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Jeremy maintains lead at $10,000 NLHE Championship Day 4

July 11, 2008
$10,000 NLHE Championship Day 4

On Day 4, Jeremy Joseph started his day as the chip leader and ended his day by being the chip leader again with a chip count of 2,187,000. After Jenna Phillips who was the Dealer of the Year, announced ‘Shuffle up and deal’ the competition began for the golden bracelet and for $9,110,517. Majority of the remaining players had previously made an appearance at the championship table including WSOP champions Phil Hellmuth and Johnny Chan. Some of the other finalists were Mike Matusow, Allen Cunninham, Glenn Cozen and Hevad Khan.

Day 4 saw Robert Mizrachi as the first contestant to get eliminated when Robert’s all chips went in on a J-9-4 flop. But Robert couldn’t survive William Soffin and Robert got eliminated and he finished off at 458th position. Brian Schaedlich who was the chip leader on Day 2 but on Day 4 Brian started his day with comparatively short stack. Brian ended up at 456th position. Kirill Gerasimov was having pocket kings against Danny Mitnick’s A-K, but Kirill had to face undefeatable A-A-10 flop and Kirill finished at 439th position. David Colclough, Jean-Robert Bellande, Mike Wattel were some of the players those who got eliminated in the first hour of the game.

Cliff Josephy was having pocket jacks against Danny Fuhs J-10, as all the money was in on 9-8-6 flop where Cliff was with the overpair and Danny along with the open-ended straight draw. As the queen fell on the turn Danny received his draw and Cliff’s chip count was down at 60,000. But Cliff was not able to continue further and he finished at 386th position. As Anthony Zinno’s A-Q scored against Bertrand’s pocket kings and Bertrand Grospellier finished off at 370th position. As the king hit the board Jason Lester’s pocket queens couldn’t survive Hoyt Corkin’s A-K, Jason finished at 367th position.

Johnny Chan felt helpless when he had to face Damien Creurer’s A-10. In the following hand Johnny moved all in along with A-7 and Damien called along with pocket eights. Johnny couldn’t survive Damien and he finished off at 329th position. Due to this elimination Phil Hellmuth became the only former WSOP Main Event champion left in the field.

Thayer Rasmussen pushed in all his chips along with the pocket aces in opposition of Sylvain Coeur’s pocket tens. As the board ran out J-8-3-7-9 giving Sylvain a jack-high straight, Thayer finished off at 321st position. Eric Bamer’s pocket kings overcame Pat Poel’s pocket jacks which made Pat to finish off at 310th position. Dag Martin Mikkelsen’s pocket kings couldn’t stand Kevin Mason’s pocket aces and Dag finished at 281st position.

After a king hit the board, Van Nguyen’s pocket eights gave up against Dale Hoy’s K-Q and Van finished off at 250th position. The women contestants kept on decreasing with Tracey Nguyen and Evellyn Ng both finishing at 239th and 238th positions. The last representative of 2007 WSOP Championship final table Heyad Khan finally got eliminated at 240th position. The chip leaders were Jeremy Joseph with 2,187,000, Nikolay Losey with 2,110,000, and Cristian Dragomir with 2,065,000.

Jeremy advances into Day 4 of No Limit Hold’em Championship

July 10, 2008
No Limit Hold’em Championship, Day 3

Day 3 of WSOP No-Limit Hold’em Championship began with a total of 1307 contestants aiming at the $64-million-plus along with the payouts beginning for 666th place. As the field cashed Steve Chung finished his game play at 667th position. Jeremy Joseph, who had moneyed in the same event last year, finished at 603rd position this time. But this time he got lucky and made it through the Day 3 but he ended the day as the chip leader with 1,458,000 chips. There were other players that played at the Championship for two long days but they came short on their third day.

