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FAIRWAY JAY’S TIPS ON BETTING COLLEGE BASKETBALL ROUNDERLIFE.com DAVID “CHINO” RHEEM MATT “CUB” WINS WPT DOYLE BRUNSON CULBERSON CLASSIC AND $1.54 MILLION THE 2008 ROUNDER OF THE YEAR LEE CHILDS LAST TANGO FROM STUDENT TO TEACHER IN PANAMA JANUARY 2009 $4.95US INSIDE: POKER + ENTERTAINMENT + FOOD + MUSIC + SPOR T S + G I R L S Hard Rock Hotel Biloxi is proud to announce we have achieved Four Diamond status. 777 BEACH BLVD. BILOXI, MS 39530 | 877.877.6256 | hardrockbiloxi.com LETTER FROM THE EDITOR PUBLISHER Greg McDonald EDITOR-IN-CHIEF with the Southern Evert Caldwell Poker Championship. e two weeks of non stop tournament action get under way Friday January 2nd, with single and mega satellites. ere are a variety of poker MANAGING EDITOR disciplines to choose from including No-Limit Hold ‘Em, Seven Card Stud, Limit Hold ‘Em, Johnny Kampis Seven Card Stud 8 or Better, Omaha 8 or Better, Pot Limit Omaha and Horse. e Buy- CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Ins range from $300 to the $10,000 WPT televised Main Event. Bill Edler won last year’s Dave Lukow championship in dramatic fashion. After being all in on his big blind with 17 players left, Edler came back to capture fi rst place and $747,615. is event is expected to be one of the ART & DESIGN biggest poker events to date in the Southern Region. Casey Wiesel, Nathan Hess, Whitney Prewitt John Phan fi nished 2008 as the number one ranked player in the world in most scoring PHOTOGRAPHY Jack Criswell, Marty McBride systems that include world wide tournaments. Phan’s incredible year included 14 cashes, 8 Tom Waldrop, Kaden, Mike Medynski fi nal tables, a WPT title and 2 WSOP bracelets. e two WSOP bracelets were won in a 7 Peter Baratti, Peter D. Brown, Lee Cave day span in a $3000 No Limit tournament and a $2500 2-7 Triple Draw event. As worn out as Phan was after fi nishing up the year at the Five Diamond World Poker Classic, he was TELEVISION PRODUCTION hopping a plane to his home town in Vietnam for more charity work and to spend time with Tom McDonald, Gregory McDonald Sherry McDonald, Suzanne La Belle his ailing grandmother. You’ve gotta love this guy ! RESEARCH & CONTENT David “Chino” Rheem has been around the poker scene for a while. He’s had moderate Roberta Caldwell success, up till this year, when he fi nal tabled the ‘08 WSOP main event, cashing for nearly $1.8 million. Despite that major accomplishment, the 7th place fi nish was disappointing for CONTRIBUTING WRITERS the player who had the most experience going in. Rheem rebounded nicely from his “early Nolan Dalla, Susie Isaacs, Johnny Kampis Darlene Least, Peter Herold, Jay Ginsbach exit,” by winning the Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic December 19th, David & Claire Sasseman, Peter Gulliver earning over $1.5 million. With this victory, against a fi eld of pokers best players, Rheem has Mike Postle to be considered the hottest player in the world right now. ADVERTISING SALES/DISTRIBUTION Matt “Cub” Culberson, from New Orleans, LA is the 2008 Rounder of the Year. Culberson Roberta Caldwell - [email protected] dominated from the start in Rounder qualifying tournaments, by winning a $500 Buy-In Evert Caldwell (205) 937-9887 Hod Berman (917) 607-1641 event at the World Poker Open at the Gold Strike in Tunica, MS in January ‘08. Culberson Michael Clemente (954) 871-7216 made 8 fi nal tables throughout the year and ended up with 125 ROY points. Will “Monkey” Martin G. Kenny (702) 265-1822 Souther from Biloxi, MS fi nished second with 90 points. Souther made 7 fi nal tables. ROUNDER GIRL CASTINGS JANUARY 2 – 17, 2009 e 2009 Rounder of the Year schedule will expand to include tournaments throughout the Hod Berman - [email protected] country. ere will be a “balanced” schedule in each of three diff erent regions including the DATE EVENT# TIME GAME BUY-IN MARKETING & PROMOTIONS Southern, Western and the Northern regions. All players qualify, and may earn points by Evert Caldwell - [email protected] Jan. 2 Friday 6 PM Single and Mega Satellites Begin Jan. 3 Saturday 1 12 PM No-Limit Hold ‘Em $300 + $40 playing in any qualifying event in any region. ere will be a Rounder of the Year winner in Hod Berman - [email protected] Jan. 4 Sunday 2 12 PM No-Limit Hold ‘Em $500 + $50 each region and an overall champion. $500 + $40 Mega Satellites for Jan . 5 Monday 3 12 PM No-Limit Hold ‘Em $500 + $50 Championship Event every day at 4PM, LEGAL AFFAIRS Jan. 6 Tuesday 4 12 PM No-Limit Hold ‘Em $1,000 + $70 Jeffrey P Kranzdorf except January 11 – 13. $175 + $25 WOW ! at’s what we said when we met Lauren Jones. is established model and actress Jan. 6 Tuesday 5 4 PM Seven Card Stud $500 + $50 No-Limit Hold ‘Em nightly events at Jan. 7 Wednesday 6 12 PM Limit Hold ‘Em $500 + $50 from Jackson, MS has been turning heads ever since she won a national modeling contest 7PM, January 2 - 16. 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Editor property of Rounder Enterprises Inc. and may be used by the publisher for editorial purposes, without the consent of the author. 8 DECEMBER 2008 JANUARY ROUNDER PROMOTIONS ROUNDER GIRL BONUS 6 | Goldstrike Casino, MS 48 | Kristina 7 | IP Casino, MS 2-A-DAYS SCHEDULE & RESULTS BEYOND THE RAIL 50 | Rounder of the Year POKER TOURNAMENTS 8 | Harrah’s Casino, Tunica 64 | Western Roundup 65 | Northeast Roundup 66 | Southern Roundup Q&A 68 | Weekly Tournament Listings by State 12pm 6pm 12 | Warren Karp 72 | WSOP Friday 2nd $120 NL Hold'em $120 NL Hold'em 74 | WPT Saturday 3rd $120 NL Hold'em $120 NL Hold'em SPORTS Sunday 4th $120 NL Hold'em $120 NL Hold'em 14 | Sports Memo Monday 5th $120 NL Hold'em $120 NL Hold'em 16 | Fantasy Football FASHION Tuesday 6th $120 NL Hold'em $120 NL Hold'em 54 | Gypsy Couture Wednesday 7th $120 NL Hold'em $120 NL Hold'em 60 | Rock n’ Blues Thursday 8th $120 NL Hold'em $120 NL Hold'em 14 ROUNDER GIRL Friday 9th $120 NL Hold'em $120 NL Hold'em 18 | Richaele Long Saturday 10th $120 NL Hold'em $120 NL Hold'em 20 | Candi ENTERTAINMENT Sunday 11th $340 NL Hold'em $120 NL Hold'em 76 | Concerts & Shows Monday 12th $120 NL Hold'em $120 NL Hold'em Tuesday 13th $120 NL Hold'em $120 NL Hold'em 23 ALL THINGS ROUNDER Wednesday 14th $120 NL Hold'em $120 NL Hold'em 22 | Over Betting with the Nuts ROCKIN’ ROUNDER Thursday 15th $60 NL Hold'em $60 NL Hold'em 25 | The Show One Freeroll 78 | Luther Dickinson Friday 16th $60 NL Hold'em $60 NL Hold'em 26 | Chip Chatter Saturday 17th $60 NL Hold'em $60 NL Hold'em ASK HOYT Hotel Rates NEWS & EVENTS 80 | Q&A with Hoyt Corkins $59.99 Sunday - Thursday 28 | Retiree Outlasts Smith $89.99 Friday - Saturday Poker Fans Petition Kentucky Based on availability WPT Comes to MySpace Binion’s New Poker Room Phelps from Pool to Felt CELEBRITY Q&A 30 | D.B.