ 6P
$15 6P
7P
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHB
BNH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$30+ 12P&
12P
$45+
$100+ 12P&
NH
NH
7P
$150+ 6P
$50 9A&
$75 6P&
$40 6P
7P
$50 5P&
$80+ 3P
$50 10A&
$30+ 7P
$65 6P
$57 7P
7P
$40 11A
$40 7P
$60 10A
$60 7P
$50 12P&
$60 7P
$45
$15 6P
$60 7P
1P
$30+ 12P&
$100+
6P
$50 1P&
6P
6P
NH
NH
Pi
Pi
$65 7P
$230 6P
$50 9A&
$75 6P&
$40 6P
$20+ 7P
$50 5P&
$80+ 3P
$50 10A&
$40+ 7P
$65 6P
$27+ 7P
$65 7P
$60 6P
$40
$60 10A
$60 7P
$50 12P&
$20+ 7P
6P
$50
$25+
$160
$30+ 12P&
12P
$85+ 12A
$100+ 12P&
$10+ 6P
$10+ 6P
$40 7P
$62
$55+ 6P
NH
$40 7P
12P
$25+ 6P
NH
NH
NH
$25 12P
$25 1P&
$35 12P&
$25+
$35+
6P
$120+
6P
$75+
20+
$65 5P&
$80 1P
$65+
$20+ 7P
$25 6P&
$25+ 1P&
$60 6P&
$100 12P
$45 12P&
$65 12P&
$55+ 6P
$125 7P
$150 12P&
$60+ 2P&
8P
NHZ
NH
NH
$25 12P
$25 1P&
$35 12P&
7P
7P
$30+
6P Wk2
F+
11A
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
H
NH
NH
NH
NH
MIDWEST
MO
WI
LA
MS
FLORIDA
GULF COAST
NH
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
NH
$25+ 4P
N H $100+
NH
$0+
6P
NH
$20+ 1P
NH
$20 9A
NH
$35 12P
NH
$20 9A
NH
$20 4P
H
$35 11A
NH
$30+ 7P&
NH
$13+ 11A
7P
NHB
$40 6P
NHB
$65 7P
NH
$35+ 10A
NH
$40 7P
$30 10A
$20 11A
$13+ 5P
IL
IN
GAMES BUY-IN|TIME
NH
$35 10A
10A
NH
$60 7P
NH
$20 10A
Lad N H $20+ 10A&
NH
$65+ 6P
NH
$30 11A&
Sit and Go
$25 7P
NH
$60 1P
NH
$30+ 7P
O H/L
$25+ 4P
7P
6P
H
$18+
NH
$20+ 1P
NH
$20 9A
NH
$35 12P
NH
$20 9A
NH
$20 4P
H
$35 11A
NH
$30+ 12P
NH
$13+ 11A
L/N H
$25
6P
NH
$65 7P
NH
$35 10A
NH
$115 10P
7
H
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
Sit N Go
NHB
NH
NH
NHB
NHB
Var
$35 7PWk1
$90+ 11A&
$80 1P
7P
$20+
$100 6P&
$45 1P&
$60 6P&
$100 12P
$42 12P&
$90 12P&
$200 6P
$35+ 7P
$120 12P&
$55 2P&
$25+
NH
NH
NH
NH
|
GAMES BUY-IN|TIME
NH
$35 10A
10A
NH
$60
NH
$20 10A
NH
$65+ 2P
NH
$30 11A&
Po O $100-300 6P
NH
$115 11A
NH
$45 7P
Tahoe H/L $25+ 4P
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
NHB
$40 6P
NH
$65 11A
NH
$40 10A
$65 10P
NH
$30 10A
NH
$20 11A
NH
$13+
N
F $100
O H/L
$10+ 7P
H/L Spp Z
$25 7P
7P
6P
H
$50
7P
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
Poker League
g
Poker League
g
N H Sh
NH
NH
$95 10A
$95
$70 12P&
$60 7P
$65
FRIDAY
| SATURDAY |
GAMES BUY-IN|TIME
NH
$35 10A
10A
4P
NH
$20
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
H
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
H
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
GAMES BUY-IN|TIME
NH
$35 10A
10A
NH Deepstack
p
$120 6P
$65+ 2P
NH
$60+
$30 2P
NHZ Deepstack
p
$100 2P
$50-200 4P
NH
$15+ 2P
$165
$30 3P
NHB Deepstack
p
$50 3P
$25+
4P
$50+ 7P
Z
$25 7P
$0+ 3PWk1&3 N H
$25+
1P
$20+ 1P
N O H/L $20+ 1P
$20 9A
NH
$20 9A
$35 12P
NH
$100 12P
$20 9A
NH
$20 9A
$20 4P
NH
$20 4P
$35 11A
H
$35 11A
$30+ 12P
NH
$30+ 12P
$13+ 11A
NH
$13+ 11A
5P
NB
$35
$40 1P
NH
$60 1P
$65 11A
NH
$65 11A
$35
NH
10A
$40 10P
$40 7P
10A
O/8
$65 10A
$30
$20 11A
NH
$20
2P
NH
$25+
H
NH
NH
O H/L
$10+ 2P