Poker got recognition at the time when Chris Moneymaker started the event in the year 2003 and he also won a golden bracelet. Chris survived the tough two days of this 2008 event but at the start of the Day 3 Chris was short-stacked and he was the first contestant to get eliminated on Day 3. Patrik Antonius was the next casualty as he couldn’t survive in front of Jim Dalessandro. By the first break of the day more than two hundred contestants got eliminated which included- Barny Boatman, Jennifer Harman, Scott Clements, and Tony Hachem.

Tony Cousineau pocket eights also didn’t survived his opponent’s pocket aces. Paul McKinney who was the Seniors Champion at 2005 WSOP was the next to go as Paul’s pocket sixes were no good against his opponent’s pocket kings. Matt Glantz was one contestant who managed two tables at WSOP 2008 but unfortunately he also was not able to win a cash prize and left the Main Event. Throughout his career Phil Gordon had made many WSOP final tables which included 2001 WSOP Championship where he finished off at fourth position, but on Day 3 he also was not able to win anything.

Prior to the dinner break Mickey Appleman pocket tens fell to his opponent’s pocket jacks, Joseph Grue’s pocket kings were no good against his opponent’s pocket aces, and John Gordon’s pocket kings overcame Matt Graham’s pocket queens. As the eliminations continued Minh Nguyen’s pocket kings had to face Sarkis Akopyan’s pocket aces. Sigurd Eskeland and Nenad Medic got all their chips in on A-J-9 flop where Nenad’s A-K enjoyed an edge against Sigurd’s A-Q but a queen on the river forced Nenad to the rail. Sigurd was not able to keep up the lead. Vanessa Rousso also had to face tough competition and she finished off at 625th position. Thor Hansen finished off at 600th position and Henning Granstad who was Day 1C chip leader finished at 553rd position. Andrew Rosskamm’s pocket jacks overcame Andreas Torbergsen’s pocket fives and Andreas finished at 551st position.

Chau Giang finished at 518th position and minutes later Chris Gregorian followed Chau and Chris finished at 514th position and for one of the last hands of Day 3 Markus Gosler finished off at 477th position. At the end of the Day 3, total of 474 players remained including two of the former WSOP Champions Johnny Chan and Phil Hellmuth. The top three players were Jeremy Joseph, who was the leader with 1,458,000 chips, Jeremiah Smith on second position with 1,079,500 chips, and Mark Ketteringham in third position with 950,000 chips.

Victor Ramdin talks of his WSOP experience

Victor Ramdin is one name that rose from being “nobody” to a “winner” of more than whooping $2,400,000. This New York poker player started his poker journey in 2002, when he learned poker and in no time he moved from casual bar gaming to big tournaments.

During the dinner in middle of Main event 3, Victor sat with casinosdiary.com and talked about his poker and WSOP experience, so far.

First thing he was asked was to describe his life when got a citizenship of US and now, to which he said that the difference is big. Victor started working in mortuary, then he moved on to a fish freezer, from freezer he moved to a grocery shop and then he opened a small business of his own which is still there. Though today he earns from poker too, he still has his little retail work and real estate business.

When asked how poker has helped him, Victor Ramdin replied saying poker helped him with his bills and all the charity kind of work he always wanted to do but couldn’t mange with the income he generates with his small business. Victor reveled that his love poker is because he can earn good and give it to kids in need, with generosity.

To the improved status of the WSOP structure this year, Victor had nothing to say but agree. He agreed with all the players who are impressed with the structure being better than what it was before. Victor admitted that this kind of unbelievable structure is always a dream come true for all the pros and he believes for him it can’t get better than this. He also appreciated the restructures and efficient championship put forward this year.

Talking about the advantage a big stack combined with good structure gives to a player; Victor Ramdin said the combination does prove right. But he also added that no matter what he has in his side, his strategy is to always gamble 30% of his stack on any hand. Depending on the need of the hour he even pushes his stack percent up to 40 or 50% on a given hand. Victor admitted that no matter whether his play works or not, whether he gets called and misses it, he is always proud and happy about his plays. He also said that sometime it is important to make big plays whether they work or not and he likes to do it. Victor says that most of the game he plays goes like he make calls and he is the one making plays.

