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(UPDATED:
11/18/08)
Wild Bill's reflections on
poker, sports, and issues facing the Gulf Coast:
"Lots of tournaments on the horzion. There is the Harrahs event
that starts in December. The Beau has an event in January.
There is the Lafayette United Way charity event in January. The
Coushatta 7 Clans event is in Februaury, and I belive the IP has another
event coming soon too. We hope to be at every event.
We are looking for a hat supplier to make some GCP lids. Email me from
the link on GCP.net if you got a hook up. Probably will want them
embroidered."[+] |
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[UPDATED
11/15/08] ReidG ...who was
raised in New Orleans and lives in Mobile brings his perspective
on the Gulf Coast scene to GCP.NET.
"15 November 08 - I put in a good day of
play today, but walked away feeling frustrated. I got to the
Beau early and played the cash game for an hour-and-a-half,
racked up with $300 profit, and free-rolled myself into the 11
AM $15k gtd.
The
tourney had a great turnout of 110 (first place $6k+) and I was
very, very disappointed when I busted 15th after playing spot-on
all day. I spent the majority of the tourney playing really
aggressive; I made a concerted effort to mix in more PF 3-bets
and run a few more bluffs.
Everything was going smoothly and I had a
plus-average 40k+ stack with about 27 people left. I got
sideways in two pots at the end - one an unfortunate board, the
other a bad decision. In the first hand, I got my opponent's
chips in the middle for an important pot with AKdd vs QJo.
Unfortunately, the board four-flushed and his Js took down the
pot.
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IS LIFE?
(UPDATED 11/15/08) Goondingy,
pure aggression on the felt,
examines live poker action:
"Had to let
this one settle in before I told the tale...finished a marathon
session last week in a 1-2 NL game that I should have left much
earlier but just would not do it.
You see I was
that guy in highschool that got all the signs that the girls
were digging me but had no idea until I went to college and they
told me about it, two summers later, FRAK!!! Well I am the same
way in a bad game, got all the signs to get out but I don't. I
think I know what a bad game is for me now.
I went six dealers until I got a playable hand, 30 min a down,
three hours, I mean is that a long time? Yes. My first playable
hand, not including the big blind, where I had to fold to all
raises and check down to the river and muck, anyways, my first
playable hand came during the last dealer where I picked up
pocket nines in the hi-jack, I pop to 12 after two limp in, the
button calls and big blind re-pops for a bunch...into the muck I
go! "
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LONELY ROAD
(UPDATED 11/14/08) Virge's
road is the internet highway, he's now one of the top online
local players:
WATCH LONELY
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"As much
fault as can be found with the place, I simply love California.
I'm glad I don't have to pay taxes there I suppose, but then
again, I wish I could afford a place in San Francisco, San
Diego, or on Manhattan Beach so I could complain about the
taxes...
I flew in to LAX on Monday (3rd) for what should have been a 3
day job and it took us until mid-day Thursday(!) to get into
ExxonMobil Torrance because of all of their training and other
requirements. Needless to say this left a lot of time to check
out south Los Angeles.
I somehow managed to get control of the rental when we left LAX,
and neither of the other guys had strong opinions on what to
see, so it was up to me to explore. Amazingly enough, I hit a
near home run every time as far as places to see and being there
at the right time.."
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[UPDATED: 08/26/08]PLAYER N scribes a tale of grifters,
sleaze balls, and beautiful card sharks all hustling on the
Coast.
A BREAK
FROM THE SERIAL STORY
"When I'm pitching cards I do little things to
keep it interesting. I'll try and land them under a player's
hands if they are resting on the table, I'll try and topple a
chip stack if it's close to the action or I'll make a
complaining player have to stretch to get to them.
The nine seat
has had to do a lot of stretching to get to his cards. He's been
on a 5 hour heater and is weighing down his side of the table
with redbirds and yet he's barely thrown us dealers a bone.
Plus, he's slowrolling like his a 9th grader playing cards for
the first time.
At the dealer change, Janie told me to beware and
she wasn't kidding, Seat 9 is a no tipping a***ole.