2P
$30+ 7P
$10+ 4P
H
NH
NH
NH
NH
$30+ 7P
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
Terminator
$340 12P
$75 9A&
$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
Lad N H
$70 11A&
$15+ 3P
Var
NH
NH
NH
NH
$15+ 12P
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$20+
$30+ 3P
$30+
$25+ 4P
2P
$30+
3P
$560 12P
$75 9A&
$60+ 2P&
$60 2P
$75 1P&
$50+ 1P&
$100+ 7P
$50 10A&
$65+ 12P
$340 6P
$87 7P
$65 7P
$120 12P
NH
NH
$40
$40 10A
NH
$25+ 12P
$25 1P&
$35 12P&
$40+ 6P&
$65+
6P
$120+ 6P
NHZ
NH
NH
N H Sat
LH
F$5+ 12P
NHZ
$25 12P
NH
$40 2P
NH
$55 4P
N H Sat $40 + 12P
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
12P
12P
NH
Var
$115
Var
NHB
$25 6P&
N H DeepStack
p $600 1P&
NH
$60 6P&
NH
$100 12P
Sit N Go
$45 12P&
NH
$30+ 12P&
NHZ
$120 6P
NH
$20+
NHB
$150 12P&
NH
$100 7P
20+ 7P
$120 5P&
$55 1P&
$65+ 4P
2P
NHB
$50 6P&
N H DeepStack
p $600 2P&
NH
$60 6P&
NH
$100 12P
Sit N Go
$42 12P&
NH
$65 1P&
NH
$200 6P
7P
NHB
$150 12P&
NHB
$150 7P
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&
N H Lad
20+
NH
$35+ 1P&
NH
$100 1P&
NH
$130+ 4P
NHB
NH
NH
NH
Sit N Go
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
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$60
$65
$35
$115
$45+
H
F+
NHZ
H
$60
$40
$80
$25+
$25+
$30+
$120
Varies
$15+
$10+
$30+
$25
$35
$10+ 7P
10A
NHB
NHZ
NH
NH
NH
O H/L
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NH
NH
7
NH
7P
$35+ 5P&
$65 1P&
$130B 7P
$18+
$20+
$20
$35
$20
$20
$35
$50+
$28+
$25+
$90
$30+
Varies
$40 7P
$40
$25+
NH
NH
NH
H
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
H
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$75+
$110
$25+
$75
$50
$120
$125
$60
$25+
$30+ 12P&
12P
12P
$50 12P&
$40+ 1P
$35+ 1P
NH
N H Deepstack
p
NH
NH
NH
Deepstack
p
NH
NH
NH
NH
$55+
$60
$120
$25
$120 10A
6P
$90 11A&
$20+ 3P
Var 12P
$30+ 12P&
$100+
$65+
$80 10A
$30+ 6P
$35+ 6P
NH
NH Deepstack
p
NH
$88
$340
$100
$60+
$60
$50
$50+
$85+
$50
$55+
$120
$58
$65
$60
NH
NH
LH
NH
NH
NH
12P
$25 2P
$140 1P&
$35 12P
$30 7P
GAMES BUY-IN
NH
$35
NH
$60
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$25+ 12P
11A
$50+ 11A&
$500+ 12P
$200+
$200 8A&
$60 3P
$35+ 6P
2P
2P
$175 12P
5P
$10+ 12P
$50+ 12P
$110 12P
$55 12P&
$60
7P
SUNDAY
$100 5P&
$60 1P
$120 6P&
$100 12P
$45 12P&
$200 12P&
$200 6P
$130
$65 12P&
$200 2P&
NH
NH
BNH
NH
$65+
$70
$130+
NHB
$50
N H DeepStack
p $600
NH
$60
N H Deepstack
p
Varies
Sit N Go
$45
N H Deepstack
p
$100
NH
$200
NHB
NH
$150
$120
21
As Heard on TV
STRAIGHT SKINNY
By RICHARD G. BURKE
Two poker enthusiasts asked me about something they heard while watching a hold’em tournament on TV. They said they heard the color announcer say, “If
you hold an ace, then there’s a 70 percent chance that you have
the only ace dealt out among the players.” They asked me if
that was correct. I told them they misheard the statement; they
insisted they heard correctly. If so, then the announcer erred,
big time.
