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Joe Kuether Takes
Harrah’s Rincon
Main Event…
Pardon Our
Gaffe
By Lou
Krieger
When some people goof, they get egg
on their face. When I do
it, it’s an entire omelet.
Last issue I reported on the
winner of Harrah’s Rincon
main event, but somehow
substituted results from
the 2011 event, instead of
this year’s tournament. But
we’ll get it right, even if we
have to do it twice.
Although we were late
in reporting these results,
main event winner, Joe
Kuether, was late to the
dance too, arriving at the
Married to
the Game:
Stanko Wins
Council Bluffs
Circuit Event
“I have a ring on my finger.
I’m married to the game
of poker forever,” were
Scott Stanko’s words after
winning the WSOP circuit
main event and $101,266 at
$1,600 buy-in main event
during the fourth hour of
play on Day One. By end
of the first session, he was
above average in chips, and
well on his way to his biggest live tournament cash.
During the seven-hour
final table battle, Kuether, a
graduate of the University
of Wisconsin, won his
first WSOP Circuit gold
ring, and $111,104 in prize
money.
The main event attracted
332 entries, and was played
over three consecutive days.
About half of the field was
eliminated during Day One.
Day Two whittled the field
from 167 players down to
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Kyle Cartwright Wins Fourth
WSOP-Circuit Gold Ring
Defending St. Louis
Main Event Champion,
Now Just One Win
Behind All-Time Leader
Mark “Pegasus” Smith
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Kyle Cartwright inched
one step closer to making
poker history today with his
victory at the latest World
Series of Poker Circuit
event, played at Harrah’s
St. Louis.
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Cartwright won his
fourth career gold ring title,
a remarkable feat for someone who has been playing
tournament poker for only
about two years. Cartwright
returned triumphantly to
the site of his third gold
ring win, which took place
at Harrah’s St. Louis in the
Main Event. The win was
worth $53,354.
Council Bluffs.
Going into the third and
final day, Stanko held more
than 25 percent of the total
chips in play with nine
At the Bike, Irish
Eyes Are Smilin’
McGuiness
and St.
Patricks
Day. Slainte!
Raise your glasses high,
and drink a toast to that
one. It doesn’t get more
Irish than this, and for
Kevin McGuiness of Ann
Arbor, Michigan, the luck
of the Irish shined down on
him surely, as he captured
first place in the 14-day
marathon that was the
main event at the Bicycle
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entrants, who collectively
made 5,228 rebuys, and
generated a prize pool
of $1,279,357. All told,
465 finishers were paid,
although the biggest
share of $223,000 went to
McGuiness for his victory.
He defeated Behzad
Teranie, who took the runner up’s share of $160,000.
Wajih Warjabedian’s third
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By Haley Hintze
NEW JERSEY ONLINE-POKER BILL
CLEARS COMMITTEE
A reworked online-poker bill is back on the
legislative agenda for New Jersey politicians,
and the latest edition recently cleared New Jersey’s Senate
Budget and Appropriations Committee by a 12-0 vote. The bill
joins numerous measures up for general budget debate, and
will face votes before New Jersey’s full House and Senate
before moving on to a possible signing by Gov. Chris Christie,
who vetoed an earlier measure. The latest bill is sponsored
by state Senators Raymond Lesniak and James Whelan, who
fronted earlier attempts to expand gambling in the state.
THIRTY CONFIRMED FOR WSOP’S BIG ONE FOR
ONEDROP
With over two months’ lead time remaining, WSOP officials
announced that 30 players had committed the $1,111,111 buy-in
for this July’s special “Big One for OneDrop” charity event
at the Rio. The tournament highlights billionaire poker-player
Guy Laliberte’s clean-water philanthropic efforts. With thirty
confirmed entrants, the event will now produce the richestever winner’s prize of at least $12.2 million, topping Jamie
Gold’s 2006 WSOP $12.0 million payday. A first prize exceeding $18 million will be paid if the tournament’s 48-player cap
is reached.
$7.8 MILLION IN EPIC POKER TOUR LIABILITIES
New court documents have revealed that Federated Sports &
Gaming, parent company of the Epic Poker League, amassed
more than $7.8 million in liabilities over 14 months of operations. FS&G filed for bankruptcy protection after a major
investor pulled out, and indefinitely postponed its fourth
event, along with a much-publicized million-dollar freeroll
for member players. The filings also show that FS&G garnered only $37,000 in revenue on its own, not counting funds
siphoned from the Heartland Poker Tour, which it acquired in
2011. Palms Casino parent Pinnacle heads a long list of creditors, and has a $2 million lien against FS&G.
VANDERSMISSEN TAKES IRISH POKER OPEN
An international field, 502 players strong, arrived in Dublin
for the 2012 edition of the Irish Poker Open, with Belgium’s
Kevin Vandersmissen notching a breakout €420,000 (about
US $533,300) win. Vandersmissen topped Germany’s Thomas
Beer in a brief heads-up duel after Britain’s David Dean was
bounced in third. Beer collected about $296,400, and Dean
$208,000. Jordan Lewis was the highest-finishing American,
in sixth for $77,700, with Ireland’s own Andy Black, a 2005
WSOP main event finalist, finishing eighth for $43,100.
SEIVER WINS PREMIERE LEAGUE POKER V
April’s Party Poker Premiere League V drew 16 elite poker
stars to London, England’s Playboy Club, with Scott Seiver
working his way through four qualifying heats and an eightplayer finale, to win $500,000 and top honors. Seiver, and
eventual runner-up Daniel “Jungleman12” Cates, dominated
the finale, with Cates’ deep run worth $300,000. Phil Laak
finished third for $175,000, while Patrik Antonius exited in
fourth, winning $125,000.
ROCK GAMING PURCHASES PIECE OF CAESARS
INTERACTIVE
Caesers Entertainment’s online subsidiary, Caesars Interactive
Entertainment, sold a $61 million slice of its action to Detroitbased Rock Gaming LLC, a brick-and-mortar startup that’s
gained a toehold in several urban Midwestern casinos. The
move continues the pre-market jostling as Nevada prepares
to open its regulated online-gaming market. Rock Gaming’s
most visible face is former NBA star Brad Gilbert, who, with a
small group of investors, has quickly assembled a consortium
of nearly 40 companies, including interests as diverse as
Quicken Loans and the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers franchise.
Rock and Caesars are already collaborating on a new $400
million Horseshoe casino in downtown Cincinnati.
Veteran poker-industry writer/editor Haley Hintze is the author
of an upcoming book on the Absolute Poker and UltimateBet
online cheating scandals, to be released later this year.
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Caro’s Word: “Review”
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et’s continue our
review of tips and
concepts presented
in my first 199 columns. As we walk this
poker path, we’ll reflect
what we’ve learned, expand
some advice, and add new
insights. We began last time
(column 200 in the modern
Poker Player Newspaper
era) with the word
“Modern.”
Now we continue the
review (today’s word) in this
series of self-interviews…
Question 1: You teach
the art of illusion in poker.
What’s that about?
Simple. In poker, a key
mission is to keep opponents
from knowing what your
cards are. So you need to
create illusions to confuse
them. Almost all poker players do this, some ostentatiously, some in subtle ways.
The more skillful you are
at creating poker illusions,
the more money you make.
Question 2: I get it.
If all players showed
their cards face up on
the table, including you,
nobody would be confused.
Illusion wouldn’t be a factor. Everyone would know
what to do and would play
the same way, right?
Not exactly.
Players would know what
each other’s hands were,
but some of them would be
confused about how to play.
And almost all opponents
would occasionally make
mistakes, leading up to the
final showdown, which
would be an irrelevant
betting stage, because the
winner already would be
certain.
You could still win if all
cards were exposed. But
you’re right in saying that
the value of creating illusions would be pretty much
absent from the game.
Question 3: What’s the
most profitable illusion to
create?
There’s no question that
the most profitable poker
illusion is to appear loose.
You also can play loose to a
point, not just appear loose,
but the degree depends on
the structure of the game.
A good guideline for
players without a lot of
experience is to play 10
to 50 percent fewer hands
than your opponents. The
high end of that scale (50
percent) would be very rare.
Usually, you want to be as
selective as possible about
the hands you play without appearing tight. So it’s
whatever tightness you can
get away with and not be
discovered.
Here’s the deal. There’s
nothing in poker theory to
suggest that tighter play
wins money. In fact, there’s
a perfect balance of hands
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itable ones—that dictates
correct strategy. You’ll lose
against skillful opponents if
you play either too loose or
too tight.
So why am I saying you
should play too tight? I’m
not. I’m saying tight, but
not too tight. You should
play all profitable hands.
You need to realize that your
opponents, on average, play
way too loose. They barge
into pots with unprofitable
hands. This is their greatest
weakness. So you want to
take advantage.
And the path to taking
advantage is simply to play
fewer hands than they do.
That way, all the excess
hands they play that you
don’t are unprofitable for
them. Unprofitable means
they lose money. You don’t.
And that lost money goes
somewhere—eventually to
you.
But this trick will only
return huge profit if you create the illusion that you’re
playing looser than you
really are. I’m often perceived as being the loosest
and most reckless player at
the table, when I’m actually
the tightest!
I do this by laughing
and having fun, by playing
some extraordinarily weak
hands that stick in opponents’ minds, and by talking
in convincing ways about
phantom hands I actually
didn’t play. Those phantom hands become real in
opponents minds, because
they’ve seen for themselves
how strangely I’ve played
recently.
The fact that I’ve only
chosen a couple hands for
strategic advertising seems
to elude them. Many times,
other players will talk about
bizarre hands they’ve seen
me play in other games,
acting as free advertising
agents on my behalf.
The main factor that
makes this illusion work is
my friendly and sometimes
silly demeanor. The trick is
to never make opponents
feel they’re being conned.
If necessary, I’ll take
the opposite approach and
say, “I’m not as loose as
everyone says.” It’s hard for
opponents to feel they’re
being conned if you’re telling them you’re not loose.
Yet, it’s the “everyone says”
part that sticks in their mind.
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M AY 7, 2 0 1 2
The Tilt Factor
LOU KRIEGER ON POKER
By Lou Krieger©
The tilt factor is critically important to
poker players, and how you deal with it
can make the difference between being a lifelong winner,
or a loser for life.
Most players have gone on tilt at one time or another
in a poker game. Some tilt frequently, some seldom,
while others claim to have a zero tilt factor—though I’m
not sure that’s really true. What’s more important is a
player’s ability to recognize tilt when it happens, and
then do something about it.
Because of the short term luck factor in poker, it’s
easy for players to become frustrated and go on tilt.
But don’t dismay. If you find yourself going on tilt more
than you’d like to, you can put a stop to it. Tilt mitigation
can be a major shot in the arm in raising your game to
another, higher level, and your results will show all the
better for it.
All it takes is a willingness to be accountable for your
emotions at the poker table, along with the will power
to recognize when you’re staring tilt in the face and take
appropriate action.
The easiest way to avoid tilt is to get up from the
table when you suffer a bad beat and feel your emotions
beginning to go out of kilter. Just get up, take a short
walk around the casino until you feel more in control of
yourself, and then return to the table. That’s all there is
to it, and the return on this short investment of time can
be astonishing.
In fact, you ought to make a point of taking a walk
every hour or so, just to review the game in your mind. A
new perspective, away from the immediacy of the table,
may be all it takes to avoid going on tilt.
