World Poker Tour (WPT) Boot Camp in Arizona March 11-12, 2006

Desert Poker Club is proud to announce that we will be hosting the WPT Boot Camp on March 11-12, 2006 with poker legend T.J. Cloutier

The two-day WPT Boot Camp is geared for any poker player from the beginner to the advanced and features an integrated curriculum that includes live lecture, archived footage from the WPT and interactive game playing. The two-day WPT Boot Camp will give you the tools to fully understand the tells, reads, and strategies integral to improving your own game. As a student, you will play in a private multi-table tournament to win a satellite seat into a WPT Main Event including airfare and hotel* and other exciting prizes!

Each event has limited seating. A high instructor-to-student ratio maximizes your learning experience and provides you with one-on-one interaction, insight and feedback within an intimate hands-on experience. This is what separates WPT Boot Camp and allows our instructors the ability maximize your learning experience.

Your participation includes a seat in two private WPT Boot Camp tournaments. In each case, you will only play poker against fellow WPT Boot Camp students. On day one, you will participate in a single table
Tune-Up Tournament where each winner will receive an exclusive, mahogany 400 piece WPT Chip set.

You will then conclude with a chance to win your own satellite seat including airfare and hotel* to a WPT Main Event or other exciting prizes! By placing you in this exciting, yet challenging position the opportunity for you to complete Your Fast Track To Your own Final Table is unmatched anywhere else.

To date, hundreds of poker players from around the world have participated in these amazing events and their testimonials clearly show that a WPT Boot Camp is any players Fast Track To The Final Table.

During your event, your all-star instructors will teach you, discuss your own experiences, share many of their own, enjoy meals with you and will be in attendance for the complete event. Our instructors do not just make guest appearances for a brief lecture and leave. They will guide you through this amazing event from start to finish!

What's Included

Breakfast, Lunch, Mid-Morning and Mid-Afternoon Snacks for both days.
Single table Tune-Up Tournament, where you can win your very own WPT Chip Set.
The exclusive WPT Boot Camp Courseware.
WPT Boot Camp Poker Survival Bag which includes:
- Mike Sexton's new book "Shuffle Up & Deal".
- WPT Boot Camp Shirt and Cap.
- Poker Academy Tutorial Software.
- Assorted WPT merchandise.
Participation at no additional cost in the Private WPT Boot Camp No-Limit Tournament:
- First place is a satellite seat into a WPT Main Event, Including airfare and hotel*.
- Second place is 1,000 piece WPT Luxury Poker Set.
- Third place is a 400 piece official WPT Poker Set.

SCHEDULE**

Day One

8:00am - 9:00am - Breakfast
9:00am - 12:30pm - Day 1 Workshops, live hands on lab play.
12:30pm - 1:30pm - Lunch with the Pros.
1:30pm - 5:30pm - Lecture, live hands on labs.10 Single Table No-Limit Tune-Up Tournament' with Pros observing.
7:30pm - Conclusion - Private WPT Boot Camp No-Limit Tournament

Day Two

8:00am - 9:00am - Breakfast
9:00am - 12:30pm - Day 2 Workshops, live hands on lab play, input from observations from Private WPT Boot Camp No-Limit Tournament.
12:30pm - 1:30pm - Lunch with the Pros.
1:30pm - 4:30pm - Lecture, live hands on labs
4:30pm - 5:30pm -Q&A, Final Thoughts, Photos, Signings.

During this two-day event, you will focus on skills that are unique to you and your opponent.

It's all About Making the Right Decisions
Self Knowledge - Knowing Yourself as a Poker Player
Paying Attention
Poker is a Lifetime Skill
Emotions and Tells
Managing Emotions
Endurance
Having Patience

People - Basic Styles
Aggression
Changing Gears
Table Image & Behavior
Controlling What Information You Give Out
Learning About Your Opponents
Avoiding Common Mistakes
Motivation - Money or "To Win It All"

As you better understand who you are as a poker player, you will then learn the "mathematics" of poker.

Betting the Right Amount
Counting Outs
Calculating Odds

Calculating Implied Odds
Lab - Analyzing Your Hands
Common Traps

The hand is dealt, the flop is coming, how do you optimize your opportunities?

Starting Hands
Pre-Flop Betting
Post-Flop Betting
Early Postion Plays
The Value of Position
Stealing The Blinds

Avoiding Dead Draws
All-In Bets
Slow Play
Bluffing - When and Why
Putting Oppnents on a Hand

As the tournament progresses, situations change, how will you adapt?

Early/Mid/Late Tournament Strategies
Changing Tables
Overcoming Bad Beats
Short Handed Play

Short Stacked Play
Playing as The Chip Leader
Strategies for Different Structure Games
No- Limit Betting Strategies

Trainers were hand picked by none other than the World Poker Tour's Mike Sexton and World Poker Tour Assistant Producer and poker expert, Alex "The Insider" Outhred. With their complimentary knowledge and critical review of today's most distinguished players and experts, WPT Boot Camp has retained several of the most dynamic players and poker insiders in the world today.

WPT Boot Camp's all-star staff of instructors currently includes Mike Sexton, Ron Rose, Linda Johnson, Scott Fischman, Clonie Gowen, Thomas "Thunder" Keller and Alex "The Insider" Outhred. These individuals have been hand picked and are regarded as some of the most talented, knowledgeable and skilled poker experts in the world.

Each instructor utilizes the exclusive WPT courseware combined with their own understanding of the strategies and expertise to provide you with an unmatched opportunity to reach your dream of making it to your own final table.

* 1st place prize travel not to exceed $500. (Satellite approximate value is $1,100.)
** Schedule and prizes are subject to change

Get all the details and sign up for this great event at www.wptbootcamp.com

Whether your game is Texas Hold'em, Draw, stud or anything else, this is your place.

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