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Wendeen Eolis:
Poker X-Country &
On the High Seas
James Garner among PAGE
First Inductees to
Poker Walk of Fame
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Entertainment
Listings
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POKER PLAYER
Vol. 7 Number 19 March 8, 2004
A Gambling Times Publication Copyright ©2004
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Peppermill Concludes Commerce LAPC Makes
Winter Tournament Another Poker Millionaire
Two-event winner Jake Warren
took home over $29,000
Reno’s Peppermill Hotel and
Casino recently concluded
its eight day Winter tournament. Featuring some 14
events that began on Friday,
February 20 and ending on
Saturday, February 28. The
final event, a $225 buy-in
No-Limit Hold’em contest,
was the largest, won by Jake
Warren of Carenero,
Louisiana. Jake took home
over $19,000 in prize money
in that event, in addition to
his first place winnings in
another event which netted
him close to another
$10,000. Results of these
(Continued on page 23)
The Poker Industry
Loses One of its
Finest Ladies
Billie Brown, former
Marketing Director of
Ocean’s Eleven Casino in
Oceanside, CA recently
passed away after a
courageous two-year battle with cancer.
As one of poker ’s pioneer women players,
Billie was a visionary
who in recent years had
begun to realize the
Poker tournament players
know that February belongs
to the Commerce Casino in
the Los Angeles area. This
February, a Northern
California regular, Antonio
Esfandiari owned the major
event, collecting nearly
$1.4 million from the
record field of 382 players
in this year’s $10,000 buyin Los Angeles Poker
Classic. Antonio also won a
seat in the WPT finals held
in Las Vegas in April. This
was a record event for WPT
tourneys with the highest
number of entries, prize
money and first place payout ever.
Congratulations are due
to Poker Manager Tim
Gustin and his crew at the
Commerce, for breaking
records once again and producing this major event
under the direction of Cheri
$1.4 million man, LAPC Event “owner” Antonio Esfandiari
WPT Celebrity Invitational
Brings Out the Poker Stars
Some 50 celebrities from Ben
Affleck to drummer Adrian
Young were invited and most
showed up for the Celebrity
Invitational held on February
25tha dn 26th at the
Commerce Casino. Joined by
nearly 200 other players,
mainly winners of WPT
events and persons who have
paid their entry into the April
WPT finals to be held in Las
Vegas in April. The final
table of the six remaining sur-
vivors was won by Phil Laak.
Although he ended up only
6th, Poker’s newest millionaire, Antonio Estafandiari ,
who won the main LAPC
event a day earlier was cer(Continued on page 11)
M A R C H 8 , 2 0 0 4 P O K E R P L AY E R 1
The Barney Stare
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ByJohnVorhaus
Named after a certain purple dinosaur, the
Barney Stare, also called “attentional inertia,” is a phenomenon of fixed focus caused by watching
something (like television) for so long that mental
processes slow down, the physical body decays into something like a torpor and, quite possibly, drool forms at the
corners of the mouth.
Stanley R. Sludikoff
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Okay, I’m kidding about the drool, but for the rest of it,
well, doesn’t it sound like something that might happen to
you at the poker table? It will, you know, if you play too
long, too carelessly, and ignore the Five Warning Signs of
the Barney Stare.
H. Scot Krause
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1. FAMILIARITY. You have become comfortable with your
opponents. The early hours have passed when your busy
mind, seeking patterns and tendencies and tells, had no
chance to slow down. Now you’ve got everyone dialed in
and you start to relax. When relaxation begins, can somnolence be far behind?
2. ARROGANCE. Not only are you familiar with your foes,
you’re confident you’ve got them all figured out. They
have no further secrets to reveal to your questing awareness. Why bother paying attention? There’s nobody here
who’s up to your level of expertise anyhow. You are getting sleepy… sleepy…
3. FOLD CITY. If the cards are running as cards can do,
you fall into a trance of fold, fold, fold, fold, fold. Go long
enough between playable hands and you sort of start to
dismiss the idea of playable hands altogether. You become
locked into this mindset of “meet the new hand, same as
the old hand,” and then when a playable holding comes
along, you’re not mentally prepared to play it.
4. SPELLBOUND. The constant wheel of big blind, little
blind, button, late position, middle position, early position
and then blind again can contrive to put a spell on you. It
seems like that wheel will never stop spinning, and you
become hypnotized by its endless progression.
5. OXYGEN DEBT STUPIDITY. Oxygen debt stupidity is
the thing that makes a poker player keep playing, long
after clear thinking would have told him basta! Enough! Sit
long enough in one place (especially one smoky place)
without elevating your heart rate and you’re bound to
start feeling logy.
Look at yourself in the mirror. See that stupefied gape?
That’s the Barney Stare. Once it sets in, you’re in trouble.
You’re probably not at risk for reckless adventures –
you’re too lethargic for that – but certainly at risk for inattention, for missing important information at the table.
A new player sits down. He’s fresh, rested and ready to go.
Before you know what hit you, he’s strip-mined your stack.
But he didn’t do it alone. He had the Barney Stare on his side.
The cure for attentional inertia comes in two parts. First,
recognize the warning signs – and be honest enough with
yourself to acknowledge those signs when you see them.
Second, leave. Just leave. Go home. The game will be
there tomorrow, and you’ll be able to attack it more effectively, without the Barney stare slowing down your
thought processes, clouding your vision and causing pools
of drool to form at the corner of your mouth.
More later.
[John Vorhaus, author of “Killer Poker” and “Killer
Poker Online,” abides in cyberspace at www.vorza.com.]
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Maureen Feduniak, So Much
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CHIPCHATTEr
BySUSIEISAACS
Maureen Feduniak is becoming quite the poker
star, making an appearance at several final
tables on the World Poker Tour and experiencing a high success rate on the major Tournament Trail. Most notably to this
poker player was the showing she made last summer at the
Belligo’s Festa al Lago $2,500 no-limit competition when she
went heads-up against Howard Lederer as a ten-to-one underdog. After a hard fought battle, she had gotten the playing
field a bit more even and asked him about a deal. He was not
interested so the genteel lady continued playing her heart
out and came out victorious! There is nothing
gentle about the way she plays poker.
Feduniak was born and raised outside
London. Her father was a blue collar worker,
Irish, religious, and as she says in her delightful British brogue, “rather a stick-in-the-mud.”
She continued reminiscing, “I always had a
love for dance. My Mom worked to allow me to
Maureen Feduniak attend ballet school from the age of 4 until I
was 16. I wanted to be a dancer. My dad said, ‘No!’ That was
not a nice thing for a girl to do. All I ever wanted to do was
dance. I defied him, for the first time in my life, when I was 19
and I auditioned for a spot in the chorus line of a nightclub.
Although Dad though the whole idea rather sleazy, it really
was a nice supper club and I got the job! I had one big problem. I was 19 and I had either to be 21 to sign the contract or
have my parents sign. Mom had been a ballroom dancer and
she understood my passion. She got Dad to go to the club and
when he saw the floorshow and that it really was a nice place,
he gave in and signed the contract. I got to dance!”
At 21, Maureen hung up her dancing shoes when she married and started a family.
“For many years I denied myself the pleasure of dancing. I
just got busy with life in general.”
Life took some drastic changes and in 1992 Maureen was single and living in New York when she met her soul mate, Bob
Feduniak. “We started dating and he was a poker player. We
would come to Las Vegas and I would sit behind him and watch.
I was fascinated. I’m a gambler at heart. I guess it’s the Irish in
me. I wanted to learn poker so I could not only be with Bob, but
also participate in something he loves. We sat on the floor and
he taught me the nuances of playing poker in Las Vegas. I started playing low-limit at the Mirage and I loved it. I knew I needed more discipline in my game and that is when I got into tournament play – I couldn’t just keep buying more chips. My first
final table was the ladies event in 1997. You won that event,
Susie, I came in fifth, and I got the bug!”
Bob and Maureen married in 1998 and for a wedding gift, he
surprised her with a buy-in to the main event of the World
Series of Poker. Since then, she has had many wins and final
table finishes.
“I love poker,” she said, “but I always missed dancing.”
To remedy that void in her life, she started taking private
dance lessons. She explains, “Bob doesn’t dance. I didn’t necessarily want to go out dancing but I wanted to dance. Believe
me, it’s much better than a treadmill for the pure exercise of it.
“The dance studio soon asked me if I would like to enter
some competition with my dance teacher. I did and we won!
Since then, we have won or placed so many times. If I were
making the same type scores in my poker tournaments, I
would have won millions!”
Susie Isaacs has written about poker and poker players
since 1985. The first woman to win back-to-back titles in
the women’s division in the World Series of Poker, she is
the author of “MsPoker, Up Close and Personal.” Her latest venture is a line of poker-themed jewelry, now available at The Gamblers General Store in Las Vegas. See her
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CHARLIE SHOTEN ON... PLAYING WINNING NO LIMIT HOLD’EM and... LIFE!
Editor’s Note: Charlie Shoten
is clearly one of the most successful poker players currently
playing on the tournament circuit. You have seen his name
and picture often in this newspaper. We are pleased to present this bit of philosophical
wisdom from Charlie, who will
be sending us his additional
insights from time to time.
Are you real or are you
Memorex? Wouldn’t it be
wonderful to know and live
the real you? You can’t get
anywhere from nowhere, so
accept it. After all, some force
made you what and who you
are. Only you are responsible
for having taken a road to
depart from who you really
are. Wouldn’t you agree a rose
is a rose and knows it is not a
daffodil? What would you
have to give up? Only all of
your false ideas and beliefs
about whom you think you
are and what you have made
yourself into, and whom you
think you should be.
I have thought about this for
many years. When I was in
college I would answer the
question (What’s bothering
you Charlie?) with “I’m more
what I’m not than what I am.”
I finally understand that
answer after spending my
entire life spinning my wheels
in any direction other than
becoming who I really am.
Becoming more of what I am
than what I’m not on a
moment to moment basis is
hitting the lottery for me.
(Each distraction contributes to
what I am not). As I notice any
distraction, let it go, and allow
and trust that my natural constructive forces will free me
from these ideas and thoughts
about myself and others that
have limited my vision of the
world and all of the possibilities that are presented to me
each moment. They may
appear destructive or constructive but should never be
judged, just let go of. Blaming
the dealer, bad luck or any idea
you have about yourself good
or bad are all examples of distractions. Just do not be
attached to any idea or concept
because you become a prisoner
of any belief system. Each
moment is new and to be
started on a clean slate. You
will always be able to make
your best choice in poker or
in your life. Your instincts
will start to work for you
because you are not cluttered
up with old messages of past
experiences anymore.
Remember. You do not need
to do anything except notice
each distraction in the moment
it appears, have the intention
to let it go, and trust and
believe in yourself. You are
who and what you are and you
cannot change that so embrace
yourself and enjoy all that your
life can be NOW. Imagine the
thrill of being introduced to the
real you and finding out that
you're A O K after all. Because
you are truly who you really
are you take 100% responsibil-
ity and you are calm, confident, relaxed and you can
focus as never before. Not a
bad result.
When you are at the poker
table and it is your turn to make
a decision you know it will be
your best choice each time. You
may be delighted with the
opportunities for improving
your chip position that may
appear on a silver platter that
you may never have even
dreamed of before. When you
win, lose or draw you will
know you have done your best.
You can now begin to play
winning no limit holdem poker,
or you can embark on any journey your heart desires.
You are rich. Less EGO,
less EXPECTATIONS, less
DEMANDS, less LIES, less
BS, more MONEY!!!
Wendeen H. Eolis: Peripatetic Poker Days
Editor’s Note: This feature is
an adaptation of material
that is part of Ms. Eolis’ book
in progress, Power Poker
Dame.
