Wild Bill's
reflections on poker, sports, and issues
facing the Gulf Coast. Wild Bill is one
half of GCP, Plays, Coaches, and helps
run Gulf Coast Poker Tour.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Some more bracelet winners. Rob Georato wins two
bracelets. Dom Carollo, Laurie Gordon, and Pat
McNamara win their first.
BOUNTY BRACELET
1 Dom Carollo 713.13 (frontline Covid fighter
pictured in respirator)
2 Don Dove 713.13
3 Jeff Hayles 399.35
4 Brian Fontana 285.25
5 Dave Gordon 228.20
6 Ryan Pinell 171.15
7 Mike Seiman 142.63
8 Bill Phillips 114.10
9 Chad Tobler 85.58
BIG TWO HUNDRED
1 Pat McNamara 1032.08
1 Chris Canan 1032.08
3 Tim Sanderson 552.90
4 BJ McBrayer 368.60
5 Alex Dmytraczenko 294.88
6 Michael Fontenot 221.16
7 Ronald Tremblay 184.30
WEDNESDAY BIG ONE
1 Rob Georato 2669.44
2 BJ McBrayer 1501.56
3 Corey Harrison 1167.88
4 Bill Phillips 834.20
5 Jerry Giroir 667.36
6 Steve Meyers 500.52
7 Alex Dmytraczenko 417.10
8 PJ Horrigan 333.68
9 Don Dove 250.26
HOLD'EM
1 Laurie Gordon 720.13 (pictured with her husband
Dave)
2 Corey Harrison 405.07
3 Kristy Wagner 315.06
4 Rebecca Campbell 225.04
5 Jeff Densen 180.03
6 BJ McBrayer 135.02
7 David Rabalais 112.52
8 Katie Pansano 90.02
9 Pat McNamara 67.51
HOLD'EM
1 Rob Georato 968.45
2 Ronald Tremblay 544.75
3 Don Dove 423.70
4 Jerry Giroir 302.64
5 Eric Wilkinson 242.11
6 Bill Phillips 181.58
7 Pete Strong 151.32
8 Justin Sternberg 121.06
9 Steve Bierman 90.79
POINTS:
BJ McBrayer has put some distance between himself
and Ryan Pinell. A lot players in contention.
121.38 BJ McBrayer
103.38 Ryan Pinell
87.00 Corey Harrison
75.63 Bill Phillips
73.38 Michael Seiman
67.50 Hugo Deinken
66.88 Chris Davis
66.75 Jonathan Wisbey
65.88 Brian Fontana
61.00 Don Dove
57.50 Michael Fontenot
57.13 Nick Brown
55.00 Ronald Tremblay
54.88 Easton Oreman (pictured)
54.38 Becky Campbell
53.88 Tim Sanderson
50.75 Dom Carollo
47.75 Chris Canan
46.25 Steve Bierman
44.75 Rob Georato
POKER
STORIES:
ONLINE BRACELET CELEBRATIONS:
Ron McMillen, a 70 year old Iowan, played his first
online tournament and won it. No big deal, right?
Considering he took a flight to Vegas to play in the
WSOP online, beat over a thousand players, and won a
WSOP bracelet in the six-max event... kind of a big
deal. His celebration video a critical hand late in
the tournament was one of the most shared early
during the event.
Here’s a video of Ron McMillen (right) winning a key virtual poker hand en route to McMillen capturing a coveted @WSOP bracelet in his first online event. A 📝 on this victory is coming soon from @BernardLeePoker. 📹: Jeff Fielder pic.twitter.com/c8MwwDsawR
— Daily News Sports (@MetroWestSports) July 30, 2020
That's great but we are partial to this celebration
video:
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
What’s your guess on over/under 10 Stellas while playing? 😂😂😂@Miguel_Fiesta 🏆
Maybe it's because we are pretty sure we hear New
Orleanian Joe Hebert giggling in the background, and
8 time ring winner Michael Lech is almost
universally well liked and respected. His victory is
deserving of his dance.
POLK VS. KID POKER:
The grudge match has been agreed to, with retiree
Doug Polk coming out for one last fight. Only Daniel
Negreanu could get him back in the ring.
The terms $200-$400 Hold'em. The battlefield...
online. Vegas has Polk as a favorite. The throwdown
will happen sometime after the WSOP online wraps up.
Cardplayer
has some of their best tweets at one another.
WSOP MIRROR
SERIES:
Some locals have gotten together to play their own WSOP series with bracelet events three times
a week mirroring the WSOP online event they are
blocked from playing. Here are the early
results we've received:
BRACELET EVENTS:
PLO
1 Mike Seiman 578
2 Corey Harrison 374.00
3 Rebecca Campbell 255.00
4 Jonathan Wiseby 170.00
5 Hugo Deinken 136.00
6 Tim Sanderson 102.00
7 BJ McBrayer 85.00
TURBO
1 Bill Phillips 1286.22
2 Mike Fontenot 832.26
3 Hugo Deinken 567.45
4 Ryan Pinell 378.30
5 Marilyn Charmaine 302.64
6 BJ McBrayer 226.98
7 JP Nolan 189.15
OMAHA HI/LO
1 JP Nolan 448.14
2 Brian Fontana 448.14
3 Ryan Pinell 240.08
4 Scott Weinberg 160.05
5 Jason Anderson 128.04
6 Nick Brown 96.03
7 Rebecca Campbell 80.03
NLHE
1 Corey Harrison 2421.12 (pictured)
2 Easton Oreman 1361.88
3 Mark Winkler 1059.24
4 Ryan Pinell 756.60
5 Eric Vogel 605.28
6 BJ McBrayer 453.96
7 Chris Davis 378.30
8 John Marcello 302.64
9 Dave Gordon 226.98
NLHE
1 BJ McBrayer 1070.23
2 Easton Oreman 1070.23
3 Dom Carollo 1000
4 Nick Brown 442.32
5 Mary Ellen Roy 353.86
6 Chris Canan 265.39
7 Tim Sanderson 221.16
POINTS RACE:
61.75 BJ McBrayer (pictured)
61.75 Ryan Pinell
38.00 Michael Fontenot
36.75 Jonathan Wisbey
36.75 Michael Seiman
36.50 Easton Oreman
35.75 Nick Brown
35.75 Bill Phillips
35.50 Brian Fontana
32.75 Corey Harrison
32.50 Hugo Deinken
32.00 Piyush Mittal
30.00 John Cressend
29.00 John Marcello
27.50 JP Nolan
27.50 Tim Sanderson
23.00 Becky Campbell
21.75 David Chocheles
21.00 Chris Canan
20.50 Steve Bierman
20.25 Kearns Julien
20.25 Marilyn Charmaine
THE 2010 WSOP
WILL BE HELD ONLINE THIS YEAR:
This years WSOP event will be held online and
massive debates have been raging about everything
shady in Online poker. "Ghosting" which they
claim they can combat (we would love to hear
how they will combat one player at the computer and
3 standing over the players shoulder). Another worry
is
multiple IP addresses being played in house and
hotels. We want to point you to the link from our
friends over at Pokernews.com for all the
latest...and we will cut and paste some of the
highlights below:
Go to Pokernews and search:
Everything You Need to Know to Compete for a 2020
WSOP.com Online Bracelet
Create an Account & Verify Identity
Once you've downloaded WSOP.com, you will need to
register for an account (create a username and
password).
To do so, you will need to enter a telephone number
with area code.
They will also need your social security number to
verify your identity.
The WSOP's Danielle Barille told PokerNews: "All
players go through a verification process.
"In the event a player does not pass the
verification, if they are domestic, they will be
required to upload a copy of their current driver's
license, a current (no more than 90 days old)
utility bill verifying the registered address. A
copy of the patron's Social Security card may also
be required."
If perchance you don't have such information, you
will not be approved for a real money account and
will instead need to upload further documentation
for the verification process. Instructions will be
emailed to you.
For international players, you will be required to
upload a copy of your passport and current (no more
than 90 days old) utility bill verifying your
address in your registered country.
If you run into any issues during the registration
process the WSOP.com support team can be reached
24/7 at 1-866-745-2385 or via email at support@wsop.com.
Geo-Location
The WSOP.com geo-location system uses your
computer's Wi-Fi signal, together with other
detected Wi-Fi networks (such as your cell phone),
to determine your physical location.
In order to successfully geo-locate, Wi-Fi must be
enabled on your device.
However, you don't actually need to be connected to
the Internet using Wi-Fi, just make sure you're able
to see Wi-Fi networks from your computer.
Connecting from a Hotel
One issue players frequently experience is trying to
log onto WSOP.com via a shared internet IP address,
such as players staying at the same house or hotel.
In such cases, you may get the following error
message:
"Sorry, you are not permitted to join this
tournament. Another member, with an identical IP
address, is already playing at this tournament."
