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Coming off February’s highly successful PacWest Poker Classic, DSPT and Chinook Winds Resort Casino are proud to announce the 2013 DSPT Oregon State Poker Championships, October 27th-November 4th. The OSPC will feature 18 events and a $175,000 series guarantee. The 360 degree live streamed Main Event will have a $150,000 guarantee, up from the PacWest’s $100k guaranteed Main Event in February that reached in excess of $160,000.

“Chinook Winds Casino Resort continues to offer the best poker action in Oregon and our continuing partnership with the DeepStacks Poker Tour allows us to further enhance the poker experience for our customers,” said Eric Smileuske, Director of Marketing, Chinook Winds Casino Resort. “With more stars, more events and a $150,000 guaranteed Main Event, the OSPC will most certainly become the premier event in this state.”

DeepStacks Pros, Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi, Tristan “Cre8ive” Wade, Randal “Randallin” Flowers and Jennifer “Jennicide” Leigh will be in attendance hosting the $1100 buy-in, $150,000 Guaranteed 360-degree live streamed Main Event.

All OSPC events will be held in the Bingo Hall adjacent to the poker room and will feature water stations, cellphone charging stations and complimentary snacks for all tournament and live action players.

To pre-register for upcoming OSPC events, visit: https://tickets.chinookwindscasino.com/Online/

For more information on OSPC room rates please call Chinook Winds Resort Casino at (541) 996-5825.

OSPC Schedule: DSPT-OSPC-Chinook Schedule

OSPC structures: OSPC Events 1-4-10-13 | OSPC Events 2-5-8-11 | OSPC Events 3-9-14 | OSPC Events 6-12 | OSPC Event 7 |  OSPC Event 16 | OSPC Events 17-18 | OSPC Main Event

Official Press Release: http://www.chinookwindscasino.com/oregon-state-poker-championships-deepstacks-tour.html

Read about February’s DSPT PacWest Poker Classic: http://deepstacks.com/pacwest-poker-classic/

The 2013 DSPT Mohegan Sun World Championship is a 12-event series that begins with the $300 buy-in, $30,000 Guaranteed event and culminates with the $2500 buy-in, $500,000 Guaranteed televised Main Event.

“DeepStacks’ vision to be the industry’s premier poker source aligns perfectly with our established reputation as the premier entertainment and gaming destination,” said Ray Pineault, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for Mohegan Sun. “This partnership will provide players with the most exciting and challenging poker schedule and tournaments available in the industry. We look forward to hosting our DeepStacks championship event with some of the premier poker players in the world this fall.”

DeepStacks Pros, Mike Matusow, Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi and Tristan “Cre8ive” Wade will be in attendance hosting several events including the Main Event.

All DSPT World Championship events will be 360 degree live streamed and held in the Poker Room with the exception of the 6-handed televised Main Event final table which will be held in the Cabaret.

Winners of all previous 2013 DSPT tour stops at the Isle of Pompano, Chinooks Winds Casino Resort, Mohegan Sun (CT), Mohegan Sun-Pocono Downs, Turlock Poker Room, Casino Barcelona and Veneto Casino will be represented at this year’s televised World Championship Main Event.

Download: DSPT MS World Championship Event Schedule

All event structures, hotel poker rates and pre-registrations via PokerTickets.com coming soon!

Last year’s DSPT Mohegan Sun National Champion was won by NJ resident, Artyem Perlov: http://www.pokernews.com/news/2012/12/artyem-perlov-wins-2012-deepstacks-poker-tour-mohegan-sun-13921.htm

Watch the 2012 DSPT Mohegan Sun National Championship that aired nationally on DirecTV:

2012 DeepStacks Poker Tour Mohegan Sun National Championship – TV Show

After three days of intense play, the 2013 World Series of Poker Event #13: $5,000 Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low 8-or-Better has come to an end. What started with 210 players on Wednesday ended in the early morning hours of Saturday with Mike “The Mouth” Matusow emerging victorious over a stacked final table to win his fourth gold bracelet and the accompanying $266,503 first-place prize.

Matusow, who won the NBC National Heads-Up Championship for $750,000 back in January, had an up-and-down day on his way to victory, which included beating Matthew Ashton in an concentrated heads-up battle. Ashton, who finished third in Event #5 $2,500 Omaha/Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low 8-or-Better for $86,437 less than a week ago, just missed out on another bracelet, but he had $164,700 in prize money to serve as consolation.

