PLAY BALL! A TAINTED GAME LOOKS TO SHAKE OFF ITS PAST APRIL 2008 Battle of the Sexes: Ladies Only Tournaments A Look at The Masters: Can Anyone Tame Tiger? Brandon Cantu Strikes Again With Second Major Win Poker’s Darling KIMBERLY APRIL 2008 $4.95US LANSING INSIDE: POKER + ENTERTAINMENT + FOOD + MUSIC + SPORTS + GIRLS contents RANDOM ROUNDER 6. Random Useful Info BEYOND THE RAIL 12. IP Casino Resort and Spa By Tom “Chips” McGee 31 Q&A 16. Ron Prevost SPORTS AND LEISURE NEWS & EVENTS 18. All Things Sports and Leisure 31. Current News And Events TIPS FROM ROUNDER GIRLS CASINO LISTINGS 22. Tips From Michelle and Kat 34. Directory of Hotels and Casinos ALL THINGS ROUNDER SPECIAL FEATURE 24. Battle of the Sexes 38. Kimberly Lansing By Susie Isaacs PLAYER PROFILES 26. Busting My Nutz 46. Allen Kessler Looking For By Tom “Chips” McGee Breakthrough Win By Johnny Kampis 27. A Little Blind Stealing Strategy By Johny Kampis 48. Young Phan In His Second Decade As A Seasoned Pro 28. The Business Side of Backing By Johnny Kampis By Brian Heptinstall 50. Brandon Cantu Strikes Again 29. Stupid is as Stupid Does With Second Major Win By Al Spath By Johnny Kampis 30. To Straddle Or Not To Straddle ROUND UP By Jim Wampol 52. State by State Report ROUNDER GIRL BONUS 74 60. Brittany Morris FASHION 62. Spring Awakening SCHEDULES AND RESULTS 67. Weekely Tournament Calendar 73. Eric “Sheets” Haber Conquers the Competition at Caesars By Nolan Dalla 74. Brandon Cantu Wins Bay 101 Shooting Star ENTERTAINMENT 77. List of Concerts and Shows ROCKIN ROUNDER On the Cover: 78. Dave Schools Kimberly Lansing By Darlene Least Photo by Kaden Q&A WITH HOYT CORKINS 80. Ask Hoyt 62 2 Rounder April 2008 Lee Childs went from rank amateur to WPT Boot Camp Alumni to the 2007 WSOP final table. Now he’s joined the WPT Boot Camp staff to share his secrets, styles, and strategies with you in Camps nationwide. Make your most profitable poker decision ever: Enroll today. Real People. Real Training. Real Results. Seating is strictly limited. Reserve your spot today. 866.978.2668 • www.wptbootcamp.com © 2008 WPT Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved. WPT, World Poker Tour, and Soade Card Design are trademarks of WPT Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved. RM02 letter from the editor PUBLISHER Hank Sitton EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Evert Caldwell MANAGING EDITOR Johnny Kampis RESEARCH EDITOR Justin Newman CONGRATULATIONS TO TIM HEBERT for winning the main event of the inaugural Spring Break Poker Classic held CONTRIBUTING EDITOR at the Beau Rivage in Biloxi, Mississippi. 173 players Tom McGee turned out for the $2000 buy in with 1st place paying out $107,455. Not bad for an event that was scheduled on ART DIRECTION short notice. The decision by the MGM Mirage property Tim Kilgore Julian Hart to add this event shows they are committed to making The Coast a premier Poker destination. ARTWORK Many players took advantage of the beautiful weather Keely Caldwell by playing a round of golf at the Beau’s exclusive Fallen Tori McDonald Oak Golf Coarse. The tropical pool was also opened RESEARCH & CONTENT DEVELOPMENT during the Classic. Sun worshipers attending were treated Roberta Caldwell to a Rounder Girl photo shoot. A dozen beauties came from throughout the Southeast in hopes of becoming the WEB DESIGN next Rounder Cover girl. There were plenty of prospects Patrick Gallivan and a fun time was had by all. Chris Jones The Beau Rivage once again proved to be a gracious PHOTOGRAPHY host, providing the girls with a cabana, fruit plates and BabesSyndication.com, Jack Criswell a friendly staff who went out of their way to make Bill Ellison, Robert Glass, Eric D Harkins, everyone feel appreciated. Thanks to the Beau and a Johnny Kampis, Kaden, Nicole Kibert, Max V, special thanks to Ken Lambert. Justin Newman, Eddie Prichett, Adam C. Smith, Neil Stoddard, Mike Trobee, Toni Riales Players looking to accumulate points toward the Rounder of the Year contest may do so at two different CONTRIBUTING WRITERS tournaments in April. Caesars Indiana is hosting a Hank Cashman, Nolan Dalla, WSOP Circuit Event March 30th - April 13th, and the IP Crystalynn Harris, Brian Heptinstall, Susie Isaacs, in Biloxi, Mississippi is hosting the IP poker Classic April Johnny Kampis, Kimberly Lansing, Darlene Least, Claire "Anne" McDonald, Tom “Chips” Mcgee , 2nd - April 13th. Rounder Magazine and the Rounder Ben Pedroche, David Sasseman, Jim Wampol, Girls will be in attendance at the IP Poker Classic, so Jim Spader, Max Shapiro, Al Spath make sure you stop by to say hello. The WPT’s live update hostess, Kimberly Lansing, SALES is on the cover this month. The beautiful and bright Las Coley Sitton (864) 630-3876 Justin Newman (205) 886-5196 Angeles, California native proved she is not just another Evert Caldwell (205) 937-9887 pretty poker face by finishing 8th in the recently held WPT Celebrity Invitational. Apparently she listens to the SUBSCRIPTIONS advice she gets from the top poker pros she interviews at P.O. Box 55973 Birmingham, AL 35255 each WPT event. We recommend you take our advice and ADVERTISING INFORMATION/DISTRIBUTION check out her feature starting on page 38. 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