When asked if it’s his bravo attitude that scares his opponents, Victor smiled and agreed saying that his fearlessness make shim survive deep. He mentioned that he played three major pots for $80,000, $600,000 and $400,000 and in spite of being at the losing end he is still in.

Before resuming his activities, Victor told casinosdiary.com that with $286,000 still on his side he hopes to make big stack today or tomorrow. He said that he is happy to have a great table and is highly confident about his game, and believes that the structure is an advantage to him. Lastly, Victor Ramdin revealed that his strategy is to take one hand at a time and slowly and without rushing, he will get to his goal.

Peter and Alex gain the lead

July 9, 2008
Event 2B, $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Championship

Day 2B of WSOP witnessed more than two thousand contestants where Henning Granstad took the early chip lead. At the end of the day, Peter Biebel was leading with 531,000 chips along with Alex Outhred in the second position with 486,800.

The first hour was quite eventful and Sully Erna, a lead vocalist and songwriter for the heavy metal band ‘Godsmack’, was the first elimination of the day. Sully moved his short stack along with pocket fives but unfortunately he had to face his opponent’s A-Q.
Shortly after Sully, John Juanda joined the bandwagon and got eliminated. Contestants like Roeland Knijnenburg along with Michael DeMichele were amongst the first half hour eliminations. Defending champion Jerry Yang also got eliminated when his opponent’s A-9 went beyond Jerry’s A-J. Ryan Hughes who is a two-time bracelet winner eliminated both Charles Large and Amnon Filippi, both the contestants were having A-K but Ryan also didn’t survived for long.

Eric Hershler’ A-K was of no use when confronted with pocket queens along with another opponent’s A-K despite of the fact that a king came on the river. Contestants like Matt Savage, Ben Fineman, Alex Jacob, and Beth Shake also fell prior to the day’s first break. Soon Shannon Elizabeth got eliminated as her A-8 couldn’t survive opponent’s A-J and Paul Testud’s pocket sevens didn’t proved much effective as opponent’s A-Q. Jacky Ury who was the oldest player at the age of 95 also got eliminated as his pocket tens proved no good against pocket jacks but he promised that he will come back next year.

Bill Chen struggled hard with his pocket fives but when his opponent executed a wheel on the turn, Bill had no reply for it and he got eliminated. On the other hand Archie Karas hit two pair on flop but his opponent was one step ahead and hit a bigger two pair which forced Archie to eliminate. Jean Bellande’s pocket nines proved superior to Howard Lederer’s A-K and Howard also got out.

Prior to the second break of the day Matt Hawrilenko, Strong Wang, Peter Mendelsohn, Jason Somerville, Josef Berec, and Isabelle Mercier were the contestants to get eliminated. Sorel Mizzi’s A-Q proved more effective than Brett Jungblut’s pocket kings. Carlos Mortensen flopped a set of deuces but Grant Hillman flopped a set of queens which eliminated Carlos. The first contestant to get eliminated after the dinner break came in the form of Travis Rice where Travis’s A-K couldn’t stand opponent’s pocket jacks and immediately after Travis, Bernard Lee got eliminated.

Tony Bloom’s pocket sevens didn’t proved competitive enough as compared to his opponent A-T and Teddy Monroe got eliminated when his pocket kings had to face David Rosenbloom’s pocket aces. In the last level of the day Liz Lieu got eliminated as her A-K confronted with her opponent’s pocket queens and Bryan Micon was also amongst the late elimination. A total of 842 players were still in the game by the end of Day 2B. From the action of Day 2B, Peter Biebel was leading with 531,000, Alex Outhred was in the second position with 486,800, and Baja Kattamuri was in the third position with 411,100.

