Season 5 Final Standings

Congratulations to all who made it to
the Season 5 Championship

If anyone wants the complete stat sheet
(xcel spreadsheet) please email me

1st RAY FALCONER 1555 (TOP POINT GETTER)

2nd PENNY STODDART 1500
(TOP FEMALE/TIED MOST WINS)
3rd NEIL MILLSON 1475
4th JANICE MEYER 1390 (TIED MOST WINS)
5th ROBERT PATERSON 1295
6th FLOYD KNIGHTS 1260
7th CHEVY GIES 1215 (TIED MOST WINS)
8th WENDI GLADSTONE 1205
9th JAMES MCMULLAN 1155
10th JEFF HEJNO 1125
11th JIM MCDONALD 1070
12th SYLVIO SMITH 1040
13th JACQUES PITRE 1040
14th MIKE MCINTYRE 1030
15th RANDY MEYER 1010
16th GLORIA MILLSON 980
17th KATHY MCDONALD 940
18th ANDREA COLLINS 930
19th JOZSEF KISS 910
20th DAVE COFFER 910
21st ALEX ZAROWNY 900
22nd ABBY BIRBARI 900
23rd LESLIE GLADSTONE 890
24th DOUG SHORT 875
25th JUDY WEBSTER 845
26th RYAN HAMILTON 840
27th RON MACDONALD 835
28th LUIS COY 830
29th BRAD NELSON 780
30th JORY MEISNER 775
31st CHRIS MARKLE 770 WILDCARD
32nd DAVE METZLAR 765
33rd ANNE MARIE HOWARTH 760
34th MARY DELSEY 750
35th BERNADETTE HOWARTH 740
36th GINA REED 730
37th HAROLD WALLS 720
38th MATT MALLON 695
39th DAVID HAWKINS 685
40th KIM GIES 680
41st DENNIS FILIPCHUK 675
42nd GEORGE LARGE 665
43rd DAN MOSER 655
44th RON FAHNER 655
45th TREVOR MACARTHUR 650
46th HEATHER FINLAY 640
47th IVAN RAMSKOGLER 635
48th JASON BEST 630
49th DAVE WEBB 630
50th KELLY NOLAN 625
51st TOM WEBSTER 620
52nd STAN PARKES 620
53rd RUBEN PAIVA 615
54th DAN RAPP 610
55th ROB PINCOMBE 605
56th BEN BART 590
57th DAN FORSTER 585
58th DAN KUSHNER 580
59th SCOTT MCCALLUM 580
60th JORDAN MINTER 575
61st ROBIN D 570
62nd PAT MIDDLEMISS 560
63rd ALIM RAMJI 560
64th MIKE VINNETTE JR 560
65th JEREMY LEBLANC 560
66th FRED DELSEY 535
67th KEN ROY 535
68th LINDA CUNNINGHAM 535
69th SIMON LATTER 530
70th STEPHEN HOBSON 525
71st SEAN SLEE 525 WILDCARD
72nd CAITLIN SPRATT 505
73rd CHRIS CHAPMAN 500
80th BARRY BOWDEN 490
82nd ROB HAMILTON 480
97th DANIEL ASANTE 430
104th TU NGUYEN 390
109th SAM BYCZOK 375
114th KAREN CACCIAVILLANI 365
126th SABASTIEN DEROY 320
129th JUSTIN DAWSON 310
140th JUSTIN DYMOND 265

Nov 29th

Winner

JUSTIN

DAWSON

Toronto Poker Club Robbed,
Shots Fired in Police Chase

November 28, 2006
Haley Hintze

An early-morning robbery attempt on a Toronto social-club poker game recently went awry, when police responded to a call-in about the heist in time to locate and chase the robbers' fleeing van.

About eighteen players where participating in the overnight game at Toronto's Thornhill Club when two masked, armed robbers burst in at about 4:00 a.m. Wednesday morning, a third waiting in the getaway van behind the club. The two reportedly 'roughed up' the players while relieving the game of its cash and valuables, but someone, likely one of the players, managed to alert police, who responded in time to see the van leaving the area.

