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PUBLISHER he Beau Rivage Resort & Casino in Biloxi, MS recently crowned Greg McDonald - [email protected] two champions on the same night. Two of the worlds most popular forms of entertainment, had the AAA four-diamond destination alive with excitement EDITOR-IN-CHIEF T Evert Caldwell - [email protected] January 17th, 2009 as undefeated WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto defended his title in a close, but unanimous decision over number-one rated challenger and former MANAGING EDITOR WBA world champion Luis Collazo. e warriors battled ‘toe to toe’ for twelve rounds Johnny Kampis in what boxing fans were hailing as an instant classic. Two of the three judges had the fi ght even, going into the fi nal round. When they went to the scorecards, Berto was given CONTRIBUTING EDITOR the edge, sealing the victory and his second successful title defense, in front of a rowdy, Dave Lukow packed-out show room. ART & DESIGN [email protected] Casey Wiesel, Nathan Hess, Whitney Prewitt At the other end of the casino, upstairs in the convention center, the fi nal table of the WPT Main Event was taking place. Six hopefuls started the day at the fi nal table. ere were PHOTOGRAPHY no physical blows, but with a million dollar fi rst place prize up for grabs, the atmosphere Kaden , Lee Cave, Hod Berman at times had the electricity of a title bout. Allen Carter and Bobby Suer fi nessed their way TELEVISION PRODUCTION through a fi eld of 283 players before meeting heads-up for the bracelet. e play went Tom McDonald, Gregory McDonald late into the night. It seemed fi tting that shortly after former Heavyweight Champion of Sherry McDonald, Suzanne La Belle the World Lennox Lewis stopped by to take in some of the action, the “knockout hand” Jenna Edwards, Arthur Bergel, Suzan Fowler came. Allen Carter caught a deuce on the turn, while holding A-4 off -suit, with a board of J-5-3, giving him an inside straight and putting an end to an all around great night of RESEARCH & CONTENT Roberta Caldwell All Bets Are On Starting March 5th! Come Compete For Your Spot entertainment in Biloxi, MS. CONTRIBUTING WRITERS In The 2009 World Poker Open Right Here At Gold Strike. Cover girl, Jenna Edwards from Brandon MS, who has held the titles Miss Florida and Nolan Dalla, Susie Isaacs, Johnny Kampis Miss Florida USA, made her debut at “ e Beau” as the host for the all new ‘Rounder TV’. Darlene Least, Peter Herold, Jay Ginsbach With admittedly very little experience in gaming, Jenna proved to be a qick learner. By David & Claire Sasseman, Peter Gulliver the end of the trip, she not only knew how many bracelets Men “ e Master” had won, Jenna Edwards Date Time Event Tournament Buy-In she was boisterously cheered for a nice roll at the craps table. Jenna was treated to many March 5 Thursday 12 noon Satellites begin ADVERTISING SALES/DISTRIBUTION 1. March 5 Thursday 2 pm (1 day) Limit Hold-em $200 + $30 of the amenities at the luxurious resort and wrote about some of her exploits, which you [email protected] 2. March 6 Friday 12 noon No-Limit Hold-em $300 + $40 can fi nd on page 54 and it’s your loss if you don’t check out her classy pictorial. We think Evert Caldwell (205) 937-9887 3. March 7 Saturday 11 am Ladies Event $200 + $35 you’ll agree, poker is much more attractive with Jenna in the picture. Hod Berman (917) 607-1641 Michael Clemente (954) 871-7216 4. March 7 Saturday 12 noon No-Limit Hold-em $500 + $50 5. March 8 Sunday 11 am Ladies Event $200 + $35 Steven Weinstein from Andes New York is the overall points leader in the Rounder of the Martin G. Kenny (702) 265-1822 Danny Baseheart (407) 574-4549 6. March 8 Sunday 12 noon No-Limit Hold-em $300 + $40 Year standings. Weinstein has 72 ROY points after besting a fi eld of 1017 in the $3000 7. March 9 Monday 12 noon No-Limit Hold-em (Deep Stack) $300 + $40 main event at the Borgata Winter Open. Allen Carter sits on top of the Southern Region ROUNDER GIRL CASTINGS 8. March 10 Tuesday 12 noon No-Limit Hold-em $300 + $40 points leader board. His $1,000,000 payday is also tops in the top money earners category. [email protected] 9. March 10 Tuesday 4pm Omaha 8/B $300 + $40 Bobby Suer, from Dan Point, CA is the Western points leader, following his second place 10. March 11 Wednesday 12 noon No-Limit Hold-em (Deep Stack) $300 + $40 fi nish at the WPT main event at the Beau Rivage in Biloxi,MS. Please see the Rounder of MARKETING & PROMOTIONS 11. March 12 Thursday 12 noon No-Limit Hold-em $300 + $40 [email protected] the Year Qualifying Events ad, for upcoming tournaments in this issue. 12. March 12 Thursday 4pm 7-card Stud 8/B $200 + $30 13. 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Q&A ON THE ROAD W/JENNA 18 | Tom Helo 52 | My Rounder Life Started At “The Beau” SPORTS 20 | Sports Memo ROUNDER GIRL BONUS 54 | Dominique Arganese FIRST THE RING. THEN THE BRACELET. 20 ROUNDER GIRL SCHEDULE & RESULTS 22 | Becky 58 | Rounder Of The Year 24 | Rali 60 | Southern Poker Championship Caesars Atlantic City 2009 WSOP Circuit Event 62 | Western Roundup 63 | Northeast Roundup March 4th - 14th, 2009 26 ALL THINGS ROUNDER 65 | Southern Roundup 26 | Playing Against Intimidators 66 | Weekly Tournament Listings by State MAR 4 WED. 12 NOON EVENT 1 WSOP NO-LIMIT HOLD’EM $300 + $40 28 | Drop the Fancy Play Syndrome 70 | WSOP MAR 5 THU. 12 NOON EVENT 2 WSOP NO-LIMIT HOLD’EM $500 + $60 30 | Chip Chatter 72 | WPT MAR 6 FRI. 12 NOON EVENT 3 WSOP NO-LIMIT HOLD’EM $300 + $40 MAR 7 SAT. 12 NOON EVENT 4 WSOP NO-LIMIT HOLD’EM $500 + $60 NEWS & EVENTS ENTERTAINMENT MAR 8 SUN. 12 NOON EVENT 5 WSOP NO-LIMIT HOLD’EM $300 + $40 32 | Durrrr Issues Heads-Up Challenge 74 | Night Life Gold Strike Announces 76 | Concerts & Shows MAR 9 MON. 12 NOON EVENT 6 WSOP NO-LIMIT HOLD’EM $500 + $60 Spring Poker Classic Schedule MAR 10 TUE. 12 NOON EVENT 7 WSOP NO-LIMIT HOLD’EM $1000 + $80 Pokerstars Branches Into Australia And New Zealand ROCKIN’ ROUNDER MAR 11 WED. 12 NOON EVENT 8 WSOP TURBO NL HOLD’EM $200 + $30 Borgata Crowns 2009 Winter 78 | DJ. Chachi MAR 12 THU. 12 NOON EVENT 9 WSOP $5,150 CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT $4,900 + 250 Poker Open Champion MAR 13 FRI. 12 NOON EVENT 10 WSOP TURBO NL HOLD’EM $200 + $30 Annie Duke To Appear on Celebrity Apprentice ASK HOYT MAR 14 SAT. 12 NOON EVENT 11 WSOP LADIES ONLY NL HOLD’EM $200 + $30 Online Poker Battle Brought To 80 | Q&A with Hoyt Corkins Events 1 thru 7 are 2 Day Events. The Turbo Events (8 and 10) and the Ladies Event (11) are one day events. The Championship President Obama’s Attention Event (9) is a three day event and the winner will receive a $10,000 voucher for the Main Event in Las Vegas. The total prize pool Volatility Marked The On the Cover: will be reduced by $10,000 for this entry. Gaming Sector In January Singe table satellites will be available 24 hours a day based on availability and demand. Single table satellite winners will receive Jenna Edwards a voucher into a WSOP event. Vouchers are not redeemable for cash and no change will be given if a voucher amount exceeds a We Hit the Jackpot... It’s Jenna tournament amount. Vouchers (with the exception of step 1 winners) may be combined with cash for entry into a WSOP event of greater value. “New Jersey law prohibits Caesars from allocating a percentage of the buy-ins to dealer tips.” 54 FAIRWAY JAY: COLLEGE BASKETBALL CONFERENCE PLAY CELEBRITY Q&A ROUNDERLIFE.com

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liante Station Casino and Hotel exudes the feel of a modern and inviting urban desert retreat A off ering an incredible selection of gaming, dining and entertainment in a stunning setting. e property sits on a 40-acre lot nestled within the Aliante master-planned community in North Las Vegas. Aliante Station is a place that embraces the surrounding environment’s natural beauty and enhances it with the amenities guests have come to expect from Station Casinos. More than 1,400 Station Casinos’ team members and tenant partners are on hand to ensure guests have a memorable and exceptional experience at the $662 million property. e design of Aliante Station Casino and Hotel features the fi nest natural materials including stones, woods and metals that are melded together to create an inviting atmosphere that is simultaneously sophisticated and exciting, yet approachable. e modern architectural theme includes diff erent cuts of Sand Beige stone from Indonesia, Jerusalem Gold stone from Israel and Inca Gold stone from Italy. Strong geometric shapes frame the entryways but are softened and surrounded with natural materials.

HOTEL e 202 hotel guest rooms and suites were designed to feature neat, tailored lines with a comfortable, rustic feel in uniform with the natural elements displayed throughout the resort. Amongst the monochromatic color scheme of ebony and tones of chocolate, abstract artwork adds a color accent in each room. Hotel rooms range from nearly 400 square feet up to 1,400 square feet for a deluxe suite. A separate hotel entrance allows guests to feel a personal sense of arrival.

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DINING seat Race and Sports Book featuring three large screens that span 96 Arcade Center provides family-friendly entertainment options to all Aliante Station off ers six restaurants and 24-hour room service, Sonora, Mexico and one of Southern California’s popular family- feet wide by 18 feet long as well as dozens of plasma TV’s featured of Aliante Station’s guests. At Regal Cinemas Aliante Stadium 16, off ering tremendous value and quality including an array of local owned and operated casual Mexican restaurants to North Las throughout the book. you can catch all the latest blockbusters, and immerse yourself in Las Vegas favorites, national and regional restaurant brands and Vegas for its Nevada debut and featuring 100 diff erent premium the spectacular IMAX Experience. Each of the 16 theatres off ers fi ne dining options to satisfy every taste bud and budget. Dining tequilas; T.G.I. Friday’s, and e Original Pancake House as well ENTERTAINMENT stadium seating with high back, reclining seats and digital surround options include MRKT Sea & Land (pronounced market) a Station as and additional Food Court off ering six quick, aff ordable quality E.T.A. bar is the property’s 5,000 square foot conveniently located sound featuring DTS and Dolby Digital. For gamers, the arcade Casinos-designed, owned and operated seafood and steakhouse food outlets. center bar. e contemporary space features frosted fuchsia glass boasts 24 of the latest video games, and a few classics, for those off ering one of the most comprehensive wine collections in North lining the walls of the bar as well as a built in DJ booth, inviting young at heart. Las Vegas with an emphasis on value and a wine-by-the-glass CASINO guests to rock out or chill out,, creating a special place that stands program to introduce guests to an array of fi ne wines; Pips Cucina Aliante Station’s casino features all of the gaming amenities guests out from the rest of the casino. Access Showroom spans 13,500 MEETING AND EVENT SPACE & Wine Bar the fi rst restaurant concept created and owned by wine have come to expect and enjoy at a Station Casinos property. square feet and is viewed as the new “crown jewel” of Station With 14,000 square feet of event and banquet space in nine ballrooms and epicurean connoisseur Rino Armeni. Pips will feature Gerald ere are more than 2,500 slot/video poker machines including Casinos’ concert/showroom venues. With an eclectic line-up of and 10 meeting rooms, Aliante Station can accommodate both large Chin as executive chef and combine Armeni’s homemade Italian 1,500 penny-based games (many of which are part of the multi- performers at aff ordable prices, guests can enjoy an intimate concert groups and intimate gatherings with ease. e team looks forward recipes handed down from his grandmother together with many denomination slot machines) 40 table games including black experience as every seat or lavish luxury booth (complete with bottle to hosting events of 10 to 1,000 guests. traditional Italian dishes presented in a modern interpretation; jack, roulette, craps, pai gow poker, mini-baccarat, midi-baccarat, and table service) is no more than 75 feet away from the stage. e Feast Buff et one of Southern Nevada’s most popular buff ets; Ultimate Texas Hold’em and three card poker as well as a 12-table showroom seats more than 600 and features a lounge for intimate For hotel reservations, call 877-477-SOAR (7627) or book rooms Camacho’s Cantina bringing the Camacho family, with roots in smoke-free poker room and a High-limit room. Aliante has a 170- events and a daytime bar. Regal Cinemas Aliante Stadium 16 and online at www.AlianteCasinoHotel.com

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is the tournament coordinator at Coushatta Casino Resort in Kinder, La. This month the facility will be hosting its annual 7 Clans Poker Cup Series on Feb. 17-23, with several No-Limit Hold’em TOM HELOevents on tap. We caught up with Helo to get the skinny on the tournament and the poker room.

WHAT’S IN STORE THIS YEAR FOR THE 7 limit. We even have a Pineapple tournament WHAT DO YOU THINK ATTRACTS CLANS POKER CUP SERIES THIS YEAR? every Monday. We can off er both Pineapple PLAYERS TO COME TO COUSHATTA? We have the mega satellite, of course, which and Crazy Pineapple here in the poker If I had to guess it’s that hospitality in encompasses a very low buy-in of $100. You room. We have Hold’em, Omaha, Pot- the South is unbelievable. Here we try can win a seat into the next three tournaments, Limit Omaha, No-Limit Hold’em, Omaha to design a structure in our tournaments which are the $200, the $300 and the Hi-Lo, Pineapple and Crazy Pineapple. to not only give our locals play, but even $1,000 tournament. We have a $200 buy-in to give the professionals something tournament on Wednesday [the 18th] – the LAST TIME YOU HAD QUITE A FEW that they’re looking for. We like our juice is included in the $200 so it’s actually NOTABLE PROS COME TO THE tournaments to actually pay out. We don’t a $180 + $20. e ursday tournament EVENT. WHO IS COMING THIS YEAR? look for just shootouts. at’s not the kind [the 19th], which is $300 straight is a $270 Kido Pham is going to be here for sure. of structures I design. Hopefully once the + $30, so everything has been rounded off Mark Ellerbe is also another professional word gets around that we are here for the to make it a little bit easier. e main event player. Barbara Enright is coming this year. players, Coushatta will actually make a [on the 20th] is $1,000, which is $950 + I think Andy Philachack is coming back name for itself out in the poker world and $50. We also have TECs this year, which this year. that’s what we are striving to do. are tournament entry chips. We’re running single-table satellites -- $65 with one winner WHAT WAS THE RESPONSE FROM IN MORE GENERAL TERMS, WHAT for 500 TECs. We are also doing $120 with PEOPLE ABOUT THE LAST 7 CLANS DO YOU THINK IS A MAJOR ISSUE IN two winners and they get 500 TECs each. EVENT? ey seemed to enjoy it other than TOURNAMENTS TODAY THAT COULD We do have multi-table satellites that we are the last day, which was a little bit long. We BE IMPROVED UPON? Structures are a running every Sunday. ey are $120 buy- should have broken it up more, which we big thing. More tournaments are becoming ins with one $100 optional rebuy. For every did this year. We have four days for the shootouts rather than actual tournaments, $1,000 in the prize pool there will be one main event. We had three days last time. and what I mean by that is they don’t winner to the main event. We shortened the We tried to play four tables down to the end give the players enough time to actually tournament a little bit this year due to the the last day, which was a little bit long. We sit and use strategy. At one point in the economy, but we expect a big turnout. decided to go ahead and add an extra day tournament it will actually get to where and do the fi nal table all by itself. you have to make a move. Granted you HOW MANY TABLES DO YOU HAVE IN don’t want a tournament to last forever, THE POKER GAME AND WHAT GAMES IS $2-$5 NLHE STILL THE POPULAR but you do want to give the players a feeing DO YOU GENERALLY RUN? We now GAME IN THE POKER ROOM? We have that they got the play they deserved for the have 22 tables inside the poker room. We a PLO game every weekend, which is a amount of money they put in. If you give expanded a little bit since last year. We are $5-$10 blind. We usually get a couple of them 100,000 in chips and start the blinds running a $49 room rate for the tournament tables of that started on Friday afternoon, at 10,000-20,000 that really doesn’t give players, which can be made online or they but $2-$5 is basically the staple for our no them anything. It’s not so much how many can call the 800 number [1-800-584-7263] limit games, though we do off er higher chips you give them, it’s how much play Meet the Rounder Girls and give the code 7 Clans and that will and will off er higher the week of the you give them during the levels and how get them the $49 room rate. We spread tournament. We will accommodate any many levels you put in.. • Seminole Casino - Immokalee, FL February 12th everything from limit to no-limit to pot- games the players want to play. • Ceasars - Atlantic City, NJ March 4th-14th

