Did Someone Say Limit Hold'em is Dead?

Did someone say limit hold'em is dead? Commerce Casino in Commerce, California , proved otherwise with its $1 million-guaranteed limit hold'em tournament at the L.A. Poker Classic recently. This is the third year Commerce Casino has held this tournament, which turned out to be the largest limit hold'em tournament in the world, according to Casino Host Jerry Stensrud. There were 450 players, 297 rebuys, and 153 add-ons, resulting in a monster prize pool of $1,350,000. Andy Miller took home a whopping $499,500 for first place.

Commerce offers different tournaments for different appetites. At the beginning of the tournament, Commerce offered a $300 buy-in limit hold'em event with a $200,000-guaranteed prize pool; 678 players showed up for that event. There were 745 rebuys and 366 add-ons, for a total prize pool of $536,700. Cheri Dokken runs the tournaments smoothly and professionally with none of the usual tournament problems. Players are not jabbering on cell phones at the table. Observers are not permitted to stand close to the tables and Cheri strictly enforces this, which all the seated players appreciate. I know, because I was one of those appreciative players, at least until I got knocked out 16th at about 2 a.m. with pocket tens on the button! Notwithstanding my meager finish, I had a wonderful time playing poker. At my table was Lou Diamond Phillips, who was a gentleman and a pleasure to play with. To join the fun, click here for a schedule of the remaining tournaments.

Allyn Jaffrey received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of California at Irvine in 1977, where she graduated cum laude and became a member of Phi Beta Kappa for scholastic achievement. She is a practicing criminal defense attorney, having received a Juris Doctorate with scholastic merit from Western State University where she served as Research Editor and Executive Editor of Law Review in 1982-1983. She has lectured all over California, teaching other attorneys the fine points of criminal defense. She specializes in legal research and her areas of expertise include the filing of extraordinary writs, appeals and motions where a lower court judge commits legal error or where the police or prosecutors engage in misconduct. Allyn has been closely following the development of gaming law and the Internet ever since Jay Cohen was convicted in New York of operating a sports betting business from Antigua in violation of the Wire Act.

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