Having identified the van, trailing officers signaled it to pull over. The van slowed momentarily, seeming to comply, before speeding away. A high-speed chase ensued and moved onto a local freeway, the 401. Here, one of the van's passengers rolled down a window and fired on the pursuing offices, who then broke off the chase; neither officers nor vehicles were hit.

However, the police had already identified one or more of the likely robbers, with two of them being arrested shortly thereafter and the third picked up around noon on Wednesday in Toronto's London suburb. The three robbers, Omar Jermaine Betty, 25, Ryan Shields, 26, and Ezra Lottery, 21, face a total of 130 charges between them, including attempted murder, armed robbery and forcible confinement. The three were denied bail in their initial hearings, and will return to court next week.

Nov 29th
Winner

STEPHEN
HOBSON

Because of the Championship Tournament,
there will be NO POKER on Sunday December
3rd at either location.

Nov 27th
Winner

TREVOR
MCARTHUR

Nov 26th

Winner

PENNY

STODDART

Nov 26th

Winner

RAY

FALCONER

Reminder

Today's event at Mexicali Rosa's
is pushed forward 1 HOUR.
3pm Start time


Bradley Roadhouse time remains
the same (7pm)

Fridays Online Tournament

Congratulations to GINA REED
for Winning yesterdays Poker
In Canada Tour Online tournament.

NEIL MILLSON finished 3rd.

It was a very strong showing from
London with GLORIA MILLSON,
LESLIE GLADSTONE, RANDY MEYER,
and JANICE MEYER all making
the final table.

Nov 23rd
Winner




CHEVY

GIES

Vote

Starting today you can vote
for London's Most Improved
Player for Season 5.

Ballots will be available at
the registration table.

Wild Card

Winner

Chris Markle

Photos Uploaded

All of Season 5's Winners Photos
are now on the blog. Check out
the archives if the photo you're
looking for isnt on the main page.

Nov 20th Table #5 Action

Reminder

Tomorrow, WEDNESDAY Nov 22nd
at 7pm is our last WILD CARD event.

Winner earns a spot at the Championship
Tournament on December 3rd.

Nov 20th Winner

RODNEY LUNO

Nov19th
Winner

JEREMY
LEBLANC

Nov 19th Winner RANDY MEYER

Friday's Online Tournament

Congratulations to Neil Millson
for finishing 3rd (60pts & $53)

and to Scott Paterson for
finishing 4th (50pts & $43)

There was some exciting heads up
action after the London crew was
eliminated. leafsfan97 (ryan) showed
great skill by overcoming a 5:1 chip deficet
to beat basset1 (nancy) in only seven hands.

But We Were Heads Up ? !

by Scott Paterson

There seems to be a pretty big misconception
about heads up play versus full table two player pot play.

The Scenario

Three early position players fold.
Player A, in middle position, opens for a raise with AJ of clubs.
The next player folds. Player B, on the button, calls.
The blinds both fold.
The flop comes 8h, As, 3d.
Player A, with top pair and a J kicker,
bets into player B. Player B calls.
The turn comes 4h.
Player A, thinking he has the best hand,
bets into player B again. Player B calls.
The river comes 9s.
Player A bets into Player B again. Player B calls.
Player A flips over his cards. A pair of aces with a jack kicker.
Player B flips over AK, and has a pair of aces with a king kicker.
Player B takes the pot, and player A inevitably says something
like “I thought my AJ was good because we were heads up.”

The Analysis

Although Player A’s chances of winning the pot
were increased because there were only two participants
playing to win the pot, he negelected to take into account
the difference between heads up play and full table
two player pot play. When you pair your ace (with a jack kicker)
heads up you very likely have the best hand because only
four cards have been dealt out to start. The chances your
opponent has AA, AK, or AQ are minimal.
When you pair your ace (and have a jack kicker) at a full table,
but an opponent behind you called your raise it’s quite possible
they could have AA, AK, or AQ because sixteen cards have
been dealt out to start (the chances of running into a bigger
hand increase). My point is that even though the chances of
winning a pot when fewer people are involved are greater
your actual hand strength only increases or decreases
as the number of cards dealt out increases or decreases.
If you hold AJ, and flop an ace heads up you can often take it
right to the river and prevail. If you hold AJ, and flop an ace
at a full table (even though only two people remain involved
in the hand) you should play much more carefully.
Heads up play is not the same as playing two handed at a full table.

