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DINE ON THE WHALES
Wild
Bill's reflections on poker, sports, and
issues facing the Gulf Coast. Wild Bill
is one half of GCP. Poker player, poker
coach, and Gulf Coast Poker Tour
operator.
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POKER
IS WAR>
Gene
D is the other half of GCP. Gene shares
his outlook on the local and national
poker scene.
His mantra is money won is sweeter than
money earned.
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THE POKER MONKEY
Will
Souther is the Poker Monkey. Take a look
at his always entertaining views on the
tournament poker circuit, gambling and
life in general. The founder of
the Monkey Minions never sugarcoats it.
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NO DOUBT'N
NOLAN DALLA
Nolan
Dalla.com is where you find the wit and
wisdom of one of the most well known
poker writers in the industry.
His home blog covers a wide range of
topics written with that singular Dalla
conviction.
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LITTLE
THOUGHTS
Jonathan
Little an all time top tournament poker
earners, is from Pensacola and currently
operates a coaching site, which includes
his blogs and videos you can find it
here.
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POKER FACES
IN THE CROWD
BEN
SAXTON is writing a poker book based on
the Gulf Coast scene. Here is an
archive of interviews and features of
poker players from all over but with a
spotlight mostly on our locals.
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N-SIDE POKER
PLAYER
N scribes tales of grifters, sleaze
balls, and beautiful card sharks all
hustling on the Coast.
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WSOP-C TUNICA
MAIN EVENT:
HIGGINS AGAIN!
Matt Higgins of Rossville, GA bested a stacked final
table to win his fifth WSOP-C ring. Higgins
won over $167k. This is after just winning over
$220k at the Beau Rivage Heater. Has to be an early
favorite for GCP POY of the year. With 568 entrants
the prize pool swelled to $791k.
Dale Roesel from Hixson, TN won over $103k for
second place. BJ MCBrayer of Tuscaloosa won $74k for
third place. Eric Salazar won almost $24k for
seventh place. Other notables on the final two
tables included Dan Lowery (11th $11.8k), Barry
Schultz (13th $9.6k), Jared Ingles (16th $8k), and
Freddie Ardoin (18th $8k).
Players who also cashed included: Dylan Lemery, Cody
Stanford, Edward Chevallier, Maurice Hawkins, Joe
Laro, Justin Grider, Justin Donato, Allen Kessler,
Jeremy Eyer, Carl Masters, Preson McEwen, Donovan
Dean, and Jesse Lott.
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WSOP-C TUNICA
WRAP-UP:
EVENT 10: 6th ring for Hamid Izadi in $600
Black chip Bounty for just under $20k. Second place
Jared Ward won $12k. Also in the money: Donald
Crabtree, Eric Roberts, Carl Masters, Jaymie
Virtusio, Eric Sutton, and Justin Kelley.
EVENT 12:
Jake Green bested Nicholas Norris of Birmingham to
win first place and 15k in the $400 NLHE event. Levi
Carden third, Rob Lemke fourth, Corey Bierria fifth,
and Barry Schultz 8th making it a loaded final
table. Also cashing: David Garrison, Christopher
Selph, Walker Miskelly, and Justin Donato.
EVENT 14:
Second Seniors event went to Gary Bass of Memphis.
Bass won just under 15k for first. Mark Mead of
Olive Branch, MS won $6,392 for third. Also in the
money; Forrest Wofford, Michael Myers, Rose Cooney,
Danny Miles, Thuy Djedjos, Jeter Brock, and James
Misenheimer.
EVENT 15:
Another $400 NLHE Big 30k this one won by John
Gallaher of Lebanon, TN for $16,422. Joe "Rivage"
Laro second for over $10k. Also cashing, Thai Ha,
Alec Wilson, Justin Donato, Preson McEwen, Peace
Marvel, Hamid Izadi, and Deborah Hardwick.
