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DINE ON THE WHALE

 (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(!?!)" [+]

 

SHORR 'NUFF

[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.." [+]

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.  " [+]

 FeltStars

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. ?"   [+]

Poker 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
"  [+]

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." [+]

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 "[+]

 Gulf Coast Poker.NET
 

 

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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FLOPPIN' ACES

[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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Looking to play Online Poker?  There are still lots of good options.  Look for our upcoming article where we rank all the sites still out there.

    

OUT OF BOUNDS SPORTS BAR AND GRILLE

3802 Veterans Blvd in Metairie, La and you can call @504-889-7350

 

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.  Jerrycontinues 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.

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.

4 Eric Nicol Baton Rouge, LA, US 93,200 
5 Clay Hubble KENNER, LA, US 67,000
9 Tommy Hebert New Iberia, LA, US 56,800
10 William Benson MOBILE, AL, US 38,200 
11 Matthew Marsoobian Gulfport, MS, US 29,600 
13 Douglas Gambel Ponchatoula, LA, US 51,800 
15 Tarik Ahmed New Orleans, LA, US 183,900 
19 Martin Zentner NEW ORLEANS, LA, US 73,500 
21 Ryan Martinez Kenner, LA, US 142,000 
23 Murray Marderosian PENSACOLA, FL, US 20,600 
27 Dennis Baker HAUGHTON, LA, US 84,100 
29 Austin Davies Metairie, LA, US 36,600
30 Brian Walsingham Winston, GA, US 131,100 
32 Ronnie George DOUGLASVILLE, GA, US 70,000 
34 John Finnan New Orleans, LA, US 57,100
35 Pablo Garcia-Salas Baton Rouge, LA, US 29,800
40 Jacob Naquin DESTIN, FL, US 181,400 
41 Willie Lawrence TALLAHASSEE, FL, US 45,100
43 Charles Campos Kissimmee, FL, US 51,800
45 Stuart Mcmahen Springhill, LA, US 84,400 
47 Mary Kyle BATON ROUGE, LA, US 35,400
48 Lindsey Spence BATON ROUGE, LA, US 114,300 
49 Richard Estep LAKE CHARLES, LA, US 64,100
52 Jerry Ard Monticello, MS, US 97,800 
53 Walter Ohler Chalmette, LA, US 32,100 
55 Timothy Thompson Houma, LA, US 30,800 
56 Bryan Mayeux Marksville, LA, US 64,500 
61 Mark Rose ORLANDO, FL, US 142,800
62 Brian Waystack MANDEVILLE, LA, US 21,900 
64 Todd Bourgeois Gonzales, LA, US 22,100 
65 Chad Grace BATON ROUGE, LA, US 22,200 
68 Brian Cospolich RIVER RIDGE, LA, US 100,600 
69 Charles Gregerson METAIRIE, LA, US 18,400 
70 Davy Murrah Lucedale, MS, US 71,800 
75 Chancie Baker Slidell, LA, US 35,700
77 Anthony Stabile Hammond, LA, US 28,100
81 Tannon Grace Baton Rouge, LA, US 50,900 
86 Joseph Lanasa Gretna, LA, US 3,700 
88 Kent Landry PATTERSON, LA, US 90,200
89 Sam Barnhart LITTLE ROCK, AR, US 17,500 
91 Ryan Tepen CHESTERFIELD, MO, US 78,200 
92 Jorge Cosenza AVONDALE, LA, US 140,000 
94 Paul Larsen New Orleans, LA, US 58,100 
95 Jacob Bazeley LUDLOW, KY, US 126,000 
96 Benjamin Thomas BATON ROUGE, LA, US 124,500 
97 Christopher Harris METAIRIE, LA, US 158,000 
101 Jon Guidry New Orleans, LA, US 166,800
104 Francis Boquet Houma, LA, US 27,300 
105 Peter Shashy Ocean Springs, MS, US 83,500
106 William J Brock Ii PELHAM, AL, US 113,000
108 Justin St Pierre Destrehan, LA, US 35,800 
112 Douglas Cox Hattiesburg, MS, US 14,100 
113 Christopher Sheffield Pensacola, FL, US 84,100 
120 Alex Tassin HOUMA, LA, US 45,400 
121 Troy Anderson Mandeville, LA, US 54,400
122 Kenneth Milam LA PLACE, LA, US 87,300
126 Andrew Moon VIDALIA, LA, US 60,100
128 Michelle Wolkomir Shreveport, LA, US 22,600
 Shawn Roussel Harvey, LA, US 87,800

***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.

 

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

 

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?  

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!

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.

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 Cardplayer piece about post Black Friday.

ONLINE NEWS AND MORE:

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:

  • Still illegal (-esque) to play in the United States

  • Since it's illegal (-esque) you shouldn't be interested in these, right?

  • Bernard Tapie Forms New Full Tilt in Dublin, applies for license and is hiring... Full Tilt paybacks soon?

  • They are backing the company with 1 million dollars... 1 million dollars...  1 million dollars?  Full Tilt paybacks never coming?

  • Poker Table Ratings complies with PokerStars Cease and Desist notice and will no longer supply data from their games

  • Chris Ferguson and Howard Lederer personally sued by poker players led by Todd Terry

GULF COASTERS CRUISING SEMINOLE HARD ROCK WPT UPDATE:

Lots 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.

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 familiar

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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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RECOGNIZE 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. " [+]

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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