With my visa for Brazil
processed in the knick of time
and a daunting itinerary in
hand, I am about to begin a
twenty thousand mile journey
that will take me to Florida,
St. Thomas, Rio de Janeiro
and on two separate trips to
Los Angeles and San
Francisco over the next four
weeks. Poker games are in my
path every step of the way.
As I walk out the door,
Mary, my faithful assistant
says, “Keep your eyes on your
purse, at all times.” I’m not
sure whether this is an
instruction for the poker
tables or a caveat to apply
while I dance with the locals
in the streets of Rio during
Carnival. Either way, I intend
to take heed.
On arrival at Fort
Lauderdale, the statuesque
Queen Mary 2 ship is lying in
wait. With hundreds of passengers in front of me, bluffing is the only strategy that
will get me from the dock to
my stateroom door, in less
than four hours. So, when a
daydreaming guard asks if I
have passed through security,
I smile and assure him that I
have already been through the
metal detectors, today.
Arriving at my cabin, I find a
poker friend, who has successfully boarded earlier than
me, cleverly passing through
the crew door.
The QM2 pushes away
from the Port Everglades Pier
with Commodore Warwick in
complete command right
down to the public address
system he uses to instruct us
to have a swell time aboard
the newest and most expensively fitted cruise liner in the
world. I should add that no
self-respecting upper class
“Queens Grill passenger calls
a ship a boat, nor, does a
sailor worth his salt refer to
the QM2 as a “cruise ship,”
since it doesn’t cotton to
docking in small shallow
ports. This lady is a cruise
liner, destined mostly for the
high seas.
The ship’s amenities are
awesome, and the choices
keep even those of us with the
attention span of gnats busily
occupied. There are samba
lessons and Power Point
classes, ping pong games and
poker seminars, too, including
a half hour lecture by Yours
Truly. I include tips from the
tournament masters I most
admire.
Nearly every afternoon, I
take off for Canyon Ranch’s
shipboard satellite branch.
Naturally I take shopping
breaks to the ships classiest
stores like the House of
Hermes (that packs and
charges for three scarves
rather than the two I order)
and the gift shop where
designer duds meet up with
QM2 tee shirts and the like.
And the price of a bad beat in
the poker room rises precipitously when I turn one break
into a buying spree at an H.
Stern jewelry store.
Most evenings, while at
sea, I am tethered to the card
room with nearly a hundred
friendly poker players, including the Brazilian jeweler who
happily throws a party at the
otherwise private tables that
are reserved by CPC principals Linda Johnson, Jan
Fisher and Mark Tenner-exclusively for CPC guests.
And CPC guests catch a
bonus when Mark sets his
glamorous wife Lisa, loose, to
investigate what the fancy
jewelers in Rio will do for us
to get our business when we
arrive ashore. Linda and Lisa
arrange sight seeing tours and
lunches to die for, insuring
that we have a ball at a spectacular churrascaria in Bahia
and soak up the joie de vivre
of the Brazilians in Rio. And
I do my part by capturing two
chauffeured vans-one for a
people and another for our
bags so that we can escort the
lovely Lisa on a jewelry shopping spree in this pulsating
round the clock town. But
trust me, it takes more than
getting hit with the deck in
the card room’s twenty forty
Hold’em game to pay for the
most modest baubles e jewelers put on display..
Returning stateside I make
a mad dash to New York, hit a
Perks and Picks
Poker popularity may very well be at an all time high with
no end in sight. In Las Vegas, the Palms has closed their
Keno Lounge to further expand the Poker
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Room to include five additional poker tables
which will be ready to go sometime this month.
They plan to offer no-limit Texas Hold 'em with
blinds of $1 and $2. In addition to poker room promotions,
the Palms will also be featuring a casino-wide “March
Madness Swipe and Win” beginning on March 17 and culminating on March 28. All Club Palms members are entitled to one
free swipe per day, equivalent to one drawing ticket, during
the promotional period and may earn additional entries based
on play. Drawings will be held every night at 6:00 p.m. from
March 18 through March 27. Winners need not be present and
have 24 hours to claim their prize. Each night, ten $1,000 Fry
Electronics Gift Cards will be awarded. On March 28, the final
drawings will be held at 7:00 p.m. awarding one $10,000 prize
and all unclaimed prizes from previous nights. Winners must
be present to win the final drawings.
In downtown Las Vegas, with Binion’s Horseshoe currently
in a state of limbo, the Plaza remains a staple for downtown
poker players. The newly remodeled and expanded poker area
now offers 15 tables with some of the hottest action in town.
During March, the casino is also featuring a gift set of His &
Her Watches on all jackpots of $200 or more on reel slots,
video slots or video poker games. Play with your #1 Main Club
card inserted and notify an attendant when you hit a jackpot
of $200 or more to collect your set of designer watches.
Another Poker Room expansion is currently underway at
The Mirage in Las Vegas. The poker room is said to be
expanding with seven more tables into an adjacent keno area
bringing the total number of tables up to 24.
Also in Las Vegas, The Cannery has plans to expand their
poker room and activities and recently announced the
appointment of Robert Peckinpaugh as Poker Room Manager
for the Cannery Casino & Hotel. In his new position,
Peckinpaugh oversees daily operations of the poker room
including all poker employees, creating and facilitating new
poker promotions and managing customers’ requests.
Peckinpaugh retired from the U.S. Air Force in 1989 and has
been a 20-year Las Vegas resident. Prior to joining the Poker
Room at the Cannery, he served as a shift manager and poker
room manager at Nevada Palace. Peckinpaugh was also
employed by the Aladdin and Maxim Hotel as a dealer/proposition player. He started his career as a poker dealer at Sam’s
Town in 1979.
In Reno, The World Poker Challenge is set to deal March 18April 1 in the Reno Hilton Poker Room. This annual event is
also a stop on the World Poker Tour, which airs nationally on
the Travel Channel Wednesdays at 9:00 p.m. Join the tournament or just plan to watch it live! The Reno Hilton is also currently offering a casino promotion called the “Cavalcade of
Cash and Prizes” open to everyone. Play with your
Connection Card (slot club card) for a chance to win a free
prize daily and gain entries into the $10,000 weekly cash
drawings. Drawing times are Fridays at 9:00 p.m. and
Saturdays at both 7:00 and 9:00 p.m.
All casino promotions are subject to change and may be
cancelled at any time by management’s discretion. It’s always
best to call ahead or visit the promotions/slot club booth
prior to playing.
That’s it for this week!
H. Scot Krause is a freelance writer, gaming industry
analyst and researcher, originally from Cleveland, Ohio.
He and his wife, Donna (and year old son, Zachary) are
eight-year residents of Las Vegas where Scot reports,
researches, and writes about casino games, events,
attractions and promotions. Questions or comments are
welcomed. Card room managers are also invited to send
your promotions to: [email protected]
I
No stranger to the green felt, Tom “Time” Leonard
has played poker for more than 30 years and has been a
serious student of the game and writer on the subject
since 1994. He has regularly played the cardrooms of
Atlantic City, Las Vegas and California. His experience as
a sales and marketing professional have helped him hone
his skills at “selling” a hand and “buying” a pot. Tom can
be contacted at: [email protected].
mproving Performance
As
we continue our quest to
improve our level of
play through self analysis and
goal setting, it might be time to
ask ourselves which element of
our play we feel is the most
important to our success. Much
has been written on the subject of
what one poker skill is paramount
to success on the green felt. There
are many criteria to be judged
that come into play when considering what makes a winning
poker player. Among them are: a
clear understanding of starting
hand requirements from various
positions, knowledge of the math
and odds involved, psychology,
being alert to tells, constantly
gleaning available information,
hand reading ability and discipline to name several.
I’ve observed that if you poll a
group of skilled players as to
which attribute is the most essential to winning play that you often
receive varying answers. One
would think that this is a question
on which players would reach
consensus. Why isn’t everyone
in agreement? I think there are
two reasons, depending upon
whom you’re asking. As an
example, one skilled, winning
player might identify hand reading ability as the most critical
skill for winning play. That could
be the result of that player having
honed his skill of that element
and realizing how well it has
served him. Another player might
name discipline as the key difference between winning and losing
play. This could be the result of
that player having a strong grasp
of the other elements but knowing on occasion that he gets out
of line and that “gambling
aspect” of his play has not served
him well.
I think there is an additional
question that needs to be asked.
That question is, “Why do you
think that the one particular element that you have chosen as
paramount is, in fact, the most
important?”. Is it because you
know how much it helps your
game? Or is it because you know
how much it hurts your game and
therefore your results?
Our goal for this session is to
ask ourselves two questions.
First, what do we think is the
PART 17
most critical skill to winning
poker? And secondly, why are we
An Observation
picking this particular element? If
it’s because we’re excelling at it,
fine—but recognize that we may
not excel at some of the other elements to the same degree and
should be working harder on
them. If, on the other hand,
we’re naming a particular element because it seems to be our
nemesis, then recognize this
weakness in that area of play and
work on it even more diligently.
Very few players can name all
of the various elements that lead to
stellar play and results and honestly state that none of them need
additional honing. What do you
think is the most important attribute to winning play? Why do you
feel that way? This introspection
will lead you back to better understanding your strengths and your
developmental needs.
Thinking about this honestly
can help you set goals in the
proper area to consistently
improve your play. See you
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Allen Nelson . . . . . . . . . $4,480
Trish Clements . . . . . . . $2,600
Eric Eisner . . . . . . . . . . $1,650
hadow Hoffmaster . . . . $1,135
Dan Kenthworthy . . . . . . $835
Michael Toloro Dublin . . $650
Robert Skundberg . . . . . . $535
Tex Morgan . . . . . . . . . . . $455
Steven Ma . . . . . . . . . . . . . $400
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Ross Standiford . . . . . . . . $635
Oscar Trusley . . . . . . . . . . $460
Nick Koliastasis . . . . . . . . $360
Doug Lyon . . . . . . . . . . . . $300
Howard Pearson . . . . . . . $260
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Lyric Duveyoung . . . . . $1,890
Peter Fisher . . . . . . . . . . $1,115
Park Castillo . . . . . . . . . . $720
Michael Folly . . . . . . . . . . $510
Shannon Romero . . . . . . . $385
Kee Ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $310
Wade Tiffany . . . . . . . . . . $260
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Tommy Ta . . . . . . . . . . . $2,575
Sammy Nooner . . . . . . . $1,870
Chris Wonderlich . . . . . $1,440
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Lee Livesay . . . . . . . . . . . $980
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LESSON 19:
Should You Play Tighter or Looser?
The Common Wisdom is WRONG!
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BYDIANEM C HAFFIE
From time to time poker players enjoy passing out
little tidbits of advice. One of the first pieces of
advice that I was introduced to at the poker table was: “If your
opponents are playing too loose, tighten up; if your opponents are
playing too tight, loosen up.”
Apparently a lot of players share this belief. It made perfect
sense to me, too. When you think about it, it just seems like common sense to take advantage of an opponent’s weakness by going
in a different direction than the one he’s taking. Right? Wrong!
After discussing it with Mike, I see how this favorite bit of poker
wisdom is just plain wrong.
Theoretically, there really is a right way to play poker. When I
say “right way,” I don’t mean that each type of poker hand in each
type of situation needs to be played the exact same way every
time. When you examine poker you come to realize that it is necessary, against skilled opponents, to mix up your play. You need to
keep them guessing. Don’t become predictable. Mix your play up by
calling sometimes, raising sometimes, or checking-and-raising
sometimes with a strong hand. Keep in mind that you have to mix
your play in the right amounts. These proportions are what will
provide you with a perfect strategy -- one that is unpredictable and
unbeatable. It doesn’t matter how good your opponents are. If
you’re playing in a game with no rake, or table rent, and no dealers
to tip, you can expect to eventually be ahead of anyone who plays
weaker than that perfect strategy. Of course, if everybody played
the same strategy, they’d all pretty much break even. But that
doesn’t ever happen, does it? Someone is going to break strategy
and play poorly. Besides, most of your opponents are unaware of
what a good strategy is.