If this advice sounds simplistic, it is. But it works. Tilt
is a serious affliction for poker players. For some, tilt
has ended otherwise promising careers. The poker world
is full of otherwise top notch players—even some WSOP
main event champs, who were not able to control their
emotions at the table—and many big-money winners who
have gone completely broke, due to an inability and an
unwillingness to deal with being on tilt. In other words,
the willingness and commitment to get up from the table
when stressed, and to take a short walk every hour
or so, has cost some players millions—everything they
earned and every dollar they had—while a simplistic little
remedy might have prevented it all.
When bad beats bedevil you at the poker table, you
need a short memory. Put the last hand out of your
mind and go on to the next one. If you find yourself still
replaying the previous hand in your mind, it’s a sure sign
that it’s time to get up and go for a walk.
The takeaway from this column is that you have it
completely within your power to control your tilt factor
at the poker table. Beating tilt does not depend on the
turn of a card, on what your opponent does or doesn’t
do, or on anything else outside of yourself. When it
comes to managing tilt, you are the one in charge. If you
are unable to deal with it, the fault is entirely yours.
But if you succeed in managing and mitigating tilt, the
victory is all yours too. Not only can you do your victory
dance if you are able to beat down all those negative
emotions that cause tilting at the poker table, you’ll usually be able to do that dance with a lot more chips than
you would have had if you allowed yourself to succumb
to the self-pity and self-destruction that tilt causes.
So the next time something gets under your skin at
the poker table, think about taking a short walk. Then
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first time in nearly a year, thanks to the opening of a new documentary titled All In: The Poker Movie. Glowing reviews of the
film, directed by Douglas Tirola and produced by 4th Row Films,
have been hitting the intertubes since the film’s limited release
this past March.
All In is a survey course about poker, focusing on its rising popularity over the last two centuries. Tirola chronicles poker’s highwatermark, and its glorious boom, fueled by Chris Moneymaker’s
stunning victory at the 2003 World Series of Poker’s Main Event.
Unfortunately, the film also covers the eventual downfall of the
online poker industry, when the Department of Justice shut down
major online sites on April 15, 2011, which has been dubbed “Black
Friday” in the poker community.
Poker, as the film argues, is as synonymous with America as
baseball and apple pie. Even though the average person’s poker
experiences are rooted in low-stakes kitchen games, Hollywood
glamorizes the game’s outlaw nature. Since the inception of silent
movies, poker has been a game played by renegades cavorting
with scoundrels, outlaws, and derelicts. That’s a powerful stigma
to overcome, and it’s been a perpetual black cloud hanging over
poker, and often used by political opponents of online poker to
push forward their “family values” agenda.
For me, watching the film was like taking a walk down memory
lane by reliving the halcyon days of the poker boom. Hardcore
fans will have similar nostalgic feelings, but at the same time,
poker junkies might not enjoy the film because it is not specific
enough. If I had one gripe, it’s that the film barely scratched the
surface of many intriguing side notes, like cheating scandals and
the monumental role of television, in poker’s rising popularity.
The story about how Chris Moneymaker became a household
name is woven through the film in a series of candid interviews.
A slew of familiar pros were also interviewed, including Phil
Hellmuth, Annie Duke, Howard Lederer, Daniel Negreanu, and Greg
Raymer.
Rounders co-writer, Brian Koppleman, gave some insight into
the illegal card rooms in New York City, including the Mayfair
Club, where many of poker’s biggest stars cut their teeth in
poker, backgammon, and chess.
In addition, the film included non-poker star power, featuring
interviews with actor and Oscar winner, Matt Damon, and musician, Kenny Rogers.
Production of All In began in 2009, and Black Friday occurred
during the last stages of filming, so the director and producers wanted to include as much pertinent information on Black
Friday as possible. A few of the interviewees pointed fingers at
land-based casinos as corporations that would benefit the most
financially. However, the film never delved any deeper into those
allegations. Then again, this is a general film about poker, not
one specifically about Black Friday. Someday, I hope an ambitious
filmmaker uncovers the real reasons why online poker prohibition
came to fruition.
I would have preferred the film to have included interviews
with politicians and lobbyists that were both anti-online gaming
and pro-poker. The UIGEA was tacked onto the Port Security Act
without any public debate, so I felt it was important to include
commentary from the initial principals involved—Congressmen Jim
Leach and Robert Goodlatte, and Senators Jon Kyl and Bill Frist.
All In: The Poker Movie gives its viewers a glimpse of the
eclectic, yet misunderstood world of poker. It’s not quite as
glamorous as depicted, but more importantly, it’s not as menacing as the government thinks. Hopefully this documentary will
help shatter any preconceived notions about the poker world and
clear up misconceptions about the moral ambiguities of a thriving
international industry.
Paul ‘Dr. Pauly’ McGuire is the author of the upcoming
book ‘Lost Vegas’. You can read his poker blog, Tao of
Poker, over at www.taopoker.com.
M AY 7, 2 0 1 2
7
Council Bluffs WSOP Circuit Event
players remaining. In spite
of losing his massive chip
lead, he went on to beat
WSOP circuit champion,
Charles “Woody” Moore,
heads-up.
“I made a couple pretty
big mistakes,” Stanko
said, after the tournament. “You can never play
perfect. What’s beautiful
about winning is I can
learn from that stuff.”
Stanko is 33 years old,
and just recently dedicated
himself to playing poker
full-time. Prior to his
new profession, he lived
in Wyoming and worked
as a cowboy for the family business. After riding
horseback for eight to
ten hours a day became
stale, he earned a law
degree at the University of
Michigan, and practiced
law in Chicago. When that
got boring he became a
stock trader.
After basically every
venture became monotonous and unfulfilling for
one reason or another,
Stanko turned to the one
constant in his life—poker.
Stanko delivered
the final blow, holding
As-9d versus the Kh-8s
of Moore. The 8h on the
flop gave Moore the lead,
but only temporarily. The
Ac on the turn put Stanko
well ahead, and Moore
would never catch up.
Charles “Woody” Moore
finished as the runner-up
and earned $62,584. With
more than $400,000 in
career earnings, Moore
marked his 15th career
cash. He has now recorded
first, second, and third
place finishes at the
WSOP.
HORSESHOE CASINO COUNCIL BLUFFS
EVENT 10
4/5/12
WSOP CIRCUIT EVENT
POT LIMIT OMAHA
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
MAIN EVENT
$56,357
EVENT 11
BUY-IN $1,600
PLAYERS 290
PRIZE
POOL
$421,950
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Scott Stanko . . . . . $101,266
Charles Moore . . . . $62,584
Casey Cavanaugh . . $45,410
Stephen Ma . . . . . . . $33,503
Mark Bonsack . . . . . $25,127
James Smith . . . . . . $19,148
Sean Moore . . . . . . . $14,819
Pejman Niyati . . . . . $11,646
Jeremy Jagoda . . . . . $9,291
EVENT 12
4/9/12
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $350
PLAYERS 116
PRIZE
POOL
$33,756
1.
2.
3.
4.
BUY-IN $350
PLAYERS 58
PRIZE
POOL
4/7/12
Jeffrey Fielder . . . . . $10,128
Kelly Vandemeen . . . $6,259
Richard Fitzgerald . . $4,456
Doug Carli . . . . . . . . . $3,237
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUY-IN $350
PLAYERS 255
PRIZE
POOL
4/5/12
$142,590
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Darrell Prevail . . . . $39,925
Joel Merwick . . . . . $24,677
Ryan Tepen . . . . . . . $17,812
Jamie Kerstetter . . . $13,088
James Russell . . . . . . $9,785
Paul Sokoloff . . . . . . . $7,439
EVENT 8
$74,205
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
1. Aaron Ruppert . . . . $13,983
4/2/12
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $350
PLAYERS 128
PRIZE
POOL
4/4/12
$51,798
Brian Boyanovsky . $18,178
Leo Whitt . . . . . . . . . $11,233
Cameron Shonka . . . $8,116
Drew Dumanski . . . . $5,973
Shawn Meyer . . . . . . $4,475
Walter Gardner . . . . $3,410
EVENT 6
$37,258
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM TURBO
BUY-IN $350
PLAYERS 178
PRIZE
POOL
4/3/12
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $1,060
PLAYERS 147
PRIZE
POOL
Scott Sharpe . . . . . . . $8,643
Oklahoma Sarah Hale $6,221
Jeff Eades . . . . . . . . . $4,560
Joel Merwick . . . . . . $3,401
Bruce Hoyt . . . . . . . . $2,581
EVENT 7
1. Brent Carter . . . . . . $21,135
2. Tim Burt. . . . . . . . . . $13,075
3. David Nicholson . . . . $8,566
EVENT 9
(Cont’d from page 1)
1.
2.
3.
4.
Duane Gerleman . . $10,428
Terry Stork . . . . . . . . $6,446
Steven Rock . . . . . . . $4,653
Michael Lynch . . . . . $3,419
GRAND OPENING - MAY 4TH
Harrah’s Rincon WSOP Circuit
nine. The final table was
played on Day Three.
Longtime poker pro,
Freddy Deeb, with nearly
$3.7 million in WSOPrelated earnings in his
career, finished in fourth
place, settling for $37,167
in prize money.
Ryan Gentry, a 34-yearold professional poker
player from San Diego,
CA, finished third, marking his eighth cash on the
WSOP circuit, in addition
to five cashes at the WSOP
in Las Vegas. Gentry won
$50,108.
Chris Cronin collected
$68,686 in prize money
for his second place effort,
and enjoyed a slight chip
advantage over Kuether
when heads-up play began.
But the Wisconsin native
ground down his final
opponent and won the last
hand of the tournament
in fitting fashion, holding pocket aces to collect
$111,104 for the victory.
Here is the final list of
all winners this year from
Harrah’s Rincon:
players in $345 NLHE
EVENT #4: Dan Natarelli (Simi
Valley, CA) defeated 487 players
in $345 NLHE
EVENT #5: Delbert Ramos
(Montebello, CA) defeated 159
players in TURBO
EVENT #6: Jonas Mackoff
(Vancouver, BC) defeated 197
EVENT #7: Josh Evans (Dallas,
TX) defeated 164 players in $345
6-HANDED
EVENT #8: Corey Cutrell
(Seattle, WA) defeated 139 players in $345 NLHE
EVENT #9: John C. Harris
(Dallas, TX) defeated 220 players
in $345 NLHE
EVENT #10: Brandon Cantu
(Las Vegas, NV) defeated 87
players in $1,080 NLHE
HARRAHS RINCON CASINO & RESORT
WSOP CIRCUIT EVENT
EVENT 11
3/24/12
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
MAIN EVENT
BUY-IN $1,600
PLAYERS 332
PRIZE
POOL
$483,960
EVENT #1: Randy Paguio (San
Diego, CA) defeated 331 players
in $345 NLHE
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
EVENT #2: Dean Buchanan
(Kirkland, WA) defeated 155
EVENT #12: James Manning
defeated 138 players in $345
NLHE
EVENT #3: Patrick Schulze
(Glendora, CA) defeated 100
Jonas Mackoff won “Best AllAround Player” title.
8
Joe Kuether . . . . . . $111,104
Christopher Cronin $68,686
Ryan Gentry . . . . . . $50,108
Freddy Deeb . . . . . . $37,167
David Funkhauser . $28,998
Leroy Spires . . . . . . $21,414
Christopher Bratene $16,617
Stephen Plache . . . . $13,081
Ryan Buckholtz . . . $10,444
M AY 7, 2 0 1 2
Cantor Gaming Is Proud To
Announce The Opening Of Las Vegas’
New Luxury Poker Room. Designed As
Newest
Part Of The New Race & Sports Book At The Palms, The Cantor Poker
Room Offers All Games At All Limits, Private Poker Tournaments & Events
And Exciting Feature Table Play. Check Out The New Room, May 4th.