EVENT 16:
Sam Hicks won $13k as he prevented Dan Lower from
winning another ring for his collection in heads up
action. Lowery earned over $8k for second place in
the Double Stack. Donovan Dean finished 4th for just
under 4k. Those in the money included: Hamid Izadi,
David Digesu, Dvid Garrison, Justin Grider, Spencer
Chamlin, Preston McEwen, and Jaymie Virtusio.
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WSOP-C TUNICA
WRAP-UP:
EVENT 1: Terry Hawkins of Cordova,
TN won $14,842 for first. Jesse Lott of Selmer, TN
$9,171. 183 entrants in the $400 Double Stack
Opener. Notables to cash Loi Hoang, Jeff
Copeland, Cody Stanford, Chris Nunnally, Bill Latta,
and Donnie Phan.
EVENT 2:
The $400 Big 30k had 283 entrants for a prize pool
just under 100k. Tomas Teran of Lake Charles, LA won
over $20k for first. Marcus Milam of Huntsville, AL
second for $12.5k.
Also cashing: Cody Pack, Jesse Lott (again), Cody
Stanford (again), Donnie Phan (again), Jeff Copeland
(again), and Kenard Bowie.
EVENT 3:
Almost 1000 entries in this one with Ryan Kinder of
Missouri taking home over $52k for firsst. Union
City, TN native Kevin Goree won $32k for second.
Those also cashing over 5 figures: 3rd place Michael
Belken($23,232) of Imperial, MO; 4th place Radwan
Khuri ($16,945) of Memphis, TN; and 5th place Thomas
Watson ($12,572) of Saltillo, MS.
EVENT 4:
West is Best in the Seniors. Brighton, TN's James
West won a (blue) hair under $20k for first place in
the $300 Seniors event. Wes Edelo of Arlington, TN
won $8,600 for third place. Also cashing Richard
Heard, David Lee, Donna Heard, Rob Lemke, Karl
Chesser, Chad Marsh, John (sans Hall) Oates, Mark
Mead, and Rose Cooney.
EVENT 6:
$400 Six Handed tournament had a prize pool over
$65k with just under entrants. Loaded final table
saw Nicholas Lafata of Springfield, Il get out with
the money against some of the region's top players.
The final table featured: second place David Moses,
($9,908) of Asheville, NC; 3rd place Jaymie Virtusio
($6,733) of Pensacola, FL; 4th place Walker Miskelly
($4,688) of Tupelo, MS; 5th place Steven Pionk
($3,346) of Hernando, MS; and 6th place David Digesu
($2,450) of Huntsville, AL. Also cashing Cody
Stanford, Ty Watson, Donnie Phan, Matt Doyle, and
Randall Tatum.
EVENT 7:
Nicholas Hobbs won almost 10k for first place in the
$400 PLO tournament with exactly 100 entries. Brian
Moore of Nashville second for just under $6k. Also
cashing Jeremy Moore, Charlie Dawson, Chip Ervin,
Donnie Phan, and Marvin Williams.
EVENT 8:
Michael Leonard of Kennesaw, GA won the $400 Monster
stack. Leonard earned over $37k for first. Conner
Belcher of Kentucky second for $23k. Also cashing
Loi Hoang, Donnie Phan, John Evans, Preson McEwen,
Barry Schultz, Rob Lemke, and Cody Stanford.
EVENT 9:
Teresa Lammie (pictured) of Arlington, TN bested
Donnie Phan heads up to win $9418 in the $300 Turbo.
Phan won $5,653 for second. Also amon those cashing;
Maurice Hawkins, James Misenheimer, Joseph Brewer,
and Russell Boyette.
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POKER LINKS AND
BITES:
AWARD SEASON:
Nominations for the
Global Poker Awards have been announced and votes
are being tabluated. Go
here
for information.
Our little corner of the
poker world got a little bit of attention. GCP Award
winning Content Provider of the Year Caitlin Comesky
is in the mix for more awards as are RunGood Poker
Tour and principals Tana Karn and Hayley Hochstetler
(what a great photo Weinman Wins she took). Wolfgang
Poker aka Alexander Seibt is also up for content
awards and has a connection to the South.
