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POKER PLAYER
Vol. 16 Number 26 June 17, 2013 A Gambling Times Publication www.pokerplayernewspaper.com Copyright ©2013 Bi-Weekly $3.95
2013 WSOP Has Opened: WSOP Showcases the
Chad Holloway Global Face of
Wins $84,915 Poker
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(Continued on page 14)
From the Ash Tray to Payday!
Danny Pugliese’s
Uncanny Feel-Good
Story of Poker
Good Fortune!
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By Barbara Rogers
With three people living
under one roof, all jobless
through no fault of their
own, and an eviction notice
staring him in the face,
Danny Pugliese scraped
together $75.00 to play a
satellite at Delaware Park.
After cleaning out his bank
account, Danny was short
After a 90-minute heads-up
battle, Chad Holloway has
taken down his first gold
bracelet. Holloway, whose
previous biggest cash was
$3,719 in a $1,500 No-Limit
Hold’em event at the WSOP
in 2012, won $84,915 after
outlasting a starting field of
898 players. Holloway, a
writer for PokerNews, hails
from Reedsburg, Wisc.
Fifty-five runners
advanced to Day 2, at which
point Holloway ranked third
in chips. Holloway continued to rank among the
top stacks for most of Day
2, and he was mostly able
to stay out of situations in
which he was all in and at
risk.
The final table contestants
were barely seated when the
first player was eliminated.
Hieu Le jammed after it was
folded to his small blind,
and eventual second-place
finisher Allan Kwong made
the call with 3a3s. Le
held 2a2d and failed to
improve.
Shortly thereafter, every-
After the first weekend of
action at the 44th Annual
World Series of Poker, five
bracelet events have been
completed, and the first
tournament of the season to
make a millionaire (event
6) is finishing its final day.
A once whopping field of
6,343 runners has been whittled down to 134 players as
we go to press. The WSOP
suits have sent an authenticated message this year,
“There is truly something
for everyone.”
Loyalists making the
yearly pilgrimage, and
bright-eyed dreamers, have
honed their skills across the
United States and far beyond
our shores in Europe, Asia,
Africa, and South America.
They have competed in tournaments held at off-shore
resorts, and on cruise ships,
too.
They have bested friends
and lost to foes in home
games in the four corners of
the globe. Outside America,
in international cyberspace
poker rooms dominated by
PokerStars,
thousands of players
have been united, daily, in
an instant, for virtual handto-hand combat.
Poker competition comes
to a head at the fabled World
Series of Poker. There is no
place that any poker player
worth his salt would rather
be today than the WSOP.
Sophisticated Planning
Marks the 2013 WSOP
Situated in Las Vegas
Nevada at the Rio All Suites
Hotel and Casino, multiple
tournaments and scores of
cash games take place each
day. The tournament got into
high gear from the starting
gate with the average player
in mind as much as the
pro—if not more so.
Gone was the primary
focus of weekend number
one of recent years past; putting the WSOP in the black
as fast as possible with a
super pricy tournament for
the best funded pros and
whales of the game.
Mike Caro
“SURVIVAL”
The MAD GENIUS of Poker
Today’s word is...
Turn to page 4 for more
Penn National Gaming Is a Major Player
BARBARA ROGERS InterviewS Senior VICE PRESIDENT Jay Snowden
Jay Snowden is Senior Vice
President of Regional Opera
tions. His credentials include
significant gaming industry
management experience.
A Harvard graduate, with a
masters from Washington
University, it’s clear to see why
he is a part of this powerful
team.
Barbara Rogers: Hi Jay, nice to
have the opportunity to visit. I
have been watching the progres-
w w w. p o ke r p l a y e r n e w s p a p e r. c o m
sion of the first ever Hollywood
Poker Open, as it nears its final
destination at the M Resort in
Las Vegas with great interest.
One of the reasons is, I like
the $500,000 guarantee, and I,
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From the Ash Tray to Payday!
(Cont’d from page 1)
$3.00. Remembering he had
some quarters in the ashtray
of his car, he headed for the
parking lot. The parking lot
in Wilmington, Delaware:
home of the mighty
Delaware Park and its premier East Coast poker room.
In that famed room, where
the likes of Montel Williams
and Michael Phelps have
been known to play, the
Delaware Park Poker Classic
had been offering great play
for 21 days. This was Event
1. Only 22 years old, Danny
had played very little poker
in the brick and mortar
rooms. Losing 80% of his
stack in his first hour of play,
Danny felt the weight of the
world on his back. With the
hope of just minimum cashing, Danny suddenly got hit
with some hot cards. After
that, it was smooth sailing
for Danny, as he worked
his way thru 430 entries,
reaching the final table
and cashing for 1st place
with a desperately needed
$40,000. After taking care of
4 months back rent, Danny
addressed their vehicle situation. With 3 cars at home
and only 1 of them working,
he bought his mom a new
used car for Mothers Day.
I met Danny’s dad, nervously pacing the floor. He
told me his son was calmer
then he was. I instantly liked
this sincere, gentle man.
Once I found myself seated
next to Danny, I found a
son of the same personality.
You had to like them both,
and the crowd did. Danny
became a player to cheer for.
I have my own little
success story to tell here.
(Thought you’d never ask.)
My poker buddy Will and
I both played this event.
Second day, second in the
lead with chips, Will ran
queens into kings. I lasted
until later in the day.
Faced with nothing to do
while Will played another
tournament, I contemplated a
last minute attempt at going
back in. The math didn’t
make a lot of sense to me,
with plenty of players having
500,000, 700,000 and a million in chips. I would start
with 40,000. When I heard
four others players did it too,
I felt braver. I tried sliding
into my seat with my tiny
stack, going unnoticed. That
didn’t work. Among the surprised looks I was receiving,
I thought to myself, they’re
probably thinking, “what a
moron.” So I said, “I don’t
have anything else to do, my
buddy is in another tourna-
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consultant
Contributing Editors
Ashley Adams Richard Burke
Nick Christenson
Barbara Connors Nolan Dalla
George Epstein Russ Fox
Shari Geller Tony Guerrera
Oklahoma Johnny Hale
Sarah Hale John Hayes
Haley Hintze Tom Leonard
Paul “Dr. Pauly” McGuire
Diane McHaffie Myles Mellor
Jennifer Newell I. Nelson Rose
Max Shapiro David Valley
Michael Wiesenberg
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Texas
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NoNugget
Limit
No Limit
Holdem
No Limit
Holdem
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21-Jun
Stud 8Stud
H/L/
Stud
8 H/L/
Omaha
8 H/L/
Omaha
8 Omaha
H/L8Mix
H/L8 H/L
Mix Mix
$230$230$230
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21-Jun
2-7 Triple
2-7 Triple
2-7
Draw/
Triple
Draw/
NLHDraw/
6NLH
Hand
NLH
6 Hand
Mix
6 Hand
(5pm)
Mix Mix
(5pm)
(5pm)
$125$125$125
47 47 47 22-Jun22-Jun
22-Jun
No Limit
No Limit
Holdem
No Limit
Holdem
Holdem
$125$125$125
48 48 48 22-Jun22-Jun
22-Jun
Pot Limit
Pot Limit
Omaha
Pot Limit
Omaha
Omaha
$230$230$230
49 49 49 22-Jun22-Jun
22-Jun
No Limit
No Limit
Holdem
No Limit
Holdem
Holdem
$125$125$125
50 50 50 23-Jun23-Jun
23-Jun
Omaha
Omaha
8 Omaha
H/L8 H/L8 H/L
$230$230$230
51 51 51 23-Jun23-Jun
23-Jun
No Limit
No Limit
Holdem
No Limit
Holdem
Holdem
$125$125$125
52 52 52 24-Jun24-Jun
24-Jun
HORSEHORSE
HORSE
$230$230$230
53 53 53 24-Jun24-Jun
24-Jun
No Limit
No Limit
Holdem
No Limit
Holdem
Holdem
$125$125$125
54 54 54 25-Jun25-Jun
25-Jun
Badugi/
Badugi/
2-7
Badugi/
Triple
2-7 Triple
2-7
DrawTriple
Draw
Mix Draw
Mix Mix
$230$230$230
55 55 55 25-Jun25-Jun
25-Jun
No Limit
No Limit
Holdem
No Limit
Holdem
Holdem
$125$125$125
56 56 56 26-Jun26-Jun
26-Jun
Stud/Stud/
Razz/
Stud/
Razz/
StudRazz/
8Stud
H/LStud
8Mix
H/L8 H/L
Mix Mix
$230$230$230
57 57 57 26-Jun26-Jun
26-Jun
No Limit
No Limit
Holdem
No Limit
Holdem
Holdem
$125$125$125
58 58 58 27-Jun27-Jun
27-Jun
Pot Limit
Pot Limit
Omaha
Pot Limit
Omaha
8 Omaha
H/L8 H/L8 H/L
$230$230$230
59 59 59 27-Jun27-Jun
27-Jun
No Limit
No Limit
Holdem
No Limit
Holdem
Holdem
$125$125$125
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27-Jun
HORSEHORSE
HORSE
$230$230$230
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28-Jun
Pineapple
Pineapple
Pineapple
5pm 5pm5pm
$125$125$125
62 62 62 28-Jun28-Jun
28-Jun
No Limit
No Limit
Holdem
No Limit
Holdem
Holdem
$125$125$125
63 63 63 29-Jun29-Jun
29-Jun
Limit Limit
Omaha
Limit
Omaha
8 Omaha
H/L8 H/L8 H/L
$230$230$230
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29-Jun
No Limit
No Limit
Holdem
No Limit
Holdem
Holdem
$125$125$125
Pot Limit
Pot Limit
Omaha
Pot Limit
Omaha
High
Omaha
HighHigh
$230$230$230
65 65 65 29-Jun29-Jun
29-Jun
No Limit
No Limit
Holdem
No Limit
Holdem
Holdem
$125$125$125
66 66 66 30-Jun30-Jun
30-Jun
HORSEHORSE
HORSE
$230$230$230
67 67 67 30-Jun30-Jun
30-Jun
No Limit
No Limit
Holdem
No Limit
Holdem
Holdem
$125$125$125
68 68 68 30-Jun30-Jun
30-Jun
No Limit
No Limit
Holdem
No Limit
Holdem
6Holdem
Handed
6 Handed
6 Handed
$330$330$330
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30-Jun
No Limit
No Limit
Holdem
No Limit
Holdem
Holdem
$125$125$125
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Pot Limit
Pot Limit
Omaha
Pot Limit
Omaha
8 Omaha
H/L8 H/L8 H/L
$230$230$230
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Seniors
Seniors
Super
Seniors
Super
Satellite;
Super
Satellite;
2pm
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No Limit
Holdem
No Limit
Holdem
Holdem
$125$125$125
73 73 73 2-Jul 2-Jul2-Jul
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8 Game
Mix
8 Game
Mix Mix
$230$230$230
74 74 74 2-Jul 2-Jul2-Jul
No Limit
No Limit
Holdem
No Limit
Holdem
Holdem
$125$125$125
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Seniors
NLH
Seniors
Championship
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Championship
Championship
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$230$230$230
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Badugi/BadAcey/BadDuecey
Mix Mix Mix
$125$125$125
77 77 77 3-Jul 3-Jul3-Jul
No Limit
No Limit
Holdem
No Limit
Holdem
Holdem
$125$125$125
Pot Limit
Pot Limit
Omaha
Pot Limit
Omaha
8 Omaha
H/L8 H/L8 H/L
$230$230$230
No Limit
No Limit
Holdem
No Limit
Holdem
Holdem
$125$125$125
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Stud/Razz/Stud
Stud/Razz/Stud
Stud/Razz/Stud
8 H/L8Mix
H/L8 H/L
Mix Mix
$230$230$230
4-Jul 4-Jul4-Jul
No Limit
No Limit
Holdem
No Limit
Holdem
Holdem
$125$125$125
79 79 79 4-Jul 4-Jul4-Jul
HORSEHORSE
HORSE
$230$230$230
80 80 80 4-Jul 4-Jul4-Jul
No Limit
No Limit
Holdem
No Limit
Holdem
Holdem
$125$125$125
Pot Limit
Pot Limit
Omaha
Pot Limit
Omaha
High
Omaha
HighHigh
$230$230$230
No Limit
No Limit
Holdem
No Limit
Holdem
Holdem
$125$125$125
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20-Jun
20-Jun Stud Stud
8 H/L/
Stud
8 H/L/
Omaha
8 H/L/
Omaha
8Omaha
H/L8 Mix
H/L
8 H/L
Mix Mix
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BUY-INBUY-IN
BUY-IN
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No Limit
Holdem
No Limit
Holdem
Holdem
$125$125$125
Players
Players
Choice
Players
Choice
VoteChoice
Winner
VoteVote
Winner
Winner
$125$125$125
No Limit
No Limit
Holdem
No Limit
Holdem
Holdem
$125$125$125
Omaha
Omaha
8 Omaha
H/L8 H/L8 H/L
$230$230$230
Tag Team
Tag Team
Tag
LimitTeam
Limit
Holdem/
Limit
Holdem/
Omaha
Holdem/
Omaha
8 Omaha
H/L8 (5pm)
H/L8 H/L
(5pm)
(5pm)
$125$125$125
No Limit
No Limit
Holdem
No Limit
Holdem
Holdem
$125$125$125
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Tag Team
NLH NLH
per couple
$230$230
Guy nGuy
DollsGuy
Tagn Team
Dolls
Tag
NLHTeam
per couple
per$230
couple
No Limit
Holdem
No Limit
Holdem
No Limit
Holdem
$125$125$125
Pot Limit/
Pot Limit
8Mix
H/L8 H/L
Mix Mix
Pot Limit/
Pot
PotLimit/
Limit
8PotH/L
Limit
$230$230$230
No Limit
Holdem
No Limit
Holdem
No Limit
Holdem
$125$125$125
HORSEHORSE
HORSE
$230$230$230
No Limit
Holdem
No Limit
Holdem
No Limit
Holdem
$125$125$125
8 Game
Mix Mix
8 Game
Mix
8 Game
$230$230$230
No Limit
Holdem
No Limit
Holdem
No Limit
Holdem
$125$125$125
Pot Limit
8 H/L8 H/L
Pot Limit
8PotH/L
Limit
$125$125$125
Lips Lips
Ladies
Mega
Satellite
Lips Ladies
Mega
Ladies
Satellite
Mega
Satellite
$155$155$155
No Limit
Holdem
No Limit
Holdem
No Limit
Holdem
$125$125$125
8 H/L/
Omaha
H/L8 H/L
Mix Mix
Stud 8Stud
H/L/
Stud
Omaha
8 H/L/
8 Omaha
H/L8Mix
$230$230$230
No Limit
Holdem
No Limit
Holdem
No Limit
Holdem
$125$125$125
GN Poker
Queen
Lips Lips
Grand
Championship
day
event)
GN Poker
GN
Queen
Poker
LipsQueen
Grand
Championship
Grand
Championship
(2 day(2event)
(2 day
event)
$230$230$230
BRACELET
BRACELET
BRACELET
EVENTEVENT
EVENT
FaceChinese
Up Chinese
Poker
(5pm)
Face Up
Face
UpPoker
Chinese
(5pm)
Poker
(5pm)
$125$125$125
No Limit
Holdem
No Limit
Holdem
No Limit
Holdem
$125$125$125
8 H/L8 H/L
Stud 8Stud
H/LStud
$230$230$230
Tag Team
Limit
Holdem/
Omaha
H/L8 H/L
(5pm)
Tag Team
Tag
LimitTeam
Holdem/
Limit
Omaha
Holdem/
8 Omaha
H/L8 (5pm)
(5pm)
$125$125$125
Finale
Super
Satellite
(5pm)
GrandGrand
Finale
Grand
Super
Finale
Satellite
Super
(5pm)
Satellite
(5pm)
$125$125$125
No Limit
Holdem
No Limit
Holdem
No Limit
Holdem
$125$125$125
Stud StudStud
$230$230$230
Finale
Super
Satellite
(5pm)
GrandGrand
Finale
Grand
Super
Finale
Satellite
Super
(5pm)
Satellite
(5pm)
$125$125$125
No Limit
Holdem
No Limit
Holdem
No Limit
Holdem
$125$125$125
HORSEHORSE
HORSE
$230$230$230
Finale
Super
Satellite
(5pm)
GrandGrand
Finale
Grand
Super
Finale
Satellite
Super
(5pm)
Satellite
(5pm)
$125$125$125
No Limit
Holdem
No Limit
Holdem
No Limit
Holdem
$125$125$125
GRAND
FINALE
POKER
SHARK
CHAMPIONSHIP
day
event)
$1,080
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FINALE
GRAND
POKER
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POKER
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(2 day
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$1,080
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60 Minute
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25,000
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25,000
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60Blinds
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GrandGrand
Finale
Grand
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dayFinale
2day day
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No Limit
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No Limit
Holdem
Holdem
$125$125$125
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3
California Tribes Renew
Online Poker Consideration
POKER NEWS
By Haley Hintze
Cali Tribal Nations Hammer Out Preliminary
iPoker Proposal
Eight prominent California tribes have united in a new effort to bring intrastate online poker to the Golden State. Preliminary text for the Internet
Poker Consumer Protection Act of 2013 was released by the bill’s tribal
supporters in late May. Among the proposed provisions is exclusivity for
the state’s existing tribal casinos and established cardrooms, with all
other gambling venues (such as pari-mutuel outlets) to be excluded. The
bill also calls for the state to abstain from any federal online gambling
legislation and to refrain from taking part in any proposed interstate or
international online gaming compacts, such as with neighboring Nevada.
Ivey Sues Crockfords Over Frozen Punto Banco
Winnings, Casino Alleges Unfair Play
Phil Ivey’s August 2012 visit to London’s upscale Crockfords Casino has
evolved into a legal battle in the wake of Crockfords’ continued freeze
on Ivey’s £7.8 million (US $12.1 million) in winnings over two nights of
play. Ivey logged the huge win at a variation of baccarat called punto
banco over two nights of play, only to have the casino refund his original
£1m stake, but decline to pay out the winnings. Ivey filed a lawsuit in
early May, with Crockfords officials quickly responding via the British
press that Ivey and an unnamed female companion conspired to take
advantage of improperly cut cards featuring a “full bleed” design, which,
when rotated allowed Ivey and his companion to identify important cards
before they were dealt. The dispute appears destined for a full court trial.
Illinois Legislators Propose Standalone iGaming
Measure
Pro-gambling legislators in Illinois have decided to spin off internetgambling legislation from a larger casino expansion bill in an attempt to
move both plans forward in the state. The result is a 67-page, internetgambling-only bill, released in preliminary form by aides to state Senate
President, John Cullerton, one of the measure’s supporters. The bill,
which faces opposition from Illinois Governor Pat Quinn among others,
calls for an age-21 player minimum, $20 million initial license fees for
operators, and a ten-year “bad actor” lockout for previous US-facing
online operators, all under the oversight of a new agency affiliated with
the state’s lottery.
UltimateBet Cheating Scandal Specifics Exposed
in Released Recordings
New details of the UltimateBet cheating scandal and associated cover-up
have emerged more than five years after the cheating first made poker
headlines, courtesy of two lengthy audio recordings released by Russ
Hamilton’s longtime computer assistant. Hamilton aide, Travis Makar,
released the recordings, which were secretly taped by Hamilton himself
and which included extensive input from UB founder and current iovation president Greg Pierson and corporate counsel Daniel Friedberg and
Sanford Millar. Hamilton was the sole publicly named cheating conspirator named in findings by UB’s then-regulatory overseer, the Kahnawake
Gaming Commission.
Pennsylvania Internet Gambling Ban Introduced
Pro- and anti-gambling forces are lining up in Pennsylvania, with PA
State Rep. Paul Clymer recently introducing a proposal that would enact
a sweeping ban on all forms of internet-based gambling within the
Keystone State. Clymer’s proposal stands in marked contrast to a measure introduced last month by PA Rep. Tina Davis that would expressly
authorize several forms of internet gambling, including poker, for
Pennsylvanians. Both bills have entered the committee-hearing phase,
and have yet to receive voting action.
No Movement in Full Tilt Player Remission Process
Ongoing fine-tuning of remission plans by DOJ officials means that
former US customers of Full Tilt Poker are unlikely to receive balance
refunds until late 2014 or early 2015. Officials for claims administrator
Garden City Group have confirmed that federal officials are still fine-tuning a refund formula to account for tens of millions of dollars of floated
and uncleared deposits made to the site during its final pre-Black Friday
months.
Veteran poker-industry writer/editor Haley Hintze is the author
of an upcoming book on the Absolute Poker and UltimateBet
online cheating scandals, to be released later this year.
4
J u n e 1 7, 2 0 1 3
Caro’s Word: “Survival”
conTinueD FROM PAGE 1
To
succeed at poker,
you need to survive.