Don’t miss out on Sam’s
Town’s $5,000 Guaranteed
Freeroll. Play 45 hours of
live poker from May 1-31
to qualify. You will earn
double hours from 4-6 p.m.
and if you do, you’ll qualify
for the freeroll in only 22 ½
hours. Players will start with
2,500 in tournament chips
and earn an additional 500
chips for every hour played
after the first 45 qualifying hours. The maximum
number of chips that can be
earned is 5,000.
Sam’s Town offers 23
tournaments per week:
A daily 10 a.m. event with
a $23 buy-in starts out as
limit hold’em for the first
hour, then changes to nolimit for the remainder of
the tournament. At 1:30
p.m. daily a $30 buy-in
with one $10 rebuy nolimit event is offered. At 7
p.m. on Monday, Tuesday,
and Thursday it’s no-limit
hold’em with a $30 buyin and one $10 rebuy. On
Friday and Saturday the
game is the same, but the
buy-in is $45 with one
$20 rebuy. The event on
Wednesday is no-limit
Omaha/8 at 7 p.m. with a
$45 buy-in and one $20
rebuy. Sunday is reserved
for no-limit crazy pineapple
at 7 p.m. with a $45 buy-in
and one $20 rebuy.
The second and fourth
Saturday of each month
is reserved for a $100 noante deep stack event at 7
p.m. Players will start with
10,000 tournament chips and
receive an additional 3,000
for a $10 bonus buy. If you
sign up before 6:30 p.m.,
you’ll receive an additional
500 in chips.
Attention 7-Card Stud
Players: The best $1-$5
stud game in Las Vegas
starts at 7:30 a.m. daily and
usually has a waiting list, so
get there early.
Progressive high hand
jackpots: Four-of-a-kind in
stud starts at $25, straight
flush starts at $50 and a
royal flush starts at $200.
The same holds true for
hold’em, with the exception
of the royal which starts at
$100. An Omaha high hand
of the day jackpot—a king
high straight flush is the
qualifying hand—is offered
starting at $75 with another
$75 is added the following
day if not hit. Complete
rules on all tournaments and
jackpots are available in the
poker room. Players earn
$1.25 per hour during live
play. Check out their ad in
this issue of Poker Player
Newspaper for more information on poker at Sam’s
Town.
Poker Player Newspaper
is pleased to announce
scheduled seminars as part
of the satellite program
for the Poker Player of
the Year tournament at
the Golden Nugget during
DEBBIE DOES POKER
By Debbie burkhead
the Grand
Series.
Former
World
Champion Tom McEvoy
and 2008 Online Player of
the Year David “the Maven”
Chicotsky will be this year’s
presenters.
These seminars will be
held July 2 and 3 prior to
the Poker Player of the Year
event on July 4. Program
registration begins at 8 a.m.,
July 2, with the first seminar scheduled for 9 a.m.-12
p.m., followed by lunch. The
second seminar begins at 1
p.m.. The $390 fee includes
the seminar, lunch, and entry
into the 5 p.m. super satellite for the Poker Player of
the Year event. Players that
do not win a seat may sign
up for another set of seminars and satellites on July 3.
To register for the seminar,
contact Stan Sludikoff at
[email protected] or
John Colville at poker@
goldennugget.com.
Debbie Burkhead is a
long time poker player,
writer, National Sales
Director for Poker Player
Newspaper and President
of Poker Player Cruises.
You may contact Debbie at
[email protected].
Harrah’s
St. Louis
Cont’d from page 1)
Cartwright, a 24-year-old
professional poker player
from Bartlett, TN, burst upon
the scene during last year’s
WSOP Circuit at Tunica,
winning two events at the
very first stop he played.
Two months later, he won
the Main Event Harrah’s
St. Louis. As of April 2011,
Cartwright won three of the
four WSOP circuit events in
which he cashed.
This win marked his seventh time to finish in the
money and fourth final table
appearance in 2012.
With his victory,
Cartwright joined Alexandru
Masek and Men “the Master”
Nguyen with four career
gold ring victories. Mark
“Pegasus” Smith currently
leads all other players with
M AY 7, 2 0 1 2
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$50 7P
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$25 10A
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$25+ 7P
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$45 2P
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$30 10A
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$30 12P
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$35+ 12P&
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$55+ 11A&
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$45 10A&
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$40 10A
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$80 7P
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$55 12P&
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$60 10A&
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$45 10A
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$50+ 1P
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$25 6P
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$55 10A&
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$40 10A&
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$80 11A&
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$60 11A
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$50 9A&
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$75 12P&
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$30 11A
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$30 6P
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$70 10A&
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$18+ 6P
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$105 10A
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$65 6P
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$40+ 12P&
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$18 10A
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$60+ 11A&
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$45 7P&
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$40+ 12P
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$55+ 7P
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$45+ 11A&
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$40+ 10A
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$40+ 7P
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$40 11A
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NH
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NH
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$10+ 10A&
6P
NH
NH
NH
N H Deepstack
p
NH
NH
$17 11A
$55 6P
$45 10A&
$30 6P&
NH
N H Deepstack
p
NH
NH
NH
$45 2P&
NH
NHB
$25 10A&
Mixed Game $20+ 6P
NH
$40 12P
NH
$30 5P&
NH
$65+ 6P
NH
$30+ 7P
Lad L H
$25
N H $75+RE 1P&
NH
$40+ 11A
NH
$50+ 6P
N H B $100+ 7P
NH
$45 7P
NHB
$40 7P&
NHB
$20+ 10A
NH
$25+ 10A
NHB
$35+ 10A&
NH
$50+ 10A
NH
$35 11A
NHB
$25 10A
7P
NH
$25 10A
NH
$30 11A&
NH
$36 6P
NH
$30 10A
NH
$25 10A
|
GAMES BUY-IN|TIME
NH
$30 12P
NHB
$65 7P
NH
$125 1P&
NH
$25 10A&
NH
$65 11A
NH
$50 2P&
NH
$70 9A&
NH
$25+ 7P
NH
$45 2P
$30 10A&
$30 12P
$25+ 10A
$35+ 12P&
$55+ 11A&
$45 10A&
$40 10A
$40 6P
$55 12P&
$60 10A&
$45 10A
$50+ 1P
$25 6P
$55 10A&
$40 10A&
$80 11A&
$60 7P&
$50 9A&
$75 12P&
$30 11A
$30 6P
$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
$25+
$50 11A&
$35 10A&
$145 12P&
$125 12P
$40 7P
7P
7P
$10+ 10A&
$25+ 12P
$17 11A
$55
$45 10A&
$60 6P&
FRIDAY
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHZ
NH
NH
N HZ
NH
NHB
NH
HORSE
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$30 10A
$30 12P
$15+
$35+ 12P&
$55+ 11A&
$45 10A&
$40 10A
$40 6P
$55 12P&
$60 10A&
$45 10A
1P
$25 6P
$55 10A&
$40
$80 11A&
$150 11A&
$50 9A&
$75 12P&
$30 11A
$30 6P
$70 10A&
$18+ 6P
$105 10A
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NH
NH
$40+ 12P&
$60 2P
$18 10A
$60+ 11A&
$45 11P&
$40+ 12P
$40+ 6P
$65+RE 10A&
$45+ 11A&
$40+ 10A
$40+ 7P
$40 11A
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
N H Sh
$50 11A&
$35 10A&
$145 12P&
$125 12P
$120 11A
$22+
$75
$10+ 10A&
$20 12P
NH
$17 10A
NH
NH
$45 10A&
$60 6P&
$45 2P
8P
$25 10A&
$30+ 6P
$40 12P
$30 4P&
$65+ 1P
$50+ 7P
NH
NH
NHB
Turbo
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$30+ 1P&
NH
$40+ 11A
NH
$50+ 6P
N H B $100+ 7P
NH
$45+ 7P
NH
$40 12P
NHB
$20+ 10A
NH
$25+ 10A
NH
$30+ 10A&
NH
$40 10A
NH
$35 11A&
N H Survivor
$35 12P
NH
$20 7P
NHB
$30 10A&
NH
$30 11A&
NH
$36 6P
NH
$15+ 10A
NH
$25 10A
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHB
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NH
| SATURDAY |
GAMES BUY-IN|TIME
NH
$30 12P
NHB
$65 7P
NH
$125 1P&
NH
$25 10A
NH
$65 11A
NH
$50 2P&
NH
$70 9A&
NH
$25+ 7P
NH
$45 2P
$55 1P
$50 2P
$25 10A&
$20+ 6P
$40 12P
$40 4P&
$120+ 1P
$30+ 7P
1P
$10+ 10A&
$40+ 11A
$40+ 4P
$40+ 7P
$90 6P
$40 11A&
$20+ 10A
$25+ 10A
$30+ 11A
$40 10A
$35 11A
$25 10A
$50 2P
$25 11A
$30 11A&
$54 6P
$15+ 10A
$25 10A
GAMES BUY-IN|TIME
NH
$30 12P
NHB
$65 7P
NH
$125 1P&
NH
$25 10A
NH
$65 11A
NH
$50 2P&
NH
$70 9A&
NH
$25+ 7P
NH
$45 2P
5P
NH
$30 10A&
NH
$30 12P
12P
NH
$35+ 12P&
NH
$55+ 11A&
NH
$45 10A&
NH
$40 10A
NH
$40 6P
NH
$55 12P&
NH
$60 10A&
NH
$45 10A
N H Z $50+ 1P
NH
$25+ 6P
NH
$55 10A&
$80 11A&
$60 11A&
$50 9A&
$75 12P&
$30 11A
$30 6P
$70 10A&
$18+ 6P
$105 10A
6P
NH
$40+ 12P&
NH
$60
NH
$18 10A
NH
$60+ 11A&
NH
$45 7P&
NH
$40+ 12P
NH
$40+ 7P
N H B $65+RE 10A&
NH
$45+ 11A&
NH
$40+ 10A
NH
$40+ 7P
NH
$50+ 11A
10A
NH
$50 11A&
NHB
$65 10A&
NH
$330 12P&
NH
$125 12P
NHB
$75 11A
7P
12P
NH
$10+ 10A&
N H Sh
$20 6P&
11A
NH
$17 10A
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$45 10A&
$60 6P&
NH
$115 1P&
NH
$50+ 3P
NHB
$25 10A&
Turbo $20+ 6P
NH
$40 12P
NH
$40 4P&
NH
$120+ 1P
NH
$30+ 7P
LH
$25+ 1P&
NH
Varies 2A&
N H Deepstack
p
$75+ 11A
NH
$50+ 4P
NH
$20+ 4P
NH
$70 1P&
NH
$40 5P
NH
$20+ 12P
NH
$25+ 10A
NH
$55 11A&
NH
$75 11A
NH
$35 11A
NH
$25 10A
NH
$40 2P
NH
$40 1P&
NH
$30 11A&
NH
$54 6P
NH
$15+ 10A
NH
$25 10A
SUNDAY
GAMES BUY-IN
NH
$30
NH
$50
NH
$125
NH
$25
NH
$65
NH
$50
NH
$70
NH
$25+
NH
F
NH
F
NH
$30
NH
$30
NH
F
NH
$35+
NH
$55+
NH
$45
NH
$40
NH
$40
NH
$55
NH
$60
NH
$45
NH
$50+
NH
$25+
NH
$55
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$80
$60
$50
$75
$30
$30
$70
$18+
$105
$65
$40+
NH
$18
NH
$60+
NH
$45
NH
$40+
NH
$40+
N H B $65+RE
NH
$45+
NH
$40+
NH
$40+
NH
$50+
NH
$25+
NH
$50
NH
$35
NH
$145
NH
$125
NHB
$75
NH
$22+
NH
$30+
NH
$10+
N H Lad
$30
NH
$45+
NH
$17
NH
NH
$45
$40
NH
$35
NHB
$130
NHB
$130
Varies Varies
NH
$40
NH
$40
NH
$65+
NH
$50+
NH
$50
N H $50+RE
NH
$40+
NH
$50+
NH
$100
NH
$10+
N H $50-$3Kguar
g
NH
$7+
NH
$25+
NH
$45+
N H $100+
NH
$35
NH
$35
NH
$25
NH
$45
NH
$30
NH
$54
NH
$20+
NH
$25
DA I LY TO U R N A M E N T L I ST I N G S CO N T I N U E O N PAG E 1 3
10
M AY 7, 2 0 1 2
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In the last event of this
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You can view this schedule
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TA L K I N G S T I C K R E S O R T. C O M
M AY 7, 2 0 1 2
11
How to Get (and Not Give)
Information at the Table
BY Shari Geller
How many times have you thought that
this game would be a lot easier if you knew
what your opponent had? But without flashing his cards or
wearing reflective lenses, it’s not likely to happen. If you
pay close attention, you can pick up information about the
strength of your opponent’s hand, however, and learn how
the flop affected him, as well as how committed he is to
his hand.