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Winning a regular season conference championship is a top goal for many teams, and the intensity and competitive level of play strengthens during the conference schedule. e familiarity of teams, players, coaches, styles of play and the home courts and arenas they play in all become factors in the outcome of games. BY FAIRWAY JAY It’s no surprise to see the lower tier conference teams upset the top teams in conference play. One of the things I like about conference play is that many teams will play a conference opponent two times. Handicapping and betting these ‘2nd meets’ can be highly profi table COLLEGE BASKETBALL CONFERENCE PLAY for the experienced basketball bettor and handicapper. While scouring box scores and reading game recaps is part of the process in evaluating performance, understanding scheduling situations, ne of the great things about college basketball is the With over 300 teams in major college basketball, the talent level and coaching strengths, home court advantages and teams’ most recent competitive play and the ability of the ‘little guys’ and ability of the smaller conference teams to compete on even terms results and level of play will help you become more profi cient and Olesser-known underdogs to compete with the top teams. with major conference teams is as strong as ever. e best ‘mid’ profi table in your basketball betting. I provided a great preview prior to last year’s NCAA Tournament major teams are often experienced squads with quality upperclass in the Sportsmemo newsletter on little-known Davidson from the performers. While many talented freshman make their way to the Yet despite college basketball being one of the most advantageous Southern Conference and their star guard Stephen Curry. If you starting lineups of major conference teams, it’s not uncommon to sports for the astute bettor to beat, the linemaker has become would like a free copy of this popular sports and betting newsletter see these star players leave for the NBA after a season or two, thus even more profi cient in determining the outcome of a college just email me at [email protected]. Anyway, Davidson was leveling the playing fi eld for other teams. basketball game and the betting marketplace has become more a longshot 10 seed and won three games against higher ranked volatile with respect to betting game totals or over/unders. It’s been and seeded teams before losing to eventual national champion With the completion of most non-conference games and teams now over 20 years since the 3-point line and shot clock revolutionized Kansas 59-57 in the Elite 8. Savvy sports bettors, including in the middle of the college basketball conference schedule, it’s a college basketball. When the rules changed again to add the myself, rode Davidson to three straight point-spread winners in good time to analyze what’s important as you evaluate the strengths double free-throws following the 10th foul of each half, there was route to a profi table NCAA tournament. Stephen Curry became and weaknesses of college basketball teams. Like poker players that more randomness to college basketball outcomes. e advent of a household name in college basketball and now leads the nation understand card value, percentages and the strength of position, technology allowed linemakers to more easily access and interpret in scoring this season. successful basketball bettors understand point spread values and data while following betting patters of sophisticated bettors and can profi ciently evaluate meaningful team statistics and schedule the public alike. Just 20 years ago, approximately 30% of all

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ecky prefers the straightforward approach. I have no problem start now? “Be honest and be yourself,” Becky continued. is is that is pretty bad. “ e best date I ever had is dinner and a movie,” OK, I’m from New York, she’s from Florida … there’s a diﬀ erence with that. “To get me in a romantic mood, take me to a great even better than I thought. Well, here I go … “I haven’t heard any Body, I mean Becky, continued. I’m such an idiot! I hope I haven’t there. Damn! What did I just do? e guy with the Girl Heaven Brestaurant and be very ﬂ irtatious,” she said. What guy, with good pick-up lines,” she laughed. “ e worst line I ever heard was crossed the line. “I’m big on food, all sorts of it,” she went on. “I love thing, I think we’ve found his replacement. Me! any quantity of testosterone, would want do anything else? Can I something about Girl Heaven missing an angel.” I have to agree, trying new foods, especially from other cultures.” Other cultures …

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I can’t speak for everyone, but it doesn’t even cross my mind. An eyeful, whatever its source, is an eyeful. “Most people can’t guess if my boobs are real or fake,” Rali laughed. She should laugh. If they’re asking, hey, they’ve got to be good … real good. Her chest might be the object of stares, but Rali is much more than that. “My best feature is my nose,” she told us. Rali, I’ll let you in on a little secret. Several of your features could be at the top of lists. You’ve got nothing to hide. In fact, please, if you will, don’t even consider concealing. “The worst pick-up attempts are when men just grab you,” she said. “They don’t even bother to use a line. It’s so inappropriate.” You want lines? Trust me, I’ve got … “Be yourself and be a gentleman,” Rali warned. What did I do? “To get me in a romantic mood, you would need to take me to a romantic place,” she said. What, if I may ask, might happen when we get there? “Each date with me is the best because it’s with my love,” Rali revealed. A romantic place … let me see … I think I need to ﬁ nd a travel expert. Where’s William Shatner when you need him?

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ne of my favorite things he is an expert and that he is not going to give him credit for being able to lay down we have achieved Four Diamond status. about playing poker is that it gives make any mistakes. Another page out of the huge hands based only on his own tale. at Ome the opportunity to meet and intimidator’s playbook is to berate players is probably just what he wants you to believe. interact with all sorts of interesting people that he considers to be inferior every time on a regular basis. While the game itself such a player beats him out of a pot. e ere is also no need to get caught up in an can be monotonous, especially during dry reason for this is twofold. First, it sends a argument with the intimidator or to defend runs of cards, I usually maintain my focus message to the “lucky” player that “you are any of the plays that you make simply because (and sanity) through friendly conversations not as good as me and it is only a matter of he criticizes you. ey are your cards and with other players. Few things are more fun time before I get your money.” Additionally, your chips and you don’t have to justify your than a good poker game fi lled with pleasant, it reminds the entire table that the decisions to anybody. Also, keep in mind that sociable people. Unfortunately, as I climbed intimidator did nothing wrong and merely if you start an argument with the intimidator from the low limit games to the high limit lost the pot as a result of bad luck and/or the you are giving him the two things that he games that I play now, the atmosphere poor play of his opponent. wants most: attention and an opportunity got increasingly intense and less social. I to speak as an authority fi gure. Just let his certainly respect the fact that players risking A lot of recreational players choose to rants fall on deaf ears and don’t give him the a considerable amount of money need to immediately exit the game when an satisfaction. More importantly, you have maintain a heightened level of concentration, intimidator sits down and I certainly don’t several opponents at the table that you need to so I can’t blame anyone for acting somewhat blame them. If I were playing solely for focus on and if you waste time arguing with standoffi sh at the table. e people that I fun I would do the same thing, because the intimidator you may miss out on useful do take issue with, however, are those that intimidators are no fun to be around. information about the other players. go out of their way to verbally intimidate However, not all of us have the luxury of their opponents in an attempt to create an playing in big card rooms with multiple Make no mistake about it, a certain degree advantage for themselves. tables at all limits. Sometimes if you want to of mind games are acceptable in poker. play you simply have to deal with the people Some players show a lot of bluff s because it While intimidators are prevalent at pretty that are at your table. When you come will allow them to get paid off when they much all levels of poker, it seems that the across one of these loathsome characters it have the nuts, while others love turning higher limits you play, the more often is important to simply drown out the noise over monster after monster in order to get you come across them. You know who and play your game. For starters, don’t be a tight image that they can take advantage I’m talking about. ey are the ones that afraid to get into pots with the intimidator. of with a timely bluff later on. Utilizing constantly tell everyone how good they are, Just because he says he is an expert does not these types of tactics is completely fair and how much money they win, how unlucky mean that he actually is. You need to focus in line with the spirit of the game. However, they are every time they lose and, of course, on how he is playing and counter his style players that attempt to verbally intimidate how often they correctly fold huge hands accordingly, just as you would with any their opponents in search of a competitive because they always “know where they are.” other player. Draw conclusions about his advantage grossly misunderstand this While many players make these statements skill level based on what you see, not what he concept. Don’t let these few rotten apples simply to stroke their own sizable egos, tells you. For example, if he says “I knew he intimidate you and ruin your fun and intimidators use them specifi cally to scare had a set of jacks, I folded a set of nines that remember, the only people that should scare their opponents. e intimidator essentially hand because I put him on that,” he very you are the ones that consistently cash out puts everyone at the table on notice that well may be lying. You certainly shouldn’t with mountains of chips. 777 BEACH BLVD. BILOXI, MS 39530 | 877.877.6256 | hardrockbiloxi.com 26 February 2009 ALL THINGS ROUNDER

rop the Fancy Play Syndrome D BY JOHNNY KAMPIS hand I played recently in Tunica provides a great example of Aone solid poker play – taking a free card – and another bad one – fancy play syndrome. at phrase, which we in the South might instead call “getting cute,” was coined by leading poker theorist Mike Caro, often considered the greatest draw poker player back in the day.

FPS, as it is often written, is simply being too clever for your own good. It might involve trying to constantly check raise a player or slow playing a hand to your own detriment. You might limp with pocket aces or slow play two pair and give other players a cheap or free draw with a straight or ﬂ ush possibility. It’s an attempt to be cool. Look at how slick I play. Even good players are capable of developing a case of fancy play syndrome every now and then.

Anyway, here’s the aforementioned hand. I raised to $20 before the fl op in a $10-$20 limit hold’em game with J-Q and was called by two players. e fl op was 8-10-A. is gave me what is usually called a double belly buster or double gutshot straight draw, meaning I could catch a 9 or K to make a straight. ese eight outs are the same as you would have for an open-ended straight draw. So I bet the fl op in hopes I could see the river for free by checking the turn.

I was called by both players and the turn was a 3. I checked the turn and missed my straight on the river. e guy in the blind bet and was called by the other guy in the hand on seventh street. e blind turned over 10-10 for ﬂ opped trips, while his opponent showed A-8 for ﬂ opped two pair.

Notice how strong these hands were. It was obvious to me that both of them wanted to check raise me on the turn, but since I checked they let me draw for free. Now had these fellows not had FPS, the man with the set of tens would have made at least $60 from the other guy on the turn if he bet out, got raised and re-raised. Or he could have made more on the ﬂ op had he check-raised me. e other guy would have most likely three bet at that point. But by slow playing, the player with the set of tens made a lot less money on the hand and gave both of his opponents a strong chance to beat him by allowing us to draw for as cheaply as possible on the turn and river.

Next time you are setting your opponents up for a check raise on the turn, you best be pretty sure they will bet the turn. In most situations you are better oﬀ playing the hand more aggressively on the ﬂ op and controlling the action on the turn and river. Often you will make more playing your hand in a fast manner rather than a “fancy” one.

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y friend Chris Ferguson, the 2000 World Poker Champion, the best possible hand? At this point it is a set of kings. e turn Mknown to many as Jesus (because of his appearance) says this is a 5[heart]. Now the best possible hand is a seven high straight. about playing poker, “You must love the game. Take your time and e river is a 10[club]. Now everything has changed and the nut move up slowly. Playing poker can be a humbling experience; you hand is an ace-high fl ush! If you have a good hand, say you raised LIVE GAMES learn real fast how to deal with failure. It’s what you do with that the pot with big slick and the fl op comes A[clubs]-J[diamonds]- failure that determines your future success.” To this I say, Amen! If 2[diamonds], you bet and get a call, STOP then and there and ask $1-$5 • 7-Card Stud you can’t stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen, or stay away from yourself why your opponent called? He has to have something or be HOLD’EM the poker table. on a draw. If a diamond hits on the turn, beware. Never auto-call $2-$4 • Texas Hold’em because you have top pair, consider what could be out there, a fl ush? with a 1/2 Kill BAD BEAT Never, ever play with money you cannot aff ord to lose, especially A straight? Trips? Always remember, if there is a pair on board, a full while you are learning. Whatever you take to the poker table you house is a potential – or quads – yikes! If your gut tells you that you $4-$8 • Texas Hold’em JACKPOT should expect come out of the game or the tournament a winner, are beat. Listen to the gut and save some money. Remember, money with a 1/2 Kill but, just in case of a reversal in luck, before plopping money down saved spends just like money earned. STARTS AT to buy poker chips, ask yourself this question, “Can I aff ord to fl ush $8-$16 • Texas Hold’em this money down the toilet?” What you should ask yourself in a game of no-limit is how much with a 1/2 Kill should I bet, rather than how much can I bet. e biggest mistake I $ To give yourself the best chance of being a winning player, I see with new no-limit players is how they overbet or underbet the pot. $1 & $2 • No Limit 75,000 cannot stress enough how important it is to know your players. An Texas Hold’em unusually small raise from a good player should send up a warning Do not just pick up a stack of chips and splash them in the pot. Red Chip & No Limit Games fl ag—he wants a call—don’t cooperate! ink! “How much should I bet?” Your goal should be to maximize $2 & $5 • No Limit Are Jackpot Eligible your wins but minimize your losses. is takes some thought. Texas Hold’em In limit hold’em you can make a mistake and survive. In no-limit, if you make one mistake you could be dead and gone (at least for that Example: You have pocket aces under the gun. Now why on earth $4-$8 • Omaha Hi day or that tournament). would you make a huge bet, run off all your customers, and pick up with a 1/2 Kill only the blinds? You do not want to waste the profi tability of your DAILY Don’t be a calling station. ere are players who seldom bet or big hands because these hands normally are rare. Your goal should $4-$8 • Omaha Hi-Lo TOURNAMENTS raise, all they ever do if they are going to enter a pot is call. ere be to get one or two callers. Raise approximately three times the big with a 1/2 Kill is nothing wrong with calling occasionally, and sometimes it is blind. If someone raises you, reraise about the size of the pot. You NOON & 7PM the proper play, but if you always enter a pot with a call, you will defi nitely want to narrow the fi eld but you also want to make a tidy $8-$16 • Omaha Hi-Lo never be a big winner. Calling is not aggressive, and aggression is profi t on your monster hands. important, especially in no-limit. Of course, you should always be with a 1/2 Kill selectively aggressive. Remember this: You often will bet, raise or More tips next month. For now, play good, have fun, make the right even re-raise to get information. decisions, and win the money!

