Feb. 5: TV Road Trip

[Chris Cosenza]

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DEALER BLUFF: New poker table game being played at the Wynn and in some California casinos. Stud poker game, but dealer and player are dealt six cards, from which they make their best 5-card hand. The twist is that unlike most table poker games, the dealer acts first, using a random-number generator tied to the strength of his hand to decide whether to raise 1x, 2x or 3x. And also unlike other table poker games, the dealer will on occasion bluff.

SPEAKING OF BLUFFS ... Is there really such a thing? Scott's been wondering.

AIPS REMINDER: Feb. 10, 9 p.m. - STUD

ANTE UP NEWS DESK: HeadsUp Entertainment International has announced that it will launch the "Canadian Poker Player Television Network" on the Internet on March 5. The network will include footage from Canadian poker events. ... Six poker rooms in Florida have combined to create the Florida Million, a unique tournament format that could generate of prize pool of $1 million. Players can enter "Day One" in any of the six rooms, with the top 10% advancing to the championship Days 2-3 at Derby Lane in St. Petersburg, Florida. ... Police in Grand Rapids, Mich., last week raided a poker game being held in a hotel ballroom, arresting 20 people, including four women who were topless. The heavily advertised event including dealers who took their clothes off and did other stunts, like Jello shots, for tips. Here's the story.

HOTLINE - 813.448.1120: Jason from Reno calls in about the unofficial AIPS TOC

MAILBAG: Brandon Todesca says he used to play Magic: The Gathering and wants to know if we think it really can serve as a step into poker, just like it did for David Williams, et al.

MAIN TOPIC: TV show
The boys went to Jacksonville to be the hosts of for the TV poker show centered around the Chad Brown tournament at Orange Park. A lot of fun things happened to them, including being allowed to play jai-alai in Ocala.

HAND OF THE WEEK: Email your Hand of the Week to podcast@anteupmagazine.com. Joe Morris sends in a hand when he qverplays AQ.

[blazman]

Zorag, can you provide a review please?

[Rant2112]

On Chris' Ts7s hand:

The dealer was totally out of line. The dealer should let the player act and then tell them that the bet is $65. Stopping them in the middle implies they are making a mistake by calling. Bad, bad, bad.

If I were Chris I would absolutely not call the floor. I much prefer a friendly game where honest mistakes aren't unnecessarily penalized. It is better for everyone IMO if new players are comfortable and not constantly worried about making technical mistakes.

The call should absolutely stand if the floor is called. If the player moved his chips forward and clearly intended to call then they should be forced to put in the extra $15 or fold. Like I said, as a player I wouldn't try to get the rule enforced in this case but that has to be the rule to prevent angles.

[CrackpotOne]

I agree with Rant -- the dealer was totally out of line. It's up to the player to pay attention to the action and understand what s/he's about to do. I'm not sure if I would have asked for a ruling/floor call or not -- depends on the situation.

As for the riddle that stumped Vanessa Rousso for so long -- I have to admit to being surprised it was so hard for her. To me, that's a classic from grade school or maybe high school. I don't know if I was first or not (I suspect no), but I called in to the hotline with the answer as soon as I heard it (mind you, I was listening on my iPhone in the grocery store, so I paused it and called, and I'm sure anybody else in the produce section was wondering what the heck I was doing).

As for the Magic: The Gathering topic, I also played a few (well, 10-15) years ago. If I hadn't already been married and had a child during that time period, I would have seriously considered going to tournaments around the country. As it was, I just went to local ones and did fairly well. I do think there is an element of strategy and thinking that is common to that game and poker, but I don't see MTG as leading into Poker -- instead, I just see that people who would be interested in games of skill and strategy could easily be attracted to both.

[GundamPoker]

On Chris' Ts7s hand:

The dealer was totally out of line. The dealer should let the player act and then tell them that the bet is $65. Stopping them in the middle implies they are making a mistake by calling. Bad, bad, bad.

If I were Chris I would absolutely not call the floor. I much prefer a friendly game where honest mistakes aren't unnecessarily penalized. It is better for everyone IMO if new players are comfortable and not constantly worried about making technical mistakes.

The call should absolutely stand if the floor is called. If the player moved his chips forward and clearly intended to call then they should be forced to put in the extra $15 or fold. Like I said, as a player I wouldn't try to get the rule enforced in this case but that has to be the rule to prevent angles.

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