VANESSA SELBST IS ON THE BUTTON AND AS USUAL SHE’S AGGRESSIVE WITH IT PG. 70 anteupmagazine.com MARCH 2011
YOUR POKER MAGAZINE TM
Florida pro wins Jacksonville’s Chad Brown No Limit Texas Hold’em Championship
CONNECTICUT MISSISSIPPI NEW JERSEY PENNSYLVANIA + NOV. NINE REUNION WPT SOUTHERN RECAP BORGATA WINTER OPEN NEW COLUMN DEBUTS Jax $50K cash game, Jason John Mercier TV lure big names Racener Some big cash games have broken out around the state of Florida, thanks to limits being removed in July, but none as big as what fans witnessed at Orange Park Kennel Club near Jacksonville on Jan. 31. In conjunction with the second an- nual Chad Brown No Limit Texas Hold’em Championship, the folks at Orange Park, led by new director of poker op- erations Deb Giardina, arranged for the Jax $50K, Florida’s ÅZ[\\MTM^Q[MLPQOP[\ISM[KI[POIUM ¹?MPIL[WUMZMITPQOPXZWÅTMXTIaMZ[_PWKIUMPMZM for the high-stakes cash game,” said host Chad Brown, who likely would have sat in had he not had to play at his own \W]ZVIUMV\¼[ÅVIT\IJTMMIZTa\PMVM`\LIa Players included World Series of Poker runner-up John Racener, WSOP bracelet-winner Jason Mercier, Bayou Andrew Challenge champ Tyler Smith, online star Andrew “good- Robl 2cu” Robl and millionaire amateur Rick Raheem, who many got to know last season on PokerStars’ The Big Game on Fox. Each had to buy in for the minimum $50,000, though some bought in for more. Play lasted in front of the cameras for about six hours before the game needed to be moved out
Photos by Dan Kossoff \W\PMUIQVÆWWZ_PMZMNIV[OW\\WZIQT\PMU]V\QT\PM_MM Rick Raheem hours. There’s talk of making this cash game a monthly event. Airtimes for the initial event have yet to be set, but will be XW[\MLWVIV\M]XUIOIbQVMKWU_PMVKWVÅZUML — Christopher Cosenza STAY INFORMED! 0/-: '03*446&4
SOUTH SOUTH T VIRGINIA SOUTH JULY 2010 AUGUST 2010 PG. 14 PG. 36 APRIL 2010 MARCH 2010 MAY 2010 AROLINA, TENNESSEE, VIRGINIA & WES JUNE 2010 OCTOBER 2010 SEPTEMBER 2010 NOVEMBER 2010 ANA, MISSISSIPPI, NORTH & SOUTH C E LORIDA, GEORGIA, KENTUCKY, LOUISI ZIN MAGA YOUR POKER MAGAZINE anteupmagazine.com YOUR POKER MAGAZINEYOUR POKER MAGAZINE YOUR POKER MAGAZINE YOUR POKER MAGAZINE R anteupmagazine.com anteupmagazine.com SERVING ALABAMA, ARKANSAS, F anteupmagazine.com anteupmagazine.com SEMINOLES TO BRING WORLD POKER TOUR TO HARDOUR ROCK READERS HOLLYWOOD SURVEY INIS APRILCOMPLETE . . . WHO GETS AN AWARD OF EXCELLENCE? OKE YOUR POKER MAGAZINE OUR P anteupmagazine.com YOUR POKER MAGAZINEYOUR POKER MAGAZINEY anteupmagazine.com anteupmagazine.com anteupmagazine.com
IN RV YOUR POKERFEBRUARY 2010 | anteupmagazine.com MAGAZINE DA . . . Grinder joins fellow OLYMPIC ROUNDERS? ON Floridians John Dolan O & John Racener at A DAY WITH T.J. M POKER’S EVERYMAN 1RYHPEHU1LQH SPECIAL WALT ILQDOWDEOH BERNARD LEE Q&A + HITS DAYTONA BEACH FOR ONE-OF-A-KIND STRAKOWSKI MISSISSIPPI Ante Up’s WSOP Player of the Year MARK SUPERNOVA MOM REPORT SPRING BREAK CLASSIC CHARITY EVENT Ante Up Poker Tour 0LFKDHO0L]UDFKLZLQVKLVÀUVWEUDFHOHW + and he’s not done yet . . .