A very important factor in limit or no-limit is being able to read the Susie Isaacs is the most published female author on the subject of poker board. When you are not involved in a hand, practice reading the and she has a new novel out. Visit her website for full descriptions on all board. Example: e ﬂ op is K[club]-4[diamond]-3[club]. What is of her books: www.susieisaacsbooks.com. www.ORLEANSCASINO.com 30 February 2009 NEWS & EVENTS NEWS & EVENTS

Durrrr Issues Heads-Up BORGATA CROWNS 2009 Annie Duke To Appear on VOLATILITY MARKED Challenge WINTER POKER OPEN Celebrity Apprentice THE GAMING SECTOR oung wunderkind Tom “durrr” Dwan has issued a challenge CHAMPION NBC ANNOUNCES THE 16 ALL-STAR CELEBRITIES IN JANUARY Yto (nearly) all comers to play him heads-up on Full Tilt Poker READY TO TAKE ON DONALD TRUMP IN THE with more than $1 million at stake. CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT DRAWS 1,017 PLAYERS AND BOARDROOM WHEN ‘THE CELEBRITY APPRENTICE’ alf of the publicly traded casino companies and slot GENERATES $3,051,000 PREMIERES SUNDAY, MARCH 1 (9 P.M. ET) Hmachine makers tracked by Las Vegas business advisory Dwan, who is a pro on the online poker site, wants to play four fi rm Applied Analysis saw their average daily share price record tables of either no-limit hold’em or pot-limit Omaha at minimum NEW YORK MAN GOES FROM 17TH TO FIRST IN Clint Black, Andrew Dice Clay, Annie Duke, Tom Green, double-digit jumps during the month. Last year, many gaming blinds of $200-$400 for at least 50,000 hands. Dwan will put up FINAL DAY AND WALKS AWAY WITH $658, Natalie Gulbis, Scott Hamilton, Jesse James, Claudia Jordan, stocks fell to all-time lows. $1.5 million against the $500,000 of his opponent. Whoever comes Khloe Kardashian, Brian McKnight, Joan Rivers, Melissa out ahead in the match after rake would keep their winnings, plus ATLANTIC CITY, NJ (January 30, 2009)–Borgata Hotel Rivers, Brande Roderick, Dennis Rodman, Herschel Walker “Concerns about the national economy persisted,” Applied the money put in escrow. Casino & Spaconcluded it’s record-setting Winter Poker and Tionne Watkins Will All Be Competing For Charity Analysis principal Brian Gordon wrote in the report Friday. Open Championship Event buy crowning Andes, NY “Speculation of economic stimulus eff orts is uncertain. Also “So I’m giving a million dollars free if anyone thinks they can do it,” native Steve Weinsteen as the fourth everWinter Poker e 16 celebrities will compete in business-driven tasks around during the month, consumer confi dence levels dipped to their Dwan posted in an online forum. Open Championship Event. e event which kicked off New York City using their fame, rolodexes and their business lowest levels in history, a sign that demand in the leisure industry with a record-breaking 1,017 players and a prize pool of acumen to win weekly tasks, while ultimately battling with may be impacted. e only player excluded from the challenge is Phil “OMGClayAiken” $3,051,000, far exceeding the $2 million guarantee provided each other to stay out of the boardroom and avoid hearing Galfond, who is a friend of Dwan’s. Supposedly the off er has already by Borgata, saw Weinsteen go from 17th to fi rst to take home those dreaded words “You’re Fired!” ey’ll be subjected to Applied Analysis’ Gaming Index fell just 6.17 points in January been accepted by Phil Ivey, Patrik Antonius and David Benyamine, the prestigious title and the Tag Hauer watch. long hours, grueling mental challenges, personality clashes to close at 223.84, a modest decline compared with several but no dates and times have been announced for when the heads-up and intense scrutiny -- all without the help of their regular double-digit drops the index recorded last year. matches will take place on the Full Tilt tables.” Weinsteen played solid poker throughout the fi nal day of support system of agents, managers and personal assistants. play by picking his spots and capitalizing on moments of Boyd Gaming Corp. (up 13.68 percent) and International Game weakness until he defeated Hoboken New Jersey’s Todd Technology (up 13.31 percent) had the largest average daily price Terry heads up. Second place guaranteed Terry $434,647. increases in the index. On the downside, the average daily stock Gold Strike Announces Online Poker Battle Brought To price for Wynn Resorts Ltd., which opened the $2.3 billion After sealing the win, Weinsteen was quick to comment Encore at Wynn Las Vegas at the end of December, tumbled Spring Poker Classic about his rush of emotions after playing roughly 48 hours President Obama’s Attention 6.34 percent. of poker over four days. “I really love to win. I play a lot of Schedule games and the money is nice, but the thrill of getting this hile newly inaugurated President Barack Obama has Despite another down month for certain gaming stocks, some win is amazing,” he said. Wgreater concerns immediately after taking offi ce, we at least on Wall Street believe investors may soon start seeing some value he Gold Strike in Tunica, an MGM Mirage property, know that citizens are bringing the fi ght to legalize online poker in historically low stock prices. Twill hold the Spring Break Poker Classic March 5-16. e According to Weinsteen, Borgata’s tournament staff was to his attention. schedule is full of a variety of events, from the regular No-Limit spot-on with its decision to off er a $3,000 championship. Deutsche Bank gaming analyst Bill Lerner said in research note Hold’em tournaments (some of which will be deep stacked “ e structure was tremendous. I’m not a tournament player; A suggestion to legalize the game in the United States is one of the released Friday that attitudes may be shifting. aff airs) to Limit Hold’em, Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo and Omaha I play cash games, so to have a deep stack event like this with most popular ideas on Obama’s Citizens Briefi ng Book website that Hi-Lo. Most buy-ins are $200 + $30 and $300 + $40 and the so much play was great. For someone who loves post-fl op allows users to post their ideas for change. Shortly after it was posted “We’re encouraged by changing dynamics in recent weeks championship event on March 15th and 16th will be a $2,500 + poker, it was excellent.” the suggestion was voted the second most popular idea. It has since related to gaming investor sentiment,” Lerner said. “Investors are $100 tournament, with the winner also receiving a $5,150 entry fallen lower in the top 10, but the suggestion has more than 1,000 beginning the process to ultimately position for an early cycle into the 2009 World Poker Open to be held later in the year. For play-by-play action and to get results of all 16 events comments, way more than any of the more popular ideas above it. move in gaming stocks.” For reservations call 1-888-245-7529. please visitwww.theborgata.com. e site was created by Obama’s transition team to allow citizens to Most investors, he said, fi gure fourth-quarter earnings will give their input on what issues the President should focus on during be negative for most casino operators and slot machine his term in offi ce. More than 50,000 suggestions have been posted. manufacturers. Last week, International Game Technology said its profi ts in the recently completed quarter fell 42 percent. Pokerstars Branches Into of yet unannounced locations. e tour will have a league format where User AAHue recently posted this suggestion: players will earn points based on their fi nish in the various events. “Equity investors know that Las Vegas continues to weaken.” Australia And New Zealand Let online poker players in the United States play legally and without fear Lerner said. “ ey understand that structural issues and credit “Following the success of the second season of the APPT earlier this of prosecution. Reform the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act dynamics will exacerbate revenue declines in Macau yet expect eading online poker site PokerStars has announced a new year, we are excited to be expanding poker further throughout the to exempt poker, a game of skill, from the law. Boost the economy by letting visa restrictions to ease at some point. ere is very little interest Linternational poker tour to be played later this year. e Australia region. e ANZPT will provide Australian and New Zealand poker American companies and American players make money and pay taxes instead in regional casino market dynamics.” and New Zealand Poker Tour, or ANZPT, will begin Feb. 4 at players with a professionally-executed tour in their own backyard.” of sending online poker businesses off shore. Protect online poker players by Adelaide’s SKY City Casino and will continue through June in other as said ANZPT spokesman Danny McDonagh. regulating the industry to ensure that no one is ever cheated. Courtesy of GamingWire

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Ginger Kroll BY DAVE LUKOW Brainy beauty set to make it B.I.G.

A New York-based actress, blonde and I’m pretty sure that Ginger, despite being beautiful Ginger is featured in Notorious, born and bred in the Golden State, in San the new ﬁ lm about the late rapper, the Francisco’s East Bay to be exact, doesn’t have Notorious B.I.G. any lingering sense of loyalty to her homeboys.

The movie, which also stars Angela Bassett Frankly, she’s been too busy paying attention and Jamal Woolard, hardly marks Ginger’s to her craft. debut – she was a member of the cast of The Guiding Light from 2006-08 and also In addition to Notorious, and the above- appeared on All My Children and The listed credits, Ginger has a B.F.A. in Acting Sopranos, and in a Bollywood production, from the University of California, Santa New York – but it currently stands as her Barbara, where she graduated with honors, most important role, certainly when talking and spent time in the UK, with the Royal about the big screen. Shakespeare Company Theatre.

The Notorious B.I.G. (Christopher Wallace) In New York, she’s studied at the Atlantic rose from the gritty, crack-drenched streets Theatre Company, the Actors Center and at of Brooklyn to become one of the most- Wiest Barron Television Studios. prominent rappers in the history of the genre. Before being shot to death in Los Angeles Other professional credits include Viralcom in 1997, Biggie Smalls, as he was called, and ten episodes of Horrible People. made hip hop, on the East Coast, relevant. Prior to the release of his ﬁ rst album, entitled, Sure, she has a pretty face, as well as other ironically enough, Ready to Die (1994), the attributes I won’t mention – I’ll let her photo scene was largely the domain of California do the talking - but her rise has as much to performers. do with working hard and paying dues.

A bitter feud between factions on both Notorious, in terms of her career, looks coasts – one that I’m not going to elaborate to be the beginning of something, no pun on here – would later ensue. intended, big.

YOU’VE GOT TO BE EXCITED ABOUT NOTORIOUS? CHANGING TOPICS A BIT, I’VE HEARD YOU LIKE TO PLAY LIVING IN NEW YORK, HAVE YOU EVER PLAYED POKER IN I am thrilled about Notorious. It was a lot of POKER. HOW OFTEN DO YOU PLAY? ANY OF THE UNDERGROUND CLUBS? YOU KNOW WHAT? fun. Everyone on the set was so nice. It really I try to play once a week. We have a girls’ I have not. But if you ﬁ nd out where any of was a blast. I’m very excited about the opening. poker night the ﬁ rst week of every month. them are, let me know. It’s our chance to drink beer and have a WHAT’S THE STORY WITH THE GUIDING LIGHT? good time. DO YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF A GAMBLER? It was great. A couple of my friends work It depends on if you’re talking about poker or there as well. I had a recurring role (as Tonya DO YOU ENJOY GOING TO CASINOS? relationships (laughs). You’ve got to take risks Ansel). I may return, but they’re not sure. Yeah, I really do. I’m a girl that loves to get rewards. at’s how it works. glamour. ere’s something very WHAT’S NEW YORK, THE FILM NOT THE CITY, ABOUT? glamorous about casinos. I enjoy the YOU’VE WORKED WITH DANNY MASTERSON (THAT ‘70S It’s a Bollywood picture – very colorful, very whole atmosphere. SHOW). HAVE YOU EVER PLAYED ANY POKER WITH HIM? entertaining. It was shot here in New York, I have not, actually. I’m a little intimidated not in India. I WOULD GUESS, THEN, THAT YOU’RE A BIG FAN OF by him. Even during work, he uses poker LAS VEGAS? analogies. Someday, though, I hope to be at a NOW THAT YOU’VE MADE NOTORIOUS, WHERE’S YOUR I love Las Vegas. I absolutely adore it. level where I can play him. FOCUS, ON TELEVISION OR FILM? When I lived in California, I went quite SERENADE I’d say both. at’s part of being an actor often. Now, it’s a little bit farther of a Editor’s Note: Ginger worked with Masterson in Made and an artist. Work leads to work. You make drive (laughs). for Each Other, a project that has yet to be released. connections and one thing leads to another.

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Jenna Edwards is not just another pretty, make that gorgeous, face. No, this beauty queen – she was Miss Florida in 2004 and Miss Florida USA in 2007 - brings more than looks to the table. Her mind – as hard as it may be to believe – may be more wonderful than her appearance. “My career goal really involves the non-proﬁ t sector,” Jenna said. “At pageants, I used to say I wanted to make the world a better place. Now, I’m motivated in terms of doing that.” A few years ago, Jenna formed Queen for a Day, a charity devoted to helping children with cancer. Her involvement has led to television appearances (The Oprah Winfrey Show), magazine articles (People) and various awards, but fame and adulation are not what she’s after. “Being on Oprah was pretty cool, that was for Queen for a Day,” Jenna admitted. “Also, I got to sing the national anthem at a couple NASCAR races and I was a contestant on a game show. “But working with kids always brings me back to my actual goal. Queen for a Day provides kids

with something tangible for them to remember. I put a tiara on a cancer patient – and things kind of went from there.” A graduate of the University of Miami, where she majored in Communication Studies and English Literature, Jenna has put pageantry in perspective. “Winning a beauty contest is like achieving anything else you’ve worked very hard for,” she told me. “It’s very satisfying. Had I not won, though, I would’ve felt the same way. I gave it my best.” Jenna’s been giving her best since childhood. “I’ve been modeling for four years now. I’ve been doing pageants for 20, since I was seven,” she said. “Apparently when I was in dance class, the dance instructor, who was involved in pageants, brought in a little crown as a marketing ploy. Well, it worked!” It may have worked – Jenna may have caught the bug, if you will – but only to a certain extent. It’s hard to match Jenna’s drive and devotion, but don’t get the idea it’s all about business. She still knows how to unwind. “To relax, I watch a lot of TV,” she laughed. “I lived in Florida for seven years, so I played golf and did a lot of laying around in the sun. I also like to shop online. Sports – more the energy than the outcome – are another interest. “Am I a sports fan? Yes, if you consider car racing a sport,” Jenna said. “Also, I’d take any opportunity to go to any live sporting event. You can feel the electricity in the air.” Jenna, despite not being a gambler, also enjoys Las Vegas. “I think Vegas is a very special place,” she said. “To really enjoy a place like Vegas, you’ve got to do it right, which means someone else is paying for it (laughs). “My parents have opened up a bit as they’ve gotten older. They might bring $20 to a casino, but I don’t consider myself a gambler. I’d rather spend the money elsewhere.” Poker remains uncharted territory. “I don’t know any card games,” Jenna sighed. “I’m interested in learning poker, but going out on the ﬂ oor, that’s kind of intimidating.”

40 February 2009 © FADIL BERISHA BIRTHPLACE: Jackson, Mississippi

BIRTH DATE: July 29

SIGN: Leo

EYES: Blue

FAVORITE ACTIVITIES: Baking, shopping, I just got certiﬁ ed as a diver

VACATION SPOT: Europe

SPORTS TEAM: Miami Hurricanes

PERFECT DATE: A surprise for dinner, good conversation and a long walk back home

42 February 2009 JENNA EDWARDS

44 February 2009 PLAYER PROFILE MATT GRAHAM PLAYER PROFILE MATT GRAHAM

at win was the second for Graham in 2008 in a major or semi- PHOTO COURTESY OF THE WORLD POKER TOUR POKER WORLD THE OF COURTESY PHOTO major (he had previously won a $2,000 NLHE event at the World “It’s important Poker Challenge in Reno for $47,000), but he wasn’t done. Graham gave himself an early Christmas present in mid-December by taking to be able to play down the Five Diamond World Poker Classic $5,000 preliminary full ring and event at the Bellagio. short handed “It’s nice to get a WPT prelim win, but I want to get to a main event because in a ﬁ nal table. at’s my next goal. at’s what I want to do.” Graham was in Biloxi taking his shot at the Southern Poker shootout you Championship at the Beau Rivage in January, but was unable to cash.

have to play He plans to do a lot of traveling this year, with trips to Atlantic short handed” City, Foxwoods, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and several stops on the Southern circuit so he can visit family. With a few decent cashes he will pass $1 million in live tournament winnings this year.