Barille told PokerNews this shouldn't be an issue
for Nevada players: "Nevada regulators have approved
the whitelisting of Caesars hotel property IPs for
the WSOP (Online) Bracelet Events from July 1-July
31.
"We are still waiting for approval from New Jersey
regulators to approve New Jersey Caesars properties.
Players attempting to play from the same physical
residential address will not be able to play MTTs,
SNGs, or cash games as state regulations prohibit
multiple accounts playing on the same IP address.”
For other hotels, players have found a simple
workaround. Instead of logging in while connected to
the shared internet, instead create a hotspot using
your cellphone.
Connect to the hotspot and log in via that
connection.
Once connected, you can then jump onto the
regular/shared internet and play with no problems.
The hiccup only applies during the log-in portion.
Addressing Multi-accounting & Ghosting
Concerns
When asked about player concerns regarding
multi-accounting and ghosting, Barille responded: "WSOP.com
is fully regulated and licensed in Nevada and New
Jersey to highest international standards.
"We have a sophisticated risk and fraud model to
detect fraudulent player behavior. The software
detects VPN's and similar scripts. WSOP.COM has run
dozens of online bracelet events without incident."
What If I Win a Bracelet?
The winner of each bracelet event will be contacted
by a WSOP representative within 48 hours of the
completion of the tournament.
There will be a weekly virtual bracelet ceremony and
press conference, and physical WSOP gold bracelets
will be mailed to your registered address on file on
WSOP.com.
LIVE POKER
IN BATON ROUGE:
Friends and grinders in RedStick you now have a live
poker option again. The Fifth Street Social Club
opens Friday night (6/5) and will offer games and
card games including Poker. But this isn't
Gulf Coast Cribbage so we'll focus on the poker.
Opened by long term Baton Rouge card fans and good
people, Fifth Stree Social Club will have 3
dedicated no rake cash tables. They will spread No
Limit Hold'em, Limit, and PLO all with a $12 an hour
seat rental.
We recommend you make smart decisions in deciding
whether to play live poker or not right now. You
should take every precaution you deem to necessary
to play. For their part they will do a chip
exchange and table cleanup every two hours.
Tempartures will be checked at the door, masks are
encouraged and provided, and it will be 8 handed on
new large tables.
Friday nights feature a 1k freeroll with $20 Rebuy
and $40 Add on. Sunday 1pm $100 Deepstack freezeout.
Hours: Friday 6pm to 4am, Saturday 4pm to 4am, and
Sunday noon to 9pm
$20 Daily Membership. Must be 21 and have a valid
state ID.
Ronald Tremblay continued to final table everything.
Bill Phillips tried to match Rob Georato's back to
back ring wins but came up just short against Singh
Chawla. Todd Tregre outdid them both. Playing and
winning two final tables at the same time (the Main
Event and the Ron Held Ring Event) AND then capped
it off by winning the final tournament of the
series. No shocker he won the points total by
a land slide. Chris Read and Rob Georato finished
second and third overall. Jeff Sager and Sley
Sanchez joined Wild Bill as mixed game victors. To
the victors go the rings. HIGH ROLLER
1 Chris Canan 1501.39
2 Dan Rush 1300.00
3 Tara Snow 750.38
4 Nick Brown 500.25
5 Todd Tregre 400.20
6 Ronald Tremblay 300.15
7 Brian Waystack 250.13
PLO Hi/Lo
1 Jeff Sager 393.75
2 Ronald Tremblay 393.75
3 John Cressend 157.50
4 Anthony Bellao 105.00
2-7 TRIPLE DRAW
1 Sley Sanchez 280.00
2 John Cressend 175.00
3 Rob Georato 105.00
4 Stephen Trainer 70.00
5 Bradley Aldrich 70.00
MAIN EVENT
1 Todd Tregre 2900.00 18.00
2 Chris Read 2071.60 16.00
3 David Chocheles 2071.60 14.00
4 David Mendez 1100.50 12.00
5 Sley Sanchez 880.40 10.00
6 John Marcelo 660.30 8.00
7 John Cressend 550.25 6.00
8 Jeff Hayles 440.20 4.00
9 Don Dove 330.15 2.00
RON HELD RING EVENT #11
We were forunate to be joined by many
of Ron's family and friends in this event. We
were pulling hard for one of them to win and just
missed out on his wife final tabling his event.
1 Wild Bill Phillips 326.16 5.00
2 Jonathan Wiseby 217.44 4.00
3 Charlene Smith 108.72 3.00
4 David Chocheles 72.80 2.00
DOUBLE STACK:
1 Singh Chawla 514.50
2 Wild Bill Phillips 308.70
3 Mike Durbin 220.50
4 Mary Roy 147.00
5 Nick Brown 117.60
6 PJ Horrigan 88.20
7 Justin Bracy 73.20
25 REBUY CLOSER
1 Todd Tregre 499.72
2 Ronald Tremblay 499.72
3 PJ Horrigan 499.72
4 Charlette Smith 211.15
5 Kearns Julien 168.92
6 Jerry Giroir 126.69
7 Corey Harrison 105.58
FINAL POINTS:
Overall, Chris Canan's win in the High Roller
valuted him into first place for the Player of the
Pandemic. Then Baton Rouge's Todd Tregre's weekend
to remember not only locked up the the points title
but puts him in first for our club overall.
Here's the top 20:
60.5
Todd Tregre
40
Chris Read
39.5
Rob Georato
31.5
Sley Sanchez
31
David Mendez
30
Jeff Hayles
30
John Cressend
29.5
Corey Harrison
29.5
Chris Canan
27
David Chocheles
26.5
Ronald Tremblay
25.5
Michael Durbin
24.5
Scott Weinberg
23.5
Bill Phillips
22.5
Eric Shoats
21
Piyush Mittal
20.5
Nick Brown
19.5
Jeff Sager
19.5
Mary Ellen Roy
19
Chris Baudean
19
Tim Sanderson
LINKS:
-New Orleans convention center and Gambling Board
chair forced out via a little known legislative
action. Of note the senator who exercized her right
to oppose a registered voter in her district from
appointment is the same senator who violated a
self-imposed casino ban for gambling. Perhaps,
retribution for the summons she was issued for
violating her ban leaking out?
Advocate.
-Still upset about Anthony Daivs leaving NOLA?
Blame poker.
-"$300 bet? I'd watch two monkeys
(...) for $300." Michael Jordan poker stories.
Cards Chat.
-Phil
"The Heel" Mickelson cheated his
brother out of his life savings in a poker game...
Okay, he was seven and it was bucket of pennies.
-He never said Welcome to the Jungle.
Jungleman secretly plays on rich guy's account to
fleece other rich guys. He apologizes so all
should be forgiven right? Also interesting,
Deadspin
is still a functioning website?
-Five Underdogs who made great runs at poker final
tables.
Calvin Ayre.
WORLD SERIES
OF PANDEMIC POKER EVENT:
More ring winners and results below.
Highlights: Rob Georato denies Jeff Hayles
attempt to win two rings then wins a second the next
night to move up to first in the points race.
Chris Read and Prissy Giroir batled heads ups to be
the second female ring winner with Chris coming out
on top. John Price won his first ring via the
heads up bracket.
RING EVENT: DOUBLE STACK
1 Chris Read 544.68
2 Prissy Giroir 544.68 (pictured)
3 Vincent Hoang 277.68
4 Eric Wilkinson 213.60
5 Piyush Mittal 170.86
6 Mary Ellen Roy 128.16
7 Dom Carollo 106.80
8 Ronald Tremblay 85.44
9 Dan Rush 64.08
RING EVENT: HEADS UP
1 John Price 505.20 (pictured)
2 Sley Sanchez 300.00
3 Prissy Giroir 195.00
3 John Cressend 195.00
RING EVENT: BIG TWENNYFIFSKI
1 Rob Georato 471.84
2 John Gibbons 265.41
3 David Mendez 176.94
4 Marilyn Charmaine 132.71
5 Kristy Wagner 117.96
6 Chris Baudean 88.47
7 Chris Canan 73.73
8 Nancy DeCuers 58.98
9 Corey Harrison44.24
10 Drew Howell 44.24
RING EVENT: BIG MONDAY SIXTY
1 Rob Georato 1078.91
2 Jeff Hayles 606.89
3 Corey Harrison 404.59
4 Scott Weinberg 303.44
5 Eric Shoats 269.73
6 Todd Tregre 202.30
7 Joe Meteye 168.58
8 Eric Wilkinson 134.86
9 Jeff Sager 101.15
10 Tara Snow 101.15
POINTS LEADERBOARD:
Rob Georato
26.00
Corey Harrison
21.00
Jeff Hayles
20.50
Scott Weinberg
19.50
Chris Baudean
19.00
Chris Read
18.00
Todd Tegre
16.00
Piyush Mittal
15.50
Prissy Grioir
14.50
Chris Canan
14.50
WORLD SERIES
OF PANDEMIC POKER EVENT:
This past weekend the PP-C event kicked off. The
following placed in the early ring events.
