Subject: Re: Reno Hilton World Poker Challenge - Day 5
From: greatbrit <pwestley@pacbell.net>
Newsgroups: rec.gambling.poker
Date: Thu, Jan 10, 2002 1:58 AM
Message-ID: <3C3D65C1.F71DECC4@pacbell.net>

Today was the 7 Stud and the final table of the no limit holdem.  The no
limit had more than I thought, 233 entries with a 24K top prize, a big
crowd watched the final table and it was quite exciting with the short
stack making a few small comebacks before finally succumbing to the two
Goliaths.  The eventual winner was Russ Floyd, the same guy who won the
first event (limit holdem) last year, no deals were made.

I didn't play the stud seeing as I can't even remember my two cards in
holdem, instead I played a couple of satellites (won one, lost one, for
a nice $350+ profit) and came out even at video poker.   I also had a
nice chat with Chris Bigler, we were ironically talking about the issues
with the Binions 6% when a dealer came over to talk to us and mentioned
he was looking forward to dealing at Binions so he could make some
money, he had absolutely no idea about the controversy.  In fact last
year at Binions I noticed that very few people knew anything about the
barrings or the whole tip controversy.  To me that was a big wake up
call that rgp is just a small blip on the poker radar when it comes to
influencing industry issues, all the more reason why a players'
association may be needed.

Tonight I got sucked into an obviously crooked game of liar's poker
(guessing digits on dollar bill serial numbers) with Kathy Liebert and a
friend of both of ours, I lost $2 right off the bat before we luckily
ran out of dollar bills.  Kathy then challenged me to a $100 heads up
freezeout no limit holdem, I tried negotiating her down to $5 with no
success, so of course I had to decline the challenge so I wouldn't lose
$100 and so she wouldn't be able to describe the beating on rgp.

A few top names (I think around 5 to 10) are leaving Reno and going to
Tunica (I heard Men, Tony Ma, can't remember the others), this is of
course very good news for the rest of us as the field just got a lot
easier, but no doubt a disappointment to Reno Hilton that the Tunica
tournament has had a big affect.

Tomorrow is the last $330 event (except for the seniors event the next
day), the limit omaha hi/lo, I'll probably play because with four cards
I can play every hand (even if I can't remember what the four cards
are).  We have a sponsor offering buy-ins and rebuys and free hotel room
for an upcoming tournament at Oasis in Mesquite.

Paul