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June 20th - 200 Seats To The 2010 WSOP
Pokerstars is giving away 200 seats to the Main Event at the 2010 WSOP on June 20th. This massive satellite promotion is the largest ever held. For as little as $1.10 or 100 FPP's you could be the next Chris Moneymaker by winning a $12,000 prize package. The 2009 WSOP...
Comparing 8-Game Mix at Pokerstars and 7 Game Poker at Full Tilt Poker. Learn how to play each game and which mixed game is easier to win money at, funner and more popular....
An overview of the e-check processor issues at Pokerstars and what you can do to get around them. This post also covers what you can expect when you have an echeck cashout at Poker Stars that is late....
An overview of the mixed limit poker games available in 2010. Games like 8-Game and 7-Game have been wildly successful so it's only a matter of time before rooms like Pokerstars and Full Tilt Poker develop more ML poker games....
Mixed Game Player Of The Year Announced
Find out who the EPT and Pokerstars named as the mixed poker game player of 2010. It came down to 8 players so they had an 8-Game Mix sitngo at Pokerstars to determine who deserves the title. You "guys" will be surprised when you find out who the winner is....
Win A Mustang Or Harley Davidson At Pokerstars
Learn how you can win a Mustang Convertable or a Harley Davidson Sportster this may at Pokerstars....
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Poker is a game of risk and reward. Using this definition I could argue that free poker isn’t really poker at all. In fact, I do argue “play money” internet poker isn’t. Freerolls are a step away in that they offer some small monetary reward and you risk wasting your...
Are the “Learn to Play for Free” Poker Sites Good Learning Tools?
We’ve all seen the poker commercials for free poker sites over and over. They bombard us all the time. They are quite entertaining and often a bit humorous even. “Learn to Play Like the Pros” and “Find the Poker Pro in You.” Their basic message is...
Choosing the Right Virtual Table
All the poker books point out the value of choosing a profitable (or “hot”) table. I totally agree, but it will get your night off to a slow start. It takes some time to play spectator in order to see the skill and aggression levels of your potential opponents. That’s...
I’ve always liked bid poker for the new strategy element it brings to the game. The game starts with an ante followed by the deal–five cards down to each player. Players review their hands and the dealer reveals one card in the center of the table. The player left of...
For those of you that want acting to be your source of income, I recommend Hollywood. At the table I forgo deceptive acting for a good poker face. I know two things. One, I’m not that great of an actor; and two, people overestimate their acting prowess. In other words,...
The following is a shared article with my new poker site iSmellPoker.com Enjoy! It’s 2010. We really should be on some kind of space odyssey. Hell, we should be on the sequel. I am willing to accept that I still don’t have a flying car or a robot butler, but do...
Dom's Poker News
Been feeling a bit confused since the weekend. I returned from the UKIPT festival with 2/2 cashes after gaining huge stacks in both comps, 1 final table, 1 tv appearance, a first attempt at some poker commentary...and a general feeling of dissapointment.The main event cost me less than 60 quid...
Managed to snag a seat, via an online sat, to the UKIPT in dtd this week. Im playing day1b and cannot wait to play a really decently structured live event. I have been working very hard on my game of as recently, so i should bust a little later into...
Im always in a rush, i can never slow down and just chill, everything has to be done like yesterday, even this long overdue post. I mean im sure i'll write a proper entry b4 the end of this month, there seems so much to say, yet there's never enough...
Been up to a bit since my last post. I played the blackbelt live tournament, went mega deep in the sunday warm up and have been to staffordshire and back.The bb tournament at the vic was great value, lovely structure for a very small relative buy in. Thus loadsa play...
Again i just don't feel like writing but feel i should do. The weird thing is that anyone that knows me knows that i talk too much, i literally don't shut up, obviously this blog is the anti me.Febuary was a weird month, again barely played live and grinded online...
Hiya folks, been feeling so guilty for not updating this blog, kinda like an upaid bill, a friend you need to catch up with, or when you have to do the washing up but just can't be arsed...okay i'm talking tripe now, but you know what I mean.It's been...