Today’s self-interview deals with bankroll
survival, with tournament
survival, and with the powerful truth that survival isn’t
a factor at all when making
decisions in regular nontournament games.
I’ll explain it all. So, let’s
get started.
Question 1: What does
survival have to do with
making poker decisions?
In everyday poker
games, outside the tournament arena, you should
never be thinking about survival when you make decisions. If you’re playing for
uncomfortably high-stakes
and worried about surviving a large pot, then you’re
competing in a game too
large for your bankroll. You
shouldn’t be there.
You see, the nature of a
winning poker strategy dictates that you must invite
risk, not avoid it. If your
personality is such that you
crave reduced risk, poker
probably isn’t the right
game for you.
A primary goal of poker
should be to put your
money at risk. You should
be eager to do that, as
long as that risk offers a
long-term advantage. You
could play more safely by
declining to exploit small
advantages and waiting
for really big edges before
risking your money. But,
then you’d be surrendering
the sum of the profit from
all those small edges. And
those small edges added
together often comprise
the largest portion of your
profit.
So, you should want to
take risks. You should be
looking for opportunities to
put your chips in jeopardy.
I know that sounds strange,
but that’s really what successful poker strategy is
about – finding ways to
increase risk at an advantage.
Question 2: Can you
give an example of how
poker players make a
mistake when playing to
survive?
Sure. The concept of
“limiting the field” is probably the best example of
this mistake.
When you act to limit the
field, you’re trying to chase
opponents out of the pot by
betting or raising. This is
sometimes okay if you’re
bluffing or hold a weak
hand. But that’s not how the
tactic is usually employed.
It’s used, instead, with
strong cards on the theory
that you get protected by
eliminating opponents who
might get lucky and beat
you.
What’s wrong with that?
Plenty. First, if you hold a
superior hand, usually you
want to make it more vul-
nerable, not less vulnerable.
You want to reduce your
chances of winning the pot,
not increase them.
Yes, of course, that’s
counter-intuitive. But it’s
the truth. The concept of
protecting strong hands
has almost no place in
poker. You want that hand
to be at risk. Why? It’s
because strong hands have
an advantage and players
pursuing you with weaker
hands do so at a disadvantage. That means profit
for you, eventually. It also
means more risk of losing
a pot, but that’s a risk you
want to take. If you succeed
in limiting the field, you’re
chasing away that profit.
Question 3: So, are you
saying that you never
want to limit the field in
poker?
Not exactly. Actually, it
turns out that there’s a precise number of opponents
for each hand that’s the
most profitable. Too many
means less profit. Too few
means less profit.
Fine. But in practice,
with most really strong
hands, it’s the more opponents, the merrier. Another
key consideration is that
if you bet or raise hoping
to limit the field, you’re
likely to chase away the
opponents with the weakest
hands and end up competing against just the strongest ones that supply less
profit.
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too, want to play the event.
And it has been interesting
watching the excitement
grow all across America, as
Penn National Gaming has
done every thing possible to
bring this opportunity to the
poker world. Why was the
HPO created?
Jay Snowden: We look
for ways to grow the
Hollywood brand in all facets of our business and to
showcase the many casinos
in the Penn Gaming family in an effort to promote
cross-market play. When it
came to poker, it seemed
obvious that the best way to
accomplish this goal was to
create a national tournament
of our own where poker
players – both those we
know as well as those new
to our casinos – could gain
multiple opportunities to
participate in regional and
qualifying events with the
action culminating with a
championship in Las Vegas.
BR: How important is it
for you to introduce players to the M Resort where
you are holding the HPO
Championship?
JS: That’s a big goal of the
HPO. The M Resort -- purchased in June 2011 -- is
a relatively new addition
to our portfolio of properties. We want our players
to know that they have a
gaming and entertainment
home in Las Vegas the next
time they visit. It’s the kind
of place where they can
not only match wits against
poker players from around
the country, but also bring a
spouse or friends and enjoy
fine dining, pools and spas,
nearby golf and, of course,
sports betting, table games,
and slots.
BR: Are you looking to
grow the poker business at
the M Resort?
JS: We have more than two
million active casino players
in our database who have
played at one or more of our
casinos in the past year. If
we continue to promote the
M Resort offerings and Las
Vegas experience to players
in markets like Kansas City,
St. Louis, Tunica, and the
Gulf Coast, then it’s only
natural that we’re going to
see our business grow at the
M Resort, and that includes
our poker business. I grew
up in a poker household.
My mother was a poker
dealer at the Horseshoe,
Frontier, Showboat, and
other Las Vegas casinos for
more than 20 years. One
thing I know from personal
experience is that many
poker players are creatures
of habit. They like to play
at rooms in their hometown
where they are most comfortable. But, in the same
way that a golfer might like
to take an occasional golfing trip, we know we have
players who are looking
to take a poker vacation.
That’s why being able to
offer a Las Vegas destination to players across the
country is so important to
our business.
BR: Where will the tournament be held at the M and
what’s planned?
JS: We’ll be hosting the
championship in the M’s
Milan Ballroom. Special
HPO room rates for players are available at the M
and everyone in the tournament will receive box lunch
vouchers so they can easily
grab something to eat during
the breaks without having
to worry about wait times.
It’s going to be a first-class
event with jackets for all
the final table participants
and a trophy for the winner
in addition to cash payouts.
We’ll also have plenty of
other poker action taking
place throughout the weekend with additional tournaments and cash games.
BR: How do Penn property
poker rooms measure up
against others?
JS: Well, we’re very proud
of the experience we offer
in our poker rooms. Poker
players spend a significant
amount of time playing the
game, so we work hard to
design and operate rooms
that offer an inviting and
comfortable live poker
experience. We also operate large-sized rooms in
some of our markets so
our players can easily find
a table and enjoy a wide
selection of games. When
you look at our flagship
50-table offering in Charles
Town, West Virginia, just
outside of Baltimore, MD
and Washington, D.C., or
our newly designed room in
Lawrenceburg, Indiana near
Cincinnati and the rooms in
our new Hollywood casinos
in Columbus, Toledo and
Kansas City, I don’t think
you’ll find better poker
rooms available – including
those in Las Vegas.
BR: I have played in
most of them and I agree.
Approximately how many
players do you think will be
participating in the HPO
Championship?
JS: We anticipate that we’ll
have more than 225 players
from at least 12 states and
Canada playing in the HPO
Championship. Every Penn
Gaming casino is sending
at least one player to the
Championship and several
are sending as many as ten.
We also think it’s a great
opportunity for players to
pay the $2,500 buy-in and
register to play in the event.
We’ll continue to accept
walk-ups through the first
day of the championship.
BR: What are the plans for
2014 and beyond? Any big
surprises on the horizon?
JS: We truly believe this is
the start of something big,
but we’ve yet to announce
our plans for 2014. We want
to observe, take it all in,
and learn from this year’s
Championship before we set
our course for next year.
BR: I understand your
mother was a dealer in one
of the casinos. Of course
she has to be exceptionally
proud of you. What is the
best advice she has given
you with regard to the gaming industry?
JS: She never really provided me specific advice
regarding gambling or
pursuing a career in the
casino industry. That said,
her motto in life is to: “Be
yourself, work hard, and,
most importantly, have fun.”
I have always stayed true to
that and the gaming industry
certainly helps provide the
fun!
WSOP Opens
one folded to Michael
Trivett on the button, who
raised to 27,000. Holloway
three-bet to 77,000 in the
small blind, and the big
blind got out of the way.
Trivett went into the tank
before pushing all in for
about 200,000 more. After
some thought, Holloway
called.
Holloway: Aa8s,
Trivett: KaJs
The flop came
Af7d2s, and Holloway
supporters cheered from the
rail. A 7a on the turn left
Trivett drawing dead, and he
got up after the dealer rolled
out the Ks river.
Tyrone Smith was the
seventh-place finisher. The
action folded around to him
in the small blind. Bobby
Rooney called from the big
blind with QfJa against
Smith’s 10dJf.
The board ran out
Kd6a3fKs8a and
Smith was eliminated.
Sean Small, who finished
third at the WSOP Circuit
Main Event in Council
Bluffs, Iowa, for over
$54,000 this April, was next
to go. He shoved his last
$89,000 in from the button
and was called by Holloway
in the small blind. His
Ja8f failed to improve
against Holloway’s Aa4a.
Daniel Ellery went out
in fifth when he called
off his stack with 6f5f
against the Qa10a of
Brian Pingel on a board
of 3d9a3f6a. Pingel
flushed him out with an Aa
on the river.
Pingel’s good fortune
wouldn’t last long, as he
called a raise from Rooney
and they took a flop heads
up. The flop brought the
4s8a5a, and Pingel
checked. Rooney continuation-bet 55,000, and Pingel
shipped all in. Rooney
snap-called, and the players
showed.
Pingel: 6a9a, Rooney:
4d5d
Rooney’s bottom two pair
was in the lead, but he had a
lot of cards to fade. A harmless Qd fell on the turn,
and Pingel needed a heart
or a seven to complete his
hand. It wasn’t to be, as a
Ks river ended his tournament run in fourth.
J u n e 1 7, 2 0 1 3
5
Jono Hilton Wins 2013
WSOP Nat’l Championship
In its three years of existence, the WSOP National
Championship has already
developed some serious history, controversy, and even a
rivalry.
At the end of May,
the WSOP National
Championship brings the
very best WSOP performers together in a single “by
invitation only” tournament.
Half of the qualifying field
consists of WSOP Circuit
players, who have played
and earned the right to play
in the championship by virtue of accomplishents at one
of the 20 tour stops around
North America held this
season. The other half of the
field includes the top 100
performers from WSOP gold
bracelet events, as determined by the Player of the
Year points race.
Frankly, the WSOP Circuit
grinders have become a bit
protective of this coveted
title and have come to support each other through a
strong social network of
encouragement as well as
comraderie. Meanwhile, the
WSOP players tend to come
in, some with the very wrong
perception this is a softer
field than might be experienced at higher buy-in gold
bracelet events in Las Vegas
and Europe.
For the third consecutive
year, a WSOP Circuit qualifier won the title – and with
it a WSOP gold bracelet.
Following in the proud footsteps in previous years of
Sam Barnhart (2011 champ)
and Ryan Eriquezzo (2012
champ), this year’s winner
had a similar path to victory.
Jono Hilton, from
Chattanooga, TN won
the 2013 WSOP National
Championship presented
by Southern Comfort 100
Proof. The finale was played
at Harrah’s New Orleans,
which has hosted the final
WSOP Circuit stop during all
6
nine seasons of poker action.
In fact, this was the first tme
a gold bracelet had ever been
awarded in North America,
outside of Las Vegas.
Hilton is a 23-year-old
poker pro who started playing seriously as a teenager.
This was the first season
Hilton had played on the
Circuit, and his commitment paid off nicely with
eight cashes, five final table
appearances, and one win
since last fall. The gold ring
victory took place at Council
Bluffs, IA two months ago.
However, Hilton’s drive to
win this event was undoubtedly fueled by what happened last year at the WSOP
in Las Vegas. He finished
second in one of the last gold
bracelet tournaments on the
schedule, which paid more
than $400,000. Even though
the money was life changing,
he still realized something
was missing – which was
victory and the supreme
token of accomplishment
that goes along with the triumph.
“This means a lot more to
me now because I got second
in a bracelet event last year.
It was right there in front of
me and I really thought I was
going to win, but didn’t,”
Hilton said. “I think now it
feels better than had I won
it the first time, because I’ve
been thinking about this all
year.”
Remarkably, Hilton came
into this tournaament with
a serious dilemma that transcends poker and money. He
almost decided to pass on
playing due to his mother’s
illness. He told his mother
he would forgo with $10,000
seat in order to be at her side.
But Hilton’s mother insisted
that he complete his mission,
which was performed with
precision in front of ESPN’s
television cameras in the
final tournament before the
start of the WSOP in Las
Vegas.
Hilton had others cheering
for him, as well. His bride
to be and young baby were
outside the casino, waiting
on news of what was happening. As soon as Hilton
won the final hand, he ran
through the Harrah’s New
Orleans showroom and into
the arms of his family. It was
J u n e 1 7, 2 0 1 3
WSOP Showcases
In the
first week,
the WSOP
schedule makes a
global commitment to one
and all with a taste for No
Limit Hold’em, the game
that resonates with the vast
majority of players as the
“Cadillac” of poker.
No Limit events are
being offered in a multitude of formulations and
buy-in price points. The
centerpiece, the “Millionaire
Maker” was designed with
the entire customer base in
mind —low buy-in players,
bracelet seekers, self-funded
pros, and top achievers in
the game who dare to dream
that they will chip up to a
first place finish. Likewise,
in the first week, the Omaha
specialist and mixed games
fans are dealt in at price
points that can attract larger
fields to the track.
WSOP PAC Fades
Tournament organizers have
long relied upon the WSOP
Players Advisory Council
to figure out how to balance its poker fare. This
year the WSOP allowed
the PAC to remain largely
inactive, relying instead on
lessons learned and extending management’s listening
ears far beyond the rarified
environment of PAC meetings attended mostly by
aging pros. A member of the
PAC since its first year, this
writer sees the fading of the
PAC as an inevitable and
healthy consequence of a
broadly networked and wellinformed WSOP management team. This year, so far,
the WSOP organizers and
their customers seem to be
better aligned than ever.
The WSOP Crowd is
Colorful
Thus far, the 2013 WSOP
has been packed with poker
stars and weekend warriors,
princes and paupers, titans
and toilers, the occasional
cardinal, and a mass of
humanity that has arrived
for battle with abiding faith
that victory is near.
A walk-through is compelling for its diversity.
Tournaments feature white,
yellow, brown, and blackskinned experts, avid grinders, and pure amateurs. The
gorgeous mosaic of poker
faces has never been more
vibrant.
Competitors can take one
shot after another in rapid
fire succession, at million
dollar plus prize pools.
Individual tournament
purses are swelling fast, and
big bucks are just around
the corner. No worries here
of piddling prize pools—any
day of the week.
Players are streaming into
town from across the country including cosmopolitan
cities their suburbs and in
the sticks. They hail from
every populated continent;
from the most developed
nations’ grand capitols to
small towns in third world
countries.
At the end of each day’s
competition, players judge
their competitors, not on
their looks, their wealth, or
the color of their skin, not
even on the likely content
of their character—only by
how they play their chips.
Historical Perspective
Not so many years ago,
most poker players hid their
heads in the sand, shunning
notoriety as tasteless and
dangerous. The notion of
“poker celebrity” was hardly
imaginable to all but a few
that became media darlings
because they were gutsy
gamblers or long shots that
occasionally beat the pros.
All of that has changed
since Matchroom Sports
put on the Poker Million in
2000. Sky Sports beamed
the poker hands to millions of television viewers
through the use of under the
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isticated Planning M
s the Global Face of Poker
table cameras invented by
WSOP Hall of Famer Henry
Orenstein. .
Tailgating the Poker
Million and mimicking its
use of cameras to show the
hands in progress, BBC’s
Late Night Poker Series
gave poker a high profile
name, and British-based
players a chance for new
glowing publicity. Suddenly,
American players yearned
for the same.
Steve Lipscomb, lawyer,
television documentary
producer, recreational poker
player, and the son of a
female minister, set upon
a course that would bring
yet bigger changes to the
game with a video of the
grand 2001 Tournament of
Champions. The filming
effort was converted into
the pilot behind the World
Poker Tour’s “full season”
of televised poker tournament fare on TV.
With the backing of
Lakes Entertainment, Inc
and CEO Lyle Berman at
his side, many industry
observers say the WPT forever changed the game, and
in the process, the attitude
of casinos toward poker
rooms.
Shortly after the opening
of the WPT, John Duthie,
winner of the 2000 Poker
Million Tournament in 2000,
envisioned a Europeanbased poker tour. He chatted up most everyone who
was anyone in the poker
East Coast Grinder
Eddie Ryba Passes On
By Barbara Rogers and
Eddie’s good friend,
Dan Potkaj
A Foxwoods familiar
face, an aspiring
Professional Poker
player, and a member of the Poker
Players Alliance,
Edward Ryba
leaves a legacy of
being an all-around
great guy, good friend, and
fun-loving poker player.
But more importantly, he
was a proud and dedicated
father to his two daughters:
Stephany and Brittany.
Passing on unexpectedly at
the young age of 44, he is
also survived by his wife,
Christi. Ed graduated from
East Hartford High
in Connecticut.
An avid and loyal
Boston Red Sox
and Buffalo Bills
fan, he could
always offer up an
enlightening discussion about either team.
While he will be very much
missed in the Foxwoods
poker room, it’s been said
his smile will light up
Heaven.
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to America and moved the
momentum forward in a bid
to turn his idea into the first
coordinated series of poker
tournaments in Europe. He
found a financial backer
in PokerStars. The rapidly
growing online company
was an all but silent partner
until it saw the light of success. It then announced that
the EPT was a PokerStars
property.
Duthie’s confection was a
jewel in PokerStars’ crown;
he produced a player marketing tool that had been
largely unrecognized by
casino management until
he brought it to life in
Barcelona with seasoned
tournament director, Thomas
Kremser.
In 2003, PokerStars
hit the jackpot with Chris
Moneymaker when the
Tennessee accountant’s $40
ticket to play in a PokerStars
online satellite event for
the WSOP ended up with
him as the last man standing. The once unknown
Moneymaker revolutionized the image of the game.
He quickly signed a contract as an ambassador of
PokerStars.
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Main Event
Champions
Crossword by Michael Wiesenberg.
41. Juan ___ Mortensen: 2001
AcrosS
1. First name of 2012 champ
44. A new end for Ceylon?
5. California Bay Area’s largest airport, for short
47. 1989
8. One of only two three-time
champs
51. Black-tie affair wear
52. Porgy and Bess lyricist Gershwin
53. Pittsburgh-to-Boston dir.
13. What a car dealership always
seems to have
54. Small cell
59. “___ Cigar”: song on Pink Floyd
album “Wish You Were Here”
16. Stage presence
17. Emulate a secretary of the 1950s
62. Patron saint of Norway
18. “M*A*S*H* star
65. Obtained: Fr.
24. “___ gather”: “Events have led
me to believe”
66. The Beatles’ “___ a Woman”
25. Over there
67. Nickname of 2000 champ
68. AMEX or NYSE
22. Oral history
Down
33. Edit, as a soundtrack
26. “The evening news is ___ 5”
(broadcast time)
1. Our sun, to astronomers
34. Spain, in Spain
27. 10 micronewtons
2. 2004
35. French roast
38. Acronymic fund-raiser in the
news
3. 1959 Marty Robbins #1 hit that is
the name of a Texas city
40. Itinerary abbrs.
4. The Waltons actor Will
1
2
3
5
4
13
14
17
18
20
21
23
24
29
6
8
7
15
36
42
26
39
28
53
56
61
64
57
49. Reaction to a German officer’s
command
50
55
58
63
65
66
68
67
48. Big force in politics
54
62
50. Precipitated
55. “Don’t make ___ of yourself”:
“Quit acting the fool”
56. Brummell or Bridges
57. Substance from which the universe was created
58. “Make it happen”
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43. Croat neighbor
46. “Hooked on Classics” company,
as seen on TV
49
52
42. Harding and Garfield, for two
45. It comprises most of the
Canadian Arctic Archipelago
46
48
60
27
40
45
35. NCR output: abbr.
37. “For kids” cereal
32
44
43
32. Afternoon talk show
36. Where to find Highway H1
34
38
30. European food fish, turbot relative
39. Got even in a poker game
31
47
59
12
16
25
37
51
11
22
30
41
10
28. “¡Buenos ___!”
31. Sport with spikes, for short
19
33
35
9
15. Class that doesn’t require much
studying
21. “I look at the floor and ___ it
needs sweeping” (from “While My
Guitar Gently Weeps”)
69. 88 or 98 of the past
29. 2002
9. Language and Mind author
Chomsky
12. Big name in outdoor equipment
23. It’s a legal matter
26. Not even
8. Earth-to-satellite connections
11. Middle of a simile
64. Like the flu of 2003-2005
20. 1972
6. Phrase heard at a full service gas
station
10. Rummy cry
63. Mrs. Charlie Chaplin
19. Hawaii’s “Pineapple Island”
5. Professional head of the British
Royal Navy and the whole Naval
Service; he also holds the title of
Chief of Naval Staff; the position
is now held by Admiral Sir Mark
Stanhope
7. “... ___ not. There is no Try”: bit
of guidance for Luke
56. 1978
14. Cork’s place
Word
59. The ___: Leon Uris novel whose
title refers to the Pilgrimage to
Mecca
60. “___ Maria”
61. Before and after “à,” compared
with
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CONNORS’ CORNER
By BARBARA CONNORS
Tilt is an occupational hazard of being a
poker player. None of us can escape it completely. The good players simply tilt less often, and less
severely. Perhaps, most important of all, the best poker
players continually monitor themselves for signs of tilt,
which is something we should all do. Problem is, the signs
of tilt aren’t always that easy to identify. Sure, we can recognize tilt when we’re bluffing off a huge stack of chips for
no reason other than wanting to pulverize the guy on the
other side of the table. But tilt can also be as simple and as
subtle as one loose call.
