August 21st, 2002 Vol. 2 Issue 16

Content... PokerSchool Online Poker Dollars Program PokerPages Promotions Crossword Player Article Poker in America Poker in Europe Poker in the UK and Ireland Poker Down Under by David Parlor Shopping at PokerPages.com Sponsors Paradise Poker - World's Largest Online Poker Room $50,000 Virtual Challenge WSEX.com Real People, Real Poker TruePoker.com Inside PokerPages Directory of Poker Rooms & Casinos Search our worldwide poker directory! Tournaments Search for major tournaments, schedules, results & reports Poker Info Rules, history, world wide poker and & more! Poker Articles Articles, player profiles & archives Interactive Section Quizzes, puzzles, chat room, forum & more! Women's Section Special features for women poker players including forum Poker Store Shop online for poker gifts & accessories Classifieds Looking for a game? Got something to sell? Check here first Site Map A diagram of the PokerPages website Mark's Recommended Reading Read Old Man With an Earring By Daniel Negreanu

Current Tournament Spotlight: Legends of Poker WPT Sunday Qualifier Midlands Meltdown Major Tournaments: PokerSchool Online School Membership is only $14.95 per month or $149.95 annually The Big One II Click on banner to read how it could be you playing in one of the big Poker events with a Sponsorship from PokerSchoolOnline. $100,000 Sponsorship could be yours. What's New at PokerPages/PokerSchool Online Quik Pik Poker competition is going on for the month of July in PokerSchool. Quik Pik was designed to help school members strengthen their ability to recognize the highest hand on the board. the new Analyzer tool now available in PokerSchool. It allows a hand to be 'replayed' with all of the cards face up while Mark Napolitano analyzes it through a recorded audio. See who won the Fun Play leagues and free membership See who won the PokerSchool leagues and sponsorship points The Pokerschool Online Tutorial Team Mike Caro Poker's "Mad Genius" Nolan Dalla Noted Columnist Andy Glazer Tournament Reporter Lou Krieger Poker for Dummies Mark Napolitano Founder Rolf Slotboom Poker Writer Promotions PokerSchool Sponsorship Leagues Refer A Friend to PokerSchool and Earn Bankroll, Extend Membership or Earn $$$ Businesses Earn $$$ through the PokerSchool Affiliate Program Return to Top Poker Dollars Program If you have registered and downloaded our software and play in the fun play cardroom of PokerPages you can Win Poker Dollars. 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. If you are an existing school member you can still play in the Fun Play cardroom and win Poker Dollars towards your existing school membership. Return to Top PokerPages Promotions Freeroll can take you to the Poker EM Beginning August 18 The 2002 EM Warm-Up begins August 18 in preparation for the live Poker EM Tournament to be held in Casinos Austria Baden. The Warm-Up will be played on the PokerPages software and is free for anyone over 21 to play! Last year's EM Warm-Up was a huge success and we are very eager to repeat it. If you have not downloaded the PokerPages software, click here to get it! Scroll down for more information. The Warm-Up Tournaments There will be two special EM Warm-Up tournaments held on the PokerPages Software every day until September 14th, 2002. Times are 2pm and 9pm Central Daylight Time. The top 3 players from these tournaments will qualify to play in the Final Warm-Up tournament 3PM CST on September 15th, 2002. To see who has already qualified, click here. PokerPages releases 7 Card- Stud on Software Read More Return to Top Crossword Puzzle 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, "Hidden Advantage", constructed by Michael Wiesenberg. Return to Top Player Article Tunica Trip Report By 24karet Last week, Maxer (Frank Herren) and I (Carla Herren) went to Tunica, MS. We have been playing on PokerPages for about 6 months and had not played a "live" game in almost 25 years. We got lots of good advice from PP players, the best being to start in a tourney to get our feet wet. We stayed at the Grand and they ran daily tourneys ranging from 3 to 6 tables. $5.00 buy-in, unlimited re-buys before the break, then one additional add-on. First day, Maxer and I met at the final table and chopped the pot for 1st and 2nd. Our play on PP definitely kept us in the games. We could identify the rocks, loose players, and maniacs!!! I think we were over-confident the second day