Nov 16th Winner

LUIS COY

Another Royal Flush !

Congratulations to Sebastien DeRoy
for making a ROYAL FLUSH the other
night at Mexicali Rosa's. Its was the
second royal flush in as many nights.

Nov 15th Winner

CHEVY GIES

Wild Card Winner

Congratulations to SEAN SLEE who won
Monday's Wild Card event at the Bradley.
Sean gets an automatic entry into the
PIC Tour Championship tournament on
December 3rd at Bobby D's in Burlington.

Your next opportunity to win a Wild Card
seat is on Wednesday November 22nd
at Mexicali Rosa's.

High Hand

Congratulations go out to Ken Roy
who last night at the Bradley Roadhouse
had our first Royal Flush !

Nov 13th WildCard Winner

SEAN "CHIP" SLEE

POKER SKILLS: Betting Patterns

Betting Patterns are a Goldmine of Information

By Scott Paterson


Betting patterns can often reveal what your opponents
are holding. They are by far the most reliable tell
in poker because everyone must bet at some point
and because creating patterns is human nature
(players do mix up their play, but often play the same
hands the same way because it’s “safe” and “correct”).

In order to successfully put the pieces of the puzzle
together you must pay a great deal of attention
as the hand proceeds, and then work quickly to
reconstruct the action when cards are shown down.
When a player shows down you want to ask yourself
questions such as:

1. Did this player limp or raise preflop?
From what position? How many other players entered
the pot first? Did they limp or raise in front of the player
in question?

2. Did this player bet the flop? If so were they betting
top/middle/bottom pair, a draw, or an overpair to the board?
Was it a stone cold bluff, or a semi bluff? Did they check
a legitimate hand hoping to trap an aggressive opponent?

3. Did this player bet or check the turn? If they bet was
their hand complete, or were they drawing to a winning hand
at that point? Was it a bluff? If they checked was it out of
weakness or strength?

4. What happened on the river ? (ask yourself similar
questions to the ones you asked after the turn)

Of course these questions are only a fraction of
the ones you could ask yourself. There are literally
millions of ways a hand could unfold depending
on the cards, the number of players in the hand,
and the styles of the players involved. A few betting
patterns occur frequently enough as to be easily
recognizable.

Raise, Bet, Check - The player raises pre-flop.
He bets the flop. Then he checks the turn after his
flop bet is called because he only has one card left
to hit one of his six outs. This betting pattern is very
common. Think of it as the AK or two big overcard hand.

Call, Check-Call, Raise - The player calls pre-flop.
He checks the flop and calls an opponent's bet.
Then he raises the turn. Think of it as a drawing hand
that has been completed on the turn. Also watch carefully
if the turn card matches the bottom or middle flop card.

All Check-Raises – This (unless your opponent is
very aggressive)
is a betting pattern of great strength. You should proceed
very carefully when you are check raised repeatedly
because you are almost always behind in the hand.

Another thing to watch carefully is Betting Amounts.
Frequently players will bet the same amounts with
the same hands (or similar hands). Some players
always raise the same amount preflop with big pocket
pairs (usually measured in relation to the big blind).
Some players underbet the pot with big hands hoping
to get called, and some players underbet the pot to
represent a big hand. Some players overbet the pot
to scare opponents away because they possess a
weak hand, and some players overbet the pot hoping
they appear weak.

Nov 12th

Winner

LUIS COY

Nov 12th Winner

CHRIS MARKLE

Nov 11th

Winner

JEREMY

LEBLANC

Upcoming Wild Cards

Upcoming Wildcard Events


Sunday November 12 - The Collins

Monday November 13 - Bradley Roadhouse

Wednesday November 22 - Mexicali Rosa's

Thursday November 23 - Black Bull


The Winner of each event gets an automatic seat
in the Poker In Canada Tour Championshipon
December 3rd at Bobby D's in Burlinton.