The right number. Here’s the point. When you keep in mind that
there really is such a thing as perfect strategy, you realize there is
a right number of hands to play. If you play more than the right
number of hands, then you’re playing too loose and you’ll lose
against a perfect strategist. However, if you play fewer than the
right number of hands, then you’ll be too tight, and you’ll also lose
more money to the perfect strategist.
Now, what happens when your opponents play too tight or too
loose? What should you do? Should you loosen up or tighten up?
Mike has taught me that the thing you should do is loosen up in
both cases. Would you like to know the reason? It’s because when
your opponents don’t keep to the perfect plan, and they stray for
whatever reason, they are giving you the opportunity to make a
profit. This allows you to play more hands in search of that profit.
Particularly, when opponents are playing too loosely, you can
make more money by playing a little looser also. You don’t need
stronger hands against weaker players. Just don’t get as carried
away as they do. When your opponents are playing much weaker
hands, your semi-weaker hands suddenly become profitable.
However, don’t make the mistake of playing these semi-weak hands
against opponents who are playing semi-tight hands.
A chance to bluff. Opponents who play too tight aren’t playing
enough hands and usually aren’t calling often enough even when
they do get involved in hands. This can ideally give you the chance
to bluff them or out-bet them on pots. Here is your perfect opportunity to steal with hands you normally might not even get to play.
You can bluff them right out of the pots, because they are too tight
to do defend themselves.
So against tighter players you will ease up on your standards by
bluffing more often. Against looser players you will relax your standards and play more hands than you would have played normally.
Against loose opponents, your relaxed hands will have a tendency to
be more profitable because you’re still playing tighter than they are.
Therein lies the secret.
Diane McHaffie is Director of Operations at Mike Caro
University of Poker, Gaming, and Life Strategy. Her diverse
career spans banking, promotion of major financial
seminars and the raising of White-tailed Deer.
You can write her online at [email protected].
Sam Mudaro, BA, MBA, is a practicing tax
accountant and financial executive originally
from New York with over 35 years of analytical
business expertise. He and his wife Eva are
nine-year Las Vegas residents. Sam uses simulation software to analyze and develop strategies for Omaha Hi/Lo and other forms of poker.
Reach Sam at: [email protected].
L
ast time I promised you
a good old fashion
horse race designed to determine the best starting hand.
The candidates are: A-2-3-4,
A-A-2-3, A-A-2-K and A-AQ-K. I ran these hands
500,000 times to determine
the winner. All were of the
double suited variety and
therefore had an opportunity
to complete either of two
flushes. Except for the first
hand both flush draws are to
the nuts. And the winner is:
Hand
A-2-3-4
A-A-2-3
A-A-2-K
A-A-K-Q
Tight Game
Rank
W Rate
3
41.34%
1
64.59%
2
60.05%
4
47.18%
As many of you probably
guessed the A-A-2-3 double
suited wins the race “going
away”. It is superior to the second best hand, A-A-2-K by
over $10.00 per hand. The AA-2-K is superior to the A-2-34 by over $10.00 per hand.
Since both the second and third
place finisher contains an A-2
suited, the difference may be
attributed to the 3-4 vs. the AK. The 3-4 suited does offer a
flush draw, but not a powerful
one. It does offer two additional
low cards to protect against
counterfeiting and increases the
Sam Mudaro is the...
A Good Ole Horse Race
possible straight combinations.
The A-K on the other hand
offers a flush draw to the nuts
and an additional straight draw
to the nuts. More importantly, if
the low does not come, you still
have a pair of Aces. This is
enough to provide a nice edge.
These hands were all run
in a simulated game. In simulations the players are free
to make decisions whether to
fold or continue. Would the
results change if we ran a
showdown? In a showdown
you do not fold
your hand. You
Net
play each hand to
22.45 the river and the
43.90 best hand wins.
33.28 Here are the
9.62 results of a showdown using the same set of
circumstances:
Hand
A-2-3-4
A-A-2-3
A-A-2-K
A-A-K-Q
Showdown
Rank
W Rate
2
26.36%
1
30.77%
3
25.33%
4
15.49%
While the A-A-2-3 is still
the leader the second and
third place finishers have
reversed. How do we
explain this? In the tight
game if you were holding
A-2-3-4 and the flop came
2-9-T, all of the same
suite and not yours, you
would be wise to fold.
One of your low cards is
counterfeited and there is
a possible flush for someone as well as a backdoor
straight. Just not worth
playing. In this showdown
you don’t fold. By not
folding you will back door
a low some percentage of
the time. With the A-A-2K and the given flop you
will never make a low.
Can it be that if we hang
in there till the river we
will complete
more lows?
Net
The chart
15.11 below compares
19.48 the percentage
14.32 of times a low
4.97 wins in each situation and the percentage
The first point to notice
is that the
Low
High
net wins are
Tight Showdown
Tight Showdown
less across
17.9%
4.2%
1.9%
the board as 12.3%
9.3%
15.1%
5.9%
3.5%
well as the
7.2%
10.2%
8.3%
5.4%
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11.0%
7.3%
centages.
times a high wins. It
clearly shows you will
win more low hands in a
showdown vs. a real game
and win less high hands.
A showdown produces less
profit as you are forced to
contribute to low percentage draws.
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learned? First we learned
the ranking of the above
four hands. We also
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raising. When you have the
best of it, you need to put
pressure on your opponents by making it costly
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avoid a showdown. After
all, we earn more by exercising our right to choice.
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ByJAMESA.M C KENNA,P H .D.
Have you ever noticed when some players pause
and stare at the flop and seem to be focused on
whether to call, raise, or fold. Sometimes these pauses seem
like forever before the player bets, raises, or folds. Often such
focusing is meant to be a hoax and get other players to think
twice before they call a raise. I call this “hocus focus” in poker.
Although, the “focus” word is used a lot, I wonder how many
players know what it really means. Or, is focusing just another
way to bluff?
I often think of Dr. Milton Erikson, a famous hynotherapist,
who knew the real value of being focused. He demonstrated
that people will do what they are noticing themselves doing. For
example, another psychiatrist brought him a 10-year-old boy that
was in constant trouble at home and at school. After sitting is
silence for about five minutes, Dr. Erikson asked the boy, “Young
man, would you be surprised if in the next two weeks you
noticed yourself doing everything right and other’s noticed how
well you were doing?” “I sure would!” To this Dr. Erikson dismissed the boy with, “Very good. I’ll see you in two weeks.”
Well, you guessed it. On the next visit, the consulting therapist
reported that the boy had turned around. He started noticing
himself doing well. That’s the power of focusing. We will usually
reinforce what we notice.
Instead, a lot of people are seldom focused on how well
things are going. The usual whining is abundant, such as, “All I
ever get are bad cards.” “Every time I get a good hand, someone
outruns me.” Or, “I’ve lost most of my stake.” Instead of, “I’m
still ahead for this Quarter.”
When was the last time you heard a player commenting on
how lucky he or she has been or how well they have been doing?
Of course, etiquette would limit such bragging. Yet, how often
do players tell themselves how good things are in their lives?
We tend to notice the bad hands, the cut finger, the headache, or
the tired back.
Right now, pay attention to how good the back of your hands
feel. Keep focusing on what feels good and how well you are
doing. If you play cards with this positive focus, I’m sure you
will notice how much better your game will be.
Most players go through life in what I call the “Jerk Position.”
They are jerked between the past and the future and miss what’s
going on in the here and now. With their legs spread (one foot in
the past and one in the future) the present slips right between
their legs. These players are focused on what happened in the
last hand or how badly they could be beat if they called.
Such players have “Short term focus” as opposed to “Long
term focus.” A good player will count on how often certain
hands will win and how much playing a hand is worth the risk. In
the long run, their focus is on what works over time.
Directing focus is another important skill. For example,
notice when you and others play loose and when play is tight.
Do you notice others mistakes and not your own? You might
want to pay attention to how little or how much you fold when
you think that you are beat.
Here’s a way to remember how to use focusing to improve
how you play:
Folding when there are little or no
Outs and
Counting the odds of making hands. Above all,
Using your brains, social skills, and your common
Sense to play, call, raise, or fold.
Would you be surprised if in the next two weeks you noticed
how well things are going in your life and in your gaming? Great!
See you next article.
James A. McKenna, PhD., has been a practicing individual and group
therapist for over thirty-five years. His knowledge of human behavior combined with over thirty years of gaming experience gives him
a unique perspective on the psychology of the gamer. His book,
“Beyond Tells-Power Poker Psychology,” will be published soon by
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Commerce Peripatetic Poker Days
Trapani’s hand selected stars,
meeting, change suitcases and ie is smiling like the cat that
LAPC
but also scores of poker
swallowed the canary; she is
I am off, again, to the WPT
(Continued from page 1)
Dokken. The tournament was
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1. The Super Bowl
2. The Breeder’s Cup
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4. When there is a major fight taking place in town
5. The NCAA College Basketball Tournament.
Now, I’ve been there for all the events, some more than
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Think about what the gambler is getting with this event:
1. Dozens of games to bet on over a three-week period.
Sometimes you are actually dealing with sixteen games
being played on a weekday!
2. An extensive array of teams from all over the country. No matter where you come from you’re bound to
have a rooting interest in some of the teams.
3. Pure action as every game is a must-win situation,
creating a do or die atmosphere with each contest.
4. A tournament that responds to many time-tested
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Okay, enough about the games, let’s get right to the
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College Basketball Tournament.
The System: Bet on any team in the NCAA tournament
that meets the following two criteria:
1. They did not cover the pointspread in their last tournament (current season only) game. Obviously they won
this game or they would not still be in the tournament.
2. Only bet on this team if they are going against a
team that did cover the pointspread in their last tournament (current season only) game. And once again, obviously this team also won this game or they would not still
be in the tournament.
Note that there are no plays with this system in the
first round of the tournament, as you still need to find out
which teams are going to cover and not cover.
The Rationale: The reason this system works is that
the NCAA tournament, unlike the regular season, draws an
enormous number of relatively unsophisticated gamblers
who come out of the woodwork just to bet on the games.
These novices will over react to what happened in recent
games. They will remember losing a recent bet on a certain team and carry forward negative feelings towards
that team. The opposite of this takes place with a team
that won for them. So, what we have here is a two-way
effect that gives an over-stated line in the direction of the
teams that we are betting against.
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following might help.
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Stanford and St. Joe’s. Obviously any one of these three
great teams could win the tournament. However, if you’re
looking for a better price (odds) at winning, try
Connecticut, Pittsburgh or Gonzaga.
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Euro Poker Scene Up—
But by How Much?
It is a bit hard to fathom out what is happening in the European poker
scene at present. There is little doubt that the online market is thriving and on the increase – but it is hard to know by how much. And in
the bricks and mortar casinos there are mixed messages from different places. In some countries the game appears to be making a breakthrough, in others it has at least stabilised while some
nations appear to be experiencing a decline.
PokerinEurope
ByNicSzeremeta
The reasons seem to have less to do with the popularity of the game itself than the commitment and
abilities of the local casino and poker managements.
Two of the growth areas are without doubt the Scandinavian countries of Sweden and Norway. In the latter – where there are still no
public casino card rooms – they are holding their national Texas
Hold’em Championships over three days in mid March. Three weeks
ahead of the event around 250 players had pre-registered. If they all
turn up it will be the biggest field for a hold’em competition in the
whole of Europe. And the entire entry is composed of home game
and online players who learnt about the tournament on the local
grapevine.