We’ve all done it. Called to see a flop with a marginal
hand, bad position, lousy pot odds — or all of the above. We
know we shouldn’t be in the pot, but we toss the chips in
anyway. Usually this sort of thing happens when we’ve been
card dead for a long time, or because we’re sick of being
raised out of the pot every time we want to limp. But any
way you slice it, it’s tilt.
I recall one hand I played years ago, where I called to
see a flop with 7-8 of spades in early position. It was a
loose, aggressive limit game and I knew perfectly well that
it would probably get raised behind me -- which it was. It
was raised and then reraised by the time the action got
back around to me. But I was bored and frustrated and
tired of sitting on the sidelines. So I paid three bets to see
the flop. The reason I still remember this hand today is
because I hit my miracle flop, 6-9-10 rainbow, and cracked
another player’s pair of aces. Mr. Cracked Aces didn’t take
too kindly to this outcome. He proceeded to chew me out,
expressing in rather colorful language his dissatisfaction
with the way I played the hand and his low opinion of my
poker-playing skills in general. And while his method may
have left something to be desired, he was right.
In that moment, for that one hand, all my poker knowledge and skill meant nothing. As soon as I tossed out that
frustration call, I was on tilt and playing no better than
a donkey. The fact that I got lucky doesn’t change any of
that. And for that one memorable hand where the flop
rewarded me with a perfect fit, god only knows how many
forgettable losses I’ve taken over the years with similar
loose calls.
Not that I make a habit of making loose bets before the
flop. Far from it. But that’s the point — it can (and does)
happen to anybody and even one loose call is still a kind of
tilt.
At the other end of the subtle-tilt spectrum is a kind of
creeping nittiness, usually caused by one too many suckouts. Again, it can be very understated — one call instead
of a raise, or pushing out a min-raise when a larger raise
would get the job done much better. One fold when you
should have called. If the reason you’re being conservative
is because you’re afraid of losing, that’s tilt. And it’s every
bit as dangerous in the long run as the tilting maniac bluffing off his chips. In spite of the fact, because of the fact,
that it’s so subtle.
In the wake of a crushing loss, or a long losing streak, it’s
perfectly understandable. Any hand that isn’t the absolute
nuts begins to look vulnerable. But in attempting to minimize losses, you must also, inevitably, minimize your wins.
Your only defense against tilt is to recognize when it’s
happening to you. The danger of subtle tilt is that it’s so
easy to miss. You can’t stop something if you don’t even
realize it’s there. One loose call here, one timid fold there...
it may not seem like much at the time, but the long-term
damage can be deadly.
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unique breed of humans who call themselves poker
players. Contact her at [email protected].
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LAST YEAR’S WSOP:
EVENT-BY-EVENT
TAKE IT FROM THE MAVEN—
HOW IT WENT
WSOP DO’s
& DON’Ts
ARE YOU READY TO PLAY THIS YEAR?
2012 Event 1:
California Blackjack
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The first World Series of
Poker tournament of 2012
concluded at the tail end of
a memorable Memorial Day
weekend with the crowning
of a new poker champion,
whose victory was a surprise even to the winner.
Chiab “Chip” Saechao,
from Visalia, CA, won
the Casino Employees
Championship, which is a
special competition limited
exclusively to employees
of the gaming industry. He
collected $70,859 in prize
money. Saechao was also
presented with his first
WSOP gold bracelet, which
is the ultimate prize in
poker.
Saechao is a full-time
blackjack dealer at the
Tachi Casino, in Lemoore,
CA–which is located in
California’s Central Valley
(near Fresno). This marked
his first time to cash in a
major poker tournament
and first time to compete
in the Casino Employees
Championship.
This was classified as
WSOP schedule Event
#1, since it’s the first
gold bracelet of 61 to be
awarded this summer in Las
Vegas. The tournament was
played over two consecutive days and nights, during a busy Memorial Day
weekend. The final hand
was a thrilling conclusion
to the hard-fought tourney,
as ultimate victor Saochao
spiked a ten on the turn,
which proved decisive,
against his opponent’s
top pair and top kicker.
Saochao ended up making a full house–tens over
queens–while the secondplace finisher closed with
three-queens.
The runner up
was Patricia
Baker, from
Little Torch
Key, FL.
She nearly
broke the
three-year
consecutive
string of allmale stag gold
bracelet winners
by becoming the first
female since Vanessa Selbst
to win a gold bracelet in an
event other than the Ladies
World Championship.
Instead, she accepted a nice
consolation prize amounting to $43,754.
The Casino Employees
(Continued on page WSOP3)
Well the World Series of
Poker is upon us again - it
sure seems like the year
flew by. I want to lay out
some tips for making your
of hydration. Therefore,
we’re forced to drink even
more water after drinking
coffee. Between the dry
Vegas weather, the lights
WSOP experience the best
that it can be. These are
all of the basic things that
sound easy, but most people
overlook. Besides having to
play well (and everything
that entails), we have to
put ourselves in a position
to win by doing the little
things right.
Make sure to drink
plenty of water. This is
something I always struggled with, as I didn’t want
to have to run and
go to the bathroom every
30 minutes.
Keep in
mind the
WSOP
prelim
events
have 1
hour levels
and breaks
every 2 hours
(the Main Event has 2
hour levels). My advice is
to drink a bunch of water,
and don’t worry about missing a hand here or there. I
also like to drink coffee, but
it’s important to recognize
that coffee (and tea) are
diuretics that zap your body
staring you in the face at
the table, and the highstress environment, you’re
going to need to stay especially hydrated. One immediate side effect of dehydration is getting a headache.
Also, keep in mind that the
brain needs a balance of
water and other elements to
operate in peak form.
Bring Snacks. There is
hardly enough time during
a 15 minute break to grab
food at the WSOP kitchen,
and quite frankly most of
the snacks in the kitchen are
junk food. Bring some fruit,
nuts, or overall healthy
food that you can snack on
during the breaks. A quick
Google search of “brain
foods” will set you on the
correct course of what you
should be eating. Try not to
eat at the table unless it’s a
food that you don’t have to
touch with your hands. The
chips and poker table as a
whole are a Petri dish of
germs, so unless you want
to get sick and miss events,
eating at the table is a nonoption.
Surround Yourself With
Positive People. The last
thing you want to do during
the series is rent a house
with people you barely
know. We’re a product
of our environment, and
there’s nothing worse than
making day 2 and not being
able to get to bed because
your roommates are partying. We are the company we
keep and we need people
around us that won’t be
moping after they bust out
of an event.
Get a Good Night’s
Sleep. Be strict about getting plenty of sleep. The old
rule of thumb of getting 8
hours of sleep sounds good
in principle, but might not
be 100% applicable to the
WSOP. When you make
day 2 of an event, you
won’t be getting home until
around 2 in the morning.
You’ll (more than likely)
be wound up and excited
from having a successful
day. The best thing to do
is grab a bite to eat, take a
hot shower (or bath if that’s
your preference), and go
directly to bed. Don’t fall
into the trap of watching a
movie or hanging out with
your buddies afterward - as
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midnight.
RIO ALL SUITES HOTEL
2012 WSOP
EVENT #1
5/27/12
employee event—
No Limit Hold’em
BUY-IN $500
PLAYERS 732
PRIZE POOL
$366,000
Chiab Saechao
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Chiab Saechao . . . . . $70,859
Patricia Baker . . . . . . $43,754
James Routos . . . . . . $28,206
Ray Pulford . . . . . . . . $20,663
Nicolas Vaca-Rondon. . $15,359
Jay Pinkussohn . . . . . $11,571
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2012 Event 2: Brent
Hanks Wins $517,725
and WSOP Gold
Bracelet—
Nears $1 Million in
WSOP Earnings
The first World Series of
Poker tournament of the
year open to all players concluded with the crowning of
a new poker champion.
Brent Hanks, from Las
Vegas, won the first $1,500
buy-in No-Limit Hold’em
tournament of 2012, which
has proven to be one of the
schedule’s most popular
events. Hanks, a 29-yearold professional poker
player, collected a whopping
$517,725 in prize money.
He was also presented with
his first WSOP gold bracelet, which is the ultimate
prize in poker. Prior to playing for a living, Hanks was
a fifth-grade school teacher.
He is a graduate of St.
Bonaventure University.
Hanks’ victory was memorable on several fronts.
First, he had to overcome a
huge field size. Second, he
was down by a 2 to 1 margin when playing heads-up
against a very formidable
opponent—Jacob Bazeley,
from Ludlow, KY. Oddly
enough, the two finalists
were both the same age and
worked as school teachers at
one time during their lives.
They were also friends who
hung out together at dinner
and on breaks at various
times during the tournament.
But what was most
incredible was Hanks’
unthinkable comeback
during Day Two. At one
point when players had just
reached the money, Hanks
was down to a just a single
small blind and ante. He
was all-in before the cards
were dealt and then won
the hand. Hanks went on
to win four of the next five
hands and then gradually
rebuilt his stack. By day’s
end, he was not only back
in contention, he was one of
the chip leaders entering the
final stages of the tournament—proving once again
that just about anything is
possible in a poker tournament.
As things turned out, that
small blind situation on Day
Two ended up being a halfmillion dollar hand. Think
about that next time you are
struggling to stay alive in a
WSOP event and are losing
hope.
With this victory, Hanks
has accumulated nearly
$1 million in career winnings in WSOP events
alone. This was his 12th
time to cash at the WSOP,
a remarkable feat given
his young age. In fact, all
of Hanks’ WSOP earnings
have been achieved since
2008. He has previously
won $3 million.
2012 WSOP
5/28/12
No Limit Hold’em
EVENT #2
BUY-IN $1,500
PLAYERS 2,101
PRIZE POOL
$2,836,350
Brent Hanks
1. Brent Hanks. . . . . . . $517,725
2. Jacob Bazeley . . . . . $322,294
3. Andrew Badecker . . $224,029
4. Vanessa Selbst . . . . . $161,345
5. Ryan Schmidt . . . . . $117,921
6. Abdyl Konjuhi . . . . . $87,231
7. Michael Kaufman . . . $65,377
8. JP Kelly . . . . . . . . . . . $49,621
9. Richard Park . . . . . . $38,106
10.Kennii Nguyen . . . . . $29,923
2012 Event 3: “Jungle
Boy” Leif Wins New
WSOP Event—Heads-Up
Mix: No-Limit Hold’em/
Pot-Limit Omaha
One thing’s for certain. The
World Series of Poker is
never dull. There’s always
something happening at the
Rio–no matter what the day
or schedule of events.
The WSOP also is willing to take some risks and
offer unique attractions that
are not even on the map
of poker consciousness
elsewhere. Consider the
third gold bracelet event
from the 2012 schedule–a
first-time-ever poker tournament called “Heads-Up
no-Limit hold’em / pot
limit Omaha.” The concept
calls for competitors to
play alternating 20-minute
rounds of no-limit hold’em
and pot-limit Omaha–in the
pressure cooker of a headsup format.
Sure. Heads-up events
have been held in the past.
There’s also been plenty
of No-Limit and Pot-Limit
action. But never before in
history has this rich gumbo
of popular poker ingredients
all been tossed into a collective pot and served to a
medley of ravenous poker
aficionados.
The “dinner” cost $3,000
to attend (the entry fee),
which didn’t exactly dissuade 317 guests from
sitting down at the table
in order to dine at what
amounted to the grand
opening of a nine course
meal. That’s right, nine
“courses” as in heads-up
matches necessary for the
ultimate winner, in what
amounted to a gauntlet of
increasing difficulty.
Culinary showman
Emeril Lagasse would
never have stood a chance.
As things turned out, the
guy with the coolest name
in poker—Leif Force—
ended up as the head chef
of the affair, collecting
an indubitably appetizing
$207,708 in prize money
as his main course, plus a
sparkling new WSOP gold
bracelet for dessert.
The enigmatic-looking
poker pro, nicknamed
“Jungle Boy” for his
unorthodox appearances at
WSOPs past, seems to have
gradually melded into semiconformity as his WSOP
earnings have continued
to uptick in recent years.
Force, from Tallahassee,
Florida is best known to
many for his 11th-place
finish in the 2006 Main
Event Championship,
when he won a staggering
$1,154,527 in his first-ever
appearance at the WSOP.
Since then, Leif has posted
some nice results, but nothing close to winning what
amounted to his most prestigious title ever.
This was classified as
WSOP schedule Event #3.
The tournament was played
over three consecutive days
and nights. Among those
who cashed in the round
of eight were two former
WSOP gold bracelet winners—Andy Frankenberger
and Annette Obrestad.
The next group of inthe-money finishers (round
of 16) included three more
former title holders– Josh
Arieh, David Williams, and
Mike Sexton.
Sexton, an inductee into
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(Cont’d from page WSOP1)
the Poker Hall of Fame,
entered two events which
began the same day. Even
though the Heads-Up format of Event #3 (which
included mandatory down
time) allowed Sexton more
time to concentrate on the
Eight-or-Better competition, he nonetheless entered
the record books, of sorts.
Sexton accomplished what
is believed to be a first in
poker history. He entered
both tournaments, and not
only cashed in both but also
managed to finish in the top
16 for both tournaments.
Indeed, two mini-cashes
would be quite impressive.
But to think that Sexton ran
deep in two overlapping
events is phenomenal.
But in the end, Sexton
was just one of 316 casualties, whose hopes of WSOP
bracelet glory will have to
wait... at least until the next
event.
Force hereby became the
third player to win a gold
bracelet at the 2012 WSOP.
2012 WSOP
EVENT #3
5/29/12
heads up Hold’em & Omaha
BUY-IN $3,000
PLAYERS 317
PRIZE POOL
$870,870
Leif Force
1. Leif Force . . . . . . . . $207,708
2. Jason Koon. . . . . . . . $128,660
3. Simeon Naydenov . . . $73,655
4. Julian Powell . . . . . . . $73,655
5. Gregg Merkow . . . . . $28,409
6. Andrew Frankenberger.$28,409
7. David Benefield . . . . $28,409
8. Annette Obrestad . . . $28,409
9. Scott Davies . . . . . . . . . $9,644
10.George Wolff . . . . . . . . $9,644
2012 Event 4: Cory
Zeidman Victorious
in Champion-Stacked
Stud/Eight Event
Motivation can come from
many different sources,
even from some people
that might be surprising.
Just ask Cory Zeidman.
Zeidman was propelled to
his biggest career victory by
none other than former NFL
star Thomas “Hollywood”
Henderson, the flamboyant ex-Dallas Cowboy
linebacker from the Tom
Landry-era, who gave his
friend several pep talks during the final day of what
turned out to be Zeidman’s
greatest poker triumph.
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During breaks in the
tournament action, Zeidman
called his close friend back
in Texas on his cell phone,
who has since become a
highly sought-after motivational speaker. Henderson
provided just the right mix
of solace and guidance, giving Zeidman an extra boost
of confidence that enabled
him to win.
Given his connections to
star athletes like Henderson
through his full-time
work in sports marketing, it’s no surprise that
Zeidman shares a winnertake-all mentality. Take
for instance, his unusual
pattern of results playing
in World Series of Poker
events over the years. When
Zeidman cashes—which
has now occurred eight
times with his most recent
feat—he tends to go very
deep. Indeed, there are no
min-cashes on Zeidman’s
tournament resume. He’s no
slacker. When he enters an
event, Zeidman plays with a
single purpose in mind—to
win.
“I would have been
devastated if I would have
come back this year and
finished second,” Zeidman
stated in a startling interview, just moments after his
victory. “I had to win this. I
knew this gold bracelet was
going to be mine.”
Zeidman’s tournament
strategy, tenacity, and will
to win—whether it came
from former footballer
Henderson or some deeper
hunger from within—paid
off royally in spades when
he managed to out-duel a
lion’s den of final-day survivors en route to his firstever WSOP title. Zeidman’s
jubilation came in the
$1,500 buy-in Seven-Card
Stud High-Low Split event,
which was worth $201,559
in prize money. Given the
strength of his competition,
Zeidman could be doublyproud of his accomplishment.
The runner-up was longtime tournament journeyman and two-time gold
bracelet winner, Chris
Bjorin, from London –
who shows absolutely no
signs of slowing down as
an accomplished tournament player. Bjorin may
very well be playing the
best poker of his life at the
moment as he continues to
defy conventional wisdom
that seniors can no longer
compete amongst the wave
on former online wunderkinds. This marked Bjorin’s
sixty-second time to cash at
the WSOP.
2012 WSOP
5/29/12
7-Card Stud Hi-Lo 8/b
EVENT #4
BUY-IN $1,500
PLAYERS 622
PRIZE POOL
$839,700
Cory Zeidman
1. Cory Zeidman . . . . . $201,559
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5. Michael Mizrachi . . . $41,447
6. Xuan Liu . . . . . . . . . . $29,985
7. Todd Brunson . . . . . . $22,142
8. Bonnie Rossi . . . . . . . $16,684
9. Marsha Waggoner . . $12,822
10.Chris Tryba . . . . . . . . $12,822
2012 Event 5: “First
the ring, then the
bracelet.”
The motto, effectively parroted the past few years on
the World Series of Poker
Circuit, encouraged poker
players to compete in various events around the country, which are spread out
over the nine months when
the WSOP “big one” is dormant. The National Circuit
is a potential stair ladder to
greater success for many
poker players, who may not
quite have the bankrolls or
skills necessary to come
and play with the best in the
world, at the WSOP.
Nick Jivkov, a 34-yearold semi-pro poker player
and business owner from
Des Plaines, IL took the
slogan literally. He cashed
ten times in various WSOP
Circuit events around the
country during the last few
years, ultimately winning
a gold ring in 2010 at the
IP in Biloxi. Before 2012
Jivkov had yet to cash in a
WSOP event in Las Vegas,
but that changed when he
final tabled the Pot-Limit
Hold’em event, which
took place at the Rio Las
Vegas. Jivkov went on to
a dramatic victory, rubber
stamping his arrival on the
tournament poker scene as
a champion. He collected
$189,818 in prize money
to go along with his first
WSOP gold bracelet. He
also won one of the Deep
Stack No-Limit Hold’em
events at the Rio, a few
hours after getting off the
plane–good for another
$14,000.
Jivkov was born in
Bulgaria. He owns a transportation company in the
Chicago area. He is the
father to two girls; No
doubt, he made the entire
Jivkov family proud on this
day.
Jivkov’s victory was as
dominant a performance
as has been seen in some
time. He seized the chip
lead about midway into the
final playing session, which
attracted a big crowd to the
ESPN Main Stage–mainly
to watch and see if poker
superstar Daniel Negreanu
might pick up a fifth gold
bracelet. Like Negreanu,
they departed eventually in
disappointment, much to
the benefit of Jivkov who
essentially took over the
tournament at that point.
When play was at four
handed, Jivkov had 60 percent of the chips in play.
He was the cat toying with
mice.
Runner up Bryan
Pellegrino put up a noble
fight. He drew about even
in chips with Jivkov at one
point. But Pelligrino had to
accept a consolation prize,
worth $117,199.
Jivkov’s victory gives
him his very first WSOP
title, to go along with
ten cashes on the WSOP
Circuit, and $136,000 in
previous earnings. Indeed,
Jivkov got the ring, and
then the bracelet.
2012 WSOP
5/30/12
Pot Limit HOLD’EM
EVENT #5
BUY-IN $1,500
PLAYERS 639
PRIZE POOL
$862,650
Nick Jivkov
1. Nick Jivkov . . . . . . . $189,818
2. Bryan Pellegrino . . . $117,199
3. Jonathan Aguiar . . . . $76,189
4. Tommy Vedes . . . . . . $55,960
5. Daniel Negreanu . . . . $41,683
6. Mike Allis . . . . . . . . . $31,452
7. Brant Hale . . . . . . . . . $24,007
8. John Eames . . . . . . . . $18,529
9. Keanu Tabali . . . . . . . $14,449
10.Thom Werthmann . . $11,361
2012 Event 6:
Marathon Man: Aubin
Cazals Collects
Gold Bracelet and
$480,564
The $5,000 buy-in
No-Limit Hold’em Mixed
Max debuted in the 2012
WSOP, with a virtually
unknown poker player,
Aubin Cazals winning first
place—$480,564 in prize
money.
Cazals, already an online
poker pro, resides on the
island nation of Malta. In
addition to the prize money,
Cazals was also presented
with his first-ever WSOP
gold bracelet–symbolizing
poker’s highest achieve-
ment. However, this tournament is more likely to
be remembered for its
historic ramifications, and
even some controversy that
impacted play during what
was expected to be the final
day.