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WSOP 2010 Event 40 - Frank Kassela Wins $2,500 Razz Bracelet
Event #40 of the 2010 WSOP was the $2,500 Razz Event. This event started with 365 players looking to take down this last stud based bracelet of the year and $214,085. WSOP 2010 Event 40 winner Frank KasselaDay 1 of this event saw the field thinned from 365 players down...
WSOP 2010 Event 36 - Scott Montgomery Wins $1,000 NL Holdem Bracelet
Event #36 of the 2010 WSOP was the $1,000 NL Holdem Event. 3,102 players turned out over 2 starting days to start their journey to a bracelet and $481,760 in prize money.WSOP 2010 Event 36 winner Scott MontgomeryDay 2 of this event saw 451 players return to battle...
WSOP 2010 Event 38 - Valdemar Kwaysser Wins PL Holdem World Championship
Event #38 of the 2010 WSOP was the $10,000 PL Holdem World Championship. A strong field of 268 players turned out to battle for the last PL Holdem bracelet of the year and $617,214. WSOP 2010 Event 38 winner Valdemar KwaysserOnly 122 players survived Day 1 with Peter...
WSOP 2010 Event 39 - Steven Kelly Wins $1,500 NL Holdem Shootout
Event #39 at the 2010 WSOP was the $1,500 NL Holdem Shootout Event. 1,397 players turned out to try their hand at winning a bracelet and $381,922. WSOP 2010 Event 39 winner Steven KellyNormally, a shootout event is a three round series in order to win a bracelet. Win the...
WSOP 2010 Event 37 - Phil Ivey Wins Career Bracelet #8
Event #37 of the 2010 WSOP was the $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. Event. Day 1 started with 478 players looking to take the bracelet, but by Day 3, all eyes were on one man.WSOP 2010 Event 37 winner Phil IveyDay 3 started with 25 players looking to take the bracelet,...
WSOP 2010 Event 35 - Ayaz Mahmood Wins $10,000 Heads-Up Championship
Event #35 of the 2010 WSOP was the $10,000 Heads-Up NL Holdem Championship. The field was capped at 256 players and this event sold out as this solid field looked to take the bracelet $625,682.WSOP 2010 Event 35 winner Ayaz Mahmood Day 1 consisted of two rounds and...
Riding the F Train
2010 World Series of Poker: Another Day Would Be Nice (Day 20)
Yesterday (today?) I covered Day 3 of the $10,000 Limit Omaha Hi/Lo World Championship at the World Series of Poker. We started with 23 players. When I looked at the structure, I knew I was in for a brutally long day."Bet the over on 5am," I told Abe Mosseri...
2010 World Series of Poker: Checking in on the Numbers Again (Day 18)
We're almost halfway through the preliminary events of the 2010 WSOP, so it's time to check in on attendance again:Event 1 - $500 CE NLHE: 866 in 2009; 721 in 2010 (-17%)Event 2 - $50,000 PPC: 148 in 2008*; 116 in 2010 (-22%)Event 3 - $1,000 NLHE: 6,012 in 2009;...
2010 World Series of Poker: Ladies Event Post-Script (Day 17)
A few more thoughts on the Ladies Event: PokerGrump's comprehensive post, Change100's Op-Ed "Don't Rain on My Parade" at PokerNews; California Jen's post comparing the Ladies Event to racial segregation.I agree with some of what these authors wrote; I disagree with some of it. But each piece is worth reading....
2010 World Series of Poker: Ladies Event Controversy Again (Day 15)
Today I intended to write about the flap over the live-reporting coverage of this year's WSOP. That was before a group of men entered WSOP Event 22, the $1,000 Ladies Event. Some probably are going to accuse me of being too emotionally close to this issue because of...
2010 World Series of Poker: A Day for People (Day 14)
Last night, for the first time in two weeks, I wasn't the last person to leave the Amazon Room. The 6-max tournament played down from 16 to a champion in 6 hours of play, thanks in large part to the freakish run-good of eventual champ Carter Phillips. I...
