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Poker In America
Tim Kopp of PokerPages
writes about Poker in America
Curse? What Curse?
Hello again every one and welcome back to Poker in America. All
is right with the world as tonight the Chicago Cubs took their
next step towards the World Series, advancing to the National
League Championship. It's been 95 years since my Boys in Blue
won it all, so if you think you've hit a dry spell in the card
room, just think of the Cubs, and you'll realize your bad luck
streak isn't quite so bad after all. Luck is changing though,
so if you've been taking a break from the cards, it might be time
to head back as there's something a bit magical in the air this
Autumn. Enough about baseball though (if we must!), we're here
to talk poker, and talk poker we will!
October is going to prove to be a busy month for Poker players
in the US, we have 36 major tournaments going on around the world,
and most of then are being played right here in the US. Folks
in Albuquerque, New Mexico should be really happy in the coming
moths. Sandia Casino is trying to establish themselves as the
Premiere spot for Tournament poker in New Mexico and just announced
their Thursday
Night Bounty Series. Every Thursday starting in October for
just $50 ($45+$5) you can enter these outrageous Limit Hold'em
tournaments. The tournaments have added money to the prize pool,
and even better, each week the Sandia Casino will add another
$100 dollars more than the previous week making this quite worth
your while. The added money for the next Thursday will be up to
$500. That's quite a value, so you should really try to make it
if you can. Winners of each of these events get qualified into
the Final Event that has been dubbed, Too
Much Turkey, at the end of November. There will be $2,000
in added money for the final. The first results are in and Jimmy
K, of Albuquerque won $1,369. In this first event there were 78
players and a prize pool of $3,910. Expect these numbers to go
up greatly as we get close to the final event.
Last time we met players were just getting seated for the final
day of the Main Event of the Borgata
Open, this casino's first major event. What a way to start
Tournament play too, with a World Poker Tour $5,000 buy-in main
event!
To recap, play ended in Day
2 with 2001 WSOP champion Carlos Mortenson having a commanding
chip lead of almost 300,000 chips to his closest competitor. Everything
was in place for him to win the match. As it turns out, in what
must have been a huge swing, Carlos didn't even finish the final
day in the top three. He had to settle for 4th place and only
$70,500 (must be a hard life, "only $70K"). In what should be
a great season 2 episode on the Travel Channel's WPT, you'll get
to see how the Dark Horse, Noli Francisco, beat out both Carlos
and Charles Shoten to take home the WPT Final seat as well as
$470,000 and first place. Full
Result
 Just
about to conclude is the Four
Queens Poker Classic at the Four Queen Casino is Las Vegas.
We've been bringing you reports from this marathon event and we've
finally reached the Main Event, the $5,000 buy-in No Limit Hold'em
Final. We just finished day 2 of 3 and we're down to the final
table. It's still anybody's game, but PokerSchoolOnline instructor
Daniel Negreanu has almost a 2 to 1 chip lead over his nearest
opponent. We're all well aware of how good Daniel is at preserving
the lead, so it'll be tough for the other players to catch up.
 The
final table of this match looks like the all-star lineup for the
WSOP. Alongside Daniel, we also have Kathy Leibert (2nd place
in chips), Kirk Conrad (4th place in chips), Dan Harrington (6th),
Thor Hansen (7th), and British Pro, Peter Costa, trying to hold
on at 9th place in chips. With that line up it should be an excellent
final table for all of us railbirds who couldn't make it. Good
luck Daniel, bring home the title for those of us here at PSO.
Just getting underway is one of my favorite events at the Bicycle
Casino. They like to call it Big
Poker Oktober (sic), and now in it's 3rd year, is attracting
record numbers. Another budget minded event, for cheapskates like
me, as there's no event that has a buy-in larger $100. Did I mention
that every event has at least a $10,000 Guaranteed prize pool?
With buy-ins that low and guarantees so big at the Bike, you can
guarantee yourself 3 things. There's going to be huge numbers,
massive prize pools, and TONS of dead money. Let's take a look
at how the First 3 matches of this event have panned out:
Event
1 started off the traditional way with a match of Limit Hold
'Em. A whooping 502 players showed up for the first day destroying
the $10,000 guarantee and capping the prize pool at $25,200. Angel
Juarez is a resident of Santa Ana, CA took charge at the final
table and quickly worked though the competition. He's been playing
poker only three years, and this was only about his 10th tournament.
Way to go Angel.