Henning Granstad stocks $243,000 in five levels

This Norwegian player is a professional and a regular at EPT’s and after a grilling session of four combined day 1’s, Granstad stocked $243,000 in quick five levels. As he moved onto to main event, Casinosdiary.com caught up with him in the break of last level, to check how it was all going for him.

When asked about his experience of Day 1, Granstad said that he made his beginning vigilantly and with good hands to keep regular pots. He said that for an average like $21,000 – $22,000 he tries aggression so that he can go up to $40,000, which also acts as a pressure on other players. Granstad admitted that once he got $40,000, he was moving on to upside with $70,000 to $120,000 and then suddenly he was $170,000. With pretty lucky situations happening to him, he played well.

About having any nice and big hands making a difference, Granstad clarified the moment that made the big difference was when he got to knock out two players. Win few good big pots he pushed them hoping to get paid off and knew there wasn’t much he was going to get from them. Granstad reveled that one of his strategy was to over bet, which made the other players think of his missing a draw and then they made call, which was paid off as he had a set and that’s how he ended up $243,000.

When asked about his experience of Day-2, Granstad admitted that it wasn’t that great for him. Though he started well and was moving on to $285,000 somewhere in the middle of second round, the game went little shaky after that. He still recalls getting two-outered and three-outered. What pinched him more was losing $110,000 pot with kings verses ace kings. He also said that the best way to build a lost confidence is by winning small pots and then going for a big one. In spite of losing kings v/s ace kings, Granstad is confident and plans to use his chips in better way.

About his table, he said his table is toughest and strongest one in WSOP which is why he is even happier to be best players. He said that the table is so excited and enticed with the game fever that everybody want nothing but game.

We also asked him about his overall WSOP experience, to which he admitted that his journey so far has been pretty well. Granstad said that this year of World Series of Poker has been nice to him, as he played decent. He played 10th, 11th, 12th and 18th tournament and had a chip leader pot in $2,500 mixed pot-limit hold’em/omaha event. He also tells the story of this event, as he recalls facing a player with really bad wrap. Granstad said that the first three weeks of the weeks saw him going deep in tournaments with 12-15 hours of hard mind draining game, which is why in spite of his controlled gaming he had to take off for two and half weeks to rest before the Main event. He said that he prepared himself for the main event by having al the fun with friends and watching movies.

When asked about his future plans for the upcoming WPT event, Granstad said that he will be playing the event only if he does well at the main event and has the confidence to play good. He also said that he does not want to be a part of a tournament with $25/$50 blinds and $45,000 chips, without confidence.

About the standard of average player getting better and improved in the series, he agreed saying that he was at a good table and when he moved he still found himself among good players. Granstad said that though the standard has improved a lot, the players like cant help but gamble too much. Casinosdiary.com wished him luck, as he went back to him game.

Jan Heitmann wants to give his best at WSOP

Jan Heitmann was quite satisfied with the way things turned out on Day 2, as he started the day with $41,000 and quite comfortable managed to reach up to $65,000. Jan laughingly shared with Casinosdiary about a person who was having $58,000 who came up to the table and somehow limped in and took over $600. But surprisingly he said that he is not interested in raising the first hand and didn’t want to get insulted. Jan said that he is on the button along with the Jacks and have made it $2,075, the blinds folded and it came back to him and he managed to make it $30,000.

Jan added that now he had jacks and was living on the edge but he has understood that he will no longer be limping with the aces and queens. Jan was sure that he will not be able to make it $30,000.

Jan in a joyful mood said that he made 4-bet bluff and he really enjoyed that. He said that he had to wait the whole day to make one which he finally did. “I was having A-T” he said, and when he had a hand one of the players who repeatedly re-raises him and called the $2,500. With this it made an additional big stack at the table at $10,500. Jan said that he had ace and he thought his opponent might not be having an ace. But in the back of Jan’s mind he thought that there are probabilities that his opponent is going to fold kings but finally Jan thought that queens and downwards his opponent will fold and this made Jan to make $27,000.