The third and final day saw the final 20 players return to battle down to a winner, and it didn’t take long for the eliminations to mount. Within minutes of the day’s start, Russia’s Ognjen Sekularac departed in 20th place, and he was soon followed out the door by Will Thompson (19th – $9,583), Timothy Finne (18th – $9,583), Joe Tehan (17th – $9,583), Brian Hastings (16th – $11,528) and Eli Elezra (15th – $11,528), who were actually eliminated on the same hand. Ryan Miller also joined them on the rail in 14th place for $13,877, and that was all before the first break of the day! Ryan Miller also joined them on the rail in 14th place for $13,877, and that was all before the first break of the day!

Over the course of the next two levels, “Crazy” Marco Johnson (13th – $13,877), Richard Chiovari (12th – $17,025), Jose-Luis Velador (11th – $17,025) and Eric Rodawig (10th – $21,190).

In 2011, Rodawig won his first gold bracelet and $442,183 in this very event by defeating Phil Hellmuth in heads-up play.Despite not defending his title in 2012 due to a friend’s wedding, Rodawig was intent on winning it for the second time in three years. Unfortunately that dream came to an end in Level 22 (12,000/24,000/3,000). Here’s a look at his last hand:

Eric Rodawig:  /  / 
Mike Leah:  /  / 

Mike Leah completed showing the  and Rodawig raised. Leah made the call and then bet when he paired that seven on fourth. Rodawig called off his last 17,000 and showed , which gave him a good shot at a low. Leah showed the . After the board ran out, Leah received the  on seventh to make an eight-seven low to go with his pair of sevens, but it wasn’t needed as Rodawig somehow missed everything and ended with king high after receiving the  on seventh. Rodawig exited in tenth place for $21,190.

After Tuan Vo was eliminated in ninth place, the official final table was set with Yuval Bronshtein leading the way and Vladimir Shchemelev on the short stack. Not surprisingly, the Russian didn’t last long, just four hands at the final table in fact. Twelve hands later, one of the fan favorites in Gavin Smith followed him out the door in seventh place.

Sixth-place “honors” went to none other than Tony Cousineau, who fell on Hand #61. Cousineau was down to just 2,000 in the first level of the day, which was barely enough to pay the antes, but managed to make a nice comeback. Nonetheless, he was surely disappointed to finish in sixth and add to his streak of most WSOP cashes, now at 55, without a WSOP bracelet.

Surprisingly, Bronshtein joined him on the rail two hands later and extended his own cashes without a bracelet to 22.

Four-handed play was an extended affair, 79 hands to be exact, but eventually two-time bracelet winner David “Bakes” Baker was eliminated. That brought about three-handed play, which lasted for two hours before Leah ducked out in third.

Heads-up play began with Matthew Ashton, who was celebrating his birthday, holding a 2-1 lead over Matusow, but “The Mouth” was soon able to even up the stacks. Before long he took the lead and there was no looking back.

Congratulations to Mike “The Mouth” Matusow on winning his forth gold bracelet! That does it for our coverage from Event #13: $5,000 Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low 8-or-Better, but there are still plenty of events to follow throughout the summer. See you then!

The Los Angeles Clippers plan to interview Indiana Pacers associate head coach Brian Shaw as soon as Monday, sources have told ESPN, as he and recently fired Denver Nuggets coach George Karl have emerged as the team’s top choices to fill its head coaching vacancy.

The Clippers are still interested in Memphis Grizzlieshead coach Lionel Hollins, whom they were scheduled to speak with by phone on Thursday afternoon, sources said.

ESPNLosAngeles.com reported on Tuesday that Shaw, who won five NBA championships with theLos Angeles Lakers as either a player or a coach, is seen as the front-runner for the Clippers job. His youth, championship resume and his track record of player development with budding stars such as Paul George and Lance Stephenson at Indiana, are seen as assets by some in the organization.

The Clippers have been keeping an eye on Karl’s situation in Denver for several weeks, knowing he may become available, according to sources. L.A. had preliminary discussions with Denver before the Nuggets and Karl formally parted ways on Thursday morning, but the Clippers had not officially asked permission to speak with him.