A field this size will have the managements of the regular card
rooms going green with envy – and one of those going brightest
green may well be the Concord Card Casino, Vienna.
At the same time as the Norway event the Austrian capital is
hosting the annual European World Series of Poker Trial. This is an
event run over three days to the same time-table as the WSOP championship event. In the past is has pulled about 120 or so players. This
year alliances with online sites to run qualifiers may see the field
pushing around the 150 mark – but 250 would be little short of a
miracle. They don’t expect to see any Norwegians there though.
The other Scandinavian hot spot is Sweden. This may have something to do with the online success of 20-year-old Swede Erik
Sagstrom. Erik, the poker player once known as “the king of ding”
won over $1 million in a couple of years on the internet – a feat
which apparently has not gone unnoticed by countrymen of his own
age. As well as playing in the virtual world, enough of them are having a shot at the games in the land-based casinos to encourage
hopes of a mini boom.
A case in point is the Casino Cosmopol in Gothenburg. This opened
in August 2002 with a couple of poker tables for cash games. Poker
tournaments were started the following year which pulled in enough
players to have five tables running every day from August last year.
Now the weekly competitions are 8 table affairs and additional monthly events with a EURO 550 ( almost $700 ) are being introduced. The
poker manager there, Igor Basara, said:” There is huge interest and
poker seems to be gaining in popularity in Sweden every day.”
His observations will no doubt have players in Germany choking on
their sauerkraut. It is not that there is a shortage of players in that
country – population circa 90 million – just that the rakes, procedures,
low management interest and other factors are not exactly conducive
to a thriving poker scene. German players who have turned to the
internet may well find themselves cut off from the virtual world as
well. It seems that behind the scenes the German authorities ( not
high on the list of “laissez-faire” jurisdictions ) are seeking to stop
their citizens gambling at online casinos and card rooms.
The less-than-player-friendly German environment may well have a
deleterious effect on the small emerging Swiss poker market. Some of
the recently opened casinos in cuckoo clock land have adopted
German practice and even employed German management personnel.
One of the unfortunate effects is that dealers appear to think they
have a right to tips. Players who either don’t tip or fail to tip what the
managements consider to be enough are surreptiously barred. Poker
players who fall foul of the behind the scenes system know that there
is no point in appealing. And as for the managements who do the barring – well it is not the sort of thing they wish to discuss.
Nic Szeremeta is managing editor of Poker Europa magazine, the monthly news and views publication from the
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Figuring the Odds
the EASY Way
SENIORSSCENE
ByGeorge“Theengineer”EPSTEIN
It’s important to know the approximate card odds in
order to decide whether to call a particular bet: Is it a
wise investment? If the pot odds – or implied pot odds -are much lower than the card odds, a skilled poker player
avoids making that bet – and vice versa, of course.
After playing hold’em all evening (at which I enjoyed a
modest win), I was observing a game of $2-$4 NO LIMIT
hold’em — which I’ve never played. Considering the ramifications of making a huge bet at any time, it has
tremendous possibilities. An intriguing situation arose:
What are the odds of making a flush on the
river when you have two suited cards in the
hole and the board shows two of your suit?
After heavy betting after the flop, there were just two
players still in: an attractive young woman (about my
daughter’s age) and an elderly gentleman (older than I).
The flop showed two hearts and three to a middle
straight. The turn brought a fourth card that made the
straight even more likely. The gentleman bet a stack of
chips — about $100. The lady, a very good player, thought
for a while, studied her down cards, and stared at the
board. Then, hesitantly, she called. . .
The river brought the king of hearts — three to a flush.
The elderly gent wisely checked, realizing that his opponent
might have the flush. She went all in with about $400. He
had to call with his straight. Her flush took a HUGE pot!
Should she have called? Then there was discussion
about whether she should have called on the river. One
player said the card odds (the chance she would catch the
card needed to make her hand) and pot odds (how much
$$ is in the pot relative to the cost to call) were such that
she had to try for the flush on the river. Let’s figure it:
With two hearts in her hand and two more on the
board, she needed one more for the flush. Since she had
2 + 2 = 4 hearts, there were 9 (that’s 13 - 4) hearts available in the deck. Of the remaining 46 cards (52 - 6),
there were 37 (that’s 46 - 9) that were not hearts. So
the odds against catching the fifth heart for a flush on
the river were 37 divided by 9. That’s 4.1-to-1.
Should she have made that $100 call to see the river
card? That depends on the pot odds. With about $150 in
the pot, she was getting only 150/100 = 1.5 pot odds.
That’s much lower than the 4.1-to-1 card odds, so you
might think it was wrong for her to call.
But the “implied pot odds” are what really count. IF
she made her flush on the river, she could expect to
make an even larger bet and most likely get called — and
almost certainly would be the winner. Going all in with
over $400, and assuming he had the money to call with
his straight, would give her pot odds of over $650 (that’s
$150 + $100 + $400) to $100 (the amount she had to
call before the river). With 6.5-to-1 for her implied pot
odds, her call after the turn made good sense. And it
worked out quite well for her. . . In effect, she had invested $100 after the turn to “earn” $550. She had made a
good investment.
So what’s your opinion?
George “The Engineer” Epstein is the author of “The Greatest
Book of Poker for Winners!” A retired engineer who received
many industry and government awards and commendations,
he continues to be active by consulting, editing an international technical newsletter, teaching an engineering course at
UCLA, and serving as an officer in a professional engineering
society. One engineering society has a scholarship in George’s
honor. In writing his poker book, he applied the lessons
learned while working as an engineer to solve problems. He is
currently writing his next book on The Four Rules for Success
in Life and Living. He can be reached by e-mail:
[email protected]
Abraham Lincoln
Frontier “Action” Hero
by “Poker” O’Malley
Abraham Lincoln was a product
of the early American frontier.
Born in a log cabin in 1809, he
grew up in the wilderness that
was Illinois. His father was a
dirt-poor farmer. His mother died
when he was nine. Both parents
were illiterate.
The Lincolns hunted for food,
made their clothes, traded goods
or labor for tools and equipment.
They cleared the land and built
their house and barn from the
trees. Until Abe became interested in law and politics, he wore
buckskins.
Big for his age, Abe was a
frontier athlete growing-up. He
loved competition.
Cockfighting was common
throughout the Mississippi and
Ohio River valleys. Young Abe
earned a few cents and the
respect of other men as a referee.
Cockfights were gambling events
and the referee was often critical
to the outcome. It’s here that
Lincoln first got the nickname
“Honest Abe,” reflecting the trust
people had in him even as a
youth.
When he became President,
Lincoln was asked to outlaw
cockfighting. He answered,
“When two men can enter a ring
and beat each other senseless, far
be it from me to deny gamecocks
the same privilege.”
Perhaps the most revered
“sport” on the frontier was
wrestling or fighting. Every community boasted a hero. Man-toman contests were popular
wagering events.
Abe Lincoln was 6’3” by the
time he was 18 and his exceptional strength was widely recognized. He was considered a good
bet in any match. Consequently,
Abe was occasionally forced to
fight by those who wanted to bet
the action. It’s also fair to say, he
was an enthusiastic participant.
Young Abe worked for a while
as a store clerk. The owner boasted widely that his employee
“could out run, out jump, and out
wrestle” any man. When Jack
Armstrong, toughest man in a
neighboring town heard the
boast, he challenged Lincoln to a
wrestling match, the best twoout-of-three falls.
On the frontier, courage and
honor were inviolate. Lincoln didn’t hesitate to accept the challenge. On the appointed day, a
large crowd of men gathered on
the bluff above the river. The
spectators were excited, wagering
money, knives, tools, anything
and everything of value as the
combatants stripped to the waist.
After two hard falls, some of
the young men who’d bet on
Armstrong threatened to jump
Abe. “I can whip the whole pack
of you if you give me ten minutes between fights,” he hollered.
At that point, the judges stepped
in and declared Lincoln the winner.
Like any young man, Abe
wanted adventure, to see some of
the world outside Illinois. His
ticket was the river. On the early
frontier, rivers were avenues of
commerce, travel, communication, and entertainment. Abe was
drawn to the action.
When he was 19, a wealthy
landowner offered Abe the job of
taking his flatboat filled with
farm products down the
Mississippi River to New
Orleans. From Springfield, IL it’s
a journey of 1,000 miles. Abe
was thrilled.
In the spring of 1828, he
shoved off. Gamblers, hustlers,
bandits, and prostitutes were
common along the Mississippi.
Having grown up on the frontier
and piloted its rivers, Abe was
accustomed to its dangers and
delights.
New Orleans was a wide-open
shipping and trade center.
Drinking, gambling, “entertainment” houses abounded. But the
young river pilot took little
notice. It was the slave auction
that offended him and strengthened his abolitionist conviction.
During his riverboat days,
Lincoln became a penny-ante
poker player. Ironically, many
years later, his portrait would
appear on decks of cards printed
during the Civil War.
Although he loved river life,
he left it in 1832 to become an
Indian fighter. When Chief Black
Hawk led several hundred
Indians across the Mississippi to
regain their homelands, Abe volunteered to fight. However, his
only hostile encounters were, as
he described it, “bloody struggles
with ‘musquetoes’.”
The tall, rugged, young frontiersman enjoyed military serv-
ice, especially the games and
sports with which the soldiers
entertained them selves.
Wagering always accompanied
any competition and Abe, a popular camp athlete, never lacked
for backers.
Although largely self-taught,
Lincoln eventually became a
lawyer. For a time, he was a circuit rider. He liked traveling,
staying in small inns or taverns,
and talking with people.
Abe next pursued a career in
politics. He first gained national
prominence as an antislavery
Republican when he ran against
Stephen Douglas for the U.S.
Senate in 1858. Although he lost
the Senate race, he gained a
national reputation that won him
the party’s nomination for
President in 1860.
Abraham Lincoln rose from
poverty and illiteracy on the
harsh frontier and rivers of early
America to become the 16th
President of the United States.
Many consider him our nation’s
greatest leader.
Six weeks after Lincoln was
elected, South Carolina seceded
from the Union. The other cotton
states soon followed. When
General Beauregard fired on the
Union troops at Fort Sumter, in
Charleston Harbor, the Civil War
started.
A historian once remarked,
“As a politician, Abraham
Lincoln was like a great poker
player who was dealt a bad hand
but still managed to win the pot.”
The war went badly for the
North the first two years. The
turning point came in 1863 when
President Lincoln put a poker
player, Ulysses S. Grant, in
charge of the Union Army.
Grant was a hard drinking
gambler. Not surprisingly, he
used liquor and cards to escape
the pressures of conducting
America’s bloodiest war.
Although Grant’s detractors
made much of his drinking,
Lincoln’s response was he
“wished all his generals drank
whatever the General drinks.” To
those who wanted Grant removed,
the President declared, “I can’t
spare this man – he fights!”
On April 9, 1865, General
Robert E. Lee, leader of the
Confederate Army, surrendered
at Appomattox.
Lincoln won re-election
in1864. His second term lasted
only five weeks. While attending
a play at Ford’s Theater, in
Washington D.C. on April 14th,
he was assassinated by a
Southern sympathizer.