DOUBLE STACK:
1 Chris Baudean (pictured right) 578.20
2 Katie Pansano 578.20
3 Mike Durbin 277.54
4 Scott Weinberg 208.15
5 Ian Crozier 185.02
6 Todd Tegre 138.77
7 Brian Fontana 115.64
8 Hugo Deinken 92.51
9 Andy Kim 69.38
10 Chris Bourgeois 69.38
REENTRY:
1 Tim Sanderson 1146.64
2 Jerry Giroir 711.98
3 Piyush Mittal 508.56
4 Eric Shoats 339.04
5 Geri Bowen 271.23
6 David Chocheles 203.42
7 Dominic Carollo 169.52
8 Chris Canan 40.00
TURBO:
1 Jeff Hayles 582.96
2 Rebecca Campbell 349.78
3 Chris Canan 249.84
4 Corey Harrison 166.56
5 Chris Read 133.25
6 Easton Oreman 99.94
7 Katie Pansano (pictured below) 83.28
SENIORS EVENT:
1 Nancy Decuers 202.50
2 Rob Georato 135.00
3 Davon Hayes 67.50
4 Dan Rush 45.00
POINTS LEADER BOARD (Top 10):
Katie Pansano
13.00
Chris Baudean
11.50
Michael Durbin
11.00
Tim Sanderson
10.00
Scott Wienberg
9.50
Jeff Hayles
8.50
Ian Crozier
8.00
Jerry Giroir
8.00
Chris Canan
8.00
Piyush Mittal
8.00
LOUISIANA
LADIES:
CHRIS READ RECOGNIZED:
Chris Read, now of Georgia, but forever a Louisiana
girl received enough nominations to be considered to
play for the Women's Day Poker Pass. Then the
panel judged her impact on poker to be significant
enough that she will get a chance to play eight
other women for a
Platinum Pass on PokerStars. The final will
take place before next year's PSPC.
Other nominees include Jan Fisher, Austin player
Terry Hatcher, and Alexis Sterner a player and nurse
from Orlando. From playing with Chris we know those
other ladies will have to play their "A" game to
beat her.
SIMI MITTAL EARLY F.P.O.Q. LEADER:
At this point Simi Mittal ,who is also busy studying
for med school finals, leads for Female Player of
the Quarantine. Simi's recent positive results
also her have in the hunt for the overall P.O.Q.
She's recently won an event the same night Charlene
Smith triumphed in another tournament making it at
true ladies night.
QUARANTINE
POKER NEWS:
CRUSHER CREEL BATON ROUGE HEADS UP
CHAMP:
Brandon Creel won the Redstick Grindrs April Madness
Heads up tournament beating Cliff Decoteau in the
finals of the 40 entry tournament.
Creel earned $900 for first Decoteau $600 for
second. GCP Senior of the Year Robbie Matthews and
Donovan Brack both won $350 for making the semi
finals of $65 buy-in tournament.
Also cashing, Scott Gill, Brian Hill, David Hebert
and Kelly Wall who qualified into the event as #1
seeds by winning a seeding tournament.
QUARANTINE
POKER:
In the Harradise league Eric Wilkinson won his third
event since the inception. He's jumped back ahead of
Jeff Densen for P.O.Q. While the Player of the
Quarantine might not win anything but bragging
rights it's good to see locals winning.
Densen, pictured, keeps grinding out results though
so even if he can't match Wilkinson in wins he's
right there with winnings. Definitely a two
man race right now.
Those in a pack behind the leaders include: Jeff
Sager, David Chocheles and Chris Canan (with
multiple wins himself). All thre seem to be
deep in everything they play.
Top newcomer? Chris Baudean jumped in for one
tournament on Saturday and chopped it outright.
POKER
LINKAGE:
ZOOM HANGOUTS POKER TELLS:
Seems to be a fair amount of live/online games right
now utilizing google hangouts and Zoom right now.
There are some old online poker tells that still
work, like bet timing, and some new crossover tells
that work only on the google hangouts or zoom
meeting functions. It's a bit of a combo.
Cardschat
gives away some of the giveaways you are giving away
right now.
BOUNTY MATH:
Greg Raymer tells you when you are underadjusting
for the bounty or overadjusting for it. Short answer
the deeper you get the less it means. Go to
Cardplayer
for all of it.
DEADLY HOME GAME:
This was shared in our Facebook Group and it's the
sad tale of some
retirees getting
together to play poker.
All got sick and three dead so far. Be safe out
there people. This is a hidden killer preying on our
most vulnerable, still.
WSOP SPECULATION:
Marvin Karlins, a poker player and pyschologist,
offers his take on why a
WSOP in 2020
could have similar deadly results.
IN NEED OF A WSOP BRACELET:
Feeling blue because you don't have one and probably
can't win one this year? This might make you
feel better. These guys don't have one either:
Christop Volgelsang, Sam Trickett, Isaac Haxton,
Jason Koon, Dan Smith and Steve O'Dwyer.
CardPlayer
has the story of the best to never win at the WSOP.
WHAT'S MISSING AT THE POKER MASTERS?
PartyPoker's online tournament results are up on
PokerNews
and you know what you won't see? Americans. Lots of
young international crushers but zero Americans in
the latest events. What about Jason Koon? He's a
canuck.
ONLINE POKER BOOM:
It took a while to get going, but
Pennsylvania
is now full stream ahead with online poker. One
pandemic later and a boom has ensued.
New Jersey
online poker,
predictably, is also soaring.
CORONA VIRUS
POKER LINKAGE: EBONY PREVAILS: Ebony
Kenney (pictured) prevailed in a massive
ACR charity poker
tournament to raise money for Feeding
America.It was her and two celebrities Andy
Milonakis and Kevin Pollak at the end. She won
first, Pollak second, and Milonakis third. 65
players bought in and the event featured huge stars
like Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Tom Brady, Adam
Sandler, Tobey Maguire, John Krasinski, Jason
Bateman, Cheryl Hines and John Hamm. More then $1.2
million went to the charity with 10k from each
player going to help people in need.
MURRAH MULLS OVER CORNONA:
Davy Murrah, and many others, think person Corona
virus was spreading on the Gulf Coast poker scene as
early as January. Davy returned to his
blog to post his
thoughts here.
MORE ABOUT MOLLY'S GAME:
Need a book to read? This one sounds like a
winner. Houston Curtis' book
Billion Dollar Hollywood Heist gives some
more background on the famous L.A. game chronicled
in the movie Molly's Game. Pretty riveting
story about a poker cheat who teamed up with Toby
Maguire to kick the game off.
NY Post.
CASINOS ASK FOR HANDOUTS:
Despite a
recent filing
by the Stones casino in the Postle cheating case
where it suggest casinos have no duty to protect
their customers, casinos think the
government has a duty
to protect them. With so many friends of ours in the
industry and the hope that the money goes to payroll
we are rooting for it to happen but still rings a
little hollow. A little bit like the Cruise
Industry dodging US taxes by being based in other
countries but still asking Americans to bail them
out.
RESULTS:
GALFOND ABSCONDS WITH CHALLENGE VICTORY:
After 25,000 hands, where mid-way he publically
considered quiting the challenge and paid fines to
delay the restart,
Phil Galfond has bested VeniVidi1993 in the most
epic online Heads-Up challenge ever.
Despite the slightest big of controversy over
whether kneeling the football to close out the game
(folding everything) was in the spirit of the event
Galfond prevailed. Phil won
a pivitol late hand (see tweet below: apparently he
needed the river as his opponent held a Full House) which
would give him the room later
to fold away the last 73 hands and end up 7 big
blinds at the completion of the challenge. For those following the
action closely they knew over the last day, even before the late
hand, it could have gone either way. VeniVidi1993 had
multiple close chances to win one more pot to close it out and fold to a
victory himself, but couldn't quite get over the
hump.
The terms of the bet meant Galfond won a 100k
(Euros) side bet by being ahead 1,472 (Euros) as the
challenge completed. Galfond created the challenge
to bring attention to his site Run It Once Poker and
that's just what the final day did with over 23,000
viewers on Twitch watching it play out.
Why was it SO epic? Even with the late swings that
could have resolved the bet either way in the 100-200 PLO match,
Galfond began the challenge losing almost every
session and found himself down nearly a million
Euros. He took a several week break (not the decade
long break Durrr has taken v. Jungleman) and paid
out thousands in penalties. Many people were
outspoken critics of Galfond, including Luke
Schwartz who said the game had past him by. Then he came back
to his computer, and then he
slowly and steadily climbed back into contention.
