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Poker In America
Tim Kopp of PokerPages
writes about Poker in America
Mel Judah: Legend of Poker
Hello again and welcome back to Poker in America. It's
hard to believe that we're already in September; before
we know it we'll be breaking out the winter jackets, and
for the less fortunate, shoveling snow from our driveways.
Though, let's not get too far ahead of our selves, we have
poker to discuss. When we last left off, the Legends
of Poker at the Bicycle Casino was heading down the
home stretch toward the $5,000 World Poker Tour No Limit
Hold'em main event. Much has been won and lost since then,
so let jump right in with both feet.
We pick up action in Event
15 and the Lowball World Championship. 50 of the country's
best Low Ball specialists stumped up the $1,000 (+$60) to
get the post WSOP bragging rights. Andy Sacino, an executive
host at Hollywood Park and a former owner of the Gardena
Club beat out many of his old patrons to take home 1st place
and a crisp $20 grand.
 The
next day the players returned for a reduced buy-in ($500)
No Limit Hold'em Event
16. Players were allowed one optional re-buy in this
event and with 197 players the 100 re-buys the prize pool
rocketed to $148,500. The electric and some times eccentric
poker pro Anver Levy beat out fellow top players Surinder
Sunar (2nd) and Toto Leonidas (3rd) to take the $59,400
first place prize. Anver's titles include a World Poker
Open event this year, a Four Queens win and a best all-round
at the Normandie Casino.
 Along
to Event
17 the always-interesting H.O.E (Hold'em, Omaha hi-lo
and 7-card stud hi-lo) match was on the menu. Another $500
buy-in greeted the players at the cage. Playing his three
favorite games, with World Series bracelets in each, "Miami
John" Cernuto had a fairly easy win. As reported by Max
Shapiro, The veteran pro came to the final table with the
chip lead, gave it up a couple of times, but was never far
behind. When he got heads up with Chad Brown, an actor,
Cernuto had nearly a 3-1 lead and quickly powered his way
to victory and $23,000.
Reduced buy-ins yet again for Event
18 and the $300 Limit Hold'em match. Those of you who
watched ESPN's coverage of the 2003 World Series of Poker
Coverage just might remember the winner of this event, Gary
Margolis from the 1st episode. ESPN decided to parody the
concept of "dead money" and sponsored Gary in the tournament
so they could follow his exploits (or lack there of). Gary
had the last laugh this day though as he took 1st and $76K
from 301 other players. That the way, Gary, quiet the critics!
 Moving
along, another bargain buy-in was in the works the following
day, this time though for some good old fashioned 7-Card
Stud Event
19. A respectable 145 players was enough to get the
prize pool to $43,500. David Levi, the former pro soccer
player turned pro poker player beat out another tough final
table to collect his $17,200 first place prize. This year
he also has an Omaha Hi/Lo victory in Hustler Casino's Grand
Slam of Poker, where he made five final tables and was second
to Chris Grigorian in the all-around points race.
 On
to Event
20 and a little Limit 7-Card Stud Hi-Lo / Half Limit
Omaha Hi-Lo. You know when there's a mixed game event that
it'll generally be a field of crafty Pro players battling
over the dead money. One of the craftiest of them all, 2001's
co-player of the year, Men "The Master" Nguyen rose to the
challenge to take first place. Said Men after the match,
"I am the best player." I don't know about that, but he's
certainly up there among the best.
 Ever
forward we make it to the last of the "cheap" buy-ins and
another dose of Limit Hold'em ($300) Event
21. Yet another one of Poker's top players rose to the
challenge. Super Star Scotty Nguyen, 1998 WSOP champ, drilled
his way though the mammoth field of 342. The prize pool,
edging just over 100K, was hotly contested. It didn't get
any easier on the final table for Scotty either. With players
like Warren Karp, Men 'The Master' Nguyen, Kathy Liebert,
and Scotty Warbucks to contend with Scotty Nguyen had his
work cut out. Scotty, never one to be intimidated, skated
away with $38,475 for the win.