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LIMIT HOLD’EM
7. Tim Tam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $790
8. Larry Nichols . . . . . . . . . . $625
9. Allan Aufdermauer . . . . . $520
BUY-IN $120
PLAYERS 162
PRIZE POOL
PEPPERMILL CASINO
WINTER TOURNAMENT
EVENT 1 2/20/04
$10,900
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Lyric Duveyoung . . . . . $4,190
Wayne Brown . . . . . . . . $2,190
Don Temple . . . . . . . . . . $1,285
Emma Ramirez . . . . . . . . $820
Norm Raulston . . . . . . . . $565
Steve Baptiste . . . . . . . . . . $420
Rod Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . $330
Joe Mengore . . . . . . . . . . . $275
Miles Zvi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $235
PEPPERMILL CASINO
WINTER TOURNAMENT
EVENT 2 2/21/04
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $120
PLAYERS 159
PRIZE POOL
$15,900
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Nick Chorley . . . . . . . . . $6,045
Joann Kim . . . . . . . . . . . $3,150
Doug Bale . . . . . . . . . . . $1,805
John Ravicchio . . . . . . . $1,130
Steve Bishop . . . . . . . . . . . $760
Bret Longman . . . . . . . . . $550
Steve Briggs . . . . . . . . . . . $420
Norm Ketchum . . . . . . . . $335
Tom Buyak . . . . . . . . . . . . $275
Northern Lights Boasts
Minn.’s Largest Poker Prize
On April 25th, the Northern
Lights Casino (Walker, MN)
will award the largest poker
prize in the state - $13,000 and
a seat at the World Series of
Poker - during its Lights World
Championship of Poker
Tournament. Anticipated to be
a huge draw, the tournament is
already proving to be the
biggest event in the casino’s
history.
Since its launch less than a
year ago, the Northern Lights
poker room has become of the
hottest spots for poker in the
upper Midwest. Last fall, the
“Lights Satellite Tournament”
awarded a poker player $5,000
to attend a poker tournament at
the Foxwoods Casino in
Connecticut. In addition, regular Northern Lights weekly
and weekend tournaments pay
out over $40,000 monthly.
In addition to the $13,000,
the lucky winner of the Lights
World Championship also
receives the buy-in and
travel/rental car accommodations for the seven-day WSOP
event.
Pleased with the poker
room’s constantly growing
popularity, Casino General
Manager George Goggleye
feels that the WSOP prize will
help spread the word about
what Northern Lights has to
offer.
“Having such a large prize
and sending one of our players
to the most popular poker tournaments in Vegas has all the
glamour and glitz that you can
come to expect for the
Northern Lights Casino,” he
says. “Poker has been one of
the most trendy things to do
here and we will continue to
offer first-class prizes.”
BUY-IN $120
(1) $100 REBUY
PLAYERS 162
REBUYS 144
PRIZE POOL
$30,600
Mike Marshall
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mike Marshall . . . . . . $11,625
Lindy Peek . . . . . . . . . . $6,045
Jim H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,460
Tom Buyak . . . . . . . . . . $2,156
Jim Rhodes . . . . . . . . . . $1,450
Austin Jones . . . . . . . . . $1,040
New Poker
Room in
California!
Eagle Mountain Casino
(Porterville, CA) has long
been a favorite destination
among central California
gaming enthusiasts. Now, the
casino is set to expand its
repertoire even further with
addition of an all-new, fivetable poker room.
Sporting a seating capacity
of 46, the Eagle Mountain
room is open every day from
noon until 4 a.m. and boasts
such popular games as Low
Ball, Texas Hold ‘Em, 7-Card
Stud, Omaha and Draw
Poker. There is no betting
limit on play.
“We very excited about the
new poker room, said Table
Games Manager Clint
Gibson. “We’ve been preparing for this moment for a
long time. I’m confident
we’re ready to give poker
players the kind of experience
they’re looking for.”
When to Bluff in 7-Card Stud
DEBBIE BURKHEAD INTERVIEWS...
STUD SENSE
Bob Peckinpaugh
ByASHLEYADAMS
Though bluffing may be the quintessential move
in the eyes of the general public, I’ve found that
many 7-Card Stud players bluff far too much. For
the most part, in the low stakes games of $2/4
or $1-5 bluffs seldom make sense. That being said, among better opponents, when done thoughtfully, bluffing and related
deceptive moves like semi-bluffs have their place. Below I list
eight factors to consider before attempting a bluff.
1. The quality of your opponent. Poor players, for the
most part, call too much, and for that reason shouldn’t be
bluffed. However, some bad players are bad because they play
too tightly, especially on the River. Learn to identify and
remember players for their general betting habits. Attempt
bluffs more readily against the weak-tight players than
against the calling stations.
2. Your image at the table. If you are seen as an aggressive maniac who bets and raises constantly, then your bluffs
won’t be believed. On the other hand, if you are viewed as a
rock, who rarely enters the pot then your bluffs are more likely to be believed.
3. The prior betting action. Consider the betting action
leading up to your potential bluff. Good players will not view
your bet in a vacuum. A bet or raise that comes “out of the
blue” will be less likely to be believed by good players than
one that seems to follow logically from your prior bets.
4. The overall quality of your hand and chance of
improvement. Pure bluffs, that have absolutely no chance of
success if your hand is called, usually make much less sense
than bluffs that have other ways to win (semi-bluffs and semidemi-bluffs). A bluff usually makes more sense if the hand
has some value to it or some chance of improvement on later
streets.
5. Your opponent’s likely hand. Your bluffs will work better against lousy hands than against good hands. Similarly,
bluffs often make sense when you know your opponent has
been on a draw. An opponent who has missed his draw will
often fold without giving much consideration to what you
actually have.
6. How many opponents are in the hand. A bluff is best
against a lone opponent, when you only have to convince one
person to fold.
7. The money that is in the pot. Your good opponent(s)
are more likely to call your bet or raise if there is already a
lot of money in the pot since they will consider the pot odds
that they are getting for the call. Similarly, if they have
already called a bet in a betting round they are much less
inclined to fold for your raise. Be less inclined to bluff if the
pot is large or if your opponents have already called a bet in
a betting round.
8. Your Board. Your opponents are more likely to fold when
you bet with a scary board. A bet with (3-3)A-K is more likely
to induce a fold than (3-A)3-K because your opponent will be
more likely to conclude in the former case that you have a high
pair. Be more inclined to attempt a bluff with scare cards.
The above factors not withstanding, sometimes the best
bluff or semi-bluff against a strong opponent is when it
seems least appropriate. Experienced and observant opponents, who understand all of the factors listed above, might
be more inclined to believe that your raise with a low up card,
for example, must really mean you are strong – since they
know that you know raising with a low up card probably won’t
scare your opponents.
Ashley Adams is the author of Winning 7-Card Stud,
(Kensington Press 2003). He has been playing 7-Card Stud
for 40 years—and profitably in casinos for the past 10 years.
He has played in casinos all over the world, including
England, Denmark, Sweden, Austria, Hungary, Canada and
the United States, but plays most frequently at at Foxwoods
Resort Casino in Ledyard Connecticut. Professionally, he is a
union organizer and an agent for broadcasters.
He can be reached at: [email protected]
POKER MANAGER AT THE CANNERY CASINO
Bob Peckinpaugh was born in
Long Beach, California. He
joined the Air Force and as
fate would have it, he found
himself stationed at Nellis Air
Force base in Las Vegas,
Nevada.
In 1979, while stationed at
Nellis, Bob took a part time
job at Sam’s Town as a poker
dealer. In 1980 duty called
and he was transferred overseas. Bob spent three years in
Germany and when his overseas tour was up he landed in
Washington state. Bob retired
from the military in 1989 and
returned to Las Vegas to pursue a second career in the
world of poker.
In 1990 Bob took a position
at the Maxim as a dealer-prop
player. In 1993 he left the
Maxim and moved over to the
Aladdin as a dealer-prop.
In 1996 he was offered the
position of cardroom manager
at the Nevada Palace. Four
years later he decided to retire
for the second time. But nine
months later Nevada Palace
asked him to come back as a
shift manager in the pit and
once again he came out of
retirement.
In September of 2003 the
Cannery placed two poker
tables adjacent to the pit to
test the waters. The experiment proved to be successful,
so they added two more
tables. With it’s continued
success the next logical step
was to hire a cardroom manager.
On January 26, 2004 Bob
Peckinpaugh was appointed
cardroom manager at the
Cannery.
Debbie Burkhead: Due to
your location your clientele is
mostly locals, how do you
cater to the players?
Bob Peckinpaugh: Our comp
program is, without question,
the best in town. Players
receive $1.25 per hour of life
play.
DB: What’s so special about
that?
BP: The big bonus is players
can accumulate as much as
they want. Comps are excepted like cash in all the restaurants, including the steak
house, the gift shop and they
can even be used for accommodations. Most comps have
a set dollar value and if you
don’t use it all, you lose it,
that’s not the case with our
comps. If a player has $28.00
worth of comps and goes to
eat in one of our restaurants,
we only subtracted what they
spent from their $28.00 comp
and the remainder goes back
in the system for use at a later
date.
DB: What other incentives do
you offer your players?
BP: Along with good games
and friendly service we give
away logoed t-shirts and hats
for any four-of-a-kind or better. We are working on future
promos but nothing I can talk
about at the moment.
DB: What games and limits
are available at the Cannery?
BP: We have a $2-$4 limit
hold’em game that runs 24/7
and at 6 p.m. daily we start a
$5-$10 limit hold’em with $2
and $3 blinds.
DB: Are you running any
daily tournaments?
BP: Yes, we have a daily 10
a.m. no-limit hold’em tournament with a $23 buy-in. Right
now we are limited to 30
players but we do have an
alternate list. There are no
rebuys so the alternates have a
good chance of getting a seat.
DB: Are there any immediate
plans on expanding the poker
area?
BP: Yes, we are planning to
add our sixth table very soon.
DB: How has the televised
World Poker Tour affected
business?
BP: To be honest I haven’t
been here long enough to
notice a difference. But the
TV exposure has sparked
poker everywhere and I’m
sure it has contributed in
some way to our success as
well.
Time..Some events H.......Hold’em
L .................Limit
N ...........No Limit
7 .7-Card Stud
O........Omaha
H/L ......High/Low
C start after the hour
O A, P .........AM, PM
..............Week
D Wk
&..Add’l gametimes
E on this day. Call
● Denotes Advertiser
REGION/Cardroom(Ad Pg.)
Split
Pi ........Pineapple
Po.........Pot Limit
Pn.......Panginque
S ...........Stud
5....Five Card
Stud
Mx ..Mexican Poker
DC.Dealer’s Choice
HH....Headhunter
B ...........Bounties
Sp ............Spread
MONDAY
Time Games
Al .......Alternates
F .............Freeroll
Z .........Freezeout
Q..............Qualify
Sh.........Shootout
#M ..# of players
TUESDAY
Buy-in Time
Games
maximum
RB..........Re-buys
AO..........Add Ons
Cz ..............Crazy
E .......Elimination
WEDNESDAY
Buy-in Time Games
DAILYTOURNAMENTS
Note: All tournaments are subject to change. Check with the Cardroom for any updates.