His first lead did not come until almost 90% of the challenge
had finished. The two battled back and fourth
culminating in the 39th and final session Sunday.
With the end in sight both players wanted to extend a
lead just far enough to fold to a victory. After a
short break late in the day, with Galfond down 30k, and VeniVidi1993 only needing
to win 6k more to wrap it up, Farrah Galfond tweeted
it was almost over.
Who says sports drama has disappeared during the
quarantine? Galfond hit the aggression just as
VeniVidi started to play passive to protect his
lead. Then the decisive hand above: a cooler that
would prove to cost the anonymous player almost
everything.
Galfond plans six more challenges with five of them
being PLO vs. Brandon Adams, Bill Perkins and his
Thirst Lounge streamers, Chance Kornuth, Dan Cates
and "Action Freak." Luke Schwartz in a 1k 2k 8-Game
challenge with a sidebet and Hand requirement TBD
will wrap it up.
HARRAHDISE HOME GAME CHALLENGE:
Congrats to Eric Wilkinson who has gone two for two
in the Harrahdise Weeklys online poker tournaments. He
chopped the Ron Held Memorial tournament on
Saturday. Jeff Densen has also started hot with a first place and a second
place.
Piyush Mittal chopped one tournament heads up with
Wilkinson after he and his wife Simi made the final
table. Players have been using video chats to
maintain a little bit of normalcy from their weekly
games. It's not quite the games at their
favorite downtown casino but certainly passes the
time during the lock down.
COVID 19 AND
POKER: PRAYERS FOR RON HELD:
Our thoughts are with the family of
one of the classiest guys to ever sit at the felt.
Ron Held won his first WSOP-C ring in 2019 and
at the time we couldn't have been happier for a
lover of the game. Well known in New Orleans and
Metaire in the bar games and weekly tournaments Ron
always wore a smile. Personally, he's long been one
of the biggest supporters/readers of our site and
always wished the best for us. He read the updates
so he could always congratulate all the tournament
grinders he knew when they'd come home from a score.
One of the players that made poker in the south a
real community. We will cherish a couple of car
rides we shared to tournament venues and think
fondly of his always gracious and generous chops for
friends at the end of tournaments. You never like
losing a pot but somehow with Ron it just felt
different. Always happy to see him succeed even at
your own expense. He's just that kind of guy. So we
were very sad to receive this text this am:
"Ron "Coach" Held has been in the hospital battling
Covit 19 for about 10 days now with bilateral
pneumonia. He was on ventilator for the last 8 or 9
days but took a turn for the worst this morning and
had a massive non-operable brain bleed probably due
to lack of oxygen. The family just made the decision
to remove the ventilator. Please pass the news on to
the group and ask for their prayers. God Bless and
keep your family safe."
We are told he will come off the ventilator today.
Our deepest sympathies and condolences to his
family.
OTHER LOCALS WITH IT:
Unfortunately, we know of too many other Gulf Coast
players and dealers who have come down with this,
though most seem to be recovering. A few are
battling hard right now and our thoughts are of
course with them. One player shared his thoughts and
experiences battling Covid19 anonymously with us and
we posted them on Wild Bill's
DINE ON THE WHALES
blog. A lot of good tips if you or a family
member have it or if think you might have it on how
to protect yourself and your family.
This is a brutal illness and sadly we'll likely lose
more friends from the felt in the coming days and
weeks. We urge everybody to make smart choices and
opt to take actions that will protect our most
vulnerable.
WSOP-C NOLA POSTPONED:
In the last couple of days the WSOP officially
postponed the May circuit event at Harrahs NOLA.
We will keep everybody updated when things are
finalized if and when it changes status.
PEARL RIVER
POKER OPEN CANCELS AMID COVID 19 ISSUE:
UNHEARD OF SANITATION OF CHIPS AND
TABLES:
In case you have been living in a
"bubble"...well...hopefully you all are living in a
bubble with social distancing...the Pearl River
Poker Open has been cancelled amid the Covid-19
breakout. You can read the letter here at the link
but everyone who won a main event seat in a
satellite will be paid out in cash. All
Gulfcoastpoker.net online promotions will be carried
forward into the next event. We want to also thank
Neal/Paul/Heather and crew for running the first few
events under intense sterilization...Tables/Chips
Sterilized...table distancing...etc
As an added bonus until we can fade the
sickness...here are 2 recordings done with
Ben Mintz
(Click on Ben's name to get to his twitter page) who
will be MCing the Gulfcoastpoker Podcast in
2020...with Site Co-Owner "Wild" Bill Phillips and
friend of GCP Chris "Loose Canan" Canan (pic)
recorded at
Frozen Piroque's in Bossier City during the
Holiday 400 Poker series in December
We urge everyone...Social Distancing...Hunker
Down...please wash your hands as much as
possible...and continue to bath in hand sanitizer as
much as you can ...be safe out there!!!
PEARL RIVER
RESULTS:
COWAN WINS 150K OPENER:
Todd Cowan, already 4k richer from accomplishing the
triple bag bonus, made a heads up deal with Mike
Monaghan in the 150k Guarantee re-entry. As we
understand it, eight players chopped for 9k each,
leaving a little over 10k to play for and that was
split between the two. Cowan had the chiplead and
gets credit for first place. With his bonus
added to the total he won a little over 18k.
Mike "Golden" Mo(O)naghan (who seems to win
everything at Pearl River nickname inspired by Ben
Mintz comment on facebook) added to his many trips
to cage with another great score. Roughly 14k
to Mike after an even chop. Two of the good guys in
poker, great to see for both of them. We tend to say
"good guy in poker a lot with these updates, but
it's true we are lucky in our region as there are a
lot of good people to pull for--who are also pretty
good at poker.
Looks like Mike parlayed his brand new GCP hoodie to
his deep run. No surprise as per usual that schwag
ran hot. DM us on Facebook if you'd like one ($50
for L or below and $55 for XL or bigger).
You'll notice they paid out thousands in an overlay.
Monday has a 20K Guarantee that they are also
honoring it's a $350 buy-in Deep Stack. Final
results will be posted below as soon as we get them.
PEARL RIVER:
FLIGHT D OF 150K BAGWOW! RESULTS:
After Flight D, we had 213 more entrants with 24
players bagging. Todd Cowan and Trace Henderson
being the first to find three bags. Stephen
Greene and Huey Hulin won a bonus for a double bag.
Also, the free dinner buffet looks like it went over
well. Still looks like there will be a big
overlay but people are firing. Getting that
bonus bag money.
Terrance Evans, Birmingham, AL, Table 16 Seat 7;
328k
James McCauley, n/a; 283k
Walker Miskelly, Tupelo, MS Table 15 Seat 2; 213k
Clint Carney, Philadelphia, MS Table 22 Seat 8; 209k
Michael Talley, Tuscaoloosa, AL Table 19 Seat 7;
188k
Bryan Clark, Pensacola, FL Table 22 Seat 4; 178k
Joseph Carden, Flomaton, AL Table 22 Seat 3; 173k
Matt South, Florence, AL Table 18 Seat 7; 165k
Danny Miles, Tuscaloosa, AL Table 19 Seat 9; 142k
Lee Watson, Douglasville, GA Table 22 Seat 4; 127k
Jacob Perkins, Tuscaloosa, AL Table 17 Seat 1; 116k
Benny Morgan, Pell City, AL Table 22 Seat 1; 107k
Todd White, Stone Mountain, GA Table 22 Seat 7; 96k
Noah Waits, Douglasville, GA Table 16 Seat 1; 94k
Daniel Bonet, Stone Mountain, GA Table 19 Seat 8;
80k
Trace Henderson, Gulfport, MS Table 15 Seat 9; 53k**
Jonathan Hemmingway, Dacula, GA Table 18 Seat 9: 47k
Stephen Greene, Panama City, FL Table 18 Seat 8;
41k*
Todd Cowan, Covington, LA, Table 22 Seat 2; 44k**
Sean Small, n/a; 34k
Corey Harrison, NOLA; 33k
Ronnie Hope, Central, LA Table 22 Seat 3; 32k
Stanley Williams, Carrollton, GA Table 22 Seat 9;
32k
Huey Hulin, St. Martinville, LA Table 17 Seat 7;
27k*
Colin Land, Chattanooga, TN Table 18 Seat 4; 26k
PEARL RIVER:
FLIGHT C OF 150K BAGWOW! FORMAT RESULTS:
Chris Canan is flight C's chipleader and second only
to Damon Tucker overall. The last flight
yesterday provided no new double or triple baggers
from Flight C. Fourteen bagged with a shot of adding
bonus prizes and a bigger bag on Saturday.