Event
2 Omaha Hi/lo was no different. Almost 300 players filled
the tournament room again smashing the guarantee. James Mena,
who drove off with a new Hummer at this year's Legends of Poker
all-around points play-off took home the win in this event, and
apparently with ease according to Max Shipiro. For his efforts
James won a respectable $5,380
Coming into the third day and Event
3 there was no surprise that the guarantee was smashed yet
again as we played No Limit Hold 'Em. 400 Players combined to
re-buy 839 times to rocket the prize pool to $61,950 quite impressive
for just a $50 buy in event. A Canadian poker player named Viet
Tran scored his first tournament victory. For his $50 (estimated),
Viet took home a smoldering $23,230. If I do say so myself, wow!
I may have to take a road trip out to this one next year.
Stay tuned to this event as it's shaping up to be a dandy. We'll
give you complete coverage of the rest of this event as it finishes
just in time for the next newsletter
Other events of note to look for in October:
East
Coast Poker Championships - Turning Stone Casino, October
5 - 11
Pot
of Gold - Reno Hilton, October 9 to 19
Anniversary
Series 2003 - Spirit Mountain Casino, October 15 to 19
NCP
2003 - Hollywood Park Casino, October 15 to 26
Haig
Kelegian Classic - Ocean's 11, October 18 to 19
Be sure to check out all our tournament coverage on www.PokerPages.com,
we're adding new events every day.
Until next time, keep flopping the nuts
Tim Kopp
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Poker In Europe
Kevin Pratt of PokerPages
writes about Poker in Europe
The Austrian
Classics in Vienna Austria and the PokerEm
in Baden Austria have been the centre of attention in Europe these
last couple of weeks.
Lets start with the Classic at the Concord Card Casino and Event
1 €80 Limit Hold'em which was well attended with 164 players and
with 283 rebuys a massive prizepool of €35,760 was achieved with
just over €12,000 going to the winner K. Gerhard. K. Gerhard also
managed to win the €300 Limit Stud later in the week, €14,560.
A few months ago I stated a name to watch out for was Attila
Foris from Hungary and he had back to back wins at the Classics.
First he won €9,940 in the €100 Pot Limit Hold'em and then €7,870
in the Pot Limit Omaha. Attila has now won the last 4 major finals
he has played in and in 3 others this year he has come 2nd twice
and 5th once. Clearly Attila knows how to win when getting into
contention.
Robert Binelli who can often be found playing at Hit Casino in
Slovenia won the €150 No Limit Hold'em and €11,010. Robert had
some near misses in some big events last year namely a 3rd place
at the 'Vic' and he was also second in the €1,000 main event at
the Classics in 2002.
Another Hungarian Daniel Biro won the €500 Limit Hold'em taking
a first prize of €10,660. Daniel now has a record of 2 for 2 in
major finals having also won €37,000 in the Worthersee Trophy
in 2002.
 The
Main Event €1,000 No Limit Hold'em saw 54 players battle it out
for a first prize of €19,540. Rudolf Mikota from Austria emerged
the winner and this was his fist main success after coming 3rd
in a few smaller events back in the 90's.
 The
final event at the Austrian Classics featured 2 of Americas finest
doing battle, with Miami John Cernuto outlasting Men 'The Master'
Nguyen to take first prize in the €500 Limit 7-Card Stud.
Miami John the reighning World Heads Up Champion returned to the
same venue to scoop a first prize of €12,490.
  The
14th PokerEm
was won by Raymond Brown from the UK €112,239, with Jan Pederson
from Denmark in second, €84,179, and Men 'The Master' Nguyen
from the USA in 3rd, €61,731.
I will have further details of the PokerEm in the next newsletter.
Next up in Europe is the Moscow
Open at the Cosmos Casino in Russia
Kevin Pratt
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Poker in the U.K.
Andrew Lacey of the
PokerPages Team writes about poker in the UK.
Hello again. In this newsletter I'll be taking a look at recent
results, upcoming events and reviewing the performance of a number
of British players who travelled across the Atlantic to take part
in a number of tournaments in the USA.
Results from the Grosvenor Manchester
Since my last newsletter the Grosvenor Casino Manchester staged
the Northern
Challenge and the results are in. So let's see who won the
money in Manchester. Event #1 was a £100+£10 Pot Limit Hold' Em
game. After 98 entries and 124 re-buys the prize pool grew to
£22,200. Bill White saw off the rest of the field to claim £7,500,
with Howard Plant taking £6,000 for second. P Hytner took £3,780
for third.
