PokerSchool Online

PokerSchool Online Sponsorships Available   The Pokerschool Online Tutorial Team Mike Caro "Mad Genius" Nolan Dalla Noted Columnist Lou Krieger Poker for Dummies Referral & Affiliate Programs Launch for PokerSchool Online Refer-a-Friend: Members of PokerSchool Online can earn $$, extend their School membership or add to their virtual bankroll when friends they refer become qualifying members of PokerSchool Online. Read more... Not a PokerSchool member? Read about the school here Affiliates: Businesses can earn $$, when referrals from their web site become a qualifying member of PokerSchool Online. Read more... New in PokerSchool Online: No Abuse Policy has now been implemented in PokerSchoolOnline Bragging Rights section for those players that have placed top in the weekly or monthly ranking tables. Mark has been testing our NEW Heads Up feature, and he has challenged several of the school members. This is something that Mark will continue to do and will eventually have this facility in the school for the members to set their own Heads Up Challenges against other members. He is also planning to hold the first ever PokerSchool Heads up Tournament All multi-table limit Omaha & limit Hold'em tournaments now have $5000 starting chips not $2500 starting chips! Added Omaha Hi/Lo School Satellites Beginners School single table satellite, $2.00 buy-in , 30 seconds on clock. School Satellites No Limit Hold 'em for $5, $20 and $50 buy-in Limit Hold 'em and Omaha Hi/Lo for $5 buy-in Pot Limit Omaha (added on 6th February) for $20 buy-in Coming Soon to PokerSchool Online Mike Caro's Tells on Video clips using QuickTime Interactive homework game for the beginners and advance section. The Big One Your chance to go to the World Series of Poker and play in the main event with a sponsorship from PokerSchool Online is nearly here. The Big One will be held on Saturday March 30th 2002, at 2.00pm CST, and you will have to be a qualified player to participate. There will be no more than 650 qualified players in this $100,000 Freeroll. Annual PokerSchool members promotion On the following dates, there will be an 'annual members only' tournament to qualify more players into 'The Big One.' The winner of each of these events will receive a C qualification and 2nd - 20th will receive B qualification. These events will have no buy-in. These will start on Saturday 16th February at 2.00pm CST and run every Saturday at this time until the last one on Saturday March 16th. Any monthly member that wishes to upgrade to annual membership may participate in these events. 1st - Saturday 16th February @ 2.00pm CST (12.00 noon in CA, 3.00PM In New York, 8.00pm in England, 9.00pm in Europe) 2nd - Saturday 23rd February @ 2.00pm CST 3rd - Saturday 2nd March @ 2.00pm CST 4th - Saturday 9th March @ 2.00pm CST 5th - Saturday 16th March @ 2.00pm CST All PokerSchool Members Promotion On Saturday March 23rd at 2.00pm CST, There will be an 'all members' tournament to qualify players into 'The Big One.' The buy-in for this event will be $100.00 School Bankroll. 1st Place will receive a D qualification 2nd Place will receive a C qualification 3rd - 20th will all receive B qualifications Single Table Satellites (School) Over the coming weeks you will notice more higher buy-in single table satellites being added to the schedule. As these can be used to increase members bankroll in order to participate in these higher buy-in Super Satellites, see below. Super Satellite Week in the School From Monday 25th March thru Friday 29th March we will be holding a final week of last minute qualifying Super Satellites with higher buy-ins. These buy-ins will start at $500 of school bankroll. Qualification places for these higher buy-in events will be announced in the school and sent out in email to all school members before the end of February. Return to Top

Software Information

Pot Limit has now been added to the satellites in the Fun Play Ring Games coming to PokerPages Cardroom for testing next week !!!! The Final table now stays open for three minutes after the winner has been declared so observers and players can continue to Chat. All prize money is divided among the final players by rounding down. That's the way it has always been. Now, the first place winner gets all the money lost due to this rounding. For example, if $50 is to be distributed among the final players and the rounding causes only $49 to be distributed, the first place winner will get the extra dollar. Finally, due to popular demand, the last person to bet on the river is forced to show his/her hand. This will happen even if the 'Muck all losing Hands' box is checked. Read More Return to Top

Championship Poker Tables

Now Available! The first true casino-quality poker tables for your home Designed specifically for those who want the best poker table possible for their home game, these tables are considered to be of the highest quality and relatively inexpensive... Return to Top

Poker Dollars Program

We are still awarding Poker Dollars, but this time it is a slightly different system. You play in the Fun Play area and your play in the tournaments is calculated and included in a ranking system (20 games per month). The top 3 players on the ranking system at the end of the month win, 3 months, 2 months, and 1 month respectively in PokerSchool Online. For more information on the latest Poker Dollars promotion, click here. If you are already a PokerSchool member, then you can also participate in the Fun Play tournaments. If you win then, the time will be added onto your existing membership. Old Poker Dollars Program If you still have Poker Dollars that you have not yet claimed for tournament play in a live casino, don't worry: They are valid for a year. These can be claimed at a casino or cardroom of your choice for a tournament buy in or you can use them for membership time in the PokerSchool. Return to Top