Saturday will need to be a big day as at this point
we are looking at almost 90k in overlay. Think some
folks misunderstood our social media post yesterday
where we projected similar going into C. To be
clear, we are not projecting an over 90k overlay--we
are looking at an over 90k overlay right now with
two more flights to play. That said an overlay, a
huge one, is very much in play.
Chris Canan, New Orleans, LA 225k Table 16
Seat 2
Thomas Williams, Madison, MS 208k Table 19
Seat 5
Keith Gamble, Greensboro, AL 170k Table 19 Seat 4
Justin Kelley, Mathison, MS 158k Table 17 Seat
5
Cody Stanford, Tupelo, MS 144k Table 21 Seat 4
Justin Saulters, Florence, MS 134k Table 16
Seat 5
Nick Young, Pearl, MS 124k Table 22 Seat 8
Huey Hulin St. Martinville, LA 112k Table 19
Seat 6
Brian Henry, Pearl, MS 95k Table 15 Seat 5
Russell Boyette, Brandon, MS 96k Table 21 Seat
6
Robert Donald, Brandon, MS 61k Table 17 Seat 8
Dexter Burns, Pinson, AL 48k Table 21 Seat 3
Thomas Pullens, Picayune, MS 42k Table 15 Seat
8
Stephen Greene, Panama City, FL 24k Table 16
Seat 8
Also, we missed Paul Leggett of Rockmart, GA who
bagged 154k, Table 19 Seat 2, in Flight B yesterday.
RUNGOOD TUNICA
RECAP:
Little late with this recap, doing prep for our own
event in Pearl River, but wanted congrats to some of
the better players in the region for their recent
run good. First off, Cody Stanford had himself a
week to remember winning the points championship in
style. He won 41k for first place in the Main Event
after beating his bud Walker Miskelly heads-up.
Walker won 26k for second.
Also, at the final Table Chase Turner (who finished
second to legend Chris Moneymaker in an earlier
event) who managed to win 30k for fifth. How did
fifth win more than second? They set aside
money to first and did ICM deal five handed. Out
just before the deal Jacob Corda who won 9.8k.
Earlier in the week John Holley won a deepstack
event for 12k and Cody won the PLO event for 6k.
Richard Hughes and Blake Jones won the other two
events. RunGood also announced they have postponed
their Horseshoe Bossier event.
WASH YOUR HANDS:
Poker players we've seen you grossly skip out the
bathroom with out hand washing. Worst of all most
you who do... probably don't do it right.
Scrub those fingertips (the "Turkish Twist" surgeons use)
and your thumbs. Here's a video on how to do
it right.
PEARL RIVER:
FLIGHT B OF 150k BAGWOW! FORMAT RESULTS:
After two flights of action five players are
eligible for the double bag bonus. Brandon
Robinson, Todd Cowan, Chester Dilday, Prissy Giroir
and Trace Henderson all added another bag of chips.
Three players; Brandon, Chester, and Prissy
increased their best bag.
We have a new overall chipleader as Damon Tucker
bagged 233k for the flight. Vernell Hoskins
bagged 211k tying him with Flight A's chipleader
Matt Silva.
As Saturday nears there is still the potential for
almost 100k in overlay.
Chip counts:
Damon Tucker, Forest, MS 233k Table 19 Seat 3
Vernell Hoksins, Jackson, MS 211k Table 22
Seat 2
JW Carter, Jackson, MS 172k Table 17 Seat 6
Jerry Stumbo, Ocean Springs, MS 150k Table 21
Seat 2
Gavin Munroe, Montgomery, AL 110k Table 22 Seat 5
Chester Dilday, West Monroe, LA 105k* Table 17
Seat 4
Brandon Robinson, Blytheville, AR 103k* Table 16
Seat 3
Robert Donald, Brandon, MS 90k Table 15 Seat 1
Prissy Giroir, Lafayette, LA 83k* Table 15
Seat 4
Trace Henderson, Gulfport, MS 63k Table 22 Seat 1
Angela Sayers, Deatsville, AL 60k Table 21
Seat 5
Colin Land, Chattanooga, TN 59k Table 19 Seat
1
Todd Cowan, Covington, LA 57k Table 16 Seat 4
PEARL RIVER:
FLIGHT A OF 150k BAGWOW! RESULTS:
Every player that bagged last night is one step
closer to reaping the benefits of the BagWow! format
in the 5 flight opener. Bag Twice earn an
extra 1k cash or $850 Main Event seat plus $350
Monster seat ($1200 in buyins), bag thrice earn
another 3k cash. We are on pace for a substantial
overlay.
Chipleader is Matt Silva from Charlotte, NC who is
the only player above 200k. Both Prissy and Jerry
Giroir found bags too.
Don't forget free breakfast and dinner buffets today
and tomorrow. Lots of hand sanitizer, washing of
rails and sterilization of felt every break. Not to
mention ample space in between tables.
Matt Silva, Charlotte, NC 211k Table 21 Seat 1
Todd Cowan, Covington, LA 196k Table 22 Seat 6
Trace Henderson, Gulfport, MS 187k Table 17 Seat 3
Ronnie Scott, Byram, MS 145k Table 16 Seat 6
Chester Dilday, West Monroe, LA 103k Table 17
Seat 1
Alton Peterson, Canton, MS 96k Table 16 Seat 1
Brandon Robinson, Blytheville, AR 88k Table 22
Seat 9
Prissy Giroir, Lafayette, LA 59k Table 21 Seat
7
Jerry Giroir, Lafayatte, LA 45k Table 15 Seat
3
Curtis Picard, Slidell, LA 40k Table 15 Seat 7
PEARL RIVER
STARTS THIS WEEK:
So too starts, our much ballyhooed (whatever that
means) podcast. Our first guest Neal Atkinson
gives the skinny on all the good stuff happening at
Pearl River Resorts during the tournament. It
includes $340,000 in guarantees, two $150,000
guarantees (with a near $20k overlay on the Main
Event last year), and tournaments everyday from
March 12th through the 22nd.
Listen here to episode one and huge thanks to Ben
Mintz, Louisiana sports radio legend for partnering
up to host this podcast.
If you've listened you'll know Neal pulled out all
of the stops including free buffets, with a
tournament receipt, on the weekends for breakfast
AND dinner in the tournament area. You want
March Madness? You might not find a better room to
watch. The new tournament Poker Salon will be lined
with giant screen TVs with all the action, and of
course they have in game betting with their
Sportsbook App. We got a chance to test the room,
the app and the set-up during their Super Bowl party
and it's going to be pretty sweet.
As for fun things to do in Pearl River: don't forget
Tuesday night is Music night with TD extradonaire
Paul Dutsch. Dealers and players will be getting on
the mic at the local steak house. Also, bring
your clubs their Dancing Rabbit golf course has been
called the Augusta you can actually play and will
have a lot of open tee times during this week.
It's quite possibly the perfect spring getaway.
THE BIG ONE!
AND LINKAGE:
FREE $850AGE:
Alright today commences the BIG ONE, as Pearl River
Resorts is giving away one $850 Main Event seat to a
loyal GCP reader. This one is a little different
than our standard contests. The winner will be the
player that correctly guesses the number of entrants
in the $150k Guarantee opener. If multiple
people guess the correct number we will randomly
draw from only them to determine a winner. If nobody
gets its exact... this is important... we will
randomly draw from all eligible entries. Closet does
not win!
To earn an entry go to our
FACEBOOK Page, Find the
Big One post which goes up shortly, like our page,
like the post, and share the post (make sure your
settings are on public so we can see you shared it).
To earn a second entry AND this is the important one
guess the total number of players in the comments
for this year's BagWow opening event.
Also, earn a third entry by following our TWITTER
account, liking and retweeting the Big One tweet.
Earn a fourth entry by guessing there too. That
means you can guess a total TWICE and in the event
of a random draw, if nobody guesses, it exactly have
up to four entries. *Some of you took
advantage of the bonus entry we offered last week to
have five total.
Okay... what to guess? Some hints: There is a $150k
Guarantee and FIVE flights. If you bag twice they
give you an extra 1k. If you bag... thrice...
another 3k for a total of 4k in bonuses. Last
Spring there were 826 entrants with Duane Fontenot
and Judge Leo Boothe chopping it for over 23k each.
The opener this past fall had 844 players and David
Haynes won 27k for first.
FREE FOODAGE:
This event will also have free buffets (for a
tournament receipt holder) in the morning and the
evening both weekends. The Buffet is in the new
super spacious tournament poker salon.
SILVER SCREENAGE:
Also, in the tournament poker salon will be wall to
wall giant screens for all your sports needs (Pearl
River has ahandy betting app for all your sports
betting needs). Maybe one day those screens will
also feature a movie being filmed locally. Not too
long ago we reported on an upcoming movie the
Card Counter. Turns out it's filming on the
coast at the IP right now. Lots of regional players
flocked over to the casino to be extras in the
movie.
