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Rolf Slotboom
Rolf Slotboom has joined as teacher in PokerSchool Online and will also be contributing articles to PokerPages on a monthly basis. We are extremely excited about this addition to our team, and feel that Rolf will be a valuable addition to the School. We feel that Rolf brings much to the table re European Poker and the games played there.
Rolf "Ace" Slotboom was the writer of Poker Digest's very popular Ace Speaks column.
Splitting his time between casinos in Amsterdam and Vienna, Rolf has been a winning money player since 1998. Originally a Limit Hold'em player, over the past several years Rolf has developed into a Pot-limit Omaha specialist. He has even created a new poker game for tournaments, called Potnopine Hold'em, which some consider be the best and most exciting game there is.
Rolf is committed to making tournament poker a sport rather than a gambling event, and endeavors to get for poker the sponsorship and exposure that it deserves.
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This section features crosswords created by some of the best poker minds around. Have fun while developing your poker knowledge and skills by challenging yourself with this month's puzzle, "Also Called Roodles", constructed by Michael Wiesenberg.
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Drawing Dead: A Poker Cop Mystery
By Robert Arabella
Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder.
- William Shakespeare,
Hamlet, Act I, Scene V
Part 1 - The Midnight Game
By now you've seen the headline: Vegas Poker Room Massacre! Looked at the pictures of the dead lying around the poker table. Read the story about the losing player who went berserk and killed two other players before being killed himself. The problem is the pictures weren't worth a thousand words and no one got the story right. So I'm going to tell you the true story of the Drawing Dead Murders. It's about a poker player we called The Little Guppy and why he was shot to death at the Midnight Game, the Majestic Casino's Saturday Night $500-$1000 Limit Hold'em Game. Every detail of his death, and the investigation that followed, is exact. I should know. I'm the one who killed him.
In old-time wise-guy Vegas, whether you played your poker in a Glitter Gulch sawdust joint or a Strip carpet joint, there was always a Poker Goon watching. The Goons were oversized enforcers with saps in their pockets and guns in their waistbands whose job it was to deal out street justice. Cheat another player - the Goon would take you into the back alley. Steal from the poker room - the Goon would take you down to the basement. Pull out a gun in the poker room - the Goon would shoot you dead on the spot...
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Tournaments Have High Variance
By Jerrod Ankenman
Several months ago Phil Hellmuth wrote an article in CardPlayer about a method of play that he was using in big-bet tournaments. He described a situation where he folded KsQs on a board of JsTsX to an all-in bet, saying that he didn't want to commit all his chips with a draw and a presumably narrow edge, preferring instead to wait for later when he could get larger edges. This principle is also put into practice by many other top tournament players. David Sklansky's recent book on tournament play also indicates that an important principle of playing well in tournaments is being willing to adjust one's play in situations where one only has a small edge. These principles assume that the player in question has a significant skill edge on the field.
Phil also wrote about a critical hand he played against eventual winner Robert Varkonyi in the WSOP $10K event. Varkonyi moved all-in on Phil's AKs with QTs. At the table, Phil correctly called but lost. In his post-mortem analysis, however, Phil maintained that he should have folded. His contention that folding was correct is based in this same principle of passing up small edges early on in anticipation of larger edges later. In this case, this was neither "early on" nor "a small edge," but this typifies the type of thinking that encourages players to fold in marginal situations early...
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| Poker in America By Tina Napolitano |
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The last newsletter left The Grand Slam of the Hustler on Day 2, so we will continue with who won what from event #3 which was the Omaha Hi/Lo. It was won by Bih Soon Chang, who beat 121 other players to take home $13,910. Harold Kaufler won $23,710 in the 4th event the Pot Limit Hold'em tournament with a buy-in of $300 + $30, and attracted 131 players with 77 Rebuys. Huck Seed was smiling with his $16,030 win in the 7-Card Stud Hi/Lo event, and it was great to see Bonnie Damiano in 5th place in this event #5. Way to go for the women, Bonnie.
The mixed games of H.O.E was event #6 and produced Binh Do as the winner with $12,800 in prize money when he beat 63 other players. Event #7 had the big guarantee attached to it, so for a Limit Hold'em game it attracted 314 players with 300 Rebuys. Greg Alston took home the nice prize of $63,535. Martin Corpyz took the first place in the No Limit Hold'em, with a win of $27,930 to beat the other 146 players in event #8, and there were some big names in the top ten of this final table: Erik Seidel, Anthony Tran, TJ Cloutier and David Plastik.