“It’s important to be able to play full ring and short handed One thing is clear when talking to Graham – he will not be happy because in a shootout you have to play short handed a larger with just one WSOP bracelet. percentage of the tournament than a full tournament. In a regular tournament you are playing full ring the whole tournament until “It’s a good thing to accomplish, but it’s got to go along with other the fi nal table, where as in the shootout you are at three fi nal things. All sorts of players have won bracelets.” tables where you have to play down to one player, so you have to play heads up and three handed three times as many times. (as If 2009 is like 2008, expect to see more of Graham in the you would in a regular tournament).” winner’s circle. f Matt Graham can do as well for himself in 2009 as he did in 2008, Iplayers at the table better beware. e 25-year-old Louisiana native won Before his win, Graham had three deep DON’T runs in WSOP events in a mix of games Matt Graham that included Pot-Limit Hold’em, Mixed Hold’em and Stud Hi-Lo/Omaha Hi-Lo Reflects on a hot 2008 events, showing the range of his poker skill WALK set. en Graham entered the $1,500 Limit BY JOHNNY KAMPIS Hold’em Shootout, the fi nal preliminary event of the Series, and managed to win it AROUND his fi rst World Series of Poker bracelet “I was like, wow, I can do better at this for a $278,000 score. and a $5,000 preliminary event at the than I can getting a real job so I dropped Five Diamond World Poker Classic. In out of school and didn’t return the next “It felt pretty good because I had a lot of WITH A all, he won close to $700,000 during his semester,” he said. close calls earlier in the World Series. I had breakout year. a lot of good opportunities that didn’t pan Interested in booking a Graham bounced around playing a few out so it was pretty discouraging, but then POKER Graham began his poker exploits with a $50 tournaments here and there, and briefly I happened to enter that last tournament. poker celebrity for your deposit on online poker site Ultimate Bet settled in New Orleans before deciding to I don’t even know. It was kind of a blur. next event? while attending college in Rhode Island. He buy a house in Las Vegas before the 2008 By the end of the summer you are kind of FACE. grinded away at sit-n-gos and small limit cash WSOP. Perhaps that move somehow gave delirious,” Graham said. games for a year with little profi t to show for him good karma for his hot run that Please visit it. But Graham kept at it and started to win, began that summer. It was as if he was He had to win three tables to capture his eventually amassing enormous fi gures. In destined to do well and stay in Vegas fi rst bracelet, which required a diff erent www.nolimitmanagement.com December 2006 he took in $50,000 profi t rather than return to his roots in River mindset than in a normal tournament. KAPTAIN&CO. for more information. and never looked back. Ridge, La. PROFESSIONAL HAIR & MAKE-UP AT ANY LOCATION LAS VEGAS / WWW.KAPTAINCO.COM / 702 237 0171

46 February 2009 PLAYER PROFILE H E VA D K H A N PLAYER PROFILE HEVAD KHAN

Khan got a friend to fi lm him playing his usual selection of single “Right when you sit down the fi rst day at your table you see a room PHOTO COURTESY OF THE WORLD POKER TOUR POKER WORLD THE OF COURTESY PHOTO table tournaments, and PokerStars reinstated his account. full of people. You have no idea who they are or what you are getting yourself into. You just tell yourself if you can make it through a “ ey were baffl ed. ey couldn’t believe that it was for real,” couple of days if you play good poker and get a good run you will Khan said. have a shot at going deep in it. I wasn’t really thinking about getting into the money. I was thinking I have to get some cards. I knew I He said he played a maximum of 43 at one time and could have was good, but I didn’t how good I was.” played more if not for a limited bankroll at his chosen stakes. “ e more you do something the better you get at it. When you do “I have a gaming background so I have an affi nity for staying in something and crave it, but don’t win it the fi rst time and have to front of the computer, increasing my skills,” said Khan, once a wait a whole year you have all this built-in anger. You want to get serious player of the computer game Starcraft. there again, and that’s what helped me in that tournament.” issing out on a World Series of Poker main event win by a One reason Khan tried to play as many SNGs at one time as possible Khan was invited to join Team PokerStars following the 2007 Mscant few places seems to have was to show that long-term profi t could be garnered in a short time WSOP, an interesting twist considering the past, and he said it has fueled a fi re within Hevad Khan that sees with unbelievable focus. been a fruitful partnership. him promising a player of the year award for himself in 2009. “A lot of people who play poker get into it for the complex strategy e young pro’s goal in 2009 is to win some player of the year and the money, and wanting to outplay their opponents in a awards. He plans to play as many tournaments as he can along the Khan fi nished sixth in the 2007 WSOP single hand they play. I saw it from more of a micromanagement way, with a stop in Borgata planned after his 14th place fi nish in the that Jerry Yang won, with his antics at perspective. I was trying to get a lot of volume in. I was trying to main event of the World Poker Tour Southern Poker Championship the table making him both the object of make a lot of money. I was trying to get everything at once in a short at the Beau Rivage in Biloxi. derision for critics of poor decorum and amount of time and destroy the whole long-run theory in the short focus for the television cameramen seeking run. I felt if you could play hundreds upon thousands of sit n gos a “My mind is clear. I know I am going to get player of the year this an interesting story. week that you could see long-term profi t in the amount of time it year. I’m going to make sure nobody beats me.” takes people years to get the same profi t. So, I was experimenting. I Since that summer Khan has toned down his was a pioneer of my own traits.” act and focused on doing well on the poker circuit. e results speak for themselves Khan branched beyond SNGs to play multi-table tournaments and – a $1 million win in the main event of managed to win seats to the PokerStars Bahamas tournament and the Caesars Palace Classic last fall in Las the WSOP, which prompted him to recall that fi rst WSOP seat win. Susie Isaacs New Vegas and another $200,000 earned in a Novel Now Released! $2,000 event at the PokerStars Caribbean “I was at my house. It was like 10 p.m. I jumped out of my chair Adventure in the Bahamas in January. and was like, “I can’t believe I just did it.’ My dad thought there was someone attacking me upstairs in my room. I told him I won my seat “As time went on, it became more and more and was going to Vegas and he was like, ‘Ah, gambling. It’s bad.’ My clear that school was being sacrifi ced before parents are doctors. My brother’s a doctor. Very old-school Middle Hevad Khan it fi nally got thinned out to the point where Eastern family so they don’t believe in that kind of thing. Gambling Two-Time World Series I had almost no classes and I spent almost is a sin for Islamic people so they weren’t a big fan of it, but time has of Poker Champion, Has a strong desire for success all my time playing poker. Eventually they passed and they respect me now for the fact that I got on TV and Susie Isaacs new novel were going to fail me, so I dropped out.” proved that I am focused.” is a must-read. BY JOHNNY KAMPIS All the reviews are “So I said let’s drop out and give poker 100 Although Khan did not experience success in his fi rst foray into unanimous, So far in the 23-year-old’s short career York in Albany, N.Y. He lost about $200 percent. My mind was there. It was the only the Amazon ballroom at the Rio, he would be back. Khan won fi ve "I couldn't put it he has earned almost $2.5 million in before fi guring out a strategy for winning thing that made sense to me,” he said. WSOP packages on PokerStars in 2007 and used the extra money down!". live tournament winnings, a surprising in the games. to play a number of live satellites to build up his WSOP bankroll. turnaround for a guy who just a few years It was around this time that Khan was ago was a college student struggling to learn en Khan tried his hand at online poker. famously accused of cheating by PokerStars “I played maybe 10 of those World Series events before I played the the game of poker. He lost several thousand dollars before because other users were noticing how many main event so I had a lot of confi dence going into it,” he said. Khan determining how to play a sound game sit-n-go’s he was playing at one time. Khan, cashed in two of those. e seeds of poker playing were planted in and manage his bankroll properly. In time who now goes by “RaiNKhAN” on the site, Khan’s mind about fi ve years ago when he he began winning consistently and spent was often seen playing dozens of SNGs at at confi dence, along with the experience of playing on poker’s began playing in a friend’s basement while more time on poker and fewer hours on his once, more than anyone thought possible grandest stage the year before, helped Khan make his way to the attending the State University of New studies. for a human to manage at one time. So fi nal table where he earned just shy of $1 million for sixth. Find Susie’s Books & Great Gift Ideas at: www.susieisaacs.com

48 February 2009 PLAYER PROFILE TED LAWSON PLAYER PROFILE TED LAWSON

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE WORLD POKER TOUR POKER WORLD THE OF COURTESY PHOTO Lawson followed a tight strategy he developed where he would only If you keep putting yourself into position to win then eventually open with at least two cards to a wheel and the third card of 8 or good things will happen.” lower. In other words, you don’t play 5-6-7. “8-5-4 is the worst hand you ever open up with,” he said, estimating he won 80 percent of his Lawson said the key to his success is having patience and reading his sessions against the best at the Stardust. opponents – one reason he doesn’t like playing online much.

Meanwhile, big things were brewing for Lawson in business. He “You have to pick your spots. I analyze everybody at the table and operated an insurance agency that grew into a larger corporation before I make major decisions I talk to them to try to get information dealing with both insurance and ﬁ nance that he named 21st and I’ll say certain things to them. I will put myself in their spot. Century Holding Company. Lawson started the company with his How would I react if they said that to me if I had certain hands? And wife Michelle in 1983 (the same year the couple was married), and because I am older I understand people and the things you pick up it went public in 1998. over a lifetime.”

Comfortable with his business, Lawson became bitten by the An example Lawson gave is that is he will ask his opponent what poker bug again after Chris Moneymaker won the WSOP and hand he had and most players will tell the truth, even if sarcastically. poker exploded in popularity. He decided to play at the L.A. “It’s a lot easier to tell the truth than it is to lie.” Poker Classic in the spring of 2004 and ended up battling with Doyle Brunson, Scotty Nguyen, Annie Duke and the “Poker e native of Buff alo, N.Y., now has homes in New York, the Ft. Brat” himself. Lauderdale area and in the Las Vegas area, the latest of which he and Michelle spend most of their time. Lawson played close He can recall like it was yesterday how he trapped Hellmuth with to 60 events in 2008, but is looking to reduce that to about 40 f there’s one thing you can count on in pocket aces. After fl opping a set of aces, Lawson checked three times, tournaments this year. Iregards to Ted Lawson, he always seems calling a bet on the turn and check-raising Hellmuth on the river. to be in the mix. “Sometimes I get a little burned out playing so much, and it gets “Phil Hellmuth was supposed to be this great poker player and I felt expensive too. I’m looking to pick my spots more,” he said. Known for going deep in many majors, the I outplayed him. I felt if I could compete with him maybe I could 59-year-old was at it again at the Southern really do something.” Poker Championship last month as he made it down to the fi nal three tables. With blinds Lawson decided to try his hand at the WSOP only months later. at 4K and 8K with a 1K ante, Lawson peeked He satellited into the $5,000 PLO event and then managed to take around his 40K stack and saw pocket aces down a fi nal table that included Daniel Negreanu, Howard Lederer, in the small blind. After the player in the Freddy Deeb and Lee Watkinson. “ ese were all great players, but cutoff raised to 20K, Lawson decided to I didn’t know them from Adam quite frankly,” Lawson said. slowplay his hand. Lawson managed to beat Watkinson heads-up for his fi rst, and so Lawson didn’t take down a World Poker far only, bracelet. “It was like I should have 10 or 20 more. It was like Tour title this time, but he has certainly had surprisingly easy and I haven’t won one since,” he said with a laugh. Ted Lawson his share of successes, including winning the $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha event at the Don’t worry. While Lawson hasn’t won another piece of wrist is Mr. Consistent 2004 World Series of Poker in his fi rst trip jewelry, he has won plenty otherwise for a total of more than $2 BY JOHNNY KAMPIS to the granddaddy of poker tournaments. million in live tournament winnings. Although it wasn’t a bracelet, he did win a ring for taking down a WSOP Circuit event at Caesars It’s a nice success story for a man who cut his Palace last spring. “I was short on chips again and I thought aces face up while the big blind showed 10-9 teeth playing razz in college as a freshman this was going to be my opportunity to for top two pair. Lawson could not catch up against seniors. Lawson played the .50-$1 Lawson has focused more on his poker play the last few years after double up,” he said. “I decided it was time on the turn or river and he was out in 25th games at Maritime College in New York slowing down his work as chairman and CEO of his corporation. to gamble a little bit here so I just smooth place, earning $13,186. City, a Merchant Marine academy. He retired fully from his job in June 2008. called.” After talking the hand over with his good In the 1970s, Lawson often traveled out to Since playing full time Lawson has amassed more than 20 fi nal e big blind called too and the players friend Hoyt Corkins, who agreed with the Las Vegas to play in $15-$30 and $30-$60 tables and a handful of wins. saw a fl op of 10-9-5. Lawson and the big play he made, Lawson felt more at peace games at the Stardust with so-called good blind checked and after the cutoff bet, both with his decision. “ at made me feel better, players. Lawson discovered he had a knack “My trademark is I want to be very consistent every tournament,” Lawson and the big blind pushed all in. e that, and a couple of Heinekens.” for poker. “Because I played so much in he said. “I’ve had success and I plan on having a lot more, quite cutoff player ended up folding the other two college I got really good at the game,” he said. frankly. I’ve averaged a fi nal table a month over the last two years.

50 February 2009 ON THE ROAD WITH JENNA

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I don’t have they don’t win. Lots of players support our hair down. I gathered for a nightcap with anything against it, but I know I would lose families, put relatives through college, the crew at Eight75, the lounge on the casino a lot because I am a bad liar and my face is donate signifi cant winnings to charitable fl oor. After a couple of Don Julio 1942 on the ripe with expressions. So when I received a causes (if you need a charity, I can rocks (yes, tequila), I was offi cially ‘extremely call about hosting a possible new television recommend a good one), in addition to happy’. e band played “Black Velvet” and show premised on the poker lifestyle, I enjoying the –literal- high roller lifestyle. I started to sing along. I vaguely remember a OUNDER MAGAZINE is producing a new network Rounder Life TV will travel the U.S. with Poker Pros, did not know what to think. TV? Great! 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Dominique Arganese

Hometown: Montreal, Quebec Height: 5’4” Eyes: Brown Sign: Virgo

New Year’s Resolution: To actually go to the gym instead of just paying the bill.

Favorites: Activity – Taking the dogs out, shopping, ﬁ shing, baseball, gymnastics Vacation Spot – Jamaica Sports Team – Montreal Canadiens

An accomplished model, with several magazine covers on her resume, Dominique is no stranger to the camera. “I’ve been doing this since I was 18, that’s ﬁ ve years now,” she said. “I’ve become really popular in Montreal, but I moved to Las Vegas to get more modeling work.” “I love it here,” she said. “I’ve had offers to go to Los Angeles for modeling, but I want to stay in Vegas. Like I said, I love it here.” “I’m also a celebrity VIP hostess.” I’ve hosted for Paris Hilton and Verne Troyer, to name a couple. The above-mentioned Troyer, Mini Me in the Austin Powers movies, has been linked to Dominique by certain members of the press. She denies anything but a professional association. To sum it all up...“I love to travel, I love to model,” Dominique said. “I just want to get better every day.”

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QUALIFYING EVENTS QUALIFICATIONS SOUTHERN SCHEDULE Jan 2nd - 17th 2009 Southern Poker Championship (WPT) Beau Rivage Resort & Casino Biloxi, MS The Rounder of the Year title will be awarded to the player Jan 20th - Feb 9th 2009 WSOP Circuit Event Harrah’s Tunica Robinsonville, MS who accumulates the most points in a series of qualifying Feb 5th - 16th 2009 Oklahoma State Championship Of Poker Cherokee Casino Resort Catoosa, OK tournaments taking place throughout the U.S. Feb 17th - 23Rd 2009 Seven Clans Poker Cup Coushatta Casino Resort Kinder, LA March 5th-16th 2009 Spring Poker Classic Gold Strike Casino Robinsonville, MS The tournaments are open to all players. May 7th - 18th 2009 Mid-South Poker Classic Cherokee Casino Resort Catoosa, OK Qualifying events will consist of tournaments with a May 8th - 20th 2009 WSOP Circuit Event Harrahs New Orleans New Orleans, LA minimum buy-in of $300 TBA 2009 IP Poker Classic IP Casino Resort Spa Biloxi, MS Only players who make the ﬁ nal table will receive points. WESTERN SCHEDULE Jan 22nd - March 2nd 2009 L.A. Poker Classic (WPT) Commerce Casino Commerce, CA A minimum of 60 players are needed for the tournament Feb 2nd - Feb 25th 2009 Venetian Deep Stack Extravaganza I The Venetian Las Vegas, NV to qualify. Feb 25th - March 19th 2009 Wynn Classic Wynn Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV Second chance tournaments do not qualify. Feb 26th - March 15th 2009 World Poker Challenge Grand Sierra Resort And Casino Reno, NV March 19th - 29th 2009 WSOP Circuit Event Harrahs Rincon San Diego, CA Seniors and ladies-only events do not qualify. TBA 2009 Bay 101 Shooting Star (WPT) Bay 101 San Jose, CA March 31St - April 25th 2009 Five-Star World Poker Classic (WPT) Bellagio Hotel Casino Las Vegas, NV April 12th - 29th 2009 WSOP Circuit Event Caesars Palace Las Vegas, NV TBA 2009 WPT World Championship Bellagio Hotel Casino Las Vegas, NV TBA 40th Annual WSOP Rio All Suit Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, NV July 29th - August 28th 2009 Legends Of Poker The Bicycle Casino Bell Gardens, CA Additional qualifying tournaments September 4th - 27th 2009 California State Poker Championship Commerce Casino Commerce, CA to be announced in upcoming issues.