A***oles that don't tip deserve to be f***ed
with. I'm not obvious about it as sometimes the nice people that
actually do tip, tend to take sides against a lippy dealer. But
if they really push me, like this guy has done a couple of
times, most people will side with the dealer.
It's tough being liked when you are pitching
cards. Only one person can be happy per hand. And per revolution
that means I've made most of the table mostly unhappy. The
idiots don't seem to grasp they are only "entitled" to win one
hand in 10.
If they have any talent they might be able to drag 2
or 3 out of ten or win huge pots instead of small ones and turn
a profit. But the way they see it, they want to win 10 hands in
10.
Sure I say the sarcastic "thank you" when they
give me nothing, but with a jerk like this one it means nothing.
Right over his head. Or sometimes they'll catch it, as he did a
hand ago. "I've tipped you already," he bitched. "You want all
my profit? This rake's killing me anyway. Moral of the story,
just do your job, deal the cards, and be thankful you found
somebody willing to give you a paycheck. Or go to college and
get real job." He winked too. I hate f***ing winkers." "
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DA ROCK OF ACES
(UPDATED:
07/19/08)
Da Rock, tells
it straight from the dealers' box and the winners' circle.
"Hey
guys, after a long absence and some technical difficulties I am back,
but just briefly to let everyone know that DAROCK has decided to expand
my skills to other people, meaning that I will be teaching people how to
deal the game of poker. I will offer poker dealing classes to anyone
that wants to make the money that they deserve.
So if you have an
interest in knowing how it feels to be on the other side of the felt,
contact me thru email or comments for details, classes are starting
soon, real soon. Well crew I've got to run. talk to ya soon, and I will
again try to write about my Vegas trip that was not published..".[+] |
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SCANDAL UPDATES (11/18/08)
CYCALONA GOWEN,
YES CYCALONA IS HER REAL NAME,
SUES FULL TILT FOR THE ONE PER CENT OWNERSHIP STAKE SHE CLAIMS
THEY PROMISED HER YEARS AGO. This suit is a mess.
Message boards are claiming Cycalona is a meth head (we do not)
and burning all her bridges to make a little cash now that times
are tough. She did just win a tournament in Tunica, so
times aren't that tough. However, Full Tilt just dropped
her.
In her suit, she
says Full Tilt is worth billions and she just wants what is owed
to her. Apparently, all the reps of Full Tilt only have
verbal contracts. Her being dropped as a representative is
close to impossible because she is an owner. This could be
bad news for poker as these things tend to unearth a good bit
about these pseudo-legal companies that may not want to come to
light. Course Full Tilt is in between a rock and a nit, they
settle and who knows how many Full Tilt "owners" come out of the
wood work. I've worn Full Tilt gear in a tournament--does
that make me a 1%er?
GATOR HOOPSTER A
FISH. Nick Calathes, a Florida Gator basketball
star, ran up $600 in online poker debt. The NCAA is not
taking action. They only care about sports-betting.
Online poker is okay by them. One of the only times
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TAXES
AIN'T THEY A B***H(11/16/08)
PETER
EASTGATE OWES DENMARK 6.6 MILLION OF HIS 9.2 MILLION DOLLAR
PRIZE, AIN'T THAT A ... All told
governments are owed almost half of the WSOP prize pool of 32
million with players on the hook for 14 million or so.
Read
www.taxabletalk.com for
more details.
Eastgate apparently
recently moved to the UK. Maybe to get out of the
disgusting tax rate the Danes put on gambling winnings.
45% of the first 4 million Kronas won, and after that 75%.
Yes... 75%. How can Denmark be the happiest place on the
Earth if anything you win there you have to give 3/4s to the
government.
In the UK,
Eastgate would owe nothing on his winnings, however, it is
unlikely the Danish version of the IRS will accept the move as
anything but an attempt to get out of paying his taxes.
Should he pay Denmark everything he owes, he'd move down the
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LOCAL
POKER NEWS
(11/14/08)
PENSACOLA'S
JON "FIERYJUSICE'" LITTLE SNAPS OFF FOXWOODS MAIN EVENT.