There was another guy who flat-called which made Jan to think as this guy was having $38,000. Consequently Jan thought if he moves he is committed and definitely he is not in the lead. Eventually he folded and the next moment the other guy also folded.

Jan shared that there was a player on his left who was a competitive player, he had a healthy stack. Jan had played a $2/$5 cash game with him and in that game he raised like ten from the eleven hands. Nearly in the beginning that player donked off some of the chips as he came to the table along with $145,000 but he slipped down to $120,000. Jan raise from the cut-off seven of spades-six of spades and from the button he re-raised knowing that that this was bound to happen. Jan added that it was more than obvious as he was all over the place with 3-bet.

Jan said that he called and the flop came with K-2-2 along with two clubs, Jan checked and he bet $8,000 and then again Jan called. But unluckily the turn was a queen he checked and the other player also checked. The river was a six and Jan admitted that he was a bit confused whether to bluff or not to. But finally Jan decided to bluff $16,000 and he called, Jan had K-5. Jan said that knowing that there was a queen on the turn so he had no other option but to call.

Jan said that he prefers the standard along with 6,500 contestants as the number is not much here. Jan admitted that the Day 1 was a bit hectic and he was not able to get any cards, but he said that he saw one who was limping constantly. He added that he was not limping all the time but when he played a hand he used to start limping. Jan said that yes at one point I was in a pot with him I had zero fold equity as he didn’t folded and bluffing was totally useless. Jan said that he was playing live poker for the first time and he must have enjoyed this experience.

As for the main event Jan said that he is not sure as he didn’t made any plans for it. He added that he is really interested in taking a break as it’s been seven weeks now. Everybody wants to do well in the WSOP and so far he has not performed well and the main event is the last resort to perform, he really wanted to perform well in it.

Dan LaCourse shares his triumphing moment at the senior’s event

Dan LaCourse won the seniors event in World Series of Poker by defeating his opponent Dan Eberle. This former detective played his best moves against the former fireman in a chase that turned out to be quite a memorable for him, as he earned his gold bracelet and $368,832.

Casinosdiary.com caught up with this poker star and asked him about his victorious day and his experience.

The first thing Dan was asked was about himself and how he ended up playing poker, from being a detective. Dan replied saying that he served as a detective in Ohio for almost 27 years and then got retied in year 2002. After his detective activities, Dan turned himself into a builder and in his extra time he would often play Texas Hold’Em and that’s how he got interested in poker. Dan loves this game and had been looking forward to be a part of World Series of Poker. He was a part of seniors last year too, but the victory this year made it lot special for him. He loves playing tournaments but feels; there is nothing better than this.

When asked if he also likes to put his detective frame of skills into his games like Joe Navarro, another poker player with an FBI profile in his career, Dan gave an affirmative reply. He said that all the things like speed, observation, reactions and timings help a lot in poker too, as he keeps watching others, their moves before he makes his. His ability to read reactions from his detective time helps him read his opponents and players at the table. . He also disclosed that he was a polygraph examiner for quite long and makes use of his skills in poker too.

On his experience of playing against a fellow comrade someone from a firefighting region of work, Dan said the fact that they both are from Ohio and are retied had nothing to do with the game. He said in the game they were less of ex-servicemen and more of chip leaders chasing one goal and that is the bracelet. Dan also admits that it would have been lot better if they got the heads-up, but the heads-up not lasting long didn’t bother him.

Dan began his battle for the bracelet with over 2,200 numbers of players also including big names too, when asked how he feels to be the best one among those fighting for this particular event, Dan said his victory came only when everything went his way and thanked his cards for cooperating with him. Dan believes a good game and good play can not make you win, unless your cards help you out.

Dan declined that playing against big poker players adds to the pressure and make him nervous, as he said that he likes accepting challenges and big opponents do not scare him. He also said that he loves to play with good players instead of the one who don’t know how to play or make the right moves. Also, Dan feels that playing against better players makes you learn a lot.