Playtime was over, big buy-ins only from here on in, and
to kick if off was Event
22 Limit 7-Card Stud Hi/Lo ($1000 buy-in). Only 73 players
for this match, but that was just fine with Darwin Smith,
all the easier for him to walk away with the $29,000 for
first place.
 Event
23 was next. Another Hi/lo game was on the schedule but this
time Omaha. Scotty Warbucks (aka Charlie Shoten), has been absolutely
on fire and had the embers burning again for his 2nd victory of
this year's Legends. Along with several final table and first
place finishes recently, Charlie finished second in Commerce's
Cal State championship and also won a Hustler championship event.
Scotty might be making a run at player of the year.
Onward to Event
24 and the $1,000 Limit Hold'em event. In a 14-hour
marathon, a record for the Legends, lawyer Eric Liebeler
finally outlasted the other 135 players and picked up an
even $54K. When all was said and done, at 9:20 am, Eric
said he had a good time because he found all his final table
opponents very pleasant.
The $1,000 No Limit Hold'em Event
25 was next. The event drew 194 players, a huge leap
over last year's 112. 78-year-old Gene Resnic might not
be a spring chicken but be kept pecking away at his opponent's
stacks with hypnotic regularity. With the total prize pool
just under $200K, Gene walked away with almost half of that
$77,600.
 Fast
forwarding to Event
28 and the Half Limit 7-Card Stud Hi-Lo /Half Limit
Omaha Championship. Dan Heimiller an aspiring pro, picked
up his first money finish in almost 10 months. The $26,800
likely made it worth the wait. Dan Heimiller was overjoyed
to shake his worst losing streak ever. "Before, when people
told me they had been running bad for more than two months,
I thought it was impossible. Now I know that anything can
happen"
Pot Limit Hold'em Event
29 was poker de jour the following day. New York resident
Tom Brownscombe started the final table with the fewest
chips, was soon all in and survived by hitting a two-outer
on the river. The next thing he knew he was the winner and
$55,200 wiser.
 With
a few promotional events in-between, it was time for the
3 day $5,000 WPT
Main Event. If you though that poker was on the rise,
you're right, if you're skeptical on it's popularity, look
no further than the numbers from this match. 309 players
showed up for the 5K event. In total, 135 more people than
the year before. The $1,545,000 prize pool also set an all-time
record for any Bicycle Casino event. Only 54 players would
survive day
1. Second-day play resumed at 4:15 p.m., with antes
of $200 and limits of 6-12k Chip leader was the aptly named
Chip Jett with $99,900. At the end of day
2, 6 players would be getting the TV time and seats
for the final day. The next player out would get $54,075.
That sounds nice, but all players had their eyes on the
$579,375 for first place. On to the final day. As Max Shapiro
reports: "In a spectacular, made-for-TV finish, Mel Judah
captured the $5,000 Legends Championship/WPT event by breaking
Paul Phillips, straight versus straight. When the board
showed A-6-3-5-4, Judah, with 9-7, had the high end while
Phillips, with J-2, had the ignorant end". A former ladies
hairdresser who started playing poker with friends when
he was 14, he has been traveling the international tournament
poker circuit for years. Judah has had numerous World Series
cash-outs, with two bracelets
September will be a busy month, so if you haven't seen
what's in store for you at your local card room, please
click
here. Next time we'll take a look at two tournaments
that are shaping up to be instant classics. The 2003
United States Poker Championship at the Trump Taj Mahal
and Heavenly
Hold'em at the Commerce casino. Both events are breaking
records in attendance as well as Prize pools. There's still
time to get seats in these tournaments, so pack a bag and
head out for a little poker. You deserve it
Tim Kopp
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Interview With Mel
Judah, World Poker Tour Winner at Legends of Poker
By PokerPages
PP: Mel, How long have you been playing
poker?