NORTHERN SCHEDULE Jan 13th - 29th 2009 Borgata Winter Open Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa Atlantic City, NJ Feb 7th - 15th 2009 Winter Chill Poker Tournament Mohegan Sun Uncasville, CT March 4th - 14th 2009 WSOP Circuit Event Caesars Atlantic City Atlantic City, NJ TBA 2009 Foxwoods Poker Classic (WPT) Foxwoods Resort Casino Ledyard, CT TBA 2009 USPC Trump Taj Mahal Atlantic City, NJ TBA 2009 Borgata Poker Open Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa Atlantic City, NJ TBA Trump Classic Trump Taj Mahal Atlantic City, NJ CALCULATIONS

The following equation represents the method used to calculate points earned by a player in each tournament. B is the buy-in, E represents the number of entrants, P is the place the player ﬁ nished in.

All buy-ins of $5000 and over will all be calculated with B = 5000

56 February 2009 SCHEDULES & RESULTS ROUNDER OF THE YEAR FEB 2009 STANDINGS POINT LEADERS MONEY LEADERS Rank Pts Player Name Hometown Total Winnings Player Name Hometown Total Winnings 1 72 Steven Weinstein Andes, NY $658,405 Allen Carter Carrollton, TX $1,000,000 2 56 Allen Carter Carrollton, TX $1,000,000 Steven Weinstein Andes, NY $658,405 3 48 Todd Terry Hoboken, NJ $434,767 Bobby Suer Dana Point, CA $501,082 4 40 Michael Bernstein Chicago, IL $149,857 Todd Terry Hoboken, NJ $434,767 4 40 Jason Young Suffern, NY $102,548 Soheil Shamseddin Houston, TX $263,725 6 39 Jordan Smith College Station, TX $119,228 Robert Merulla New York, NY $236,452 7 38 Robert McLaughlin Washington, DC $224,102 Robert McLaughlin Washington, DC $224,102 7 38 Brian Meinders Jackson, NJ $136,200 Hilbert Shirey Winter Haven, FL $184,607 7 38 Jose Torres Hollywood, FL $115,116 Michael Contessa Rochelle Park, NJ $175,432 10 37 Bobby Suer Dana Point, CA $501,082 Michael Bernstein Chicago, IL $149,857 10 37 Erik Winiarski Poughkeepsie, NY $103,911 Franklin Caldwell Nicholasville, KY $144,922 12 36 Robert Merulla New York, NY $236,452 Brian Meinders Jackson, NJ $136,200 13 35 Ethan Cahn New York, NY $106,037 Tyler Smith Smithdale, MS $134,500 14 33 Tony Lay Oklahoma City, OK $70,023 Jordan Smith College Station, TX $119,228 14 33 Ronnie George Douglasville, GA $65,109 Jose Torres Hollywood, FL $115,116 REGIONAL LEADER BOARD NORTHERN SOUTHERN Rank Pts Player Name Hometown Winnings Rank Pts Player Name Hometown Winnings 1 72 Steven Weinstein Andes, NY $658,405 8 28 Soheil Shamseddin Houston, TX $263,725 2 48 Todd Terry Hoboken, NJ $434,767 9 27 Mark Walters Clifton, VA $76,243 3 40 Michael Bernstein Chicago, IL $149,857 9 27 Mark Busse Alexandria, VA $49,083 3 40 Jason Young Suffern, NY $102,548 11 26 George Medrano Grapevine, TX $78,900 5 38 Robert McLaughlin Washington, DC $224,102 11 26 Otis R. Anderson Sugarland, TX $64,327 5 38 Brian Meinders Jackson, NJ $136,200 13 25 Michael Schneider Covington, GA $39,280 7 37 Erik Winiarski Poughkeepsie, NY $103,911 14 25 Bill Blanda Galveston, TX $34,046 8 36 Robert Merulla New York, NY $236,452 15 23 Thomas Pullens Picayune, MS $33,608 9 35 Ethan Cahn New York, NY $106,037 16 22 Hilbert Shirey Winter Haven, FL $184,607 10 32 Eugene Castro New York, NY $76,495 16 22 Thomas Rouzan New Orleans, LA $36,732 11 30 Mark Roland Atlantic City, NJ $68,992 16 22 Larry Alexander Grand Bay, AL $33,895 12 29 Charles Marchese Shoreham, NY $89,944 16 22 Al Green Weston, FL $28,808 13 25 Brent Carter Oak Park, IL $81,345 13 25 Robert Hwang Barnegat, NJ $77,180 WESTERN 13 25 Joseph Sidoti Pine Island, NY $63,418 Rank Pts Player Name Hometown Winnings 16 24 Michael Contessa Rochelle Park, NJ $175,432 1 37 Bobby Suer Dana Point, CA $501,082 16 24 Michael Cutro Marmora, NJ $36,750 2 29 Michael Benvenuti Newport Beach, CA $63,898 3 16 Michael Binger Las Vegas, NV $18,915 SOUTHERN 4 15 Scott Clements Mt. Vernon, WA $31,965 Rank Pts Player Name Hometown Winnings 5 10 R.S. Peter Susanville, CA $10,655 1 56 Allen Carter Carrollton, TX $1,000,000 5 10 Randy Holland Winnetka, CA $7,567 2 39 Jordan Smith College Station, TX $119,228 7 9 Jessica Dawley Las Vegas, NV $12,993 3 38 Jose Torres Hollywood, FL $115,116 8 8 Rich Ebhardt Hernando, CA $11,946 4 33 Tony Lay Oklahoma City, OK $70,023 9 7 Michael Craig Scottsdale, AZ $7,566 4 33 Ronnie George Douglasville, GA $65,109 10 5 Esther Taylor Las Vegas, NV $9,610 6 32 Dan Clemente Hernado, MS $64,468 10 5 Annie Lu Las Vegas, NV $3,056 7 29 Mark Wilds Biloxi, MS $50,859 10 5 Chris Tryba Las Vegas, NV $5,044

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2009 Southern Poker Championship Beau Rivage Resort & Casino Biloxi, MS

No-Limit Hold’em Event 1 Jan 4,2009 No-Limit Hold’em Event 4 Jan 7, 2009 Seven-Card Stud High-Low Split Event 7 Jan 8, 2009 Pot-Limit Omaha w/Rebuys Event 10 Jan 10, 2009 Pot Limit Omaha Championship Event 13 Jan 12, 2009 Buy In $300 Buy In $1,000 Buy In $500 Buy In $500 Buy In $5,000 Entries 1005 Entries 216 Entries 111 Entries 165 Entries 46 Total Prize Money $282,455 Total Prize Money $199,520 Total Prize Money $53,835 Total Prize Money $240,260 Total Prize Money $213,100 Place Name Hometown Prize Money Place Name Hometown Prize Money Place Name Hometown Prize Money Place Name Hometown Prize Money Place Name Hometown Prize Money 1 Ronnie George Douglasville, GA $65,109 1 Michael Benvenuti Newport Beach, CA $63,898 1 Russell Salzer New York, NY $16,151 1 Brent Carter Oak Park, IL $79,284 1 Jose Torres Hollywood, FL $95,895 2 Larry Alexander Grand Bay, AL $33,895 2 Ron Feske Folsom, LA $35,254 2 Yuebin Guo Brooklyn, NY $9,152 2 Steven C. Wagner Dallas, TX $43,727 2 Jacobo Fernandez Hollywood, FL $53,275 3 Brad Edwards State Road, NC $21,184 3 Jeffrey Vanchiro Queens, NY $19,383 3 Mel Rechtman Decatur, GA $6,460 3 Brandon Jarrett Cartersville, GA $24,206 3 Scott Clements Mt. Vernon, WA $31,965 4 Tom Becnel Belle Chasse, LA $18,642 4 John Pack Henderson, TN $15,513 4 Greg Suki Jacksonville, FL $4,845 4 Jose Torres Cooper City, FL $19,221 4 Tommy Ly Duluth, GA $21,310 SEVEN CLANS 5 Larry Dale Wright II Montgomery, AL $15,817 5 Ryan Williamson Savannah, GA $11,642 5 Gus Nescal Key Largo, FL $3,768 5 Richard Austin Jeffersonville, IN $14,416 5 R.S. Peter Susanville, CA $10,655 6 Jessica Dawley Las Vegas, NV $12,993 6 Gabe Costner Long Beach, MS $9,707 6 Lowell Davis $3,230 6 Tony Hatley Mobile, AL $12,013 POKER CUP 7 Dieter Fiek Kennesaw, GA $10,168 7 Wendell Barnes Charlton, MA $7,772 7 David Eller Pot Orange, FL $2,692 7 Esther Taylor Las Vegas, NV $9,610 8 Jeremy Sanders Columbus, GA $7,344 8 James A. Barnwell Crossville, TN $5,986 8 Mo Moussa Houston, TX $2,153 8 Todd LeBlanc Beaumont, TX $7,208 SCHEDULE 9 Kevin Field Forsyth, GA $4,519 9 Everett Carlton St. Paul, MN $3,990 9 Raymond Weaver Fayetteville, GA $1,615 9 Samuel “Doug” Hazer Gautier, MS $4,805 10 Ilene Matz Atlanta, GA $3,954 10 Timothy Finne Fanwood, NJ $3,364 Mega Satellite No-Limit Hold’em Event 2 Jan 5,2009 Seven-Card Stud Event 5 Jan 7, 2009 Omaha High-Low Split Event 8 Jan 9, 2009 Ladies Championship / No Limit Holdem Event 11 Jan 11, 2009 H.O.R.S.E Event 14 Jan 13, 2009 February 17th Buy In $500 Buy In $500 Buy In $500 Buy In $300 Buy In $1,000 Entries 566 Entries 85 Entries 210 Entries 205 Entries 130 Total Prize Money $264,510 Total Prize Money $41,225 Total Prize Money $101,850 Total Prize Money $56,255 Total Prize Money $126,100 Place Name Hometown Prize Money Place Name Hometown Prize Money Place Name Hometown Prize Money Place Name Hometown Prize Money Place Name Hometown Prize Money Event #2 1 Dan Clemente Hernado, MS $64,468 1 Bill Bostick St. Clair, MI $12,366 1 Thomas Pullens Picayune, MS $33,608 1 Renee Willis Philadelphia, MS $18,562 1 Bill “Big Daddy” Blanda Galveston, TX $34,046 February 18th 2 Justin Wilkerson Albany, GA $33,386 2 Alan Levinson Montebello, NY $7,008 2 Roger T. Smith Foster, RI $18,537 2 Debbie LaVigne Fairhope, AL $10,238 2 Michael Binger Las Vegas, NV $18,915 3 Brian Anderson Gainsville, FL $19,838 3 Zachary Fellows Vancouver, CAN $4,947 3 Richard J. Pilchman Brick, NJ $10,185 3 Hilry Shirey Haines City, FL $5,626 3 Ricky Totsch Joshua, TX $15,132 4 Dave Terry Alpharetta, GA $17,458 4 Damon Oakley Somerville, MA $3,710 4 Bob Selman Tequesta, FL $8,148 4 Paula Halata Houston, TX $4,500 4 Tony Cousineau Daytona Beach, FL $11,349 5 Eskimo Clark New Orleans, LA $14,813 5 Art Young Biloxi, MS $2,886 5 Tom Spigel Dallas, TX $6,111 5 Donna Murray Gautier, MS $3,375 5 Bejan Rastamian Houston, TX $8,827 Event #3 6 Chuck Norris Fayetteville, NC $12,167 6 Randy Holland Winnetka, CA $2,474 6 Randy Holland Winnetka, CA $5,093 6 Vicki Campbell Pensacola, FL $2,813 6 Michael Craig Scottsdale, AZ $7,566 February 19th 7 Brian Lendecky Austin, TX $9,522 7 Brent Carter Oak Park, IL $2,061 7 Bobby Ferdinand Revere, MA $4,074 7 Phylis Blanton Dallas, TX $2,250 7 Peter Fricano Arlington Heights, IL $6,305 8 Jacob Tyler Birmingham, AL $6,877 8 Douglas Bruce $1,649 8 Annie Lu Las Vegas, NV $3,056 8 Kristen Deardorff Gulfport, MS $1,688 8 Chris Tryba Las Vegas, NV $5,044 9 David E.Robbins Jr. Fortsom, GA $4,232 9 Michael Hartwick $1,237 9 Michael Steckler Zepher Hills, FL $2,037 9 Lindsay Spence Greenwell Springs, LA $1,125 9 Tuebin Guo $3,783 Main Event 10 Danny Hofer Bronx, NY $1,426 February 20th – 23rd

No-Limit Hold’em Event 3 Jan 6 Limit Hold’em Event 6 Jan 8, 2009 No Limit Hold’em Event 9 Jan 10, 2009 No Limit Holdem Event 12 Jan 11, 2009 No Limit Hold’em Main Event 15 Jan 17, 2009 Buy In $500 Buy In $500 Buy In $500 Buy In $1,000 Buy In $10,000 Entries 409 Entries 180 Entries 604 Entries 484 Entries 283 Total Prize Money $188,365 Total Prize Money $87,300 Total Prize Money $282,940 Total Prize Money $459,480 Total Prize Money $2,662,747 Place Name Hometown Prize Money Place Name Hometown Prize Money Place Name Hometown Prize Money Place Name Hometown Prize Money Place Name Hometown Prize Money 1 Mark Wilds Biloxi, MS $50,859 1 Al Green Weston, FL $28,808 1 Tony Lay Oklahoma City, OK $70,023 1 Jordan Smith College Station, TX $119,228 1 Allen Carter Carrollton, TX $1,000,000 2 Eric Crain Murphysboro, IL $28,255 2 Norman Ketchum Loves Park, IL $15,889 2 Thomas “Buddy” Rouzan New Orleans, LA $36,732 2 Otis R. Anderson Sugarland, TX $64,327 2 Bobby Suer Dana Point, CA $501,082 DISCOUNT HOTEL RATE 3 Phong Truong Atlanta, GA $16,576 3 Bobby Toye New Orleans, LA $8,730 3 Patrick Everett Pikeville, TN $21,221 3 Dr. Ken Cleveland Jackson, MS $36,758 3 Soheil Shamseddin Houston, TX $263,725 $49 room rate available for 4 Paul Distefano Plaquemine, LA $12,440 4 Marvin Burkholder Sunset Beach, NC $6,984 4 John Sarrica Cumming, GA $18,674 4 Mark Eddleman Fayetteville, AR $30,326 4 Hilbert Shirey Winter Haven, FL $184,607 tournament players. Reserve your room at 1-888-774-7263 and 5 Jeff Tims Houston, TX $10,612 5 Thuy Djedjos Jackson, MS 5238 5 Rami Jradeh Quincy, MA $15,845 5 Dr. Matthew Colvin Shreveport, LA $25,731 5 Tyler Smith Smithdale, MS $134,500 mention code: “SEVEN CLANS.” 6 Jack Miller Pass Christian, MS $8,786 6 Jim R. Roiz Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 4365 6 Vincent Phan Mobile, AL $13,015 6 Derek Palmer Waconia, MN $21,136 6 Chuck Kim Simsonville, SC $105,490 7 John Holly Destin, GA $6,958 7 Cec Gleason Catharines, ON CAN $3,492 7 Samir Kamal Atlanta, GA $10,186 7 David Diaz Memphis, TN $16,541 Reservation based on availability. 8 Brandon Jarrett Cartersville, GA $5,274 8 Matthew Kelly Ft. Worth, TX $2,619 8 Patrick O. Jones Mobile, AL $7,356 8 Rich Ebhardt Hernando, CA $11,946 Major credit card required for 9 Kenneth Sewell Stockbridge, GA $3,391 9 William Lent Sarasota, FL $1,746 9 Wilbur Gene Futhey Crossville, TN $4,527 9 Bobby Keller Biloxi, MS $7,352 reservations. 10 Gregg Fund Myrtle Beach, SC $2,673

