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(UPDATED:
04/20/12)
Wild
Bill's reflections on poker, sports, and issues facing the Gulf Coast:
"-Looks like I may go to all or part of Chester.
Don't know if I will be backed or not but there
are only 1000 players within 7 points of me on
the WSOP-C top 66 list. We'll see what happens.
If anybody is interested in $200 shares let me
know. I may be selling another package... if my
backer doesn't come through. I may just play all
on my own. I don't know yet. So, I'm not
collecting or officially selling just yet but
email me your interest.
-Just did a non-strategy poker blog post that I
will link to once it is up. Fairly good I think.
-Min Cashed the Donkley on Wednesday. I got in
with AA vs. 1010 and somebody inevitably said
they folded a ten. The last one showed up on the
turn. Can't complain. Earlier in the day I was
short and shipped it when Kenny Milam limped
under the gun and the rest of the table limped
after him. He shoved over the top of me and said
"Beware the limp under the gun." I knew what he
had. Apparently, the five seat missed it because
he shipped too, with 99(!?!)"
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[UPDATED
11/01/11] Shannon Shorr has graduated. That's bad
news for the poker world because he's terrorized the circuit
while also being a full time college student. Now without
distractions, like class every day, the only question is how
quickly will he add to his over 3.2 million dollars in
tournament winnings. You can also read Shannon's blog at
his homepage:
http://shannonshorr.com/
"This entry is being written from an apartment
in Budapest, Hungary as I'm currently
vacationing here with my boy Matt while I'm
about halfway through a seven week European
poker trip. This is a really incredible city
with so much history, and it's such a great
opportunity to visit it. Our time here comes
after 12 days in Cannes, France for the World
Series of Poker Europe and seven days in San
Remo, Italy for a European Poker Tour series.
This weekend we'll head to Amsterdam for a week
long series followed by a two day vacation in
Athens, Greece.
Then, Ill head an hour west to a town called
Loutraki for another EPT series for a week to
conclude the trip before heading back to
Birmingham for Thanksgiving. Needless to say,
this has been an experience of a lifetime. I've
really taken the time to see some sites and
haven't taken a moment of the trip for granted.
If I could offer one piece of advice from all
the travels that I've been so fortunate to
experience during my time in this business, it
would be to see the southeastern coast of France
as it meets Italy. The views of the houses on
the hills on the Mediterranean Sea were images
that will never escape me as long as I live.."
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LITTLE THOUGHTS
[UPDATED
05/11/11] Jonathan Little has over 4 million dollars in lifetime
winnings . He was the WPT Season VI player of the year.
Born in Pensacola Florida, a mere 24 years ago the sky is the
limit for this young pro whose online handle is jcardshark.
He also is a poker coach at
sngicons.com.
"Lots of changes
Quite a bit has happened since I last posted a blog here. As
many of you can tell, I post numerous per times per day on
twitter, which has almost taken place of this blog. Despite
that, I would still like to give everyone a little summary of
what I have been up to.
As everyone now
knows, online poker has taken a huge hit in America. I was
really lucky that I only had around $15,000 online, most of
which was on pokerstars, which is the only site that has allowed
players to cash out. Most of my play was in the live poker
arena, which basically means Black Friday will have little
impact on my actual poker play. "
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SCOTTY'S BLOG
[UPDATED: 04/21/12] SCOTT CLARK is a GCP friend from
Saint Louis, MO. A pro since 2007, he has played
20,000 hours of live poker and over 5000 MTT tournaments online.
His blog features poker related videos, player interviews, poker
gossip, and tournament reports.
"Members at
Witteles' site were atacking me on four fronts,
and across four poker forums. I then retaliated
by posting the first part of a series "Bryan
Micon vs. Dan Druff" and sent him an email that
said, "I am going to explain this to you so even
you can understand. Control your minions or I am
going to make you seek legal action against me.
That simple. I'm
not Micon and you will never push me around Ace.
Your deadline is Thursday." He replied,
basically saying he had not instructed anyone to
harass me, I was imagining things and how I
started it. I replied back, reiterating the
first email, calling him on his bullshit. I also
told him not to make the email exchange public
or it is on. I also told him there was no need
to reply.
Well, he
did, in classic Druff style going on and on
about his usual bullshit. A few hours he posted
in one of the many threads about me at his site
-- he mockingly asked members to stop bumping
threads around the internet about me, stating I
claimed he controlled everyone in his forum,
etc. in typical wise ass Todd Witteles fashion.
?"
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Fiction
[UPDATED: 03/08/12] PLAYER N scribes a tale
of grifters, sleaze balls, and beautiful card sharks all
hustling on the Coast.
"Thick
cigarette breath assaulted me as the man in the tattered Red Sox
jacket put his hand on my shoulder, "Hey boss, spare a
dollar..." it hung there not as a question but an instruction. I
couldn't sidestep it or the man. His gently tightening grip,
neither affectionate nor comforting, but oddly somehow both soft
and malevolent made the hairs on my neck stand up. The harsh
cold wind pushed at me, up the darkened street gaining speed
between the concrete buildings. It buttressed me helping the man
stop me on that corner.
