Top poker training event World Series Of Poker Academy is known for helping many poker players reach the final table at the world’s largest poker events, and now it will be available to LA residents for the first time.
The very popular poker school features top instructors, including WSOP stars Annie Duke, Phil Hellmuth, Howard Lederer and Joe Hachem, all of whom take turns instructing at the different seminars organized by the WSOPA. Brandon Rosen of Post Oak Productions – the company that produces the WSOP Academy – is excited about the upcoming LA event and the addition of a new instructor to the WSOPA’s already stellar roster:
The WSOP Academy is coming off another amazing summer at the World Series of Poker that saw one of our Academy grads again at a final table just days after attending our camp. And we’re now excited to offer our first academy experience in Los Angeles and welcome 2008 WSOP bracelet winner Kenny Tran, one of LA’s most noted poker professionals, to our family of instructors. Like all of our WSOP Academy events, our Los Angeles event will give players the confidence and skills they need to be a threat at the table, whether they’re playing in a home game with friends or at the World Series of Poker against the best in the game.
The LA debut of the World Series Of Poker Academy will take place at the Bicycle Casino in two weeks, on September 6 and 7. The announced instructors for the event are Annie Duke, 2008 WSOP Heads-Up World Champion Kenny Tran, Ali Eslami and Alex Outhred along with the WSOPA’s special weapon: FBI expert Joe Navarro. Navarro has over 25 years of experience at the FBI working in counterintelligence and counterterrorism, and is an authority in detecting “the nonverbal communications that people exhibit when they are lying,” also known as “tells” at a poker table. Navarro is all set to give out his wisdom at the LA Academy:
I look forward to working with WSOP Academy students in Los Angeles to help them see inside their opponents and change the way they view the game. I plan on spending time working with players individually and spotting tells that 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.
A full-immersion poker experience, the WSOP Academy Los Angeles will feature “in-depth seminars, live hand demonstrations, interactive workshops and customized handbooks” along with a private tournament for a chance to win a $5,000 seat to a WSOP circuit event while practicing against some of the world’s best players. Rosen said of the tourney, “The Academy’s tournament is an exciting way for our participants to put into action what they’ve learned over the day and test their wits at the table against the world’s best like Annie Duke and Kenny Tran.”
There are only 100 seats available for the WSOPA Los Angeles, and at $1,499.00 it seems to be real good value for money – after all, Utah player Sally Boyer went on to win her first WSOP bracelet a day after attending the WSOP Academy. For registration or more info please visit http://www.wsopacademy.com.