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Michael Craig Michael Benvenuti Bobby Suer Rich Ebhardt Brent Carter Eric Crain Norman Ketchum Scottsdale, AZ Newport Beach, CA Dana Point, CA Hernando, CA Oak Park, IL Murphysboro, IL Loves Park, IL 2009 SOUTHERN POKER CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 SOUTHERN POKER CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 SOUTHERN POKER CHAMPIONSHIP (WPT) 2009 SOUTHERN POKER CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 SOUTHERN POKER CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 SOUTHERN POKER CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 SOUTHERN POKER CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 SOUTHERN POKER CHAMPIONSHIP Beau Rivage Resort & Casino Biloxi MS Beau Rivage Resort & Casino Biloxi MS Beau Rivage Resort & Casino Biloxi MS Beau Rivage Resort & Casino Biloxi MS Beau Rivage Resort & Casino Biloxi MS Beau Rivage Resort & Casino Biloxi MS Beau Rivage Resort & Casino Biloxi MS Beau Rivage Resort & Casino Biloxi MS H.O.R.S.E. Event 14 Jan 13 No-Limit Hold’em Event 4 Jan 7 No Limit Hold’em Champ. Event 15 Jan 17 No-Limit Hold’em Event 12 Jan 11 Pot-Limit Omaha w/Re-Buys Event 10 Jan 10 Seven-Card Stud Event 5 Jan 7 No-Limit Hold’em Event 3 Jan 6 Limit Hold’em Event 6 Jan 8 Finished 6th Finished 1st Finished 2nd Finished 8th Finished 1st Finished 7th Finished 2nd Finished 2nd Earnings $7,566 Earnings $63,898 Earnings $501,082 Earnings $11,946 Earnings $79,284 Earnings $2,061 Earnings $28,255 Earnings $15,889 Buy In $1000 Buy In $1000 Buy In $10,000 Buy In $1000 Buy In $500 Buy In $500 Buy In $500 Buy In $500 Entries 130 Entries 216 Entries 283 Entries 484 Entries 165 Entries 85 Entries 409 Entries 180 © IMPDI © © IMPDI © © IMPDI © © IMPDI © © IMPDI © © IMPDI ©

Randy Holland R.S. Peter Jessica Dawley Bobby Ferdinand Bill Bostick Derek Palmer Richard J. Pilchman Winnetka, CA Susanville, CA Las Vegas, NV Revere, MA St. Clair, MI Waconia, MN Brick, NJ 2009 SOUTHERN POKER CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 SOUTHERN POKER CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 SOUTHERN POKER CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 SOUTHERN POKER CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 SOUTHERN POKER CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 SOUTHERN POKER CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 SOUTHERN POKER CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 SOUTHERN POKER CHAMPIONSHIP Beau Rivage Resort & Casino Biloxi MS Beau Rivage Resort & Casino Biloxi MS Beau Rivage Resort & Casino Biloxi MS Beau Rivage Resort & Casino Biloxi MS Beau Rivage Resort & Casino Biloxi MS Beau Rivage Resort & Casino Biloxi MS Beau Rivage Resort & Casino Biloxi MS Beau Rivage Resort & Casino Biloxi MS Omaha High-Low Split Event 8 Jan 9 Seven-Card Stud Event 5 Jan 7 Pot-Limit Omaha Champ. Event 13 Jan 12 No-Limit Hold’em Event 1 Jan 4 Omaha High-Low Split Event 8 Jan 9 Seven-Card Stud Event 5 Jan 7 No Limit Hold’em Event 12 Jan 11 Omaha High-Low Split Event 8 Jan 9 Finished 6th Finished 6th Finished 5th Finished 6th Finished 7th Finished 1st Finished 6th Finished 3rd Earnings $5,093 Earnings $2,474 Earnings $10,655 Earnings $12,993 Earnings $4,074 Earnings $12,366 Earnings $21,136 Earnings $10,185 Buy In $500 Buy In $500 Buy In $5000 Buy In $300 Buy In $500 Buy In $500 Buy In $1,000 Buy In $500 Entries 210 Entries 85 Entries 46 Entries 1005 Entries 210 Entries 85 Entries 484 Entries 210 © IMPDI © © IMPDI © © IMPDI © © IMPDI © IMPDI © © IMPDI © © IMPDI © © IMPDI ©

Esther Taylor Michael Binger Tony Lay Scott Clements Russell Salzer Jeffrey Vanchiro Yuebin Guo Roger T. Smith Las Vegas, NV Las Vegas, NV Oklahoma City, OK Mt. Vernon, WA New York, NY Queens, NY Brooklyn, NY Foster, RI 2009 SOUTHERN POKER CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 SOUTHERN POKER CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 SOUTHERN POKER CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 SOUTHERN POKER CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 SOUTHERN POKER CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 SOUTHERN POKER CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 SOUTHERN POKER CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 SOUTHERN POKER CHAMPIONSHIP Beau Rivage Resort & Casino Biloxi MS Beau Rivage Resort & Casino Biloxi MS Beau Rivage Resort & Casino Biloxi MS Beau Rivage Resort & Casino Biloxi MS Beau Rivage Resort & Casino Biloxi MS Beau Rivage Resort & Casino Biloxi MS Beau Rivage Resort & Casino Biloxi MS Beau Rivage Resort & Casino Biloxi MS Pot-Limit Omaha w/Re-Buys Event 10 Jan 10 H.O.R.S.E. Event 14 Jan 13 No-Limit Hold’em Event 9 Jan 10 Pot-Limit Omaha Champ. Event 13 Jan 12 Seven-Card Stud H/L Event 7 Jan 8 No Limit Hold’em Event 4 Jan 7 Seven-Card Stud High-Low Split Event 7 Jan 8 Omaha High-Low Split Event 8 Jan 9 Finished 7th Finished 2nd Finished 1st Finished 3rd Finished 1st Finished 3rd Finished 2nd Finished 2nd Earnings $9,610 Earnings $18,915 Earnings $70,023 Earnings $31,965 Earnings $16,151 Earnings $19,383 Earnings $9,152 Earnings $18,537 Buy In $500 Buy In $1000 Buy In $500 Buy In $5000 Buy In $500 Buy In $1000 Buy In $500 Buy In $500 Entries 165 Entries 130 Entries 604 Entries 46 Entries 111 Entries 216 Entries 111 Entries 210

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Larry Alexander Larry Dale Wright I Mark Eddleman Al Green Tom Becnel Eskimo Clark Dan Clemente Mark Wilds Grand Bay, AL Montgomery, AL Fayetteville, AR Weston, FL Belle Chasse, LA New Orleans, LA Hernado, MS Biloxi, MS 2009 SOUTHERN POKER CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 SOUTHERN POKER CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 SOUTHERN POKER CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 SOUTHERN POKER CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 SOUTHERN POKER CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 SOUTHERN POKER CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 SOUTHERN POKER CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 SOUTHERN POKER CHAMPIONSHIP Beau Rivage Resort & Casino Biloxi MS Beau Rivage Resort & Casino Biloxi MS Beau Rivage Resort & Casino Biloxi MS Beau Rivage Resort & Casino Biloxi MS Beau Rivage Resort & Casino Biloxi MS Beau Rivage Resort & Casino Biloxi MS Beau Rivage Resort & Casino Biloxi MS Beau Rivage Resort & Casino Biloxi MS No-Limit Hold’em Event 1 Jan 4 No-Limit Hold’em Event 1 Jan 4 No Limit Hold’em Champ. Event 12 Jan 11 Limit Hold’em Event 6 Jan 8 No-Limit Hold’em Event 1 Jan 4 No-Limit Hold’em Event 2 Jan 5 No-Limit Hold’em Event 2 Jan 5 No-Limit Hold’em Event 3 Jan 6 Finished 2nd Finished 5th Finished 4th Finished 1st Finished 4th Finished 5th Finished 1st Finished 1st Earnings $33,895 Earnings $15,817 Earnings $30,326 Earnings $28,808 Earnings $18,642 Earnings $14,813 Earnings $64,468 Earnings $50,859 Buy In $300 Buy In $300 Buy In $1,000 Buy In $500 Buy In $300 Buy In $500 Buy In $500 Buy In $500 Entries 1005 Entries 1005 Entries 484 Entries 180 Entries 1005 Entries 566 Entries 566 Entries 409 © IMPDI © © IMPDI © © IMPDI © © IMPDI © © IMPDI © © IMPDI © © IMPDI ©

Jose Torres Hilbert Shirey Jacobo Fernandez Thomas Pullens Renee Willis Tyler Smith Brad Edwards Hollywood, FL Winter Haven, FL Hollywood, FL Picayune, MS Philadelphia, MS Smithdale, MS State Road, NC 2009 SOUTHERN POKER CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 SOUTHERN POKER CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 SOUTHERN POKER CHAMPIONSHIP (WPT) 2009 SOUTHERN POKER CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 SOUTHERN POKER CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 SOUTHERN POKER CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 SOUTHERN POKER CHAMPIONSHIP (WPT) 2009 SOUTHERN POKER CHAMPIONSHIP Beau Rivage Resort & Casino Biloxi MS Beau Rivage Resort & Casino Biloxi MS Beau Rivage Resort & Casino Biloxi MS Beau Rivage Resort & Casino Biloxi MS Beau Rivage Resort & Casino Biloxi MS Beau Rivage Resort & Casino Biloxi MS Beau Rivage Resort & Casino Biloxi MS Beau Rivage Resort & Casino Biloxi MS Pot-Limit Omaha Champ. Event 13 Jan 12 Pot-Limit Omaha w/Re-Buys Event 10 Jan 10 No Limit Hold’em Champ. Event 15 Jan 17 Pot-Limit Omaha Champ. Event 13 Jan 12 Omaha High-Low Split Event 8 Jan 9 Ladies Champ./No-Limit Hold’em Event 11 Jan 11 No Limit Hold’em Champ. Event 15 Jan 17 No-Limit Hold’em Event 1 Jan 4 Finished 1st Finished 4th Finished 4th Finished 2nd Finished 1st Finished 1st Finished 5th Finished 3rd Earnings $95,895 Earnings $19,221 Earnings $184,607 Earnings $53,275 Earnings $33,608 Earnings $18,562 Earnings $134,500 Earnings $21,184 Buy In $5000 Buy In $500 Buy In $10,000 Buy In $5000 Buy In $500 Buy In $300 Buy In $10,000 Buy In $300 Entries 46 Entries 165 Entries 283 Entries 46 Entries 210 Entries 205 Entries 283 Entries 1005 © IMPDI © © IMPDI © IMPDI © IMPDI © IMPDI © © IMPDI © © IMPDI © © IMPDI ©

Ronnie George Justin Wilkerson Tommy Ly Brandon Jarrett Chuck Kim Jordan Smith Bill Blanda Soheil Shamseddin Douglasville, GA Albany, GA Duluth, GA Cartersville, GA Simsonville, SC College Station, TX Galveston, TX Houston, TX 2009 SOUTHERN POKER CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 SOUTHERN POKER CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 SOUTHERN POKER CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 SOUTHERN POKER CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 SOUTHERN POKER CHAMPIONSHIP (WPT) 2009 SOUTHERN POKER CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 SOUTHERN POKER CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 SOUTHERN POKER CHAMPIONSHIP (WPT) Beau Rivage Resort & Casino Biloxi MS Beau Rivage Resort & Casino Biloxi MS Beau Rivage Resort & Casino Biloxi MS Beau Rivage Resort & Casino Biloxi MS Beau Rivage Resort & Casino Biloxi MS Beau Rivage Resort & Casino Biloxi MS Beau Rivage Resort & Casino Biloxi MS Beau Rivage Resort & Casino Biloxi MS No-Limit Hold’em Event 1 Jan 4 No-Limit Hold’em Event 2 Jan 5 Pot-Limit Omaha Champ. Event 13 Jan 12 Pot-Limit Omaha w/ Re-Buys Event 10 Jan 10 No Limit Hold’em Champ. Event 15 Jan 17 No-Limit Hold’em Event 12 Jan 11 H.O.R.S.E. Event 14 Jan 13 No Limit Hold’em Champ. Event 15 Jan 17 Finished 1st Finished 2nd Finished 4th Finished 3rd Finished 6th Finished 1st Finished 1st Finished 3rd Earnings $65,109 Earnings $33,386 Earnings $21,310 Earnings $24,206 Earnings $105,490 Earnings $119,228 Earnings $34,046 Earnings $263,725 Buy In $300 Buy In $500 Buy In $5000 Buy In $500 Buy In $10,000 Buy In $1000 Buy In $1000 Buy In $10,000 Entries 1005 Entries 566 Entries 46 Entries 165 Entries 283 Entries 484 Entries 130 Entries 283