2010 World Series of Poker: Quiet in the Amazon Room (Day 13)
When I arrived to the Amazon Room yesterday at 1:30pm, it was empty and dead silent. For several years I have thought of the Amazon Room as being the hub of the World Series, the room that is always going 24 hours a day for 7 weeks. This...
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DaFish is here and ready to learn
Hi all, I'm Lee, or DaFish on the forum. Having done a little work in adult a few years back, and having dropped it for personal reasons, I......
SEO For Affiliates Linkedin Group
Hi folks I've created a Linkedin Group: SEO For Affiliates (http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=3162841). Hoping it will grow into a useful resource.......
holdemrules.net holdemodds.net and other poker domains
HoldemOdds.net - Registered Feb 5, 2004 expires Feb 5, 2012. HoldemRules.net - Dropped Domain registered again April 17, 2009 expires April 17,......
2 Year Old Poker Bonus Site (BonusCodesPoker.com)
I purchased this website on December 9, 2008 from a PAL member for $950.00 then more or less forgot about it. The only work I ever did on it was......
Need CSV converting to SQL - willing to pay
Hi there, If anyone is after some easy cash, I've got a formatted CSV file that I really need to be converted into SQL. Can you drop me a PM......
Hello Could people name any forums which casino players inhabit where I would be allowed to promote my site and it wouldnt be considered spam? (My......
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Supporting the TPT – TwitterPokerTour
Recently PokerStars started what they thought was an original idea, a “twitter poker league”. Well, I hate to tell them, but the “Twitter Poker League” has been around a lot longer and has been on twitter a lot longer. Best yet, there is no charge to be a member. Plus there...
OhCaptain has planned and oranized a charity event to benefit the Ronald McDonald House charity. $5 of your buy-in goes to the Ronald McDonald House. here’s the details: Date: June 16 Place: FullTiltPoker Time: 9PM CDT (Same time as Mookie) It will actually be running in place of the Mookie. BDR will be broadcasting it. Charity:...
Attempting to rekindle with what was missing in my poker game
Image via Wikipedia About a year ago, I would have said that I had more confidence and focus in playing either cash games, tournaments or sit n go’s at various types of poker games. Somewhere along the line, that left me. I began to suffer some losses and could not put a handle on...
Image via Wikipedia Having taken some time off from posting and playing, I felt that it was time to get back into action. Game plan: 1. Play more online cash games, up to four hours per day, Monday thru Friday 2. Play a limited amount of tourneys and Sit n Go’s, perhaps no more...
Plenty to do – but I am still playing some poker.
Image via Wikipedia For the first time in three years, I have finished a month of cash games and ended up in the black. While the amount is very modest, it is a start. I ended April with a plus of $14 playing cash games. I was still in the red in tournament play,...
… follow-up to “I am a losing poker player!” post!
Image via Wikipedia As I mentioned in my last post, I have finally decided that I am not having a run of bad luck which is causing me to lose at playing poker. It is how I play that causes me to lose. It is when I fail to extract extra value for...
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Win Your Way To Manila For The Asian Poker Tour With Titan Poker
Win Your Way To Manila For The Asian Poker Tour With Titan PokerPost from: Online Poker Site News Win Your Way To Manila For The Asian Poker Tour With Titan PokerPost from: Online Poker Site News Some lucky and successful few among Titan Poker’s membership will be heading to Manila later this...
Poker Stars Team Member Wins Poker Stars Baltic Festival
Poker Stars Team Member Wins Poker Stars Baltic FestivalPost from: Online Poker Site News Poker Stars Team Member Wins Poker Stars Baltic FestivalPost from: Online Poker Site News The second annual Poker Stars Baltic Festival was won this year by none other than a member of Team PokerStars itself, that being William...
Party Poker’s World Poker Tour Gets Executive Tour Director
Party Poker’s World Poker Tour Gets Executive Tour DirectorPost from: Online Poker Site News Party Poker’s World Poker Tour Gets Executive Tour DirectorPost from: Online Poker Site News There’s a new man in charge of the World Poker Tour and no it’s not Mike Sexton; though he’s still the beloved commentator for...