It’s been said many times before—Texas hold’em is a
game of incomplete information, and picking up information from your opponents while giving away as little about
your own hand as possible is crucial. Your goal should be
to be deduce your opponent’s hand—or a range of hands
he could be playing—while keeping him guessing about
yours.
Three keys to accomplishing this include considering
their playing style, their position, and their chip stack. It
doesn’t take long to determine what kind of player you’re
facing. You can quickly figure out if it’s a tight player who
is likely only to play premium starting hands, or a loose
player who will take a chance on any two cards.
Look at their chip stack, and notice what’s happened to
them during the last few hands they’ve played. Do they
seem to be on a roll, sitting pretty on a big stack of chips?
Or has a recent hand set them on tilt? If you’re in a tournament and approaching the bubble, is your opponent at
risk of busting? Or is it near the rebuy cutoff time, when
they may be more likely to put their chips at risk with a
questionable hand?
Every wagering round offers an opportunity to gain
more information about your opponent, so don’t waste
those opportunities. In order to put your opponent to the
test, be aggressive with your betting. If you just check or
flat call their action, what have you learned about their
hand? By leading out or raising, you are forcing them to
make a decision that gives you more information than you
previously had.
While you are trying to gather information about your
opponent, they are doing the same with you. The less
information they have about you, the worse their decisions are likely to be. To give no information, or to offer
up convincing but misleading information, requires paying
attention to your own tells, betting patterns, and routines.
Vary your betting, hand selection, and other aspects of
your play so you reveal little information about your hand.
If you don’t play the same two cards the same way every
time, it is harder for your opponent to get a read on you.
Be unpredictable. Don’t raise the same amount every time,
don’t always make a continuation bet or raise the button.
Play Q-8o now and then. Shake things up.
You can also keep your opponents off-balance if you
do the same thing every time—pause the same number
of seconds, hold your hands in the same position, say the
same thing—no matter what you have. So be consistent in
how you toss in your chips, announce your bet, and how
quickly or slowly you act.
Since the key in every hand is to gather more information than you reveal, there is one more factor to consider
when playing: your position. The later you can act on each
wagering round, the more information you will have before
you have to decide what to do. So play only the strongest
hands in early position. But the closer you are to the button, the more flexibly you can play, because you will possess more information before it is your turn to act.
It may not be as effective as playing with marked cards,
but if you follow this advice it can be almost as useful.
Shari Geller is an attorney, journalist, reporter, blogger,
poker player, and observer of the poker scene. You can
write her at [email protected], and read her blog at
www.burnthistoo.blogspot.com.
12
M AY 7, 2 0 1 2
DA I LY TO U R N A M E N T L I ST I N G S (CO N T I N U E D F R O M PAG E 1 0 )
MONDAY
TIME
Angie’s
g
Poker Club, Chico
Artichoke Joe’s
Bayy 101
Black Oak Casino, Tuolumne
Black Sheepp Inn, Cameron Park
Cache Creek
California Grand Casino-Pacheco
Cameo Club, Stockton
Casino 580, Livermore
Casino Club-Reddingg
Casino Marysville
y
Casino Real Cardroom
Casino Royale
y
Central Coast Casino, Grover Beach
Central Coast Casino, Paso Robles
Chukchansi Gold Casino
CALIFORNIANORTH
Chum
massh (7)
Club One Casino, Fresno
Colusa Casino
Comstock Card Room, Tracyy
Cordova Casino
Del Rio Casino, Isleton
Eagle
g Mountain Cas.-Porterville
Elk Valleyy Cas.-Crescent Cityy
Feather Falls Cas., Oroville
The 500 Club, Clovis
Folsom Lake Bowl
Garden Cityy
Garlic Club-Gilroyy
Gold Countryy Cas.-Oroville
Golden West-Bakersfield
Jackson Rancheria
Limelight
g Casino-Sacramento
Livermore Casino
Luckyy Chances
Luckyy Derbyy Casino
Merced Poker Room
Mike’s Card Casino. Oakdale
Napa
p Valleyy Casino
Oaks Card Club-Emeryville
y
Oceana Casino
Paiute Palace
Pastime Cardroom, Benicia
Pete’s 881 Club
Phoenix Casino
11A
11A
9A
11A
|
TUESDAY
GAMES BUY-IN| TIME
NH
LH
LH
NH
$20 11A
$28+ 11A
$120 9A
$25 11A
12P
6P
7P
11A
NH
NH
NH
10A
11A
NH
NH
10A
NH
10A
NH
7P&
NH
10A
2P
6P
6P
6P
10A&
7P
6P
7P
$40+
$40+ 7P
$17 11A
7P
$20 10A
$35+RE 11A&
10A
$5
$35 10A
7P
$75 7P&
$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
$80 7P
NH
GAMES BUY-IN|TIME
GAMES BUY-IN|TIME
|
GAMES BUY-IN|TIME
NHB
LH
LH
NH
$32 11A
$25 6P
$120 9A
$25 11A
NH
L&O H/L
LH
NH
$20 11A
$50+ 11A
$60+ 9A
$25 11A
NH
LH
LH
NH
$20 11A
$48
$80+ 9A
$25 11A
H
$25+ 12P
O H/L
$55 6P
H
$10
6P
$40+ 7P
$17 11A
$30
$20 10A
$35+RE 11A&
F
10A
7P
$35 10A
$70 7P
$35+ 7P&
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$40+
$40+ 7P
$17 11A
7P
$20 10A
$35+RE 11A
10A
$25
$40 7P
$35 10A
$35 7P
$55 7P&
6P
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH Double Stack
NH
NH
NH
NH
$50 10A
$15
$35 2P
$30 6P
$45+ 6P
$66
6P
$120 10A&
$35+ 7P
$30 12P
$65 6P
$40 7P
NH
NH
NH
NHF
NH
NH
NH
LH
NH
NHB
NH
NH
$50 10A
6P
$25 6P
F+ 6P
$45+ 6P
NH
NH
NH
NH
$45
$120+ 10A&
$35+ 7P
$5 12P
$65 6P
$40 7P
6P
$35+ 11A
$65+ 9A
$15 6P
$7 11A&
0+ 10A
NH
LH
NH
$57 11A&
$120 9A
$25 11A
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHB
NH
$50 10A
$30+ 6P
$25 2P
$30
$45+ 6P
NH
LH
NH
10P
$30+ 4P
12P
$50 10A
$15 6P
$25
NH
$50+ 12P
NH
$80+ 10A&
NH
$35+ 6P
NH
$40+ 12P
Varies Varies 10A&
NH
$40 11A
N H $40+RE
NH
$35+ 11A
NH
$120+
NH
$70 9A
NH
$7 11A&
NH
0+ 10A
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$35+ 11A
$120+ 9A
$15 9A
$7 11A&
0+ 10A
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$35+ 11A
$275 9A
$15 9A
$7 11A&
0+ 10A
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
6P
9A
6P
NHB
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
65+ 6P
F+ 9A&
$17+ 6P
F
NH
O H/L
NH
$100+
F+ 9A
$23+ 6P
7P
NH
NH
NH
6P
1P
NH
NH
$140 6P
F+ 9A
$17+ 6P
7P
$80+
$40+ 1P
NH
$40+ 1P
NH
$40+ 1P
| SATURDAY |
GAMES BUY-IN|TIME
$40+ 7P
$17
$30
$20 10A
$35+RE 11A
$5
10A
$40 7P
$35 10A
$70
$85
$15+ 6P
NH
NH
O/8
NH
NH
NH
11A
9A
9A
11A&
10A
NH
FRIDAY
F+ 9A&
$12+ 6P
F
$40+ 5P
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH Double Stack
NH
N O H/L
NH
NH
$40+ 7P
3P
1P
$20 10A
$50 11A
10A
$5
$40 7P&
$35 10A
$150 10A&
$35 6P
$40 12P
$35 2P
$50 11A
SUNDAY
GAMES BUY-IN|TIME
GAMES BUY-IN
$20 11A&
6P
$200 9A
$25 11A
2P
NH
NH
LH
NH
NH
$32
$49+
$80
$25
$55
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
10A
10A
$40+ 7P
$37 3P
F 1P
$20 10A
$50 11A&
$10
NH
LH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$55
$30+
$40+
$37
$30
$20
$50
NH
NH
$50 5P
$20+ 10A
NH
NH
$40
$70
NH
NH
NH
NH
$50
$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
$60
$225+
$30
$7
0+
$40
$225
F+
$23+
O/8
Po O
$45+
40+
NH
LH
NH
$14+ 12P&
$30+ 2P Wk2
$40+ 12P
$50 10A
$15
12P
6P
NH
Varies
2P
12P
NH Double Stack $150 10A&
NH
$35 6P
NH
$40 12P
NH
$65 2P
NH
$120
O
NH
NH
NH
LH
NH
$35+ 11A
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$15 9A
$7 11A&
0+ 10A
9A&
11A
F+ 9A
$23+ 5P
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$35+ 7P
9A
$60 10A
$7 11A&
0+ 10A
$40 9A&
$140 1P
F+ 9A
$22+ 6P
NH
12P
$25 7P
NH
NH
$55+ 6P
$60 1P
M AY 7, 2 0 1 2
13
Council Bluffs
HORSESHOE CASINO COUNCIL BLUFFS
WSOP CIRCUIT EVENT
EVENT 5
4/2/12
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM 6-HANDED
BUY-IN $350
PLAYERS 197
PRIZE
POOL
EVENT 2
Jonathan Hanner . . $15,765
Michael Nellis . . . . . . $9,739
Kyle Golden . . . . . . . $6,882
Lorraine Jones . . . . . $4,890
EVENT 4
4/1/12
H.O.R.S.E
BUY-IN $350
PLAYERS 119
PRIZE
POOL
$34,629
1. Dave Kerrigan . . . . $10,390
2. Michael Sanders . . . . $6,421
3. Alan Engel . . . . . . . . . $4,572
EVENT 3
Jason Mayfield . . . . . $9,488
Dale Beaudoin . . . . . . $6,905
Ryan Hartmann . . . . $5,107
Longlith Boutchantharaj $3,836
Michael Holm . . . . . . $2,926
3/30/12
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM RE-ENTRY
$57,327
1.