I gave him a steely look, and he inhaled quickly through his
nostrils, "Sorry guy." I tried to wave him off, but his hand
didn't move. I had to look him in the eye.
Quiet, gray blue eyes surprised me, they looked like they still
had the sparkle of youth, maybe a forty years old but his
weathered face told a different story. Craggy, fractured and
leathery ridges told of many more years and hardship born of
living outdoors. Then in a flash, those eyes lost their luster
and bore into m " [+]
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 Bella
Donkey
[01/17/12]
Jennifer Gay is a poker player, poker room supervisor and
Ante Up Magazine Poker Columnist local to
Tunica, MS. Her blog covers the sometimes personal and
always comical reality of a life fully centered around poker in
the South.
"I dealt $300/$600 Badugi the other night. This
is the biggest game in terms of limits I've
dealt so far, and for it to be Badugi of all
games?! Seriously?! And it was a cast of
characters too.. all the "regular" high, high
rollers who are rumored to be either really nice
or really difficult to please. I've never spread
Badugi, though I have a good concept of it.. and
I've never actually dealt a triple draw live. So
imagine my fear when I push the next table to
find out it's triple-draw mixed game, $300/$600.
Josh has been telling me from day one (when I
decided I wanted to be a dealer roughly.. 6
months ago) that there would be a day that I get
yelled at, cussed at and humiliated by players.
I have been expecting it, and I certainly
expected it from this table. I did get yelled at
(twice), but both times I deserved it. I burned
a card before all the draws were declared.. and
I didn't wash the deck once between hands (it
had been requested). Overall though, these were
the nicest guys I could have possibly dealt a
game this big to. They were patient, they
explained things.. and within a few hands, I
found my groove and I was putting Badugi out
like a pro. Or at least, a terrified dealer
pretending to be a pro." [+]
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 Poker
Rants From Baton Rouge
[12/11/11] This Baton Rouge native tells
the awful, honest, brutal side of poker. He gives a
realistic look at grinding every day in home games, tournaments
and on the boats.
"Well I've played a good bit of $20/$40
Fixed Limit now but not as much as I wanted to.
I would say I have played about 2000 hands so
far and broke even. I had my nice starting
streak and then ran into a wall and then went on
another streak. When I filter my results for
$20/$40 its funny because I have 5 wins in a row
then 5 losses in a row and then 7 wins in a row.
My losses are bigger than my wins unfortunately.
I havent really had a typically big win yet. I
really feel like I am just getting comfortable
with the game and the stakes. I have also been
reading whatever material I can find like
Johnnie Chan's Limit Cash game book and the
Limit sections of Super System "[+]
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Coast Poker.NET
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 MAKING
MOVES
[UPDATED
12/24/11]Joey Gross takes you on the wild side of poker.
This tournament rounder isn't afraid to tell you how things
really are on the poker road. Buckle your seatbelt
it's a fun ride.
"Wow...Yeah I just remembered that I have a
blog. I cant believe Bill hasn't booted me from
the front page of the site yet. Guess my couple
of posts have huge re-read potential, or my
striking good looks make a good front page for
the site. Either way...Ill take it.
For all of you who don't know me, I'm fixing to
get married. I know I know...I never thought I
would either. I actually remember on several
occasions, telling myself that I would never let
it happen. Until I met Ashley, I was pretty sure
that it wasn't. We have set a date for January
15th and are super excited. Alittle nervous, but
I'm told that's to be expected.
Some re-caps real quick on other things I have
going on around me..."
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 JENA'S
POKER DIARY
[UPDATED
11/27/10] Jena Delk, isn't an up and coming poker player on the
Gulf Coast because she's arrived. A Florida native, Jena
is a fixture on the circuit. Her blog chronicles her
travels around the country pursuing her poker jones:
"IHow can I play in a million dollar prize
pool without having to go to Vegas for the WSOP or hit the WPT
trail? How can a $30 buy-in get me over $300,000 for 1st place
in a land-based casino? The Florida Poker Rooms have come up
with an solution. It’s called the Florida Million II.
This tournament is split into two flights, with many day 1′s.
There are seven participating poker rooms in Florida: Palm Beach
Kennel Club, Daytona Beach Kennel Club, Mardi Gras, Derby Lane,
Orange Park Kennel Club, Pensacola Greyhound Park, and Naples-Ft
Myers Greyhound Track. These rooms may hold lower buy-in
satellite tournaments to gain entry into the Florida Million II
$500+50 tournament. Alternatively, you can buy-in directly for
$500+50."
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[UPDATED:
11/17/10] BRIAN HEPTINSTALL has been called the Nolan
Dalla of the Gulf Coast. His informative blog provides the
latest news from an insiders point of view of the poker
industry. His tournament coverage is second to none.
