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      April 22nd, 2003 Vol. 3 Issue 7
 

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Poker In America
Tim Kopp of PokerPages writes about Poker in America


W.S.O.P. Anyone?

Hello again everybody, welcome back to Poker In The USA. It's hard to believe we're already more than half way through the month of April. Being on the cusp of May means only one-thing to poker players around the world, it means its time for the 34th World Series of Poker. However, before we jump into that, let's pick up where we left off last month at The Bellagio's Five-Star World Poker Classic and The Foxwoods Casino's New England Poker Classic.

First we turn our attention to Las Vegas and the Bellagio. When we last met, there were only 3 more events until the $25,000 buy-in World Poker Tour Finals. (Note: If anyone is following the WPT on the Travel channel and doesn't want to know who wins the Final show, skip over this section because the winners will be revealed.) Before we get to the Final event though, lets look at how the action leading up to it played out.

Phil IveyEvent 9 was Omaha Hi/Lo. 69 players scraped up the $2,500 to enter and managed to buld the prize pool too $167,325. WSOP Bracelet winner Phil Ivey won the event and took home just a hair under $67,000. Other players of note that made the final table were, Howard Lederer, "Miami" John Cernuto and Toto Leonidas

Event 10 was Omaha of the Pot Limit variety and a few more people showed up for the day's events. Only 81 players needed to make a prize pool of $196,425 in this $2,500 buy in event. Jan Sorenson of Odenske, Denmark would take 1st place and almost $80,000. Noted author Jim McManus (of WSOP final table fame) would take 3rd. Jim has a new book out on his experiences in Vegas called Positively 5th Street, If you like good poker stories and appreciate good writing, you should stop reading this and go pick up his book, it's great.

Howard LedererThere was one more official event before the finals. That was Event 11, No Limit Hold'em. The Management of the Bellagio would be giving a seat to the main event forthe winner of Event 11 and if 1 seat to the final already wasn't enough for Howard Lederer, 2 would not be plenty as he went on to beat out the other 212 to collect $220,820 and his 2nd $25,000 seat. No official word on if a final table deal was made.

***Warning WPT Final Episode Spoiler***
Finally, it was the day everyone was waiting for. All year players from around the world duked it out over 4 continents to win seats to the World Poker Tour Finals. If you didn't win your seat, it was going to cost you a crisp $25K to get one, and from the looks of it, quite a few people did just that. 111 players started the event and created of prize pool of over 2.5 million dollars ($2,691,750). 1st place would net $1,011,886. The match would be played over the next 5 days. Phil Ivey, who I would expect to see at a few final tables this year at the WSOP led after Day 1 by almost 100,000 chips over his nearest competitor, Jimmy Tran. At the end of Day 2 Phil had lost some ground but still found himself in the top 10 chip holders. Ted Forrest now had control and was chip leader by about only 20,000 chips. The end of Day 3 surprised me as I found Doyle Brunson among the chip leaders in 5th place. Don't get me wrong, if anyone can beat that game it's Doyle, but I was surprised that he got up from his big cash games to play in this tournament. I guess with that kind of prize money at stake, Doyle was going to take a shot at it. Day 4, the bubble day we were already into the money, but only 6 would move past this day and play at the final table. Phil Ivey must have gotten the memo because he made a charge late in the day to become chip leader going into final day action. The others to join Phil at the final table would be Kirill Gerasimov, Alan Goehring, Doyle Brunson, and James Hoeppner. In the end the $1,011,886 1st place prize would go to the player I know the least about. Alan Goehring of Henderson, NV is crowned your 2003 WPT Champion, his win automatically gets him a seat into next years $25K WPT finals. Way to go Alan, what a score!

Hats off to the Bellagio Staff for a successful year of tournaments. This year they paid out over $10,559,710 to the winners. That's quite a few tacos.

Another event that just finished up was the New England Poker Classic at the Foxwoods Resort and Casino. In what's become the east coast's favorite springtime tournament, players from all over the country managed to create huge prize pools for a budget buy in. In the final, 170 of New England's best squared off to become the New England Champ. Scott Byron (Flushing, NY) took first and $91,000.