It all began 8,000 miles
away. “Mixed Max” made
its Las Vegas debut, following a highly-successful
inaugural showing at 2011
WSOP Europe. Also known
as “No-Limit Hold’em”
(Split-Format), the tournament requires participants
to play three distinct configurations of no-limit
spread over (what was to
be) four consecutive days
and nights.
First day matches were
played nine-handed. Second
day matches were played
six-handed. Third and
fourth day matches–and
alas, what bled into an
unscheduled fifth day—
were played heads-up. The
final 32 players were seeded according to brackets,
and ultimately played down
to a winner.
The inaugural gold bracelet event attracted a higherthan-expected turnout. The
tourney drew 409 entrants,
more than three times the
number that participated in
the similar version spread
of the 2011 WSOP Europe.
However, just when things
were sailing along smoothly, an unforeseen series of
developments sidetracked
what was to be the fourth
and final day.
It all started when Aubin
Cazals sat down to face
Warwick Mirzikinian in
the heads-up semi-final.
Across the room, the other
semi-final match (between
Joseph Cheong and Hugo
Lemaire) played out in
just a couple of hours.
Meanwhile, Cazals had
absolutely no idea he was
entering the first stage of
what would turn out to be
a record-breaking test of
endurance.
One hour passed. Then
two, then three, then four!
By sundown—seven hours
into the duel—players and
spectators began inquiring about the previously
held record for the longest
heads-up match in tournament poker history. The
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minutes: That’s the precise
amount of time it took
David “Chip” Reese to
defeat Andy Bloch in the
final stage of the $50,000
buy-in Poker Player
Championship, held six
years ago.
By 10 pm, everyone
inside the tournament
arena—and a worldwide
audience following the
action online—knew they
were witnessing something that had never happened before. As things
turned out, the old record
of seven hours was a mere
sprint compared to the
brain-mashing 9 hour and
25 minute marathon death
match that took place in
the Amazon Room at the
Rio in Las Vegas. By the
time Cazals finally extinguished the fire that was
once Mirzikinian’s hopes
and spirit, players, spectators, and even staff, were
camped around the final
table like a late-night
marshmallow roast.
As things turned out, the
de-facto heads-up match
went “only” five hours—
a walk in the park—and
ended when Cazals made
trip kings versus Cheong’s
pocket fours on the final
hand. Cheong later admitted he misread a false tell
on his opponent, never
guessing that Cazals was
so strong with the kings in
a pre-flop re-raising war.
Cheong’s consolation prize
amounted to a less-than-satisfying payout. The reported
figure Cheong “won” was
$296,956 for second place.
But in the runner-up’s
mind, he “lost” about nearly
two-hundred grand, the
difference in prize money
between 1st and 2nd.
2012 WSOP
EVENT #6
5/31-6/3/12
No-Limit Hold’em Mixed Max
BUY-IN $5,000
PLAYERS 409
PRIZE POOL
$1,922,300
Aubin Cazals
1. Aubin Cazals . . . . . $480,564
2. Joseph Cheong . . . . $296,956
3. Warwick Mirzikinian. $162,443
4. Hugo Lemaire . . . . . $162,443
5. Marvin Rettenmaier .$68,151
6. Fabrizio Baldassari . $68,151
7. Randy Haddox. . . . . . $68,151
8. Adam Geyer . . . . . . . $68,151
9. Anthony Gargano . . . $24,390
10.Daniel Buzgon . . . . . . $24,390
2012 Event 7: Andy
Bloch Finally Gets
His Elusive First Gold
Bracelet
At last! Andy Bloch
breathed a colossal sigh of
relief when he finally won
what had been an elusive
accolade of near-mythical
proportions. He finally won
his first World Series of
Poker gold bracelet, following 18 years of hammering
away in the world’s most
prestigious tournaments,
and ultimately suffering
the perennial heartache of
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disappointment after disappointment at each and every
WSOP since 1995.
No doubt, Bloch’s most
painful moment took place
in one of the most epic
confrontations in poker history. Bloch faced legendary
poker icon, David “Chip”
Reese, heads-up in the inaugural $50,000 buy-in Poker
Players Championship,
which was nationally televised on ESPN. Bloch had
the great Reese all-in and
drawing slim a few times.
But Reese managed to survive, and eventually won
what turned out to become
the longest heads-up match
in WSOP history—clocking
in at a mind-numbing seven
hours.
But Bloch erased all
that. He woke up from a
nightmare. Literally on the
exact same spot at the Rio
Las Vegas where Reese had
slain Bloch in 2006, leaving him bracelet-less again.
This time, the roles were
reversed and Bloch got to
feel what it was like to drag
the final pot of a WSOP
tournament.
Bloch won the $1,500
buy-in Seven-Card Stud
tournament, which included
a stellar final table lineup of
rivals that made the victory
all the more poignant. His
comeback finale included
two former gold bracelet
winners, David Williams
and Barry Greenstein, playing the roles of extras in
Bloch’s triumphant biopic—their golden amulets of
previous accomplishment,
no doubt, ringing in Bloch’s
ears each time a new hand
was dealt and chips were
bet.
But in the end, in front
of a small circle of intimate
friends and well-wishers,
Bloch was the victor
and vanquisher of all the
demons of WSOPs past—
finally righting the recurrent
wrong that had plagued his
otherwise astral tournament
career like a mustard stain
on a tuxedo.
“Now, no one can say
“Andy Bloch is the best
player to never win a
gold bracelet,” Bloch said
moments after the victory.
“That is really annoying
because there are so many
great other players too, who
have not won. I’ve been
coming here for 18 years
now. I never thought it
would have taken so long.”
The radiant new poker
champion collected
However, this victory
wasn’t so much about dollars as it was about shedding a monkey and slaying
a ghost.
Bloch’s victory gives
him his first WSOP title, to
go along with 28 cashes, 8
final table appearances, and
more $2,411,554 million in
WSOP earnings, to date.
2012 WSOP
EVENT #7
5/31-6/2/12
7-CARD STUD
BUY-IN $1,500
PLAYERS 367
PRIZE POOL
$495,450
Andy Bloch
1. Andy Bloch . . . . . . . $126,363
2. Barry Greenstein . . . $78,038
3. Stephen Su . . . . . . . . $50,332
4. David Williams . . . . . $36,470
5. Huu Vinh . . . . . . . . . . $26,813
6. Lee Goldman . . . . . . $20,001
7. Caroline Hermesh . . $15,135
8. Scott Abrams . . . . . . $11,618
9. Joseph Ranciato . . . . . $9,046
10.Fabrice Soulier . . . . . . $9,046
2012 Event 8:
71-Year-Old Alabaman
Tops Record Field of
967 Players—Largest
in Poker History
Topping a record 967-player
field in the eighth gold
bracelet event of the 2012
World Series of Poker,
Herbert Tapscott is the
winner of the largest live
Omaha High-Low Split
poker tournament ever held.
The 71-year-old financier
from Hartselle, Alabama,
collected $264,400—one
of the largest Omaha
High-Low Split prizes in
poker history. He was also
presented his first WSOP
gold bracelet, the game’s
ultimate prize. Remarkably,
this marked Tapscott’s first
time ever to cash in a WSOP
event in Las Vegas—proving once again that it’s
never too late to triumph on
poker’s grandest stage.
Tapscott’s previous career
results include two cashes
on the WSOP Circuit a few
years ago, and winning a
gold ring in the $550 buy-in
No-Limit Hold’em event at
Harrah’s Tunica in January
2010. But nothing came
close to the thrill of victory
experienced by Tapscott as
he scooped the final pot of
the tournament in front of a
packed gallery of spectators.
Gavin Griffin, a poker
pro from Ladera Beach,
California, finished as the
runner-up. He barely missed
what would have been his
second WSOP gold bracelet
victory, eight (seemingly
endless) years after his first
win, when, at 22, he became
the youngest winner in
WSOP history (at the time).
Instead, Griffin has to settle
for $163,625 as a consolation prize.
2012 WSOP
EVENT #8
6/1-3/12
Omaha Hi-Lo Split
BUY-IN $1,500
PLAYERS 967
PRIZE POOL
$1,305,450
Herbert Tapscott
1. Herbert Tapscott . . $264,400
2. Gavin Griffin . . . . . $163,625
3. Ashley Butler . . . . . $102,373
4. Can Kim Hua. . . . . . . $74,306
5. Michael Kleist . . . . . . $54,855
6. John Racener. . . . . . . $41,121
7. Thayer Rasmussen . . $31,278
8. Raymond Davis. . . . . $24,111
9. Bryan Jolly . . . . . . . . $18,837
10.Wes Self . . . . . . . . . . . $14,908
2012 Event 9: Yes,
Ash Kan!
Ashkan Razavi, a 30-yearold professional poker
player from Maple Ridge,
BC (Canada), won his first
WSOP gold bracelet at
the Rio in Las Vegas. His
moment of triumph came in
the $1,500 buy-in No-Limit
Hold’em title, for which
he collected a whopping
Razavi’s victory was as
challenging as it was welldeserved. He overcame the
largest turnout the WSOP
has seen in four years (for a
$1,500-level buy-in event),
outlasting a monster-sized
field of 3,404 entries, in
what turned out to be a grueling four-day grind.
The ultimate payoff came
on the last day, when Razavi
defeated a formidable finaltable lineup that included
some seasoned veterans as
well as hungry newcomers to the WSOP final table
scene. One of the most
notable of the nine finalists
was Amanda Musumeci,
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tournament poker’s brightest
up-and-coming new stars.
Musumeci burst upon the
scene in last year’s WSOP
Main Event Championship,
when she finished 62nd. The
Philadelphia poker pro then
proved she was no flash-inthe-pan by cashing ten times
on the WSOP Circuit, this
past season. She collected a
memorable consolation prize
at this final table: a runnerup finish and a payday
amounting to $481,398 in
prize money in what many
will consider to be another
breakthrough advance for
the young pro.
2012 WSOP
EVENT #9
6/3-6/12
No-Limit Hold’em
BUY-IN $1,5000
PLAYERS 3,404
PRIZE POOL
$4,595,400
Ashkan Razavi
1. Ashkan Razavi . . . . $781,398
2. Amanda Musumeci .$481,643
3. Derrick Huang . . . . $347,228
4. Ryan Olisar . . . . . . . $252,379
5. Duy Ho . . . . . . . . . . $185,378
6. Brian Rast . . . . . . . . $137,632
7. Greg Mueller. . . . . . $103,258
8. Benjamin Reinhart . . $78,259
9. Dien Le . . . . . . . . . . . $59,969
10.Aviraham Lovton . . . $46,413
2012 Event 10: “Angry
John” is All Smiles
after Winning Second
Title in Two Years
John Monnette, a 30-yearold professional poker
player from Palmdale, CA,
has won his second WSOP
gold bracelet, making victory look far too easy. He
won the $5,000 buy-in
Seven-Card Stud World
Championship, collecting
Monnette found himself competing amidst as
stacked a field as has been
seen in any recent WSOP
event, as nearly half of
the total field were former
gold bracelet holders. In
fact, half of the players that
cashed—eight of 16—were
former title holders.
But Monnette wasn’t
fazed a bit. He obliterated
a final table lineup that
included five-time winner,
Jeffrey Lisandro (also the
2009 “WSOP Player of the
Year”) and another former
champion, Perry Friedman.
However, Monnette’s
toughest adversary proved
to be Huu Vinh, from
Huntington Beach, CA,
who was making his second
final table appearance in
a stud event. He finished
fifth in the $1,500 buy-in
Seven-Card Stud tournament, which ended three
days earlier.
Contrary to his table
image, Monnette was the
player that was all smiles
at the end of the night. The
chiseled and seemingly
serious man, who peers
have often referred to as
“Angry John”, breezed
through a final table in
about five hours, consider-
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estimates that predicted an
all-nighter.
In addition to the
three finalists, Monnette,
Friedman, and Lisandro,
five other former gold
bracelet winners cracked
the money—including Eugene Katchalov,
Cyndy Violette, Max
Pescatori, Mike Sexton,
and Nick Schulman. This
was Sexton’s third top16 cash at this year’s
WSOP—which leads in
the unofficial “deep run”
category. Also of note was
Katchalov’s ninth-place
finish- he won the event in
2011.
The latest champion,
Monnette, won his first
gold bracelet in last year’s
$2,500 buy-in Eight-Game
Mix. He has been playing full time since the age
of 22. His first WSOP
in-the-money finish was
in 2005. Monnette’s latest victory gives him his
second WSOP title, to go
along with 22 cashes, and
$833,408 in career WSOP
earnings. He’s also the
reigning “Seven-Card Stud
World Champion,” at least
as of 2012.
2012 WSOP
EVENT #10
6/3-5/12
7-CARD STUD
BUY-IN $5,000
PLAYERS 145
PRIZE POOL
$681,500
John Monnette
1. John Monnette . . . . $190,826
2. Huu Vinh . . . . . . . . . $117,913
3. Timothy Finne . . . . . $73,847
4. Perry Friedman. . . . . $53,470
5. Jeff Lisandro . . . . . . . $41,789
6. Mark Dickstein . . . . . $33,325
7. Bryn Kenney . . . . . . . $27,062
8. Raymond Dehkharghani.$22,332
9. Eugene Katchalov . . $18,693
10.Lee Goldman . . . . . . $18,693
2012 Event 11: Poker
Professional from
Netherlands becomes
fourth Dutch-Born
Champion at the
WSOP
The World Series of Poker
has crowned another champion: 24-year-old Vincent
Van Der Fluit. With the
victory, Van Der Fluit
became (only) the fourth
Dutch-born World Series
of Poker gold bracelet winner.
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He bested a 970-person
field in the $1,500 PotLimit Omaha Event #11.
First prize awarded him
more than $265,000, and
the most coveted trophy in
poker—a WSOP bracelet.
2010 and 2011 were forgettable years at the WSOP
for this highly-decorated
online pro. He recorded
four cashes, but his deepest run came in a $2,500
Mixed Hold’em event
when he finished 15th for
$14,936. In his own words,
he never really got close.
Thankfully, 2012 started
out drastically different—
Event #11 was the first
tournament he played, and
he made it count, cashing
in on gold.
“I had two very frustrating summers; then this
year, I land in my first
event and win it. It’s sort
of a weird contrast,” Van
Der Fluit said, after his
victory.
After only three and a
half hours of final table
play, Van Der Fluit faced
2012 WSOP Circuit PotLimit Omaha champion
Charles Tonne, heads up.
The pair began their duel
almost even in chips, and
it appeared as if the lightning-fast pace that characterized play to that point
would slow. But in true
PLO fashion, the headsup battle lasted barely 30
minutes, and Van Der Fluit
was the last man standing.
“I actually have a buddy
coming in at 6 o’clock and
I thought he might be able
to rail me, but it’s already
done,” Van Der Fluit joked,
following his victory. “In
PLO the money tends to go
in more quickly.”
Joining Van Der Fluit
and Tonne at the final table
was professional poker
player, Tristan Wade. Wade
is a 14-time WSOP in-themoney finisher, and won a
bracelet at the 2011 World
Series of Poker Europe.
His bid for bracelet number two came up short
when he was eliminated
in third place, earning
$102,690.
Event #11 was the third
tournament at the 2012
WSOP to feature a variation of Omaha. Event #3,
a $3,000 heads-up event,
boasted a no-limit hold’em,
pot-limit Omaha mix.
Additionally, Event #8 was
a $1,500 Omaha hi-low
split-8 or better tournament. Those tournaments
were won by Leif Force
(first WSOP gold bracelet) and Herbert Tapscott
(first WSOP gold bracelet),
respectively.
2012 WSOP
EVENT #11
6/4-6/12
Pot Limit Omaha
BUY-IN $1,500
PLAYERS 970
PRIZE POOL
$1,309,500
Vincent van der
Fluit
1. Vincent van der Fluit.$265,221
2. Charles Tonne . . . . . $164,132
3. Tristan Wade. . . . . . $102,690
4. Damien Lhommeau .$74,536
5. Alex Dovzhenko . . . . $55,025
6. Rodney Brown . . . . . $41,249
7. Brian Garbe . . . . . . . $31,375
8. Calvin Anderson . . . . $24,186
9. David Schnettler . . . . $18,896
10.Galen Kester . . . . . . . $14,954
2012 Event 12:
23-Year-Old Poker
Pro Wins Eight
Straight Matches—
Earns First WSOP
Victory
Brian Hastings, a 23-yearold professional poker
player from Hanover
Township, Pennsylvania,
has won his first WSOP
gold bracelet. He won the
$10,000 buy-in Heads-Up
No-Limit Hold’em World
But this victory wasn’t at
all about the money.
“I’ve had much bigger
scores than this online,”
Hastings confided to reporters, moments after his
victory. “But there’s only
one gold bracelet, and this
means more than the money
to me.”
Indeed, Hastings typifies
an inner-circle of young
superstars who have come
to dominate the game in
recent years. This is especially true for No-Limit
Hold’em. Hastings is one
of a small clique of chic
twenty-somethings, stoked
with six- and seven-figure
bankrolls, who typically
buy into games in dollar
amounts greater than the
cost of an average house.
Hastings once (or perhaps,
twice) reportedly won a pot
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of over a million dollars
online, which he now looks
upon pretty much as just
another (good) day at the
office.
Now, Hastings’ “office”
is in Vancouver, BC
(Canada). The Pennsylvania
native jetted up to the great
white north last year in
an effort to preserve his
bankroll, and continue his
success as an online poker
pro. He recently bought a
home in Fort Lauderdale,
Florida—which is primarily to be used, he says, as
a jumping off point to the
Bahamas.
“I plan to go over to the
Bahamas every so often,
and stay there for a week
or two, and play online,”
Hastings explained. “It’s a
convenient place to stay in
the U.S. in a way, but also
continue to do what I do.”
So, while current federal
laws prohibit online poker
from taking place inside
the United States, Hastings
has very cleverly managed
to have his cake and eat it
too—living within the U.S.
and essentially “commuting” to work in places like
Canada and the Caribbean.
Yet, while Hastings is a
near legend in the online
world, his status as a live
tournament player is one
of near anonymity—which
suits the former college
student just fine. His two
previous cashes in WSOPrelated events show an
T O N Y
eighth-place finish in 2011
at WSOP Europe. Hastings
also posted an 11th-place
finish at West Palm Beach
during 2011’s WSOP
Circuit. Nice results—but
nothing to brag about. So,
in a sense, prior to this
event, Hastings wasn’t
simply under the radar, he
wasn’t even on the screen,
at least in the public consciousness.
2012 WSOP
EVENT #12
6/5-7/12
Heads-Up No-Limit Hold’em
BUY-IN $10,000
PLAYERS 152
PRIZE POOL
$1,428,800
Brian Hastings
1. Brian Hastings . . . . $371,498
2. Jason Mo . . . . . . . . . $229,722
3. Brock Parker . . . . . $130,606
4. Tommy Chen . . . . . $130,606
5. Chris Moore. . . . . . . . $56,380
6. Jeffrey Gross . . . . . . . $56,380
7. Andrew Robl . . . . . . . $56,380
8. Michael Drummond .$56,380
9. Vanessa Selbst . . . . . . $20,674
10.Amritraj Singh . . . . . $20,674
2012 Event 13: SemiRetired Philadelphia
Physician Diagnosed
with Big Win
There’s an old saying
which goes...”Never play
poker with a man named
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At the World Series of
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listened.
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stunned the poker world
by winning his first WSOP
gold bracelet. Doc’s memorable moment took place
at the Rio in Las Vegas,
where he won the $1,500
buy-in Limit Hold’em title,
collecting $211,921 in prize
money.
The semi-retired urologist emptied out a poker
bladder that initially contained 730 entrants, ultimately erecting poker’s
most coveted prize late on
the third and final day of
competition. The runner-up
was Stephen Hung, who
also enjoyed his deepest
penetration ever in a WSOP
tournament. The El Cerrito,
CA, part-time poker player,
collected second place
prize money amounting to
$130,921. The urologist’s
victory was streamed live
on WSOP.com.
The top 81 finishers collected prize money. One
of the more notable in-themoney finishers included
Roland Israelashvili—who
is among the leaders in
combined WSOP and
WSOP Circuit cashes over
the past five seasons. The
Russian-born New Yorker
took 10th in this tournament, and now has 21
WSOP cashes to go along
with 26 visits to the pay
window in WSOP Circuit
events.
Among the former
gold bracelet winners inthe-money were Jennifer
Harmon-Traniello (18th)
who enjoyed her 27th cash
(fourth all-time among
female players). Humberto
Brenes, Costa Rica’s most
famous poker player, took
35th place—good for
cash number 64 which
ranks fifth all-time. Eric
Buchman also made a nice
run, finishing 42nd, and
Brett Jungblut also managed to crack the top 81.
Men “the Master”
Nguyen hit the money
for the third time at this
year’s WSOP—which
means he’s picked up one
step on all-time cashes
leader, Phil Hellmuth (who
cashed twice, to date).
Nonetheless, Nguyen (with
75 career cashes) is still a
heavy underdog to draw
even or surpass Hellmuth,
now sitting comfortably on
87.