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CALIFORNIA MISSISSIPPI MISSISSIPPI FLORIDA NEVADA NEVADA MONDAY CASINO BUY IN SATURDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1:00PM Monte Carlo Sit ‘n Go 11:00AM Sahara $40, $20 RB, 2$AO 10:00AM Lake Elsinore $15+$5, RB$5 12:00PM Silver Slipper $45 Buy In includes 11:00AM Gold Strike $40, $20 RB $20 AO 11:00AM Hard Rock Seminole Hollywood $575, $500 RB 1:30PM Paris $65 11:00AM Treasure Island $60+$5 AO 10:00AM Pechanga $20+$5 1:00PM Hollywood $100 + $10 11:00AM Sam’s Town $500 + $50 1:00PM Hard Rock Seminole Hollywood $150 2:00PM Bellagio $500+$40 12:00PM Caesars Palace $200 12:00PM Harrah’s Rincon $35+$5 SUNDAY 1:00PM Harrah’s Tunica $65, $25RB, $50 AO 1:30PM Dania Jai Alai $25, $25 RB 2:00PM Binion’s $70, $40RB 12:00PM Luxor Casino $30 6:00PM Win-River $25+$5 1:00PM Hollywood $40 + $10 4:00PM Horseshoe $65, $40RB, $40AO 2:00PM The Isle Casino (Pompano Park) $200 2:00PM Gold Coast Casino $40 12:00PM The Orleans $80 6:30PM Pechanga $40+$10 6:30PM Silver Slipper $65 Buy-In Omaha Hi 6:00PM Gold Strike $65, $30RB, $30AO 6:00PM The Isle Casino (Pompano Park) $150 2:00PM Planet Hollywood $50+$10AO 1:00PM Monte Carlo Sit ‘n Go 7:00PM Harrah’s Rincon $35+$5 BILOXI SATURDAY 6:30PM Dania Jai Alai $120, $120 RB 2:00PM The Venetian $130+$15 1:30PM Paris $65 7:00PM Hustler Casino $100+$25 MONDAY CASINO BUY IN 11:00AM Gold Strike $40, $20 RB $20 AO 7:00PM Fort Pierce Jai Alai (2nd Sat. of month) $50 2:00PM Wynn Las Vegas $100 + $20, $100RB 2:00PM Bellagio $500+$40 $130 every other TUESDAY 1:00PM Hard Rock $45 + $10 1:00PM Harrah’s Tunica $130 7:00PM Seminole Casino Brighton week is a Rebuy 3:00PM Caesars Palace $65 2:00PM Binion’s $70, $40RB Tournament 10:00AM Lake Elsinore $15+$5, RB$5 6:00PM Beau Rivage $120 SUNDAY 3:00PM Golden Nugget $60, $40RB 2:00PM Gold Coast Casino $40 SUNDAY 10:00AM Pechanga $35+$5 6:00PM IP $50 + $10 11:00AM Gold Strike $175 3:00PM Monte Carlo Sit ‘n Go 2:00PM Planet Hollywood $50+$10AO 12:00PM Hard Rock Seminole Hollywood $150 12:00PM Harrah’s Rincon $35+$5 TUESDAY 1:00PM Harrah’s Tunica $130 3:30PM Harrah’s $60, $10 Bounties 2:00PM Wynn Las Vegas $100 + $20, $100RB 12:30PM Dania Jai Alai $25, $25 RB 6:00PM Win-River $35+$5, $20RB 12:00PM IP $50 + $10 * 1:00PM Gold Strike $325, $10,000 Guaranteed 4:00PM Luxor Casino $50 2:00PM The Venetian $130+$15 1:00PM The Isle Casino (Pompano Park) $120 6:30PM Pechanga $20+$5 1:00PM Isle of Capri $15 5:00PM Caesars Palace $75 3:00PM Caesars Palace $65 2:00PM Ebro Greyhound Park $135 + $15 7:00PM Harrah’s Rincon $35+$5 8:30PM Isle of Capri $50 FLORIDA 5:30PM Red Rock Casino $60 3:00PM Golden Nugget $60, $40RB 3:00PM The Isle Casino (Pompano Park) $120 7:00PM Hustler Casino $225+$30 WEDNESDAY MONDAY CASINO BUY IN 6:00PM Mandalay $80 3:00PM Monte Carlo Sit ‘n Go 5:30PM Dania Jai Alai $50, $50 RB 7:00PM Lake Elsinore $30+7, RB$5 2:00AM Hard Rock $35 +$10 11:00AM Hard Rock Seminole Hollywood $100, $50 RB 6:00PM Monte Carlo $50+$10AO 3:30PM Harrah’s $60, $10 Bounties 6:30PM Hard Rock Seminole Hollywood $150 WEDNESDAY 2:00AM IP $50 + $10 1:00PM The Isle Casino (Pompano Park) $60, $40 RB 6:00PM Oasis (Mesquite) $35, $10RB, $20AO 4:00PM Luxor Casino $50 1:00PM Isle of Capri $70, $20 Bounty 10:00AM Lake Elsinore $15+$5, RB$5 3:00PM Dania Jai Alai $25, $25 RB LOUISIANA 6:05PM MGM Grand $125 5:30PM Red Rock Casino $60 10:00AM Pechanga $20+$5 6:00PM IP $50 + $10 6:30PM Dania Jai Alai $25, $25 RB 6:05PM Rio $125 6:00PM Caesars Palace $75(Ladies Night) MONDAY CASINO BUY IN 12:00PM Harrah’s Rincon $35+$5 7:00PM Isle of Capri $20, $10RB, $5 6:30PM Hard Rock Seminole Hollywood $300 7:00PM Caesars Palace $150 6:00PM Mandalay Bay $80 6:00 PM Horseshoe Bossier City $60, $40 RB 6:00PM Win-River $35+$5, THURSDAY 6:30PM The Isle Casino (Pompano Park) $120 7:00PM Golden Nugget $60, $40RB 6:00PM Monte Carlo $50+$10AO THURSDAY 6:30PM Lake Elsinore $15+$5 1:00PM Hard Rock $35 +$10 7:00PM Ebro Greyhound Park $35 + $5 7:00PM MGM Grand $80 6:00PM Rio $125 6:00 PM Horseshoe Bossier City $200 6:30PM Pechanga $40+$10 1:00PM Isle of Capri $50,$10RB 7:00PM Fort Pierce Jai Alai $85 $10 Bounty 7:00PM Mirage $230 6:05PM MGM Grand $125 FRIDAY 7:00PM Harrah’s Rincon $35+$5 6:00PM Beau Rivage $120 7:00PM Seminole Casino Brighton $125 7:00PM Planet Hollywood $50+$10AO 7:00PM Caesars Palace $150 11:AM Horseshoe Bossier City $60, $40 RB 7:00PM Hustler Casino $100+$25 6:00PM IP $50 + $10 TUESDAY 7:00PM Sahara $40, $20 40RB, 2$AO 7:00PM Golden Nugget $60, $40RB SUNDAY LAST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH 7:00PM Lake Elsinore $45+7, RB$5 FRIDAY 11:00AM Hard Rock Seminole Hollywood $100, $50 RB 7:00PM The Orleans $80 7:00PM Mirage $130 2:00 PM Horseshoe Bossier City $275 THURSDAY 12:00PM Beau Rivage $40, $20 RB, 20/40AO 1:00PM The Isle Casino (Pompano Park) $110 7:00PM Tuscany $22, $10RB 7:00PM MGM Grand $80 10:00AM Lake Elsinore $15+$5, RB$5 12:00PM IP $50 + $10 3:00PM Dania Jai Alai $25, $25 RB NEVADA 7:00PM Paris $65 7:00PM Planet Hollywood $50+$10 AO 10:00AM Pechanga $20+$5 3:00PM Isle of Capri $25, $5RB 6:30PM Dania Jai Alai $50, $50 RB MONDAY CASINO BUY IN 8:00PM Binion’s $70, $40RB 7:00PM Sahara $40, $20RB, 2$AO 12:00PM Harrah’s Rincon $35+$5 SATURDAY 6:30PM Hard Rock Seminole Hollywood $150 8:00PM Harrah’s $120 + $30, 7:00PM The Orleans $80 12:30AM Harrah’s $120 +$30 $50 Super Bounty 6:00PM Win-River $45+$5, $20RB 12:00PM Beau Rivage $120 6:30PM The Isle Casino (Pompano Park) $100, 8:00PM The Venetian $160+$15 7:00PM Tuscany $22, $10RB $25 Bounty 1:00AM Golden Nugget $60, $40RB 7:00PM Harrah’s Rincon $32+$8 12:00PM IP $100 + $20 7:00PM Seminole Casino Brighton $35 $25 RB, 11:00PM Sahara $40, $20, 2$AO 7:00PM Paris $65 High Hand 2:00AM Binion’s $70, $40RB 7:00PM Hustler Casino $225+$30 3:00PM Isle of Capri $30, $10RB, $20 WEDNESDAY TUESDAY 8:00PM Binion’s $70, $40RB 2:00AM Planet Hollywood $50+$10AO FRIDAY SUNDAY 1 1 11:00AM Hard Rock Seminole Hollywood $100, $50 RB 12:30AM Harrah’s $40 8:00PM Harrah’s $120 + $30, 2:00AM Treasure Island $60+$5 AO 10:00AM Lake Elsinore $15+$5, RB$5 12:00PM Beau Rivage $120 1:00PM The Isle Casino (Pompano Park) $100 1:00AM Golden Nugget $60, $40RB 8:00PM The Venetian $160+$15 4:00AM Tuscany $22, $10RB 10:00AM Pechanga $20+$5 12:00PM IP $50 + $10 3:00PM Dania Jai Alai $25, $25 RB 2:00AM Binion’s $70, $40RB 11:00PM Sahara $40, $20RB, 2$AO 7:00AM Treasure Island $60+$5AO 12:00PM Harrah’s Rincon $35+$5 3:00PM Isle of Capri $15, $10RB (Ladies Only) 6:30PM Dania Jai Alai $25, $25 RB 2:00AM Planet Hollywood $50+$10AO WEDNESDAY 9:00AM Caesars Palace $65 7:00PM Lake Elsinore $25+$5 TUNICA 6:30PM The Isle Casino (Pompano Park) $120 2:00AM Treasure Island $60+$5AO 12:00AM Luxor Casino $62 9:00AM Luxor Casino $22, $20 1RB SATURDAY MONDAY CASINO BUY IN 7:00PM Fort Pierce Jai Alai $75 4:00AM Tuscany $22, $10RB 12:30AM Harrah’s $40 9:00AM Monte Carlo $40+10AO 10:00AM Pechanga $20+$5 4:00AM Gold Strike $65 7:00PM Seminole Casino Brighton $20 / $20 RB 7:00AM Treasure Island $60+$5AO 1:00AM Golden Nugget $60, $40RB 9:30AM Paris $65 10:00AM Win-River $25+$5 11:00AM Gold Strike $40, $20 RB $20 AO 7:30PM Hard Rock Seminole Hollywood $575, $500 RB 9:00AM Caesars Palace $65 2:00AM Binion’s $70, $40RB 10:00AM Binion’s $50 11:00AM Harrah’s Rincon $35+$5 1:00PM Harrah’s Tunica $65 THURSDAY 9:00AM Luxor Casino $22, $20 -1RB 2:00AM Planet Hollywood $50+$10AO 10:00AM Hooters $27 SUNDAY 6:00PM Gold Strike $1000 + $125 11:00AM Hard Rock Seminole Hollywood $200 9:00AM Monte Carlo $40+$10AO 2:00AM Treasure Island $60+$5AO 10:00AM Mandalay Bay $40 10:00AM Pechanga $20+$5 7:00PM Horseshoe $2000 Guaranteed +$65,$40, RB, $40 3:00PM Dania Jai Alai $25, $25 RB 9:30AM Paris $65 4:00AM Tuscany $22, $10RB 10:00AM Planet Hollywood $50+$10AO 12:00PM Lake Elsinore $7, RB$10 TUESDAY 6:30PM Dania Jai Alai $50, $50 RB 10:00AM Binion’s $50 7:00AM Treasure Island $60+$5AO 10:00AM Red Rock Casino $100 3:00PM Hustler Casino $225+$30 11:00AM Gold Strike $40, $20RB, $20 AO 6:30PM Hard Rock Seminole Hollywood $150, 10:00AM Hooters $27 9:00AM Caesars Palace $65 Omaha Hi/Lo 10:00AM Rio $60 5:00PM Harrah’s Rincon $50+$10, $25RB, $25AO 1:00PM Harrah’s Tunica $500 + $65 6:30PM The Isle Casino (Pompano Park) $150, 10:00AM Mandalay $40 9:00AM Luxor Casino $22, $20-1RB $50 Bounty 10:00AM Tuscany $22, $10RB 6:00PM Win-River $40+$10, $5RB WEDNESDAY 7:00PM Ebro Greyhound Park $75+$10 10:00AM Planet Hollywood $50+$10AO 9:00AM Monte Carlo $40+$10AO 11:00AM Bally’s $65 MISSISSIPPI 4:00AM Gold Strike $65 FRIDAY 10:00AM Red Rock Casino $100 9:30AM Paris $65 11:00AM Golden Nugget $60, $40RB BAY ST. LOUIS 11:00AM Gold Strike $40, $20 RB $20 AO 11:00AM Hard Rock Seminole Hollywood $150 10:00AM Rio $60 10:00AM Binion’s $50 11:00AM Harrah’s $60, $10 Bounties MONDAY CASINO BUY IN 1:00PM Harrah’s Tunica $65 ($500 added) 2:00PM The Isle Casino (Pompano Park) $225 10:00AM Tuscany $22, $10RB 10:00AM Hooters $27 11:00AM Monte Carlo Sit ‘n Go 6:30PM Hollywood $50 +$10 THURSDAY 3:00PM Dania Jai Alai $25, $25 RB 11:00AM Bally’s $65 10:00AM Mandalay Bay $40 11:00AM MGM Grand $65 6:00PM Silver Slipper $45 Buy In 11:00AM Gold Strike $40, $20 RB $20 AO 6:00PM The Isle Casino (Pompano Park) $150 11:00AM Bellagio $500+$40 10:00AM Planet Hollywood $50+$10AO 11:00AM Oasis (Mesquite) $15, $15RB, $15AO WEDNESDAY 1:00PM Harrah’s Tunica $80, $20 Bounty 6:30PM Dania Jai Alai $100, $100 RB 11:00AM Golden Nugget $60, $40RB 10:00AM Red Rock Casino $100 11:00AM Sahara $40, $20RB, 2$AO 6:30PM Hollywood $15 + $10, RB 6:00PM Gold Strike $1000 + $125 7:00PM Seminole Casino Brighton $150 11:00AM Harrah’s $60, $10 Bounties 10:00AM Rio $60 11:00AM Treasure Island $60+$5 AO THURSDAY 7:00PM Horseshoe $65, $40 RB, $40 AO 7:30PM Hard Rock Seminole Hollywood $100, $50 RB 11:00AM Monte Carlo Sit ‘n Go 10:00AM Tuscany $22, $10RB 12:00PM Caesars Palace $200 6:00PM Silver Slipper $25 + $10, RB 11:00AM MGM Grand $65 11:00AM Bally’s $65 12:00PM Luxor Casino $30 6:30PM Hollywood $75 Buy In 11:00AM Oasis (Mesquite) $15, $15RB, $15AO 12:00PM The Orleans $80