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The next event was an interesting 7-Card Stud with Larry Flynt, and Toto Leonidas took home first prize of $36,000. Event #10 was the $3,000 2 day No Limit Hold'em and they had 94 entries and Charlie Shoten took home $112,800 when he won this event. Paul "Eskimo" Clark beat 39 other players to win event #11 which was a 2 day event, Pot Limit Omaha. The last event was the Players Tournament Limit Hold'em and this was won by Chip Jett along with $37,240 in prize money. There was an amazing 365 entrants, which I am sure pleased The Hustler and convinced them that this will now be a great annual event.
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Erik Seidel won the Mixed Games Event at The Bellagio, this attracted 42 entrants and Erik took home $45,832. Well done to Erik.
The Diamond Poker Classic at Casino Regina in Saskatchewan produced 113 entrants with 275 Rebuys, and Chuck Christensen from Williams Lake in BC became the proud owner of this title for 2002 and also $20,155.
Ray Johnson and Mickey Mills were both winners at the recent Racing for Dollars held at the popular poker room at Oceans Eleven and they took home $4,053 and $3,970 respectively for their $60 buy-in investment.
The Bellagio held another event in July which was the Pot Limit Hold'em, this took place over 3 days and the $2,500 buy-in event produced Todd Brunson as the winner, and again Erik Seidel was in the money in 4th position.
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The annual pilgrimage was on the adgenda for all the RGP visitors, when BARGE was held at Binion's Horseshoe in Las Vegas. This year it was a very adventurous schedule, and the first tournament was The History of Poker and was won by Andy Hughes. Chris Staghalis won $1,480 in the TOC style poker Tournament which was the 2nd event, and our very own PokerSchool teacher Nolan Dalla placed in 8th position. Way to go Nolan.
Don Perry was the proud winner of the 7-Card Stud Shootout and he took home $1,080 with some other famous names in the top 10 of this event. Randy Collack finished 6th, and Chuck Weinstock coming in 10th, and once again Nolan was in the money at 13th. The final event was a No Limit Hold'em and Michael McBride finished in first place,and Andrew Prock came in 2nd with Gavin Smith in 3rd. If any players have a trip report of BARGE that they would like to have published in the next newsletter, along with any photos, I would be very interested in hearing from you at Tina@pokerpages.com.
The Legends of Poker from The Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles kicked off to a great start with a fun Media team event, and this was followed by The Welcome Event, Limit Hold'em, which was won by Ernie Sebastian and he beat 358 other entrants to take home $13,460. John Juanda, WPO Champion of 2001 took home the first place finish in the No Limit Hold'em event, and this attracted 165 players with 198 Rebuys to give a winning prize of $43,560 to John. Way to go John.
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This event also saw Carlos Mortensen, WSOP champion from 2001 taking home 6th place and $3,810. Debbie Landon won the 4th event and $61,765 in the Limit Hold'em $300 buy-in event and Amir Vahedi came 2nd with $31,295. I am delighted to say that Daniel Negreanu won the 5th event which was a 7-Card Stud and he beat 187 other entrants to take home $22,560. Marlon Delossantos from Vegas took the rest of the 139 entrants by storm to win this Omaha Hi/Lo event, which is not surprising as he does hold a WSOP bracelet for Omaha along with the $16,800 prize money. Another Omaha champion is Steve Badger and he placed in 4th position. Al Baham, who is relatively new to tournament poker, took home $26,640 for this Limit Hold'em $300 buy-in event. The final results that we have is for the event #8 from yesterday and this was a 7-Card Stud event and was won by a true legend Men "The Master" Nguyen.
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You can continue to follow the action from The Legends, by logging into PokerPages daily and reading the results and the brilliant daily reports that are supplied to us by Max Shapiro. The final event takes place on September 1st, but the big $5000 buy-in event starts on August 30th. For all other events that are taking place in August, you can look at Mark's Tournament Picks for August.
Well until next time, be lucky and take care and I look forward to putting your name into the results section in the not too distant future. For those of you that don't yet have the confidence to enter into the live tournament world, I would highly recommend membership in www.PokerSchoolOnline.com where novice players can become winners. It's a great community spirit and a wonderful environment to learn the game you love.