"But, the news that came out today courtesy of TMZ.com now gets intertwined with gambling. They are reporting that VictoryLand owner Milton McGregor has been targeted by the FBI. Why? Well, no one really knows. But, Milton was arrested recently for possibly bribing politicians for pro-gambling legislation.
This doesn't affect gambling. Or does it?
I know that our newly elected governor has stated that he will put the gambling issue to a vote. The problem is that mud is being slung at the person who represents Alabama gambling -- McGregor. He may deserve what comes to him if he's done what he's accused of. There is no question that this situation won't help." [+]
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WSOP
HARRAH'S EVENT IN FULL SWING
THE FIRST 3 EVENTS ARE IN THE BOOKS AND WE HAVE SEVERAL
LOCALS MAKING A SPLASH:
Event #1 saw several locals
make it deep with the 2 starting day format. Jerry "Ard
Shark" Ard was the highest finisher with a solid 11th place
finish for over $4k. Jerry continues
to run good. . . and play well.
Next is Jacob "Nocko"
Naquin who was one of the Chip Leaders going into to Day 2
took home 16th for over $2.7k. There were stories about him 3
betting Kristen Deardorff (pic) with about 10 minutes left
into Day 1 with 9-4o...only to flop two pair on a Q-9-4
board...and send Kristen Packing...Kristen took it like a
seasoned pro though..."all good" is what she said...then Ben Thomas from
Baton Rouge was next with the same payout as Nocko...Justin
St. Pierre took 19th for over $2200...Mark Rose bagged 23rd
for over $1900...Brian Cospolich finished 44th for close to
$1k...Jacob "Bazeman" Bazely also hit for around
1k.
EVENT
2
$565 NL HOLD EM:
 Frank
Alpandinar (pic) takes 3rd place for $16,300...we are trying
to find a nickname for Frank but were sitting on the "Mega
Monster" as he kills the megas ...ala "Trucker" Kenny Milam
aka the "Mega Master" *** This just in
Kenny suggests Aussie Assassin and Frank approves***... Clyde Duet gets 7th for over $5300.
We recently posted about Clyde authoring a book and winning the Charity Circuit Grand
Champion....Tim "Ragin Cajun" Hebert comes out the woodwork
for a guest appearance and takes 16th for over $1800
EVENT 3 PLO HIGH EVENT:
Michael "Carwash" Schneider
takes 7th for over $1700....and Justin "Truesyalose" (pic)
Truesdell takes 11th and just misses the final table for a
cool $900.
TOP FIVE
HIGH STAKES PLAYERS OF ALL TIME?
Who do you think they are?
One of the principals of GCP had a hand in this list over at
party poker.
Please weigh in with your thoughts.
Also, Wild Bill was a guest
blogger over at
PokerBlog.com. He
tackles staking agreements that have the message boards in
flames right now. Enjoy and look for other guest
pieces by Bill there in the near future.
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WSOP-C
COMES TO NOLA
With the points chasers in town and the huge re-entry fields
in event one, records are being broken. With over 50k
to first because of more than 900 entrants, many folks are
heading to the big H at 2pm today for day two. They
hope to have one of the longest poker days of their life.
Do you like lists? No? Tough here's chip counts
for half of the 128 folks coming back. Notables are in
bold, future notables are not... but will be soon enough.
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4 Eric Nicol Baton
Rouge, LA, US 93,200 |
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5 Clay Hubble KENNER,
LA, US 67,000 |
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9 Tommy Hebert New
Iberia, LA, US 56,800 |
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10 William Benson
MOBILE, AL, US 38,200 |
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11 Matthew Marsoobian
Gulfport, MS, US 29,600 |
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13 Douglas Gambel
Ponchatoula, LA, US 51,800 |
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15 Tarik Ahmed New
Orleans, LA, US 183,900 |
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19 Martin Zentner NEW
ORLEANS, LA, US 73,500 |
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21 Ryan Martinez
Kenner, LA, US 142,000 |
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23 Murray Marderosian
PENSACOLA, FL, US 20,600 |
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27 Dennis Baker
HAUGHTON, LA, US 84,100 |
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29 Austin Davies
Metairie, LA, US 36,600 |
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30 Brian Walsingham
Winston, GA, US 131,100 |
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32 Ronnie George
DOUGLASVILLE, GA, US 70,000 |
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34 John Finnan New
Orleans, LA, US 57,100 |
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35 Pablo Garcia-Salas
Baton Rouge, LA, US 29,800 |
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40 Jacob Naquin
DESTIN, FL, US 181,400 |
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41 Willie Lawrence
TALLAHASSEE, FL, US 45,100 |
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43 Charles Campos
Kissimmee, FL, US 51,800 |
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45 Stuart Mcmahen
Springhill, LA, US 84,400 |
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47 Mary Kyle BATON
ROUGE, LA, US 35,400 |
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48 Lindsey Spence
BATON ROUGE, LA, US 114,300 |