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NEVADA NEVADA NEVADA NEVADA NEVADA NEW JERSEY 11:00AM Bellagio $500+$40 10:00AM Rio $60 10:00AM Hooters $27 11:00AM Harrah’s $60, $10 Bounties 12:00PM Luxor Casino $30 11:30AM Trump Plaza (Electronic Poker) $50 + $5 11:00AM Golden Nugget $60, $40RB 10:00AM Tuscany $22, $10RB 10:00AM Mandalay Bay $40 11:00AM MGM Grand $65 12:00PM The Orleans $80 12:15PM Trump Taj Mahal $50 + $15 11:00AM Harrah’s $60, $10 Bounties 11:00AM Bally’s $65 10:00AM Planet Hollywood $50+$10AO 11:00AM Monte Carlo Sit ‘n Go 1:00PM Monte Carlo Sit ‘n Go 1:15 PM Harrah’s Poker Room $40 +10 11:00AM Monte Carlo Sit ‘n Go 11:00AM Golden Nugget $60, $40RB 10:00AM Red Rock Casino $100 11:00AM Oasis (Mesquite) $15, $15RB, $15AO 1:00PM Oasis (Mesquite) $35, $10RB, $20AO 3:00 PM Caesars Atlantic City $100 + $20 11:00AM MGM Grand $65 11:00AM Harrah’s $60, $10 Bounties 10:00AM Rio $60 11:00AM Sahara $40, $20RB, 2$AO 1:30PM Paris $65 7:00 PM The Borgata $150 + $30 11:00AM Oasis (Mesquite) $15, $15RB, $15AO 11:00AM Monte Carlo Sit ‘n Go 10:00AM Tuscany $22, $10RB 11:00AM Treasure Island $60+$5AO 2:00PM Bellagio $500+$40 7:15 PM Trump Taj Mahal $50 + $15 11:00AM Sahara $40, $20RB, 2$AO 11:00AM MGM Grand $65 11:00AM Bally’s $65 12:00PM Caesars Palace $330 2:00PM Binion’s $70, $40RB 7:30PM Trump Plaza (Electronic Poker) $50 + $5 11:00AM Treasure Island $60+$5AO 11:00AM Oasis (Mesquite) $15, $15RB, $15AO 11:00AM Golden Nugget $60, $40RB 12:00PM Luxor Casino $30 2:00PM Gold Coast Casino $40 8:15 PM Harrah’s Poker Room $68 +12 12:00PM Caesars Palace $200 11:00AM Sahara $40, $20, 2$AO 11:00AM Harrah’s $60, $10 Bounties 12:00PM The Orleans $80 2:00PM Planet Hollywood $50+$10AO 9:00 PM Caesars Atlantic City $100 + $20 12:00PM Luxor Casino $30 11:00AM Treasure Island $60+$5AO 11:00AM Monte Carlo Sit ‘n Go 12:00PM The Venetian $500+$40 2:00PM The Venetian $130+$15 THURSDAY 12:00PM The Orleans $80 12:00PM Caesars Palace $200 11:00AM MGM Grand $65 1:00PM Monte Carlo Sit ‘n Go 3:00PM Caesars Palace $65 12:15AM Trump Taj Mahal $50 + $15 1:00PM Monte Carlo Sit ‘n Go 12:00PM Luxor Casino $30 11:00AM Oasis (Mesquite)) $15, $15RB, $15AO 1:30PM Paris $65 3:00PM Golden Nugget $60, $40RB 11:00AM The Borgata $100 + $20 1:30PM Paris $65 12:00PM The Orleans $80 11:00AM Sahara $40, $20 RB, 2$AO 2:00PM Bellagio $1000+$80 3:00PM Monte Carlo Sit ‘n Go 12:15PM Trump Taj Mahal $50 + $15 2:00PM Bellagio $500+$40 1:00PM Monte Carlo Sit ‘n Go 11:00AM Treasure Island $60+$5 AO 2:00PM Binion’s $70, $40RB 3:30PM Harrah’s $60, $10 Bounties 1:15 PM Harrah’s Poker Room $40 +10 2:00PM Binion’s $70, $40RB 1:30PM Paris $65 12:00PM Caesars Palace $330 2:00PM Gold Coast Casino $40 5:00PM Mirage $430 3:00 PM Caesars Atlantic City $100 + $20 2:00PM Gold Coast Casino $40 2:00PM Bellagio $500+$40 12:00PM Luxor Casino $30 2:00PM Planet Hollywood $50+$10AO 5:30PM Red Rock Casino $60 7:00 PM The Borgata $150 + $30 2:00PM Planet Hollywood $50+$10AO 2:00PM Binion’s $70, $40RB 12:00PM The Orleans $80 2:00PM The Venetian $130+$15 6:00PM Monte Carlo $50+$10AO 7:15 PM Trump Taj Mahal $50 + $15 2:00PM The Venetian $130+$15 2:00PM Gold Coast Casino $40 1:00PM Monte Carlo Sit ‘n Go 3:00PM Caesars Palace $65 6:05PM MGM Grand $125 8:15 PM Harrah’s Poker Room $68 +12 2:00PM Wynn Las Vegas $100 + $20, $100RB 2:00PM Planet Hollywood $50+$10AO 1:30PM Paris $65 3:00PM Golden Nugget $60, $40RB 7:00PM Caesars Palace $150 9:00 PM Caesars Atlantic City $100 + $20 3:00PM Caesars Palace $65 2:00PM Wynn Las Vegas $100 + $20, $100RB 2:00PM Bellagio $1000+$80 3:00PM Monte Carlo Sit ‘n Go 7:00PM MGM Grand $80 FRIDAY 3:00PM Golden Nugget $60, $40RB 2:00PM The Venetian $130+$15 2:00PM Binion’s $70, $40RB 3:30PM Harrah’s $60, $10 Bounties 7:00PM Golden Nugget $60, $40RB 12:15AM Trump Taj Mahal $100 + $20 3:00PM Monte Carlo Sit ‘n Go 3:00PM Caesars Palace $65 2:00PM Gold Coast Casino $40 6:00PM Monte Carlo $50+$10AO 7:00PM Planet Hollywood $50+$10AO 11:30AM Trump Plaza (Electronic Poker) $50 + $5 3:30PM Harrah’s $60, $10 Bounties 3:30PM Harrah’s $60, $10 Bounties 2:00PM Planet Hollywood $50+$10AO 7:00PM Caesars Palace $150 7:00PM Sahara $40, $20RB, 2$AO 12:00PM The Borgata $300 + $40 5:30PM Red Rock Casino $60 3:30PM Golden Nugget $60, $40RB 2:00PM The Venetian $130+$15 7:00PM Golden Nugget $60, $40RB 7:00PM The Orleans $105 12:15PM Trump Taj Mahal $50 + $15 6:00PM Mandalay Bay $80 3:30PM Monte Carlo Sit ‘n Go 2:00PM Wynn Las Vegas $100 + $20, $100RB 7:00PM Planet Hollywood $50+$10AO 7:00PM Tuscany $22, $10RB 1:15 PM Harrah’s Poker Room $40 +10 6:00PM Monte Carlo $50+$10AO 4:00PM Luxor Casino $50 3:00PM Caesars Palace $65 7:00PM Sahara $40, $20RB, 2$AO 7:00PM Paris $65 3:00 PM Caesars Atlantic City $100 + $20 6:00PM Rio $125 5:30PM Red Rock Casino $60 3:00PM Golden Nugget $60, $40RB 7:00PM The Orleans $105 8:00PM Binion’s $70, $40RB 4:15 PM Trump Taj Mahal $100 + $20 6:05PM MGM Grand $125 6:00PM Mandalay Bay $80 3:00PM Monte Carlo Sit ‘n Go 7:00PM Tuscany $22, $10RB 8:00PM Harrah’s $120 + $30, 6:00 PM The Borgata $500 + $60 7:00PM Caesars Palace $150 6:00PM Monte Carlo $50+$10 AO 3:30PM Harrah’s $60, $10 Bounties 7:00PM Paris $65 8:00PM The Venetian $160+$15 7:15 PM Trump Taj Mahal $175 + $25 7:00PM Golden Nugget $60, $40RB 6:00PM Oasis (Mesquite) $35,$10RB,$20AO 6:00PM Monte Carlo $50+$10AO 8:00PM Binion’s $150, $50RB 11:00PM Sahara $40, $20RB, 2$AO 7:30PM Trump Plaza (Electronic Poker) $70 + $7 7:00PM MGM Grand $80 6:00PM Rio $125 7:00PM Caesars Palace $150 8:00PM Harrah’s $120 + $30, 8:15 PM Harrah’s Poker Room $68 +12 7:00PM Mirage $230 6:05PM MGM Grand $125 7:00PM Golden Nugget $60, $40RB 8:00PM The Venetian $160+$15 NEW JERSEY SATURDAY 7:00PM Planet Hollywood $50+$10 7:00PM Caesars Palace $150 7:00PM Planet Hollywood $50+$10AO 11:00PM Sahara $40, $20RB, 2$AO MONDAY CASINO BUY IN 12:15AM Trump Taj Mahal $100 + $20 7:00PM Sahara $40, $20RB, 2$AO 7:00PM Golden Nugget $60, $40RB 7:00PM The Orleans $105 SUNDAY 12:15AM Trump Taj Mahal $50 + $15 11:00AM The Borgata $300 + $40 7:00PM The Orleans $80 7:00PM 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e aggressive Shamseddin fi nally bluff ed himself into elimination when he tried an all-in bluff on a river with jack high and was called immediately by Carter, who held trip tens. e big chipleader heading into the fi nal table ended up third and earned $263,725. Season VII Tournament Schedule Starting heads-up play, Carter enjoyed a 5.1 million to 3.4 million chip lead over Suer, who TOURNAMENT NAME HOSTING CASINO LOCATION FINAL TABLE DATE* BUY-IN ENTRY FEE never improved his standing in the end of the match. He lost several small pots to bleed his WPT Spanish Championship Casino Barcelona Barcelona, Spain May 27 May 23 - 27, 2008 €5,000 €300 stack to around 1 million before doubling up (Non-televised event) with A-K versus 2-2. He then lost about half of his stack after he folded to a Carter re-raise Bellagio Cup IV Bellagio Las Vegas, NV July 17 July 11 - 17, 2008 $15,000 $400 Allen Carter Wins Southern Poker on a fl op of Ks-5s-4s. We’ll have to watch the The Bicycle Casino The Bicycle Casino Los Angeles, CA August 28 Aug 23 - 28, 2008 $9,500 $500 Championship Crown WPT telecast to see what those hands were. Legends of Poker On the fi nal hand, Suer moved all-in with Borgata Poker Open Borgata Atlantic City, NJ September 18 Sept 14 - 18, 2008 $9,600 $400 Ac-Kc and was called by Carter with Ad- North American Fallsview Casino Resort Niagara Falls, Canada October 16 Oct 10 - 16, 2008 $10,000 CDN $300 CDN 4h. He was in fantastic shape to double up, Poker Championship llen Carter, a resident of Dallas, busted until the 93rd hand of the match. especially after a fl op of Jc-5c-3s. But the 2d Texas, beat a fi nal table of relative Chuck Kim started the fi nal table as the hit the turn to give Carter a wheel and no club Festa Al Lago Bellagio Las Vegas, NV October 26 Oct 20 - 26, 2008 $15,000 $400 Aunknowns in an eight-hour marathon short stack with 386K, but managed to came on the river for Suer to make Carter session to claim the World Poker Tour title become the chip leader at one time before the champion. For his runner-up fi nish, Suer Foxwoods World Poker Finals Foxwoods Resort Casino Mashantucket, CT November 11 Nov 5 - 11, 2008 $9,700 $300 at the Southern Poker Championship at the falling down the charts. In the end, his A-K received $501,000, while the 40-year-old Doyle Brunson Five Diamond Bellagio Las Vegas, NV December 19 Dec 13 - 19, 2008 $15,000 $400 Beau Rivage. lost to the A-9 of Shamseddin when a 9 hit Carter got a check for $1 million and a seat World Poker Classic the river and he earned $105,490 for sixth. into the $25,500 WPT World Championship. e fi nal table, among 283 entrants, just Southern Poker Championship Beau Rivage Biloxi, MS January 17 Jan 14 - 17, 2009 $9,700 $300 missed having a member of the fairer sex Young Tyler Smith was next to go when he re- “ at kind of thing is just a dream come L.A. Poker Classic Commerce Casino Los Angeles, CA February 26 Feb 21 - 26, 2009 among its company when Vanessa Rousso raised all-in over the top of a Hilbert Shirey true for you,” Carter told Rounder after his $9,600 $400 bubbled the televised table in seventh place. raise, but ran into Carter’s pocket queens. win. “I’ve spent a lot of time practicing. I’ve WPT Celebrity Invitational** Commerce Casino Los Angeles, CA March 2 Feb 28 - Mar 2, 2009 N/A N/A Soheil Shamseddin entered the fi nal day of e 22-year-old Smith held A-K for a race, spent a lot of time trying to get better. It’s a play with a big chip lead – 3.06 million to but could not make a pair and collected very big day.” Bay 101 Shooting Star Bay 101 San Jose, CA March 20 March 16 - 20, 2009 $9,600 $400 the 1.67 million of second-place Carter – but $134,500 for fi fth. Foxwoods Poker Classic Foxwoods Resort Casino Mashantucket, CT April 9 April 4 - 9, 2009 managed to continuously double up the short $9,700 $300 stacks in the early stages of play. Shirey fi nished in fourth position when he WPT World Championship Bellagio Las Vegas, NV April 25 April 18 - 25, 2009 $25,000 $500 shoved the rest of his chips in the pot from the In fact, the short stacks went on a nice run small blind with J-10 and Bobby Suer called during all-in confrontations and no one from the big blind with A-8. e fl op brought

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it’s the opposite, really. When I am at home week and I always need to be there, can’t I try not to listen to any of the stuff that miss it no matter what. My family has DARLENE’S PICKS I play. It will make me think about work been such a huge part of my life and they and sometimes I need to just relax. Sort have always been such a big inspiration Paul Simon of like for you trying not to take the offi ce and really supportive of me. ey all come Feb 13, 2009 home. If I listened to the stuff that I played out to a lot of my shows and that means a The Beacon Theatre when I was home it might become a little lot to me. New York, NY redundant. I try to keep it fresh so that way I keep myself excited to hear it when I am WHERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF IN Georgia Satelites at the clubs. THE FUTURE? IN ADDITION TO THE Feb 14, 2009 SUCCESS THAT YOU HAVE HAD Cuban Club I KNOW YOU ARE A YOUNG GUY SPINNING, WHAT ARE YOUR OTHER Tampa, FL AND YOU YOUNG DJS USE THE PROFESSIONAL GOALS? As with any COMPUTER TO HELP CREATE A DJ I want to move into production, making Michael Franti & Spearhead LOT OF YOUR BEATS. I’M A LITTLE more music in addition to playing. I have Feb 18, 2009 OLDER THAN YOU, AND I GREW started that already with my remixes but Georgia Theater UP IN BROOKLYN, GOING TO THE that’s really just the tip of the iceberg, Athens, GA CLUBS WITH HIP HOP CONTESTS, there’s a lot more to do. I would also like to OPEN MICS, BEAT JUGGLING AND own some venues, or if not own at least be Mötley Crüe DJ Chachi SCRATCHING BATTLES AND THE involved in running clubs. Feb 22, 2009 LIKE. DO YOU EVER DO IT THE OLD SCHOOL WAY? DID YOU EVER IN ADDITION TO THE PREMIERE BJCC Arena Although he was recently named one Birmingham, AL of New York City’s Top Ten DJs by COMPETE IN THOSE BATTLES? I did CLUBS THAT YOU PLAY AT LIKE some of the battles when I was a little kid, TENJUNE IN NEW YORK CITY, YOU Gotham Magazine, DJ Chachi’s beats Zappa plays Zappa but never took it too seriously. I was always ALSO SPIN A LOT AT MURMUR IN Feb 27, 2009 can be heard well beyond the City’s more into just making people dance and ATLANTIC CITY AND AT SHRINE UP House of Blues borders. Chachi fi rst learned to spin in making sure everyone had a good time. Not AT FOXWOODS, DO YOU EVER FIND Las Vegas, NV his family’s basement and now the skills to take anything away from the guys that do TIME TO PLAY ANY POKER WHILE that he honed in his Nassau, NY home the battles, they are great and I have a lot of YOU ARE THERE OR IS IT ALL WORK have landed him behind the turntables respect for them and for what they do, but I AND NO PLAY? I play blackjack, not The Dexateens Feb 28, 2009 inside the hottest nightclubs across the just never really took to it. poker. I have always wanted to learn poker. Chelsea’s country. Although you aren’t likely to My brother and my cousin John play a lot of IN ADDITION TO MUSIC, WHAT ARE Baton Rouge, LA run into him at the poker tables (at least poker and they are always telling me about SOME OF YOUR OTHER PASSIONS it but since I don’t play so I really have no not yet) club going poker players have AND INTERESTS? I like sports. Football idea what they are talking about when they enjoyed Chachi’s unique sound at venues mainly, I follow the Giants. I also used to talk about straights and fl ushes and that such as MurMur (at the Borgata in skate a lot growing up too, skating on half stuff . I really need to learn so that at least Atlantic City) and Shrine (at the MGM pipes and stuff like that. Not really any I’ll understand what’s going on when they Grand Casino at Foxwoods). more though, my passion for music just talk to me about it. sort of took over after awhile and pushed YOU STARTED YOUR CAREER AT A morning on my way to school. en when TELL US ABOUT YOUR TECHNIQUE. all of the other stuff to the side. My family You can fi nd a schedule for DJ Chachi’s shows REALLY YOUNG AGE, WHO FIRST I got older I got introduced to DJ AM, DJ HOW IS IT DIFFERENT FROM THE is still a huge part of my life though and all over the country at www.djchachi.com. INSPIRED YOU TO START SPINNING? Vice, Sizzahandz, DJ Riz. I love listening OTHER DJS THAT WE HEAR A always will be. I am Italian and we take Darlene would like to thank Peter Herold for It was really sort of a family business. My to those guys and they each inspired me in LOT OF? My style is like a little bit of family very seriously. We all get together this interview with one of Rounder’s favorite older brother and cousins got into it fi rst their own way. everything. I really pride myself on being every Sunday, its like 20 or 25 people every Mix Masters DJ Chachi. and then they groomed me. ey used to able to go into any room anywhere in the do a lot of local events out in Nassau, mostly YOU GREW UP IN NASSAU, NY, DID country and being able to adjust and just Frat parties and stuff like that and I used to YOU GO TO ANY OF THE NEW YORK make those people happy and make them hang around with them and that’s what got CITY CLUBS WHEN YOU WERE get up and dance. I just play pretty much me started. GROWING UP? No, I really didn’t. My whatever will work for that room that night. older brother and my cousins used to go all IN ADDITION TO YOUR FAMILY, WHAT of the time though. ey used to tell me WHEN YOU AREN’T WORKING, OTHER DJS WERE INSPIRATIONAL stories about going to the famous clubs in WHEN YOU ARE JUST RELAXING TO YOUR DEVELOPMENT? e fi rst Manhattan like Carbon and the Palladium. AND CHILLING OUT, WHAT DO YOU was DJ Skribble, I used to watch him on ey told me about how Palladium was an LISTEN TO? IS IT SIMILAR TO WHAT MTV and I listened to him on Hot 97 every old opera house. YOU PLAY AT THE CLUBS? Actually

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