New Jersey Legal Online Poker Faces New Opposition
New Jersey Legal Online Poker Faces New OppositionPost from: Online Poker Site News New Jersey Legal Online Poker Faces New OppositionPost from: Online Poker Site News The move for legal online poker for residents within the state of New Jersey is facing new opposition as of last week, when it was revealed...
Card Rush XL At PartyPoker.com
Card Rush XL At PartyPoker.comPost from: Online Poker Site News Card Rush XL At PartyPoker.comPost from: Online Poker Site News Accumulate PartyPoints playing in your favorite Party Poker online poker games and tournaments and win a share of $1.8 million in cash and prizes with the PartyPoker Card Rush XL. In the Card...
Win $15K In Cash & Tournament Entries In Party Poker Jumper Race
Win $15K In Cash & Tournament Entries In Party Poker Jumper RacePost from: Online Poker Site News Win $15K In Cash & Tournament Entries In Party Poker Jumper RacePost from: Online Poker Site News From June 14 to June 30 Party Poker is running a promotion called the Jumper Race (or the...
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Phil Ivey at the 2010 WSOP, Can He Win Another Bracelet?
Back and forth he sprinted, from one table to the next and to the next. Showing agility and timing normally reserved for world class Olympic athletes, this man wasn’t the next coming of Usain Bolt, nor was he even an athlete at all, unless you count his subpar golf game....
Shannon Elizabeth Accused of Overcharging Home Poker Players
Twoplustwo.com’s poker forums was the site of a thread brimming with controversy surrounding a home poker game allegedly run by actress turned aspiring poker player Shannon Elizabeth. It all started as the result of a blog post done over the weekend by celebrity gossip blogger Perez Hilton. Apparently, a source had...
Joe Sebok’s UB.com Cheating Findings Now Published
One of the hottest topics making the rounds on popular online poker forums such as twoplustwo.com, centers around the Ultimate Bet cheating scandal, the topic that due to its damaging ramifications surrounding it, just won’t go away. As just about everyone in the online poker community knows, the central...
Tournament of Champions Field Now Finalized at the WSOP 2010
As was previously reported, this year, poker fans had a unique opportunity to have a direct impact on one of the more prestigious tournaments at this year’s World Series of Poker. Specifically, the tournament directors opened up fan voting to decide 20 of the participants in this year’s 27-person Tournament...
As this year’s installment of the poker world’s crown jewel, the World Series of Poker 2010, enters its 3rd week, just about half of this year’s coveted bracelets have been awarded. As is usually the case this time of year, new and intriguing storylines emerge on a daily basis...
Poker Pro Shaun Deeb Faces Possible Ban
In poker circle’s, the big debate remains whether or not a “Ladies Only” event should be a sanctioned WSOP bracelet event. Today, the debate on the same topic has a slightly different form. It’s whether or not online poker pro Shaun Deeb is a man with a warped sense...
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World Series of Poker -- Steven Kelly Wins Event No. 39 ($1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout)
Steven Kelly entered the final day of event No. 39 ($1,500 no-limit hold’em shootout) with one of the slimmest poker résumé remaining. However, early Thursday morning at the 2010 World …...
World Series of Poker -- Scott Montgomery Wins Event No. 36
Scott Montgomery was commonly associated with being one of the players at the inaugural November Nine back in 2008. After Wednesday’s performance, he can now be associated with being one …...
Battle For The Bracelets -- Valdemar Kwaysser Wins WSOP Gold
Card Player TV caught up with the winner of event no.38, the $10,000 pot-limit hold’em championship, Valdemar Kwaysser, who took home his first WSOP gold bracelet and $617,214 for the win....
Phil Ivey Wins His 8th WSOP Bracelet
Phil Ivey is arguably the one of the greatest all-around poker players in the history of the game, and this summer at the 2010 WSOP he furthered his legend by winning his eighth gold bracelet, and reportedly a heap of money in bracelet bets as well....