2.
3.
4.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUY-IN $350
PLAYERS 585
PRIZE
POOL
$170,235
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
EVENT 1
BUY-IN $350
PLAYERS 355
PRIZE
POOL
$103,305
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
$61,401
1. Patrick Kellogg . . . . $15,348
3/29/12
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
4/1/12
BUY-IN $350
PLAYERS 211
PRIZE
POOL
Stephen Kats . . . . . . $35,745
Brett Humphus . . . . $22,112
Timothy Nimitz . . . $16,169
Brandon Fish . . . . . $11,998
Mark Fink . . . . . . . . . $9,028
Phil Stelzer . . . . . . . . $6,886
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Brent Glantz . . . . . . $23,764
Michael Nellis . . . . . $14,689
Douglas Hutcheson . $10,716
Brendan Waite . . . . . $7,948
James Pursley . . . . . . $5,988
X
X
X
X
Poker Player
Every other issue’s crossword puzzle honors a poker celebrity
and will be about that person’s life. Today’s puzzle honors not
a person but an online gaming provider—Face Up Gaming.
Word
Crossword by Myles Mellor.
25. Business degree
ACROSS
1. What you are dealt
27. See 16 across
5. Better a hand
29. Little Rock state .
9. ____s: cards that
improve a hand
30. Annoyance
DOWN
1. Last position to bet in a
particular hand
32. Playing by the book, an
___ player
10. Hand that is questionable as to whether it
should be played or not
11. He has won 10 WSOP
bracelets, Johnny ___
33. Type of tournament
where five types of
poker are played in
rotation
14. Happening!
34. Mid-west city, for short
15. ___ and flow
35. Yale student
16. New internet poker site
(goes with 27 across)
36. New Year’s ___
17. You and I
21. Bragging at the table for
example
23. All one’s chips, as in
bet the ____
24. Agricultural, abbr.
1
2
3
4
5
3. Grooved on
6. Philly locale
38. Poker pro ___ Forrest
7. Another word for an
eight
39. Drink that can be served
hot or cold
8. Many, many years
40. Claps hands together, as
a dealer leaving a table,
showing security he has
not chips
6
10
7
11
13
8
12
21
19
22
20
26
22. Oval object
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
35
38
34
36
39
37
40
The correct solution to the puzzle will be found
only at: www.pokerplayernewspaper.com.
It will be posted on the cover date.
Question 4: Many poker
players get frustrated
because weak players win
so often. How do you use
illusion to stop them from
winning?
You don’t. You can’t use
the concept of illusion to
prevent inferior players from
winning. You can decrease
their likelihood of winning
by playing even better, just
14
M AY 7, 2 0 1 2
20. Another name for 6-6
as your starting hand in
hold’em
21. Poker pro, Hasan _____
23
24
25
13. Tournament where a
certain amount of prize
money is promised
no matter how many
people play
19. Ace, in a low hand
14
18
12. Additionally
18. Post poker relaxation
area for some
16
17
4. Player who does not tip
the dealer
5. Poker pro, ____ Haxton
9
15
2. Tournament where you
start with a certain
number of chips and if
you lose them you are
out (2 words)
as you can decrease all
opponents’ likelihood of
winning—strong foes and
pitiful foes alike. But weak
players will still win.
If there weren’t weak
players winning almost
every night, at almost every
table, poker would vanish from the universe. It
is specifically the fact that
weak poker players can win
26. Like a rainbow
28. Queen of spades, black
____
31. High cards
32. Make a poker play
when it’s your turn
33. Get a card that makes a
hand
37. Deja __
tonight that encourages them
to keep playing and supply
you with profit.
You want opponents to
play bad, and you should
never complain when they
do. That’s obvious. But
there’s more! You want
them to succeed by playing
poorly!
Huh? No, I didn’t misstate that. You want them to
win. If that never happens,
there’s no reward for them,
DAILY TOURNAMENTS (CONT’D FROM PAGE 13)
Time. Some events &. ........ Additional
Limit Hold’em
start after the hour
gametimes. Call. N ..........No Limit
A, P ....... AM, PM
..... Hold’em L ................ Limit
Wk .............Week
.No Limit Hold’em
..........Stud
MONDAY
CALIFORNIANORTH
SOUTHWEST
AZ
CO
KS
NM
PACIFIC NORTHWEST
OK
OR
WA
|
TUESDAY
GAMES BUY-IN| TIME
TIME
Pit River Casino
Poker Flats,, Merced
Red Hawk Casino-Placerville
River Rock Casino-Geyserville
y
Sho Ka Wah,, Hopland
p
Tachi Palace Casino
The 101 Casino
Thunder Valleyy Casino,, Lincoln
Towers Casino-Grass Valleyy
Turlock Poker Room
Wine Countryy Casino
Win-River Casino,, Reddingg
Apache
p
Gold
Blue Water Casino
y Casino
Bucky’s
Ca ino Ariiz.-S
Casi
-Sco
-S
coottsd
sdalee (11)
Casino Del Sol
Cliff Castle
Fort McDowell
Gila River/Wild Horse Pass
Gila River-Vee Quiva
Harrah’s Ak Chin
Hon-Dah Casino
Paradise Casino
Double Eagle
g
Isle Casino-Black Hawk
Ladyy Luck-Blackhawk
Midnight
g Rose-Cripple
pp Crk
Skyy Ute-Ignacio
g
Ute Mountain Casino-Towaoc
Golden Eagle
Buffalo Thunder
Hardrock Albuquerque
q q
Route 66 Casino
Sandia
nd a Cas
assino (6
(6))
Santa Ana Star
Cherokee-Roland
Cherokee-W. Siloam
Choctaw
Comanche Red River Cas.
Downstream
Firelake Grand Casino
Gold River Casino-Anadarko
Hard Rock-Tulsa
Riverwind
WinStar World Casino
Astoria Bar & Poker Room,, Eugene
g
Chinook Winds Casino
The Club House-Sutherlin
Full House Poker
International Poker House
Seven Feathers-Canyonville
y
Spirit
p Mountain
Wildhorse Casino Resort
Angel
g of the Winds-Arlington
g
Blue Mountain Casino
Cable Bridge-Kennewick
g
Chips
p Bremerton
Chips
p La Center
Chips
p Lakewood
Club Caribbean-Yakima
T ............... Turbo
Sp L ...Spread Limit
.7-Card Stud
..... Omaha Pi........Pineapple Mx .Mexican Poker HH ...Headhunter Al ......Alternates
.5-Card Stud H/LHigh/Low Split Po........Pot Limit DCDealer’s Choice B ......... Bounties Z........ Freezeout
$15 11A&
$35 10A&
NH
NH
$15 11A&
$35 10A&
7P
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
11A&
10A&
NH
NH
5P
NH
$55+
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
$50
NH
7P
8P
7P
7P
2P
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
2P
11A&
NH
NH
11A&
7P
10A
2P&
12P
11A&
11A
6P Wk1
10A&
11A&
7P
7P
4P
7P
7P
10A
$60 7P
$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&
F 6P
$35 10A&
$40 11A&
$115 7P
$30 7P
$55 4P
NH
NHZ
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHZ
NH
NHB
NHB
7P
6P
10A&
1P
12P
9A
12P
9A
12P&
Cz Pi H/L
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
N O H/L
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
7P
$45
$60 7P
$50 7P
$20 11A
$40+RE
$20+ 2P
$25 11A&
$35
$30 11A&
1P&
NH
$35+ 10A
NH
$60+ 2P&
NH
$30+ 12P
NH
$30 11A&
NH
$30 11A&
Sit and Go
$25 7P
NH
$35 10A&
NHZ
$40 11A&
NH
$60 1P
NH
$30+ 7P
O H/L
$45 4P
7P
NH
$20 7P
NH
$20+ 7P
6P
NHB
$90 7P
NH
$30+ 6P
NH
$33 10A&
NH
$20+ 1P
NH
$25 12P
NH
$20 9A
NH
$35 12P
NH
$20 9A
NH
$40 12P&
NH
NH
NH
Var
NH
$20+ 7P
$10+ 7P
NH
NH
GAMES BUY-IN|TIME
$60 7P
$13 6P
$33 10A&
$20+ 1P
$25 12P
$20 9A
$35 12P
$20 9A
$40 12P&
GAMES BUY-IN|TIME
7P
NH
$15 11A&
NH
$35 10A&
NH
$55
NHB
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
H
NH
Cz Pi Z
N H Sh
NH
NH
HB
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
10A
$60 7P
$50+ 7P
$20 11A
7P
6P
NH
NH
NH
FRIDAY
5P
11A
$50
$60
NH
|
GAMES BUY-IN|TIME
NH
$30+ 7P
NH
$15 11A&
NH
$35 10A
NH
NH
$5+ 2P
$25 11A&
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHZ
NH
NHZ
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NH
N H Sh
NH
NHT
HORSE
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$30 11A&
$30+ 1P
$35+ 10A
$60+ 2P&
$30+ 12P
$30 11A&
$30 11A&
$50 6P
$35 10A&
$60 11A&
$60 1P
$35 7P
$45 4P
$20
$50+ 7P
$25 7P
$0+
$25+
$30+ 6P
$33 10A&
$20+ 1P
$25 12P
$20 9A
$35 12P
$20 9A
$40 12P&
7P
$45 10A
$60 7P
$60
$20 11A
$20/F
$5+
6P
$20+ 2P
$25 11A
O H/L
NH
NHB
NH
O
NH
NH
NH
| SATURDAY |
SUNDAY
GAMES BUY-IN|TIME
GAMES BUY-IN|TIME
NH
$30+ 7P
NH
$30+ 3P
NH
$15 5P
NH
$40
NH
$35 10A
NH
$35 10A
10A
NH
$55
NH
$55+ 5P
NH
$75 5P
NH
$35+ 11A
NH
Varies 11A
1P Wk2&4 N H
$115
NH
$60 11A
NH
$60 11A
NH
$30 12P
NH
$30 12P
NH
$15 10A&
NH
$15 10A&
NH
$35 10A&
NH
$50 1P
11A
NH
F+ 5P
3P
2P
12P
H
$25+ 1P
NH
$60 10AWk4 N H
$150
Pi
$10+
N H Sh
$25 11A
NH
$80+ 10A
NH
$30 12P&
NH
$5 12P&
NH
NH
NH
NH
GAMES BUY-IN
NH
$30+
NH
$35
NH
N H Deepstack
p
$15
$100
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
H
O H/L
7F
$60
$30
$15
F
F+
$20+
$25
O Sh
NH Deepstack
p
$25
$50
$40 12P&
4P
1P
F
$45 12P
$60 2P
NH
NH
O H/L
11A
$40 12P
$30+ 4P
$13 1P
HB
NH
Cz Pi
H
$20
$25
$30+
$13
NH
NH
$90 3P
$60 2P
NH
NH
F
$100
$20 11A
NH
$105 11A
3P
3P
NH
$18+ 6P
N H $60+RE 6P Wk2&4 N H $60+RE 6P Wk1&3
NH
$20+ 2P
NH
$5+ 2P
NH
$25 1P
NH
$40 7P
12P
NH
$30 11A&
NH
$40 11A&
NH
$30+
1P&
NH
$35+ 10A
NH
$35+ 2P
NHB
$115 11A Wk1&& O
$115 3P Wk1&
NH
$30+ 10A
NH
$25+ 10A
NH
$30 11A&
NH
$30 3P
NH
$30 2P
NHZ Deepstack
p
$100 2P
N H $50-200 4P
NH
$15+ 2P
NH
$35 10A&
NH
$35 10A&
NH
$40+ 11A
NHB
$85 11A&
NH
$165
NH
$30 3P
NHB Deepstack
p
$50 3P
2P
NH
$95 2P
NH
$20
NH
$50+ 7P
NH
$20 7P(LastWk)
NH
$25 2P&
NHB
$25 2P&
NH
$0+ 3PWk1&3 N H
$25+
H O Tahoe
$60 12P
NH
Var
7P
NH
$20 1P
NH
$33 10A&
NH
$33 10A&
NH
$20+ 1P
N O H/L $20+ 1P
NH
$25 12P
NH
$25 12P
NH
$20 9A
NH
$20 9A
NH
$35 12P
NH
$100 12P
NH
$20 9A
NH
$20 9A
NH
$40 12P&
NH
$40 12P&
NH
NH
$30 11A&
NH
$30+ 1P
NH
$35+ 10A
NH
$60+ 7P&
NH
$30+ 12P
NH
$30 11A&
NH
$30 11A&
Po O $100-300 6P
NH
$35 10A&
NHB
$85 11A
NHB
$115 11A
NH
$45 7P
NH
$55
7P
NH
$10+ 7P
NH
$25 7P
6P
12P
NH
$55
NH
$33 10A&
N O H/L $20+ 1P
NH
$25 12P
NH
$20 9A
NH
$35 12P
NH
$20 9A
NH
$40 12P&
Cz ............. Crazy + Re-buys and/or
E...... Elimination Add-ons allowed
Q ............Qualify +RE ....... Re-Entry
Sh ........Shootout F ............Freeroll
NH
$20
NH
$10
O H/L
$45
Varies Varies
NH
$5+
NH
$25
Var
$35
O8
$40
NH
$30+
NH
$60
N H Lad
$60
NH
$25+
NH
$30
NH Deepstack
p
$120
NH
$25
NH
$35
NHZ
$40
N H Deepstack
p
NH Deepstack
p
$110
$60
NH
NH
$50
$200
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$35
$33
$20+
$25
$20
$35
$20
$40
WSOP Circuit Event at Harrahs St. Louis
five wins. The future favors
players like Cartwright and
Masek, who are both in their
mid-20s, and may very well
obliterate all WSOP circuit
records if they remain loyal
to the tournament trail.