Because of Christmas Party Bookings and a
Charity Event, Poker at the Locker Room will be
cancelled on:
November 18th
November 25th
December 2nd

Poker is still on this Saturday November 11th.

Poker at the Locker Room Will Resume on December 9th

Nov 9th Winner

Penny Stoddart

Nov 8th Winner

RANDY MEYER

POKER SKILLS: The Free Card

by Scott Paterson

This is a trick designed to save you money when
you’re on a draw by letting you see the river card for free.

An opponent limps in early position.
You pick up the A10 of hearts in late position and
decide to call. The button and SB fold. The BB checks.
The flop comes 4 of hearts, K of clubs, and 9 of hearts.
The BB bets out and the early limper folds.
The action is on you. You have the nut flush draw
and have detected weakness in the BB. Maybe he
has bottom or middle pair. You have the nut flush
(9 outs) plus any A (3 outs) or 10 (3 outs).
You’ll make the winning hand if you can see the turn
and river cards about 50% of the time. What should you do?
I’d consider raising against a passive opponent. You have
a great draw, so it’s not like your throwing your money
down a rat hole. In addition, you’ve decided your passive
opponent is weak. If you raise now the chances are pretty
good your opponent will check to you after the turn comes.
Then you can check behind him and see the river for free
if you missed your draw on the turn.

Let’s look at how this can be a money saver.
First, when you raised your opponent after the flop.
You called the BB (50 chips), your opponent bet
after the flop and you raised (the 100 chips your opponent
bet plus your 100 chip raise), and your opponent feeling
a bit nervous about your raise checked the turn and you
checked behind them. You’ve seen five community cards
for a total of 250 chips. Now, what could happen if you
didn’t raise. You called the BB (50 chips), your opponent bet
after the flop and you called (100 chips), and then your
opponent bets the turn and you call in order to see the river
(200 chips). You’ve now seen the five community cards,
but it’s cost you 350 chips instead of 250. It’s only 100 chips,
but every little bit matters.

Some things to consider are:

Your opponent

If your opponent is very aggressive this won’t work
because they’ll likely bet the turn regardless if you
raise after the flop or not.

Position

Obviously this play won’t work unless you can
act last after the flop.

Your reading ability

This play will only work if your opponent flops
a weak hand. If you’ve misread the situation,
and your opponent has flopped a strong hand
they’ll either reraise after you raise or they’ll bet the turn.

POKER SKILLS: Using Player's Aggression Against Them

by Scott Paterson

In Harrington on Hold’em, Dan Harrington talks about
two defensive strategies that can be used to combat
very aggressive players. These are “The Hammer”
and “The Rope-a-Dope”.

“The Hammer” is a preflop move used against very
aggressive players that raise with trash hoping to steal
the blinds and antes. These players are not looking for
an expensive confrontation, and since their starting hand
requirements are probably lower than yours the proper
move is to reraise or backraise them. Occasionally you’ll
find yourself in a world of hurt, but usually they’ll let their
hand go. This move takes intestinal fortitude, but if you
don’t try it once in a while the aggressive player will
run over the table. This move is also highly effective
against loose players that like to limp in with trash
hoping to flop big hands.

NOTE: You probably want some kind of hand to do
this with in case it goes to the flop.

“The Rope-a-Dope” is a postflop move that can be
employed when a very aggressive player has position
on you. Check when you flop a strong hand, let them bet,
and just call. Repeat after the turn comes. After the river
comes, check to them, let them bet, and then raise.
Always keep in mind that although your hand might not
appear that strong it probably is because the very
aggressive player is playing weaker than average hands.

New Start Times

Starting tonight, Monday November 6th
Poker In CanadaTour evening events
in London will have a new start time of 7pm.

Monday 7PM -- Bradley Roadhouse

Wednesday 7PM -- Mexicali Rosa’s

Thursday 7PM -- Bradley Roadhouse

Saturday 7PM -- Locker Room

Sunday 2PM -- Mexicali Rosa's

Sunday 7PM -- Bradley Roadhouse

Nov 6th Winner

TU NGUYEN

Nov 5th

Winner

RETA

VANSTONE

Nov 5th Winner

NEIL MILLSON

New Stats Available

Point Standings have not been updated yet
at pokerincanadatour.com but will be available
at the Sunday & Monday events.