Event #2 was £100+£10 Pot Limit Omaha. 48 players took part and
with 78 re-buys we had a prize pool of £12,200. A deal was done
among the final 4 players and it was a player who wished to remain
anonymous who won £3,020 in first place. Abed Eid, Osman Mustanoglu
and Mickey Wernick each picked up £2,400 each, for their second,
third and fourth places respectively.
Next up in Event #3 was a £200+20 Pot Limit Hold' Em game, which
saw 62 players and 68 re-buys, so there was £26,000 up for grabs.
Howard Plant was obviously in top form in Manchester as he went
on to win this event, to add to his runners-up winnings in the
£100+£10 Pot Limit game. Howard pocketed £6,000 in first place.
R Muller picked up £5,380 in second. T Fladley and Ebed Eid (at
his second final table) got £4,000 each in third and fourth place,
so it looks like another deal was done.
 Next
on the menu in Manchester was the £250+£20 buy-in No Limit Hold'
Em game, event #4. Only 33 players took part in this one and,
with 27 re-buys, there was £15,000 in the prize pool. C Cronin
emerged victorious, winning £5,090. Ali Mallu came second winning
£2,900 with F Thomas winning £2,200 in third place.
Event #5, and the last event of the Northern Challenge, was the
£50+£5 Pot Limit Hold 'Em tournament. 77 players and 126 re-buys
put £10,150 in the prize pool. Man Ip took this one down, good
for £4,930, with Harry Soloman coming second with £1,930. R Lumb
earned £920 in third. Congratulations to all the winners in Manchester
and our thanks to the Grosvenor for getting us the results.
Doing Battle Across The Pond
Quite a few UK players headed to the USA in September, as there
was a lot of tournament action taking place at the 4 Queens Poker
Classic in Downtown Las Vegas. This big tournament ran from September
17th to October 5th, so there was a vast choice of events to enter.
Tony Bolton from London came close in the $100+$20 Limit Omaha
Hi/Lo event, but eventually busted out in 6th place, picking up
just $610, but that would pay for a few more buy-ins to other
events.
Paul Westley, also from London, made the final table of a $100+$20
No Limit Hold' Em event, but went out in 9th place with $505,
good again for a few more buy-ins.
Roland Fenning from England made the final table in the $200+$30
Limit 7-Card Stud Hi/Lo but could only manage a 7th place finish
and $662.
We had two players at the final table of the $100+$20 No Limit
Hold' Em event on September 22nd. Paul Westley performed much
better this time but had to settle for second place. Well played
Paul. Second place paid $5,140 while David Evans from England
came in 5th with $1,155.
  So
who could win an event for us? Leave it to the Boatman boys from
the infamous Hendon Mob professional London players! Brothers
Barny and Ross, in a fairytale final table, ended heads-up in
the $300+$30 Pot Limit Omaha event on September 23rd. A full report
of the final table can be found here.
Other Hendon Mob member, Joe Beevers, just missed out on the money
in this event. Eventually Barny got the better of Ross to take
the $14,010 first prize. Ross picked up $7,785 in second. Well
played both of you!
Bruce Corman from Nottingham picked up $1,500 for his eight place
finish in the $300+$35 No Limit Hold' Em event on September 24th,
while Tony Bolton made another final table appearance in the $300+$35
on September 26th, earning him $1,230.
The Hendon Mob proved their class again in the $500+$40 Pot
Limit Omaha on September 28th.
  Three
of the Mob made the final 5, and Ram Vaswani won it outright,
good for $19,860. Joe Beevers came fourth with $4,415, with Barny
Boatman coming fifth with $2,205.
A fantastic performance again by the Hendon Mob! Ram re-invested
some of his winnings next day in the $500+40 Limit Omaha Hi/Lo
event and again made the final table. Unfortunately he could only
manage 5th place and $2,160 this time, but a great performance
nonetheless.
The
Main Event was the $5,000+$150 3 Day No Limit Texas Hold' Em event.
Peter Costa flew the British flag at the final table in this event,
but alas did not last long. He was the shortest stack when the
final play resumed and ended up going out 9th with $9,410 for
his efforts. A full report on final table play is here
Again, our congratulations go to all the money winners.
Upcoming Events
October sees 3 more tournaments to choose from. This week sees
the start of 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 a £1,500 buy-in No Limit Hold'em. Each event is
run over 2 days. 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. It promises to be a great week of top poker action,
with most of the top UK, Irish and European players playing.