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49 Richard Estep LAKE
CHARLES, LA, US 64,100 |
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52 Jerry Ard
Monticello, MS, US 97,800 |
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53 Walter Ohler
Chalmette, LA, US 32,100 |
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55 Timothy Thompson
Houma, LA, US 30,800 |
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56 Bryan Mayeux
Marksville, LA, US 64,500 |
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61 Mark Rose ORLANDO,
FL, US 142,800 |
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62 Brian Waystack
MANDEVILLE, LA, US 21,900 |
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64 Todd Bourgeois
Gonzales, LA, US 22,100 |
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65 Chad Grace BATON
ROUGE, LA, US 22,200 |
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68 Brian Cospolich
RIVER RIDGE, LA, US 100,600 |
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69 Charles Gregerson
METAIRIE, LA, US 18,400 |
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70 Davy Murrah
Lucedale, MS, US 71,800 |
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75 Chancie Baker
Slidell, LA, US 35,700 |
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77 Anthony Stabile
Hammond, LA, US 28,100 |
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81 Tannon Grace Baton
Rouge, LA, US 50,900 |
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86 Joseph Lanasa
Gretna, LA, US 3,700 |
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88 Kent Landry
PATTERSON, LA, US 90,200 |
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89 Sam Barnhart
LITTLE ROCK, AR, US 17,500 |
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91 Ryan Tepen
CHESTERFIELD, MO, US 78,200 |
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92 Jorge Cosenza
AVONDALE, LA, US 140,000 |
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94 Paul Larsen New
Orleans, LA, US 58,100 |
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95 Jacob Bazeley
LUDLOW, KY, US 126,000 |
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96 Benjamin Thomas
BATON ROUGE, LA, US 124,500 |
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97 Christopher Harris
METAIRIE, LA, US 158,000 |
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101 Jon Guidry New
Orleans, LA, US 166,800 |
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104 Francis Boquet
Houma, LA, US 27,300 |
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105 Peter Shashy
Ocean Springs, MS, US 83,500 |
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106 William J Brock
Ii PELHAM, AL, US 113,000 |
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108 Justin St Pierre
Destrehan, LA, US 35,800 |
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112 Douglas Cox
Hattiesburg, MS, US 14,100 |
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113 Christopher
Sheffield Pensacola, FL, US 84,100 |
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120 Alex Tassin
HOUMA, LA, US 45,400 |
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121 Troy Anderson
Mandeville, LA, US 54,400 |
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122 Kenneth Milam LA
PLACE, LA, US 87,300 |
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126 Andrew Moon
VIDALIA, LA, US 60,100 |
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128 Michelle Wolkomir
Shreveport, LA, US 22,600 |
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Shawn Roussel
Harvey, LA, US 87,800 |
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***WPT
CHAMPION IS SHAWN CUNIX AND WHAT AN ENTERTAINING F.T. IT
WAS***
Darryll Fish did a hell of
job with Dempsey on the commentary... I can't wait to see the TV final table as
both players were quite "Buttered Up" and having a good
time...LOL
WSOP CHESTER EVENT
WILLIAM
"WILD
BILL" PHILLIPS SCORES A 4TH PLACE AND AN 11TH PLACE TO
HOPEFULLY LOCK UP THE FREEROLL ENTRY IN JULY:
Bill has been on a heater
lately and playing well. Lots of other hopefuls out there
chasing points. "Trucker" Kenny Milam said he had close to
950 points at his table at one point in the re-entry event.
That's an average of 95 (Ninety Five) points per
person...with the baseline "hovering" between 102.5 and
107.5...depending in who you talk to. Bill gets 4th for over
$5600...and then an 11th for over $1600
AMARILLO SLIM RIDES OFF INTO THE SUNSET:
All you have to do is hot
google and you can read as much info about it as care.
DARRYLL "DFISH"
FISH IS COMMENTATING THE WEBCAST IN THE WPT EVENT IN JAX
GOING ON NOW:
log on now
to listen live. His co-host was suppose to be Tony Dunst...but
Dunst makes the TV Final table for this event.
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WPT
JACKSONVILLE BESTBET:
LOADS OF GULFCOAST
LINKED PLAYERS MAKE IT THRU DAY 1A
DARRYLL
"DFISH" FISH SITTING ON TOP IN 3RD PLACE BAGGING 140K:
 It
is the 1st tournament of its kind where you can play day
1A...leave your stack "live" if your shortstack...then play
day 1B...and take the best of the 2 days and roll into day
3. Your shortest stack of the 2 days is taken out of play.
Curious to see how many players opt to try this.
Under Fish comes
BJ McBrayer...Jacob Vaquin next with a little LOL on our
part as that has to be Jacob "Nocko" Naquin (pic). Nocko and
friends Clint Shafer were spotted in the crowd last week
when John "JRD312" Dolan scored a 2nd place in South
Florida.
