The first ever WSOP Academy event to be held in the Chicago area will take place at the Hammond Horseshoe casino in Hammond, Ind. and is drawing media attention thanks to the attendance of poker instructors Annie Duke, Joe Navarro, Matt Graham and Bernard Lee.

Author John Brokopp interviewed Duke about her appearance on the Celebrity Apprentice as well as what attendees can expect to experience and take away from the upcoming tournament poker academy, so head over to SouthtownStar.com or SuburbanChicagoNews.com to read his articles and to see what Annie had to see about Apprentice and the WSOP Academy.

See below for a video of what learning from Annie at a WSOP Academy event is like:

Check out the article here, and watch the video below:

This time around Rounders Radio caught up with Jeff for “The Ultimate Poker Show” last night, hosted by Mark “P0kerH0″ Kroon. You can listen to the podcast of the episode streaming online here, or you can download the episode directly by clicking here.

Don’t forget that the next event on the WSOP Academy schedule is a Tournament Poker Academy at Caesar’s Palace on March 14-15. There are still a couple of spots left, so go ahead and reserve your seat now and get your poker game to the next level.

Dan Michalski from Pokerati attended the WSOP Cash Game Academy

The WSOP Academy attracts all types and the last event attracted a well-known poker blogger who was looking to fix a couple of leaks in his game. Dan Michalski writes for the popular Texas-centric poker blog Pokerati and took part in the WSOP Cash Game Academy two weekends ago at Ceasar’s Palace in Las Vegas.

Here’s an excerpt from the article:

All in all it was a great class taught by Mark Seif, Mark Gregorich, Alex Outhred, and Michael Gracz — very engaging, informative, and often irreverent — didn’t feel like Saturday/Sunday detention at all.

You can read the entire post here. Although, we hope you get more out of the cash game poker instruction that did Michalski:

I lost pretty big in the one session of $1/$2 NL I’ve played since WSOP-Acad graduation … I guess they shoulda reminded us to take a nap after class, or they can only do so much with a guy who insists on misplaying KQ generally 8 out of 10 times.

If you are looking to take your cash game to the next level, run deeper in your next poker tournament or possibly get a little more advanced poker instruction, then check out the WSOP Academy schedule. The next event up is a WSOP Tournament Academy at the Winstar Casino in Oklahoma this weekend and there is another next month in Vegas. So, why wait? Get on your way to becoming a winning poker player now.

Poker Instructor Mark Seif will be at the WSOP Cash Game Academy this weekend at Caesar's Palace

With one WSOP Cash Game Academy already in the books and by every account a huge success, the Las Vegas Sun featured the upcoming event at Caesar’s Palace this weekend. The article, written by Jeff Haney, features several great quotes from Brandon Rosen (one of the head honchos of the WSOPA) about what to expect at the cash game poker academy, the key differences between cash game poker and tournament poker as well as a quick rundown on the instructors for this weekend – Mark Seif, Alex Outhred, Michael Gracz and Mark Gregorich.

Luckily for you, there are still spots available for the Caesar’s Palace academy this weekend. So, check out the WSOP Cash Game Poker Academy page and itinerary and sign up now to become a winning cash game poker player.

WSOP Cash Game Poker Academy kicks off Saturday at Harrah's Atlantic City

The upcoming WSOP Academy Cash Game academy at Harrah’s Atlantic City, which runs from January 24 – 25, was featured on Philly.com by Chuck Darrow in his gaming news column, “Casinotes.” You can read the entire article here.

Attendees of the Cash Game Academy this weekend will get the chance to learn cash game poker skills, strategies and tactics through live hand demonstrations and seminars with Q & A featuring advice from poker pros Mark Seif, Alex Outhred and Paul Wasicka.

A private WSOP Academy “cash competition” is included and will give away an all expense paid trip to Las Vegas and entry to the Main Event Primer, plus a seat in the WSOP Academy Tournament of Champions and a chance at amazing prizes.

There is still time to register for the cash game academy, so head over and sign up now and get your poker cash game up to that next level.

WSOP Academy featured in Casino Player Magazine

Freelance Writer and San Francisco Chronicle gaming columnist Matt Villano anted up $1,499 to experience the WSOP Academy’s two-day Tournament Academy at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles this past September and he wrote up an article for Casino Player Magazine about what he learned.

In an effort to better himself as a poker player, he took lessons from Ali Nejad and Kenny Tran and even got Annie Duke to yell at him for playing a suited 10-4 after a long lecture from her about over-valuing suited cards. Joe Navarro’s poker tells were up next and proved invaluable.

Said Villano of the session, “Throughout this latter lecture, my fellow ’students’ were like congregants at a Southern Baptist mass, nodding their heads demonstratively and occassionally mouthing, ‘Right, right.‘”

Turns out the lessons definitely paid off well for him as he walked straight into the main poker room and bought into a $3/$5 No Limit Holdem game for $200 and proceeded to walk away with $300 in profit. Not too shabby.

To see Villano’s full account of his trip to poker camp, click here to read a PDF of the article.

Check out the full article here:

Former FBI expert on body language will teach poker seminar on how to gain an edge at the tables in two-day advanced academy next month

There is still time to register for this chance to learn from the best poker instructors in the business. The 2-Day Adavanced Academy is scheduled to take place on Nov. 7 and 8 at Caesars Palace and will feature Phil Gordon, Mark Seif, Paul Wasicka, Alex Outhred and the aforementioned Navarro and Alex Outhred.

Make sure to take a look at the Advanced Academy curriculum and sign up now for this incredible opportunity.

In business, sometimes the best move is also a big gamble. That’s why suits the world over are signing up for the World Series of Poker Academy…

Forbes Find of the Day – World Series Of Poker Academy

Five participants from World Series of Poker Academy Ladies Event, the first ever instructional poker camp exclusively for women, have parlayed their camp experience this past Friday and Saturday into at least a $3,043 payday today as they move onto Day Two of the $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em Ladies World Championship at the 2007 World Series of Poker.

Cydnie Joy, Colette Ward, Sally Boyer, Dana Reutter and Michele Lewis all attended the poker camp and are now looking to take home a WSOP bracelet.

Five WSOP Academy Ladies Event participants are in the money