Opposing the lasted claim of poker being a game of young people, Dan said that while young players are aggressive the older ones are patient and more experienced. He also said that young players do play well, but they have to learn to control their aggression.

Dan also added that the presence of camaraderie at the table was because seniors enjoy their game and apart from money they also value the camaraderie feel.

This happy player left the conversation assuring Casinosdiary.com that he would be back next year to defend his title.

Brian Schaedlich chip leader at $10,000 NLHE Championship, Day 2A

July 8, 2008
Event Day 2A, $10,000 NLHE Championship

World Series of Poker main event started with the total of 1,251 players. It was an eventful day where the rich became richer and the poor had to leave the game early. Brian Schaedlich who is a special education teacher by profession had an impressive Day 1 stack. Brian started his day with 160,000 which he managed to build up to 801,000.

In the second day of the play Brandon Adams who was the final tablist at Tournament of Champions 2005 had a good beginning and managed to make more than 350,000. Philip Hilm who was a final tablist at WSOP Champions 2007 managed to make quad jacks on one of the beginning hands to double-up. However after an ace hit the flop Albert Franceschini’s A-K was far better than William Exelby’s pocket kings and William was out after five minutes at the Day 2A game play. The same case happened with Thomas Swensen where his kings were no good against Mark Hurst’s A-K. Gillis Damien, Greg Pappas, Simon Auerbacher, Grigore Adamescu, and Zacharias Simeon these were the players who tried their best but they all failed to double up in their bids. Jens Voertmann who was WSOP $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. 2008 bracelet winner soon became the next player to join the rest of the players on the rail when Jens’s A-J was not able to overtake his opponent’s pocket queens.

As the game progressed further Michael Duke doubled up with his pocket jacks against Anna Wroblewski pocket nines. Anna couldn’t play further and after few hands her A-K couldn’t stand her opponent’s pocket aces. Bill Edler who was BLUFF Magazine Player of the Year 2007 also got eliminated with his A-9 against A-K of Rajir Buden. Philip Hilm with his pocket fives also couldn’t double-up against pocket kings of Harold Cromwell and pocket aces of Thomas Fougeron. But Harold also eventually got eliminated in the very same hand.

Svetlana Gromenkova 2008 Ladies Champion also succumbed to flopped set of nines with her pocket of aces. Soon after few hands Svetlana was out when her A-7 couldn’t survive A-Q of Mark Karam. Jimmy Fricke the winner of 2008 Aussie Millions also got eliminated but after the first break he got eliminated by his opponent’s river flush. 1998 WSOP Champion Scotty Nguyen’s pocket nines were confronted by Alexandre Schwab pocket kings but Alexandre got his higher set on the turn and Scotty got eliminated. As the eliminations progressed many more players got eliminated. Paul Wasicka who was 2006 WSOP Championship runner up chip count didn’t saw an alteration and Paul was eventually eliminated.

Brian eliminated Martin Klaser and moved ahead 750,000 chips in the last level of the day. Martin A-J was not able to find a second pair when Brian’s A-4 made aces and fours on the flop. Whereas Brian continued his game play Haralabos Voulgaris moved in along with K-Q but Haralabos was not able to defeat A-Q of his opponent. At the end of Day 2A, Brian Schaedlich was the chip leader with 801,000, Hunter Frey was in the second position with 397,000, and Jeremiah Smith was in the third position with 386,000.

Brandon Adams moves onto another round of Day 2-a of WSOP 2008

A teacher, an author and a renowned poker player, Brandon Adams hasn’t had much action in his side in this year’s World Series of Poker. This exceptionally good player has a reputation of being a threat and a competition for other players, at any high stakes matches or tournaments.

After a long play of Day 2-a, Casinosdiary.com caught up with Brandon Adams on his day and WSOP journey.