Cardrooms-please send your schedules to Tournament Editor Joel Gausten,
[email protected]
THURSDAY
Buy-in Time Games
FRIDAY
Buy-in Time
NV Bellagio
SOUTH Binion’s Horseshoe
● Cannery Casino (p8)
Club Fortune
Luxor
Mandalay Bay
● Mirage (p7)
Nevada Palace
● The Orleans (p6)
Sahara
● Sam’s Town (p23)
● Sunset Station (p2)
10A
NH
$20
12P
H
$20
7P&
SQ
F
10A H Z (30M)
$30
7P
H
$60RB$40AO$40
10A
H
$18
7P
NHB
$40RB$20
$27RB$10
12P O H/L B
10A
1P
H
N H Sh
Oasis-Mesquite
Col.Belle-Laughlin
7P&
HB
Cactus Petes-Jackpot
7P
Pi
● Texas Station (p2) 11A O H/L Sp
NV Atlas Casino
NORTH Boomtown
Eldorado
Harvey's Tahoe
Peppermill
Rainbow Casino, Wendover
CA Casino Pauma
SAN Lucky Lady
DIEGO Oceans Eleven
Pechanga
Sycuan
Viejas
CA
INLAND Casino Morongo
EMPIRE Lake Elsinore
CA Bicycle Club
L.A. Club Caribe
● Commerce Club (p10)
Hawaiian Gardens
● Hollywood Park (p3)
CA Artichoke Joe’s
NORTH Bay 101
Cache Creek
California Grand
Casino San Pablo
Garden City
Gold Rush
● Kelly’s Card Room (p15)
Lucky Chances
Oaks Card Club
Sonoma Joe's
12P& L H Sh
7P
H
12P
8P
NH
NH
10A
6P&
10A
6P&
H
NH
LH
H
$18AO$2 10A
$40
$25RB$10AO$20
$15RB$10
$24 7P&
$15 10A&
$22RB$10
6P
6P
F 12P
$25RB$20
$13RB$5AO$10
$15
$12
$12
10A
6P&
10A
6P&
10A
10A
O H/L
$10RB$10AO$10 7P&
$17RB$5AO(2)$5 6P&
7P&
O H/L
$15RB$10 6P&
12P
11A
11A
7P
11A
7P
6P
10A
5O
10A
NH
$20
12P
H
$20
HQ
F
7P&
$30
6P& O 8Z (30M)
7P
N H $60RB$40AO$40
10A
H
$19
7P
NHB
$40RB$20
12P
HB
$27RB$10
NH
O
O H/L
7 Sh
NH
H
NH
O H/L
LH
NH
H
H
H
7 H/L
O H/L
L H $28RB(1)$20AO(1)$20 11A
11A
12P
H
$50 7P
7
$15RB$10AO$10 11A
Sp L H
$40RB$40 7P
1P
NH Sh
$20
NH
$40RB(1)$40 6P
LH
Sp L H
H
H
H
H
H Sh
7P
H/O H/L
12P
7P
H
LH
NH
6P
7PWk1&
7P
$25RB25 7P&
NH
H
NH
11A
10A
6P&
7P&
12P
10A
11A
7P&
7P
11A
O H/L Z
H Sh
6P
NH
HZ
S Sh
NH
NH
Flop
12P
H
CT Foxwoods
7P
H
FL St Tropez Cruise
8P
O H/L
7P
10A
NH
DC
$55
$10RB$5
$15
$12RB$10AO(1)$20
$25RB$20
$10 6P
B NH
O H/L
$13RB$5AO$10
$15
$12
$12
KS Harrah’s Prarie Band Casino 6P&
7
$15RB$10 6P&
7P
$15RB$10 12P
$17RB$10 11A
Gold Strike Casino Resort
MN ● Canterbury Park (p15) 10A
7
$15 10A&
NH
7 Sh
$20
$20
F
$50
$120RB$100
$18 10A
$27RB$10 7P
$27RB$10 12P
7P
$18AO$2 10A
$25RB$10AO$20 7P&
$25RB$5AO$25
$125 7P
$10RB$5
$15
NH
$7RB$5AO(1)$10
H $55RB$50AO$50/$100
HB
$15+$5
H Sh F
$13RB$5AO$10
$20
$12
$12
10A
6P&
7P&
7P
11A
7P&
F 6P
$40 7P
$10 12P
$35RB(1)$30 7P
NH
$35RB$20 7P
10A
10A
6P&
6P&
$10RB$10AO$10 7P&
$17RB$5AO(2)$5 10A
O
O H/L
$15RB$10 6P&
8P
$40
$15RB$10 12P
$17RB$10 11A
NH
Pn
S H/L
O H/L
H
$20RB$10AO 6P&
$10RB$5
$35RB$15AO$25 4A,6P&
NH
NH
H
NH
$15 12P&
$50RB$20AO$40
$77
$55
$50RB$20
$15RB$10AO$10
$40RB$40AO$40
$15
$20
$40RB(1)$40
$60RB$50AO$50
$20RB$20(1)
11A
11A
6P
7P
11A
7P
1P
O H/L
NE Rosebud Casino
7P
NH
NJ Tropicana
7P
6P
S
S
6P
7P&
NH
Trump Taj Mahal
NM Cities of Gold
Isleta Casino & Resort
● Sandia Casino (p10)
NY Turning Stone
Ladies S
H/O
H
H
F RB(1)$15AO$100 6P
$20RB$20 2P
7P
S
NH
Dakota Magic
NH
NH
H
O
H
O H/L
LH
NH
H
BH
LH
H
H
H
7
H
H Sh
O H/L
HB
$20 7P
$10
NH
7
$35 12P
7
11A
H
NH
$20RB$20M24
7P
N H/O
$10RB$10AO$10
$40 6P&
H
6P
Pi
$35RB$15AO$25 4A,6P& LH/NH
$15RB$10 8P&
$60RB(1)$50
7P
$15RB$10 6P
$17RB$10 8P&
$48
$36RB$20 11A
$10
$50
$15RB$10AO$10 11A
$60RB$40
$15 1P
WA Chips Bremerton
Chips Tukwila
Northern Quest
Suquamash Clearwater Cas
Wild Grizzly
CAN Casino Regina
$25Z 4P
$5RB$20
12P
$5RB$15AO$25 12P
$40RB$20AO 6P&
NH
10A
11A
7P&
12P
1P
$8RB$4 6P
$35RB$15AO$25 11A
H
LH/NH
H
H
$5RB$15 12P
$35RB(1)$15 12P
$30 7P
$30 6P
H
Varies
$60 7P
$40 6P
$50RB$20 1P
7P
$30RB$10 7P
7
S H/L
$25RB(1)$5AO(1)$5 4P
HB
O H/L $25RB(1)$5AO(1)$5 4P
8P
V
O H/L
H
H Sh
LH
Pi
H Sh
NH
H
NH
8P
L/N H
11A
S
O H/L
12P
$15RB$15
$10RB$15AO$25 10A
5P
NH
NH
$10RB$5 7P
F RB$10 7P
$25RB$5AO$10 4P
H
NH
$35 7P(1st Wk)H
$25
$20
$15RB(2)$10
$20
$13RB$10
11A
4P
10A
11A
5P
NH
NH
H
NH
NH
$110 7P
$20
$20
$15RB(2)$10
$20
$13RB$10
11A
4P
10A
11A
5P
LH
NH
NH
NH
$25RB$5
O H/L
$10RB$5 7P
$25 7P
Tahoe H/L$25RB(1)$5AO(1)$5 4P
O H/L
NH
H.O.T.
NH
NH
H
$30 4P
$75 6P
S H/L
H
LH
NH
O H/L $20RB(1)$10AO$50 6P
H
$15RB(1)$15 7P&
H/L Sp Z
H
LH/NH
7P
$10RB$5
NHB
NH
H.O.T.
NH
NH
LH
S H/L
$30RB$20 6P
$35RB$15AO$25 11A
$50Z
$25 6P
$20RB(1)$20 2P
11A
4P
10A
11A
5P
Pn
LH
12P
$40RB$20AO 112P
H
NH
$20
$20
$15RB(2)$10
$20
$13RB$10
H HH
$20RB$10
Po H
6P&
$20RB$10
$40 1P
F RB$10
$325RB(1)$300 8P&
NH
$325RB(1)$300
$99 11A
Sp L H
6P
$70RB(1)$60 11A
NH
H
$49RB$20AO$40
$70RB(1)$60
2P
$15RB$10AO$10 11A
7P
$15 1P
5P
$55 10A
12P
H
NH
Sp L H
H Sh
NF
H
Varies
H
H
$40
7P
$40 1P
$25RB 6P
$325RB(1)$300 8P&
H
Pn
Mx
H
$5RB$5AO$10B$5
$22RB$11
$23RB$10AO$20
$15
$12RB$10AO$10
$12
$10RB$10AO$10 12P
F RB$10AO(2)$10 3P
$50
$15RB$10AO$10
$120RB(1)$100
$15
F
$55
$65RB$50AO$50
Pn
$33RB(1)$30
$5RB$5AO$10B$5
$22RB$11
$40
2P
H
$50
7P
H
$60RB$40
6P
6P
1P
6P
NH Sh
NH
LH
O H/L F
$20
$220
$65RB(2)$50
RB$10
3P
2P
$25RB$10AO$30 1P
H
O H/L
7F
$20RB$10
$25
11A
3P
H Sh
NH
$15
$10RB$10AO(1)$20
$15+$5
$40
$10RB$5
$15
$12RB$10AO(1)$20
$25RB(1)$20 12P
Ladies H
$5
$25RB$15AO(1)$10 12P
3P
1P
H
H
O H/L
11A
$25RB$15 12P
$10
$13 1P
HB
H
H
$13
NH
S
$50
$10
$10 12P
S
12P
$10 12P
10A
H
$35RB(1)$15 10A
$35RB(1)$30
$25Z 5P
F RB$10 7P
NH
NH
O
NH
NH
Pn
$15
$22
$5RB$5AO$5
F RB$10AO(2)$10
LH
NH
HB
$60
Pi
S
11A
4P
10A
11A
5P
$15 12P& L H Sh
4P H/S H/L Sh Al
H
O H/L
H
O H/L
HB
7
$35RB(1)$15
6P
NH
$50RB(1)$40
2P
N H/O
$70RB$30AO$50
$30RB$15AO(1)$20
10A
H
NH
H
7 Sh
$20
$25
$35RB$15AO(1)$20
$20RB(1)$10 6P
$15RB(1)$15 7P&
$35
7P
F
$12
F RB$20
$20
$17
$12
$10RB$10AO$10 11A
F 5P&
$55RB(1)$45
7P
Gold Dust Casino, Deadwood
L/N H
Pi Z
H
H
LH
H/O/S
$60 10A
DC
$17RB$5AO(2)$5 6PWk2/4&
H
NH
H
6P
$12 10A
12P
10A
6P&
10A
H
LH
HB
Varies 7P
$35RB$10 7P
S H/L
Pi Z
H
H
$5RB$5AO$10B$5 4P
10A
$13RB$5AO$10 11A
$25 10A
$22 6P&
$12 10A
Varies
H
4P
5P
N H $120RB$100AO$100
$18 10A
H
$18
7 H/L B
$27RB$10 7P
H
$60RB(1)$50
HB
$50RB(1)$20 12P
NHB
$50RB(1)$20
7P
NH
$40RB$20
NH
$40RB(1)$20 7P
N H $40RB(1)$20AO$20
N O $23RB(1)$10AO$2 12P Wk1
$20
H
4P
10A
H
$100 10A
$20RB$20M24
NH
$10RB$10AO 10A
12P
Varies
Varies
$10RB$5 1P
$35RB$15AO$25 11A
Varies
LH/NH
F RB$15AO$15/$30
$25RB$5 7P&
6P
$20
$25
NH
H
11A
NH
$55
10A
NHZ
$10RB$5
11A
H Sh
$15
7P&
NH
$12RB$10AO(1)$20
12P Men H/N A I$25RB$10AO(1)$20
11A
HB
$15+$5
7P&Ladies H Cz Pi $20RB(2)$10
6P
O H/L
$25
NH
S
H
SD Dakota Sioux
$20 12P
H
$25 12P& H (41M)
$125
$10RB$5
$30
NH
$7RB$5AO(1)$10
N H$55RB$50AO$50/$100
HB
$15+$5
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$25RB$15
H
$10
Cz Pi Z
O H/L
1P
OR Chinook Winds Casino
$60RB(1)$50
2P
12P
Cz Pi
H
Varies
ND 4 Bears Casino
$15 10A&
10A
10A
6P&
10A
$30RB$10AO$10
$40 7P
$40 6P
L H Sh
4P
$13RB$5AO$10
$25
F
$12
12P
7P
12P
12P
$25RB$10AO$20 10A
$25RB$20
10A
$25RB$15 7P
7P
7P
7P
7
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O H/L B
$40RB(1)$20 7P
$23RB(1)$10AO$2 11A
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$15RB$5AO$10
$20RB$10AO$10
5P
$15 12P
$15RB$10
$10RB$15AO$25 6P&
NH
NH
LH
Northern Light Casino Hotel
MS Copa Casino
Grand Casino(Biloxi)
Grand Casino(Gulfport)
Grand Casino(Tunica)
Pearl River Resort
NH
O H/L B
$18 10A
$60RB(1)$40 7P
$50RB(1)$20 12P
Buy-in Time Games
$24
$70RB$30AO$50
$20RB$20M24
$10RB$10 6P
H
$540
$60RB(1)$50 2P
NH
$20
$20 12P
H
$25 12P& H (41M)
$30
SUNDAY
F
6P LH/L OH/L
11A
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12P
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7P
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11A
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7P
LH
1P
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6P
NH Sh
$88 10A
NH
6P
LH
$20RB$20(1) 7P
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NH
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6P
6P
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4A,6P& LH
H
$20RB$10
$110 7P& O H/L B
F RB$10
$25RB25 11A O H/L Sp
OH
$25
$36RB$20
$25RB$20
$20RB
$15RB$10AO$10
$40RB(1)$40
$15
7P
$10 12P
LA Grand Coushatta
MI Chip-In's Island
$23RB(1)$10AO$2 10A
10A
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6P&
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10A 7 H/L Sp
6P&
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$30RB$10AO$20 10A
F RB$10AO(2)$10 10A
IN Blue Chip
IA Catfish Bend
Isle of Capri
Winn-A-Vegas
$20 10A
NH
$20 12P
H
7P&
SQ
$30 6P& H Z (30M)
$120RB$100 7P
NH
$18 10A
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$27RB$10 7P
O H/L B
$40RB$20 12P
HB
$40RB$20
$15 12P& L H Sh
$22RB$20
$25RB$20
F 12P
6P
CO Midnight Rose
Ute Mountain
6P& NHZ (30M)
7P
LH
10A
H
7P
H
12P N H B
7P
NH
$18AO$2 10A
AZ Apache Gold
Blue Water Casino
Bucky’s Casino
Casino Arizona-McKellips
Casino Arizona-Scottsdale
Casino Del Sol
● Cliff Castle Casino (p23)
Fort McDowell
Gila River/Wild Horse Pass
Gila River-Vee Quiva
Harrah’s Ak Chin
Hon-Dah Casino
Paradise Casino
NH
H
Buy-in Time Games
5P
NH
2P
NH
10A
NH
12P
H
12P H Z (41M)
10A H Z (30M)