3
Darryll Fish
140,800
5
Will "The Thrill" Failla
132,600
8
BJ McBrayer
112,900
14
Jacob Naquin
80,000
15
Jonathan Little
78,800
19
Timothy "TK" Miles
70,800 (pic)
23
Allen "Chainsaw" Kessler 65,30
33 Corey Burbick
48,200
Notable bustouts:
Shannon Shorr...Brian "Sno0man" Hawkins...David Diaz...Hoyt
Corkins
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LOCAL
GULFCOAST POKER PLAYER WINS THE CHARITY CIRCUIT CHAMPIONSHIP
FOR LOUISIANA:
We actually owe
our friend Clyde Duet an apology as this one came out
 recently
and we missed it. Clyde is a regular on the circuit, and him
and his wife are both winning players. Looks like he
actually KO'ed his wife out the final table to win the
Championship. You can read more about the story
HERE. He also wrote a poker book called "Get to the
point and WIN". anyone interested in the book can email
Clyde at
uncleclyde@viscom.net
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BILOXI BLUES:
NEITHER JOHN DOLAN NOR CHRIS CONRAD WINS MAIN EVENT:
They won't be happy
with second (Dolan at the WPT) or third (Conrad at the WSOP-C)
but the extra cash will feel pretty good in a few days.
Great runs by both guys. Dolan won 459k, and Conrad
86k. Congrats also to Tripp Kirk who won first place
(190k) in St. Louis, and Tommy Vedes who won almost 780k for
first place at the Seminole Hard Rock.
POKERSTARS TO
BUY FULL TILT:
Lot's of questions
with this.... For starters how did we not lead with
this? Will they pay back U.S. customers and will be
able to jump back into U.S. market as part of the deal?
Jump back into the U.S. market... what market? Oh, if
and when there is a U.S. market again? Bernard Tapie
group in the longest flirtation in ever now out? Will
we make a joke about the French retreating again?
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BILOXI BLUE
CHIPS:
CONRAD
AND DOLAN TRY TO WIN MAIN EVENTS
 BILOXI
BOMBER CHRIS CONRAD CHIPLEADER IN ST. LOUIS:
Conrad currently
has 1.5 million with 15 players left. Only second and
third in chips also have more than a million. Conrad
(pictured), like Dolan, is from Florida but distinguishes
his home poker turf as Biloxi.
Expect Conrad to
go deep out of his seven cashes he has four firsts and one
second. Let's go Chris... time for number five.
Charles Moore and Ryan Tepen still have chips.
JOHN DOLAN
2ND IN CHIPS AT WPT FINAL TABLE:
They haven't
started play today but John Dolan needs only fare better
than five other people and he'll have a major TV tournament
win under his belt. The November Niner should be
comfortable under the TV lights. Joes Serock is the
chipleader. Kyle Bowker and Tommy Vedes lurk. Let's go
John!
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WHOLE MESS OF UPDATES:
WSOP-C ST. LOUIS
 BAROUSSE
SCRAMBLES TO FOURTH IN CHIPS AT ST. LOUIS MAIN EVENT:
Sitting squarely
on 100k, Blake Barousse (see our updated
Who's Who page) will return with a healthy
stack in the Main Event. Let's go Blake! Also
making it to day two are Mark Eddleman (again see our
Who's Who page), Jennifer Parrish (see our
new
LADIES Who's Who
page), Kurt Jewell, Scott Clements, Bernard Lee, Sam
Barnhart, Amanda Musumeci, Seneca Easley, Tom Franklin, Matt
Chang, David Clark, AP Phahurat and Kyle Cartwright
which is no suprise...
"BECAUSE
HE'S KYLE CARTWRIGHT":
In Tunica, one of
the GCPers witnessed a dispute at another table during the
tournament. A random opponent insisted was
 superior
and would simply outplay another guy. Quickly, one or
two players at the GCPer's table, said things along the line
like "Does he know who he's talking too?" and "Yeah,
you're not going to outplay him... because he's Kyle
Cartwright."
The players at the
1k event in St. Louis found out first hand who Kyle
Cartwright is as he bested a loaded final table that include
AP Phahurat, Amanda Musumeci (last years last woman standing
in the WSOP Main Event), and Lance Garcia of Houston, TX.
Cartwright won 55k and his fourth circuit ring. Last
year he won the St. Louis Main Event, so the Tennessee pro
is fairly comfortable with going to the cage to collect a
big pay day in that casino. The win also cemented his
spot in the National Championship free roll (as did
Muscumeci's finish who has been killing St. Louis).
Congrats also to
James Kirk and Michael "Carwash" Scheider of Georgia for
cashing and William Brock of Pelham, AL. Also,
congrats to Frank Alpandinar for taking down a nightly.
Good job Frank.
WPT
John Dolan is
still the man to watch at
the Seminole Hard Rock Showdown. He's fourth in chips
with 900k.