Player Article By AcesJ

A Poker Player's Prayer Dear poker gods, if you do exist, I'm off to the poker room, 10/20 is where I'll sit. The game is Texas Hold-em, 10 players including me. I need your guidance, your strength and your control not to laugh out loud for the pot I just stole. Pocket Aces under the gun would be nice, make the button fold he went runner runner on me twice. AK suited please give me a flop, I hate to see my chips end up in someone else's pot. Please I say, I need to hit this hand, I called 2 cold with it. And fear pocket Kings from the old man. The drunk is on a rush please slow him down, he's making me look bad and all he plays are rags. I thank you gods for all you have done, you let my pocket Aces stand up. My straight draws hit the turn. Too bad I was snapped off on my pocket Jacks, when the dealer prematurely burned and turned. In all it's been a good night, was only all in ounce. I give you my thanks and for that I call seat open. With that I leave now two racks ahead. I'm smiling all the way to the cashier. That goes to show with the poker gods, all you need is a chip and a chair. Amen Return to Top

Professor Poker By John Vorhaus

Dear Professor Poker, My know-it-some boyfriend says that there are only a handful of truly successful fixed-limit poker pros in the world, and that anyone who has an ounce of talent for the game should concentrate on no-limit and pot-limit because that's where the real money is. Doctor, I count on you for the straight poop. Carrie Nation Dear Carrie, Pot-limit and no-limit are the black diamond ski slopes of poker. Some people play so badly in these games, where bad play can be so costly so quickly, that they lose all their money almost right away. That's why there's limit poker, so that people can go broke more slowly. Your know-it-some boyfriend is somewhat right when he talks about the potential big scores that pot-limit and no-limit offer. No matter how good you are, it's hard to get truly insanely rich one bet at a time, so that's the downside of fixed-limit poker for the serious professional. But to say that no serious pro can be successful playing only fixed-limit, well I would respectfully nominate your know-it-some boyfriend for last float in the clueless parade. Any game that's beatable, and beatable for meaningful money, is a profitable home for the pro in the know. Here's what the professor recommends: Try to get good at as many different styles of poker as you can (including not just various limits but also various games); that way you'll be able to beat whatever beatable game you happen to find. Got one for the Prof? Send it to John Vorhaus Return to Top

Poker in the USA By Tina Napolitano

February 2nd was the final event from the Golden Gate Classic at Casino San Pablo, with $180,000 guaranteed over the 8 events. This turned out to be a winner all round. The first event was a $50 + $10 buy-in and entry fee, and had a guarantee of $40,000. There were 365 entrants with 571 rebuys and finally, Bill Chen from San Leandro took home the first place prize of $19,320. You can see all of the winning players' photos along with the results here. Put a mark in your diary for the next event from San Pablo which is the Northern California Poker Championship at the end of March. The action at the LA Poker Classic at The Commerce is HOT !!!!!, as we are up to event #6 - the Pot Limit Hold'em for a buy-in of $330. Players that are already there will start to rub shoulders with the famous players who will be arriving to take their places at the start of the first Million dollar guaranteed event on Saturday, Feb 9th. Event #1 had 625 entries and 870 Rebuys, which made the prize pool of this $330 Limit Hold' em event $448,500. The lucky winner Randy Holland took home the first place prize of $165,945. Speaking of winning...Nancy Friedman from the Commerce Poker Marketing team took the title of Queen of Hearts from the Bicycle Casino, when she won their recent all-ladies event. Star McCormick from Ocean's Eleven finished in 4th position. So Lady poker players beware, the lady casino staff are close on your backs for those precious titles. Another special event that is taking place in February is the meeting of the RGP newsgroup at ESCARGOT. Again held at The Bicycle Casino, this promises to be even more successful than last year. Under the watchful eye of Lou Krieger, these 3 tournaments are guaranteed to be very enjoyable and the hospitality will surely be second to none. Look out for a trip report on PokerPages.com. Also the Bike's special Valentines Tag Team Event is on. Guess when? Yes, Feb 14th, with a weekend tournament starting on the 15th. There are a few other events that I really should take time out to mention. These are a must if you are in the area, or local, or if you just fancy a change of scenery and want to get away and play poker. I would highly recommend The Oregon Open, from Spirit Mountain Casino. This takes place from the 13th - 17th of February, with 5 events with guaranteed money of $85,000 and the biggest buy-in is $200 + $30. The other casino I will mention is the Chip Inn Island Resort in Harris, MI. On February 9th there is the Hugh Harris Tournament of Champions, and on the 10th a No Limit Elimination Tournament. More to mention before I sign off from America -- The Hawaiian Gardens are having another $30,000 Freeroll on the 15th February. Qualifying to enter is determined by live play hours. Bullwhackers in Colorado are having their Queen of Hearts (for Ladies only) on Feb 16th and Ocean's Eleven are starting their 2 day Go for Gold on the 17th February, but sorry girls, George Clooney has moved on, though the poker action and hospitality will still be fantastic. Take care Tina Napolitano Return to Top