8P
$15RB$10 12P
$17RB$10 11A
S H/L
10A
12P
Games
SATURDAY
F$5RB(2)$5AO$5 12P
H
6P
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11A
4P
10A
11A
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NH
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NH
LH
$35RB$15AO$25
10A
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12P Wk1 N H
$10RB$10AO$10 12P
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$12
$120
$10RB(3)$5AO$5
Varies
$35RB$15AO$25 2P
12P
1P
$60RB(1)$50 10A
$10
$30RB$10AO$10 7P
NH
$60RB(1)$50
NH
$30RB$10AO$10
H
H
$10
12P
S H/L
$50
$20RB$10 5P
$15RB(1)$15 2P
12P
O H/L
H
Varies
$20RB(1)$10
$15RB(1)$15
$35
NH
$10RB$5 2P
2P
H
NH
$20RB$10
$30RB$10 3P
O H/L
$10RB$5 4P
2P
$20
$20
$15RB(2)$10
$20
$25RB$5
4P
$10RB$5 4P
11A
4P
10A
11A
2P
O H/L
NH
H
NH
NH
$30RB(1)$15
$15RB$10
O H/L
11A
$25RB(1)$5AO(1)$5
O
S
2&7P
Varies
$170
$50
$20
$20
$15RB(2)$10
$20
$13RB$10
$10RB$10AO
$5RB$20
H $30RB(1)$20AO$200 5P
N H$50RB(2)$25AO(1)$35 2P
H
NH
NH
$10RB$10AO$10
NH
$25 11A
$20 4P
F RB(2)$15AO$20 10A
$20
$25RB$20
H
NH
V
H
NH
NH
49 S H/L
F RB$10
$25RB$5AO$50
$20RB$10
$40
$25RB$20
$20
$15RB(2)$10
$25RB$20AO$20
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The BEST of the Best!
BacKinthesaddleAgain
ByOKLAHOMA JOHNNYHALE
For the past few columns, I have been talking
about the most unforgettable and/or the best
poker players of No Limit Hold’em that I have played with in
my lifetime. At the top of the list --I am happy to tell you -that I place my dad, Mr.G.N.Hale, who was the man who
invented tournament poker. He called it Depression Poker.
Here is my list of the best of the best!!!!!
#10 is Puggy Pearson---The man with a pug nose and a
big-big cigar and a heart to match.
# 9, I remember I wrote a few columns about Mr. Bill Boyd
# 8, I will write a column about him in the future, Mr.
“Amarillo Slim” Preston
# 7, I have been at the final table a few times with --- Mr.
T.J. Cloutier.
# 6, The one and only Mr. John Bonetti
# 5, “Cowboy” Wolford is my choice for # 5
# 4, The Kid--Stu’e Ungar rates # 4 in my book of the
best No Limit Poker Players
# 3, Mr Jesse Alto is # 3 is my most unforgettable and
best no limit hold’em player.
# 2, “The Grand Old Man of Poker”--Mr Johnny Moss is
my # 2
THE POKER PLAYER THAT IS THE MOST UNFORGETTABLE AND BEST OF THE BEST IN NO LIMIT HOLD EM’
POKER in my lifetime is... #1, DOYLE ‘TEXAS DOLLY’
BRONSON
Why I rate him the best is just because he is---when it
comes to No Limit Hold’em Poker, I rate him the best in live
play or in tournament play no one has ever played the game
any better.
“Texas Dolly” Bronson is a member of Binion’s Poker
Players Hall of Fame. And he was one of the original ten
poker players that was chosen to be inducted into ‘THE
SENIORS’ WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP OF POKER (POKER
PLAYERS HALL OF FAME)
I am pleased to tell you that I have had the honor of playing at the final table with “Texas Dolly” and I remember
more than one thing about his play. ---but I am just going to
tell you about one or two things...
Johnny Moss, Jr Whitehead, Stu Ungar. “Texas Dolly” and
a few of us were playing and I observed this one thing about
his play. If the pot had $10,000--- if he bet he would bet
$40,000 or more. His next bet would be $ 200,000 or
more.
Of course no one else knew that he was not looking at his
hole cards but I watched real close and he was faking a look
under his elbow. I noticed also that he would fake a look at
his cards and then make a bet equal or greater than 4 times
the pot. If he got called, his next bet, without looking at his
cards, would be equal or greater than 4 times the pot.
If the other player faded or called those two bets it was
time for “Dolly” to take a look. I noticed that he won many,
many pots without looking at his hole cards.
When Johnny Moss bet, he did take a look at his cards
before he acted and most of the time he did not call or bet
and just throw his cards away.
Well that’s my list of the 10 plus one of the most unforgettable and best of the best of my lifetime of No Limit
Hold’em players--Some of them are playing in a higher game
now and by the luck of the draw, I hope to play with Dad, &
Bill, & Jesse, & Johnny, & “Cowboy”& the Kid Stu’e, and if I
could have just one more wish, I would want them all on my
right when we play, because in this life when they sat on my
left they would always raise me.
Until next time, remember to STAY LUCKY!!
Editor’s Notes: You may contact OK-J at his e-mail
[email protected], or contact him at his web
www.seniorpoker.com. Johnny’s book,
“The Gentleman Gambler,” is in its third printing.
Contact Johnny for your copy.
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P O K E R P L AY E R
MARCH 8, 2004
Bookreviews
Omaha High-Low: Play
to Win Withe the Odds
by Bill Boston
Poker Plus Publications 2003, 153pp
ISBN 1884466-47-8, $19.95
By my reckoning, limit
Omaha High-Low Split (or
Omaha8, as it’s sometimes
called) is the
third most popular form of
poker played in
the United
States. One
might not suspect this based
on the relatively
small number
of books on the
topic. One of
the difficulties
in analyzing this game is finding a way to cope with the
large number of degrees of
freedom as a consequence of
each player starting with four
cards. Therefore, it seems
natural to use computer simulations to attempt to gain
insight into this game, and
this is the approach taken by
Bill Boston in his book,
“Omaha High-Low: Play to
Win with the Odds”.
Boston starts the book by
explaining how he arrived at
the figures in his book. He
used Wilson Software’s
“Turbo Omaha High-Low
Split” to evaluate the results
of Omaha8 starting hands
against a representative field
of players. The author says he
selected “tight player” profiles
to perform his evaluations. I
really wish that he had provided more details on exactly
what profiles were used.
Boston slowly introduces
us to his results in support of
his recommendations regarding hand selection, table position, the value of flush draws,
the value of connector cards,
and playing later streets.
There are places where I disagree with the author’s ideas.
For example, I’d like to see to
what extent his numbers
would change as player profiles change, but I found some
real insights in the information presented.
About two thirds of the
book is taken up with the statistical tables that are the
result of Boston’s simulations.
Fortunately, readers don’t
have to perform their own
analysis of all this information
in order to gain something
from this book. Boston has
condensed portions of the data
into a few tables that are easier to digest. For example, he
lists 50 hands that don’t contain an ace that his simulations say are profitable, hands
with an ace and deuce that
aren’t profitable, and his top
100 most and 50 least profitable hands. On top of an
already solid strategy, these
charts can assist
a player in finding.
By no means
is this a good
first book for
players who
want to learn to
play Omaha8,
nor is it the
most important.
I believe that it
is, however,
likely to be a useful tool for
Omaha8 players who already
have some experience with
the game. At the same time,
the book has
some pretty
significant
flaws. Despite the
author’s claims, 100,000 trials
per hand is a lower sample
size than I’d like. I disagree
with some of Boston’s interpretations of the data and
many of his strategies. Plus,
as I already said, it’s really
too bad that a complete explanation of the methodology
wasn’t provided. Basing
poker strategy on computer
simulations can be a risky
venture. Even though I
believe the data in Boston’s
book could have been compiled better, that doesn’t mean
it isn’t useful. I would expect
that serious students of
Omaha8 will find its contents
valuable.
—Nick Christenson
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EntertainmentListings
EntertainmentRePORT
ByLEN BUTCHER
Congrats to Mandalay Bay’s hit show, “Mamma Mia!” that
marked its first anniversary last week. Cast changes over
the year have had no negative effect on the show, making it better than ever. This is a must see when you’re in Las Vegas.
Thought you might be interested in some interesting stats regarding
entertainment and nightlife in Las Vegas. It all comes from the latest Zagat
Survey -- the world’s leading provider of consumer opinion-based leisure
content -- in its 2004 Las Vegas Restaurants and Nightlife Guide. Nightlife
destinations were rated by appeal, décor, service and cost.
“You no longer need to gamble to have a great time in Vegas,” said
Zagat Survey Chairman and CEO Tim Zagat. “Nightlife is also experiencing
a significant evolution. We’ve witnessed entertainment go from naughty to
family-friendly to naughty again.”