Joe Serock
(who does not have a
Sunday, Sunday song
devoted to him on YouTube) is first in chips with over 1
milly.
Kyle Bowker is third with 980k.
Fred Goldberg has
over 600k, Tommy Vedes just shy of 400k, and Mark Rose has
life with 224k though blinds are at 6k-12k. Allie
Prescott (pictured above) unfortunately was THE bubble boy.
Also congrats to
Louisiana native Andrew Liporace (pictured left) who chopped
their 5k event getting first place and 42k.
MORE NEWS/LINKS
- Larry Little
wins another local poker tournament. Talent runs
in that family.
- Speaking of
Littles, Jonathan has an interview with
PokerNews about
life after Black Friday.
- In case you
missed it up top, we've updated our
Who's Who page and given some space to
the talented and lovely female poker personalities from
the region with a
LADIES Who's Who.
- If your name,
or somebody else's you think is worthy, should be up on
those pages drop us an
email
include a pic we can use, some stats and some
personal stuff to give us an idea of Who you/they are.
It may take us a while to get you up there... but we
will.
- If you
randomly want your ears and eyes to bleed watch this
non-poker related
video. As one
commentator said "Somebody Kill it before it lays eggs,"
truer words have never been written.
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WPT UPDATE:
DOLING OUT
HEARTBREAK AT THE HARD ROCK:
Oscar winner John
Dolan... sorry, that should read November Niner John Dolan.
Kind of get confused by those two mandatory identifiers.
Can't say John Dolan's name without mentioning the November
Nine, just as you can't say Ben Affleck without saying Oscar
winner... alright maybe he's the exception.
Anyway, former November Niner John Dolan is still near the
top of the chip stacks sitting fourth with 224k.
Yesterday's chip
Leader, David Nicholson ran bad, and got run out of the
tournament. As the field was halved he wasn't the only
one, joining him on the rail were Jason Mercier, Brian
Hawkins, Andy Frankenberger, Chino Rheem, Allen Carter,
Harrison Gimbel, Allen Kessler, and David Diaz.
Another local, who
somehow we missed on the leader board yesterday, Josh
Mancuso (pictured right) has chipped up to tenth place with
167.5k. Ebony Kenney also held onto her assets and
finished with over 100k. Same with TK Miles (93k),
Jonathan Little (73.5k), Allie Prescott (71.6k), Hoyt
Corkins (58.3k), Mark Rose (55.3k), and Chad Brown (44.8k).
If there is somebody
we missed that should be here let us know. As
mentioned in a conversation on our
facebook page
yesterday, we are quite lose with the Gulf Coast label.
Not as loose as the oscars as we won't let (Oscar winner)
Ben Affleck in but still pretty loose. While you are
on our facebook page click like. We like to be liked
SHANNON SHORR
CHANNELING MARCEL LUSKE:
Shorr looks dapper in
a suit. Jessica Wellman in this video certainly thinks
so. Looking at the final chip counts it appears
Shannon was a late elimination yesterday. Unfortunate,
because we hoped he might put some sun glasses on upside
down and go for the Full Dutchman look.
Kidding aside, we
have to say we like the point behind Shorr's tailored look,
and it's good to see a young guy thinking more about the
industry than himself. He's been on quite a worldwide
tour recently, and that would make for some interesting
blogs (hint, hint). Shorr was also quoted in this
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AMARILLO SLIM
IN CRITICAL CONDITION:
"They anticipate
losing when they sit down and I try my darndest not to
disappoint them," Amarillo Slim. The Poker legend is
in a hospice and an undergog. His family says he would
appreciate cards and letters from those in the poker world*
(According to KevMath in this
2+2 thread). If
you would like to drop a note send them here:
THOMAS "AMARILLO SLIM" PRESTON
4105 VIRGINIA
AMARILLO, TX 79109
Before there was
Moneymaker, Amarillo Slim brought fame to the game and set
off a little poker boom of his own, making appearances on
the Tonight Show and shining a spotlight on poker and
gamblers. For a few of Slim's greatest bets go
here.
ONLINE POKER
BULLET POINTS:
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Still illegal (-esque) to play in the United States
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Since it's illegal (-esque) you shouldn't be interested
in these, right?
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Bernard Tapie Forms New Full Tilt in Dublin, applies for
license and is hiring... Full Tilt paybacks soon?
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They are backing the company with 1 million dollars... 1
million dollars... 1 million dollars? Full
Tilt paybacks never coming?
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Poker Table Ratings complies with PokerStars Cease and
Desist notice and will no longer supply data from their
games
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Chris Ferguson and Howard Lederer personally sued by
poker players led by Todd Terry
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GULF
COASTERS CRUISING SEMINOLE HARD ROCK WPT
UPDATE:
L ots
of local names. Lots of big names. Lots of Local
Big Names. A veritable
Who's Who in poker is represented at the Hard
Rock Seminole WPT Main Event. Leading the way in the
Main Event is David Nicholson (pictured left), chip leader
with 132.3k, followed by John Dolan 120.2k, and just behind
them Jonathan Little 6th with 90k.
