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FRONT PAGE - Back to RETIRED PAGES INDEX The Color Of Poker The 2000 Carnivale of Poker was held at Harrahs in Las Vegas. I was there for three events in which I covered on The Poker Show. A Frenchman named Angelo Besnainou won the $5,000 Championship Event. There were 212 entrants in the $5,000 Buy-In, for a total prize pool of $1,060,000. 3 tables were paid, a total of 27 players. The Poker Show has over 10 videos in the 2000 Carnivale of Poker series. All elimination's from the Final Table are video graphed at ringside. 1998 WSOP $3,000 Texas Hold'em champion Farzad Bonyadi was second. Annie Duke was the first woman to make the Final Table at the Carnivale Championship event. Phil Hellmuth, Jr. finished third in a great composed performance. Phil is in tune, still.. Men The Master Nguyen was at the final table drinking his trademark Corona beer. If anyone from Corona reads this, tell them that Men would make a great endorsement. During a moment at the 2000 Carnivale, Amarillo Slim Preston and Bob Stupak wagered chips as they lagged closest to the wall. There was a big crowd. Many participated. Very interesting event.. That is also seen on The Poker Show. The Tournament Director Carol Trimble. The Rio is where the first two Carnivale of Poker's were. Steve Morrow left after the second event and veteran Tournament Director Bob Thompson took over. These words are Steve's: Hi all. Long time lurker, first time poster. First I'd like to congratulate Tournament Champion Angelo Beshnainou and all of the other event winners. I only wish I had been there to do it in person. I have read your posts with great interest since returning to my home in Baton Rouge. For the sake of the tournament I decided to withhold my response until it was over. Of particular interest was the following post from RazzO on Jan. 20th:"both Bob Thompson and Carol Trimble said that Steve could not see thing's the way Carol and whoever else did, or wanted too. Carol says Steve is still a friend and a great poker tourn official. I don't know if he voluntarily left, or was asked.." For the record, I did not quit. I would never, under any circumstances, betray the trust of the players by voluntarily leaving in the middle of a tournament. Also for the record, I did nothing wrong. There were no issues of honesty, wrongdoing or dereliction of duty. As always, I gave 100% effort to the success of the tournament. I followed all written and stated instructions regarding all known policies. My wife is dying to know how Mrs. Trimble treats her enemies. As for the rumors that I have personally heard and read concerning the tournament and my termination, these are some personal observations:I had no involvement whatsoever in the organization of this tournament, beyond providing the schedule and event structures. I was not even allowed to choose my own personal assistants. All decisions were made by Mrs. Trimble and Harrah's. I received no compensation whatsoever from the sale of hotel rooms. My contract was in no way affected by the revenue or expenses of the tournament. Brent Carter declined to produce photo-identification for tax purposes, therefore I declined to pay Mr. Carter his winnings, as I was instructed. I did not inspire or conspire with Mr. Carter. He acted on his own, as he had done previously at the Bicycle Club and possibly at other casinos. In fact, on the day before I was fired, I gave Mrs. Trimble correct advice, that if heeded, would have prevented a challenge by Mr. Carter. My downfall, apparently, is that I treated Mr. Carter with the same respect and cooperation that I would have afforded any other player with any other valid concern.
My dismissal from the Carnivale, coupled with the
subsequent notice that I have been replaced as the
tournament coordinator of the upcoming World Poker
Open in Tunica this March, leaves me little choice
but to explore new career paths. It has been an
honor and a pleasure to have served you all the past
seven years. I look forward to seeing you in the
future from the other side of the table.
Respectfully, Chip Reese, Doyle Texas Dolly Brunson turned out at the 2000 Carnivale. As a matter of fact, Champ Angelo knocked Chip out on day one. Chip raised all in(?) with Q/Q and Angelo called with Ace-hearts/10?, flop comes, 2-3-6, with two hearts, comes HEART-HEART! THE POKER SHOW - http://poker2000.com POKERwwwORLD - http://pokerworld.com Happy Millennium to ALL! Hope everyone had a Happy Holiday so far.. just forgive the short column.. many thanks to GameMasterOnline.com and their subcribers! Online poker I have just recently started playing online poker. It's fun. I play at http://www.poker.com - Poker.com, Inc. This a new Company that went public (stock) and wants to have a great website/client to offer. The software there now is a leased version. It runs fast and there is no rake taken 5 players or less. support@poker.com has something they will send (tell'em RazzO sent ya'z), or goto website and download game machine and credit proccessing software. It's really fun. Just get $100. off your card(or other avenues) and play! I have some help files at http://pokerworld.com/pokercom.htm - It's an honest game(s) with everyone who plays identified. Poker.com has just started $1-$2 & $2-$4 Texas hold'em, to go along with the $3-$6 & $5-$10 & $10-$20. Its graphics are real nice and the setup is easy. As I said, the help instructions I offer are mentioned above. I will be covering the 2000 Carnivale of Poker, at Harrahs in Las Vegas this coming year. http://poker2000.com - The Poker Show I just returned from the Seniors VI tournament in Compton CA. At Crystal Park Casino. Steve Slicker is 1999 Seniors champ. That's all at The Poker Show, along with the 1999 Seniors Hall of Fame inductees, Rod Peate and Vince Burgio. The 2000-1995 World Series of Poker can be seen at my mentors site, Chuck Weinstock..http://conjelco.com/wsop - Chuck as many know has years of WSOP finish records. The Tournament of Champions has a website, now. http://www.tocpoker.com were many WSOP records and the 1999 TOC records can be found. Also, The Poker Show has a series of videos in which world class limit hold'em player Mike Laing discusses his play while on Jack Daniels. There many who have discussed his habits(playing) on news:rec.gambling.poker (R.G.P.) as could being the best limit player in the world if it wasn't for his drinking. He is the 1994 WSOP limit hold'em world champion and talks about "being staked" in a game. 4 time world champion Mike Hart also has a video about being staked. good luck in 2000..
yours,
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