Londoner's have captured 4 of the top 5 spots ! !
(points as of Oct 26)

1. Penny Stoddart - 965 pts
2. Ray Falconer - 940 pts
4. Neil Millson - 930 pts
5. Janice Meyer - 900 pts

There are also 22 London players in the top 65 !

Nov 4th Winner

STEPHEN
HOBSON

Nov 2nd Winner

IAN CUNNINGHAM

TOURNAMENTS: Survival vs. Accumulating Chips

There is a mind-set shared by all great
No-Limit Hold'em Tournament Players.

It is the polar opposite of most beginner
tournament players.

Tournament poker is about Accumulating Chips
NOT about Survival.

But I know you're saying ... "but the person who
survives the longest wins the tournament".

True enough... but in order to win the tournament
you must eventually accumulate ALL the chips into your stack.
You can't do this by playing survival poker. No one ever
folds their way to the final table.

At best, playing poker with a survivors mindset will get you
to the final table when you get a run of better than average
cards or you are playing against opponents with considerably
less skill than you. You may even make your share of final tables.
But when you do, you will be short stacked and praying for cards
that you can double up with.

Survivors dont want to risk their entire tournament on one hand.
The fear of being eliminated causes them to fold and miss
opportunities to accumulate chips. The truth is, there is little value
in remaining in a tournament. Bubble boy earns the same as
the very first person eliminated.

Dont get me wrong... Chip Accumulators dont have to play
wild and crazy trying to win every pot. They look for any edge.
They put their chips in the pot with the best hand or a situation
with a positive long term outcome. (EV or Expected Value).
You can play a Tight/Aggressive (TAG)
style and be a chip accumulator, but you must
Emphasize the Aggression and be willing to be
Less Tight when opportunities to win big pots arise.

The bottom line is....
Survivors will have marginal success, but rarely win tournaments.
Chip Accumulators may bust out early some times, but they are
the ones who win tournaments

Fundamental Theorem of Poker

Poker is a game of incomplete information.
You rarely ever know the exact 2 cards your
opponent holds until the cards are flipped over.

This theorem from David Sklansky is one
you should keep in mind whenever you're
faced with a decision at the poker table.

It may seem overly simple, but that's the beauty of it.
Applying it on the other hand, is not always so simple.

The Fundamental Theorem of Poker
"Every time you play a hand differently from the way
you would have played it if you could see all your
opponents' cards, they gain; and every time you play
your hand the same way you would have played it if
you could see all their cards, they lose.
Conversely, every time opponents play their hands
differently from the way they would have if they could see
all your cards, you gain; and every time they play their
hands the same way they would have played if they
could see all your cards, you lose. " (1.)

As your play improves, you should be constantly trying
to make your opponents play in a way that would be wrong
if they knew what you had.

This is accomplished by reading your opponents
and their hands accurately, and by playing deceptively.

1. The Theory of Poker by David Sklansky, 1987

Nov 1st Winner

RAY FALCONER

Happy Halloween

POKER SKILLS: Limping Late with Small Pocket Pairs

Limping In With Small Pocket Pairs (22-88)
by Scott Paterson

This is one of my favourite plays.
You won’t flop your set often, but when you do
you’ll double up a great deal of the time.
A few justifications and considerations are:

Implied odds

The pot will usually not be giving you the right price
to make this play (unless there have been more than
eight limpers in front of you), but if one or more of your
opponents have a considerable amount of chips in front
of them your implied odds are excellent.
You’re an 8:1 underdog to flop a set from paired hole cards,
so technically the pot should be more than eight times
the size of the amount you must call. However, if loose players
that have decent sized stacks have limped in front of you,
or are left to act behind you, the pot will likely end up being
more than eight times the size of the amount you had to call.
Just imagine if two people who must act before you after the flop
have connected! Your chances of taking down a huge pot
are pretty good.