Action for the rest of the month in anywhere except Vegas will be slow as Poker Rooms know that the World Series of Poker 2003 has just got underway. Remember that PokerPages posts the results on the site immediately after each event concludes with pictures, payouts, and exclusive reports from PokerSchool's own, Nolan Dalla, so be the first on the block to know who won the days events. The first six days have already been played and you can see the results here. Rather than splitting the coverage over 2 newsletters, next month we'll be taking a look at a day by day breakdown of each event that you won't want to miss! Until then be sure to check back to Pokerpages regularly for your daily updates.

Odds and Ends:

For those of you who don't have the bankroll for the WSOP but still love tournament poker and big paydays, you might want to take a ride to the Bicycle Casino where the Mini Series of Poker is just getting under way. The mini series follows the WSOP schedule but have affordable buy-ins for the budget minded (like me).

Make your reservations now for the 5th Annual Jack Binion World Poker Open in Tunica, MS. The dates are announced and the schedule is in so have a look. This years winner is guaranteed at least a 1 million dollar prize! So there, you have no more excuses, you have to be there; you've had ample warning. The event will take place January 6 to 29, 2004. See you there.

That's it for this month's Poker in the USA. If you know of any events in your area that aren't listed in our Tournament Directory, please email me at tim@pokerpages.com and I'll update the site as soon as I get the info. Don't forget to come back next month when we focus on this Year's WSOP

On the River,

PS - My Pick for the 2003 WSOP Champion: Chip Jett

Until then, see ya at the final table,

Tim Kopp

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Poker In Europe
Kevin Pratt of PokerPages writes about Poker in Europe

There was not much action in Europe these past 2 weeks, so I thought I would write about 3 Europeans who I feel have a chance to win a bracelet in the WSOP.

Top of my list of players is someone I have been watching for a long time now namely Kirill Gerasimov from Moscow Russia. Many Americans will have been unaware of Kirill but his name will be on peoples lips after his recent second place in the Bellagio World Poker Tour $25,000 event. Kirill picked up over half a million dollars alone playing in that so he has the bankroll to compete in plenty of WSOP events and I expect a strong showing from the quiet man from Russia. For those who are unaware Kirill is currently the official World Heads Up Champion and in my view is probably the best player in Europe at the moment. If you look back at my archived newsletters I predicted that Kirill could well be destined for WSOP glory.

Kiril Gerasimov[The player who is 'HOT' at the moment is a player who has been 'HOT' all year. He is one of the best players around in Europe and I think he will go on to better things at the World Series. He has the perfect temperament for the game and is strong at all forms of Poker. Kirill Gerasimov won in Moscow, St Petersburg and Holland since the last newsletter. On top of that he is already the World Heads Up Champion and in my view he is destined to win a World Series Bracelet.]
November 8th, 2002 Vol. 2 Issue 20

Marcel LuskeA player who is currently running into form at the right time is Marcel Luske from Holland. Marcel was the European No1 ranked player in 2001 and he also had a good tournament at the Bellagio winning $25,000 after getting his seat in a satellite. Marcel is fearless, aggressive and plays many hands. If he smells weakness he is not afraid to put his chips in with nothing and is a great reader of other players hands. Marcel also has the bankroll to compete in many events at the WSOP but in particular I expect him to feature in the Omaha Hi/Lo events, as these are his strongest games. I watched Marcel last year in the 5K buy in and he played superb to finally finish 3rd.

Rob HollinkFinally if you are looking for an Omaha winner then look no further than the best Omaha player in the world namely Rob Hollink from Holland. Rob is double European Omaha Champion having won the tournament in 2001 and 2003. Rob has won many Omaha tournaments and I make him a firm favorite for any of the pot limit Omaha tournaments which the Europeans clearly excel at.