Poker in Europe By Tina Napolitano

At this time we are under way with the Euro Finals of Poker from The Aviation Club in Paris. They have just announced in a email sent out today that Amarillo Slim Preston is winging his way from Texas to Paris to participate in some of their events. Maybe Slim will take the Heads Up title from The Aviation Club, where the manager Bruno proudly owns the title of the first ever World Head Up Poker Champion. This is the title that Bruno took right from under Slim's nose at last year's event in Vienna, when they were both Heads up for the trophy in a battle that lasted only 8 minutes. The Omaha Poker Championship starts at Casino Austria in Bregenz on the 21st February and runs until the 24th, and basically that is all I have to report from Europe this time around. Also a late one to mention is the Prague Poker Open, which is being held at the Royal Prague Hotel and Casino from Feb 28th - March 3rd. Tina Napolitano Return to Top

Poker in the UK and Ireland By Tina Napolitano

Well right now we are having the North of England Open in Manchester at the Grosvenor Casino, it is on from the 6th - 10th. Then on February 20th there is the Teeside Poker Festival from Gala Casino, this will run for 4 days from the 20th February. February seems a relatively quiet month in England, and things will start heating up as we get into March, and we see the start of the British Open from the Vic on the Edgware Road. This as it happens is just spitting distance from the venue of this year's Poker Million, which is also being held at the end of March. So literally one event finishes and the next one starts. Apparently the pre registrations for the Poker Million are now up to 108, and they are only looking for 300 entrants. Your chance to try for the million guaranteed to the winner and be on live TV with your play being watched by TV audiences by way of the glass table concept as used in the last Poker Million in The Isle of Man. This is also the concept used by the very popular series on channel four of Late Night Poker. Jack McClelland is the Tournament Director for the Poker Million, and having spent time with him at The World Poker Open, I can guarantee that this tournament will be run with professionalism and precision. What a wonderful man he is, and what a wonderful job he does. Well that is enough from me about poker around the world, and remember that February 14th is Valentine's Day, so don't forget that special person in your life. Tina Napolitano Return to Top

Poker Down Under By David Parlor

Casino Canberra has completed their preparation for the 2002 National Poker Championships. In what I believe is a first for this tournament, all tournaments have been listed on their official website, including prize breakdowns and lists of blind levels. Include in this year's event will be an overall points winner with money taken from each tournament to form a prize pool. As I mentioned in the previous newsletter, Casino Canberra have arranged a special tournament discount at the nearby Crowne Plaza Hotel. As well as this they have also managed to secure discounted airfares through Qantas. The discount may be obtained by calling 1-800-684-880 and quoting "2955867". Unfortunately due to commitments in Melbourne I will be unable to make this event and would like to wish all the players the best of luck. Crown Casino have recommenced their small weekly tournaments and have structured them so that part of the prizepool will go towards a freeroll to win a seat in next year's $10,000 No Limit Holdem Tournament. The top ten points qualifiers from both the Thursday and Sunday tournament will be eligible for the freeroll and may then get the opportunity to play for their share of the $1,000,000 prizepool. For those that prefer a more direct satellite format to obtain a $10,000 seat, the last Saturday of each month should be marked on your Poker calender. For as little as $110 it will be possible to win a seat in the big one. Details of these special satellite days will be available soon and will be included in the next newsletter. For any questions about Poker in Australia please email me. David Parlor Return to Top

Shopping at PokerPages.com By Tina Napolitano

Be sure to browse through our Shopping Mall! Our Shopping Mall features a huge catalog of products, with you the poker enthusiast entirely in mind. Products by KEM Playing Cards, Kestall tables and Wilson Software are among the many items available. So be sure to visit the mall for all of your poker needs. Our recommended product for February: Middle-Limit Hold'em By Bob Ciaffone and Jim Brier This book contains five hundred hands, most taken from real games, where the reader is given a poker problem. Every phase in a hand's development has both a detailed explanation of the key ideas and a set of problems where the reader can see which ideas are most applicable. This book will give you all the poker skills needed to master holdem and get the money. $25.00 + $5.00 US shipping $25.00 + $11.00 International shipping Please allow 2-3 weeks shipping time. Texas residents add 8.25% sales tax. Return to Top

Feedback

Poker Pages has produced this newsletter for you, the poker enthusiast. We have a worldwide audience of Beginners, Intermediate and Professional players and we try to accommodate all. With this in mind we would really appreciate your feedback and ideas on how we can reach perfection in this newsletter and at www.PokerPages.com. This Newsletter is being distributed to over 70 countries worldwide. I for one would be very interested in hearing about Poker in your part of the world. I would be delighted to hear from players from anywhere in the world that is not currently being covered at PokerPages.com. Please contact me and we can discuss it. Tina Napolitano

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