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Ann

Cleveland

Member since – Summer of 2008

Total wins – 11

Grand Championship Tournament Winner
Summer Season ’10

Ann moved to Atlanta two years ago from South Carolina. Ann has only played Texas Hold’em for four years and plays no other card games. At the Summer Season ’10 Grand Championship, there were 167 players, and Ann took it down! We interviewd Ann to find out more about the player who won against such a large field of players.

Favorite Poker Players – Phil Ivey. Phil comes to the table and is quiet. He just plays cards. Doesn’t make a ruckus about losing hands. He is a nice humble player. If there is one thing I want to learn from him, it is how to remain calm the way he does no matter what happens.

Who’s influenced my play the most? – First season with the APC, I didn’t play very well and read a poker book in this last Wiinter Season. From that book I took two or three strategies and incorporated them into my game. (Ann won’t tell us the name of the book because she feels that will give us the definition of her strategies.) So the book influenced my play and also playing against the many different styles of play at the Wooden Nickel.

Goals in the APC? – At the beginnning of Summer Season ’10, it was to be in the top ten in every venue that I played in. I played in three venues, and I made it at every venue but one. This season, Fall Season ’10, it is to win the GC back to back and maybe be in the top five at every venue that I play in.

Advice for new players? – Don’t let aggressive players take you off of your game. Don’t get upset when a player is rude to you. Don’t worry about them and focus on your game. Oh, and come to the Wooden Nickel and play.

How did it feel to win the Grand Championship? – Really didn’t hit me until I got home and looked at the trophy and felt it was a major accomplishment having only played for four years. A great feeling. I didn’t know I could do it. My purpose was to go and play my game and use my three strategies. I really didn’t believe it while it was going on. And when I went to the Nickel the players went crazy, and that was when it hit me and everyone was so excited that the last two champions, Kerm and myself, played at the Nickel.

How does APC tournament play differ from tournament play in a casino? – I don’t play tournaments at casinos, but cash and tournament play is the same kind of feeling. First time I went to a casino, it was before reading that poker book and I lost money. The book changed my focus and after reading it, I played the table better.

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