World Series Of Poker -- Valdemar Kwaysser Wins Event No. 38
Valdemar Kwaysser took down event no. 38, the $10,000 pot-limit hold’em championship for $617,214. The Hungarian professional beat the likes of Matt Marafioti, James Calderaro, Dani Stern, Peter Jetten and …...
Battle For The Bracelets -- Ayaz Mahmood Wins WSOP Gold
Card Player TV catches up with 2010 WSOP $10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'Em champion Ayaz Mahmood at his bracelet presentation ceremony to discuss his road to the gold bracelet and $625,682 in prize money....
Poker Forum - Poker News Blog - Poker Blog
The biggest news from WSOP 2010 so far is that Phil Ivey topped Event #37, the $3,000 H.O.R.S.E., and won his eighth gold bracelet. Ivey is the first really big player to win a bracelet this year. Michael Mizrachi who has won a bracelet is not in the same league....
Shannon Elizabeth Accused of Illegal Rake
One of the most disturbing aspects of the Internet is that people can say anything without any substantiation and get away with it. Shannon Elizabeth has been at the receiving end of one such accusation. A post at on the Internet said that Shannon regularly invites people to play poker...
WSOP has gotten pretty dull. The big names and big mouths are not figuring anywhere and there has been no non-poker action at the tables or at the rails. Poker babe Lacey Jones has joined Full Tilt Poker, but Lacey makes more news when she changes clothes than when she...
Men in the WSOP Ladies Championship
It was reported that men have participated in the WSOP Ladies Championship for the first time. The official WSOP update read “Although strongly discouraged from playing, tournament organizers can’t actually ban men from participating in today’s event. As a result, there are a few men scattered about the Pavilion in...
All great persons have had detractors and Doyle Brunson’s greatness in the field of poker cannot be denied. In his long innings he has become used to be at the receiving end of brickbats. But of late Brunson has come up against a different kind of adversary, an Internet stalker. A...
Event #9 at WSOP 2010, the $1,500 Pot Limit Hold’em, was a measly affair. It had a starting field of only 650 players and a prize pool of only $877,500 and no big names. But it will be noteworthy for another reason. It was the first event in WSOP 2010...
Bankroll Boost Poker Gossip Blog
The news online has been abuzz with claims that poker rooms are sometimes frequented by robots. Let’s set the record straight. First of all, they’re called bots, not robots. To be a robot, it would have to be more than just a computer program. It would have to be an...
Men Compete in WSOP Women’s Event
At this year’s WSOP Women’s Championship game, not all of the women were, well, women. In fact, eight of the contestants were men. In particular, Shaun Deeb was noted for having shown up in drag. Due to laws against discrimination, the WSOP organizers couldn’t count the men out of the...
New Glasses Give Poker Players a Boost
If you’ve ever thought that you needed performance enhancers to keep you on your game when you’re playing online poker, then maybe instead of drugs, you need better glasses. Much of the fatigue in online poker play is due to staring at a digital screen for hours at a time....
Tony G Heads Back to England – For Now
The WSOP is in full-swing, and Tony G isn’t seeing the kind of results he’d been hoping for. The Lithuanian born poker player known for telling his opponents to “get on the bike” talked big and expected to get some serious action at the tables at the WSOP. He even...
Trial Begins for Berlin EPT Robbers
In March, four men raided the European Poker Tour event in Berlin. Wielding machetes and causing general chaos, the men managed to escape with about 240 million Euros. Within days, the Berlin police were able to apprehend at least two of the men, and now all four have been brought...
The WSOP is in full swing. Results are in for the first 19 events. Brothers Michael and Robert Mizrachi both took home cash in event #2, the Player’s Championship. Michael took first place, making them only the second set of brothers ever to hold WSOP bracelets. The others are Grant...
Poker Strategy
A Hand from the WSOP with Mclean Karr
Mclean Karr has been on a tear this year. He has been making consistent final tables online and also won the World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star event this past March. Karr is competing at the 2010 World Series of Poker looking to win his first......
A Hand from the WSOP with Amit Makhija
Amit Makhija played Event #16, a $5,000 no-limit hold’em event that started yesterday and by dinner break, had one of the biggest chip stacks in the field due in large part to a hero call. He took a break from the tournament to discuss the hand......