Think they get $100 a day, perhaps some background
camera time, and a chance to play with the stars.
One undercover player sent us this pic from a cash
game with Oscar Isaacs. Willem Defoe and Tiffany
Hadish are also stars. Here's
WLOX piece on the story:
SUPER SLEEPAGE:
There's a lot that goes into being a successful
poker player. Diet, exercize, and sleeping right are
three aspects perhaps overlooked by many. Getting
good Zs might be the most important.
Calvin Arye
has a decent article on how to get the best night's
rest.
CONDOLENCES:
It is with a heavy heart we have to report this, as
our thoughts at GCP, and in the local poker
community, are with one of our founders Gene D whose
mother Caroline Dudek passed suddenly last weekend
at 75.
We are keeping in our prayers the Dudek family
including her husband, five children, twelve
grandchildren and one great grand child. Services
are Friday in Houma, LA.
MARDI GRAS
SERIES:
We got all the results from the Horsehoe Bossier
City's Mardi Gras series.
MAIN EVENT:
Out of 306 entrants in the Main, 37
players made the money splitting up the $91,800
prize pool. Seven at the final table chopped it up
for $9803 each including: Michael Faterkowsi; James
Misenheimer, Gabriel Daspit, Roy Henry; Jeremy Read;
Matthew Carpenter and Andrew Dosser. Zachary Moody,
Brian Hemphill and Eric Raus also made the final
table. Familiar names Chester Dilday, Shawn Calvit,
Seth Foster, Lonny Weitzel, Greg Rabalais, and Adam
Racca made the money.
LADIES EVENT:
After a chop Cammie Allen took most of the money
with $2200. The WPA event had 82 Ladies compete.
Jennifer Palmer got the second biggest piece $1200.
Seven players got $943 each including: Jariya
Watkins; Kristi Roberrts; Lanell Dykes; Erin Cox;
Morgan Urbansky; Leslie Urbansky and Carolyn Taylor.
Laura Curry cashed but did not make the chop. BOUNTY:
Jason Schoot won first place for over
2k in the 114 player $160 Bounty event. Also in the
money: Lonny Weitzel (pictured); Laurence Dilday;
Wesley Pipes; and Chester Dilday.
180 EVENT:
Nolan Timon took home $8150 of the $32,480 prize
pool. He survived a field of 232 players to get
there. In that good money: Ronald Paledict (2nd
$5156), Seth Foster (3rd $3542), Thomas Skeeles (4th
$2619), Herman Johnson (5th $1968), Wesley Pipes
(6th $1502), and Chester Wilson (7th $1162). Also
cashing: Gary Burks, Laurence Dilday, Lonny Weitzel,
and Jeff Kester.
WINNERS KEEP
WINNING: SOCIAL MEDIA CONTEST:
Congrats to Victor Holcombe (pictured right) who
may run better in our contests then anyone won the
first Social Media contest for Pearl River (March
12th through the 22nd) we ran on Facebook and
Twitter.
Course it helps to follow directions and always
enter! Victor you may remember parlayed a free
seat he won in a previous contest into our Poker
Gras Main Event. He played the Bag the Schwag flight
won some Maker's Mark schwag for knocking out a
player, and then final tabled the Main Event.
He runs good.
The people that didn't quite win this time but were
drawn in case Victor can't make it? Two other
previous winners: Paul Groseclose (backup #1)
and Hugo Eduardo (backup #2) who have both won seats
to Pearl River previously.
We will be starting our next contest tomorrow on
FACEBOOK and
TWITTER.
Not to mention, we currently have one that will run
all the way up to the Pearl River Main Event where
you earn extra entries for each Pearl River
satellite receipt you post.
Please make sure you follow the directions to insure
you entry is eligible for the random drawing AND
make your settings on your SHARE public so we can
see you entered.
MARDI GRAS WIN:
Chris Read, a former Louisiana native, came back to
take in some parades. After hearing of the
satellite at Harrahs she figured why not take a
break and play some poker. She had an eventful
weekend, weathered some run bad with some big pairs
getting cracked, and then pulled out a victory in
the Road to Vegas Satty.
Also, getting a big share of the loot: locals Pat
McNamara and My Nguyen. Congrats to all three!
They are running these at High Noon the last Sunday
of every month until the Main Event. March 29th is
the next one and they'll start running sit 'n goes
soon!
LINKAGE:
ANY PUBLICITY IS GOOD PUBLICITY:
Generally, any time poker is portrayed in a good
light, like this piece by the
SFGate about a guy on a bachelor party who
hopped into a tournament and made a deep run while
in Vegas--it's a net positive for poker. Now,
you have to hold your nose and ignore all the
mistakes in reporting the action... but at heart the
writer gets the tale right. So what, if he
calls it a 500k minimum payout (probably a 500k
guarantee) and calls his 25k starting stack a 25k
buy-in. Nonetheless, a fun tale and
interesting ICM dilemma the rookie didn't even know
to think about at the end.
TWITTER WARRIORS:
Calvin
Aryre.com ranked the top
seven twitter follows and eh... Some of these top
seven actually post and are good follows, but a
couple of them, while big names, rarely do. We are
going to ask our
Facebook Group
the best follows on Twitter and see if we can get
some better results. Our Facebook group?
Yes, we have a private Facebook group with content
provided by readers that's neither on this page or
on our Facebook page. Yes it's confusing there
is both a Facebook Page (you likely follow) and
group you've yet to join. Don Dove and Justin
Bracy are the MVPs for all the linkage and stories
they put up there. Btw, Don would be on my
shortlist of Twitter follows. If you want more poker
content join that group right... now!
CORONA VIRUS:
Bloomberg.com suggests that the markets can weather
even an epic pandemic, or rather, endemic Covid-19.
What's this got to do with Poker? Some of our
favorite twitter follows who are smart Poker
Players/enthusiasts (Bill Perkins) are tweeting a
lot about Corona Virus possibilities.
SATELLITE
DELIGHT:
PEARL
RIVER DOMINANCE:
We have word from Pearl River that Singh Chawla
(pictured right) has already won two main event
seats for the 150k Guarantee. Well done, sir.
He's definitley taking advantage of a great deal. We
can't say for sure that the third iteration had an
overlay but the first two Sunday satellites with two
seats guaranteed had small ones. They are
running these every Sunday up to our event their
March 12th.
It's definitely worth the drive to Pearl River but
you better be prepared to beat Singh as he's looking
to make it three in a row Sunday.
10K TO WSOP:
Also Sunday, at Harrahs NOLA is a $600 buy-in
satellite paying the winners 10k cash. You can use
it for a WSOP Main Event seat or for a summer
bankroll or for a used car. It's sweet green cash.
Event starts at noon. If you want to get in and out
fairly easily and duck the parade traffic we
recommend the secret route behind the convention
center. Google map it.
Expecting a good crowd for this event.
Want to get in on the cheap?
Saturday after the $200 11 am event closes
registration around ~12:20 they will be running $140
sit 'n goes (two winners of $600 cash) to parlay
your way into Sunday. The Saturday event has
had prize pools over 10k since they bumped it up to
$200. Well worth it.
Sunday they'll start sit 'n goes at 10 to 10:30 am.
RESULTS FROM
ACROSS THE COUNTY: DONEY DEVOURS DC:
At the MGM National Harbor resort, during the East
Coast Poker tour, Joel Doney took down a $400 buy-in
193 person field, that surpassed the 50k guarantee.
Joel, a Harrahs NOLA reg, won over 16k for
first.
This is Joel's first Hendon Mob eligible victory. He
also cashed in the opener as he finished 77th in the
1812 entrant 500k guarantee field. Joel also final
tabled a third event which has yet to post.
Congrats bud!
WSOP-C:
With tournaments everywhere these days the WSOP-C as
it often does has two events going concurrently.
At the Rio in Las Vegas, former Gulf Coaster Kristen
Deardorff cashed 7th in Event #2 for just under 3k
on the $400 Buy-in. Congrats to Kristen. Meanwhile
in Florida even more Gulf Coasters found the
cashier's cage...
HIGH ROLLER:
AJ Kelsall of Tampa, FL finished runner up in the
$2200 buy-in event at the Seminole Hard rock in
Tampa. Eric Salazar (3rd 38k), Hamid Izadi (8th
8.8k), and John Dollinger also cashed.
PLO 8:
Philip Hui of San Antonio fell to David Prociak of
Florida in heads up action. Prociak won over 51k and
Hui over 31k. TK Miles finished fifth for 11.6k.
Leif Force, Allen Kessler, Cord Garcia, Blake
Barousse, and Dee Banks all cashed.
