Card Rooms

by Barbara Rogers

I just returned from Turning Stone in Verona, New York. $99,000 was the first place prize in the always popular Empire State Tournament. I saw some pros in the crowd- including Lee Childs, who tripled up early, but was walking around visiting with people by the afternoon. Turning Stone is very generous with their giveaways: two cars were handed out while I was there, and at least forty thousand more in cash prizes. It was a beautiful drive home, though it would have been a lot prettier with $99,000 in the jeep with me. I decided to stop in Cortland, New York to visit the New York Jets training camp. I thought I would break up the trip by watching them practice. I was especially looking forward to watching Tebow. But they broke camp on Friday.

By Barbara Rogers

Being the state champion for any sport, whether wrestling, baseball, or football, would be sweet! But you may be past the weight allowance for wrestling, or maybe your knees can’t take any more football. If a sports championship doesn’t seem to be your destiny, there may be another game you can master. The Crown Royal Poker Room at Dover Downs will crown their new champion on Saturday, September 8th. The tournament will start at noon.

by Debbie Burkhead

The Arena at Talking Stick is Jam-Packed with Poker Action! With 47 poker tables, a giant scoreboard featuring 16 flat screens and a sports ticker, the Arena is Arizona’s largest poker room. Daily $60 no-limit events run Monday- Friday at 11:15 am. Don’t miss out on the Big Stack nolimit tournaments scheduled for September 1, October 6 and November 3 at 11:15 am with a $330 buy-in. Super Bounty-Super Big Stack no-limit events are held on September 15 and October 13 at 11:15 with a $225 buy-in.

by Ashley Adams

In my last column I continued my tale of poker in the western prairie, leaving North Dakota for poker rooms in Montana. In this column I’ll continue with my journey and write about poker in Wyoming.

 Wyoming is a testament to the importance of government and the law. You see, as much as we gamblers may be civil libertarians at heart—preferring for the government to stay out of our lives— when push comes to shove—the right laws can make for the ideal poker environment. Such is the case in Wyoming.

by Ashley Adams

In the first part of this article I recounted the excellent experience of playing poker at the Dakota Magic Casino in southeast North Dakota. I stayed there Saturday night and left for Billings, Montana on Sunday morning.

 My trip took me through the outstandingly scenic Badlands of North Dakota. I took a break from my driving long enough to walk a mile and a half in the Painted Canyon – part of the Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

by Barbara Rogers

Cage fighting without touching. That’s how I felt about most of the tournaments in the recent WSOP. From a few Germans, to an exceptionally nasty elderly lady, attitude abounded. In one of the deep stacks, I flopped a ROYAL FLUSH. Everyone at the table concluded they will never see it again. Maybe on the turn or river, but never on the flop… just too rare. The dealer broke his maidenhood on this one.

 I am proud to say the Northeast placed nine players out of the top 21 in the World Series. Foxwoods regular, Robert Corcione, finished twenty-first, cashing $294,000. Also from the Northeast, John Murray, MA. cashed 280,000. Ace, Robert Corcione had top finishes at Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun, CT. in 2011 and 2012. Topping this off, in the big one, Michael Esposito from New York will be at the final table, along with Russell Thomas, CT., Greg Merson from Maryland, and MA chip leader Jesse Sylvia with 43 million of them. This means the October Nine boasts four players from the East Coast. The beat IS from the northeast!

by Debbie Burkhead

Kindle Fire Giveaway! Pechanga is giving away—not one, but two Kindle Fires, every hour from 1 pm-10:30 pm, every Wednesday until the end of August. Winners are chosen by way of random hot-seat drawings in live games only. Winners will also receive $50 cash. New! High hand competition with bonus cash drawings every Monday, Thursday, and Sunday from 1 pm-10 pm. Hold’em high hand must be jacks or better, and aces full or better in Omaha. Plus, players earn “Bonus Cash” drawing tickets by making any qualifying high hand. The $500 bonus cash drawings are held at 6 pm and 11 pm.

 $10K Giveaway Tuesdays! Get your aces cracked on August 7, 14, and 21 for a chance to win cash. Earn entry tickets by losing with pocket aces from 9 am-10 pm to qualify for $125 cash drawings at 1 pm, 3 pm, 6 pm, 8 pm, and 10 pm. On August 28 from 3 pm-10 pm, there will be 15 drawings of $500 each plus a bonus drawing for $625. All entry tickets earned on Tuesdays will be eligible for the drawings.

by Ashley Adams

 I just completed a six state poker trip. I flew out to Minneapolis and drove west on (what I had planned as) a six day poker road trip to visit poker rooms in North Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, and South Dakota—four of the nine remaining states in which I had never played poker. I’d gone online to read up on what they spread and where they spread it—and frankly, I wasn’t terribly encouraged. None of those four states had legal public poker rooms that spread no limit hold’em— and there surely was no stud. So I had planned on a relatively bland diet of low limit and low spread limit hold’em. As it turned out, however, the experience was far from bland. It included what I now consider to be the best place in the world to play poker.

 My first port of call was the Dakota Magic Casino in the southeastern corner of North Dakota—about a three hour drive northwest out of Minneapolis.

by Ashley Adams

I just completed a six state poker trip. I flew out to Minneapolis and drove west on (what I had planned as) a six day poker road trip to visit poker rooms in North Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, and South Dakota—four of the nine remaining states in which I had never played poker. I’d gone online to read up on what they spread and where they spread it—and frankly, I wasn’t terribly encouraged. None of those four states had legal public poker rooms that spread no limit hold’em— and there surely was no stud. So I had planned on a relatively bland diet of low limit and low spread limit hold’em. As it turned out, however, the experience was far from bland. It included what I now consider to be the best place in the world to play poker.

by Haley Hintze

DELAWARE APPROVES  ONLINE POKER AMID  GAMBLING EXPANSION

 A broad-based expansion of gambling opportunities  was signed into law by Delaware Governor Jack Markell one day after  Delaware’s state Senate passed a House bill authorizing several forms  of online gambling, including online poker. Online casino games and  NFL parlay betting were also included in the bill, which will call for  residents to purchase deposit vouchers from authorized state sales  agents once various online network pieces are up and running.

THREE MONTHS FOR BLACK FRIDAY’S  THREE MONTHS FOR BLACK FRIDAY’S  CAMPOS CAMPOS