Mel: Since I was about 14 yrs old I watched
my father play 5 card draw poker. He was a technical player and
I learned at an early age starting hands to play in what position,
so the knowledge I accumulated helped me in my poker career. The
most important thing he ever told me about poker was lose the
minimum and win the maximum
PP: What attracted you to the game in the
first place?
Mel: Played for fun in the early days,
my wife and son went to Australia for a couple of months
to see her family and my friends asked me to go to the Victoria
Sporting Club in London where they played poker. My proff
poker career started at The Victoria Sporting Club and from
there I went to private games and never looked back....Read
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Poker In Europe
Kevin Pratt of
PokerPages writes about Poker in Europe
We have had two exciting events in the last couple of weeks namely
the Bodensee
Poker Championship in Bregenz and the Barcelona
Open in Spain.
 Over
in Bregenz, Austria there were some good sized fields with the
locals taking most of the spoils. Event 1 saw Emin Ogurk collect
€10,710 in the €285 Limit 7- Card Stud from a field of 65 entries.This
was Emin's first tournament success in Europe.
 The
€190 Pot Limit Omaha went to Harald Hauslein from Germany who
won €10,010 from a field of 58 entries. This was also Haralds
first tournament success in Europe and just shows that the new
guys can win any poker tournament.
 Erich
Kollmann one of the best tournament players in Austria took the
€950 No Limit Hold'em from 44 other players netting a nice return
of €15,080. This was Erich's first win in Europe since May 2,000
but he has made the money on many occasions. I'm sure it was a
relief to get back to winning ways.
 Harald
Casagrande from Austria won €7,250 in the €190 Split Limit Hold'em.
Harry as he is known is a regular winner at most of the Austrian
venues but his biggest payday was for being 6th at the Lido event
at the MasterClassics in Amsterdam 2002.
 The
final event saw Jan Peter Yachtmann another German win €7,040
in the €285 Limit 7-Card Stud. Like the fist two winners this
was also jan's first major tournament success.
Over in Barcelona we had participants from many countries obviously
mixing a bit of tournament poker with a holiday. The numbers were
well up on their last festival and that may be a reflection on
the tournament organiser Thomas Kremsner and Nic Szeremeta who
I believe had a hand in promoting it.
The first event was €200 Limit Hold'em which was won by
Marion Flock from Germany, €18,000 with Nic Szeremeta making
the money in 9th place.
F. Bademansour who I think is English won the €200 Pot Limit
Hold'em and a nice 1st prize of €18,500 and with players at the
final table from Spain, Sweden, USA, England, France and Ireland
this was truly an international field.
 One
of Europe's finest tournament players Marcel Luske then proceeded
to take Barcelona by storm by winning back to back tournaments.
First was the €200 Pot Limit Omaha and €19,730 and next day it
was the main event, €1,000 No Limit Hold'em which had an astonishing
field of 114 players. Marcel won €41,000 making a grand total
of just over €60,000 for his weekend away.
Next up in Europe is the Autumn
Tournament at the Aviation which starts on the 9th September
with the main event being the €2,000 No Limit Hold'em on the 20th.
Kevin Pratt
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Poker in the U.K.
Andrew Lacey of
the PokerPages Team writes about poker in the UK.
Since our last newsletter I have received the full schedule for
the European
Poker Classic at the Grosvenor Victoria Casino in London,
one of the major events in the European calendar, running from
the 6th to the 12th October. There are 6 events to choose from
ranging from £200 for the Pot Limit Hold'em right up to
the Main Event which is £1,500 No Limit Hold'em. Each event
is run over 2 days and The Vic have issued the structures for
each tournament which I will be happy to forward to you if you
want to e-mail me.
On the 4th and 5th of October the Vic are also running SuperSatellites
for the £750 Hold'em, £500 7-Card Stud, £500
Omaha and the £1,500 No Limit Hold'em starting at 3pm and
8pm each day.