FLORIDA SEMINOLE COMPACT KENTUCKY Player of the Year GOIN’ DERBY CHARITY POKER CHAD BROWN IN JAX ROSE The Vegas pro finally has direction in AND HOW FLORIDA’S PLUS CAPTURES THE $5K GULF COAST POKER `akda^]$Yf\fgo`]k[Yhlmj]\l`] NEW NO-LIMIT POKER CHAMPIONSHIP OKGH[aj[mal[`Yehagfk`ahafLmfa[Y& LOUISIANA LOUISIANA WILL AFFECTDEEP YOU STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS ARKANSAS STATE TITLE ANYONE? Florida’s Chris Torina has built his STATE CHAMPIONSHIP PLUS LOUISIANA DeepStacks company into a poker + + ROAD TRIP BORGATA OPEN instructional powerhouse. FLORIDA FLORIDIANS DOMINATE SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI FLORIDA GIMBEL WINS PCA, $2.2M LOUISIANA FLORIDA UNCAPPED POKER! MEET THE CHEMIST TRISH BREVARD CHAMPIONSHIP WEST VIRGINIA KENTUCKY KS LOUISIANA LORD OF THE RINGS VIRGINIA DARVIN MOON CHALLENGE CHARITY HALLS CLOSE MISSISSIPPI WSOP CIRCUIT MAR DELTA GOLD CLASSIC SINGLE MOM DEFENDS VIRGINIA ohn Dolan form an unprecendented BAYOU POKER CHALLENGE ROAD TRIP MISSISSIPPI WSOPC DOMINATION MID-SOUTH hine State its first world title triumph. WEST VIRGINIA WPO RETURNS LADIES CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE! E. POWER TRIO MOUNTAINEER WINTER OPEN — COMPLETE COVERAGE 40-45 — John Racener, Michael Mizrachi and J WEST VIRGINIA , INCLUDING THE WPO AT GOLD STRIK triumvirate that could give the Suns ROAD TRIP MOUNTAINEER’S WINTER OPEN TUNICA, MISSISSIPPI ROADABLE ATTRIP HOME, WINNING TWO TITLES TILTING PG. 25 W. VIRGINIA ST VIRGINIA PG. 16 TYLER SMITHPG. 16 BAD BEATS & FREEROLLS ATLANTIC COAST WHY DO WE DO IT? ANNIE DUKE VIRGINIA CAROLINA, TENNESSEE, VIRGINIA & WE FLORIDA MILLION MISSISSIPPIVIRGINIA MAN HAS BEEN UNSTOPP MISSISSIPPI FOR PRESIDENT? PG. 49 62/21*3$3$6085) PLUS MISS POKER’S DEBUT MISSISSIPPI CHARITY POKER HALLS LOUISIANA KENTUCKY *036-(%1-00-32 NA, MISSISSIPPI, NORTH & SOUTH TENNESSEE MAGNOLIA PREVIEW + HELLMUTH AT DERBY CHARLIE MILLER CAPTURES THE HISTORIC EVENT AND A SIX-FIGURE PAYDAY AT DERBY LANE WELCH WINS A BRACELET ROAD TRIP LOUISIANA HOYT CORKINS WINS WPT SOUTHERNFLORIDA POKER CHAMPIONSHIP LORIDA, GEORGIA, KENTUCKY, LOUISIA FLORIDA FLORIDA SEVEN CLANS CUP BATTLES AT THE BEACH WHEN DID CHOPPING BECOME MANDATORY? 1(:/,0,761(:67$))6 PALM BEACH CLASSIC FLORIDA MISSISSIPPI: SERVING ALABAMA, ARKANSAS, F + MIKE “THE MOUTH” MATUSOW WINS ISLE’S FLORIDA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP + EMERALD COAST AT EBRO
Subscribe online with a credit card at www.anteupmagazine.com or send a check or money order payable to: "OUF6Q1VCMJTIJOH--$t.D.VMMFO#PPUI3PBEt4VJUFt$MFBSXBUFS '- Yes, please sign me up for 12 issues of Ante Up Magazine. Enclosed is $30.
Name: YOUR POKER MAGAZINE Address:
City: State: Zip Code: Email: Subscribe now!