The Gulf Coast's own Jon Little wins another WPT title.
He bested a table that including Mike Matasow and David the
Dragon Pham.
OUR WHO'S WHO
HAS BEEN UPDATED. New profiles include Jonathan
Little's and Charles Chan. More to come. If you want
to see your name in lights email:
Wild Bill
with a pic and some of your accomplishments.
ALSO, JASON
LIPSCOMB JOINS OUR COLUMN WALL. Big Event coming
up at Harrahs. if you got any questions ask the tournament
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PETER EASTGATE
YOUR 2008 WORLD SERIES OF POKER MAIN EVENT CHAMPION (11/12/08)
EASY EASTGATE
NIPPED RUSKIE IVAN DEMIDOV TO WIN THIS YEARS MAIN EVENT.
He's
Danish. Which is a donut without the hole. Gus
Hansen now has company as a great player from the country of
Denmark. Along with Claire and the Greats they are the
most famous Danes in the world What's Denmark known for?
Tivoli (a Euro-Disneyland without the annoying Disney
characters), the Little Mermaid (a story written by Hans
Christien Anderson and later made into a Disney movie), they own
Greenland (which is icy and iceland is... green, weird, like
drive on a parkway, park on a driveway weird), it is also home
to the original Zealand (you know there is a new one), and has
been judged the happiest place in the world. Oh yeah, the
all time leading scorer in the NFL is from Denmark too, a Gulf
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LOCAL TOURNAMENT
UPDATE/IP POKER CLASSIC MAIN EVENT (11/09/08)
UPDATED
(11/10/08)
BRANDON
JARRET OF CARTERSVILLE, GA WINS IT ALL.
BJ McBrayer of
Duncanville, AL was second and Keepin' the Faith Giordano of
Gretna, LA was 4th.
GCP BLOGGER REID G
MAKES THE FINAL 9 AND
TAKES 6TH.
Local poker pro Reid Gilbert played solid the whole
tournament and makes the Final Table. He takes home a cool
$6500.00. We were able to get a couple of Pics from the final
event before the "Grinch" Security Guard shut me down.
Don't forget to checkout Reid's blog, "If your too careful..."
below on the left
There were several other
poker pros in the event. The line-up looked like this...Claudia
"The Claw" Crawford was sitting next to Captain Tom
Franklin...Brandon Jarret from Atlanta and BJ McBrayer, who took
2nd place in this years WPO behind Clonie Gowen, were both still
in it the M.E. when Reid got bounced. Leif Force made it down
from Tallahassee...Eskimo Clark was wondering around there, and
believe me..."The seas would part" when he came walking through.
Eskimo...you need to keep a can of Axe with you brother....Who
else...David
Robbins got away from his construction company to make an
appearance...and our own "Wild Bill" got bounced sitting next to
Monkey...this was the last pic I got and you can tell I had to
take it with no flash.
JON "FIERY JUSTICE"
LITTLE RUNNING HOT IN THE WORLD POKER FINALS.
Pensacola's own Jon "Fiery Justice" Little is burning up the
Main Event up North at Foxwoods. There are 10 players remaining,
and they will be
playing down to 7 tomorrow. Why they are are playing down 3
players in one day is beyond me, but lets hope that Jon will be
able to make it to the TV Final Table as he is 2nd in chips
right behind the Mike "The Mouth" Matusow. Lets hope that Jon
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UPDATE (11/07/08)
NEW BLOGGERS...
The
"Honest" Player gives a
perspective of a rounder coming back to the game. He's got
a distinctive take on the cash games on the gulf coast. He
is also a successful tournament player. His current post
deals with friends or allies at the table. Joining him is
Pobody's Nerfect,
a local player with
ton of talent. He reports back from a deep run at the IP
Poker Classic. Both up and comers are detailing their
travails and will get a permanent spot on our columns list soon.
Also, don't forget to check out Harrahs Tournament Director
Juicey Jason Limpscomb's blog
"JUICEYPOKER".
GENE D BUBBLES...