A.P. Phahurat, a 22-yearold poker pro from Tulsa,
OK, was the runner up.
The Thailand-born pro now
has nine cashes and four
final table appearances this
season. Second place paid
$34,324 in prize money.
EHARRAHS ST. LOUIS
WSOP CIRCUIT EVENT
EVENT #10
4/20/12
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $1,090
PLAYERS 229
PRIZE
POOL
$222,130
1. Kyle Cartwright . . . $55,533
2. AP Phahurat . . . . . . $34,234
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Frederick Vogt . . . . $24,981
Musa Mustafa . . . . . $18,475
Amanda Musumeci $13,876
Sean Pramuk . . . . . $10,584
Shane Smith . . . . . . . $8,197
EVENT #9
BUY-IN $355
PLAYERS 425
PRIZE
POOL
$123,776
Edward Smurzynski $27,212
Michael Smith . . . . . $16,814
Stewart Yancik . . . . $12,286
Gary Castens . . . . . . $9,122
Jason Ratcliff . . . . . . $6,879
Ahmad Raghebi . . . . $5,265
EVENT #8
4/18/12
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $565
PLAYERS 292
PRIZE
POOL
$141,620
1.
2.
3.
4.
EVENT #7
Stephen Friedel . . . . $33,664
Michael Sanders . . . $20,805
Steven Skowronski . $15,096
Drew Woodke . . . . . $11,137
4/17/12
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM 6-HANDED
BUY-IN $355
PLAYERS 323
PRIZE
POOL
$93,993
4/19/12
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
5. Ben Smith . . . . . . . . . $8,353
1.
2.
3.
4.
Nikolas Stone . . . . . $21,770
Adam Geiger . . . . . . $13,461
Scott Hall . . . . . . . . . . $9,777
Jennifer Reel . . . . . . . $7,222
EVENT #6
4/16/12
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $355
PLAYERS 355
PRIZE
POOL
$103,305
1.
2.
3.
4.
Adam Laskey . . . . . $23,449
Chip Ervin . . . . . . . . $14,497
Drew Woodke . . . . . $10,576
Charlie Ussery . . . . . $7,844
EVENT #5
4/15/12
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM TURBO
BUY-IN $355
PLAYERS 277
PRIZE
POOL
$79,916
1. William Byrnes . . . . $19,025
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Christopher Campbell $11,755
Aaron Duczak . . . . . . $8,530
Eli Loewenthal . . . . . $6,253
Sean Burson . . . . . . . $5,909
Aaron Massey . . . . . . $4,520
EVENT #4
4/14/12
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM RE-ENTRY
BUY-IN $355
PLAYERS 1,066
PRIZE
POOL
$310,206
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Roy Riley . . . . . . . . . $57,139
Javier Zarco . . . . . . $35,327
Tripp Kirk . . . . . . . . $26,253
Douglas Campbell . $19,736
Aaron Wilson . . . . . $15,007
Matt Lawrence . . . . $11,545
William Diepenbrock $8,985
Bradley Lipsey . . . . . $7,073
Matthew Clerk . . . . . $5,634
EVENT #3
BUY-IN $355
PLAYERS 150
PRIZE
POOL
$43,650
1. Kevin Balsman . . . . $11,844
2. Cory Sargent . . . . . . . $7,320
Gordon Brown . . . . . $5,284
Robert Quick . . . . . . $3,883
William Matula . . . . $2,903
Joseph Hebda . . . . . . $2,207
EVENT #2
4/13/12
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $565
PLAYERS 279
PRIZE
POOL
$135,315
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Jerry Ard . . . . . . . . . $32,147
Tommy Arnold . . . . $19,870
Ruth Hagen . . . . . . . $14,417
Royce Cohen . . . . . . $10,637
Dylan Thomassie . . . $7,978
Kevin Azzariti . . . . . . $6,079
EVENT #1
4/12/12
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $355
PLAYERS 473
PRIZE
POOL
$137,643
4/13/12
POT LIMIT OMAHA
3.
4.
5.
6.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
M AY 7, 2 0 1 2
Shain Matthews . . . $29,306
Scott Sharpe . . . . . . $18,117
Patrick Fogleman . . $13,235
John Fagg . . . . . . . . . $9,812
Michael Souza . . . . . . $7,379
Nikolas Stone . . . . . . $5,629
15
DA I LY TO U R N A M E N T L I ST I N G S (CO N T I N U E D F R O M PAG E 1 5 )
MONDAY
NORTHWEST PACIFIC NORTHWEST
WA
MT
ND
SD
NORTHEAST
CT
DE
NH
NJ
NY
PA
IA
MIDWEST
IL
IN
MI
MN
MO
WI
SOUTHEAST
WV
LA
MS
Crazyy Moon Casino
Final Table Cas.,, Everett
Freddie’s Club-Fife
LilacLanes-Spokane
p
Little Creek Casino
Luckyy Eagle
g
Muckleshoot Casino
Northern Quest-Spokane
Q
p
Point Defiance Cafe & Cas.,, Tacoma
Silver Dollar Casino-Bothell
Silver Dollar Casino-Renton
Skyway
y y Park Bowl
Snoqualmie
q
Casino
Suquamash
q
Clearwater
Swinomish Casino-Anacortes
Tulalipp
Black Jack’s Casino
4 Bears Casino
Dakota Magic
g
Dakota Sioux
Rosebud Casino
Silverado Casino Deadwood
Foxwoods
Moohegan
n Su
un ((2
(20))
Delaware Park
Dover Downs
Harrington
g
Racewayy
Rockingham
g
Park,, Salem
The Lodge
g at Belmont
Borgata
g
Caesars Atlantic Cityy
Harrah’s Atlantic Cityy
Showboat
Tropicana
p
Trumpp Tajj Mahal
Seeneca
ca Alleggheny
heny
y
Seneca Niaaggara
Sen
ara
Tu
urnin
ng St
Stoone ((113)
Hollywood
y
Casino at Penn National
Mohegan
g Sun at Pocono Downs
Parx Casino
Sands-Bethlehem
Catfish Bend
Diamond Jo’s “Worth”
Grand Falls Casino Resort
Isle of Capri
p
Prarie Meadows
Winna Vegas
g
Harrah’s Joliet
Harrah’s Metropolis
p
Hollywood
y
Casino-Aurora
Par-A-Dice Casino-E Peoria
Belterra (Florence)
(
)
Blue Chipp Casino
Hollywood
y
Casino
Horseshoe Hammond
Horseshoe Southern Indiana
Indiana Live Casino
Majestic
j
Star
The Island Resort & Casino,, Harris
Lac Vieux Desert Cas.,, Watersmeet
Turtle Creek
Canterburyy Park
Northern Lights
g
Casino
Runningg Aces Harness Park
Shootingg Star Casino
Treasure Island
Harrah’s-N Kansas Cityy
Harrah’s-St Louis
Lumiere Place
Menominee Casino
Oneida Casino,, Green Bayy
Potawatomi Northern Lights,
g , Carter
St Croix Casino,, Turtle Lake
Hollywood
y
Casino at Charles Town Races
Mardi Gras
Mountaineer Casino
Grand Coushatta
Horseshoe Casino-Shreveport
p
Isle of Capri-Lake
p
Charles
Paragon
g Casino Resort
Gold Strike Casino
Harrah’s Tunica
Horseshoe Casino (Tunica)
(
)
Isle of Capri-Biloxi
p
Pearl River Resort
Silver Star-Choctaw
Best
stBeet Jackksoonvvill
ille
BesttBe
Be
Bett Oran
Orange
gee Park
ar
FLORIDA
BestB
Best
Bet St Johns
Creek Entertainment Gretna
Dania Jai-Alai
Daytona
y
Beach Kennel Club
Derbyy Lane
Ebro Greyhound
y
Ft Pierce Jai Alai & Poker
Gulfstream Park Racingg & Casino
Hard Rock
Mardi Gras Gamingg Ctr,, Hollywd
y
Naples/Ft.
p / Myers
y Track/Entertainment
/
Palm Beach Kennel Club
Pensacola Greyhound
y
Park
Sarasota Kennel Club
Seminole Casino Brighton
g
Seminole Hollywood
y
Cas.
