Fulltiltpoker World Series 2008

January 14, 2008

Shortly after Lee submitted this article Cousineau captured the $500 limit hold'em United States Fulltiltpoker World Series 2008 tournament at the Trump Taj Mahal]. How are you feeling leading up to the WSOP and what are you doing to prepare for this major event? Ah, but I make it a point never to play the third day...alas, not by design. Richard, you're not cooperating. Most of us have millions of dollars in our 'woulda', 'shoulda', and 'coulda' accounts. If you and I had played fulltiltpoker together five years ago, I wouldn't necessarily recall your name today, but I would remember your face and how you played your hands in different spots, your tendencies. The more I play, the more I learn. Wow, impressive.

How do you do in ring games? I planned to check in that case. "Whose truck is it?" I ask. Best columnists? I believe that it is our right as players to have a nice Full Tilt environment. No, his name is always mentioned because his peers highly respect and fear him as an opponent. I won't have any regrets and I won't beat myself up over it. Why ask why? When you arrived at the final table I'm sure you were delighted to be the chip leader, but you couldn't have been too happy seeing my friend, John Juanda, and a player we've come to know well and respect, Steve Kaufman. You often explain through analogies.

They are annoying, distracting, and unnecessary. It sure would be great to have a photographic memory. "Betty, we're playing Texas rules this time," I answer. Yeah, but in every show I saw, he accomplished his objective because he was actually very sharp and always a step ahead of his unwitting adversary. Hmm, and I thought you weren't paying attention when we played at Sam's Town. So how do you do in heads-up play? What is your fulltiltpoker game of choice now? I'm not talking so much about picking up a particular tell on an opponent, but speaking more in terms of tuning into their playing style and betting patterns, studying the board, and asking myself, why did they just make the bet they did, or for that matter, why didn't they bet.

What games and where? Which do you prefer? He was the tightest player you'd ever played in your life when he was sober. I remember Stan well from those 20-odd years ago, but had never really gotten to know about him personally. There was a lot of frustration, as many of them do not have the vision to understand the benefit of bringing hundreds of players to their sites.

One of the tourneys in which several of these situations occurred was last year's Legends of Poker $1,000 buy in seven-card stud event. Next, she went on to be the DC (dealer coordinator), tournament director, director of dealer operations, and ultimately the vice-president of casino operations. Let's talk about your game and your success.

Do you or Susan still have time to play poker? He was at my ranch one time while a buyer from a big stud farm was there looking at a mare that I had. There is a Hall of Fame of Hall of Fames in a museum in San Francisco and I was able to get the Poker Hall of Fame included in this worthy project. He was one of the greatest players of all time, Bill Smith was. There will be five seminars presented by great players including Mike Caro, Mike Sexton, Phil Helmuth, Chris Ferguson, Russ Hamilton, and many, many more. Life would be boring without change.

The first Fulltiltpoker Club that I'm aware of that banned cell phones is the NCP at Hollywood Park. What was it like to have been the director of the WSOP for so long? From the moment I arrived at the Taj Mahal, everything seemed to go wrong. I believed he was trying to force me to muck my hand. In 1987, I moved to California to spread the first legal stud and hold'em games at what was then the Bell Club, then moved back to Vegas in 1988 and managed a five-table cardroom at the Mint Hotel and Casino. Suddenly I had chips and possessed the capability of taking a nice sized chunk out of any stack at the table if they chose to play with me. Obviously, you can't do it every time or you'll get killed... What is the difference in Tournaments oversea in comparison to the USA?