Playing WSOP Event No. 3 the $1,000 NLH with Vanessa Rousso
For professional tournament pros, the lower buy-in large-field no-limit hold’em tournaments can be quite the minefield, but to win, you must adjust. Vanessa Rousso talked to PokerNews about a hand in which she employed a modified strategy when......
Adjusting Against Thinking Players with Brett Richey
Brett Richey is an accomplished cash-game player who frequents the live tournament circuit and was recently featured at the televised final table of the $25,000 North American Poker Tour High Roller Bounty Shootout on ESPN. With such a high buy-in......
Representing Hands with Shaun Deeb
Shaun Deeb is known for his incredible tournament results, as well as his ability to articulate strategy. He recently made the trip to Monaco for the European Poker Tour Grand Final Main Event and also competed in a couple of the side tournaments......
Relative Hand Strength with Jon Aguiar
Jon “FatalError” Aguiar has traveled the globe playing in the world's richest poker tournaments. In the last five years, he’s accumulated $1.1 million in winnings in live and online tournaments. Aguiar’s latest trip was to Monte Carlo for the......
Thats Gambling
Full Tilt Poker $50,000 Guaranteed Tournament Today
The world’s second largest online poker room, Full Tilt Poker, is set to begin their turbo $50,000 guaranteed tournament today at 6pm EST. The tournament offers a minimum prize pool of $50,000 and will be played within a turbo environment, meaning that the action and duration of the tournament is faster...
Pokerstars to Air High Stakes Cash Series on Fox
The world’s biggest online poker room, Pokerstars has finally made the move into marketing the brand one step further, announcing that they are going to be holding a high stake real money game series televised on the Fox network. The game will be free for Pokerstars professionals to enter but will...
Lock Poker Decide To Leave Cake Network
Lock Poker, an online poker room that currently resides within the nest of the Cake Gaming Network has this week announced that they are to leave the network with Merge Gaming Network the targeted location for their new home. The US friendly poker room was only forged 24 months ago but...
Announced: Full Tilt Poker FTOPS XVI Tournament Dates
Full Tilt Poker is the worlds second largest online poker room and with that title they have managed to create one of the most popular online poker tournament series to date, the FTOPS. The FTOPS series of tournaments has meant that online poker players who have accounts with Full Tilt Poker...
Tony G Challenges Isildur1 To Appear At Big Game IV
News has hit the media that Party Poker are looking to host Big Game IV, a tournament that will be based on a 48 hour cash game over a 3 day period. The tournament will feature a twist from the previously popular games as this year the game will feature “evictions”...
Are Big Online Poker Rooms Phasing Out Affiliates?
It seems that as the online poker community grows, the biggest online poker rooms are looking to reduce the deals that are offered to both new and existing poker affiliates who are referring players to their sites each and every month, leaving them worse off....
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2010 WSOP First Event Gold to Hoai Pham
photo by flipchip • lasvegasvegas.com Poker Champion Hoai Pham takes down WSOP gold bracelet #1 for 2010 At daybreak Sunday Morning the 2010 World Series of Poker handed the first gold bracelet to event #1 winner, Hoai Pham. He will be returning to his home in Mission Viejo, California with...
$50K Poker Player's Championship Intense Event
photo by flipchip • lasvegasvegas.com $50K Poker Player's Championship Day 1Click photo for gallery image Poker is normally an intense activity at best; but, add a $50,000 out-of-pocket buy-in and a million and a half winners purse and the level intensity goes up an order of magnitude. Often the stress...
First Look 2010 WSOP Gold Bracelet
photo by flipchip • lasvegasvegas.com 2010 WSOP Gold Bracelet A radical new look for the coveted gold bracelet that goes to the winner of a 2010 WSOP event. Some like them, some don't, according to a very unscientific poll taken by the eavesdropping method. Like it or hate it, the gold...
2010 WSOP fans will love new, expanded layout
photo by flipchip • lasvegasvegas.com New addition to the WSOP is this gigantic poker roomClick photo for gallery image The Big Poker Show rolls into town today for the 41st time and will add another chapter to the rich history of the game. The 2010 World Series of Poker opens...