2012 WSOP
EVENT #13
6/5-7/12
Limit Hold’em
BUY-IN $1,500
PLAYERS 730
PRIZE POOL
$985,500
David Arsht
1. David Arsht . . . . . . . $211,921
2. Stephen Hung . . . . . $130,903
3. Al Barbieri. . . . . . . . . $84,388
4. Donald Auger . . . . . . $61,820
5. Glenn Englebert . . . . $45,953
6. Ben Landowski . . . . . $34,620
7. Jeff Weiss . . . . . . . . . $26,401
8. Alex Queen . . . . . . . . $20,370
9. Lori Kirgan . . . . . . . . $15,886
10.Roland Israel . . . . . . $12,535
2012 Event 14: In Final
Swan Song before
U.S. Army Enlistment,
Seattle Man Collects
WSOP Gold Bracelet
and $311,174
Brandon Schaefer, a
31-year-old, former professional poker player from
Seattle, WA, won his first
WSOP gold bracelet at the
Rio in Las Vegas. He won
the $1,500 buy-in No-Limit
Hold’em Shootout title—
officially listed as Event
#14—collecting $311,174
in prize money.
Schaefer topped a strong
mix of amateurs, semipros, and pros totaling
1,138 entrants, ultimately
winning poker’s most coveted prize on the third and
final day of competition.
Oddly enough, this was the
first and only tournament
Schaefer planned to play at
this year’s WSOP, although
those plans could change
now that he’s essentially
on a giant freeroll for the
next few weeks, before next
going off to a much more
challenging mission ahead.
On June 15th, Schaefer
is scheduled to report
to a U.S. Army base in
Alabama, where he will
immediately begin training as a helicopter pilot.
He enlisted in the military
nine months ago, following a seven-year stint as a
professional poker player.
Schaefer now has a six-year
commitment to the U.S.
Army, and yearns to serve
his country proudly as well
as see the world as an aviator.
The runner up was Jon
Cohen, a 24-year-old poker
pro from Denver, CO, who
also enjoyed his best run
ever in a WSOP tournament. He collected second
place prize money amounting to $192,559.
This was a very different kind of poker tournament requiring a very
different set of skills and
strategies. It was the first
of two No-Limit Hold’em
Shootouts on this year’s
WSOP schedule. Shootouts
emphasize short-handed
poker skills. This generally requires competitors to
play cards out of the standard range of starting-hand
requirements. It also makes
post-flop skill paramount
to victory. In a sense, each
round is a “final table” for
all the competitors since the
objective is to accumulate
chips and eliminate opponents.
A shootout tournament
means players advance
based on winning a series
of table matches. The
shootout format is single
elimination. The number
of matches depends on
the number of tournament
entries. In this event, the
winner was required to win
each in a series of consecutive matches. The tournament concluded on its third
day with two tables of 12
players, who then played
down to ten players, and
then ultimately down to the
winner.
2012 WSOP
EVENT #14
6/6-8/12
Limit Hold’em Shootout
BUY-IN $1,500
PLAYERS 1,138
PRIZE POOL
$1,536,300
Brandon Schaefer
1. Brandon Schaefer. . $311,174
2. Jonathan Cohen . . . $192,559
3. Adam Kagin . . . . . . $120,329
4. Layne Flack. . . . . . . . $87,446
5. David Chase . . . . . . . $64,555
6. Michael Corson . . . . $46,393
7. Jeff Madsen . . . . . . . . $36,308
8. Brandon Steven . . . . $28,375
9. Justin Schwartz . . . . $22,168
10.Dylan Horton . . . . . . $17,544
2012 Event 15: From
Tears to Cheers: Adam
Friedman Wins First
WSOP Gold Bracelet
Adam Friedman, a 30-yearold professional poker
player, originally from Ohio
(and now living in Las
Vegas), won his first-ever
WSOP gold bracelet. The
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thrilling moment of triumph
took place at the Rio, in Las
Vegas. Friedman won the
$5,000 buy-in Seven-Card
Stud High-Low Split World
Friedman prevailed
amongst a stacked field
totaling 212 entrants—
including many of the
world’s best tournament
players. He ultimately won
poker’s most coveted prize
later than anyone could
have expected, on what
turned out to be a fourth
day of competition.
The runner-up was former gold bracelet winner,
Todd Brunson, who showed
absolutely no satisfaction
with his consolation prize,
amounting to $166,269.
Brunson’s disappointment
was amplified by having
the chip lead during much
of the heads-up showdown
against Friedman.
Friedman was raised
near Columbus, Ohio. He
graduated from Indiana
University with a degree
in business and marketing.
Oddly enough, Friedman
stumbled into poker as a
profession quite accidentally. He won a seat playing online poker into the
2005 WSOP Main Event
Championship, where he
finished in 43rd place. Little
did he know that his life
would change from that
instant forward.
After winning nearly a
quarter-of-a-million dollars on what many may
have considered a fluke,
Friedman decided to take
several months off and
test himself at the tables
in order to see if he really
could make something out
of poker. For the next seven
years, Friedman managed
to grind out a decent living.
He took the game seriously
and treated it as a business.
He moved to Las Vegas. He
also continued to improve
his game.
Friedman now says
he is “light years” ahead
of where his poker skills
were seven years ago. He
also conveyed that poker
requires an everlasting commitment to improvement.
Like many professional
and amateur players alike,
who arrive with high
expectations at the WSOP,
Friedman hoped to make
a major breakthrough this
year. Now, he has done precisely that. He has not only
won a WSOP gold bracelet.
He has not only earned a
huge six-figure score. He
has proven to himself and
the world that he can indeed
compete among the very
best—and even beat them.
In a sense, there is nothing more satisfying than
that.
2012 WSOP
EVENT #15
6/6-8/12
7-Card Stud Hi-Lo Split
BUY-IN $5,000
PLAYERS 212
PRIZE POOL
$996,400
Adam Friedman
1. Adam Friedman . . . $269,037
2. Todd Brunson . . . . . $166,269
3. John Monnette . . . . $109,444
4. Nikolai Yakovenko . . $79,831
5. Sven Arntzen . . . . . . . $59,395
6. Zimnan Ziyard . . . . . $44,967
7. Phil Ivey . . . . . . . . . . $34,595
8. Bryn Kenney . . . . . . . $27,012
9. Brian Twete . . . . . . . . $21,392
10.Jesse Martin . . . . . . . $21,392
2012 Event 16: Matt
Matros and the
Education of a Poker
Player
At the rate Matt Matros
is winning gold bracelets,
he may very well become
the all-time WSOP victory
leader in the next decade.
He has won a WSOP
gold bracelet for the third
consecutive year, which
places him into an ultraelite club of champions.
Only six players in history have achieved this
milestone. Following previous wins posted in both
2010 and 2011, Matros’
golden trifecta was completed in the $1,500 buyin Six-Handed No-Limit
Hold’em event.
The calm and quiet
New Yorker, known for
his intense focus and
scholarly demeanor at the
table, collected $454,835
in prize money. He topped
a formidable starting field
totaling 1,604 players to
end up at the final table
on the ESPN Main Stage,
where his victory was
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broadcast live over the
Internet on WSOP.com.
Matros, a 35-year-old
professional poker player
with interests that go way
beyond the game, won his
second career WSOP gold
bracelet late at last year’s
series, in the $2,500 buyin, Mixed Hold’em (Limit/
No Limit) championship.
The year before, Matros
won his first gold bracelet when he beat out 624
opponents in the $1,500
Limit Hold’em event.
Matros grew up on
Long Island, New York.
He earned a degree
in mathematics from
Yale University, and a
Masters degree in fine
arts from Sarah Lawrence
University.
Over the years, he has
applied his considerable
talents to many things,
including computer science, writing, and teaching. Matros is the author
of The Making of a Poker
Player, which chronicles
his early years transitioning from student/employee
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into a full-time poker pro.
Matros previously
cashed in several major
tournaments held elsewhere, including the New
England Poker Classic
(NEPC), World Poker
Tour (WPT), and the
World Championship of
Online Poker (WCOOP).
He also final tabled
the second year of the
Tournament of Champions
(TOC) back in 2001.
Matros has also done
quite well at the WSOP,
finishing in-the-money
23 times. In 2008, Matros
cashed in the WSOP Main
Event championship, finishing 78th out of 6,844
players. Two years ago, he
cashed in the Main Event
again, taking 539th place
out of 7,319 entries.
Matros’ triumph
pushes him across the
million dollar mark in
career WSOP earnings,
which currently stands at
$1,350,031.
Since Matros is now in
the midst of a consecutive
yearly win streak, perhaps
WSOP schedule makers
should starting cutting
the number of events by
one each year. It might
be easier just to ship him
a gold bracelet and save
everyone else the time and
trouble of having to compete in what is becoming
the “Matt Matros Benefit
Tournament.”
2012 WSOP
EVENT #16
6/7/12
No Limit Hold’em 6-handed
BUY-IN $1,500
PLAYERS 1,604
PRIZE POOL
$2,165,400
Matt Matros
1. Matt Matros . . . . . . $454,835
2. Mark Radoja . . . . . $281,502
3. Ramey Shaio . . . . . . $182,521
4. Gordon Vayo . . . . . . $121,262
5. Robert Muzzatti . . . . $81,202
6. Mark Darner . . . . . . $56,300
7. Matt Glantz . . . . . . . . $40,059
8. Mike Matusow. . . . . . $40,059
9. Jonathan Currle . . . . $29,665
10.Eli Cohen . . . . . . . . . . $29,665
2012 Event 17:
“The Pink Panter”—
Frankenberg Wears
and Wins with his
Lucky Pink Pants
Some people are simply
born to succeed in whatever
they do. Andy Frankenberger
is such a man.
Consider the remarkable story of the Major
League Baseball game that
Frankenberger attended several years ago. The Boston
Red Sox were playing the
New York Yankees. One of
60,000 fans crammed into
Yankee Stadium that day,
Frankenberger caught a foul
ball. No big deal, right?
Then, he caught another.
That’s right—two foul
balls in one game. Not just
any game, a Yankees-Red
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To put this into some
perspective: most fans—
even season ticket holders—would rarely snap up
more than a single ball in
an entire baseball season,
if that.
But as we said, Andy
Frankenberger lives a
charmed life.
This is not to say he’s
lived an easy life, nor has
he skated through whatever
self-imposed challenges
he’s faced—whether it was
getting his education, an
early career on Wall Street,
or playing poker at the
highest level.
Frankenberger is a twotime WSOP gold bracelet
winner. A native New
Yorker, Frankenberger
actually grew up in
Massachusetts, and later
lived in Siberia (yes, as in
Russia) for one year, as
an exchange student. He
learned to speak Russian
fluently, and remains conversant in the language.
Frankenberger attended
and graduated from Duke
University, earning his
degree in economics.
Following graduation, Frankenberger took
his ambition and energy
to Wall Street, and succeeded as an equity derivatives trader. He loved his
job, and he made a lot
of money. Then, during
the absolute pinnacle of
his success as a trader,
Frankenberger did the
unthinkable: He quit.
Frankenberger’s decision
to leave a highly-successful
and lucrative career on
Wall Street reveals a lot
about the man he is, and
what he most values in life.
Frankenberger explained
his decision this way: He
could have hung around
for another year or two and
continued to make a lot of
money, but he felt he was
not growing as a person.
So, off he went, to seek
some new challenges.
After taking some
time off and exploring
the world, Frankenberger
began playing tournament
poker. He played in several
mid-grade tournaments
around the country. Much
to his surprise and delight,
he quickly discovered an
affinity for the game. He
also discovered a new pas-
sion. Indeed, the lessons
he had learned from his
previous life—of risk management, maintaining emotional control, and complex
problem solving, served
him well at the poker table.
Frankenberger started
playing full-time on the
tournament circuit, traveling around to major
tournaments. He won two
major events in 2010, in
the process earning an
honor as the World Poker
Tour (WPT) Player of the
Year. But as impressive
as Frankenberger’s rapid
ascent seemed, he had yet
to prove himself on poker’s
grandest stage.
That all changed when
Frankenberger won his first
WSOP title and the whopping sum of $599,153 in
prize money.
Frankerberger could
not have written a more
perfect script to not only
quiet his critics, but kick
them in the groin, and then
laugh all the way to the
bank. He final tabled one
of the toughest tournaments of the series, and
then managed, in gradual
succession, to topple Hoyt
Corkins, Daniel Weinman,
Matt Marafioti, Shaun
Deeb, Manuel Bevand,
Alexander Venovski, Ali
Eslami, and then finally…
drum roll please... Phil
Ivey.
Indeed, with all eyes
focused on “the man,”
Frankenberger dug in,
dug down, and played the
heads-up match of his life.
He was down to Ivey a few
times during the duel, but
still managed to scratch
and claw back. Finally,
Frankenberger got it all in
after the flop with a pair of
aces. Ivey found himself on
a draw for his tournament
life. It was Ivey that needed to get lucky. But, that
wasn’t going to happen.
Not against Frankenberger.
Not on this night. Not with
stakes this high.
Alas, a second gold
bracelet was won by
Frankenberger—representing two WSOP victories.
Which again brings up an
incredible story: Did you
ever hear about the guy
who went to a YankeesRed Sox game and caught
two foul balls?
2012 WSOP
EVENT #17
6/8-10/12
Pot Limit HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $10,000
PLAYERS 179
PRIZE POOL
$1,682,600
Andrew
Frankenberger
1. Andrew Frankenberger.$445,899
2. Phil Ivey . . . . . . . . . $275,559
3. Ali Eslami . . . . . . . . $199,623
4. Alexander Venovski. . $147,345
5. Manuel Bevand . . . . $110,731
6. Shaun Deeb . . . . . . . . $84,668
7. Matt Marafioti . . . . . $65,840
8. Daniel Weinman . . . . $52,059
9. Hoyt Corkins . . . . . . $41,829
10.Ryan Julius . . . . . . . . $34,139
2012 Event 18:
Hellmuth Wins 12th–
A Record Smashing
Night at the WSOP
Phil Hellmuth Jr. is the
greatest poker player in
the history of the universe. And if there’s any
doubt about that, just ask
Phil himself. But talking
the talk is one thing, and
walking the walk is quite
another.
Hellmuth won the (2012
WSOP) $2,500 buy-in
Seven-Card Razz tournament- and this conquest
marked Hellmuth’s recordsmashing 12th WSOP gold
bracelet, the most by any
player in history. He collected $182,793 in prize
money–which, for reasons
any poker fan understands,
was the very last thing on
the great one’s mind as
the precious amulet was
uncased from the display
and positioned around the
poker king’s saintly wrist.
For Hellmuth–the special
significance attached to
this victory–and the number 12–was the perfect
symbol of a stellar career
which shows no signs of
recess.
Hellmuth currently holds
a comfortable–and some
might say insurmountable–
two-bracelet lead over his
two closest rivals, poker
legends Doyle Brunson,
and Johnny Chan, who
each have ten wins. Given
his age, (which is now
48) one must presume
Hellmuth isn’t quite finished yet, nor is he ready
to hang it up and call it a
career.
If any suspense remained
about Hellmuth’s next big
score in poker, it wasn’t
’s WSOP—Events 16-18
so much if, but when he
would finally hit the magical milestone of one-dozen
WSOP wins. However,
it would likely have been
guessed the win would
occur in a Hold’Em tournament.
All of Hellmuth’s 11
previous gold bracelet wins
had taken place in one
form of Hold’em or another–Limit, Pot-Limit, and
No-Limit, you name it. Of
those, his most memorable
win was clearly his initial
triumph, which took place
in the 1989 Main Event
Championship, where he
defeated nemesis Johnny
Chan in heads-up play,
and launched what would
become an international
dynasty that eventually
transcended the green felt.
Year by year as he
stacked bracelet upon
gold bracelet and earned
cash after cash, Hellmuth
built what would become
a pyramid of self-worship
manifested in a “bad boy”
image, and a marketing
empire that catapulted him
into (arguably) the most
famous poker player in the
world.
Along the way to hyper
super-stardom, there were
sweetheart deals from those
bearing gifts. All sought
the occasion to snuggle
at the altar of the Phil
Hellmuth business empire.
First, it was a major online
poker site. Then, a phone
company came calling.
Next, a brand of beer
wanted Hellmuth’s face on
their cans, thereby giving
brew guzzlers some esoteric delight in emptying a
16-ounce tall boy, and then
pulverizing a mini-pint of
aluminum emblazoned with
the “Poker Brat’s” face
with a single stomp. After
that, it was a clothing line.
The macabre of absurdity
had finally been reached.
Ralph Lauren. Christian
Dior. Phil Hellmuth. Could
dog food and diapers be
too far behind?
But as the endorsement
deals and dollars consistently rolled into the kingdom, as the sycophants
continued to pump up the
Hellmuth ego balloon the
size of a zeppelin, something seemed to happen to
Phil Hellmuth–the poker
player. You know, the player–the great talent that had
won and won and won and
won again when the stakes
were highest and things
counted the most.
Hellmuth’s performance
didn’t exactly slide, but
there was a period when he
wasn’t able to quite match
the glorious accomplishments of yesteryear. Seven
years ago, for instance, he
fell behind Johnny Chan
in the gold bracelet chase.
The gaps between wins
began to reach multiple
years. He did manage to
seize the all-time wins
lead for the first time, in
2007–arguably his secondgreatest triumph. But in the
three-year span afterward,
while the business deals
were whirling, the best finish Hellmuth could muster
was a third-place showing
in 2008. By the start of the
2011 WSOP, there was also
the problem that appears to
be the immovable elephant
in the room for every old-
school poker pro, including Hellmuth–namely, the
young twenty-something
revolution.
Finally, five years to the
very day when the great
one had won gold bracelet number 11–one had to
wonder if Hellmuth would
again fall short. All that
stood between Hellmuth
and perennial ecstasy was
a poker pro named Don
Zewin, who, in a bamboozling bit of bitter irony,
finished third in the 1989
world championship, won
by Hellmuth 24 years ago.
The two poker combatants–
polar opposites in terms
of disposition and imagery–traded chips back and
forth like two prizefighters
deadlocked in a tie during
the middle a championship
fight.
Then, with everything
on the line and the entire
poker world watching and
waiting, out of nowhere–it
happened. It all came so
quickly. Suddenly, Zewin
was all-in. Hellmuth had
his opponent on the ropes.
The crowd rose to its feet.
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There were screams and
shouts. Then, there was one
final card, and Hellmuth
ultimately triumphed,
which was a final-fisted
glove to the hopes of the
challenger.
Hellmuth won. Everyone
else lost. All was right
again on Planet Hellmuth.
Proper balance had
returned to the universe.
The circus never ends.
It’s the greatest poker show
on earth.
2012 WSOP
EVENT #18
6/8-10/12
7-CARD RAZZ
BUY-IN $2,500
PLAYERS 309
PRIZE POOL
$702,975
Phil Hellmuth Jr
1. Phil Hellmuth Jr . . . $182,793
2. Don Zewin . . . . . . . . $113,024
3. Brandon Cantu . . . . . $74,269
4. Scott Fischman . . . . . $54,248
5. Brendan Taylor . . . . . $40,167
6. Barry Greenstein . . . $30,150
7. Michael Chow . . . . . . $22,945
8. Jeff Mistiff . . . . . . . . . $17,693
9. David Rosenau . . . . . $13,827
10.Scott Abrams . . . . . . $13,827
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His Kind of Gold:
Cliff Goldkind Bags
$559,514 in WSOP
Debut
Cliff Goldkind, a 24-yearold student from Potomac,
Maryland, made his debut
victory in the $1,500 buy-in
No-Limit Hold’em competition, classified as Event #19.
He collected the whopping
sum of $559,514 in prize
money, in addition to the
most coveted trophy on poker–a WSOP gold bracelet.
The tournament was
played over a three day
period, starting with 2,302
entrants. The final table
of nine players concluded
in the relatively rocketfast time of less than four
hours. The runner-up was
Kenii Nguyen, playing the
role of poker’s court jester.
The incessantly talkative
Nguyen wore a colorful
joker hat during most of the
tournament. He earned a
very respectable $347,036
in prize money–his biggest
score ever.
The new poker champion, Goldkind, was born in
Tampa, Florida. He lived in
Israel for a number of years,
and served in the Israeli
Army.
Remarkably, this marked
the first time Goldkind has
ever cashed in a WSOP
tournament. He did manage to final table a WSOP
Circuit event held two
months ago, but nothing
compared to the astounding
breakout victory achieved
by this WSOP first-timer.