MONSTER:
Joe Hebert of Metairie finished 9th in the $400
buy-in. He won a little over 6.8k. Charles Johnson
of Norcross, GA, Nate Bandy of TN, Bradly Gagola of
Tallahassee, Robbier Beck of Houston, and Chris Read
of Sugar Hill, GA, cashed.
MONTHLY WSOP 10K
SATELLITE:
Last Sunday of Every
Month:
Next one is February 23rd,
High Noon, $600, 20k ss
NEWS BITS:
POKER ALLIANCE:
As mentioned last week previewing the new season of
survivor many players shared a poker connection.
Little did we know how much that would play a role
in the first episode. Chad Holloway has a great
write-up of the storylines over at
PokerNews
and
the full episode of Poker Night in America where the
alledged alliance was formed.
Want to make a bet on this season? MSN
has an article on the current odds with Yul Kwon the
organizer of the anti-poker alliance as the
favorite.
TEXANS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANANS:
We aren't saying there is a 50k Guarantee
multi-flight tournament headed your way the last
weekend of March... but we also aren't saying there
isn't. Possibly a BagWow! format. BagWow you ask?
Go here.
COMPLETE WSOP SCHEDULE:
Recently read there will now be two player of the
year awards. One for everything and one for
everything $1500 and under. Price points vary from
$500 to a $250k high roller but most events seem to
be $1500 and under. The next tier of events is 10k
and includes an online tournament for the first time
at that price point.
Complete schedule here.
STAY SAFE, STAY DRY:
As Pearl River surges higher with rainfall our
thoughts our with our friends in central Mississippi
and any who are facing flooing conditions.
POKER NEWS:
SURVIVAL
Boston Rob (should we call him Pensacola Rob now...
he's been a staple on the gulf coast for quite a
while now) and one or two other poker playing
aficionados return for a clash of champions
(including Tyson Apostle behind him in the pic
above). The parallels to tournament poker with the
set-up of Survivor's reality game show are many.
It mimics the capriousness of elimination, the
randomness and uneven distribution of assets (cards
to idols/other players folly etc), skill of
interpretating partial infomation, people reading,
boldness to make a move or a bluff, rewards the
patience of players who time their all or nothing
moves, and punishes those who don't. Not to mention
all the money is up top with a $2 million prize this
year to first. These are some of the best to ever
play, and this season should showcase some great
game play and bluffs in buffs. Go
here
for more on getting the right cast.
VARIANCE IS A B.....:
Phil Galfond is down almost a million Euros in his
Galfond challenge. Venividi1993 has pounded him over
15 sessions and Phil is pondering quiting the
challenge.
As Phil pointed out later on twitter in heads up PLO
even a bad player would win at a higher rate during
a normal distribution of cards. He credits his
opponent for playing well but run-bad has to be an
element of the distortion of results. That or
whoever wrote the program for his site left a
backdoor in and Phil's getting superused. (No
evidence of that other then him getting pummeled).
For more go here.
SATTYS-FACTION:
Couple of ongoing events represent a great chance to
get in on the cheap and parlay a small entry fee
into something YUGE!
-Harrahs NOLA next $600 10k to the winner event is
Sunday, Febuary 22rd at High Noon. 10k bundles to
the winners? Their's your WSOP Main Event seat
right there. Also, single table sit n' goes to get
into the event $140 a player (two seats to winners)
will be starting today.
-A couple of social media contests are active on our
FACEBOOK
and TWITTER
pages. Like, share, comment to win seats into the
$150k Guarantee at Pearl River. Pay attention to the
bonus for the new one which runs up to the event.
Take a picture of your receipt for any of the Sunday
satellites at Pearl River (schedule two posts below)
to earn an extra entry to the drawing. Those sunday
events have been a small overlay on the first two
iterations.
VIRAL POKER
LINKAGE:
Corona
Virus on your mind? It's not here yet, but if you
are thinking ahead... PokerNews has a piece on how
to play live poker and minimize your risk of
catching the virus:
Here.
What about the WSOP 2020? They've issued a statement
also at PokerNews.
Macau, the biggest gaming center in the world is
shut-down. When the casinos close you should pay
attention. On the heels of the Asian Poker League's
cancellations, Triton Poker
is also cancelling a tournament because of the Novel
Corona Virus in South Korea.
The Norovirus outbreak at
L'Auberge Lake Charles
(thanks to Larry Douglas and Don Dove for the heads
up) is a warning to players to take appropriate
measures including hand cleaning with hot water to
dodge the winter viruses.
Supposedly, Chinese in crisis like storing money on
the old cryptocurrency called Bitcoin. The bull market
Bitcoin
is enjoying is evidence that theory is either true,
or enough people buy into it, that you might want to
pick up some more crypto.
What to do if you get quarantined?
Don't forget you can also use Bitcoin to play online poker.
What else, watch a movie? There's one being made
taglined as "The World Series of Poker meets Abu
Ghraib," that will star Tiffany Haddis, Willem Dafoe
and Oscar Isaac. Nothing viral about this one
although curiously, the working title is "The Card
Counter," which isn't very Poker-y and a lot more
BlackJack-y. Vanity Fair has the story here:
More about the plot here
which involves the protagonist, William Tell
(Isaac), deciding to win the World Series of Poker
to help with his other cause.
Let's, here's some great news and some awesome
entertainment for locked-ins. New High Stakes
Poker
coming to PokerGo.
AROUND THE
COAST:
Pearl River announces their two seat guarantee Main
Event Satellites starting Super Bowl Sunday for
their 150k Guarantee Main Event.
Last fall most (all?) of their satties had an
overlay and the Main Event had a ~$20k overlay. Hard
to beat free money.
Go to the thread on our
FACEBOOK
page for the structure and more info.
It's a busy calendar locally even without a series
until March (Pearl River's Poker Open 12th through
22nd).
The Beau Rivage features their Monthly 50k
Guarantees and Little Monsters.
Harrahs, NOLA, has started their Monthly 10k
Satellite with a $600 Buy-in and 20k Starting
Stack. Also, they've bumped up their Saturday
Tournament to a 12k starting stack and $200 buy-in
featuring much bigger prize pools. It's grown every
week since making the change.
Horseshoe Bossier City is doing a Mardi Gras
tournament series coming up soon as well as their
regular weekly events.
MORE
WSOP-TUNICA
Thanks for the heads up from one of our readers and
sorry for the miss when we first relayed this
result. Nice hit in Event 4 for Broussard,
Louisiana's Adam Racca who pocketed over 10k for his
second place finish. Well done Adam.
EVENT 5: This six handed
event went to Bryan Salerno of Little Rock. He won
overr 18k beating Todd Osborne heads up. Also
cashing: Edward Chevallier of Many, LA; Mike
Sanders; Kip Jones of Denham Springs, LA; and Josh
Palmer.
EVENT 6: Tim Burt just
missed another ring in yet another non NLHE event as
he placed second to Grant Hart of Conway, AR in PLO.
Hart won 11k for first and Tim a hair under 7k for
second. Damjan Radanov won 4.7k for third. Also
cashing Jamie Kizer; JP Kolb, and John Holley.
EVENT 7: Walker Miskelly,
pictured after winning the King of last Spring's
Pearl River Event, won his first ring in Event 7's
Monster Stack. More satisfying, likely, was the $43k
payday. Another Pearl River Regular Thuy Djedos of
Brand, MS won over 6k for 7th place.
Justin Gates continue his torrid streak cashing
going out one spot ahead of Kip Jones, and two in
front of Birmingham's Chase Turner. Also cashing:
Matthew South; Hamid Izadi; Cody Stanford; JP Kolb;
Austin Reilly; Steve McClusky; James Taylor; Josh
Williams; Trent Bennett; and John Gilbert.
EVENT 8: The $600 Hold'em
event won by Sam Washburn of Arkansas for over 28k
featured a final table of Matthew South (4th 9k) and
Blake Barousse (8th 3k). Holiday Hold'em Main Event
winner Rex Smith finished 11th. Jeremy Eyer, Chris
Lane and Rodney Boswell also cashed.
EVENT 9: Tim Burt (6th
$2400) and Austin Reilly ($1.4k) final tabled the
$250 one day event. Stephen Nusrallah, Mack Ham,
Mike Sanders and Krishna Kota also cashed.
EVENT 10: Main Event end
of Day(s) 1. Chris Miller with over 500k bagged the
biggest stack. 79 out of the 491 total will restart
today. Stephan Nusrallah not too far behind with
387k. Johnny Landreth, Ben Thomas, TK Miles, Sean
Small and Greg Jennings in the top 20 with over 300k
each.
