Binions Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas No Limit Six Plus Hold'Em# Thursday, February 8th, 2018 $70 + $20 + $10 buyin 31 players $2,170 prize pool 1 Charles “Boomerman” Natkins $765 2 Monte “hodger” Christensen $500 3 Jodi “Jodi S.” Shapiro $350 4 Doug “dgr” Grismore $260 5 Alex “Maverick600” Ziselman $195 6 Kent “kentlbeck” Beck $100 World Chowaha Champioinship# Friday, February 9th, 2018 $70 + $20 + $10 buyin 44 players $3,080 prize pool 1 Steve “Crunch” Daniel $955 2 Peter “ADB Foldem” Secor $675 3 Ken “QB” Kubey $525 4 Lynsy Higgs Iwamoto $400 5 David “dave” Low $310 6 Ronald “HappyRaiser” Nutt $215 Four Handed Pot-Limit Very Big O Eight or Better w/lammers# Friday, February 9th, 2018 $70 + $20 + $10 buyin 26 entries $1,820 prize pool 1 Alex “Maverick600” Ziselman $660 2 Nancy “Nance” Robertson $375 3 Adam “Allknight” Bachrach $370 4 Stephen Blackstock $235 5 Charles “Boomerman” Natkins $180 No Limit Hold'Em (with big blind ante)# Saturday, February 10th, 2018 $110 + $20 + $10 buyin 47 entries $5,640 prize pool 1 Kathy Chang $1,750 2 Dan “ADB smalltalk” Goldman $1,240 3 Patrick Milligan $960 4 Russell “Messenger of Doom” Fox $735 5 Katie “Power of V” Baxter $565 6 Scott “scottro” Harker $390 6 Handed HASTE# Saturday, February 10th, 2018 $70 + $20 + $10 buyin 30 entries $2,100 prize pool 1 Voltaire Ronquillo $600 2 Dan “ADB smalltalk” Goldman $560 3 Bree Goldman $355 4 Steve “Crunch” Daniel $275 5 David Kluchman $210 6 Charles “Boomerman” Natkins $100

A newbie’s first impression of BARGE… Originally published at http://www.pokertelegraph.com/blog/2014/07/17/love-going-barge/ Posted by: Eric on July 17, 2014 The year was 2003. A couple of friends of mine and I had just arrived into Las Vegas from Los Angeles and we were looking to play some poker. One of the friends, having never been to Binion’s Horseshoe before and having watched countless repeats of Chris Moneymaker’s victory the year before, wanted to head over as soon as possible which meant we traveled past our hotel and got right off the freeway into the Binion’s parking lot and into what was then the mecca of poker. ...

The story of my twenty-second BARGE. “Where’s the dealer at?”

Translation – “Good lord you drink like a fish, … brought in a friend who stayed on 2-3, and we are sure you have more … please don’t take losing so seriously and go play elsewhere! Come back and gamble today!!!”

Complete results for 2017

Results for ATLARGE 2017.

My sixth EMBARGO. “You’re going down, buddy.”

Complete results for EMBARGO 2017.

Great chess players are legendary for their ability to think many moves ahead. But in poker, forward thinking is undervalued by most players. How a hand will play out is the most important component of your decisions. Current odds are chiefly immaterial, implied odds are how you should calculate your probabilities. And to be able to closely estimate your implied odds, you must read your opponents’ hands, their tendencies, and predict how they will play differing scenarios. ...

ABC loose-passive’s are the easiest opponent’s to play, and you generally have the largest edge against them. Most lowstakes players are ABC loose-passive. Aspiring to see many flops, they habitually limp. Their propensity to call pre-flop raises varies, but they call pre-flop raises much more than your average opponent. On the flop they tend to be fit or fold. Meaning, if they hit the flop, they continue, if not, they’ll fold. The good news is they’re easily exploitable. ...