Deceit

The reason this play is so effective is because loose players
won’t see it coming. First, they probably raise with low pockets.
They won’t be expecting you to have a low pocket pair if you
didn’t raise before the flop. Second, they’re loose. Loose players
always overestimate the strength of their hands. If the flop
connected with them in anyway it’s all over but the crying.

Position

Position is an important consideration when making
this play because:

a) If you limp with low pockets in early position and
someone behind you raises, or a small stack moves in
you’re not sure exactly where you stand (do they have
overcards or a higher pocket pair). You might even feel
obligated to call their raise (depending on your stack size
and the pot odds) knowing you’re beat.

b) If a few people call your raise and overcards come
on the flop you must act first, and someone behind you
could have easily connected. In fact, considering they
called your raise before the flop you’re likely beat if there
are face cards on board.

c) After the flop you want to be in late position so that
everyone that has caught a piece bets in front of you.
It’s a great feeling when you flop a set and people in
front of you start betting!

Read the board carefully

Look at the texture of the flop. Could there be a straight
or flush out there? Could there be straight or flush draws
out there (if so watch the turn card carefully) ? Is it possible
that someone limped in front of you with a higher pocket pair,
and now has a higher set?

Slowplaying sets

I wouldn’t advise slowplaying bottom or middle set.
Someone that has a flush draw, straight draw, two pair,
or has even flopped top pair can easily beat you
on the turn or river.

Soren Turkewitschn wins WPT Niagara Fallsview

Sun Oct 29 21:53:00 PST 2006
Soren Turkewitsch Wins the 2006 North American Poker Championship ($1,352,224)

The Final Hand: Turkewitsch moves all in

from the button and Sagle calls all in for $3,260,000.

Sagle shows A5 and Turkewitsch turns over K2.

The board comes 7 6 2 4 J and Soren Turkewitsch

eliminates Jason Sagle and wins the tournament

earning $1,352,224 and a gold bracelet,

Sudbury Ontario native Jason "Big Bird" Sagle

finishes in second place and wins $676,107.

Sagle also finished 12th at the WPT Canadian

Open event.

Crowd favourite James "Krazy Kanuck" Worth of

Oakville Ontario finished in 4th earning $289,760.

Wild Card Winner

Congratulations to BARTON MUREITHI
who won Sundays Wild Card event.
Barton gets an automatic seat in the
Poker In Canada Tour Championship
on December 3rd.


Upcoming Wildcard Events

November 6 - Powerhouse
November 12 - The Collins
November 13 - Bradley Roadhouse
November 22 - Mexicali Rosa's
November 23 - Black Bull

Oct 30th

Winner

JUSTIN

DYMOND

Oct 29th

Winner

TU NGUYEN

Sunday WildCard

Just a reminder that tomorrow,
Sunday Oct 29th, 2pm is the
WildCard event at Mexicali Rosa's.
The winner gets an automatic seat
at the Championship.

Oct 28th
Winner

LESLIE
GLADSTONE

Oct 28th

Wild Card Winner

BARTON MUREITHI

London Player Wins Friday Night Battle

5 of the 10 players at final table were from
London, but Gloria Millson beat out 34
others to win the Friday night event on
www.PokerInCanada.com for a cool
100 points and about $150 !

Honorable mention goes to Mike McIntyre
with a very strong 4th place finish.

Ray Falconer was Bubble Boy but managed to take out Chris Tufford (PICtourMgr) who was one of 2 available bounties during the tournament. Ray wins entry into a future event.

Hope to see more of you online next Friday.

Negreanu Knocked out of WPT event early

Daniel Negreanu, one of poker’s most recognizable ambassadors

and most successful players, brought a rock star like buzz

into the event. A clear hometown favorite playing in his

native country, many hoped and expected him to advance

deep into the NAPC.