Good Luck to all Europeans at the WSOP

Kevin Pratt

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Poker Cop Poisonous Poker: A Poker Cop Mystery
By Robert Arabella

Part 4- Confession


There have been three poisoning deaths at the Las Vegas Majestic's Poker Room. The Chief of Poker Room Security, Talbot, The Poker Cop, continues the investigation.

"Mrs. Tallifiero, I'm Detective Rook of the LVPD Strip Division. I have evidence, irrefutable evidence, that you have tonight poisoned three people. You are a mass murderer. Don't even bother to deny it. We know it, and we can prove in court. You're as guilty as sin. If you confess, in full, right now, I will do everything in my power to save you from the death penalty. Otherwise you will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law and the law shows no mercy to those who won't confess."

Mary looks at Rook in puzzled silence. "I don't understand . . . I . . ." The words "poison," "murder," and "death penalty" sink in slowly. Mary now looks at Rook as if he is insane. "I . . . what? . . . WHAT!" She shakes from side to side. She squeezes her eyes closed and then opens them quickly - and seems surprised that she has not woken up from this nightmare. She looks around frantically for someone who is sane. First at Red Penny, who refuses to make eye contact, and then at me. "Talby," she asks, "What's going on? Tell him this is some kind of mistake. You know me. I never . . . I couldn't . . . Talby, I swear to you . . .". . Read more

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Erik Seidel

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Poker News From Around the World By Nolan Dalla
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Congress Votes to Ban Internet Gambling: President Bush Expected to Sign Bill into Law

(UPI) WASHINGTON -- After months of intense political debate cutting across party lines, the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday finally passed the "Internet Gambling Prohibition Act" by a roll-call vote of 237-198. President George W. Bush is expected to sign the bill into law sometime early next week.

The bill makes it a federal crime to place any wager over the Internet. According to estimates, up to nine million Americans gamble from their personal computers every day. This includes a wide range of gambling activities -- including poker playing, sports betting, and popular casino games such as blackjack and roulette. If approved by the President, anyone convicted of gambling online could face the death penalty. Read More.....

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Poker in the U.K.
Andrew Lacey of the PokerPages Team writes about poker in the UK.

Update on British and Irish players playing in Las Vegas

Bellagio's Five-Star World Poker Classic

At the beginning of April, before the WSOP got underway at Binions, the Bellagio held the Five-Star World Poker Classic A number of British and Irish players made the trip to play there, and also to play in the WSOP, which started on April 15th. A number of them placed in the money.

Dave UlliottIn the $1,500 buy-in Pot Limit Hold'em event, 3 players from England made the final table. Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott from Hull ended up heads-up with, in many people's opinion the best tournament player in the world, T.J. Cloutier. T.J. won this particular battle but Dave still picked up $49,470 for his second place finish. That should pay his travel costs! Sunny Nijtran from Birmingham and Julian Gardner from Manchester finished 9th and 10th, winning $3,958 and $2,969 respectively.

2 English players made the final table of the $1,500 No Limit Hold'em game, from a field of 249. Jamie Posner from Luton did battle heads-up with Eskimo Clark and had to settle for second place in the end. Nevertheless, he pocketed $67,400, so not a bad days work. The Devilfish also made the final table and came in 5th, winning $15,165. It was a tough final table, which included Johnny Chan, Huck Seed and Erik Seidel.

Padraig ParkinsonPerhaps the most interesting result was the $2,500 buy-in Pot Limit Omaha game, where the final table of 9 contained 5 British and Irish players and 2 other Europeans. This highlights how good the Europeans are at Pot Limit as it is the game of choice here. Seasoned player Marcel Luske of Holland took first place honours and $67,512. Padraig Parkinson of Ireland took second and $38,819. Third was Jeff Duval of London with $20,254. Lucy Rokach of Stoke was 4th with $11,815. Derek Baxter of London took 7th spot and $5,907, and Jason Gray, also from London, finished 9th with $3,375.

