Episode #150: More poker camps
MAIN TOPIC
Chris steered the Family Truckster over to Orlando to check in on our good friend Kenna James and the Amateur Poker League. While there, he nabbed some great interviews about poker camps with Steve Berman, co-founder of the WPT Boot Camp, and online pro Nick Brancato. Be sure to check out Ante Upper Lee Childs' new Web site, too. Click here to hear the show.
OTHER TOPICS
Texas Hold'em Plus: The Mirage in Las Vegas is testing this new variation. Don't like one of your hole cards? Simply slide it with a chip equal to the small blind to the dealer and you'll get a shiny new card.
PPA update: The Poker Players Alliance (now with more than 1,000,000 members) has formed a new political action committee called PokerPAC.
Housekeeping: Starting next week, Ante Up! will be posted to the Web on Thursdays ... And listen to the show on Rounders Radio on Saturdays ... Don't forget about AIPS this Saturday and on May 22 ... Join Fasso and me in Las Vegas during the World Series of Poker. Click here for early details.
Tampa Bay Poker Replay: A One-Eyed Jack's regular wins a huge pot o' gold in Europe ... Florida Senate Bill 1006 would expand hours for cardrooms and allow for high-stakes and charity/celebrity tournaments, but don't get excited, as it's stalled in the House.
One Minute Mystery: Columbo decides he's likely beat, so he mucks his second pair. Turns out, his opponent was on a brazen bluff with a weak flush draw and gutter.
HAND OF THE WEEK
An anonymous caller rings in to tell us about a no-limit hand where he called a min raise with 7-3 in the big blind and saw a pretty darn nice flop of 7-7-7. He got his opponent to bet the entire way, taking down a very nice pot. Getting paid off on a monster is one of the hardest things to do in poker. We share some tips.
NEXT WEEK'S SHOW
Until Chris changes his mind again, it'll be our rescheduled Dissection of a HORSE Tournament.
- SCOTT
Christopher Cosenza is co-host of the longest running poker podcast on the planet, Ante Up! He started playing poker seriously in 2003 and his favorite players are Phil Ivey and Kenna James, though he tends to act like Phil Hellmuth if you make a bad play against him.
Scott Long, Ante Up!'s other co-host, is the author of the monthly Bet on It column in tbt*. He began gambling way too young (don't tell the fuzz!) and in the seventh grade, named his state "Gambleland" for a school project (State Animal? Loan shark, of course).
Just wanted to give a heads up that I'm proud to announce I have turned $0 into over $650 on doylesroom. Well on my way of repeating Chris Ferguson from $0 to $30K.
Posted by: Brett Otte | April 26, 2008 at 12:11 AM
That's nothing! If you want a REAL challenge, do what I'm doing: Turning $650 into $0 on Full Tilt! 8-)
That's great Brett and I'm sure it hasn't been easy.
Posted by: Christopher Cosenza | April 26, 2008 at 11:05 AM
Enjoyed the show - especially the padoogie session (is that spelled right?) But please dont trust those guys' taste in movies - There will be blood is a must see!
Posted by: Chiberta | April 27, 2008 at 04:04 AM
Great to hear about the Mirage testing Texad holdem plus. Apparently they're doing a 60-day test period between March 25th and May 25th. It must pass the litmus test: Is it popular with the players and profitable for the house? I'm a texas holdem fan, and it would be great to try a different variation of this game!
Posted by: Renee | April 27, 2008 at 05:14 AM
I think I figured out how Chris beat Kenna at Badugi. Kenna sounds like he's pretty toasty.
I did love the soul-read though. How surprised were you, Chris, when Kenna said you had a Badugi?
Posted by: Rant2112 | April 28, 2008 at 01:05 PM
How could Texas Hold Em Plus be profitable for the house unless they're taking the extra buck from a player if they want to draw?
If anything, it sounds like it will slow down the game since there's this extra round of drawing. If the house takes a standard rake, then they're slowing the game down and reducing the rake they pull from each table each hour.
Does somebody know anything about this?
Michael
Posted by: Michael Paul | April 28, 2008 at 02:46 PM
Michael,
Did you read the details on the forum?
http://www.cardclubs.net/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=4019
NickG
Posted by: NickG | April 28, 2008 at 07:03 PM
Great show, I have played in the APL but they pulled out of Arizona so can't make the trip to other states to play. This bar league has many problems like all of the others do. Almost too big with all of the people they have to satisfy.
As Always with Pocket Aces
Posted by: AZslick | April 29, 2008 at 10:11 AM