WSOP Main Event Champion
Daniel Wienman is one of four candidates for Best
Final Table Performance. William Kopp is up for
Breakout Player. Poker at the Lodge is up for best
live stream. And unfortunately, Preston McEwen
just missed winning Mid-Major player of the year
based on points.
What was missed? Surely,
Brock Gary's hand in January of '24 merited
consideration for Hand of the Year considering the
situation, the consequences and what Brock said.
Some other very deserving candidates from around the
region for additional honors (course we are biased).
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NEW YORK?
One of the new markets
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approving at home play. New York is the latest with
a bill for "remote bets" courtesy of Senator Addabbo
State Senate Gaming Committee Chair.
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THE
HEATER 2024
WRAP UP
$3 MILLION
DOLLARS IN GUARANTEES
One Million
Dollar Guarantee on Opener.
One Million
Dollar Guarantee on Main Event.
Over a
million dollars in guarantees the rest
of the week.
January 4
through 15, 2024
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BEAU RIVAGE
HEATER MAIN EVENT:
The Beau Rivage Main
Event bested the guarantee of 1 million by over
$500k with 1,490 entries. A four way chop saw
Ruman Meman of Pensacola, FL get the trophy and the
biggest chunk of money winning $196,682. Meman's a
recreational player who has had an incredible year,
winning $700k for second in a Wynn Summer Classic
event. He's made $900k, of his career earnings of
$950k, in the last eight months. The other $50k has
been earned since 2017 with 7 sporadic results.
Will Leffingwell of
Houston took second place for $183,455. The Poker
Stallions podcast host also has crushed the last 8
months winning a bracelet in Mixed Omaha for
$253,651 plus another $100k in other results.
Third in the chop was
Mark Rose of Orlando winning $159,998. Rose loves
the Beau with his biggest score coming here years
ago winning $177k then.
The final member of the
chop, John Dolan, won $152,142. Like Rose, Dolan has
also won a Main Event at the Beau previously
($336,105). He's more well known for finishing sixth
in the WSOP Main Event. He has over $5 million in
cashes for his career. This chop is only his seventh
biggest score to date.
Stuart Breakstone of
Collierville, TN just missed the chop but even
getting to fifth place to win $64,150 was a massive
accomplishment. Earlier in the tournament he had
lost a hand leaving him 1/4 of a big blind and he
still managed to navaigate his way a big payday
Nick Ahamdi, David
Nicholson, Jason Gooch, and Russell Sartin rounded
out the final table.
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Name |
Prize |
Hometown |
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Ruman Meman |
$196,682 |
Pensacola, FL |
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2 |
Will Leffingwell |
$183,455 |
Houston, TX |
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3 |
Mark Rose |
$159,998 |
Orlando, FL |
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4 |
John Dolan |
$152,142 |
Lithia, FL |
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5 |
Stuart Breakstone |
$64,150 |
Collierville, TN |
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6 |
Narimann Ahmadi |
$39,113 |
Alpharetta, GA |
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7 |
David Nicholson |
$35,984 |
Perkinston, MS |
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8 |
Jason Gooch |
$32,072 |
Vidor, TX |
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9 |
Russell Sartin |
$29,726 |
Slidell, LA |
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BEAU RIVAGE
HEATER WRAP UP:
M & M A PAIR OF
TASTY SCORES:
In the opening weekend
two GCP reguars set the tone for the series by
winning the first two events. Matt Higgins
(pictured) took most of the loot in Event 1 winning
over $222k for first place. Michael Monaghan won
Event Two for $32,917 after a favorable chop.
In Event 1, Chris
Dewhurst playing his first big tournament finished
second winning over $140k. Maurice Hawkins, not
playing his first poker tournament, finished third
for just under $100k.
A total of 531 players
cashed with the top 15 earning five figures on a
$400 buy-in. Not too shabby. Overall 4704 entries
created a prizepool $500k over the $1 million
guarantee.
In Event 2, Monaghan's
chop went seven ways; Damien Ball, Gary Snow, Bryne
Wilson, Vincent Freeman and Frank Alpandinar all
over five figures. This one also smashed the
guarantee (the theme for week).