Walker Miskelly bagged 269k joined by Yousef Saleh,
Warren Sheaves, Chris Davis and Kyle Cartwright in
the over 200k club. Marshall White, Blake Barousse,
Mack Ham, Blake Whittington, Hamid Izadi and BJ
McBrayer all bagged over 100k. Chad Chisolm, Tood
Osborne, Cody Stanford, Tim Burt, Jacob Corda, and
Matt Higgins also return.
WSOP-C TUNICA
UPDATES: GCP AWARD WINNERS KEEP WINNING:
Blake Whittington a GCP Award winner for being the
most consistent tournament player in the region won
another ring in Event #2. He bested Andrew Brinkley
heads up for just under 20k. The 28 year old has won
six total rings and three at Tunica. He finally
received his trophy after some missed connections
and promptly won again.
Matt South of Florence, AL (8th) and Sean Small
(6th) also made the final table. Philip Walsh cashed
the event continuing his recent hot streak.
Michael Lech, the Arkansas pro, won his eighth ring
in the re-entry event for a 53k score. Lech received
nominations for the GCP Awards as well. Michael
Monaghan of Jackson finished 10th for a little over
4k. Others in the money include: Joe Hebert of
Metaire (17th); Byron Tipton (20th); Chris Lane
(23rd); JW Carter; Cody Stanford; Rusell Boyette;
Ray Curran; Tim Burt; Justin Donato; and Michael
Pelt.
OTHER NOTABLES IN TUNICA:
EVENT 1: Matt South just missed another final table
along with David Lee of Memphis in Event One
finishing 12th and 13th. Also cashing that event:
Teresa Lammie; Denise Pratt; and Donnie Phan.
SENIORS: Barry Schultz and Jo Caine cashed in the
403 entry 80k prize pool.
EVENT 4: Yousef Saleh (GCP Player of the Year), 7th,
and Justin Gates, 8th (Baton Rouge), made the final
table of the $400 one day event.
Here's the
schedule
for the remainder of the event.
HARRAHS NOLA
TOURNEY TWEAKS:
For those who have missed it, Harrahs New Orleans
has changed their Saturday tournament to a $200
buy-in. This tweak ups the prize pool and lowering
the juice percentage wise. This past weekend three
players chopped for $1900 a piece not bad for a few
hours work. They also made sure to increase the
starting stack to 12k.
Also, they have announced a monthly $600 Sunday
tournament. It will essentially be the last Sunday
of the month in the run up to the World Series of
Poker Main Event. In February it's the second to
last because of Mardi Gras. Every time $10k (after
taxes) is reached in the prize pool they will award
the cash equivalent of a WSOP Main Event seat.
First one takes place Sunday, January 26th at High
Noon. Right now they are running sit n goes awarding
two winners the $600 buy-in to the Sunday event.
More of those to come.
SOCIAL MEDIA
CONTEST CONTINUES:
Our opening social media seat giveaway is still
going on! if you want a shot at a Pearl River $150k
Guarantee opener seat: like, share, and comment to
get an entry on our
FACEBOOK
page. Do the same via @GCPNet on TWITTER
in the to double your chances at winning.
Pearl River starts March 12th and runs through the
22nd. Schedule on the post on Facebook. Last fall
there was a near 20k overlay in the
Main Event. And credit to Pearl River they want to
grow the event, so the first thing they did was lock
in another double 150k guarantee series. You want a
piece of that free money? Go ahead and book your
rooms now.
BEAU WRAP UP:
JOE HEBERT DOMINATES SERIES:
Congratulations to our man Joe. The Metairie player
had a week to remember after getting the lion's
share in the chop (74k) of the high roller. Hebert
split it up with Corey Harrison, Dee Banks, and Josh
Palmer who each earned over 40k.
Mike Horchoff (pictured) returned from out west to
bag as Day one chipleader and won over 13k for
seventh place. Rarely is there a high stakes final
table at the Beau without Moe Moeini and this was no
different with the local winning $7700 for ninth.
Another regular at their cashier is Jeremy Gaubert
of Baton Rouge who won $6367 for 10th. Also cashing
for that amount: David Williams of Hoover, AL and
Don Rolfe of Ocean Springs in 11th and 12th
respectively.
Big Phil Treaudo of NOLA won ~ $5700 for fifteenth.
Ray McIntosh of Slidell earned almost $4700 for
sixteenth.
Others in the money included: Philip Walsh, Luther
Tran, Johnny Landreth, Justin Allen, Steven Rash, Ed
Sebesta, and Randy Kennedy.
Joe won or chopped for the most in three events last
week. In the $300 8 Max event he earned $8607. Also
cashing Terry Moore, Curtis Terry, Kyle Barnette and
Don Rolfe. Scroll (way) down for details on Joe's
12k win in Event #2.
LITTLE MONSTERS:
Al Dapkus fo Georgia won the smaller of the two
Little Monster events (#15) for $4700. Matt Sirchia
of Pensacola, FL (2nd $4371), Rebekah Crosby of
Covington, LA (3rd $3888), Justin Gates (Baton
Rouge), Piyush Mittal (pictured to the left) and
Kyle Barnett of NOLA made the final table.
Justin Gates also chopped the larger of the Little
Monsters (event 13). He split it three ways with
Robert Beck of Slidell and Nick Langsford of Kenner.
Each earned just under $6900. In on the chop for
just a little less (5k) Jason Durson of Gulfport
(5k) and Marvin Durden of Atlanta.
Others in the money included: Simon Philip; Mark
Ryan; Louis Lee; Huey Hulin; Guy Turner; and John
Dubard.
NOLA/METAIRE
PLAYERS DOMINATE BEAU:
Joe Hebert's hat trick (see above and below) along
with Corey Harrison's deep run in the high rollers
were only the tip of the iceberg. Add in Metaire's
Nick Langsford chop in the bigger Little Monster
(see above) and it was a week of dominance. Here's
more:
GAMBLE CLOSE:
Doug Gamble earned almost $1800 for second place in
the final $300 event of the series. Well done Doug. GORDON GETS IT:
Randy Gordon (pictured) of Metairie won $4800 and
bested a final table that included fellow NOLA reg
Peace Marvel (2nd for $2800), Bryne Wilson (3rd
$2800), William Anderson of Madison, MS (4th); James
Sharp of Slidell, LA; and Randy Marker of Ocean
Springs. Pensacola's Rachel Tullier and Brandon
Valera also cashed.
CRESSEND WINS IT:
Another Metairie/NOLA based player took down a Beau
event tournament. John Cressend of Metaire, LA split
it evenly with James Payne of Carrier, MS each
earning over $8300. Owen Bradley of NOLA, Vincent
Phan of Folsom, LA, Reese Vines of Pensacola and
Justin Kelly of Mathiston, MS all made the final
table. ALso in the money Felton Breaux of New Iberia
and George McDonald of Ocean Springs.
SALEH WINS AGAIN!:
NOLA can't quite claim Mississippi's Joe Saleh but
he's been on an arguably even bigger tear since
coming to town during Poker Gras to pick up his 2019
GCP Player of the Year trophy. Joe Saleh won the
Monster Stack earning over 23k in a chop with Trey
Walton of Georgia (22k), Terry Moore of Mobile (21k)
and Joel Watts of Ocean Springs (17k). Also cashing;
Ben Thomas; Mark Berrigan (Tallahassee); Gavin
Munroe; Joel Doney; Bryne Wilson; Greg Radais
(Lafayette); Kai Landry; Steve Bierman; Trace
Henderson; Curtis Terry and Matt South.
BOSSIER CITY
FRIENDS:
Stephen Green of Panama City, and also the Horseshoe
Bossier TD, chopped 6 ways in the Seniors event for
10k. Always nice to see a good guy in the winner's
circle. Bobby Moore of Pearl River, MS got the
biggest share with $14.5k. Also earning 10k Mark
Ryan and Deric Williams of Louisiana. Others in the
money included: Ron Franco; Alton Bullock; Judge Leo
Boothe; James Payne; Felix Lagasse and Richard
Roach.
Also, Congrats to Chris Mays (pictured second from
the left) who cashed a couple of times in Choctaw.
Chris chopped one of our Holiday Hold'em events in
Bossier in December.
Platinum Pass on PokerStars. The final will
take place before next year's PSPC. 
and Hugo Eduardo (backup #2) who have both won seats
to Pearl River previously.
PEARL
RIVER DOMINANCE:
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of Pensacola, FL (2nd $4371), Rebekah Crosby of
Covington, LA (3rd $3888), Justin Gates (Baton
Rouge), Piyush Mittal (pictured to the left) and
Kyle Barnett of NOLA made the final table.
ark
Ryan and Deric Williams of Louisiana. Others in the
money included: Ron Franco; Alton Bullock; Judge Leo
Boothe; James Payne; Felix Lagasse and Richard
Roach.