2012 WSOP
EVENT #19
6/9-14/12
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $1,500
PLAYERS 2,302
PRIZE POOL
$3,107,700
Clifford Goldkind
1. Clifford Goldkind . . $559,514
2. Kennii Nguyen . . . . $347,036
3. Adria Balaguer . . . . $245,197
4. Patrick Smith . . . . . $176,299
5. Gregg Wilkinson . . . $128,441
6. Justin McGill . . . . . . $94,815
7. David Peters . . . . . . . $70,886
8. Barry Shulman . . . . . $53,669
9. Gary Burks . . . . . . . . $41,145
10.Ismael Bojang . . . . . . $31,916
2012 Event 20: Ben
Scholl Knows His
Limit-ations
Benjamin Scholl’s debut victory took place in the $5,000
buy-in Limit Hold’em World
Championship (Event #20),
which is the highest buy-in
tournament of its kind. He
collected the handsome sum
of $206,760 in prize money,
in addition to the most
coveted trophy in poker–a
WSOP gold bracelet.
The tournament was
played over a three-day
period, starting with 166
entrants. The turnout was one
of the smallest fields of the
year, perhaps illustrative of a
gradual decline in popularity
of Limit Hold’em in recent
years. Ironically, there was
a time that Limit Hold’em
used to be the dominant form
played in the United States.
Now, No-Limit games are far
more popular.
The final table of nine
players was played on a
Monday evening which
extended well past midnight
and concluded in about eight
hours. The runner up was
Andrew Prock, a software
designer originally from
Minneapolis, MN and now
living in Foster City, CA.
Scholl is a 26-year-old
financial analyst from
Trappe, Pennsylvania,
and born in York, PA. He
graduated from New York
University, and works as a
trader with the same powerhouse financial firm that produced fellow-gold bracelet
winners Bill Chen and Jerrod
Ankenman.
Scholl previously cashed
just two times at the WSOP.
The first was a big one:
he took fourth place in an
event back in 2009, worth
$150,000. By his estimate,
he’s played about a dozen
events since then, resulting in
just one min-cash.
2012 WSOP
EVENT #20
6/9-11/12
Limit Hold’em
BUY-IN $5,000
PLAYERS 166
PRIZE POOL
$780,200
Benjamin Scholl
1. Benjamin Scholl. . . . $206,760
2. Andrew Prock . . . . . $127,773
3. Jeff Shulman . . . . . . . $92,562
4. Jesse Martin . . . . . . . $68,322
5. Raymond Dehkharghani.$51,344
6. Matt Glantz . . . . . . . . $39,259
7. Matthew Woodward .$30,529
8. Nicholas Derke . . . . . $24,139
9. Ayman Qutami . . . . . $19,395
10.Samuel Golbuff . . . . . $15,830
2012 Event 21: Michael
Gathy–the 2,798 to 1
Shot
Walking into the World
Series of Poker tournament
this year was like taking the
first step in what everyone
knew would be a lengthy
marathon. The odds against
winning were overwhelming, indeed. Like, thousands
to one.
Playing tournament poker
at the highest level over a
36-hour period during which
the objective is to accumulate every single chip initially dispersed amongst 300 or
so poker tables seemed like
an impossibility --- a test
both physical and mental.
For Michael Gathy, it was
no problem whatsoever.
The 23-year-old professional poker player from
Brussels, Belgium, rose high
above the second-largest
tournament field of the year
(to date). He was the last
player sitting at the conclusion of a very long game,
the man with every single
chip from that first day
comfortably nestled in neat
rows, stacked like chocolate
bars, beaming with pride at
the realization he had just
etched his name into the
annals of poker history.
Gathy’s victory is all the
more impressive and defiant
of the odds when you consider that midway through
the final table, he doubled
up poker pro Eric Baldwin
in a pivotal hand, and was
left with just a handful of
chips. Armed with almost no
ammunition at a final table
(with some tough competition) Gathy still managed
to pull off the come-frombehind win.
Gathy won his first
WSOP gold bracelet in the
$1,000 buy-in No-Limit
Hold’em tournament (Event
#21), collecting $440,829
in the process. Nearly half a
million dollars for three days
trapped inside the Rio tournament room–or 440 times
his original investment. Not
a bad deal at all. He topped
a massive field, totaling
2,799 entrants, ultimately
winning poker’s most coveted prize late on the third
and final day of competition.
The final hand was a
breeze for Gathy. He was
dealt pocket tens against the
ultimate runner-up, Jamie
Armstrong, holding pocket
nines. The higher pocket
pair held up, and a Belgian
was suddenly the latest
poker champion.
The top 297 finishers
collected prize money. The
final table of nine included
two gold bracelet winners–
John Esposito, a.k.a. “Espo”
and Eric Baldwin. Also of
note was Martin Staszko’s
in-the-money finish (116th).
He was the runner up in
2011’s WSOP Main Event
Championship. This was his
first time to cash since that
time. Another notable casher
was European Poker Tour
founder, John Duthie (195th
place).
Gathy’s victory gives him
his first WSOP title in what
was his first time ever to
cash at the WSOP. He also
becomes only the second
champion ever from the
nation of Belgium. The first
Belgian winner was Davidi
Katai, who won the $2,000
buy-in Pot-Limit Hold’em
event back in 2008.
Alas, many people know
Belgium for beer and chocolates, but now it shall also
be known for producing
multiple WSOP gold bracelet winners.
2012 WSOP
EVENT #21
6/10-12/12
No Limit Hold’em
BUY-IN $1,000
PLAYERS 2,799
PRIZE POOL
$2,519,100
Michael Gathy
1. Michael Gathy . . . . $440,829
2. Jamie Armstrong . . $273,776
3. Noah Vaillancourt . $193,089
4. John Esposito. . . . . . $139,457
5. Eric Baldwin . . . . . . $101,948
6. Eric Davis . . . . . . . . . $75,422
7. Jean-Louis Santoni. . $56,453
8. Jason Manggunio . . . $42,749
9. Joshua Field . . . . . . . $32,748
10.Dan Smith . . . . . . . . . $25,367
WSOP Dos and Don’ts
you simply don’t have time
for this.
Get There Early:
Studies have shown that
test-takers perform better
when they arrive at the testing location early. Instead of
rushing to get into your seat
before the cards get dealt,
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give yourself at least a 15
minute window to get ready
to play poker. This will help
you avoid traffic, allow you
to grab a bite to eat, use the
restroom, or simply relax
before the event begins by
getting a massage in the
hallway.
David “The Maven”
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Online Player of the Year
and former #1 ranked
online tournament player.
David is also an experienced poker coach and can
be reached at
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“While I was playing
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he would LEAST like to play against. Antonio began, “First, let
me say the person I’d most like to play with is that guy,” as he
pointed to Norman Chad, ESPN® commentator for the WSOP®
Main Event.
After a good laugh, Antonio went on, “There’s no specific person I’d least like to play against, but it’s a demographic. Usually,
it’s a young, Internet, super-aggro. I don’t like to play against
that type of person. I don’t mind if I have position on them, but
if they are on my left, it makes me tighten up. Every hand is
now 3-bet, 4-bet, or 5-bet. I don’t like to play against aggressive players, because I like to be the aggressor. Sometimes, it
just comes down to ego and who’s ready to go broke first just to
prove a point. And, I do that, too. I just got to teach these kids a
lesson sometimes.”
My last personal encounter with Norman Chad was in 2005,
while I was covering the Main Event final table. That was the
longest final table until 2012; I remember rescheduling my plane
reservations 3 times. It was daylight before Joe Hachem knocked
out Steve Dannenmann to walk away with the $7.5 million.
You can always depend on Norman Chad for something clever,
or at least interesting. I asked Norm if he had ever considered
stand-up comedy. Norm replied, “I started my career before my
first marriage as a stand-up comedian. However, it was more like
Stand-up Tragedy.”
Fortunately, I was able to get some priceless sound bites
from Norman Chad: “My top 3 personal rules for playing poker:
First, I like to check-call on the flop and check-fold on the turn…
that keeps me out of trouble on the river, and you save a lot of
money. Second, it’s always important to have someone stake
you when you’re playing poker. You can’t win anything, but then
when you lose, you’re losing someone else’s money. And my most
important rule, I never play on Monday’s. I hate to start the week
with a loss. So if you’re going to play poker, make Tuesday your
first day, because Tuesday is a decent day to have a losing session.”
Until next time, remember my motto, Norm: “If you can’t
raise, don’t call.”
Editor’s Note: Donna Blevins is a professional poker player
and Poker MindSet Coach, who shows players how to take
control of their mindset rather than let their minds control
them. Donna serves as both the Director of Marketing for
the Poker Tournament Director’s Association and the Florida
State Director for Poker Players Alliance. Contact Donna
at: [email protected]; twitter: @donna_blevins;
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/donna.blevins.75 or at
the website: www.PokerMindSetAcademy.com
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C start after the hour
P............AM, PM
O A,Wk.................Week
..... Additional gameD &..times
on this day. Call.
E . .......Hold’em
..No Limit Hold’em
..Limit Hold’em
N..............No Limit
L.................... Limit
..............Stud
...7-Card Stud
...5-Card Stud
......... Omaha
H/L.. High/Low Split
Pi...........Pineapple
Po............Pot Limit
Mx...Mexican Poker
DC..Dealer’s Choice
HH....... Headhunter
B............. Bounties
Sp............... Spread
Al..........Alternates
Z............ Freezeout
Cz................. Crazy
E...........Elimination
Q................ Qualify
Sh............Shootout
SpL.... Spread Limit
+...Rebuys, Add-Ons OK
+RE........... Re-Entry
F................ Freeroll
Lad...... Ladies Only
Men.........Men Only
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Excalibur
Eureka-Mesquite
Fitzgeralds
Golden Nugget (3)
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Hard Rock
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Harrah’s Laughlin
Imperial Palace
Jokers Wild
Luxor
M Resort-Las Vegas
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Mirage
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Palms
Planet Hollywood
Poker Palace
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Sam’s Town
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South Point Casino
Stratosphere
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Sunset Station
Texas Station
Treasure Island
Venetian
Wynn Las Vegas
Atlantis Casino
Boomtown
Cactus Pete’s-Jackpot
Cal Neva Casino
Carson Valley Inn
Casino Fandango-Carson City
Eldorado
Grand Sierra
Harvey’s Lake Tahoe
Montego Bay Cas. W Wendover
Peppermill
Rainbow Cas. W Wendover
Sands Regency, Reno
Winners Hotel/Casino-Winnemucca
Bicycle Casino (16)
Crystal Casino
Diamond Jim’s
Hawaiian Gardens
Hollywood Park
Hustler Casino
Normandie Casino
Players Casino-Ventura
Harrah’s Rincon
Lake Elsinore
Lucky Lady
Morongo
Oceans Eleven
Pala Casino
Pechanga
Santa Ysabel Casino
Soboba
Spotlight 29, Coachella
Sycuan
Viejas
Village Club
1P&
10A
11A&
2P&
9A&
7P
2P
2P
10A&
12P
9A&
6P
12P&
11A&
10A&
10A
7P
12P&
10A&
10A
1P
6P
10A&
10A&
10A&
7P
11A
9A&
12P&
11A
6P
10A&
10A&
6P
10A
6P
12P&
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
O H/L
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
O H/KL
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$125 1P&
$25 10A&
$65 11A&
$50 2P&
$70 9A&
$25+ 7P
$45 2P
$30+ 2P
$30 10A&
$30 12P
$35 9A&
$65 6P
$35+ 12P&
$55+ 11A&
$45 10A&
$40 10A
$40 6P
$60 12P&
$60 10A&
$45 10A
$50+ 7P
$25 6P
$35 10A&
$55 10A&
$40 10A&
$80 7P
$60 11A
$50 9A&
$75 12P&
$30 11A
$30 6P
$60 10A&
$70 10A&
$18+ 6P
$105 10A
$65 6P
$40+ 12P&
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
Lad
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
Horse
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$125 1P&
$25 10A
$65 11A&
$50 2P&
$70 9A&
$25+ 7P
$45 2P
$30+ 2P
$30 10A
$30 12P
$35 9A&
$10+
$35+ 12P&
$55+ 11A&
$45 10A&
$40 10A
$80 7P
$60 12P&
$60 10A&
$45 10A
$50+ 1P
$25 6P
$35 10A&
$55 10A&
$40 10A&
$120 7P
$60 11A
$50 9A&
$75 12P&
$30 11A
$30 6P
$60 10A&
$70 10A&
$18+ 6P
$105 10A
$65 6P
$40+ 12P&
NH
NH
NH
NH
Horse
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$125 1P&
$25 10A
$65 11A&
$50 2P&
$70 9A&
$25+ 7P
$45 2P
$30+ 2P
$30 10A&
$30 12P
$35 9A&
6P
$35+ 12P&
$55+ 11A&
$45 10A&
$40 10A
$40 6P
$60 12P&
$60 10A&
$45 10A
$50+ 7P
$25 6P
$35 10A&
$55 10A&
$40 10A&
$80 7P
$60 11A
$50 9A&
$75 12P&
$30 11A
$30 6P
$60 10A&
$70 10A&
$18+ 6P
$105 10A
$65 6P
$40+ 12P&
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
10A
11A&
7P&
12P
7P
10A&
11A&
10A
7P
11A
NH
$18 10A
NH
$60 11A&
NH
$45 7P&
NH
$40+ 12P
NH
$55+ 7P
N H B $65+RE 10A&
NH
$45+ 11A&
NH
$40+ 10A
NH
$40+ 7P
NH
$40 11A
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NH
NH
$18 10A
$60 11A&
$45 7P&
$40+ 12P
$40+ 7P
$65+RE 10A&
$45+ 11A&
$40+ 10A
$40+ 7P
$50+ 11A
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NH
NH
$18 10A
$60 11A&
$45 7P&
$40+ 12P
$40+ 7P
$65+RE 10A&
$45+ 11A&
$40+ 10A
$40+ 7P
$40 11A
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NH
NH
$50 11A&
$145 12P&
$140 12P&
$40 11A&
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
N H Sh
$20+
$10+ 10A&
$20 6P
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$30 10A&
$45 10A&
$50 6P&
$50 8P
$45 2P&
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
11A&
12P&
12P
11A&
NH
NH
NH
NH
$50 11A&
$145 12P&
$140 12P
$40 11A&
7P
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
10A&
12P
NH
N H Sh
$10+ 10A&
$20 6P
NH
NH
$50 11A&
$145 12P&
$140 12P
$40 11A&
$22+
7P
$10+ 10A&
$25+ 12P
10A
10A&
6P&
8P
2P&
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$30 10A&
$45 10A&
$50 6P&
$50 8P
$45 2P&
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$30 10A&
$45 10A&
$80 6P&
$50 8P
$45 2P&
10A&
6P
12P
6P&
7P
6P
1P&
11A
6P
7P
NHB
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NH
NH
$25 10A&
$20+ 6P
$40 12P
$30+ 6P&
$30+ 7P
$72+ 6P
$30+ 1P&
$40+ 11A
$50+ 6P
$200 7P
7P&
7P&
10A
10A
10A&
7P
10A
10A
N H Deepstack
NH
NHB
NH
O
NH
NH
NH
$65+ 7P&
$40 7P&
$20+ 10A&
$25+ 10A
$30 10A&
$50+ 7P
$25 10A&
$30 10A&
NH
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHB
$35+ 11A&
$40 7P&
$20+ 10A&
$25+ 10A
$30+ 10A&
$50+ 7P
$25 10A&
$35 10A
N H Deepstack
NHB
NHB
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NHB
10A
11A&
6P
10A&
10A
NH
NH
NH
N H Deepstack
NH
$25 10A&
$30 11A&
$36 6P
$40 10A
$25 10A
NH
NH
NH
N H Deepstack
NH
$30 10A&
$30 11A&
$36 6P
$40 10A
$25 10A
NH
NH
NH
N H Turbo
NH
NHB
$25 10A&
Varies
$20+ 6P
NH
$50 12P
N H Deepstack $65+ 5P&
NH
$30+ 7P
NH
$62+ 6P
N H $60+RE 1P&
NH
$40+ 11A
NH
$50+ 6P
N H Dstack Tbo $140+ 7P
NHB
$25 10A&
Mixed Game $20+ 6P
NH
$40 12P
NH
$30 5P&
NH
$30+ 7P
NH
$65
N H $75+RE 1P&
NH
$40+ 11A
NH
$50+ 6P
NH
$140+ 7P
$65+ 7P&
$40 7P&
$20+ 10A
$25+ 10A
$35+ 10A&
$50+ 10A
$25 10A&
$25 10A
7P
$25 10A
$30 11A&
$36 6P
$15 + 10A&
$25 10A
NHB
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NH
NH
N H Survivor
NH
NHB
NH
NH
O
NH
$125 1P&
$25 10A&
$65 11A
$50 2P&
$70 9A&
$25+ 7P
$45 2P
$30+ 2P
$30 10A&
$30 12P
$35 9A&
$25+ 10A
$35+ 12P&
$55+ 11A&
$45 10A&
$40 10A
$40 6P
$60 12P&
$60 10A&
$45 10A
$50+ 1P
$25 6P
$35 10A&
$55 10A&
$40 10A&
$80 7P
$60 7P&
$50 9A&
$75 12P&
$30 11A
$30 6P
$60 10A&
$70 10A&
$18+ 6P
$105 10A
$65
$40+ 12P&
6P
$18 10A
$60 11A&
$45 11P&
$40+ 12P
$40+ 6P
$65+RE 10A&
$45+ 11A&
$40+ 10A
$40+ 7P
$50+ 11A
7P
$50 11A&
$145 12P&
$140 12P
$40 7P
7P
7P
$10+ 10A&
$25+ 12P
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHZ
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHB
NH
HORSE
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$30 10A&
$45 10A&
$80 6P&
$50 8P&
$45 2P
7P
$25 10A&
$30+ 6P
$40 12P
$30 4P&
$50+ 7P
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHB
Turbo
NH
NH
NH
$30+ 1P&
$40+ 11A
$50+ 6P
$180 7P
7P
$35+ 11A&
$40 12P
$20+ 10A
$25+ 10A
$30+ 10A&
$40 10A
$25 10A&
$35 12P
$20 7P
$30 10A&
$30 11A&
$36 6P
$15+ 10A&
$25 10A
NH
NH
NH
N H Deepstack
NH
N H Deepstack
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
N H Deepstack
NH
$125 1P&
$25 10A
$65 11A
$50 2P&
$70 9A&
$25+ 7P
$45 2P
$30+ 2P
$30 10A
$30 12P
$35 9A&
$15+
$35+ 12P&
$55+ 11A&
$45 10A&
$40 10A
$40 6P