In Key Nightlife Survey Findings, Zagat showed the following:
• 74 percent of Las Vegas nightlife goers head out at 10 p.m. or later.
• The more the merrier: 64 percent of surveyors go out in groups of
four or more, only 3 percent go out alone.
• When asked how long they are willing to wait in line to get into a popular nightspot, 82 percent said no more than 30 minutes and 52 percent
indicated that their patience would run out in 15 minutes.
• Naughty vs. Nice: When confronted by the question, “do you prefer
your Las Vegas nightlife to be naughty or nice,” 59 percent of surveyors
said naughty.
• Las Vegas locals take advantage of the hot nightlife scene: Surveyors
averaged 2.1 evenings out on the town per week in Sin City, ahead of Los
Angeles (2.0) and slightly behind New York City (2.3).
• The crowd (33 percent), followed by vibe (29 percent) and live entertainment (11 percent) are what influences surveyors most when deciding on
a nightlife spot.
• The average cost of a drink in Las Vegas is a whopping $9.42 (a 12.3
percent increase since the last survey) vs. Los Angeles ($8.27), New York
City ($8.30) and London ($6.95). New Orleans represents the low end with
revelers paying $6.27.
Top Rated Nightlife Spots were: Most Popular, 1. rumjungle (Mandalay
Bay), 2) House of Blues (Mandalay Bay), 3) Light (Bellagio); Top Appeal, 1.
ghostbar (The Palms), 2. VooDoo Lounge (Rio), 3. Fontana Lounge
(Bellagio); Top Décor, 1. ghostbar, 2. Whiskey Bar (Green Valley Ranch
Station), 3. Fontana Lounge; Top Service, 1. Skin (The Palms), 2. Olympic
Garden, 3. Red Square (Mandalay Bay).
If you want to get a copy of the book, it’ll cost you $11.95 and is available at bookstores or through www.zagat.com.
Around Town: New York Yankees star Derek Jeter, hanging out with
Leonardo DiCaprio and Charles Barkley at Bellagio’s Light lounge... Plenty
of stars turned up for the Ultimate Fighting Championships at Mandalay
Bay. They included actors Michael Clarke Duncan, Forrest Whittaker, Chuck
Norris, Chuck Zito and brothers Alec, Billy and Daniel Baldwin... Sir Elton
John at the 10:30 p.m. performance of “O”... Michael Douglas and
Catherine Zeta-Jones; DreamWorks exec Jeffrey Katzenberg; Pamela
Anderson; Paris Hilton; Christina Aguilera; Barbara Walters, Joy Behar all in
town as hit morning show The View broadcast from Las Vegas... Bette
Midler drew a lot of attention as she took in “Zumanity” at New York-New
York... Actor Greg Kinnear and NBA star Eric Piatkowski, not together, dining at N9NE Steakhouse at the Palms, befoe Piatkowski joined fellow NBAers
Mike Bibby, Bobby Jackson, Donyell Marshall, and Bobby Sura at the Palms
ghostbar... Tennis star/model Anna Kournikova, fresh off her appearance in
the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, signed autographs in Nordstrom at
the Fashion Show mall before joining boyfriend, singer Enrique Iglesias who
was performing at the Hard Rock... Party girls Paris and Nicky Hilton, along
with actress Jeri Ryan and producer/director Jerry Bruckheimer, at the
Bellagio for Light nightclub’s second anniversary party... Steffi Graf and
Andre Agassi, dining at the House of Blues Foundation Room in Mandalay
Bay... Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher, creating a buzz and a lot of camera
flashes as they arrived at Caesars Palace to see the Elton John show...
Light nightclub at Bellagio proved to be a magnet for actors Michael Bey
and Hank Azaria, “Sex and the City” stars Jason Lewis and Willie Garson,
NFL stars Marshall Faulk and Tony Gonzalez, ex-NFL quarterback Warren
Moon, and actors Estella Warren, David Arquette, Richard Kind, Luke Wilson,
Suplee, and Angie Harmon and her husband, Jason Sehorn.
Len Butcher, a 25-year resident of Las Vegas, is an
online columnist for the Las Vegas Review-Journal and
a former Managing Editor of the Las Vegas Sun and of
Gaming Today. Reach him at [email protected]
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MARCH 8, 2004
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CALIFORNIA
Agua Caliente Casino
Commerce Casino
Crystal Park Casino & Hotel (23)
Comedy Shop
Arena Patio
With top comics every week. Karaoke follows
Jokers Comedy Night every Thursday at 8 p.m.
Ballroom Dance Party
Thursdays 8 p.m. to Midnight, Sundays 2-6 p.m.
Cambodian Dance Party
Karaoke
El As De Oros Night Club
Hollywood Park Casino (3)
Pechanga Resort & Casino
8:30 p.m. Featuring three top comedians
weekly.
Finish Line Lounge
Fridays 8 p.m. to 2 a.m.
Nightly, except Tues., Wed.
Presents Banda Nortina Sats 8 p.m.-3 a.m.
Live Jazz, Tues. 8 p.m.
Chicago
March 18-19, 8 p.m.
Karaoke
Mondays & Tuesdays in Casino Cabaret
CONNECTICUT
Foxwoods Resort Casino
Mohegan Sun casino
Howie Mandel
Mar 12, 9 p.m.
Alabama
April 2, 8 p.m.
Dickie Betts
Apr 2, 8 p.m.
MISSISSIPPI
Gold Strike Hotel Casino (Tunica)
Grand Casino (Biloxi)
Clay Walker
Mar 13, 9 p.m.
Grand Casino (Tunica)
The Doobie Brothers
Mar 12, 9 p.m.
The Doobie Brothers
Mar 13, 9 p.m.
Grand Casino (Gulfport)
Horseshoe Casino (Tunica)
VooDoo Groove Nightclub
Nightly
Kansas
Mar 19, 9 p.m.
Bryan Adams
Mar 12, 9 p.m.
NEW JERSEY
Taj Mahal Hotel & Casino
Tropicana Casino & Resort
(Atlantic City)
Whisper
A fusion of music, dance and acrobatics. 8 p.m.
NEW YORK
Turning Stone Casino
Irish Rovers
Mar 17, 8 p.m.
NEVADA-LAS VEGAS
Bellagio Resort & Casino
Boulder Station Hotel & Casino (2)
Cannery Hotel & Casino (8)
“O”
Diamond Rio
The Detroit Allstars
from Motown
Thunder From Down Under
Excalibur Hotel & Casino
Tournament of Kings
Flamingo Las Vegas
Gladys Knight
Luxor Resort & Casino
RA Nightclub
Mamma Mia
Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino
Monte Carlo Resort & Casino
Palace Station Hotel & Casino (2)
Palms Hotel & Casino (18)
Plaza Hotel & Casino
Sahara Hotel & Casino
Sam’s Town Hotel & Casino (23)
Stardust Hotel & Casino
Barenaked Ladies
7:30 & 10:30 p.m. (Dark Wednesday, Thursday).
Mar 11, 8 p.m.
Mar 12-13, 8 p.m.
7:30 p.m. Fridays through Wednesdays. 11:30
shows Fridays/Saturdays.
6 & 8:30 p.m. daily.
7:30 p.m. Tuesdays thru Saturdays.
10 p.m. Nightly
7 p.m. Wednesdays, Thursdays, Sundays; 8 p.m.
Fridays; 7 & 10:30 p.m. Saturdays, Mondays.
Mar 19, 7:30 p.m.
Magician Lance Burton
7 & 10 p.m. Tuesdays, Saturdays. 7 p.m.
Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays. (Dark
Sunday/Monday).
Laugh Trax comedy club
7:30 & 10 p.m. Tuesdays thru Saturdays.
Bryan Adams
May 9, 7 p.m.
Rain in the Desert Nightclub Nightly, 11 p.m.
The Comedy Zone
9 p.m. Tuesdays thru Sundays.
The Platters, Coasters and Drifters 8 p.m. nightly
Bobby Kingston
Chicago
Mar 18-21, 8 p.m.
Mar 10-13, 8 p.m.
The Mirage Hotel & Casino (7)
Impressionist Danny Gans
The Orleans Hotel & Casino (6)
Ray Stevens
Sunset Station (2)
Spazmatics
Saturdays, 10:30 p.m.
Texas Station (2)
Love Shack
Fridays and Saturdays, 10 p.m. & 2 a.m.
8 p.m. (Monday thru Friday)
Mar 11-14, 8 p.m.
LAUGHLIN
Colorado Belle Hotel Casino
Flamingo Hilton Hotel Casino
Riverboat Ramblers Strolling Fridays & Saturdays, 8 p.m.
Dixieland Jazz Band
A Really Big Shew,
A Tribute to Ed Sullivan
Charo
River Palms Hotel Casino
Riverside Hotel Casino
Joey & Maria's Comedy
Italian Wedding
Tony Danza
Sept 18-Apr 11, 7 & 9 p.m.
Mar 13, 7 p.m.
5:30 p.m. dinner show nightly.
Mar 16-21, 7 p.m.
MESQUITE
Casablanca Hotel & Casino
Comedy Club
Nov 15, 8 p.m.
Janis Ian
Mar 25, 8 p.m.
PRIMM
Buffalo Bill’s Resort & Casino
RENO
Atlantis Casino Resort
Boomtown Hotel & Casino
Eldorado Hotel Casino
Reno Hilton Hotel Casino
TK Band
4-9:30 p.m.
Lonny Lawless
10 p.m.-4 a.m.
Gary & Sandy
Mar 9-21, 8 p.m.
Burn The Floor
Ch’ship dance couples. 7 & 9:30 p.m. Ongoing
Kalin & Jinger's Illusionarium 8 p.m. Mon.-Thurs.; 7 p.m. Sunday.
Poker Industry Loses Billie Brown
potential of what she
believed the industry
could be. She established
a solid reputation as a
progressive innovator,
creating promotions and
tournaments that changed
the face of poker, especially in California.
Her greatest legacy will
ultimately be her commitment to community
organizations and her
advocacy for children
with special needs and
educational concerns. The
charities that she championed passionately each
year included St. Claire’s
Home in Oceanside, the
Martin Luther King
Scholarship Program and
the annual toy drive for
Ocean’s Eleven benefiting
multiple organizations.
But dearest to her heart
was Ivey Ranch Home for
developmentally disabled
children, and her ongoing
efforts there continue to
raise many thousands of
dollars every year for this
special place.
She will be remembered
as a savvy poker player, a
woman who set the high-
est standards both for
herself and others, and
will live on through the
lives that she touched.
She lived a life of her
own design, loved her
work and made a difference to so many. Hers
was a life well lived.
Billie is survived by 3
daughters, one of whom
is Kelley O’Hara,
Marketing Director of the
Bicycle Casino, and 3
grandchildren. She will
be missed.
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SUNDAY, APRIL 11 • NO-LIMIT HOLD’EM
All event starts at 7:15 pm
WPT buy-ins and all remaining prize pool money to be distributed to players.
3% of total prize pool goes to tournament staff tip pool.
HOLLYWOOD PARK CASINO
3883 CENTURY BLVD., INGLEWOOD, CA
(310) 330-2800
WWW.PLAYHPC.COM
Poker players are
excited about
the World Poker Tour™.
We think.
Cliff Castle Casino hosts the first two
tiers of the 2004 World Poker Tour’s
three-tier Super Satellite Tournament.
Register now through March 10, with
Tier-One play every Thursday through
March 11. Winners advance until they
reach the $25,000 World Championship
Tournament at The Bellagio in Las Vegas,
April 19 - 23. Restrictions apply, so please
visit Club 52. Call (928) 567-7952 or
visit cliffcastle.com for complete details.
Proudly owned and operated by the Yavapai-Apache Nation.
MARCH 8, 2004
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