Poker IS war and Gene D became a casualty of it
two spots from a cash yesterday at the IP Poker Classic.
Despite his late demise it was a great job by Gene.
Sounded like he took a lot of coolers and bad beats and still
battled almost all the way to the final nine.
MONKEY TAKES 2ND
AGAIN... At the same tournament Monkey added his
12th final table to his resume this year and his fifth 2nd place
finish on the year. |
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(UPDATED:
11/16/08)
Gene D's
outlook on the local and national poker scene:
"I wanted to put up a
blog this weekend as if you'll have been watching the UIGEA news...you
know we are on the fasttrack to getting hosed. If the Obama camp and the
rest of the Dem's can get this thing turned around, I may switch party
affiliation. I am that pissed off that now that Macain did not win the
election, they decide to fasttrack this through the system. That just
sucks for us poker players. Join the WPA...Join the PPA...Join anything
associated with fighting this bullshit. Call and e-mail your elected
officials. Get in their grills and let them know who you are...one of
their constituents.
Thanks and a shout out goes out to "Sheetmetal Phillip". He dropped me a
line and I could tell he was just as passionate about this nonsense
UIGEA bill as Bill and I. I am going to go ahead and post up some links
from the e-mail Phil sent me. Below is where I cut and pasted from his
e-mail
"There are also links on the PPA website to email your
congressman/senators regarding the issue and a phone number to call the
federal reserve. I am just trying to do my part to save online poker and
protect our rights. Thanks and next time your down this way hollar at me
and we can grab a beer
Most recent UIGEA news: http://www.cbsnews.com/.../politics/main4594277.shtml
Pocket Fives Thread with Instruction on how to get your voice hear:
http://www.pocketfives.com/poker-forums/7/UIGEA-feedback_2C00_-VERY-important-to-make-all-voices-heard-PROMPTLY.--Sticky-please_2E00_-3541538
And of course PPA: http://pokerplayersalliance.org/action-alert/uigea/"
Thanks Phil...Hope to be back down that way soon.
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THE POKER MONKEY
[UPDATED: 11/18/08] Poker Monkey shares his insights on the tournament
poker circuit, life in general, and the battle to make it
happen:
"Its
Monday. Me, Allie Prescott, and Matt Brady...winner of the Aruba
Classic are all sitting around the TV at home watching MNF...they
are playing the $1K nightly on Full Tilt, I am contemplating
multi-tabling on Stars but leaning towards finishing my latest
awesome novel....Protect And Defend (Vince Flynn), great book.
I was going
to play the Full Tilt deal, but when trying to log in for the
first time in maybe two months...I get a message telling me I
have to contact customer service. WTF? I emailed them...and of
course, have heard nothing back. Wondering if this may somehow
have something to do with that Jon Little/AIM/2+2 bullshit.
Guess we will find out...not that I really give a rat shit,
since I never play on there anyway.
Something very unusual has just occurred. I have failed to step
foot in a casino now for two consecutive days. While in Las
Vegas. I'm pretty sure, and this includes my 6-week visits for
the WSOP....that this is the first time I have resisted the
casino/poker for two full days."[+} |
YOU CAN'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT
[UPDATED:
11/01/08] The Tiltin' Texan serves up a steady diet of crazy
late nights in poker rooms from across the coast. To him a 24
hour session is as quick as a traffic light. His
commentary on the sick side of poker is a fun read:
"This could be a rough sports weekend for me. The hobbled
Cowboys play the overrated Giants. Maybe they are both overrated
but the boys have enough excuses.
Man I hate loudmouth Antonio Pierce and local blockhead Brandon
Jacobs. Jacobs is a physical freak and as smart as box of rocks.
I watched him a lot in high school and know people that were
close to him.Lets just say he had a lot of help just passing
grade school.
Guess I
wouldn't mind all his smack talk if
wasn't a division rival, but he does act like a thug
after a play is over. "
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The cc Line
[UPDATED:
11/02/08] Shoats tackles sports
gambling, fantasy sports and of course poker. He also
pledges to snap off lunchboxes at every opportunity.