Instead, Negreanu became the first major poker star,

on either day one, to be eliminated during the tournament’s

first level. Less than forty minutes into 1B action, Negreanu

exited play when an opponent, holding pocket queens,

flopped a full house, cracking “Kid Poker’s” pocket kings.

for the full article go here:

http://www.cardplayer.com/poker_news/article/3378

more news from the NAPC and Canadian Open

at Niagara Fallsview Casino check these links:

http://www.cardplayer.com/tournaments/results/6799

Ontario plan to ban online gaming ads under fire

The Canadian Press - Thursday October 26


Ontario's plan to ban ads for online gaming came under fire
Wednesday from experts who said the proposed law would
only create headaches for media companies, and that provincially
operated slots pose a greater risk to the public.

While falling revenues at the racetrack influenced the
proposed legislation, so too did a recent study suggesting
young people are flocking to gaming sites, said Government
Services Minister Gerry Phillips.

"There was a study that just came out … that showed that
internet gaming among young people has quadrupled in
the last four years," said Phillips. "I think we need to take a step."
A study released last month by the Responsible Gambling
Council suggests 5.5 per cent of people in Ontario aged
18 to 24 gambled online in 2005 — up from 1.4 per cent in 2001.
"We don't allow drug dealers to advertise crack houses, and
we won't allow gaming sites that prey on children to advertise
either," said Phillips. The minister argued that online gaming
is illegal under the Criminal Code and, therefore, shouldn't be
advertised.

While traditional gambling is also illegal under the Criminal Code,
provinces have the right to operate lottery games, casinos, and
horse racing.

Difficult to enforce, lawyer says
The legality of online gaming sites — usually run from servers
based in foreign countries — is much less clear, said intellectual
property lawyer Danielle Bush. "That is a very grey area.
There's very little case law on it," said Bush, a partner at the
Toronto firm McCarthy-Tetrault. "You need to get past
fundamental issues like where is the activity taking place?
Where are the servers located?"

Aside from any legal challenges to the proposed law, Bush predicted
the ban will be nearly impossible to enforce. "I suspect exactly the
same situation as you see with pharmaceutical advertising, which
is illegal in Canada," she said.

"Yet, you pick up any magazine coming in from the States and
there's hundreds of advertisements for prescription drugs in there."
Although Phillips targeted gaming websites as a threat to the public,
Dr. Nigel Turner of Toronto's Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
said government-operated slot machines are the real menace.
"The bulk of the people in treatment for pathological gambling
are playing on slot machines," said Turner, a scientist with the
centre's problem gaming program. "There has been a definite
increase in the percentage of people going online to play poker,
but it still makes up a minority of the people in treatment."

Horse-racing industry partly behind ban
Ontario's horse-racing industry, claiming lost revenues in
the face of online gaming, is also "partially" behind the move
to ban internet gambling ads in the province, Phillips conceded.
He noted that the ban was first proposed in a private member's
bill last spring. "They are a legal business operating under all
the rules. … They've got a good argument."

Whatever the reason behind the proposed legislation, national media
companies and broadcasters who do business in Ontario will face a
"massive headache" sorting out which ads can run in the province,
said Bush. "Unless someone wants to set up a separate system for
vetting ads that will be seen in Ontario, all of the national broadcasting
services are going to have to go through this exercise."

Phillips, when made aware of the criticisms, insisted that the legislation
is a "step forward." "The long-term solution probably rests with
the federal government," Phillips said of combating online gaming.
"We can deal with advertising of illegal internet gaming sites;
that's all we can do."

Oct 26th

Winner

JORDAN
MINTER

More Wildcard Dates

Here are the Dates for all WildCard events.

Remember that London members are
welcome to attend events in Hamilton
and vise-versa. Directions to event
locations can be found at:

http://www.pokerincanadatour.com


October 29 - Mexicali Rosa’s

November 6 – Powerhouse

November 12 - The Collins

November 13 – Bradley Roadhouse

November 22 - Mexicali Rosa's

November 23 - Black Bull

Oct 25th Winner

DOUG SHORT

Rule Clarifications

There are a couple of rules that i would like
to clarify. I hope you will all help me spread
this knowledge at the tables as situations arise.