and did not finish in the money. Out of 6 tourneys, Maxer made it to the final table twice and I made it 3 times. Many times it looked grim but we both remembered "a chip and a chair" and used that last chip wisely. Although we certainly didn't win them all, we never went on tilt. Half-way through the trip, we met Pokergoddess. She (of course) gave us some good pointers and tips. It was great to meet a real person from PokerSchool Online. THANK YOU POKER PAGES!!!!!!! Maxer and 24karet Return to Top Poker in America By Tina Napolitano The Legends of Poker at the Bicycle Casino continued through August and a bizarre thing happened in Event 9, the $300 Low Ball. Layne Flack received a 10 minute penalty when there were 3 players remaining after uttering an obscenity when he lost a hand. At that point he had about a third of the chips and when he returned he found that about half of them had been blinded off, with the eventual winner Mathew Ho getting most of them by raising nearly every hand. Layne ended up in third place ($4,070) with Mathew Ho winning $13,560 for the main prize. This is not the first time we have seen this penalty imposed, as the same happened to Scotty Nguyen during the final table of the TOC. If poker is to become a nationally recognized sport/pastime then everyone involved has to accept it needs to be cleaned up and bad language at the table is not acceptable. It is also not acceptable online, but many players hide behind their keypads and their user names to put strings of obscenities into the chat windows. On the note of abuse, Phil Hellmuth was banned for one night with his chips on the table, when in a fit of temper/frustration he left the table and kicked the glass door to open it. Actually, that side of the door was secure, so the bottom hinges came adrift. No major damage was done to the door or Phil, but he was declared out of the event and went home to drown his sorrows. Phil openly admitted he needs to grow up, but still thinks that the tournament director came down a little heavy on him. David Levy won $32,000 in Event 10 $500 Limit Hold'em and Sam Sanusi an oil engineer for Exxon had a wire to wire victory in Event 11 $500 No Limit Holdem. The $500 7-Card Stud Hi/Lo (Event 12) turned out to be a marathon final table, taking nearly 5 hours to complete. Scotty Nguyen outlasted David Pham to take a first prize of $26,000 in a heads up match that took 26 hands to conclude and had reached the $10,000-$20,000 limit level. Well done Scotty, are you now in training for the Chicago marathon? Daniel Negreanu won his 2nd and 3rd Legends tournaments by taking Event 13 $500 Omaha Hi/Lo ($22,600) and Event 18 $1,000 No Limit Hold'em ($44,800) which has lifted in to 2nd position in the all round table, 47 points behind David Pham. Way to go Daniel. 29 year old Aussie resident Toby Atroshenko won Event 14, $500 Pot Limit Hold'em, and $29,000 to spend on his "poker holiday". He usually gets his practice by playing in weekly pot limit home games and used this experience to defeat seasoned pros such as T.J. Cloutier and Randy Holland. Just think how many other events he could have won if he was a member of PokerSchool Online instead? Robert Turner, the man who conceived Legends of Poker, won $18,400 in Event 15 $500 H.O.E. after refusing a deal from second place Andrew Maloof when Andrew held a 2-1 chip advantage. When the rolls were reversed, Maloof accepted the same deal that he had previously proposed from Robert Turner. Must have been a fair deal in Andrew's mind. Event 16 $500 7-Card Stud went to Toto Leonides ($15,000) when he beat former world champ Huck Seed into second place by making trip 7's on the river when Huck already held trip 3's. Unknown player Si Tran nearly pulled off a shock win in the $1,000 Limit Hold'em (Event 17) but accepted a deal from Men 'The Master' Nguyen after being outplayed when heads up. Men took home $31,600. Event 19 $1,000 7-Card Stud Hi Lo went to David Phan ($23,600) and Ex Hollywood Park bartender Henry Minasyan won Event 20 $500 Half 7-Card Stud Hi Lo Half Omaha Hi Lo. ($19,600). Should be good for a round of drinks!!! Legends of Poker continues throughout August and despite these few hiccups, still remains one of the best run events on the Poker calendar. Legends reaches its conclusion on Sunday September 1st. You can read the results as they happen on PokerPages along with the wonderful reports from Max Shapiro. Lucky Chances in Colma announced the start of its WPT (World Poker Tour) Sunday Qualifiers. The winner gets not only cash but an entry into the $300,000 World Poker Tour event that will be held during the Gold Rush in November. Full schedule for the Gold Rush is now online at PokerPages.com. What's coming up - The Speedway of Poker is starting at Garden City Casino on the 24th and runs for 8 days, Oceans Eleven has the Dog Days of Summer on the 25th, along with Chinook Winds who present Run for the Wind III. The Bellagio is hosting another 3 day event - 7 Card Stud which starts on August 27th, and this is at the same time that Binion's host their Hall of Fame, which runs from August 28th until September 14th. Then for you ladies only, The Commerce is hosting their infamous Ladies Poker Dream Weekend. So come on Ladies, it is your chance to shine and win some money without those men breathing down you necks at the poker tables. To finish off the month of August, The Sandia in Alburquerque is hosting the Labor Day Classic, and the Chip Island Inn are hosting their Labor Day Weekend tournament. So wherever you may choose to play, have fun, be nice to everyone and be lucky Tina Napolitano Return to Top Kevin Pratt Joins PokerPages Team PokerPages would like to introduce the new edition to our team - Kevin Pratt. A Poker Player and Webmaster, what a delight to have both those skills all rolled into one person. He has joined us in our European office and will be involved in many of the new projects that we are undertaking. We are also extremely happy that he will be to contributing the Poker in the UK and Europe sections to the PokerPages newsletter. Find out just what is happening in those poker rooms throughout Europe as Kevin reports on the players (most of whom he knows personally) and their successes and experiences in the card rooms. You will be able to see the daily results from all European events updated as it happens on PokerPages, and if any of the players wish to share stories for Kevin to include in the newsletter (even bad beats) then please email Kevin@PokerPages.com Poker in Europe By Kevin Pratt All the tournament action has so far been in the UK this month with the next European event being the Bodensee Poker Championship in Bregenz, Austria. September sees the 7th European Poker Tournament for Casino Employees at the Gran Casino de Barcelona in Spain, which has been called the Mikohn Open. This is the tournament where the dealers, croupiers and managers get the chance to play poker in a real tournament. The event was first held in 1992 and attracted 52 casino employees and it has steadily grown with 572 entries from 50 casinos in 14 different countries last year. The main festival in September is The Autumn Tournament from the Aviation Club in Paris which has your first chance to enter a Super Satellite for The World Poker Tour Event - The Euro Finals Of Poker - which will be held 12th-15th February 2002. The buy in for the Super Satellite is € 200 with the Main February Event having a € 10,000 buy in. The biggest event in the Autumn Tournament is the € 2000 No Limit Hold'em taking place Saturday 20th September, with the final starting at 5pm on Sunday 21st. Later on in September comes the Austrian Classics at the Concord Card Casino which is always a popular venue amongst travelling European players. The full schedule can be found on the website. Finally, the full schedule for the Poker EM is also available. This event is generally regarded as the premier 7-Card Stud Event in Europe and takes place between the 2nd and 5th October at Casinos Austria, Baden. PokerPages have added 7-Card Stud to their software and have joined up with Casinos Austria to host The 2nd Annual Online Poker EM Warm Up, so now you can sit at home and qualify prior to going to the live event itself. Last year the Warm Up was extremely successful but we are expecting it to be even more popular this year as the qualifying is done playing Stud rather than Hold'em. Watch out for some of the big European players at the tables as I'm sure they won't let the opportunity to enter the Poker EM for nothing go unnoticed. Kevin Pratt Return to Top Poker in the UK and Ireland By Kevin Pratt The Scottish Masters in Dundee concluded on the 11th with the Main Event £100 Pot Limit Hold'em being won by G. Bekar picking up £11,000. J. Lee won the biggest buy in event of the week £10,000 for the £500 Pot Limit Hold'em with other winners being