TK Miles is 8th on the toke chart
with 72k. Ebony Kenny 12th with 62k, Matt Waxman 13th
with 60k, Allie Prescott 14th with 57k. Also with
 chips
Chainsaw Allen Kessler 52k (pictured right... okay... that's
Ebony Kenney), Jason Mercier 50k, and David Diaz 50k.
Hoyt Corkins leads
the group under the chip average with 40k. Shannon
Shorr, Vitor Coelho, Chad Brown, Harrison Gimbel, all are
still alive. Darryll Fish and Josh Arieh along with
WPT mouthpiece Tony Dunst have busted. Complete chip
counts
here.
ROSE CHOPS:
Mark Rose
three-way chopped the $2200 event for $44.7k. He does
get credit for first. Brian Hawkins won 14k for 5th.
Jonathan Little 10k for sixth. Corey Burbick 8.8k for
seventh. Congrats all.
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ST. LOUIS AND
MORE
UPDATE:
 CHIP'N
UP:
Chip
Ervin is on a WSOP-C roll. The Tuscaloosa native's
rising tide of good fortune continues to crest in the
Midwest. He followed up his massive win in Tunica with
a second place in St. Louis good for almost 15k in event 6.
Chris
Conrad, aka the Biloxi Bomber, also got a min-cash, and
Jerry Ard Shark added some points in his pursuit of Casino
champion finishing 16th. Ard is first for now with a
7.5 point lead. Seneca Easley, of Texas, also got a cash and
some needed points.
WUNSTEL WINS
NIGHTLY:
Corrie Wunstel won
another nightly on the Circuit. Even better he got
bragging rights as he watched his buddy Blake Barrouse bomb
out as the bubble boy. In the same tournament, Frank
Alpandinar took third. Nice job all.
COMING UP
ROSES:
Mark Rose stayed in
Florida to win a 2k event there last night. More
details to come.
RUNNER,
RUNNER:
Not just your typical
bust-out hand on the bubble, Runner Runner is also
the latest movie title from the writers that brought you
Rounders. Starring Ben Affleck and Justin Timberlake
this movie about online poker sound suspiciously
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POKER
IS WAR
(UPDATED:
04/08/12)
Gene D's outlook on the local and national poker scene:
"I
wanted to drop a quick post to tell everyone HAPPY EASTER ...and
all that good stuff.
Bill and I hit the Coushatta Seven Clans event and I was not
able to play any of the events as my job has kept me busy, but I
was present as we have an office near there so I was able to
show up and play the cash games. I am really getting excited
about the Million Dollar National Championship FREEROLL as it
looks like it will be a major event this year and on everyone's
radar. I mean where can The PokerBrat go to play an event in the
WSOP to win a bracelet with only 200 players and Johnny Chan and
Doyle can't play even if they wanted to. I somehow think that
once we get down to the wire, and that fact comes out they
"Powers that Be" will somehow come up with some sort of ruling
stating that they can in fact play in this years National
Championship...something like "anyone with over 10 bracelets
also gets to buy in"...mark my words."[+] |
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THE POKER MONKEY
[UPDATED:
04/21/12]
Poker Monkey shares his insights on the tournament poker
circuit, life in general, and the battle to make it happen:
" Yes, I am speaking of Tim Burt and David 'Lurky' Nicholson.
And if you don't know about the nickname...well, sorry. You will
have to earn that one! :)
As the front page mentions, they got into a 3-way battle with
Brent Carter...whom they managed to accurately label 'The Grumpy
Neighbor.' Matter of fact...when it comes to whiners, bitchers
and moaners...Brent 'Members Only' Carter is the King of the
Court. Brent is who Allen Kessler looks to for mentoring. The
owner of the last Member's Only (burgundy in case you wondering)
jacket still in existence, Brent is the guy who is always there
to let you know what the rules are. Why? Because he wrote
them...he'll have you know.."
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 SUPPLEMENTAL
INCOME
[UPDATED: 04/09/12] Kai
Landry is a funny man. He's also a force on the felt.
One of the best live tournament players in the region, Landry
pulls no punches in his blog. One of our favorites. Kai
promises to post every Sunday night so check in on Mondays to
see if he's still doing it.
"Every now and then you just have a series where you can't get
anything going. For me it's about once a year. Last year it was
Chicago. This year, it's Council Bluffs. Started off this trip
with a fizzle, and it's been a slow, monotonous fizzle-out ever
since. No bang.
I remember the first time I ever won a tournament and one of the
dealers asking me, "So are you going to Council Bluffs now?" I
just looked at him quizzically. Where the hell is that, and why
on Earth would I ever want to go there?
This rabble rouser speeds down the
hall in Council Bluffs
lookin' for trouble! Slow down! Let
me get a good pic, oh elusive one!!