$60 12P&
$60 10A&
$45 10A
1P
$25 6P
$35 10A&
$55 10A&
$40 10A&
$125 7P
$150 11A&
$50 9A&
$75 12P&
$30 11A
$30 6P
$60 10A&
$70 10A&
$18+ 6P
$105 10A
NH
$40+ 12P&
NH
$60 2P
NH
$18 10A
NH
$60 7P
NH
$45 11P&
NH
$40+ 12P
NH
$40+ 6P
N H B $65+RE 10A&
NH
$45+ 11A&
NH
$40+ 10A
NH
$40+ 7P
NH
$40 11A
NH
$35+
NH
$50 11A&
NH
$145 12P&
NH
$200 12P
NH
$120 11A
NH
$22+
NH
$75
NH
$10+ 10A&
N H Sh
$20 12P
$30 10A
$45 10A&
$100 10A&
$80 8P
$55 1P
$40
$25 10A&
$20+ 6P
$40 12P
$40 4P&
$30+ 7P
1P
$10+ 10A&
$40+ 11A
$40+ 4P
$150 3P
$30 12P&
F 11A&
$40 11A&
$20+ 10A
$25+ 10A
$30+ 11A
$40 10A
$25 10A
$25 10A
$50 2P
$25 11A
$30 11A&
$54 6P
$40 10A&
$25 10A
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHZ
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHB
NH
N H Sh
NH
NH
N H Turbo
NH
NH
NHB
Turbo
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
N H Deepstack
NH
NH
NH
N H Deepstack
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
N H Deepstack
NH
$125 1P&
$25 10A
$65 11A
$50 2P&
$70 9A&
$25+ 7P
$45 2P
$30+ 2P
$30 10A&
$30 12P
$35 9A&
12P
$35+ 12P&
$55+ 11A&
$45 10A&
$40 10A
$40 6P
$60 12P&
$60 10A&
$45 10A
$50+ 1P
$25+ 6P
$35 10A&
$55 10A&
$40 10A&
$125 7P
$60 11A&
$50 9A&
$75 12P&
$30 11A
$30 6P
$60 10A&
$70 10A&
$18+ 6P
$105 10A
6P
$40+ 12P&
$60
$18 10A
$125 11A&
$45 7P&
$40+ 12P
$40+ 7P
$65+RE 10A&
$45+ 11A&
$40+ 10A
$40+ 7P
$50+ 11A
10A
$50 11A&
$330 12P&
$200 12P
$75 11A
7P
12P
$10+ 10A&
$20 12P
11A
$30 10A
$45 10A&
$40 2P&
$80 4P
$115 1P&
7P
$25 10A&
$20+ 6P
$40 12P
$40 4P&
$30+ 7P
$30+ 1P
Varies 2A&
$75+ 11A
$50+ 4P
$150+RE 3P
$35 1P
$65+ 7P&
$40 5P
$20+ 12P
$25+ 10A
$55 11A&
$75 11A
$40 12P
$25 10A
$40 2P
$40 1P&
$30 11A&
$54 6P
$40 10A&
$25 10A
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NH
N H Sh
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHB
Varies
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHBZ
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$125
$25
$65
$50
$70
$25+
F
$30+
$30
$30
$35
F
$35+
$55+
$45
$40
$40
$60
$60
$45
$50+
$25+
$35
$55
$40
$80
$60
$50
$75
$30
$30
$60
$70
$18+
$105
$65
$40+
$18
$60
$45
$40+
$40+
$65+RE
$45+
$40+
$40+
$50+
$25+
$50
$145
$225
$75
$22+
$30+
$10+
$20
$45+
$30
$45
$60
$100
$35
$40
$130
Varies
$40
$40
$50+
$62
$50+RE
$40+
$50+
$150+
$5 or $15+
$115
$50-$3Kguar
$7+
$25+
$45+
$100+
$65
$35
$25
$45
$30
$54
$20+
$25
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Casino 580, Livermore
Casino Club-Redding
Casino Marysville
Casino Real Cardroom
Casino Royale
Central Coast Casino, Grover Beach
Central Coast Casino, Paso Robles
Chukchansi Gold Casino
Chumash (5)
Club One Casino, Fresno
Colusa Casino
Comstock Card Room, Tracy
Cordova Casino
Del Rio Casino, Isleton
Eagle Mountain Cas.-Porterville
Elk Valley Cas.-Crescent City
Feather Falls Cas., Oroville
The 500 Club, Clovis
Folsom Lake Bowl
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Garlic Club-Gilroy
Gold Country Cas.-Oroville
Golden West-Bakersfield
Jackson Rancheria
Limelight Casino-Sacramento
Livermore Casino
Lucky Chances
Lucky Derby Casino
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11A
11A
6P
9A
11A
NH
LH
NH
LH
NH
6P
7P
11A
NH
NH
NH
10A
11A
NH
NH
10A
NH
7P
7P
NH
NH
10A
$20 11A
$28+ 11A
$30+
$120 9A
$25 11A
NHB
LH
12P
$40+
$40+ 7P
$17 11A
7P
$20 10A
$35+RE 11A&
10A
$5
H
$10+ 7P
$50+RE 6P
$50 10A
6P
NH
$25 6P
NH
$35 6P
NH
$45+ 6P
7P
NH
$45
NH Double Stack $120 10A&
NH
$35+ 7P
12P
NHB
$65 6P
NH
2P
6P
6P
6P
10A&
7P
6P
7P&
9A
9A
11A&
10A
7P
6P
9A
6P
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHB
NH
NH
6P
1P
NH
NH
$40+ 7P&
$120+ 9A
$15 9A
$7 11A&
0+ 10A
$60
$140 6P
F+ 9A
$17+ 6P
7P
$80+
$40+ 1P
11A&
10A&
NH
NH
$15 11A&
$35 10A&
LH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$32 11A
$25 6P
6P
$120 9A
$25 11A
NH
L&O H/L
NH
LH
NH
$20 11A
$50+ 11A
$25+ 6P
$60+ 9A
$25 11A
NH
LH
Mx
LH
NH
$20 11A
$48
$30+
$80+ 9A
$25 11A
$25+ 12P
6P
$40+ 7P
$17 11A
$30
$20 10A
$35+RE 11A&
F
10A
7P
$60 7P
$40+RE 6P
O H/L
NH
NH
NH
$55 6P
$40+
$40+ 7P
$17 11A
7P
$20 10A
$35+RE 11A
10A
$25
$40 7P
$35 7P
$70+RE 6P
6P
H
$10
NH
NH
O/8
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$40+ 7P
$17
$30
$20 10A
$35+RE 11A
$5
10A
$40 7P
$40 7P
$60+RE 6P
$15+ 6P
NH
NH
NH
NHB
NH
$50 10A
$30+ 6P
$25 2P
$30
$45+ 6P
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NH
$50 10A
6P
$25 6P
F+ 6P
$45+ 6P
NH Double Stack
NH
NH
NH
$50 10A
$15
$35 2P
$30 6P
$45+ 6P
$66
6P
$120 10A&
$35+ 7P
$30 12P
$65 6P
NH
NH
NH
NHF
NH
$45
$120+ 10A&
$35+ 7P
$5 12P
$65 6P
NH
NH
NH
Varies
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$40+ 7P&
$275 9A
$15 9A
$7 11A&
0+ 10A
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
6P
$40+ 7P&
$65+ 9A
$15 6P
$7 11A&
0+ 10A
NH
NH
NH
NH
$120+RE 6P
F+ 9A&
$17+ 6P
F
NH
O H/L
NH
NH
$40+ 1P
NH
NH
LH
NH
NHB
NH
NH
$15 11A&
$35 10A&
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$57 11A&
NH
2P
$120 9A
$25 11A
NH
LH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
LH
NH
$40+ 7P
3P
1P
$20 10A
$50 11A
10A
$5
$40 7P&
$150 10A
$70+RE
$30+ 4P
12P
$50 10A
$15 6P
$25
NH
$50+ 12P
LH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$20 11A&
6P
$25 6P
$200 9A
$25 11A
2P
NH
NH
Mx
LH
NH
NH
$32
$49+
$30+
$80
$25
$55
10A
$40+ 7P
$37 3P
F 1P
$20 10A
$50 11A&
$10
LH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$30+
$40+
$37
$30
$20
$50
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$40
$80
$60+
$170
$40+
$50
NH
NH
$35+
$35
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NH
NH
F
$20
Varies
$35
$40
$50
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$80
$225+
$30
$7
0+
$40
$125+
F+
$23+
O/8
Po O
NH
$45+
40+
$30+
NH
$35
$50 5P
$10+ 10A
1P
NH
$30+ 2P Wk2
NH
$40+ 12P
NH
$50 10A
LH
$15
12P
6P
NH
Varies
2P
12P
NH Double Stack $150 10A&
NH
$35 6P
NH
$40 12P
NH
$65 2P
NH
$50
NH
NH
NH Double Stack
NH
N O H/L
NH
NH
$150 10A&
$35 6P
$40 12P
$35 2P
$50 11A
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$80+ 10A&
$35+ 6P
$40+ 12P
Varies 10A&
11A
$40+RE
$40+ 7P&
$120+
$70 9A
$7 11A&
0+ 10A
NH
$100 7P&
NH
NH
NH
NH
$100+
F+ 9A
$23+ 6P
7P
NH
NH
NH
F+ 9A&
$12+ 6P
F
NH
NH
$15 9A
$7 11A&
0+ 10A
9A&
11A
F+ 9A
$23+ 5P
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$100 7P&
9A
$60 10A
$7 11A&
0+ 10A
$40 9A&
$120+RE 1P
F+ 9A
$22+ 6P
$40+ 1P
7P
$15 11A&
$35 10A&
NH
NH
NH
NH
$40+ 5P
$30+ 7P
$15 11A&
$35 10A
NH
NH
NH
NH
12P
$25 7P
$30+ 7P
$15 5P
$35 10A
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$55+ 6P
$60 1P
$30+ 3P
$40
$35 10A
P L AY E R
RPLA
A N KYER
INGS
POKER
q denotes upward mover; [ denotes event winner
Visit the NRATPP web site—www.nratpp.com—for more details on the ranking system
2
PLO
1 Eric Garcia
2 Joshua Reichard
3 Patrick Murphy
4 Chris Lillie
5 Alan Neubauer
6 David Nicholson
7 Robert Slagle
8 Alexander Ahmed
9 Christopher Conrad
10 Michael Linster
11 Ray Henson
12 Brennan Benglis
13 George Ward
14 Kyle Cartwright
15 Doug Carli
16 Kenneth Ruderman
17 Michael Schneider
18 William West
19 Harry Baldwin
20 Ryan Rowland
21 Justin Young
22 Donald Walsh
23 Najib Bennani
24 Raymond Bush
25 Shawn Daniels
pts $$
131 2
128 2
118 2
104 2
102
102
102 2
100
100
100
100
97 2
97
97
96 2
95
95
95
92
92
91
90
90
90
90
PLO H/L
1 Gebrehiwet Goitom
2 Randy Gonzales
3 Jan Sjavik
4 Zachary Milchman
5 Steven Weiler
6 Colman Roy
7 Mark Madorsky
8 Mark Novisoft
9 Jack Rosenfeldt
10 Federico Quevedo
11 Rovert Minow
12 Richard Ponterio
13 Lila Murcia
14 Alex Cohen
15 Kegham Dawidian
16 Marla Crumpler
17 Ryan Stalder
18 Liem Tram
19 Ricardo Alvarado
20 Willie Navarro
21 Vatche Mehserdjian
22 Cecil Belda
23 Charles Chan
24 Gioi Luong
25 Robert Renner
pts $$
129 2
121 2
100
100
99
95
95
95
94
90
90
89
86 2
85
85
85
84
80
80
80
79
75
75
75
74
7-CARD STUD
1 Jason Tolpin
2 Michael Mann
3 Deborah Diehl
4 Peter Brownstein
5 Luis Santoni [
6 Andrew Frizen
7 Fred Winkelman
8 Hyon Morrison
9 Mitchell Nong
10 Peter Berardi
11 Richard Katcher
12 Carl Vaillancourt
13 Cyndy Violette
14 Mike Oar
15 Christian Ivens [
16 Joe Tushnet
17 Joseph Katcher
18 Michael Huguenot
19 Teddy Selby q
20 David Longuil q
21 Mike Blakeney
22 Oxana Cummings
23 Randy Holland
24 Alan Goodman
25 George Rechnitzer
pts $$
49
49
44
44
42 2
39
39
39
34
34
34
29
29
29
25 2
24
24
24
22 2
21
19
19
19
18
14
3
3
2
3
2
2
2
3
3
3
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
185
183
183
181
178
178
177
177
177
175
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
174
172
170
169
169
168
164
162
161
161
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
160
159
159
158
158
157
157
157
157
157
H.O.R.S.E.
1 Bonnie Rossi q
2 Janet Pak
3 Donnie Mac
4 Dale Phillips q
5 Clifton Ward
6 Clifford Kitey
7 Gioi Luong
8 Pamela Buzzetto
9 Perry Burrell
10 Samuel Panzica
11 Steven Schlesinger [
12 Steve Stencil
13 Cyndy Violette
14 Dave Recke
15 Phillip Dale q
16 Brent Becker
17 Jordan Shepard
18 Leonard Cortellino
19 Jason Stern q
20 Robert Minow
21 William Celtnieks q
22 Brendan Norton
23 Shawn Kerwin
24 Larry Kantor
25 Robert Campbell
pts $$
142 3
131 2
120 2
111 2
100
95
95
90
85
85
85
82
80
80
80
77
75
75
74 2
74 2
74 3
72
72
70
70
OMAHA H/L
1 Michael Oar
2 Michael Moed
3 Frankie O'Dell q
4 Larry Siegel
5 Dale Beaudoin q
6 Scott Epstein
7 Michael Bickel
8 William Buckley
9 Aitan Hillel
10 David Deanda
11 Marshall Ragir
12 Ylon Schwartz
13 David Whitfield q
14 Terry Wells
15 Robert Renner
16 John Holley III
17 Hermilo Vargas
18 Ted Spires q
19 Kahala Carter [
20 Gilbert Sacks q
21 Steve Solomon
22 Yuebin Guo
23 Don Zewin
24 Gene Chase
25 Ron Fast
pts
207
173
165
160
158
154
148
142
137
137
137
137
133
132
129
125
121
107
106
105
105
103
102
102
102
$$
5
3
5
2
2
4
3
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
3
2
3
NL HOLD’EM
1 Joe Kuether q
2 Michael Linster q
3 Allie Prescott q
4 Stephen Bokor [
5 Patrick Karschamroon
6 Michael Dentale
7 Cuong Phung q
8 James Anderson q
9 Ryan Hartman q
10 Brett Shaffer q
pts
323
277
247
246
245
229
228
221
214
212
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
207
201
197
197
196
195
193
193
189
187
$$
4
5
4
5
4
3
3
3
2
4
Hung Truong q
Michael Sica
Patrick Halter
Paul Sokoloff
Paul Volpe q
Idris Gencoglu
Jeffrey Fielder
Mario Rodriguez q
Jacob Schindler q
Joshua Suyat q
Lily Newhouse q
Hoa Minh Nguyen q
Michael Nia
Larry Quang
Blake Bohn q
Paul Phillips
Charles Coultas
David Tuthill
Dennis Thurman q
John Holley q
3
2
3
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
Jonathan Hilton
Nathan Bjerno
Everett Carlton
Daniel Sindelar
Lily Kiletto
Robert Brown [
Ray Qartomy [
Stuart Paterson q
Bruce Kramer
Paul Klann q
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
4
2
2
Pradeep Buddharaju
Pedro Rios q
William Pappas q
David Gonia q
Thomas Gleason
Alex Bylicki
Huicun Qiao
Joseph Mckeehen [
Kyle Bowker
Thomas Beckstad
J u n e 1 7, 2 0 1 3
2
3
2
2
3
2
2
2
3
2
11
Time. Some events &.......... Additional
.Limit Hold’em
start after the hour
gametimes. Call. N...........No Limit
A, P........ AM, PM
. .... Hold’em L................. Limit
Wk..............Week
..No Limit Hold’em
...........Stud
DAILY TOURNAMENTS (Cont’d from page 11)
T................ Turbo
Sp L....Spread Limit
..7-Card Stud
...... Omaha Pi........Pineapple Mx.. Mexican Poker HH....Headhunter Al.......Alternates
..5-Card Stud H/L.High/Low Split Po.........Pot Limit DC.Dealer’s Choice B.......... Bounties Z......... Freezeout
Cz.............. Crazy +.Re-buys and/or
E....... Elimination Add-ons allowed
Q.............Qualify +RE........ Re-Entry
Sh.........Shootout F.............Freeroll
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Borgata
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Showboat
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Trump Taj Mahal
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Seneca Niagara
Turning Stone
5P
NH
7P
1P
12P
10A&
10A&
6P
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
11A
10A
10A
12P&
12P
11A
NH
HZ
N H Sh
NH
NH
7B
7P
8P
7P
7P
2P
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
2P
11A&
NH
NH
11A&
NH
7P
10A
2P&
12P
11A&
11A
10A&
11A&
7P&
6P&
9A
7P&
1P&
NHZ
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHZ
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
12P
11A&
3P
10A&
8P&
11A&
11A&
6P
10A&
10A&
12P&
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHB
NH
7P
$55+
7P
$20+ 7P
$40 1P
$30 12P
$15 10A&
$30 10A&
$25+ 6P
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$50 7P
$50
$40 1P
$30 12P
$15 10A&
$30 10A&
$25+ 6P
6P
12P
$60 7P
$10+ 10A
$25 10A
$30 12P&
$25+ 7P
$20 11A
7P
H
NH
O H/L Z
L H Sh
NH
NHZ
HB
O H/L
$25+
$130 7P
$10+ 10A
$25 10A&
$30 12P&
$50 7P
$20 11A
$25+
6P
$50
10A
$60 7P
$30+ 11A
$20+
$44
6P
$10+ 2P
$25 11A&
7P
$30 11A&
$50
$35+ 10A
$60+ 2P&
$30+ 12P
$30 11A&
$30 11A&
$35 10A&
$40 11A&
$115 7P
$160 6P&
$60+ 9A
$60 7P&
$65 1P&
11A
6P
$80 12P
$100 11A&
$80+ 3P
$50 10A&
$85 8P&
$65 11A&
$62 11A&
$120 6P
$60 10A&
$90 10A&
$70 12P&
$45
Cz Pi H/L
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
H
NH
Cz Pi Z
N H Sh
NH
NH
HB
7P
NH
NH
$50 7P
$20 11A
NH
NH
NH
Var
NH
$40+RE
$20+ 2P
$25 11A&
$35
$30 11A&
7P
1P&
$35+ 10A
$60+ 2P&
$30+ 12P
$30 11A&
$30 11A&
$35 10A&
$40 11A&
$100 7P&
$120 6P&
$60+ 9A
$60 7P&
$65 1P&
$60
$40 6P
$80 12P
$80 11A&
$80+ 3P
$50 10A&
$90 8P&
$65 11A&
$62 11A&
$65 6P
$60 11A&
$45 10A&
$50 12P&
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHZ
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHZ
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$55
5P
11A
$60
H
NH
$55
$75 5P
$60
$115
$60 11A
$30 12P
$15 10A&
$50 1P
F+ 5P
3P
2P
$25+ 1P
$150
NH
NH
$80+ 10A
$5 12P&
O Sh
NH Deepstack
$25
$50
NHZ Deepstack
NH
O H/L
11A
$60+ 5P&
$30+ 4P
$13 1P
HB
N H B Ko
Cz Pi
H
$20
$60+
$30+
$13
NH
NH
NH
$40 3P
4P
1P
F
$45 12P
$60 12P
NH
NH
$90 3P
$60 2P
NH
NH
NH
$20 11A
NH
NH
NH
7P
$40 1P
$30 12P
$15 10A&
$35 10A&
$25+ 6P
$25+ 7P
7P
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
O H/L
HB
$50
$40 11A
$30 12P
$15 10A&
$30 10A&
F+
$20
$25
$130 11A
$10+ 10A
$25 10A
$30 12P&
$20+ 12P
$20 11A
7P
$40 6P
NH
NHZ
L H Sh
NH
Men N H
HB
NH
O H/L
$60 11A
$10+ 10A
$25 10A
$30 12P&
$25+
$20
$10+ 7P
$40
NH
Pi
N H Sh
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
7P
$45 10A
7P&
$60
$20 11A
$20/F
$5+
6P
$20+ 2P
$25 11A
$50
$30 11A&
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHB
NHB
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
N H Deepstack
NH
N H Sh
$30+ 1P
$35+ 10A
$60+ 7P&
$30+ 12P
$30 11A&
$30 11A&
$35 10A&
$85 11A
$115 10A
$180 6P&
$60+ 9A
$60 7P&
$65 1P&
$60
$40 6P
$80 12P
$100 12P&
$80+ 3P
$50 10A&
$85 8P&
$65 11A&
$62 11A&
$120 6P
$90 4P
$45 1P&
$70 12P&
NH
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$60
10A
O H/L
$50+ 7P
$20 11A
7P
6P
NHB
NH
O
NH
$5+ 2P
$25 11A&
7P
$30 11A&
$35+
$30+ 1P
$35+ 10A
$60+ 2P&
$30+ 12P
$30 11A&
$30 11A&
$35 10A&
$60 11A&
$60 1P
$200 6P&
$60+ 9A
$60 7P&
$65 1P
11A
$40 6P
$80 12P
$120 11A&
$80+ 3P
$50 10A&
$80 8P&
$65 11A&
$62 11A&
$65 6P
$60 6P
$55+ 10A&
$50 12P&
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
N H Deepstack
NH
10A
NH
$55+ 5P
NH
$50 11A
NHB
1P Wk2&4 N H
$50 11A
NH
$30 12P
NH
$15 10A&
NH
$35 10A&
NH
11A
NH
12P
$60 10AWk4
$10+
$25 11A
$30 12P&
3P
$60+RE 6P Wk2&4
$20+ 2P
$25 1P
NH
NH
NH
NH
$30 11A&
NH
7P
NH
$30+
$35+ 10A
NH
$115 11A Wk1& O
$30+ 10A
NH
$30 11A&
NH
$30 2P
NHZ Deepstack
$35 10A&
NH
$40+ 11A
NHB
$220
$230 6P&
NH
$60+ 9A
NH
$145 7P&
NH
$65 1P&
NH
11A
NH
$60 2P
NH
$80 12P
NH
$200 11A&
N H Deepstack
$80+ 1P
NH
$50 10A&
NH
$125 8P&
N H Deepstack
$65 11A&
NH
$62 11A
NH
$225 6P&
NH
$35 12P
NH
$75 11A
N H Deepstack
$70 11A&
NH
$105 11A
3P
$18+ 6P
$60+RE 6P Wk1&3
$5+ 2P
$40 7P
12P
$40 11A&
$45+ 2P
1P&
$35+ 2P
$115 3P Wk1&
$25+ 10A
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$100 2P
$35 10A&
$85 11A&
1P
$120 6P&
$60+ 9A
$145 7P&
$65 1P&
$60+
$60 2P
$100 12P
$180 11A&
$100+ 7P
$50 10A&
$100 3P
$65 11A&
$122 11A&
$340 6P
$60 12P
$230 10A&
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NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
H
O H/L
7F
$15
$60
$30
$15
F
F+
$20+
$25
F
$60
NH
$20
NH
$10
O H/L
$45
Varies Varies
NH
$5+
NH
$25
Var
$35
O8
$40
NH
$35+
NH
$30+
NH
$60
N H Lad
$60
NH
$25+
NH
$30
NH Deepstack $120
NH
$35
NHZ
$40
NH
$230
N H B Survivor $150
NH
$60+
NH
$60
NHB
$65
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$60
$100
$50+
$85+
$50
$110
$65
$62
$120
$60
$55
$125
Chad Holloway Wins WSOP Opener
Three-handed play lasted
over an hour, and the chip
lead changed hands multiple
times. Finally, Kwong raised
all in from the small blind
and Rooney instantly called
off from the big blind.