M.Mckinlay £7,400 for the £100 Pot Limit Omaha, H. Morograin £7,800 for the £100 No Limit Hold'em, and S. McQueston £5,800 for the £200 Pot Limit Hold'em. As usual in Scotland the cash action proved frantic with an unusual situation happening in the £100 Dealers Choice game. Carlo Citrone, a player from Newcastle on his first visit to Dundee, sat down in the big blind and called a raise along with a few others. He flopped top set, checked and called a bet and a raise. The turn card gave him quads and everyone checked, and after the river card he checked and the original bettor bet again. Carlo wanted to raise all in but was only allowed to call, as his all in bet was an under-raise (no under-raising in Scotland). He therefore proudly displayed his winning quads and was told that he wasn't allowed to check the nuts on the river. Apparently there is a rule in Scotland that if you check the nuts and get paid the opponent is entitled to their money back from the pot. Needless to say, Carlo will not be rushing back to Scotland. Following on from Dundee came the Grosvenor UK Open in Luton, a popular venue with most of the leading British players attending. The Main Event £1000 No Limit Holdem saw a top quality final table including Jan Sjavik, Simon 'Aces' Trumper, Jac Arama, and Garry Bush, but against all odds the winner turned out to be Keith Hawkins who took £37,000 home from right under the noses of the pros. Paul Testud from France had a successful week winning the £250 Pot Limit Hold'em (£12,876), the £200 Pot Limit Omaha (£11,500) and coming third in the £150 No Limit Hold'em (£5,800). Other winners on the week were Bruce Atkinson (£14,400) £100 Pot Limit Hold'em, Chandra Khajuria (£12,940) £100 7-Card Stud, and Mrs. Shirazi (£18,800) £150 No Limit Hold'em. There's no let up in the U.K action as players head off for The Midlands Meldown at the Grosvenor Casino in Walsall, which starts on the 22nd and finishes on the 26th. The Main Event takes place on the 25th starting at 9.15 pm, but watch out if you have work as the final is held on Monday 26th at 3pm. As usual, we will keep you up to date on the website with the Walsall results as they happen. Kevin Pratt Return to Top Poker Down Under By David Parlor The Victorian Poker Championship is in progress at present and has enjoyed some good support from both interstate and New Zealand players. Andrew Dimock from New Zealand showed some of the seasoned tournament players just what you can learn on the Internet by winning the first event. After the Aussies taking much of the silverware from the New Zealand Championship earlier this year, I could see that Andrew got a lot of satisfaction in taking some back across the Tasman. Satellites for the Aussie Millions in January next year have proved to be very popular as the list of players is growing every week. A special poker rate of AUD$198 Sun to Thur & AUD$247.50 Fri & Sat (except for New Years Eve) has been negotiated at the World Renowned Crown Towers Hotel. To book this great offer, e-mail Tournament Director, Danny McDonagh at dannym@crowncasino.com.au. Casino Canberra have just released details of their Poker Tournament beginning on the 1st October 2002. Entry Forms and full details of events can be obtained through the Casino Canberra website, or by contacting the casino on (02) 6257 7074. A discounted accommodation package with Crowne Plaza Hotel can also be booked through Guest Services at Casino Canberra. For any questions about Poker in Australia please email me. David Parlor Return to Top Shopping at PokerPages.com 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 August: The Poker MBA: Winning in Business No Matter What Cards You're Dealt By Greg Dinkin and Jeffery Gitomer The world of poker is the real world. Risk and reward are measured every second of the game. The same is true in business. The first step to business success is knowing how to read others, when to bluff, and when to walk away. Basic poker skills can be used to add to your business success.The Poker MBA takes you inside the high-stakes world of poker to show that winning at poker and winning at business are one and the same. 288p (hard). $23.95 + $5.00 US shipping $23.95 + $11.00 Outside US 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 Submit Your Profile We would love to feature you in our Player Profile section. Just send us your photo along with a Profile summary. Click here to submit your profile.