6th Annual National Heads-Up Poker Championship Finale
photo by flipchip • lasvegasvegas.com Eric Seidel plays Annie Duke in the best of three finals for the championship of the 6th Annual NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship Tune into NBC TV at Noon - 3PM ET / 9AM - Noon PT for the finale of the 6th Annual NBC National...
Annie Duke Giving Away $10K WSOP Seat
photo by flipchip • lasvegasvegas.com Annie Duke, seen here on way to winning the National Heads-Up Championship, hosts the Star Studded Charity Poker Tournament to Benefit After-School All-Stars Be there for Annie Duke's charity poker tournament to benefit After-School All-Stars at the Commerce Casino on Thursday, May 20th starting at 6:30PM....
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PPA Looks to Add Online Poker Initiatives on State Ballots
Despite its failed attempt to add an online poker initiative to a ballot in Massachusetts in 2010, the Poker Players ...full article...
Gigi Levy: Harrah’s deal ‘hugely positive’ for 888 in US
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Isabelle Mercier kicked out of Team PokerStars?
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Full Tilt Poker’s Face The Ace Coming Back to TV
One of the more disappointing experiments in poker-themed television will be making another run at it when Face The Ace, ...full article...
Nine Finalists for Poker Hall of Fame Announced
The ballot for this year’s Poker Hall of Fame is now officially released, and the list of ten players that ...full article...
California Online Poker Bill Delayed Until January
An ambitious attempt to bring legal, regulated intrastate poker to California will have to wait until 2010 to go before ...full article...
The House of Poker Blues
Most online poker players know that it was the Republican Party that signed the UIGEA into law in October of 06, thereby making it harder to fund our games of choice. It also lead to our troubles of withdrawing winnings, and in some cases a lot of the poker rooms...
A Mustang Convertible is still up for grabs at PokerStars, and players can get their hands on this smoking hot ride with an exclusive Summer Celebration – Drive in Style First Deposit offer. Players only have to make a real-money deposit between now and...
This month the folk at Carbon Poker are having a a Million Dollar Promotion just in time for those that have the World Cup Fever. For entire the month of June, players have a shot to race their way to over $25,000 cash with more than 12,500...
PDC Poker has bought out troubled online poker room Aced. The room has struggled since it's release and could never get things going properly, but that is all fixing to change. At one time they even had WSOP winner Jamie Gold on the site, but there was some sort of...
Fantasy WSOP at Fulltilt Poker
Fulltilt Poker has a cool promo going for the upcoming WSOP called Fantasy WSOP where participants can win a seat to the 2011 WSOP. It looks like it cold be a lot of fun to participate in and I do believe that I will giving it a go. The promotion...
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Phil Ivey wins Eighth bracelet!
Phil Ivey wins his eighth bracelet! Phil rose to the top in a field of 478 players in the Event #37: H.O.R.S.E. of the 2010 WSOP. The final table would include Chad Brown, Bill Chen, John Juanda, and also Jeffrey Lisandro. Phil Ivey would get heads...
Ayaz Mahmood VS Ernst Schmejkal for the heads up championship
Ayaz Mahmood VS Ernst Schmejkal Photo from WSOP Ayaz is playing Ernst for the title and bracelet in on of the most prestigious tournaments of the WSOP. I believe they played the first match last night and Ayaz took that down. Ernst Schmejkal overcame a deficit vs Vannessa Rousso...
John Juanda leads 2010 WSOP Event #37 3k H.O.R.S.E.
John Juanda photo from WSOP John Juanda is leading the 3k H.O.R.S.E.. In my opinion, John Juanda is one of the most dangerous players on the poker circuit. What makes him especially dangerous is how he is also one of the most under estimated players out there. Hes...
Vanessa Rousso fighting to make final 4 of the Heads up Championship
2010 WSOP Event #35: Heads Up No-Limit Hold’em Championship Vanessa Rousso is playing Ernst Schmejkal heads up right now to place herself in the final 4 of the WSOP Heads up Championship. Ernst Schmejkal just took the lead so it’s going to be an uphill battle. 1 Ayaz Mahmood...