If the dealer dealt you an ace and a kicker, then 50 cards
remained from which to deal nine hands to your opponents. The
number of ways to do that equals 18,053,528,883,775 [C(50,18)].
The number of ways to deal 18 cards from 47 non-ace cards
equals 4,568,648,125,690 [C(47,18)]. We divide to find the probability, 0.25306.
So, either they each misheard the announcer, or the announcer had it almost exactly backwards. If you have an ace, then the
chance that someone else has an ace equals ~75 percent.
“Well, perhaps he meant when an ace appeared on the flop,”
they wondered.
Nope. When an ace and two other cards appear on the
flop the probability that the dealer didn’t distribute any aces
obtains from [1-C(45,18)/C(47,18)], or 0.62442. An ace on the
flop improves your chances of having the only ace to ~38 percent, hardly 70 percent.
Parenthetically, that fact shows the importance of your
kicker. More than 62 percent of the time you need to overcome
an opponent’s kicker in order to win the pot.
“Well, perhaps he meant in a nine-handed game, not a tenhanded game,” they wondered.
In a nine-handed game, if the dealer dealt you an ace and a
kicker, then that left 50 cards from which to deal nine hands
to your opponents. The number of ways to do that equals
4,923,689,695,575 [C(50,16)]. We divide that number into
1,503,232,609,098 to find the probability of no one else having
an ace equals 0.30531.
Thus, you have a 69.5 percent chance of running into an
ace among your eight opponents before the flop. If the dealer
flops an ace, you still have a 57 percent chance of encountering
another ace among your eight opponents.
“Well, what if there were two aces on the board after the
dealer laid out all five community cards,” they asked.
We can do that easily enough. C(44,18)/C(45,18) obtains the
probability in a ten-handed game, 0.6. Ina nine-handed game,
C(44,16)/C(45,16) yields the probability, 0.644. When two aces
lie on the table after the river, you have a 60 percent chance
of having the only ace in a ten-handed game and a 64 percent
chance in a nine-handed game. (Those numbers don’t give you
the nuts by any means: you still need to have a better kicker
much of the time.)
“Of course those numbers hold
true whenever you hold trips with
two on the table. Look at this deal.
“You have Ka-9a. The nine on the river makes open trips
(three nines) for you. Lying low until she raised you on the river,
an opponent stayed with her suited ace-nine!
“How many times do you have to lose to a bigger kicker
when holding open trips before you get the idea that the
chance of someone’s holding the case card is far from small,”
we asked.
They didn’t answer. They walked off saying, “64 percent is
pretty close to 70 percent—that’s probably what he meant—he
just made a rounding error.”
Riiight.
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]
22
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