Karl is very intrigued by the job, two sources close to the coach said. The Clippers have yet to formally speak with him, but there have been discussions with his representative, sources said.

Karl, the reigning NBA Coach of the Year, would bring 1,131 career wins and a style of play that easily would translate with the Clippers’ roster.

Former Cleveland Cavaliers coach Byron Scott and former Phoenix Suns coach Alvin Gentry are also considered candidates.

MIAMI — Their season, their legacy, their reign atop the NBA was all at stake, and the Miami Heatresponded in a manner befitting defending champions — with a blowout.

LeBron James scored 32 points and grabbed eight rebounds, ailing Dwyane Wade matched his postseason high with 21 points, and the Heat ran away from the Indiana Pacers 99-76 in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals Monday night.

In the NBA Finals for the third straight year, the Heat will play the San Antonio Spurs in Game 1 on Thursday in Miami.

“They’re just an amazing group of guys,” Heat managing general partner Micky Arison said after handing the East trophy to Chris Andersen. “They’ve given us an incredible season so far, but it’s a long way from over.”

It could have ended Monday, of course. The Heat had alternated wins and losses with the Pacers in the first six games of the series, and were coming off their worst offensive outing of the season in Game 6.

They responded with a rout, despite shooting just less than 40 percent, well below their norm.

“By any means necessary … we took care of business,” James said.

Miami led by as many as 28 points, a shocking amount for a series that had an aggregate score of Heat 569, Pacers 564 entering Monday night. The Heat actually trailed by six in the early going and were still down 21-19 after the first quarter, and it was starting to look like it would be one of those down-to-the-wire nights.

Not even close.

“You never want to take anything for granted,” Wade said. “Being here three straight years in a row, going back to the Finals, is an amazing feat. I’m just glad we were able to do it. Everything that happened in the first six games didn’t mean anything to us. It was about tonight. It was about Game 7. It was about finding a way to win here at home.”

James exited with 5:08 left, shaking retired soccer star David Beckham’s hand as he made his way to the Heat’s bench for a relatively subdued celebration. Not long afterward, security personnel started what has become a familiar task in Miami — surrounding the court and stretching out a yellow rope, preparing to hold people at bay for the looming on-court trophy presentation.

More than a few people didn’t stick around to see the East title formally presented. After all, it’s an all-or-nothing season for the Heat — and this trophy isn’t the one that will satisfy them.

Ray Allen added 10 points for Miami, which earned its 78th victory of the season, matching the 11th-best single-season total in NBA history.

“It’s just a privilege to be with this great team, great teammates, and we have another opportunity to go back to where we are,” Heat forward Chris Bosh said. “You never really want to get it out of the way too much. Game 7s don’t happen too often. We enjoyed it and now we have to move on.”

Roy Hibbert scored 18 points for the Pacers, who got 14 from David West, 13 from George Hilland 10 from Lance Stephenson. All-Star Paul George was held to seven points on 2-for-9 shooting and fouled out early in the fourth quarter.

King of Them All

George was the last Indiana player on the floor as Miami prepped for its postgame celebration, shaking any hand he could find before being walked toward the visitors locker room by Pacers coach Frank Vogel, who slung an arm over his star’s shoulder.

His time will likely come — someday.

Not yet, though. Not with this Miami team built for titles. It’s the fourth trip to the Finals for the Heat, who won the title in 2006 and now have been there all three years of the Big Three era, falling to Dallas in 2011 and then topping Oklahoma City in five games last year.

“The great thing is we’re a young team and we are past the building stage,” George said. “This is really our first year tasting success. The rate we are going, we see championships soon.”

They’re getting closer. A second-round loss to Miami in six games last year was followed by a seven-game, conference-finals exit this time around.

Still, they’ll be watching the title round.

“Everybody in this country knows who the Indiana Pacers are now,” Vogel said. “And we represent all the right things — class, character, hard work, old-school basketball, playing the game the right way. We represented our franchise, our city and our state extremely, extremely well, and we have a lot to be proud of.”

Miami went 2-0 against San Antonio this season, although neither of those games should be considered harbingers of what’s ahead. The Spurs rested four regulars in the first meeting, and the Heat were without three injured starters in the second matchup.

“It’s crazy that it worked out this way,” Wade said.

