Earlier this month, the inaugural Gulf Coast Poker Awards honored players and industry professionals from the south while at the Poker Gras tournament at Harrah’s New Orleans.GulfCoastPoker.net.
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Earlier this month, the inaugural Gulf Coast Poker Awards honored players and industry professionals from the south while at the Poker Gras tournament at Harrah’s New Orleans. GulfCoastPoker.net recognized winners in eight categories including Yousef 'Joe' Saleh (pictured above) as Player of the Year.
Fittingly, Saleh showed it was justified by winning the Poker Gras $600 Main Event for $34.195. It was the latest score for Saleh this year which includes $34,650 for winning the RGPS Tunica and $36,895 for taking down the HPT Vicksburg.
Gulf Coast Poker Award Winners
Award | Winner |
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2019 Player of the Year | Yousef 'Joe' Saleh |
2019 Break-Out Player of the Year | Josh Thibodaux |
2019 Senior of the Year | Robbie Matthews |
2019 Most Consistent Tournament Player | Blake Whittington |
2019 Content Provider of the Year | Cory Waaland |
2019 Female Player of the Year | Irene Carey |
2019 Cash Game Player of the Year | Gui Zheng |
2019 Industry Professional of the Year | Jesse Hollander (bestbet Jacksonville) |
How'd They Get There?
To be eligible, nominees had to have a connection to the extended Gulf Coast Poker region, which includes the southeastern United States from eastern Texas, up to Arkansas, along Tennessee to North Carolina and everything south of that. The pool of nominations was submitted by tournament directors, staff, poker media, and players spanning the region.
The awards ceremony, which was sponsored by Maker’s Mark (players got to enjoy the Maker's Mark Bust-Out Lounge), took place during the Poker Gras Main Event. Many nominees were in attendance, and others flew in from afar including Alison Hollander and nominee Johnny Pham, who came in from bestbet Jacksonville to accept Jesse Hollander's Industry Professional of the Year award.
For Robbie Matthews, he claimed “Senior of the Year” due largely to winning both $250 Senior Events at the World Series of Poker Circuit stop at the IP Biloxi last December for more than $17K and a pair of gold rings.
For Break-Out Player of the Year, Josh Thibodaux came out of nowhere by winning w WSOP Circuit ring at the Harrah’s New Orleans stop and then a month later finished fifth in the summer’s WSOP Millionaire Maker for a career-high $350,758.
The Gulf Coast Poker Awards are slated to return next year, and there’s talk of organizers hosting either a luncheon or perhaps an even more formal ceremony.
Here are some shots from the awards courtesy of GulfCoastPoker.net.
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TYPES OF CASINOS IN BILOXI
Many of the casinos in Biloxi are all located on riverboats. However, there are also some Biloxi casinos that are land-based.
Mississippi gaming law requires all riverboat casinos to be permanently moored at a dock and they are not allowed to cruise. This allows the riverboats to offer 24-hour dockside gambling. On August 1, 1992, the Isle of Capri in Biloxi was the first Mississippi casino to open, followed one month later by The President. Both of those Biloxi casinos are now gone.
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Since Mississippi law doesn't require the floating vessels to actually resemble a boat, most all of the casinos in Biloxi, as well as elsewhere in Mississippi, are built on barges. This gives those casinos the appearance of a land-based building, rather than a riverboat.
Because of the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina in August 2005, the Mississippi legislature allowed the state’s gulf coast casinos to be rebuilt on land within 800-feet of the shoreline and some Biloxi casinos have been rebuilt in that manner.
Most of the casinos in Biloxi are located along highway 90 on the shore of the Gulf of Mexico. However, some Biloxi casinos are located in the Back Bay of Biloxi, two are located in the nearby Bay St. Louis-area, and one is located in Gulfport, just west of Biloxi. The minimum gambling age at all Biloxi casinos is 21.
The payback percentages for slot machines at all casinos in Biloxi are released as a matter of public record. Just click here to see a list of slot machine payback statistics for all Mississippi casinos.
NOTE: If you happen to win a jackpot of $1,200 or more in Mississippi, the casino will deduct 3% of your winnings and pay it to the Mississippi Tax Commission as a gambling tax. The tax is nonrefundable and the $1,200 threshold would also apply to any cash prizes won in casino drawings or tournaments.
For Biloxi tourism information call (800) 237-9493 or go to: www.gulfcoast.org.
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Shown below is a list of all casinos in Biloxi. Click on a name to see a page of detailed information about that particular casino.
- Beau Rivage Resort & CasinoSpecial Coupon Offer - See Listing
- IP Casino Resort Spa
Shown below is a list of all Bay St. Louis casinos. Bay St. Louis is located 25 miles West of Biloxi.
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Shown below is a list of Gulfport casinos. Gulfport is located 10 miles West of Biloxi.
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