Sure couldn't find that spot on a map I bet! And it didn't make
any sense. In the higher order of early human tribes, they just
don't go chasing the Caribou around wherever the herd goes,
nomadically. The more evolved tribes learned to fence-in and
herd in the animals and keep them on a farm. That way, they
could have nice things like houses and farms, instead of
weathered teepees and tired legs. So chasing the circuit around
never made much sense. But there's a lure to the howling whistle
of the circus train off to parts of the world you've never seen
I suppose. No matter how mundane the spot the train stops at is.
Before the circuit hits New Orelans, it goes through Iowa every
March/April. "
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AND REACT
(UPDATED
04/02/12) A
new title but the same blog,
Goondingy or Big Smoove and pure aggression on the felt examines
live poker action:
"This
past Saturday I hosted my first home game in my new home. It was
to be more of a social gathering for neighbors but we did have a
$20 buy in tourney with 20 minute blinds. My wife, who is
AWESOME, cooked. She made meatballs in bbq sauce, meatballs in
marinara sauce, smoke sausages, dip, and Jambalaya. Then she
left, with the kids, to hang out with the wives of the other
fellas that showed up. I am not an alcohol kind of guy, but
usually during social gatherings I'll have some, so I picked up
a bottle of seagram 7 and a case of bud light platinum. Both
would survive the night as the fellas came loaded with Crown
Royal black and two other whiskeys I do not recall. "[+] |
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THE CHEMIST83
[UPDATED:
03/11/11] Jeremy Gaubert is one of the world's best online
players and a rising live tournament star. Known as
thechemist83, Gaubert resides in Thibodeaux, LA:
"I’m going to be
offering poker exclusively coaching through this website.
Rates and options:
$200/hour to review my hand histories ‘live’ online through
AIM/Skype.
$125/hour to review your own hand histories ‘live’ online
through AIM/Skype.
$15 per 50 hands of your own tournament hand histories through
email.
$5/hand for solo hand histories with analysis. "
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 GRINDING
AGAINST THE GRAIN:
[UPDATED: 01/16/12] MATT S hails from Lafayette and is big part of
the burgeoning local poker scene. Grinding agains the
Grain charts his progress as he improves as a player and builds
his bankroll.
"With the due date
just 2 months away, We are getting more excited with the arrival
of our little girl, but I am also getting fear built up cause I
don't want to be shit deep in debt, but its starting to look
that way. I think that is one of my biggest fears is the money
situation, but like I posted above I just have to keep my head
up and keep working hard to get through it. I guess I'm mostly
afraid because I was never big on surprises and the unknown and
this is definitely a big UNKNOWN. I just hope everything goes
smoothly at the delivery and both the wife and the baby come out
healthy. Unfortunately this will probably put a hold on my poker
funds for a while as I try to adjust to this new life. But it
will be hard as I am so passionate about poker and wont be able
to put as much time as I would like (Based strictly off my
income) hopefully I will be able to sell some action in some
future events to help build my bankroll in some way.
"
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 SAINTS
WIN
[UPDATED 04/17/12] ReidG ...who was raised in New Orleans and
lives in Mobile brings his poker Saints
football perspective on to GCP.NET.
"ThGo ahead. Mock me. I
really don't give a shit. You think I've gone off the deep end
with this whole bounty thing, right?
Well maybe I am going all Conspiracy Theory Guy with this one.
But maybe someone needs to for a little while.
Regardless of my skepticism, plenty of questions still remain
unanswered. But just one predominates.
Solely, what direct evidence does the NFL actually have as to
the existence of a multi-year bounty program in New Orleans."
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POKERBAT
[UPDATED:
09/09/11] THE POKER BAT is an online player from Northern
Louisiana who is trying out blogging to help him with his game.
Bat will delve into hand scenarios and discuss issues facing
today's online player.
"Fresh from a
World Series of World Class ass stompings the Bat is going to
answer some reader mail… Don’t get you pasties in a tizzy, this
is a legitimate request for a hand analysis…
Granted anything in a (xxx) are the Bat’s words not this reader…
“OK, so here is the hand I mentioned on your voice mail the
other day (when I begged you to give me a morsel of that Bat
knowledge because you, the Bat, are a poker legend, part myth,
part reality, 100% genius)."
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[UPDATED:
04/28/10] Bobby Toye is a former LSU student and a
rising online/live tournament player. Toye has six live
cashes to his name half of which are three first place finishes.
The aspiring screenwriter offers a well-written window into the
life of a young poker player.
"My game of
choice has been heads-up no-limit, although I exclusively play
tournaments all day every Sunday. I've been having more deep
runs in tournaments than I used to as well. I attribute it to a
confidence in my online game and the discipline to never ever
ever spaz out in a pot without a very good reason. This does not
mean I've been nitting it up. I play as many hands as I can
justify early on in tournaments, and it's working well.."
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