Several cardrooms are offering players a chance to win a Poker Player Cruise and the list continues to grow. See the list of participating cardrooms with complete details of how you can win a cruise on page 12.
 
Hot Fun in the Summertime. The Eldorado in Reno is adding $20,000 to their August 18-22 deep stack event. August 17 is satellite day, and the first event kicks off at noon on the 18th with $5,000 added to a $225 buy-in no-limit event.
 
If you bust out, jump into the 7 p.m. HORSE event with a $120 buy-in. The 19th and 20th are the same events with this exception: $2,500 will be added to the prize pool and the 7 p.m. events will be no-limit.
 
On August 20th at 4 p.m. it’s Omaha/8 with a $200 buy-in. The championship no-limit event is scheduled for August 21st at noon with a $540 buy-in and $5,000 added to the prize pool, followed by a Ladies International Poker Series (LIPS) no-limit event at 4 p.m. that features a $200 buy-in and $25 bounties on each participant’s head. There’s also a $120 buy-in no-limit event at 7 p.m.
 
“Beat the Boss” August 22nd and win a $1,500 bounty. The event is a $225 buy-in no-limit event with two chances to collect a bounty by knocking out either Gregg Carano or Margie Heintz. Other prizes and pot sweeteners will be included too. Your last chance to cash in begins at 5 p.m. with a $200 buy-in no-limit event with $2,500 added to first place.
 
The $225 noon events start with 10,000 in chips and 2,000 bonus chips are available for an optional $10. Championship event entrants will begin with 12,500 in chips and an additional 2,500 chips are available for $10.
 
The 4 p.m., 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. events will begin with 4,000 in chips and 1,000 more in chips are available for $5. See the Eldorado’s ad in this issue and learn how to get a $35 room rate.
 
Become a Professional Poker Dealer. Tony Shelton’s Dealing School in Las Vegas is a proud member of the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce. The owner is proud to announce that 100 percent of his graduates trained at the internationally known school—including students from as far away as Europe and Brazil—were hired to deal at one or more of the following poker tournaments: World Series of Poker, Venetian, Golden Nugget, Fitzgeralds, and other locations. Shelton’s dealing school is planning to open a branch in Pennsylvania in the future.
 
Parx Casino’s cardroom manager, Ari Mizrachi was in town this week interviewing recent graduates and students and was very satisfied with the quality of dealers. Several students have already been hired for Philadelphia area cardrooms. For more information on Tony Shelton’s Dealer School see their ad in this issue of Poker Player Newspaper.
 
Who Among you Shall be Queen in Arizona? The fifth annual ladies state poker championship is scheduled for September 11-13 at 10 a.m. The ladies will start with 8,000 in tournament chips for a $200 buy-in, and for an optional $10 staff appreciation fee they will receive an additional 1,000 starting chips. Sign up today in Casino Arizona’s poker room at Talking Stick Resort to win your share of $137,500. The prize pool is based on 500 entries plus $50,000 added. For more information see their ad in this issue of Poker Player Newspaper.
 
Debbie Burkhead is a long time poker player, writer, National Sales Director for Poker Player Newspaper and President of Poker Player Cruises. You may contact Debbie at PokerMs@aol.com.