#1
Show One, Show All vs. Show One, Show Both

The primary reason behind " show one show all " is that players are entitled to receive equal access to information about the contents of another player’s hand. After a deal, if cards are shown to another player, every player at the table has a right to see those cards. During a deal, cards that were shown to an active player who might have a further wagering decision on that betting round must immediately be shown to all the other players. If the player who saw the cards is not involved in the deal, or cannot use the information in wagering, the information should be withheld until the betting is over, so it does not affect the normal outcome of the deal. Cards shown to a person who has no more wagering decisions on that betting round, but might use the information on a later betting round, should be shown to the other players at the conclusion of that betting round.

" Show one, show both " is often confused with show one, show all. If only a portion of the hand has been shown, there is no requirement to show any of the unseen cards. The shown cards are treated as given in the preceding part of this rule. Some times a player will show one of his hole cards after all other players have folded and he has won the pot. This Is Allowed and he is not required to show both of his hole cards because he exposed one of them.

Where "show one, show both" comes into play is at the showdown. The rules state " To win any part of a pot, a player must show all of his cards faceup on the table, whether they were used in the final hand played or not". For example: A player used the Ace of Spades from his two hole cards to make an Ace high straight. That player must still turn over BOTH of his cards in order to win the pot, even though he is only using one of his hole cards and four board cards.

#2 Single Chip Bet

A bet of a single chip without comment is considered to be the full amount of the chip. However, if a player is acting on a previous bet with a larger denomination chip, he is calling the previous bet unless this player makes a verbal declaration to raise the pot. As an example: The Blinds are $100/$200, when a player bets $400 and the next player puts a $1000 chip in the pot without saying anything, that player has merely called the $400 bet. This same rule applies to acting on the forced bet of the big blind. The blinds are $100/$200 and the first player to act throws in a $500 chip without saying anything. He has only called the $200 big blind. This is why one of the things I always say in my little rules speach before the final table is "please announce all your raises".

1st London WILDCARD Event

This Sunday... OCTOBER 29th

at Mexicali Rosa's 288 Dundas St.

at 2pm will be the 1st of 3 WildCard events.

The winner of sundays tournament will

automatically advance to the championship

tournament on Dec 3rd regardless of their

point standings. This is an especially great

opportunity for those who cannot attend regularly

or those who've been on a tough run of luck

to show off their poker skills and earn a spot in

the Championship.

Season 6

Season 5 will end on November 25th, 2006.

Season 6 will start November 26th, 2006.

CHAMPIONSHIP Date Announced

Season 5 Championship

SUNDAY DECEMBER 3rd

Bobby D's Billiards and Grill
2317 Fairview St. Burlington
905-639-5550


Starts at NOON.
Registration starts at 11am
Dont be late. Spots for "No-Shows"
will start being given away if you're
not registered by 11:45.

Poker In Canada Tour - Bradley Roadhouse

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Online Bounty Announced

There is a special Bounty for the
Online event Oct 27, 2006 at PokerInCanada.com

Any London member of the Poker In Canada Tour
who eliminates either PICTourMgr (Chris) or
sun_man (Sonny) will have their entry into the
following Fridays tournament paid for by me (Will).

For those unfamiliar with our Friday night online
tournaments:

go to http://www.pokerincanada.com
Sign up using Bonus Code: PICTOUR
You Must Email your Name, Membership #, & UserName
to Chris@PokerInCanadaTour.com to be awarded Points.
Go to: "Registering Tournaments" and find "PIC Tour"
Tournament Starts at 8PM
$5.00 Buy-In (One $5.00 Rebuy allowed
Optional $5.00 Add-On at 1st break)
All money goes into the prize pool.
Poker In Canada Tour Members are awarded
points for Top 8 in addition to any cash prizes.

Playing SMALL POCKET PAIRS (video)

A short video by Phil Gordon on
how to play small pocket pairs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAQPE3fPGXY

The Value Of Suited Cards (Video)

A short video from Phil Gordon which
explains the real value of your cards being suited.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUeghUzZ-So

Why you DONT SLOWPLAY ACES !

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Poker In Canada Tour - Mexicali Rosa's

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Oct 22nd
Back-to-Back Winner

JANICE MEYER

Oct 22nd
Winner


JANICE
MEYER