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FeltStars/ DCR Announcement As Reported in APW (no replies)

DrCheckRaise — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:02:54 -0700

DrCheckRaise Signs With FeltStars<----Click here to read story as published in APW

Spotting Tells (1 reply)

DrCheckRaise — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 10:27:05 -0700

Spotting Tells

Be The Wolf In Sheeps Clothing (4 replies)

DrCheckRaise — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:49:45 -0700

Be The Wolf In Sheeps Clothing

CheckMate (no replies)

DrCheckRaise — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 10:17:40 -0700

Check Mate

Scared Money (1 reply)

DrCheckRaise — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 14:40:59 -0700

Scared Money

Getting Better With Every Hand (1 reply)

DrCheckRaise — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 10:11:03 -0700

Getting Better With Every Hand

To Show or Not to Show (2 replies)

DrCheckRaise — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:51:37 -0700

Show No Show as published in APW

Not What You Said, But How You Said It. (1 reply)

DrCheckRaise — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 12:04:54 -0700

Not What You Said, But How You Said It.

Vol.1 #10 Passive The New Aggressive? (2 replies)

DrCheckRaise — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:28:25 -0700

Passive The New Aggressive? Click Here

Jerry Yang, Changing The Face Of Poker (2 replies)

DrCheckRaise — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 18:47:27 -0700

This is the interview that I wrote for Australian Poker Weekly. It is a much different interview than I did for DrCheckRaise.com

Jerry Yang Interview Click Here[/u

DrCheckRaise Talks With WSOP Champ Jerry Yang (13 replies)

DrCheckRaise — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 21:09:27 -0700

Interview With Jerry Yang

I spoke with Jerry Yang for an article I was doing for Australian Poker Weekly. The focus of that article was to be on his charitable reign while being the 2007 WSOP Champion. It is a good story and after it hits the news stands in Australia I will be proud to share that with you. But I also was able to speak to Jerry about other subjects for the members here are DrCheckRaise.com. I was particularly interested in his rise from beginner to World Champ in 2 short years and asked him to share that with me.

He said that he was not a wealthy man by any stretch of the imagination, and that he and his wife were sitting on the couch flipping through the channels when he ran across Joe Hachem winning the 2005 WSOP. He said that he looked at his wife and said, “I can do that”. Well from what he told me she was less than impressed with that statement and gave him a look that communicated that she wanted no part of him squandering what little money they had on poker. Without her saying a word he promised her that he would not spend any more than 5% of his weekly income to play poker.

He did just that. He said that he played at the local casinos and he was winning. That a lot of his wins were very ugly, getting in behind and sucking out. Making people angry at times cursing him and calling him names. He tells me that was where his nickname, “The Shadow” came from. That he was told he was like a shadow, you just can’t shake him or get rid of him. If I understood the soft spoken Yang correctly he was actually called by one man a “F*@$!^# Shadow” He was no stranger of sucking out.

At his local casino, an Indian casino he entered a satellite to the main event for the WSOP for a $225 entry fee. He won that event and the Grand Prize, either $10,000 cash or they would purchase the seat for him. Because he and his wife could have used the 10k, he says he didn’t actually tell his wife that he had the option. He took the seat, fearing that his wife would say, take the cash. She later tells him that she would not have objected, but, just imagine had things gone just slightly different.

Well Jerry didn’t have the money for a hotel, and the Indian Casino was not going to provide one for him either. Even though he attempted to persuade them. He feared he would not be able to go. He then decided to get in touch with another local casino and ask them if they would get a hotel for him. That he was not asking for the Rio or anything like that, just a bed to sleep in while he played in the event. In return he said that he would wear their hat if they would do that for him. Lake Elsinore Hotel & Casino and the poker room manager was Pat Wilmes. Pat agreed there on the spot and was about to give him cash right then and there. Jerry was, and is to this day very thankfur for Pat's help. But he probably should have accepted assistance in choosing a hotel, because, as Jerry tells the story he ended up in a motel that was in a run down part of Las Vegas, dirty, and no extra charge for the cock roaches. That he actually feared for his safety as he made his way to the casino daily for the main event.

He said that while playing he really had no expectations on actually winning. He was just happy to have the experience and the opportunity to play with and against those in the poker world that he had come to somewhat be in awe of.

Jerry “The Shadow” Yang, went on to win the living up to his nickname he called an all in with 88 against AQ. The queen flopped and Jerry was behind in the hand but ended up catching a straight on the river to become the 2007 WSOP Champion, and winning 8.25 million dollars.

Of course 8.25 million is a lot of money, but you know the IRS got more than their fair share, and Jerry has gone on to give more than 1 million of those winning to several charities. He has been able to spend more time with his family and they seem to love doing charity work. Before I spoke with Jerry I had had several people tell me what a genuinely nice man he was. Well I can tell you that this is an understatement. He is the real deal. My article for APW is about his charity work and is life as a child in a refugee camp in Laos. This certainly molded him to be the charitable champion that he is. I can’t wait for you to read that article and would recommend you consider purchasing his book when it comes out this fall. “All In, The Jerry Yang Story, From Laos to Las Vegas”

Vol.# 1 # 9 When To Play To Win (9 replies)

DrCheckRaise — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 08:41:03 -0700

Vol# 1 Issue # 9

Vol.# 1# 8 Ho, The Gold At The End Of The Rainbow (2 replies)

DrCheckRaise — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:00:37 -0700

Vol# 1 Issue # 8

Vol. #1 # 7 "Tilt, Another Weapon In Your Arsenal" (3 replies)

DrCheckRaise — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:07:36 -0700

Click here to read "Tilt, Another Weapon"

Vol # 1 # 6, Don't Tap On The Glass (1 reply)

DrCheckRaise — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:28:18 -0700

Vol #1 Issue # 6 Tap on The Glass

Vol #1 # 5 Playing The Player (no replies)

DrCheckRaise — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 00:02:30 -0700

Vol #1 Issue #5

DrCheckRaise Published Articles (1 reply)

DrCheckRaise — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 13:28:58 -0700

I am now writing a weekly column for Australian Poker Weekly. I will post these articles as they are published. I welcome your suggestions for future articles, please keep in mind that my audience is basically Casino Poker Players in Australia.

Vol #1 # 4 The Peter Principle & Poker (2 replies)

DrCheckRaise — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 22:15:25 -0700

APW Vol. # 1 Issue #4

Very cool Doc and hello to the new Guys! (1 reply)

jontm — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 16:27:58 -0700

So much writing talent here. Like to read the Docs and Franks stuff. Another huge interest here.

BAS and I are blog aholics......find it very soothing to put thoughts on paper (or virtual paper, lol)

Throw as much in here as you can guys....reading also rocks!

Vol.# 1 #3 Trusting Your Read (9 replies)

DrCheckRaise — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 20:21:34 -0700

Australian Poker Weekly has asked me to take on a weekly column for their publication. Here is a sample, a pdf file of my page.
Simply click here to view it.
APW Vol. #1 Issue #3