I have also received the schedule for the October
Harbour Lights Festival at the increasingly popular Rendezvous
Casino in Brighton. Owned by London Clubs International it is
nice to see this particular Casino chain putting so much effort
into promoting poker on the south coast. As usual they have a
sensible schedule to suit both the locals and the travelling players
with buy ins ranging from £25 to the main event which is
£500. There are loads of supersatellites both prior to the
festival and every day during it to ensure there are healthy number
in the 2 bigger priced events. Thanks to all the staff including
the marketing department for putting a great effort into attracting
poker players to Brighton.
At the time of writing I do not have the results from the September
Festival at Napoleons Casino in Sheffield and if anyone could
get the results it would be appreciated as the Casino in general
are most unhelpful.
Until next time, take care...
Andrew Lacey
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Guess Who
September
Guess Who for September looks like it is proving a bit
difficult so we are showing more of the face in the photo
on the left.
Guess Who? is a new competition introduced on PokerPages
for BugsysClub.com where you can win $50 in a Real Money
account at BugsysClub.
All you have to do to win the Real Money account is to
look at the photo to the left and guess which well known
poker player it is. Post
your answer on the BugsysClub forum. You must be registered
at BugsysClub to post on the forum, and you can do that
here.
The winner will be randomly drawn from all the correct entries
that are posted on the BugsysClub forum. The contest is
judged by BugsysClub.com and then awarded by Bugsy himself.
There is only one guess per username and any posts that
are edited will be disqualified.
We will be having one Guess Who? per month and the next
one will be on the 26th September where we will also show
you August's result.
Three steps to winning a $50 Real Money account.
Step 1. Guess who the player is.
Step 2. Register
an Account at BugsysClub.
Step 3. Post
your answer on the BugsysClub forum under the thread
Guess Who?
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Poker Down Under
Reported by David
Parlor
The Victorian
Poker Championships are nearing their conclusion and
the list of winners includes many of the names that have
become synonymous with Poker Tournaments in Australia. Joe
Meissner won the first event of the week with the Limit
Holdem title outlasting 77 other players. Other winners
were Lee Nelson, Toby Atroshenko, Nick Georgoulas and Steve
Hegyi. At the time of writing the overall point championship
is still wide open with Lee Nelson leading the way with
one event to go.
For those readers in Paris, the Aviation
Club De Paris will be conducting a Super Satellite for
The 2004 Aussie Millions event. This event will have a guaranteed
prizepool of Euro 10,000 and is sure to attract many entrants
as a part of their Autumn Tournament. This event will be
conducted on Friday 12th September and those interested
should contact The Aviation Club on (33) 1 45 62 26 88.
American players will also have an opportunity to escape
the northern winter and visit Australia in January. Australia's
own Marsha Waggoner will be hosting two tier satellites
at Hollywood Park Casino. These are planned to begin soon,
so contact Hollywood Park if you want a vacation to remember
in 2004.
For any other questions about Poker in Australia please
e-mail me.
David Parlor
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The Dead Man's Hand: A Poker
Cop Mystery
By Robert Arabella
Part 4- Drawing Dead
A serial killer, "The Poker Player Slayer," has strangled
five Majestic Poker Room regulars. In the dead hand of each victim
is a complete poker hand, the killer's "calling cards." Talbot,
"The Poker Cop," and Penelope Fallon, "Red Penny," are investigating.
Part 4- Drawing Dead
Majestic Card Room Killer Strikes Again
"Poker Player Slayer" Strangles Fifth
They're playing with bloodstained cards at the Majestic Hotel
& Casino's Poker Room. Last night the self-proclaimed "Poker Player
Slayer" strangled his fifth victim.
"He'll kill again and again" warns famed criminal profiler, Dr.
Millicent Verne, who exclusively tells The Strip News, "The Slayer,
a losing poker player, is randomly murdering other poker players
he blames for cheating him. Strip Homicide and Majestic Security
cannot catch this killer until they accept this fact - until then
they are utterly useless." ...Read
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