Seminole Immokalee
Studz Poker Club @ Calder Race Course
Tampa
p Bayy Downs
The Isle at Pompano
p Park
CANADA Casino Regina
16
|
TUESDAY
TIME
10A
12P
11A
10A&
7P
6P
7P
10A&
10P
10A
8A&
11A&
10A
11A
12P
7P&
GAMES BUY-IN| TIME
NH
$ 10A
$25
NH
$30+ 12P
NH
$ 11A
$40
NH
$25 10A&
NH
$ + 7P
$25
NH
$60
NH
$ 7P
$65
NH
$40 10A&
NH
$ 7P
$40
NH
$20 10A&
NH
$ 8A&
$35
NH
$30 11A&
NH
$ 10A
$30
NH
$20 11A
NH
$ 12P
$22
NH
$40 7P&
7P
6P
7P
6P
6P&
9A
7P&
12P
F+ 7P
$10+
$30+
$44
$
$160
6P&
$60+ 9A
$ 7P&
$60
$50 7P
11A
6P
Super
p Stack Turbo $50
$ 7P&
NH
$100 11A&
NH
$ + 3P
$80
NH
$50 10A&
NH
$ 11A&
$65
NH
$62 11A&
NH
$
$120
6P
NH
$60 10A&
NH
$ 10A&
$60
NH
$70 12P&
NH
$ 12P&
$60
Sit N Go
$60 10A&
7P
NH
$100 11A
NH
$ + 7P
$20
7P
O H/L
$ 1P
$40
NH
$60 6P
12P
7P
7P
7P&
11A&
3P
10A&
11A&
11A&
6P
10A&
10A&
12P&
12P
10A&
11A
7P
1P
6P
S
7 H/L
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
GAMES BUY-IN|TIME
NH
$ 10A&
$25
NH
$30+ 12P
NH
$ 11A
$40
NH
$25 10A&
NHB
$ 6P
$35
6P
NH
$ 7P
$65
NH
$40 10A&
NH
$ 10P
$115
NH
$20 10A
NH
$ 8A&
$35
NH
$30 11A&
NH
$ 10A
$30
NH
$20 11A
NH
$ 12P
$22
NHB
$55 7P&
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
Sit N Go
NH
NH
NH
N H Bad Beat
NH
NH
NH
NHZ
NH
7P
$ + 7P
$30
7P
$120 6P&
$
$60+ 9A
$ 7P&
$60
$75 12P
$
$60
$40 6P
$ 7P&
$50
$80 11A&
$ + 3P
$80
$50 10A&
$ 11A&
$65
$62 11A&
$ 6P
$65
$60 11A&
$ 10A&
$60
$50 12P&
$ 12P&
$80
$60 10A&
$
$120
12P
$100
$ 7P
$60
$50
$
$40
$25 6P
$ 7P
$30
$60 7P
$
$50
1P
12P
NH
11A
NHB
12P
3P
7P&
NH
NH
NH
7P
10A
2P
7P
12P
6P
6P
1P&
12P&
7P
7P
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
N H Deepstack
p
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$ 12P
$60
12P
$
$125
11A
12P
$80 12P
$ 1P
$50
$ + 7P&
$100
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHB
$ 12P
$60
$80 7P
$ 11A
$70
$110
$ + 7P
$50
$50 12P
$ 7P&
$80
6P
$40 7P
$ 6P&
$45
$10 6P
F 6P&
$25 12P
$
$70
$30 6P
$ 1P&
$60
$35 12P&
$ +
$25
$35+
6P
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHZ
$40 7P
$ 10A&
$45
$30
$
$125
6P&
$25 12P
6P
$30 6P
$ 1P&
$60
$35 12P&
7P
7P
$ +
$30
6P
6P
7P
4A&
1P
7P
3P
7P
7P
12P
7P
12P
7P
12P
12P&
12P
7P
NH
$ 12P&
$40
6P
NH
$ +
$75
NHB
$70 6P
NH
$ +
$20
NH
$65 5P&
NH
$ 1P
$60
N H Turbo
$50 7P
NHZ
$ 2P
$45
NH
$20+ 7P
NH
$ + 7P
$35
NH
$100 12P
NH
$
$100
NH
$50+ 12P
NH
$ 7P
$50
NH
$35 12P
NHB
$ 12P&
$50
6P&
7P&
1P&
8P
NHB
N H Deepstack
p
NH
NH
$ 6P&
$25
$120 7P&
$ + 1P&
$25
$40 8P
6P&
12P
12P&
12P&
12P&
7P
1P&
7P
12P&
NH
NH
Sit N Go
NH
NHZ
NH
NH
NH
NH
$60 6P&
$100 12P
$
$45 12P&
$ 7P
$50
$65 12P&
$ 1P
$50
$65 1P&
$
$50
$150 12P&
11A&
1P&
12P&
NH
NH
NH
12P&
M AY 7, 2 0 1 2
$40 11A&
$ 1P&
$40
$120RE 12P&
8P
NH
NH
NH
GAMES BUY-IN|TIME
NH
$ 10A&
$25
NH
$30+ 7P&
NH
$ 11A
$40
NH
$25 10A&
NH
$ 7P
$45
NHB
$40 6P
NH
$ 7P
$65
NH
$40 10A&
NH
$ 7P
$40
NH
$20 10A&
NH
$ 8A&
$35
NH
$30 11A&
NH
$ 10A
$30
NH
$20 11A
NH
$ + 12P
$11
NH
$50 7P&
7P
7
$10+ 7P
S H/L
F+ 7P
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
Sit N Go
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
N H Superp Deepstack
p
NHB
$100 6P&
$
$65 7P&
$ 1P&
$45
$20 8P
7P
NH
$60 6P&
NH
$
$100
12P
Sit N Go
$42 12P&
NH
$ 7P
$50
WSOPC Satellite $30+ 12P&
NH
$ 7P
$50
NH
$45 1P&
7P
NHB
$120 12P&
7P
NH
$40 11A&
NH
$ 1P&
$40
N H $230RE 7P
Var
$25+
NHB
N H KO
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
Sit N Go
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHB
NH
NH
NH
N H Turbo Megastack
g
NH
NH
N H Bigg Stack
N H Bigg Stack
NH
NH
NH
NH
$40 7P
$ 12P&
$45
6P
$ 6P&
$65
$25+ 12P
$ 7P
$60
$30 6P
$ 1P&
$60
$35 12P&
$ + 6P&
$40
$65+
6P
6P
$
$250
12P
Varies 1P&
$ 12P&
$50
NH
NH
$90+ 11A&
$ 1P&
$70
$50 7P
$ 7P
$60
$20+
$ 7P
$40
$100 12P
7P
$50+ 12P
$ 7P
$50
$150 12P
$
$150
7P
NH
NH
N H Deepstack
p
NHBZ
NH
Turbo N H
NH
$ 12P
$60
$115
$
$100
11A
12P
$ + 12P
$155
$60 6P
$ 7P&
$50
$30+ 6P
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$ + 7P
$20
7P
6P
$55 6P
$
$30
$30
7P
6P
$
$160
NH
$150 7P
$
$65+ 7P
$ 10P&
$60
F+
11A
$90 6P
NH
NH
NH
H
$65 7P
$200 6P&
$
$60+ 9A
$ 7P&
$60
$50 7P
11A
$40 6P
$ 7P&
$60
$120 11A&
$ + 3P
$80
$50 10A&
$ 11A&
$65
$62 11A&
$ 6P
$65
$60 6P
$ 10A&
$60
$50 12P&
$ 12P&
$80
$60 10A&
$
$120
7P
BNH
NHB
NH
NH
NH
$75+
$
$60 6P
7P
$35+ 5P&
$ 1P&
$80
$100 7P
$ + 2P
$40
NH
NH
Turbo N H
NH
N H Bigg Stack
NH
NH
NH
Po O 8
$ 7P
$40
$100 12P
$
$150
$50+ 12P
$ 7P
$50
$35 12P
$ 7P
$70
7P
$ 6P&
$25
$80 12P
DeepStack
p $600 1P&
$50+RE 8P
$ +
$55
$60 6P&
$
$100
12P
$45 12P&
$ 12P&
$65
$30+ 12P&
$
$100
7P
$65 1P&
$ +
$20
$150 12P&
$ 7P
$35
$40 11A&
$ 1P&
$20
$120 7P
|
GAMES BUY-IN|TIME
NH
$ 10A
$25
Lad N H $25+ 12P
NH
$ 11A
$40
NH
$25 10A&
NH
$ 10A
$55
NHB
$40 6P
NH
$
$65
NH
$40 10A&
$ 10P
$65
NH
$20 10A
NH
$ 8A&
$35
NH
$30 11A&
NH
$ 10A
$30
NH
$20 11A
O H/L
$ 12P
$22
NH
$130
N
F $100
O H/L
$10+ 7P
H/L Spp Z
$ 7P
$25
6P
7P
NH
$11+
NH
$
$180
6P&
NH
$60+ 9A
NH
$ 7P&
$60
NH
$75 12P
NH
$
$60
NH
$40 6P
NH
$ 7P&
$40
NH
$100 12P&
NH
$ + 3P
$80
NH
$50 10A&
NH
$ 11A&
$65
NH
$62 11A&
NH
$
$120
6P
N H Deepstack
p
$90 4P
Poker League
g
$ 10A
$95
N H Sh
$70 12P&
NH
$ 12P
$80
Sit N Go
$60 10A&
NH
$
$120
11A
NH
$ 7P
$60
N H Bad Beat
$50
NH
$
$40
NH
$40
FRIDAY
| SATURDAY |
GAMES BUY-IN|TIME
NH
$ 10A&
$25
NH
$30+ 12P
NH
$ 11A
$40
NH
$25 12P&
NH
$ 10A
$35
NH
$40 1P
12P
NH
$40 10A&
$ 10P
$40
NH
$20 12P
NH
$ 8A
$35
NH
$30 11A&
NH
$ 11A
$30
NH
$20 11A
NH
$ 12P
$22
11A
H
NH
O H/L
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
Sit N Go
N H Deepstack
p
Lad N H
$10+ 2P
2P
$10+ 4P
$30+ 7P
$230 6P&
$
$60+ 9A
$
$145
7P&
$65 12P&
11A
$60 2P
$ + 7P&
$20
$200 11A&
$ + 1P
$80
$50 10A&
$ 11A&
$65
$62 11A
$
$225
6P&
$35 12P
$ 10A
$60
$70 11A&
$ 11A
$80
$60 10A&
12P
$300
$ + 3P
$15
3P
12P
$20 12P&
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
Bigg Stack
N H Deepstack
p
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
Deepstack
p
NH
N H Deepstack
p
Sit N Go
NH
$20+
$ + 3P
$30
$25+ 4P
$30+
3P
$
$120
6P&
$60+ 9A
$
$145
7P&
$80 12P
$ +
$60
$60 2P
$ 4P&
$50
$180 11A&
$ + 7P
$100
$50 10A&
$ 11A&
$65
$122 11A&
$
$340
6P
$60 12P
$
$120
10A&
$90 11A&
$
$100
11A&
$60 10A&
$
$230
NH
N H Sh
NH
H
NH
NH
NH
7P
NH
NH
NH
$
$135
$125 11A
NH
Varies 11A
NH
NH
$ 12P
$60
11A
$ 11A
$70
$110 12P
$ +
$50
$40 2P
$ + 7P&
$80
$40+ 6P
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHB
NH
$ 11A
$60
$105
$
$100
11A
$210
12P
$100
$
$125
7P&
$40 5P
Deepstack
p
NH
NH
NH
LH
NHZ
NHZ
$40
$ 10A&
$45
$20+ 12P
$ 9A
$65
$25 12P
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
N H Lad
NH
NH
NH
$10+ 7P
Sit N Go $$60/105 10A&
NH
$60 6P&
NH
$
$125
10A
NHZ
$25 2P
NH
$
$50
NH
$30 10A
NH
$ 1P&
$60
NH
$35 12P
N H Sat
$ 7P
$30
NH
NH
NH
NH
Po O
NHB
NHZ
NH
NHB
NHZ
Turbo N H
NH
$55+
$
$60
$
$150
$45+
$ 12P&
$50
$115 12P&
20+ 7P
$120 5P&
$ 1P&
$90
$50 6P
$ 3P
$60
2P
$ 2P
$40
$100 12P
NH
$50 12P
NH
$
$50
NH
$50+ 12P
NH
$ 7P
$35
NH
$100 7P
NHB
$ 6P&
$50
Turbo N H
$35 7P
N H DeepStack
p $600 2P&
N H Qual Players
y F 8P
7P
NH
$60 6P&
NH
$
$100
12P
Sit N Go
$42 12P&
NH
$ 6P
$65
NH
$65+ 12P&
NH
$
$100
7P
NH
$45 1P&
NHB
$150 12P&
O/8
$ 7P
$50
NH
$40 11A&
N H Dbl Megastack
g
$ 1P&
$80
N H $150RE 7P
NH
$30 10A
NH
$ 2P
$60
NH
$55 4P
N H Sat $
$40 + 12P
NHB
SUNDAY
GAMES BUY-IN|TIME
GAMES BUY-IN
NH
$ 10A&
$25
NH
$
$60
NH
$30+ 12P
NH
$50+
NH
$ 11A
$40
NH
$
$40
NH
$20 12P&
NH
$20
NH
$ 5P
$35
O H/L
$
$30
NH
$60 1P
NH
$60
NH
$ + 12P Wk2 N H
$40
$
$225
NH
$75 10A&
NH
$50
$ 7P
$40
NH
$
$115
NH
$40 12P
NH
$40
NH
$ 8A
$35
NH
$
$35
NH
$30 4P
NH
$30
NH
$ 11A
$60
NHB
$
$60
NH
$20
NH
$ 12P
$44
NH
$
$22
NH
$75 12P
NH
$65
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
12P
NH
11A
NH
1P Wk1,3,3&4 N H B
$ 12P
$65
NH
12P
Varies
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NHZ
N H Sh
NHZ
NH
$60 12P
$60+ 4P
$
$120+ 11A&
$
$100
1P&
$50 4P
$ 3P
$60
$35
$ 2P
$35
$100 12P
7P
N H Bigg Stack $150 12P
NH
N H Lad
NH
NH
NH
NHB
NH
$50+ 12P
NH
$ 7P
$35
NH
$50 7P
NH
$
$100
6P&
NH
$120 7P
N H DeepStack
p $600 2P&
N H $65+RE 8P&
N H $30
$ +RE 7P Wk2,4&5
NH
$60 6P&
NH
$
$100
10A
Sit N Go
$45 12P&
N H Deepstack
p
$ 2P
$115
N H $100+ 12P&
NH
$ 7P&
$50
N H Deepstack
p
$115 1P&
7P
NH
$100 12P&
NH
$ 1P&
$60
NH
$75 11A&
NH
$ 1P&
$40
NH
$120 12P&
NH
NH
NH
NHB
N H KO
NH
NH
NHB
NH
NH
Sit N Go
N H Deepstack
p
Deepstack
p
NH
N H Deepstack
p
NH
NH
NHB
NH
N H Dbl Megastack
g
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
H
NHZ
F+
$60
NH
N H B Survivor
NH
NH
NH
$88
$150
$
$60+
$
$60
$65