On his stack of over $200,000 chips, Adams thanked his day and said that it was better than he could have hoped or prayed for. He also says that due to his flight to upside he wasn’t anywhere near to a bad moment, which is why he got $66,000 during the dinner time and in no time he had $76,000, before the end of the night. He also mentioned that to some extent it was because of the weak table he had and the average, smaller and average pots, along with the raw quality of players present.

When asked about his play, he said that he began in speed then slowed down and by the end of second level he was somewhere near $160,000. He also said that the game went so smooth that at one point he even managed to touch $230,000.

On the media coverage, he said that when its cameras he prefers the feature table exposure rather than the moving cameras, zooming in and out at annoying level. He says that when its feature table you know you are being covered, but its less annoying and you do not have to be conscious about a moving thing focused at you.

Casinosdiary.com also asked him about his WSOP 2008 journey. Adams replied that cash games are all nice to him and his WSOP experience has been quite good. He also added that while the cash games have been nice, the tournaments were little sad for him because he failed to make a mark in $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. He cashed thrice in eight tournaments and one of them was worth $54,000, but he says nothing is compared to the H.O.R.S.E event.

When asked about his favorite and preferred event in World Series of Poker, he happily chose $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha as his preference. Adams loves $10,000 heads-up and mostly because of the fact that, he made it to the quarter finals this year.

Adams agreed that the boost and increase in registration of WSOP 2008 Main event is a good thing for poker business. He said that the large number of entries from different places has pushed the poker industry, to an international field and has definitely encouraged players. Appreciating him for taking some time out to speak with us, Casinosdiary.com wished him a great poker journey.

Kara Scott talks after surviving day-1 of Main event

Kara Scott is a talented female poker star and this femme-fatal is known for both her beauty and brains. She was also a finalist in last year’s Women World Open, sponsored by Party Poker.

After successfully completing her Day -1 of the Main event, she sat with Casinosdiary.com and spoke about her day and her poker experience.

When asked about her day, Kara described it as a great day for her. She said that in spite of starting slow she somehow handled and doubled against his opponent Justin Bonomo. She sounded excited as she used the word ‘brilliant’ for her performance for the day; she also said that she was lucky to have a good hand and good situation, each coming one after another. On asking about her chip stack, she said that she stacks around $97,000 and feels great about it.

On a question about her role as a poker player as well as an EPT hostess, Kara had to say that she is glad to have the best of media and poker in her life. She prefers to call herself as an EPT hostess and is excited about her poker gaming too. Kara is looking forward to other tournaments she will be sponsored to, by PokerStar.

Kara admits that watching big poker players at EPT has proved as a benefit to her and has defiantly helped her game. She told Casinosdiary.com that she has been lucky enough to have a close encounters with analysts and great players, all taking and sharing about best hands, situations and tournaments. Kara says that when you get to interview and talk to poker stars and hear about their experience as well as advices, it’s priceless.

When asked if being a woman player makes men play differently against her, Kara said that it does happens at times but she hasn’t seen any such situation in the World Series of Poker till now. She said that she did experience a soft treatment in Caesar tournament, where the players were not valuing hands even when they could get return and some even tapped table just to let her know that they have a good hand.

Kara had an indistinct view on Women events. While she wasn’t sure how good they are, she herself had cashed in World Women’s Open at 6th position thus calling it not a bad idea.

Casinosdiary.com also asked her about her Bunny dress up in San Remo, to which she answered calling it all a part of a bet she lost. Kara disclosed that she hade a bet with Chris Tessaro (the guy from Hardcore Poker Radio) that she would cash good in Warsaw EPT and when she didn’t; she wore that funny bunny prop in front of media. Apparently the duo has come up with the same bet again for the Main event, she also said that she would have to find out what day is Chris playing to check on her bet.

Coming back to her game, Kara was asked about how she is planning to utilize her good stack. She replied that she will do her best to act sensible and for which she would rest well, have lots of water and take advices from as many players as possible.

Casinosdiary.com wished this amazing poker woman good luck for her journey.