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It's week 4 of the LA Poker Classic with adanthar and nath jumping in to the melee joining the crew that's already in town. It's not too late to make your plans for the Main Event starting Feb 29th at the Commerce Casino!
Nath kicks off his week with a recap of Event #26 and a nice call with K high...$545 and a fun hand. *NEW*
Meanwhile, SirWatts and a couple of the guys watch the Lakers crush the Hawks in between Laker girl shows, from the Commerce box, of course...Box Seats at the Lakers. *NEW*
Still making plans? Find hotel and satellite info here...Guide to the LAPC!
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xxrod17xx: From the Dealer's Box: My First Week!!!
 Part of the Showboat Family
One of the things I was most afraid of when starting this new job was to not really fit in right away. At all the temporary tournament dealing jobs, it took a long time to get accustomed to how they do things because they basically didn't care about us. Now I have a real job, but will the results be the same? The answer is a clear NO! Everyone made it a point to say hello and introduce themselves and welcome me to the team. Most even sat with me on breaks and asked me questions about myself. There are already a few dealers that I feel like I am going to become pretty good friends with...
Read xxrodxx17's complete post here...From the Dealer's Box: My First Week!!!
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Bond18: What's the most you ever lost in a coin toss?
Not quite as much as Anton Chigurh would prefer I bet, but losing a $12,000 flip still feels pretty terrible. I didn’t per say "lose" $12,000, which of course would be much worse, but it seems similar.
I was heads up in the Bodog $250 satellite for a $12,000 World Series package (that you can option to take in cash) against a pretty bad player. The stacks sizes were my 44,500 to his 45,500 at 600/1200. I opened QQ on the button to 3200 and he shoved from the BB, elimating AA and KK from his range. Boo yah. He tables AhKh...
Read Bond18's complete post here...What's the most you ever lost in a coin toss?
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SirWatts: I just won $42,500...
I know that's an enormous amount of money. To be able to win that much in a day I should be ecstatic. Lots of people probably don't make that in a year and just think I'm a jerk for not appreciating how lucky I am. I guess you'd have to be a poker player, in particular a tournament player, to really understand. That's just the game. I just finished 6th in the FTOPS Event #12, a $300 rebuy tournament with 6-handed tables and over 1300 players, for $42.5K. I played for 9 hours, generally getting very lucky, overcoming the few times I got unlucky, and for the most part playing some pretty damn good poker, especially towards the end. But then I ran into an unfortunate spot at the final table where I got put to a tough decision...
Read SirWatts's complete post here...I just won $42,500 and I'm incredibly disappointed
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 Bond18 - Things it took me a while to learn.
Sick of entering tournaments, grinding away and getting nowhere? We know the feeling. Fortunately, Bond18 has some insights for you in his definitive series on tournament play. Do yourself a favor. Take a break and read the posts. You might just start making the money!
Part 14: Playing a Chip lead/Big Stack
Oh, and check back for updates. He's not through with your game yet!
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CBorders: Wooo
Yawn...Boring end of the week. Tournaments didn't go so well, cash games went okay and I was up a little on the week. I'm having a hell of a time getting money transfered and I have a couple grand sitting in limbo until my account is approved, which sucks. Tonight I played the $24+$2 $28,000gtd, which became $37k because of 1558 players. I was hella card dead for the first half hour but kept rolling nicely. AT
Read CBorder's full post here...Wooo
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Bring Your Home Game to the Commerce Casino
Our new sponsor, the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles, will now host your home game. Watch the video below to learn more:
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"Before all else, be armed."
- Machiavelli, 15th century Italian author
Pre-flop discipline goes a long way.
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Landlord79: Mid-Month Update on my "Break"
 My February goals were:
Reinvigorate my spiritual life.
Create new habits
1. Prayer time
2. Reading time
3. Exercise program
Purify my body, through a strict diet.
Retool my calendar so that I am doing things based on what is important, not what I feel like doing.
Well, I can’t say that I have thoroughly kept any of my stated goals for the month...
Read Landlord79's post here...Mid-month Update on my "Break"
Mr_Taterhead: Switcheroo!!!
 I have primarily been playing uNL cash games on the internet for the last year or so and I have faired pretty well. I usually don’t have the 5-6 hours on average that it takes to play a tourney. I only have a couple of hours a night that I am able to dedicate to poker. Between being a full time accountant and a full time dad to a newborn, I just don’t have the time. I decided last week that if I ever wanted to get out of the 5x5 cubicle that I spend 40hrs a week in, I was going to have to play in some bigger cash games or make a few nice scores in a couple tourneys. Since I have been running pretty bad at uNL cash games this month I decided that taking a couple of shots at some bigger NL games was probably a bad idea, so this weekend I made a conceded effort to play a couple of tourneys on Stars...
Read Mr_Taterhead's complete post here...Switcheroo!!!
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The Final Hand from the 2002 World Series
of Poker Championship Event
At the final table with $20,000/40,000 blinds, Robert Varkonyi was sitting with Qd, 10s, while Julian Gardner had Jc, 8c. Varkonyi raised to $90,000 and Gardner called. The flop of Qc, 4c, 4s gave Varkonyi an overpair, while Gardner was on a flush a draw. Gardner checked and Varkonyi bet $50,000. Gardner decided to semi-bluff with his flush draw and moved all-in. Varkonyi called. The turn and river of Td, Tc helped Gardner to make a flush...but it also gave Varkonyi a full house and the win.
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EdmondDantes: The Year of the Rat
After the events of Super Bowl Sunday, I had no idea when I’d be allowed out into society at large much less back into a licensed casino. By Wednesday, though, I’d sold the UCLA medical staff on releasing me to the custody of my wife, and by 7p Thursday, she was 40 minutes into a yoga class and I was leaving my car with the valet at the Commerce Casino. Obviously, the Commerce doesn’t subscribe to weekly updates of the Las Vegas blacklist or doesn’t consider my behavior as documented in the Mirage security report abnormal—the valet greeted me with a friendly “Welcome back, sir! Leave it up front?” Why yes, thank you.
I was back at the Commerce with the simple goal of tracking down Thayer (reportedly playing the $1500 event) and perhaps redeeming my shocking exit from a single table satellite the prior week. As it turned out, I was sidetracked from my task by the buffet, Asian hotties, a frenzied mob and an unruly pride of paper mache lions. The events as transpired are still hazy but fortunately I had my digital camera and convinced the Commerce staff that my use of same was of journalistic significance. I’ll do the best I can to recap the events and provide photo verification where possible.
Read Edmond's entire Trip Report here...The Year of the Rat: Celebrating the Chinese New Year...Commerce style!
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Suite Time at the Laker Game
 First of all, huuuuuuuuge thanks to Scot and Kyle at TwoRags and Dave and everyone else at the Commerce Casino for making this happen. It was a great time, and very much appreciated. One of my favorite parts of traveling for poker is going to different sporting events around the world. So the deal was that the Commerce had arranged for a limo to pick us up and drive us to and from the game, and we had VIP tickets for the Commerce's box. Myself, Thayer, Vivek, and Ray ended up going...
Read SirWatts' complete trip reports with pics!...Trip Report: Box Seats at the Lakers
 David, out friend from the Commerce, sent me a text message informing me that he had 5 tickets to the Commerce’s private suite at Staples Center. This would be the first game back for the Lakers from a their longest road trip in team history (and most successful). Plus it was Gasol’s first game at home for the Lakers so this was no ordinary game. David… you’re the man!
Read lakong's complete trip report with pics!...Suite at the Laker Game, Limos, Bad Beat on a Crazy Prop Bet...
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