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
N H Deepstack
p
Sit N Go
$60
$
$50
$50+
$ +
$85
$50
$
$65
$62
$
$120
$60
$
$50
$125
$
$100
$60
$60 3P
$
$60 3P
$ 1P
$60
NH
NH
NH
$
$60
$35+
$
$100
12P
$30 2P
4P
Varies 11A
11A
11A
$ 11A
$60
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$60
$
$30
$
$135
Varies
$
$90
$115
$
$60
$ 11A
$70
12P
$ + 3P
$150
NH
NH
NH
$150
$
$210
$ +
$81
$100 11A&
$
$40 5P
2P
2P
$
$180
10A&
$50 2P
$ 6P&
$65
$50+ 12P
4P
$30 10A
$
$125
12P&
$55 12P&
$
$60
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
$
$50
$30+
$ +
$30
$120
Varies
$40
$
$65
$30+
$
$70
$30
$
$60
$35
NH
NH
Varies
$
$65
$75
$400
$
$75 2P
Varies 2P
Varies
$ 2P
$115
20+
$35+ 1P&
$ 1P&
$110
$150 2P
$ 10A&
$60
NHB
$
$60
B N H $65+
NH
$
$50
p
$100
Varies Varies
$60+ 2P
$
Turbo N H
$
$40
$560 12P
N H Bigg Stack $150
Varies 7P
NH
$
$100
$50+ 12P
Po O 8
$70
7P
NH
$
$50
$50+ 12P
NH
$35
$
$150
5P
NH
$
$50
$50 7P&
NH
$100
$
$100
5P&
NHB
$
$50
$140 1P&
p
$275
$ 1P
$60
N H DeepStack
p $600
$30 2P
NH
Varies
$ 4P
$80
NH
$
$55
$120 6P&
NH
$60
$
$100
12P
N H Deepstack
p
Varies
$45 12P&
Sit N Go
$45
$ 2P
$115
NHB
$
$125
$120+ 12P&
N H $100+
$
$100
7P&
NH
$
$50
$65
$ 2P
$50
NH
$
$40
$65 12P&
NHB
$150
$ 4P
$50
NH
$ +
$30
$100 11A&
NH
$40
$ 1P&
$80
N H No Rake $200
$
$120 12P exc Wk4 N H
$350
#
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A Fine Distinction
2012 WORLDWIDE POKER TOURNAMENTS
CONNORS’ CORNER
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By BARBARA CONNORS
Poker is a game of tough decisions. At their
core, most of them can be boiled down to
one cosmic proposition: Should you play it safe, or should
you take a risk for the opportunity of making a greater
profit? Figuring out when that extra risk is worth taking, or
whether discretion is the better part of poker’s valor, is one
of the great challenges of the game. A good example that
illustrates this concept is the thin value bet.
While technically this bet can take place on any street,
generally speaking, a thin value bet is made on the river
when your final hand is rather lightweight—perhaps a hand
like middle pair. It’s far from the nuts, not strong enough to
be bet with any real confidence, and yet it’s not completely
worthless either.
This is the kind of hand that a player usually likes to
check down and see a cheap showdown. That’s the easy
and safe thing to do.
But for players who want to push every advantage,
exploit every edge, and who don’t mind risking a few extra
chips now and then, there is value to be mined from those
middling hands—as long as you know when, where, and
against whom to apply the pressure.
As usual, the key lies in knowing your opponents. More
specifically, you must be able to put your opponent on a
range of hands with some degree of accuracy. Next, you
must be able to guesstimate how often said opponent will
call down your less-than-stellar hand with an even worse
hand of his own.
For example, you have A-8 suited in the cutoff, and when
the river card is dealt, the community board reads 5-8-JK-3 of mixed suits. On the flop, it was checked to you, you
fired out a bet, and everybody dropped except for the big
blind. On the turn, it was checked around, and it’s been
checked to you again on the river. Unless you have a decent
read on your opponent, any bet you make here is just a
wild-ass guess. Thinking about the texture of the board,
the betting action, and the playing style of this particular
adversary: What are the chances that your river bet would
be called by a worse hand?
If your opponent was calling with 9-10 he’s certainly not
going to pay you off now, though he may try a check-raise
bluff. However, if you have reason to believe this opponent
would call with dreck—a worse eight, a pair of fives, a lowly
pair of treys, or perhaps even a lowlier ace-high—that could
tip the scale in favor of pushing out a thin value bet.
What could cause an otherwise thinking opponent to call
off his chips with sub-par slop? In a nutshell: because he
suspects a bluff. The more aggressive your table image,
the greater the likelihood that some weary-of-beingsteamrolled opponent will decide to play sheriff, expecting
to snap off your bluff with his bottom pair. Or maybe the
player on the other side of the table is not a thinking opponent after all, but a call-happy blockhead who always has
to make sure. Either way, a thin value bet starts to look a
lot more valuable in those kinds of circumstances.
Along with a reliable read of your opponents, a good
awareness of your own table image is critical for thin value
bets to be successful. But even when executed flawlessly,
thin value bets are not very lucrative in the long run. That’s
what makes them thin. Middling hands are, after all, quite
vulnerable, and they’re just not going to make a lot of
profit over the long haul. But done right, with a strong base
of knowledge so that the additional risk is calculated as
opposed to being foolhardy, thin value bets can be an effective way to elevate your game.
Barbara Connors is a sucker for classic old movies, science fiction, and the St. Louis Cardinals. Her life’s ambition is to figure out the unusual behavior patterns of that
unique breed of humans who call themselves poker
players. Contact her at [email protected].
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May 10-21
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sHarrah’s New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
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May 11-20
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May 12-20
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Northern Lights Casino, Walker, MN
>May 23-30 Deepstack Tournament
Bicycle Casino (Ad Pg 2), Bell Gardens, CA
May 25-July 15 Mega Stack Series
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JUNE 2012
>June 2-July 1 Summer Poker Classic
Turning Stone Resort Casino (Ad Pg 13), Verona, NY
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Will Play At Popular Turning Stone
By Barbara Rogers
In Verona, New York, you
can expect mega-action at
Turning Stone Casino and
Resort. The popular poker
hot spot will welcome poker
players to participate in the
East Coast Championships
from May 10 through May
20.
The resort is situated on
beautiful grounds, complete with two PGA level
eighteen-hole golf courses.
This award winning Oneida
Indian Nation owned casino
fills up fast anytime they host
a big poker event.
In addition to the resort’s
hotel rooms, guests can enjoy
The Lodge. If you are traveling with someone who is not
a poker player, The Lodge is
not to be missed. With flat
screen TVs, living rooms
with fireplaces, balconies
with scenic views, hot tubs,
and lots of other amenities,
your companion won’t be
bored, and you’ll be able to
enjoy all the poker action
you could hope for. And if
you like to stay fit between
long stints sitting at the poker
table, Turning Stone has
devoted an entire floor to
their fitness center, complete
with a 65 foot swimming
no repeat customers, and no
poker income for you.
But the observation that
weak players are winning is,
in itself, an illusion. You’re
being deceived. Yes, there’s
usually a poorly skilled
player winning at your table.
But guess what? If you follow that player around from
game to game, it’s unlikely
you’ll observe many more
wins. Poor play results in
overall losing.
The next time you sit
down to play, you’ll again
see a weak player winning.
But it won’t be the same
player. Don’t be fooled by
the illusion.
Mike Caro is widely
pool.
Tournaments begin
Thursday May 10. Players
can choose from several
events: a $50,000 guarantee
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$75,000. You’re guaranteed
to stay busy and have fun at
Turning Stone Resort and
Casino. Call 1.800.771.7711
for reservations. See their ad
on page 13 of this issue.
regarded as the world’s
foremost authority on
poker strategy, psychology,
and statistics. A renowned
player and founder of Mike
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Gaming, and Life Strategy,
he is known as “the Mad
Genius of Poker,” because
of his lively delivery of concepts and latest research.
You can visit him at www.
poker1.com or e-mail him
at [email protected].
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