Tina Napolitano
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| Poker in Europe By Tina Napolitano |
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The only event that we have listed for this time of August is the Bodensee Poker Championship in Bregenz, Austria. They are having 3 events over 3 days, the first being a Pot Limit Omaha, the 2nd being a Split Limit 7-Card Stud and the 3rd being a No Limit Hold'em. Again this is a quiet time in the poker world in Europe, time to reflect on your game and prepare...
In September there are events from Russia with the Taleon Club and the Autumn Tournament from The Aviation Club, The Austrian Classic from The Concord Card Casino in Vienna and the German Omaha Championship from Spielbank Baden Baden.
The big events are nearly here again, and the players will be flocking to the Poker Em in Vienna in October. We will have some news in the coming week about how you may be going to the Poker Em courtesy of Casinos Austria and PokerPages, so keep watching PokerPages.
Also there is the Masters Classic of Poker from The Holland Casino, which is the largest poker event in Europe and this takes place in November. Enjoy the rest of the holiday time in Europe with good weather, great food and wonderful hospitality. Just wish there were more events on offer in Spain, as it is a wonderful holiday destination and would be a great venue for a poker event. Maybe something for us to work on in the not too distant future, as this is now the 2nd place we have lived in 5 years where they do not play poker.
Until next time, Adios Amigos
Tina Napolitano
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| Poker in the UK and Ireland By Tina Napolitano
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Well the Hold'em Double was held at Grosvenor Casino in Southampton and the results were as follows:- The first event which was a Pot Limit Hold'em 200 pound buy-in event was won by Marty Wilson. If my memory serves me well, this was the man that was prepared to collect traffic cones on the M1 to get a buy-in to another event at the cost of his girlfriend breaking a leg, as she and her motorbike went down in one of the holes that the traffic cones were protecting. This was exactly how he explained it on the poker documentary that was filmed for the WSOP a few years ago...Roy "The Boy" Brindley from Ireland won the 2nd event and took home 6,200 pounds.
The Scottish Masters started on August 5th and runs until the 11th. So far, S. McQueston won the Pot Limit Hold'em event and took home 5,800 pounds for a 20 pound buy-in event. H. Morograin won the No Limit Hold'em and took home 7,800 pounds for his entry buy-in of 100 pounds. There is the Pot Limit event tonight followed by a Pot Limit Omaha on the 9th, and a 2 day Pot Limit Hold'em event which starts on the 10th, with a buy-in of 100 pounds.
Then you will need to catch the fast train from Glasgow to Luton to be in time for the Grosvenor UK Open which will be a sellout event, so make sure you either reserve your place or camp outside for the doors to open. They certainly know how to put on a great event at Luton, and this is a 7 event tournament from the 12th - 19th of August. The big event is a 1,500 pound, 2 day No Limit Hold'em which will start on the 17th. We will keep you up to date with the winners as it goes along.
Then all goes quiet for the remainder of August, so a great time to reflect on your game and think about new strategies. How about a new exercise program to fuel the brain and get you ready for the tournament run up until Christmas? I have spoken to many poker players from all around the world, and I have come to the conclusion that it is not all about the cards. Money management plays an important part as does patience, so take some time out and better your game.
Until next time around, take care and be lucky
Tina Napolitano
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| Poker Down Under By David Parlor |
The weekly tournaments are continuing at Crown Casino with a variety of tournaments being played. This Thursday, a Draw Poker tournament will be held and is sure to attract a few of Crown's regular Draw players into tournament poker.
While many of the locals in Melbourne are sharpening their tournament game, many interstate players are preparing for The Victorian Poker Championships that will begin on August 17. A variety of tournaments will be held over the week with two Super Satellites for the Main Event at The Australasian Championship in 2003.
Many international Poker players are expected to make the journey to Melbourne in January. The 15th entry to date is Eric Seidel who after his appearance in Rounders has developed a following amongst many of the Aussie locals. To view all of the confirmed players and their profiles for 10K Main Event click here.
Dates for the New Zealand Poker Championship are in the process of being finalised and will cater for players on a smaller bankroll. This tournament would be a great introduction for anyone interested in playing for the first time. 2003 will see the introduction of a casino employee event after the success of the recent tournament held in Canberra. With limited opportunity to play in well-organised tournaments I am sure that the staff from the Crown poker Room will make up a large portion of the field.
For any questions about Poker in Australia please email me.
David Parlor
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We have a worldwide audience of Beginners, Intermediate and Professional
players and we try to accommodate all. With this in mind we would really
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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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