Poker: Los Angeles next stop for WSOP Academy
29th July, 2008
Leaving the desert sun behind, headed West to the City of Angels, the World Series of Poker Academy will make an appearance in Los Angeles to show West-Coast poker players how to elevate their game to new levels in tournament play.
The poker course will make its debut 6-7 September at the Bike Casino in Los Angeles and will give poker instruction from some of the biggest names in the business including Annie Duke, Alex Outhred, Kenny Tran and Joe Navarro.
“The WSOP Academy is coming off another amazing summer at the World Series of Poker that saw one of our Academy grads again at the final table just days after attending our camp,” said Brandon Rosen, with Post Oak Productions, which produces the WSOP Academy. “We’re now excited to offer our first academy experience in Los Angeles and welcome 2008 WSOP bracelet winner Kenny Tran, one of L.A.’s most noted poker professionals, to our family of instructors.”
One of the instructors for the event is a poker-tells expert, Joe Navarro, who worked in counterintelligence and counterterrorism in the FBI, which means he has a great deal of real-world experience in reading people.
“I look forward to working with the WSOP Academy students in Los Angeles to help them see inside their opponents and change the way they view their opponents,” Navarro said. I plan on spending time working with players individually and spotting tells they are giving off at the table. I truly believe that this type of personalized attention can save a player a lot of money in the long run.”
The WSOP Academy event will give poker players a complete overview of strategy in No Limit Hold’em, including workshops, seminars, handbooks and hand demonstrations.
By Michael
