Cache Creek Casino drive

The Casino Examiner (JSTAT) drives to Cache Creek Casino and Resort located less than two hours drive from San Francisco, California and less travel time from Sacramento. JSTAT discovered a $50 minimum single deck blackjack game that paid 3:2 blackjacks in the High-Limit pit. Since the Indians have suffered enough throughout US history, JSTAT decided not to crush this Native American gambling hall by card counting that game.

Poker Face Hellmuth,Matusow,Deeb,Negreanu,Flack at WPT Shooting Star 2011.

I compiled the small clips placed here on Casino Examiner (with some others) into one longer video taken at the WPT Shooting Star 2011 in San Jose, California at the Bay 101 Casino . The WPT authorized this after its broadcast this summer. Below is the write-up on the YouTube page...

Phil Hellmuth (1989 WSOP Main Event Champion), Mike "The Mouth" Matusow, Freddy Deeb, Daniel "Kid Poker" Negreanu, Layne Flack, Matt Savage, Royal Flush Girls, and Vince Van Patten at the 2011 WPT Shooting Star at Bay 101 in San Jose, California. Bad beats, angry rage, and poking fun are shown.

The Casino Examiner (JSTAT) received permission to film and publish this video from the WPT. JSTAT clearly out hustled the experienced WPT camera crew and captured key moments that are shown in this video. The Mike Matusow blow up, the Matt Savage blown call of "We are going to lose Freddy Deeb here", and Deeb's mocking of Savage were missed by the WPT and not broadcast on the Fox Sports Network episode.

Freddy Deeb bad beats Phil Hellmuth on river - Funny!

"We are going to lose Freddy Deeb" proclaimed tournament director Matt Savage after Phil Hellmuth nailed the nut flush on the turn, with Deeb all in. Deeb had two pair and made a full house on the river, forcing Savage to eat his words. Your Casino Examiner (JSTAT) focused his camera on Hellmuth after the bad beat anticipating an angry rant from Hellmuth. Hellmuth acted like a true gentleman and a classy poker player, not the "Poker Brat" from the past. Deeb talks on the microphone and mocks Savage, a funny moment at the 2011 WPT Shooting Star held at Bay 101 Casino in San Jose, California.