James delivered an inspirational address of sorts to his team Monday morning, publicly revealing no details of what he said afterward other than insisting that the Heat would be ready.

He was right. After 5 minutes, it was 12-6 Indiana. After that, the rest of the half was pretty much all Miami.

Once the Pacers cooled off a bit, the Heat immediately went into pull-away mode. Over the final 19 minutes of the half, Miami’s edge was 46-25. Over the final 11 minutes, it was 33-14, as James and Allen outscored the Pacers by themselves.

Allen did less pregame shooting than usual Monday. He was at the arena several hours before game time — as is his custom — and got in a pregame workout, but once he found a groove, he decided that was enough. And after going 13-for-46 in the first six games of the series, the NBA’s career leader in 3-pointers had to believe that he was simply overdue to get going.

His first shot Monday was a 3-pointer that connected, giving the Heat a 26-23 lead.

The Heat never trailed again.

“We just focused on every possession, trying to get stops, play Miami Heat defense, create havoc,” James said. “I thought we did that tonight.”

By halftime, it was 52-37, with James scoring 18 points, Bosh and Wade combining for 17, and Allen adding 10 more. And what had to be most troubling to the Pacers at halftime was their 15 turnovers, a number Vogel said earlier Monday would spell trouble if his team committed that many in the entire game.

And in the third, the run the Pacers so desperately needed never arrived.

Indiana was still within 13 with 3:37 left in the period when Hibbert picked up his fourth foul. Ordinarily, that would mean someone goes to the bench, although Game 7 on the road for a trip to the NBA Finals hardly could be classified as an ordinary occasion.

So Vogel — who was second-guessed for not having Hibbert on the floor for the final moments in overtime of Game 1, when James got to the rim easily for a game-winning layup — left his center out there with four fouls.

Barely a minute later, it backfired. Hibbert picked up his fifth late in the third, and George got to five fouls by getting whistled twice in the final 46.1 seconds of the quarter.

By then, the outcome was obvious.

It was Miami’s night.

“We’ll enjoy this,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said, “for a short period of time.”

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LOS ANGELES – Dodgers president Stan Kasten said Friday that manager Don Mattingly is not in imminent danger of losing his job.

“No, and I’ve said this for a while. I think I’ve stated things about as obviously as they can be,” Kasten said. “I always avoid doing what you would all mock me for and that is issuing the dreaded vote of confidence. You know the reaction is when anyone does that. I try not to do that. I try to be more direct and honest about it.

“What I’ve always said, what I’ve always felt, is I like the team we put together. I like our staff. I do expect us to have success. I do expect this team to turn it around and, because of that, I expect Donnie to be around a long time.”

Kasten called it a “myth” that his decision not to pick up Mattingly’s 2014 option before the season began — or to offer him a contract extension — was indicative of a lack of faith in the manager. He pointed to the situation in Anaheim, where the Angels’ Mike Scioscia also has been rumored to be on the hot seat.

“Down the road from here, there’s a pretty damn good manager, one of the best, maybe, ever, who also won a world championship and, until the last week or so, I’ve been reading his death watch,” Kasten said. “And he’s got five years left on his contract!”

Entering Friday’s game with the first-place St. Louis Cardinals, the Dodgers — with a National League-record $217 million payroll — are 19-26 and in last place in the NL West. Mattingly made critical comments about his team’s competitiveness Wednesday in Milwaukee and benched right fielder Andre Ethier.

Mattingly and Ethier have not spoken since Wednesday’s benching, though Ethier said he would welcome such a meeting and that he has asked some of his teammates whether they think he needs to compete harder.

Ethier told reporters Wednesday he was disappointed Mattingly didn’t discuss his feelings before venting to reporters. Mattingly contested that Friday, saying he talked with Ethier for 20 minutes, until shortly before Wednesday’s game began.

“Andre knows exactly where I’m coming from,” Mattingly said.

Story by Turlock City News

Turlock’s very own card room & casino became the center of the poker world this weekend. And a Turlock resident became the big-time winner, besting scores of poker pros.

Turlock Poker Room played host to the Central California Poker Classic, one stop on the nine-leg DeepStacks Poker Tour. But upsetting the myriad big-name tour pros was Jaime Esquivel, a Turlock resident and Turlock Poker Room regular.