As soon as the European Poker Classic finishes, the Vic will
also run another full week of tournaments, with buy-ins ranging
from £30 to £250. A full schedule of the week's events can be
found here
Coinciding with events at the Vic on October 13th will be the
start of 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 all the way up to £500 for the main event. There
are plenty of SuperSatellites both prior to the festival and every
day during it to ensure there are healthy numbers 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.
 And
if you're still looking to see some more flops in October, you
should hop on a plane for the short trip from England over to
my native Ireland, where Gentleman Liam Flood hosts the Irish
Winter Festival, running from October 23rd to 26th at the
Merrion Club www.merrioncasinoclub.com in Dublin. The Winter Festival
is one of the Big 12 events and always proves popular with the
UK players who show up in force every time. And of course the
top Irish players are always in force too, trying to keep the
titles in Irish hands. Liam will be staging 4 tournaments, with
buy-ins of €100+€10, €200+€20, €400+€40 culminating in the Main
Event - the €1,000+€60 two day No Limit Hold'em Championship.
PokerPages wishes Liam and his great team every success in October.
Needless to say you'll find all the results at www.pokerpages.com,
so be sure to check back with us daily during these exciting few
weeks of poker tournaments. Good luck if you are entering any
of the events yourself.
Until next time, take care...
Andrew Lacey
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 Reviewing
Las Vegas Cardrooms
By Gone West
HORSESHOE IS NO RINGER!
Everyone has watched it, "Live from the Horseshoe Casino,
the 2003 World Series of Poker!" At least based on the ratings,
everyone is watching ESPN and the Travel Channel during the 48th
run of these No-Limit spectacles. Yes, the Horseshoe in Downtown
Vegas is Mecca for all those who make the annual spring pilgrimage
to say they busted out of their $10,000 on the first day because
Scotty or Johnnie re-raised his Kings with 3-8 off-suit. Yes,
there is no tournament quite like it. Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, that
is all true. However, the Horseshoe does have an everyday poker
room that lies quietly in the back of the casino, a faded icon
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Our Intrepid reporter Gone West has been reviewing Las Vegas
cardrooms over the last few weeks and sending us in a good insight
as to what its like to play cards in the gambling capital of the
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Poker Down Under
Reported by David Parlor
Having just returned from Casino Canberra I am pleased to say
that Poker is still kicking along. Although I was only there for
the weekend, all three tables were open on Friday and Saturday
night with a variety of games being played including short deck
(5's up) Seven Card Stud and Pot Limit Omaha. Two and Three Card
Manila were also on offer however, I chose to stay clear of these
games that appeared to be very tight.
As usual the Poker staff were friendly and offered players complimentary
drinks a couple of times a night. The players appeared to be very
familiar with each other, some clearly there for the social aspect
with a few trying to grind out the nights wages. Overall it was
a very pleasant couple of days at the tables and I would recommend
it to any East Coast players that want to take a break from their
regular game for a week.
Casino Canberra is currently preparing for the Dealers Championship
in November that should again set the Sydney crew against their
Melbourne rivals. Treasury Casino in Brisbane is also likely to
field a few contenders and with a little more experience under
their belt, I would not be surprised to see them represented on
the final table.
Crown Casino in Melbourne continues to run their weekly $55 tournament
every Sunday at 1pm, winners receiving $500 credits to next year's
Australasian Poker Championship. This is sure to see the locals
well represented in 2004. $65 Thursday tournaments begin at 6:15pm
and offer a variety of games, changing each week.
Finally, Perth is likely to get its own satellite for The Aussie
Millions at a private residence on October 19th.
For any other questions about Poker in Australia please e-mail
me.
David Parlor
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Guess Who
Guess Who for October looks like it is proving
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The Dead Man's Hand: A Poker
Cop Mystery
By Robert Arabella
Part 5- Cards Speak
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 5- Cards Speak
The You Have Mail message flashes on and off. I click
on the envelope sign and the Poker Player Slayer's latest e-mail
appears
To: The "So-Called" Poker Cop
Subject: I brought death into the world.
Talbot,
You've really mucked up this time. I've killed another Majestic
poker player right under your nose. Making a fool of you is so
easy. Open your eyes! I'm here!
- The Poker Player Slayer
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Signing Off
We hope you enjoyed our twice-monthly newsletter. If you would
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