by Paul 'Dr. Pauly' McGuire - @taopauly
 

by Barbara Rogers

Currently under way at Turning Stone Resort and Casino in Verona, New York, the Super Stacks hold’em series is putting plenty of cash in poker players’ pockets. Coming up just in time for Christmas will be the 12 Days of Poker Giveaway. As always, the popular poker room giveaways are very generous and December 7-15 random table and seat draws will provide lots of fun. Twelve Days of Poker Giveaway, which runs from December 7-18, could garner plenty of gifts for you, including a 60” Panasonic 3D Plasma HDTV, 50”LG 3D Plasma HDTV, and a 40” Samsung 3D Plasma HDTV.

By Ashley Adams
 

by Lou Krieger

Maybe it was the day, or the time, or just a random confluence of forces, but there’s a big difference between younger and older no-limit hold’em players. What brought this clearly to light was a full table no-limit game, where seven of the table’s players looked to be on the downhill side of 50. And the majority of older players made one similarly shocking error. They significantly overvalued big pairs.

Frank J. Fahrenkopf Jr., president and CEO of the American Gaming Association (AGA), the organization that represents the commercial casino- entertainment industry, declared “there are no longer any good reasons to put US citizens at risk by continuing to outlaw online poker in the US,” and called on Congress to pass laws toughening enforcement against illegal online gambling operators.

Fahrenkopf’s statement came as AGA introduced an online poker Code of Conduct, outlining the measures it believes necessary to implement an effective regulatory system designed to protect American consumers, keep minors from gambling, provide tools to help problem gamblers, and create provisions to help law enforcement identify and prosecute illegal operators.

The Terms of The $500 Poker Challenge: Start with $500 and build your poker bankroll over one year into a substantial bankroll. You may only play live games in casinos and poker rooms; no online or home games. This is Part 10 of the $500 Poker Challenge. Two more articles to go before the end of this series.

Turning Stone’s March MadnessTournament had plenty to offer, including a full field of 335 players, paying out $167,500. The man in charge, Jason DiBenedetto, said, “March Madness turned out to be a great event for us with 300 players in Friday’s $300 event and 335 players in Saturday’s $500 event. We appreciate all of the players who made their way out to Turning Stone for the March series and we look forward to seeing everyone again in May for our East Coast Poker Championships.”

Hands like these don’t happen often; that makes them all the more significant and memorable, especially when you are on the winning end of a HUGE pot.

The meeting of the Board of Directors of our engineering society finished early so I decided to drive over to the Hollywood Park Casino, just a few miles away. The first table was not to my liking, so I changed tables. Nevertheless, despite having been successful with several Esther Bluffs where I won four and lost 1, I was a bit behind when I was dealt K-Q of hearts in the hole:

Terms of the $500 Poker Challenge: Start with $500 and build your poker bankroll over one year into a substantial bankroll. You may only play live games in casinos and poker rooms; no online or home games.

Ninety percent of hand-analysis should be about our errors. We usually learn more from our bad play than we do from our victories.

I spent an hour commiserating with Aaron. To say he was annoyed would be an understatement; a few of the words he uttered were not expletives.

He was in a $2 - $5 blinds no-limit game, with a $500 maximum buy-in. His stack of $1,500 was typical for the game.

“It was the best game ever,” he began. I was wondering how much money he lost. “There were four drunken maniacs with bottomless wallets. I was up over a thousand. This hand was typical.