"So
still smarting from my loss of the previous day, I lived up the
early part of Friday night of Bill's pre-wedding festivities
with a great dinner and drinks, got to hang with some old
friends from all over the country (met Gene D and his wife as
well) and then hit up Harrah's late night with Fast Eddie,
another old friend who has had good success at Harrah's tables
in the past.
Considering
that I showed up wearing a suit, I knew everyone would
immediately book me for the tourist that I was, so I made a
decision to play up that angle as much as possible. Luckily,
there were a couple drunk guys at the table, not surprising
considering the time of night and while my chips ($200) were en
route to the table I got involved in a hand with the first two
cards dealt me, KcQc.
I flopped a
flush draw, bet at it, got called, hit the flush on the turn
(meanwhile my chips had been delivered but I still tried to bet
without using them, furthering my image as the table rube) but
then slowed down a bit on the river as the board paired (all the
while remembering my brutal river beats of the previous day.)
Fortunately,
my opponent had neither a boat nor the nut flush and I dragged a
nice little opening pot to get things started"
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 JUICEYPOKER
[UPDATED:
10/14/08] JASON LIPSCOMB gives you a chance to talk with a
tournament director--directly. Lipscomb will keep you
abreast of all the happenings at Harrahs regarding tournaments
and poker. Check here for updates.
"Greeting
to all, my name is Jason Lipscomb and I am the new Tournament
Director in New Orleans as I am joining GCP as a blogger I
thought it would be nice to introduce myself to everyone! I have
been working in New Orleans for about 6 years, before here I
worked at Treasure Chest Casino which is a small river boat very
close to New Orleans. Like many of the current players "YES" I
did get my start in home games as well more than ten years ago."
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 SOUTHPAW ROUNDER
(UPDATED:
10/28/08) SPR breaks down hands and offers his perception of poker
on the Gulf Coast.
"I check and Mike bets $40 and Alan calls the $40( I am
thinkin at this point he has a bad ace or JJ QQ 1010. I thought
about checkraising, but decided that I would call and then lead
out on the turn(especially if it was a club b/c I knew Mike did
not have the nut draw, but would lead w/ anyother one).
The turn is the 10c and the flush is completed & I decide that I
just made a flush! Or atleast I would treat is as such. There is
roughly $195 in the pot and I was going after this one. I bet
out $150 and Mike goes into the tank. I knew he could not call
this bet from me w/out a monster.
He folds and Alan calls after about 10 seconds. At this point I
really thought he had a hand like AJ or A9 and I would have to
fire on the river to get him to fold his hand if I didn't hit
the club on the river. The river card is the Jd and I stick the
rest of my stack in which was about $280.
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(UPDATED: 09/09/08)
Austin Martin, former
owner and operator of an online poker site brings his expert knowledge and home game expertise to GCP:
"Ok, before
I get into stupid people, I got knocked out of the tournament
from my previous post by a stupid person.
Now, on to stupid people. Stupid people are unaware that A9,
even if it is suited, is not a good hand. Not only that, they
dont realize that it is not a good hand to call off all your
chips preflop. Stupid people think that hand is great and they
are idiots.
I hate them and
they should not be allowed to win at poker, even if they hit
their 3 outer, or flop two 9s, suck out a four card straight. If
you play A9 and happen to get super lucky because you are a
moron, you should actually have to forfeit your hand and give
the pot to the guy who actually knows what he is doing.
Dont be a stupid
person."[+] |
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 POOL AND POKER PLAYER
[UPDATED:
06/28/08] DEREK "GRINDER"
RIDLEY is a local
pool and poker player who plays mostly MTTs online and is as
adept at stick as he is at poker:
"weeeeeeeeeeeeee......
Good week so far......
7 out of 2097 in the $3.30 rebuy on Poker Stars for $718 and
1 out of 180 in $4.40 - 180 man on Poker Stars for $216.
I'm also a member of Poker X Factor now for about 4 months, and
it definitely paid off tremendously. If you have questions
please look me up. I'm getting deep pretty consistently, just
need those hands to hold late in tournaments.... GG.......... "
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