Rooney: 10f10a,
Kwong: Ad10s
A 9fKa3s flop helped
nobody, as did an 8d turn.
On the river, heartbreak
arrived for Rooney in the
form of the Af, and he finished third for $33,903.
Kwong and Holloway battled heads up for more than
hour. Both players seemed
content to play small pots,
and a halfhearted observer
could have easily followed
the back and forth with only
an ear to the proceedings.
Every time Holloway would
scoop a pot, his deep rail
12
section would clap, cheer
and activate their screaming
eagle sound effects. When
Kwong took down pots, the
only sound was the clinking
of the chips as the dealer
pushed them to the man
from Oakland, Calif. The
heads-up war was slow and
close, as neither player could
push far past a three-to-two
chip lead.
Finally, the deciding hand
took place. Kwong raised
to $75,000 and Holloway
called.
The flop came
5fQsQd. Holloway
checked and Kwong bet
$85,000. Holloway reraised
and Kwong shoved all in.
Holloway snap-called and
showed Qa9x for trips.
Kwong tabled AdKa.
The 10a turn and 2d
J u n e 1 7, 2 0 1 3
river did not improve
Kwong’s hand, and he was
eliminated in 2nd place and
quietly exited the feature
table area after shaking
Holloway’s hand.
Holloway’s supporters
mobbed him as he grinned
with joy.
WORLD SERIES OF POKER
EVENT #1
5/29/13
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM—
CASINO EMPLOYEES EVENT
BUY-IN $500
PLAYERS 898
PRIZE
POOL
$404,100
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Chad Holloway . . . . . $84,915
Allan Kwong . . . . . . . $52,318
Robert Rooney . . . . . $33,903
Brian Pingel . . . . . . . $24,811
Daniel Ellery . . . . . . . $18,426
Sean Small . . . . . . . . . $13,868
Tyrone Smith . . . . . . $10,567
Michael Trivett . . . . . . $8,146
Hieu Le . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,348
Harrah’s Joliet Poker
Room is Two Years Old!
By Bob Popper
The Harrah’s Joliet WSOP
Poker Room marked its 2nd
year anniversary on May
2, 2013. One of the most
comfortable rooms in the
area, Harrah’s-Joliet offers
tournaments on a regular
basis and a variety of poker
games. The Bad beat Jackpot
is approaching the $400,000
mark with the winner guaranteed 50% of the total
while the loser of the hand
and other players at the table
also share in the pot.
Harrah’s Joliet was one
of the first casinos in the
area to offer live poker back
in the 1990’s before the
Moneymaker craze started
the frenzy back in 20042005. I remember playing
in their card room when they
offered a 2-1/2 hour Des
Plaines River cruise on the
Northern Star and Southern
Star II riverboats
If you have not been to
Harrah’s Joliet in a while,
you may not recognize it
as so much has changed in
the last 20 years. They have
new restaurants, including
The Reserve, Paula Dean’s
Kitchen, and Aces Diner,
as well as over 1,100 slot
machines, 25 table games
and the WSOP poker room
which can seat 80 players.
If you do visit, you might
find me at one of their poker
tables hoping to be lucky
enough to be at the right
time and place to participate
in the Bad Beat!
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11A
10A&
NH
Sit N Go
12P&
11A
12P
7P
12P
7P
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$60 11A&
$60 10A&
7P
$50 12P&
$100+RE 11A
$100 12P
$100
$50+ 12P
$50 7P
6P&
7P&
1P&
8P
NHB
N H Deepstack
NH
NH
$25 6P&
$120 7P&
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$40 8P
6P&
12P
12P&
1P&
12P&
12P&
7P
1P&
7P
12P&
NH
NH
Sit N Go
NH
NH
NHZ
NH
NH
NH
NH
$60 6P&
$100 12P
$45 12P&
$65 1P&
$50 12P&
$65 12P&
$50 1P
$65 1P&
$50
$150 12P&
11A&
1P&
12P&
NH
NH
NH
From Ash Tray to Payday
ment. I have to wait for him
anyway.”
On the final day of the
tournament I had breakfast
with another poker buddy,
Aditya “Aldi” Prasetyo.
Aldi lives in Boston, he’s
the only member of his family not living in Indonesia
and Foxwoods is his home
casino. He said, “You know
we have to win this thing.
You are the only woman
and I am the only Asian.”
Harrahs Entertainment (now
Caesars Entertainment)
picked up the WSOP from
Binion’s Horseshoe in the
sale of a distressed property—the WSOP intact. The
savvy casino empire shed
the old fashioned view of
poker as an accommodation
to high rollers.
The WSOP tournament
organizers are nurturing the
growing cross cultural affair
that integrates the pros and
the pawns and the whales
and the wannabes from
around the world, on poker’s
biggest stage.
All but the best and the
luckiest arrive with dreams
and leave with disappointment that is assuaged by a
resolution to return here the
same time next year.
A few years ago, if I told
you that major poker tournament fare would be an
option virtually every day
of the year, you probably
would have laughed or shak-
NH
NH
$80 11A&
$60 10A&
$120 12P
$50 12P&
$100
$100 12P
7P
$50+ 12P
$50 7P
$100 6P&
$65 7P&
$45 1P&
$20 8P
7P
NH
$60 6P&
NH
$100 12P
Sit N Go
$42 12P&
NH
$35+
NH
$50
WSOPC Satellite $30+ 12P&
NH
$50 7P
NH
$45 1P&
7P
NHB
$120 12P&
7P
NH
$40 11A&
NH
$40 1P&
N H $230RE 7P
Var
$25+
NH
NH
NH
NH
Fast forward to the final
table! Out of 430 entries,
there sat Danny and me. Of
the ten of us, the guy Will
doubled up was there, Aldi,
Gordon Roughton, Mark
Sykes, Albert Kinder, Derek
Thraillkill, Andrew Hippler,
Daniel Wellborn, and Tim
Weslow filled the seats.
They are a great group of
guys and made the tournament lots of fun.
Global Face of Poker
Harrahs: Poker
Visionaries Like No
One Else
$40 11A&
$40 1P&
$120RE 12P&
8P
NH
Sit N Go
NH
NH
NH
NH
en my shoulders, hoping that
I would soon return to earth.
Today the problem of
conflicting tournament
choices is an appealing reality—and the WSOP has bred
a worldwide band of competition, but nothing anywhere
compares to the electricity,
the prestige, and fortunes
won at the WSOP.
The World Series of
Poker is the King of the
Road!
Editor’s Note: Wendeen
Eolis was the first woman
to cash in the WSOP main
event and the first to do it
twice. She is also a past winner of the European Open
No Limit event. She played
against top players before
most women ventured into
any public poker room. The
authors of the book “Playing
with the Big Boys” call her
a “poker goddess,” and
the WSOP refers to her as
the Grande Dame of Poker.
Ms. Eolis can be reached
at [email protected]. This
article is the exclusive property of the author.
$80 11A&
$60 10A&
$120 7P
$50 12P&
7P
NH
$100 12P
N H Big Stack $150
NH
$50+ 12P
NH
$50 7P
7P
NHB
$25 6P&
N H KO
$80 12P
N H DeepStack $60 1P&
N H $50+RE 8P
NH
$55+
NH
$60 6P&
NH
$100 12P
Sit N Go
$45 12P&
1P&
12P&
NH
$30+ 12P&
NH
$100 7P
NH
$65 1P&
NH
$20+
NHB
$150 12P&
NH
$35 7P
NH
$40 11A&
NH
$20 1P&
N H Turbo Megastack $120 7P
NH
Sit N Go
NH
NH
NH
Sit N Go
NH
NH
NHB
NH
$80 11A
NH
$60 10A& Sit N Go
$120
$50 12P&
NH
$125 11A Wk4 N H B
$100 12P
NH
NH
$50 12P
NH
$50
NH
$100 7P
NHB
$50 6P&
Turbo N H
$35 7P
N H Qual Players F 8P
7P
NH
$60 6P&
NH
$100 12P
Sit N Go
$42 12P&
NH
$35+ 7P
NH
$65 6P
NH
$65+ 12P&
NH
$100 7P
NH
$45 1P&
NHB
$150 12P&
O/8
$50 7P
NH
$40 11A&
N H Dbl Megastack
$80 1P&
N H $150RE 7P
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$80 11A
$60 10A&
12P
$65 12P&
$125 11A
$100 12P
7P
$150 12P
N H Deepstack $100 11A&
N H Deepstack $100
Sit N Go
$60 10A& Sit N Go
$60
NH
$230
NH
$225 12A&
NH
$75
N H Deepstack $200 7P
N H $125+RE
NH
$560 12P
N H Big Stack $150
NH
Varies 7P
NH
$100
N H Big Stack
NH
$50+ 12P
Po O 8
$70
7P
NH
$50
NH
$50 7P
NH
$50 7P&
NH
$100
NH
$100 6P&
NHB
$100 5P&
NHB
$50
NH
$120 7P
N H KO
$140 1P&
N H Super Deepstack $275
NH
$60 1P
N H DeepStack $60
N H $65+RE 8P&
NH
$30 2P
NH
Varies
N H $30+RE 7P Wk2,4&5 N H B
$80 4P
NH
$55
NH
$60 6P&
NH
$120 6P&
NH
$60
NH
$100 10A
NH
$100 12P
N H Deepstack Varies
Sit N Go
$45 12P&
Sit N Go
$45 12P&
Sit N Go
$45
NH
$45 1P
NH
$120 1P
NH
$65
N H Deepstack
$115 12P
N H Deepstack
$115 12P&
NH
$115
N H $100+ 12P&
Deepstack $120+ 12P&
N H $100+
NH
$50 7P&
NH
$100 7P&
NH
$50
N H Deepstack
$115 1P&
N H Deepstack
$65
7P
NH
$50 2P
NH
$40
NH
$100 12P&
NH
$65 12P&
NHB
$150
NH
$60 1P&
NHB
$50 6P
N H MiniDeepstack
$70
NH
$75 11A&
NH
$100 11A&
NH
$40
NH
$40 1P&
N H Dbl Megastack
$80 1P&
N H No Rake $200
NH
$120 12P&
NH
$120 12P exc Wk4 N H
$350
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13
Caro’s Word: “Survival” 2013 Worldwide Poker Tournaments
conTinueD FROM PAGE 4
profitable to bet or raise
with strong hands, the value
isn’t in limiting the field.
The value is in being called.
So sometimes players
decide to do the right thing,
but for the wrong reason.
Remember, reducing risk
isn’t something you should
do in poker – at least in
normal poker games. Invite
risk. Risk is money.
Question 4: So, you said
you’d talk about bankrolls
and tournaments in terms
of survival. Will you?
I will, yes, and it will be
short and simple. Let’s start
with bankrolls.
Decisions about bankroll survival make sense –
unlike decisions about surviving hands during a poker
game. In order to maximize
bankroll survival, you need
to know a few things.
First, you should treat
your bankroll as a tool necessary to conduct business.
That means, you shouldn’t
spend parts of your bankroll
on fun things, just because
you think you have enough
funds to weather a few days
of stormy bad luck. Bad
weather can last longer than
you think in poker. Don’t
spend your bankroll.
Second, once your bankroll has matured, you need
to choose games that don’t
put it in jeopardy. Keep
reminding yourself that
your bankroll was once
young and growing and you
had to nourish it to bring it
to its current maturity. Now
is the time when you want
to take less risk, because it
would be hard to start over
again.
Third, when you’re first
starting a poker career, it’s
okay to take bigger risk
with a small bankroll. If
you lose, you can find ways
to start over by gathering a
little money to take another
shot. But if that bankroll
grows big, it’s worth preserving. That’s where survival comes into play.
Question 5: What do
poker tournaments have
to do with survival?
The most common form
of poker tournaments are
proportional payout. That’s
where first place wins a
portion of the prize pool,
second place a smaller
portion, third place a still14
smaller portion, and so
forth.
The problem with this
type of tournament is that
it often punishes excellent
poker decisions. In normal
games, you can take advantage of every edge, no matter how risky. As long as
there’s a long-term expectation of profit, you should
take chances.
But in proportionalpayout tournaments, the
winner must gather all the
chips on the table, then give
most of them back to other
opponents already conquered – those who finished
close, but didn’t win. That’s
a penalty.
And the mathematical
truth about this penalty is
that the most profitable
strategy is to play to survive, not to win first place.
So, that makes for a silly
tournament – one where the
correct strategy is to avoid
first place and hope to
stumble into it.
Your profit comes from
survival, by giving yourself
the best chance of getting
money from late finishes that
are rewarded by taking prize
money from the winner. So,
you should take less risks.
You should play to survive.
That means most of those
risky, high-profit weapons
should be thrown out of
your poker arsenal in these
tournaments. That’s not
great poker, but it leads to
bigger profit.
So, let’s sum up today’s
word, “survival.” You
should strive for survival
with large bankrolls, but not
so much with small ones.
In typical tournaments,
survival is the most important goal. And with regular
poker decisions, survival
doesn’t matter.
Mike Caro is widely regarded as the world’s foremost
authority on poker strategy,
psychology, and statistics. A
renowned player and founder of Mike Caro University
of Poker, Gaming, and Life
Strategy, he is known as
“the Mad Genius of Poker,”
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Bryan Brozman. . . . . . $2,529
Matthew Hartigen. . . . $2,023
CASINO DEALERS
WANTED
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NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY
FAST-PACED ATMOSPHERE
GREAT MONEY
FREE DEALER TRAINING
To view all open positions and complete an online
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Join us. Be great.
Opening Fall 2013, Graton Resort & Casino
is looking for enthusiastic people to join
our winning team. If you’re outgoing and
hard working, please join us.
G R AT O N R E S O RT C A S I N O . C O M
Rohnert Park, CA. © 2013 Graton Resort & Casino
JOB #: 90296 JOB TITLE: Dealer Hiring
PUBLICATION: Poker Player
and
goldennugget.com
N E W S P A P E R
are pleased to
announce
the...
12 Noon,
in Las Vegas–
July 4, 2013 at the
Golden Nugget Casino
This tournament is the culminating Satellites Already Scheduled!
event of the GRAND series at the [ May 14, 21, & 28, 6 p.m. Paso Robles Casino.
Golden Nugget. June 1-July 4, 2013 [ May 20 & 27, 5 p.m. Paso Robles Casino.
This will be an annual
event without complicated
rating systems. A one tournament
chance to win the title of Poker Player
of the Year.
15,000 in starting chips - 45 minute
levels. Great structure Only 700 seats
$600 Buy-in - no re-buys - No Limit
Hold’em event
Tell your favorite cardroom about it.
Have them contact Stan at:
[email protected], or
John Colville - 702-386-8164
[email protected]
Winner receives the solid gold “Golden
Nugget” ring symbolizing his/her title.
And a trophy.
All casinos are eligible to participate
with their own satellites
Most satellites are awarding additional prize money, in addition
to seats at the final event—Check with your casino. Plus, all
satellite winners receive July 3 & 4 rooms free at the Las Vegas
Golden Nugget and free limo transportation to and from airport.
WOW!
[ May 26, 12 p.m. Golden Nugget, Atlantic City.
$180.
[ June 2, 4 p.m. Swinomish Casino &
Lodge, Anacortes, WA. $225
[ June 9, 2 p.m. Dover Downs,
Dover, DE. $75
[ June 16, 10 a.m. Running Aces Harness Park,
Columbus, MN. $125
[ June 22, 12:30 p.m. Nooksack River Casino,
Deming WA.
[ July 3, 5 p.m. Golden Nugget,
Las Vegas. $80
In addition, beginning June 1, Golden Nugget Las
Vegas will host daily Sit-n-Go satellites, buy-in
$80.
#
DAY
DATE
TIME
EVENT
GUARANTEED
BUY-IN
1
6/4
Tue
1pm
6/4
Tue
6PM
3
6/5
Wed
1pm
4
6/5
Wed
6pm
$10,000
$30,000
$10,000
$30,000
$75
2
No Limit Hold’Em (1 Opt Add-On $60)
No Limit Hold’Em with Re-Buys $100
Omaha 8 or Better (1 Opt Add-On $100)
NLHE Bounty ($100 Bounty included) 1st 4 levels Re-Entry)
No Limit Hold’Em Re-Entry Day 1A (1 Opt Add-On $50)
No Limit Hold’Em Re-Entry Day 1B (1 Opt Add-On $50)
No Limit Hold’Em Re-Entry Day 1C (1 Opt Add-On $50)
No Limit Hold’Em Re-Entry Day 1D (1 Opt Add-On $50)
No Limit Hold’Em Re-Entry Day 1E (1 Opt Add-On $50)
No Limit Hold’Em (1 Opt Add-On)
NLHE Deepstack (1st 6 levels Re-Entry)
No Limit Hold’Em Turbo (1 Opt Add-On)
No Limit Hold’Em Re-Entry Day 1A (1 Opt Add-On $100)
No Limit Hold’Em Re-Entry Day 1B (1 Opt Add-On $100)
No Limit Hold’Em Re-Entry Day 1C (1 Opt Add-On $100)
No Limit Hold’Em Re-Entry Day 1D(1 Opt Add-On $100)
No Limit Hold’Em Re-Entry Day 1E (1 Opt Add-On $100)
No Limit Hold’Em (1 Opt Add-On)
E.O. Stud 8 or better/Omaha 8 or better
WSOP Main Event Mega Satellite
No Limit Hold’Em Deepstack Re-Entry (20,000 Chips)
Day 2 of Event #14
NLHE Bounty ($25 bounty included) 1st 4 levels Re-Entry
H.O.R.S.E. (1 Opt Add-On $100)
Omaha 8 or Better (1 Opt Add-On $100)
5
6/6
Thu
1pm & 6pm
6/7
Fri
1pm & 6pm
6/8
Sat
1pm & 6pm
6/9
Sun
1pm & 6pm
6/10
Mon
1pm & 6pm
6
6/11
Tue
1pm
7
6/11
Tue
4pm
8
6/12
Wed
1pm
9
6/12
Wed
4pm
10
6/13
Thu
1pm & 6pm
6/14
Fri
1pm & 6pm
6/15
Sat
1pm & 6pm
6/16
Sun
1pm & 6pm
6/17
Mon
1pm & 6pm
11
6/18
Tue
1pm
12
6/19
Wed
1pm
13
6/20
Thu
8pm
14
6/20
Thu
1pm & 6pm
6/21
Fri
1pm & 6pm
6/22
Sat
1pm & 6pm
6/23
Sun
2pm
15
6/23
Sun
1pm & 6pm
16
6/24
Mon
1pm
17
6/24
Mon
6pm
18
6/25
Tue
1pm
19
6/25
Tue
6pm
20
6/26
Wed
1pm
21
6/26
Wed
4pm
22
6/27
Thu
1pm
23
6/27
Thu
4pm
$125
$120
$235
$150,000*
Qualify more than
once get $1,000 cash
$10,000
$30,000
$100
$100
$100
$100
$100
$75
$150
$75
$30,000
$150
$200,000*
Qualify more than
once get $1,500 cash
$10,000
$10,000
3 Seats for WSOP Main Event
$150
$150
$150
$150
$150
$75
$175
$1,100
$250,000*
$235
Qualify more than once get $1,500 cash
$235
$50,000*
$235
$10,000
$10,000
$10,000
$20,000
$10,000
$30,000
$20,000
$30,000
$235
$75
$125
$75
$150
$150
$150
$150
$150
*Alternate starts after 500 players register
MEGA SATELLITE $1,100 FOR WSOP MEGA EVENT #13 - THURSDAY, 6/20
2 SEATS GUARANTEED FOR EACH MEGA SATELLITE • 1ST THREE LEVELS (1 OPT ADD-ON) - BUY-IN: $120
MON, 6/17 - 8:30pm • TUE, 6/18 - 7pm • WED, 6/19 - 4pm & 8pm
BicycleCasino
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@BicycleCasino
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The Bicycle Casino reserves the right to cancel this promotion at its sole discretion. All promotions and jackpots: no purchase necessary. See Official Rules at the Welcome Center. I.D may be required to receive any payment. Residents of foreign countries without a U.S. tax
treaty and non-residents of California will be subject to withholding.Tax form W2G will be issued to all players winning $5,000 or more. Monies collected for bonus chips will be applied to admin fee. Please gamble responsibly. 1-800-Gambler. GEGA-000451
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