The big event at the Bellagio was the 5 day No-Limit Hold'em tournament, with a whopping $25,000 buy-in. Only one English player made the final table. It was Derek Baxter again. The number 7 must be significant for Derek because, as in the Pot Limit Omaha event, he also finished 7th in this one. This time however, 7th place meant $66,661, so I don't think he was overly disappointed.

The 34th World Series of Poker, 2003, at Binions Las Vegas

The 2003 WSOP kicked off on April 15th and will run for 5 weeks until May 23rd. In my last newsletter I profiled some of the players I felt could win the big one in May. So far, with only 4 events played, none of our players have hit the money. That said, many of them are still in Ireland and the U.K., playing in the events in Dublin (the Hendon Mob were there), and elsewhere in the U.K. Many will travel out this week and next week when the events get bigger ($2,500 - $5,000) buy-ins, so expect to see a few familiar names at the final tables. We will bring you all the results and detailed reports, as they happen, here at PokerPages.

Results from Luton, Brighton and Dublin

Grosvenor Luton Results

Since my last newsletter earlier this month, there have been 3 tournaments in the UK and Ireland. The first action was in Luton where the Grosvenor kicked off their Spring Festival.

Kiril GerasimovFirst up was the £100 Pot Limit 7 Card Stud event, which attracted 90 players. Dave Morten took this won and £8,440, beating Ram Vaswani of the Hendon Mob into second place with £6,000. Steve Vladar came in third.

Event 2 was a £100 Pot Limit Hold'em game and it was Andy Gomm you fought off the rest of the field. Andy won £10,200 so it was a nice payday for him.

Next up was the £150 No Limit Hold'em event, which saw 124 players enter. A deal was struck at the final table, which meant 3 players would win £7,570 and 2 would win £7,000. Richard Ashby claimed first place and £7,000 while the runner-up, John Burberry, won even more! £7,570 to be precise. Andrew Cheeseman also won the same amount for third, as did Francis Rowan in 4th place. 5th place and £7,000 went to Dan Samsom.

A £150 buy-in Pot Limit Omaha was next on the menu. D Sami claimed this one, fighting off 72 other competitors, to win £7,530. Dave Colclough, who has had a string of runners-up finishes lately, was second with £6,340. Ram Vaswani was back in the money again, finishing third for £5,250

The buy-in jumped to £250 for the next event, Pot Limit Hold'em. 110 players competed in this one. When all was said and done, Ali Mallu was crowned the winner, netting £17,790. S Dunnet came in second with £16,000 and Carlo Citrone was third, earning him £7,090. That should come in handy for a few new designer shirts Carlo!

Mike mageeThe Main Event then took place. It was a £750 buy-in No Limit Hold'em tournament. Fellow Irishman Mike Magee fought off 89 other players to win this one, pocketing a cool £21,630. (Side note: after I wrote my last newsletter I realised I had omitted Mike from the list of players I thought could win in Vegas. Mike is one of the finest players in the world, and if he goes to Vegas is well in with a shout. Good luck to you Mike, if you travel over). Mick Wernick came in second with £14,500 and Charalambos Kleanthous came third, winning the same amount. So obviously a deal was struck at the final table.

The Grosvenor wrapped up their Festival with an affordable £50 Pot Limit Hold'em game. But for some reason only 63 players showed up on the day. There must have been a good soccer match on somewhere. Ben Khalifa won this event and £4,350.

The Rendezvous in Brighton, Sussex Masters Results

The Sussex Masters at the Rendezvous is underway as I write. It started on April 14th and the final event will be played today. Here are the results so far.

Event 1 was an inexpensive £10 No Limit Hold'em tournament and 72 players took part. R. Ainsworth went on to take top spot and £1,210.

April 16th saw the £50 Pot Limit Hold'em game attract 60 runners, and again it was R. Ainsworth who had a back-to-back victory. This win netted him £3,300. It is always very impressive to win two events in a row.

Next up we had the £50 No Limit Hold'em but this time it was S. Osman who took the top spot, winning £4,400. Maybe R. Ainsworth didn't turn up, and was off splashing his previous winnings elsewhere?