2010 WSOP Event #33 Ivey goes for 8th Bracelet
Phil Ivey is middle stack with just 12 remaining in field of what was 482. David Chiu has the lead but not by much. The remaining players are in close race except Matt Sterling who will have to double up his 100k chips very soon. 1 David Chiu...
2010 WSOP Update Events 14 – 21
A lot of action has gone down here at the 2010 World Series of Poker. Several events are in the books with numerous bracelets already having been awarded. Let’s take a look at a few. Event #14 was the $1,500 NL 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball event. 250...
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(Way) Outside the WSOP – Day 28
Three more WSOP bracelets were rewarded in the overnight hours, with the first double-bracelet winner at this year’s WSOP, an original November Nine participant, and a first-time bracelet winner. Kassela razzes Troy for 2nd bracelet Continuing a streak that dates back to 2000, Frank Kassela won his second bracelet of...
Fantasy World Cup (for Poker Players) Wicked Chops FC Update
If you are one of the couple-hundred+ people playing for swag in the Wicked Chops FC World Cup bracket … the real competition is just starting to take shape as the first few groups move to the knockout stage. (Go USA!). Click here to check up on where you stand,...
(Way) Outside the WSOP – Day 27 Evening Update
Briefly recapping a busy Wednesday afternoon: Montgomery leads 1k NL Five players remain in the $1,000 No-Limit Holdem, with original November Niner Scott Montgomery moving into the chip leader with 3,200,000. Adam Richardson is close behind with 2,700,000. See who comes out on top at PokerNews. Obrestad, Tran...
I can’t seem to convince anyone that this concept would make a great podcast, but still, I think there’s a lot to be learned from a person who decides to personalize their license plate with something pokery. And you know it’s only a matter of time before Poker News Daily...
(Way) Outside the WSOP – Day 27
Recapping Tuesday night’s action, starting with the latest bracelet winner: Kwaysser makes it two for Hungary Valdemar Kwaysser of Budapest, Hungary defeated Matt Marafioti heads-up for the $10,000 Pot-Limit Holdem Championship bracelet, along with $617,214 as he joins Peter Gelencser as Hungarian bracelet winners this year. Marafioti earned $381,507...
(Way) Outside the WSOP – Day 26 Evening Update
Recapping the Tuesday action at the WSOP, with congratulations going to Ayaz Mahmood for taking down the $10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Holdem Championship when he defeated Ernst Schmejkal heads-up, earning $625,682. Final table set for 10k PL holdem The $10,000 Pot-Limit Holdem Championship final table has been reached, and it could...
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Full Tilt - Pin vs. Security Key....
Can anyone explain the difference? I already use the PIN. Is the PIN by itself subject to hacking/keylogging in a public or* unsecured network*? Their FT store explains what the security key does, with the 6 digit code changing every 30 seconds, and the benefit there is obvious. But it...
Guess FTP is running a small promo this week. It's called get paid to play. How much you get paid seems different for everybody. Got 5$ bonus: Get Paid for your Play this Week! Here's what you need to do in order to get your $5: * Earn 20 Full Tilt...
Can anypon explain to me step by step how to imprt a hand history. They keep sending me e-mails but I can't get it. I am a bit thick when it comes to these things. They asked me to send them a hand history which i did and they said it...
How many buying would you need if you are playing 4 tables...
suspicious activity at Full Tilt
This morning I noticed a small deposit of $1.49 into my account at Full Tilt. Looking further back I found this e-mail from security@fulltiltpoker.com expaining the transaction. Just curious if anyone else received a similar notification or has any information on what this is all about. I'd like to......
Is Harrington advocating a bad play?(Touranment volume 2)
I'm fairly sure that Harrington is recommending a bad play but wanted some opinions. It is hand 10-2 on page 241. For those who haven't got the book I'll go through the question: Toward the end of a one-table satellite. Player B(villian) and E are aggressive and C...