CARTWRIGHT
ALRIGHT WITH ANOTHER FIRST PLACE:
The High Roller
Freezeout went to Kyle Cartwright who won over $60k
for first place. He beat Danny Doucet heads up for
the title. David Moses, Daniel Scroggins, Blake
Purvis, and Levi Darden all made over five figures
at the final table. Will Givens, Cody Carlino, Simon
Dabney, Russell Boyette and Dale Roesel rounded out
the in the money finishes.
120 entries created the
prize pool of $213k.
INTERNATIONAL
MAN OF MYSTERY WINS MYSTERY BOUNTY EVENT AND ALL THE
MYSTERY BOUNTIES:
Norberto Charuf of
Argentina, or is it Spain, won $47k for first place
after a heads up deal with Chet Sickle ($37k).
Charuf won an additonal $30k on top from Mystery
Bounty pulls. He pulled a $10k bounty, a $5k bounty,
and a slew of other prizes on his way to an
incredible day.
Charuf has only 14
hendon mob cashes but in SIX different countries.
David Baize, Donald
Colletti, Evan Benton, Kenneth Harbaugh, Randy Lege,
Luther Tran and Michael Ison completed the final
table.
SENIORS SPLIT
IT:
An eleven way chop
headlined by Jerry Bergeron of Houma for $11,267
each ended the seniors tournament. With 544 players
they almost double the guarantee of $100k. Nancy
Decuers, Deborah Berrien, and Vickie Thrift all got
a piece of the loot. Ralph Reid, Stephen Bierman,
and Ronnie Bryant also in the chop.
MACKIE THE MAC
DADDY IN OMAHA 8 OR BETTER AND MIGHTY QUIN WINS
MONSTER:
Terry Mackie won over
1$10k for first place in the event that double the
$25k guarantee with 164 entries. Taylor Douglas and
Anthony Magee finished second and third.
Quin Lowry won over $68k
for first place in the Monster Stack. The Niceville,
FL resident beat Trung Tran heads up. Nancy
Birnbaum, Terry Moore and Cord Garcia all made the
final table.
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BEAU RIVAGE HEATER WRAP
UP:
PRESTO FOR PRESTON AND KATERINA:
Preston McEwen and
Katerina Lukina (pictured) teamed up to win the Tag
Team Event each pocketing $6,000. Cody Stanford and
Maurice Hawkins took a little less after a chop
winning just under $6k each. Fitting a co-ed team
won it as there were lots of co-ed teams at the
final table include two married couples. Lonny and
Bonnie Weitzel of Texarkana, TX as well as Rigo and
Angela Vangarelli of Georgia made the money. Sarah
Ortego and Chris Dupuy of Baton Rouge also went deep
along with Deborah Rudolph and Tim Nance of Indiana.
ROSS FIRST FOR
FIRST RESPONDERS:
Adam Ross of Roswell, GA
won over $10k for first place. Robert Elliot $8k for
second. The final table featured Alex Dmytraczenko,
Jeremy Moore, Michael Mestey and Teddy Conner. This
tournament offered a discounted buy-in for first
responders which was covered by the Beau Rivage.
Great concept.
SELPH AND YOUNG
CHOP ROOKIES:
Somehow Nick Young
chopped the rookies heads up for $8k and is STILL
eligible for the future rookies events. He stands
about $800 under $25k in earnings. This is his third
Rookies event cash and his second second.
Leslie Selph of Houston,
added to his lone lifetime cash with the victory
(also $8k).
MORGA AND ALY
CHOP DOUBLE STACK:
Reigning GCP Tour
Championship winner Youssef Aly got a little less in
the heads up chop with Ronald Morga ($15k to 16K).
This event TRIPLED the guarantee and featured
Marilyn Charmaine, John Cressend, Rebekah Crosby,
and Scott Weiss at the final table. Amber Douglas,
Kip Williams, Prissy Giroir, and Derrick Cutler also
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