46 players had a shot at the £100 Pot Limit Omaha game. £4,220 was on offer for first place and it was duly claimed by M. Wright.

A field of 62 entered the £100 No Limit Hold'em event. I James went on to claim this title and £4,910.

There are still a few events to go and we will bring you those results as they happen.

The Irish Open Poker Festival at the Merrion Club, Dublin

Liam FloodBack home in dear old Dublin, Gentleman Liam Flood and his team staged the Irish Open. Many of the top U.K. and European players made the journey, as it is always an enjoyable event. Alas, due to work commitments here I could not make the journey as I had hoped to. So I guess I will have to wait until October, when the Winter Festival is scheduled to take place.

First up was the €200 buy-in No Limit Hold'em game, which went to Steve McClean. He won €20,048, with Dave Colclough coming second with €10,024. Joe Beevers of the Hendon Mob, and runner up to Jimmy White in this year's Poker Million, claimed third and €5,012. Well, that will pay his travel expenses to Vegas, thank you very much!

The €400 Pot Limit Omaha was the next event pencilled in. 84 players took part, and it was Dave Colclough who finally took first spot after a long run of second place finishes this year. Well done Dave! He took home €21,740 for his efforts. Italian Francesco DiNardi was glad he took part, as his second place finish netted him €10,870. Dave Wood from Ireland came in third with €5,435.

Joe BeeversThe Main Event, €1,000 No Limit Hold'em, attracted 104 runners. Now it was Joe Beever's turn to prove his class at the green felt, for he fought off the field to win first place and €29,000. That will pay for a few buy-ins in Vegas at the World Series, no doubt. Fellow Irishman Frank Callaghan was runner-up with €24,000 and Ali Sarkeshik took third and €22,500, the players having agreed a deal at the final table.

The Merrion wrapped things up with a €100 No Limit Hold'em game on Sunday and 111 players fought it out. When the dust finally settled it was Paddy O'Connor who emerged victorious and €7,000 richer. David Herney had to settle for second and €3,660 and Chris Papadopolis won €1,830 for his third place finish.

Upcoming Events

While all poker players' eyes will be focused on events in Las Vegas over the coming weeks, there will not be a lot of action here until the World Series is completed. But for those unable to travel to Vegas, why not head north to bonny Scotland for the Dundee May Poker Festival , which will run from May 1st to May 6th. Six tournaments are to be contested, the highlight being the £500 buy-in No Limit Hold'em event. As with all tournaments, we will bring you the results, as they happen. Good luck at the tables, if you are playing.

Until next time, take care…
andrew@pokerpages.com

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Poker Down Under
Reported by David Parlor

With all of the world's top poker players focused on the WSOP in Las Vegas at present, it is easy to overlook our own Melbourne Championships. For those that are still building their bankrolls or can't afford the time to visit Vegas, The Melbourne Champ's is the place to be for some tournament fun.

All events are under $330 to enter, some with rebuys and some without in attempt to please all. Three satellite events will be held throughout the week and will offer good value for those that are looking for a cheap seat into the Australasian Championships in January next year. I am sure that local, Dan Farid, will be hoping to win a seat for the $200 that he expended last year resulting in a pay check of over $10 000.

An overall points prize for the Melbourne Champs this year will be a value added prize by Crown including airfare and accommodation for the Grand Prix de Paris Tournament at the Aviation Club in Paris. The prize is transferable and qualifying tournaments are the Limit Holdem, Limit 7 Card, Terminator Holdem & Omaha, No Limit Holdem, and the individual section of the Teams Event.
Accommodation is booking fast at the luxurious Crown Towers with the poker rate unchanged at $198 Sun to Thurs and 247.50 Fri & Sat (GST inclusive). All enquiries and accommodation bookings should be forwarded to Tournament Director, Danny McDonagh.
For a full list of tournaments at The Melbourne Championships, please click the link.
If you have any other questions about Poker in Australia please email me.

David Parlor

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