“I feel great,” Esquivel said immediately after winning. “I feel, oh my God, I feel excited. This is my first time in anything like this.”

The tournament was the first major event Esquivel ever entered – and the largest buy-in for a Turlock Poker Room tournament, ever. Esquivel didn’t expect to win, he said, but just tried to remain calm and professional throughout the two-day tournament.

The DeepStacks Poker Tour travels the globe, attracting some of the biggest names in poker while offering lucrative payouts. Stops in Barcelona, Spain and Panama City, Panama are interspersed with tournaments at famous American casinos like the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Conn., and the Turlock Poker Room.

The Tour has visited the Turlock Poker Room for the past three years. The small-town charm and big city amenities have quickly made the Turlock Poker Room one of DeepStacks CEO and President Chris Torina’s favorite stops.

“The staff is one of the best we deal with during the year and the room is awesome,” Torina said. “Their attention to details and professionalism is quite remarkable. They work hard and put out a great product to their local customers. In my opinion, I think Turlock is the best poker room in Central California, hands down.”

In Turlock, 90 players squared off in the two-day, $500 buy-in tournament. Locals went up against professionals like Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi – Official Poker Ambassador of Turlock Poker Room – as well as Tristan Wade, Jason Lee and Darrel Dier, and even ESPN commentator Lon McEachern.

Esquivel shocked the pros to win the tournament – and $10,500 from a $41,000 prize pool, along with complimentary entry to all TPR tourneys. Esquivel also earned a spot in the televised DeepStacks Poker Tour Mohegan Sun World Championship, which has a guaranteed $500,000 payout.

To get the win, Esquivel knocked out second-place finisher Torina, who decided to play in his own tournament at the last minute. The final hands ran until after 2 a.m. Monday morning, with hours of tough three-handed and heads-up play.

“Coming in second place is a great accomplishment considering how tough the field was and (the) number of poker pros to get through to get to the final table,” Torina said. “I feel like I played really well and made some really good decisions. It’s always nice to do well but it was extra special to do it in Turlock in front of people that really love and support the DeepStacks Poker Tour.”

DeepStacks streamed the entire tournament live its website, using the tour’s DeepStacks360 technology. The Turlock Poker Room saw a 1,000 percent increase in traffic to their website during the event, with visitors from France, Italy, Russia, Thailand, Estonia, Norway, and Germany.

Read more about the DeepStacks Poker Tour stop at Turlock Poker Room at www.TurlockPoker.com.

Veneto Hotel & Casino, the official Panamanian casino partner of the DeepStacks Poker Tour, is hosting a $1200 buy-in, $300,000 GTD tournament from May 30-June 2. The 4-day Main Event is one of a series of annual events organized by the Veneto Poker Room that features a large GTD prize pool and great structures. In March, VPR hosted their $2000 buy-in, $500,000 GTD event that saw 295 players from around the world converge on the casino for their chance at the $150,000 first place prize.

“Veneto Casino is a leader in Latin America gaming and their May tournament further proves that they are serious about offering a first class product to their players,” said Chris Torina, DeepStacks Founder & CEO. “The May event will further cement Veneto as the #1 poker destination in that region and help grow the excitement for future DSPT and LAPT events.”

To register for the May event please visit: https://inscription.venetopanama.com/ or for more information please email VPR at: venetopoker@vwgrand.com

Veneto Hotel & Casino also hosts the PokerStars Latin America Poker Tour (LAPT) and will host the first-ever DeepStacks Poker Tour event, The Poker Carnivale, from November 6-11, 2013. The DSPT Poker Carnivale will feature a preliminary event, Main Event satellites, a GTD Main Event and a High Roller event.

Here are the details for May’s $300,000 GTD event:

Main event buy-in package includes:

1. Shared room

2. Rooms assigned under Casino’s Discretion

3. Must have paid buy-in prior checking in

4. Previous booking base on availability- Minimum 10 days prior

5. Free play (find the information at the inscriptions desk)

6. Room upgrade available if you book online

7. Internet Access

Note: Re-buy (re-inscription) doesn’t qualify for another room.

* No re-buys – No add-on, you will have the option to re-apply paying the amount of $1,200

* The Blinds change every 40 minutes and are a total of 30 levels.

SERIES SCHEDULE:

MAIN EVENT STRUCTURE: