Archive for December 30th, 2007Dec 30 2007 David “The Dragon” Pham is Card Player Media Poker Player of the YearDavid “The Dragon” Pham has claimed his prize – Player of the Year, so named by Card Player Media. The Dragon grabbed this honor when he won the No Limit Holdem event at the Five Diamond World Poker Classic and more than $279,000. This put him over the top in points, and no one could catch him, making it just a matter of time before his victory was officially recognized and announced… More: continued here Dec 30 2007 Online Poker Pro ApologizesIn an open letter to the poker industry and fellow poker players online poker pro Josh Field apologizes. Field, better known by his online handle of “JJProdigy”, has supposedly earned hundreds of thousands of dollars in the last few years playing online poker, and has been involved in a number of scandals in the industry. Field has just recently turned 18 - and his apology is mostly about his handling of these situations, which he blames on his immaturity over the years… More: continued here Dec 30 2007 Charity Texas Holdem Poker TournamentIf you are a Red Wings fan you might have missed a shot at meeting, and possibly beating, some of your favorite players. The Ilitches held a Charity Texas Holdem Poker Tournament that had a few members of Detroit Red Wings in November, raising money for the Detroit Red Wings Foundation. The good news is they have announced recently that they will be doing it again in March… More: continued here Dec 30 2007 High Stakes Poker Pro Hits Online TablesAt a popular online poker room, the high stake tables have been quiet lately. A few players log in and play, but there is a general lack of robustness that is customary around these online tables, and that has been primarily due to the fact that David Benyamine went into self-imposed exile. He is back now, and an instant upswing in the number of players at these tables was marked… More: continued here Dec 30 2007 New Year Value at Online Poker RoomMansion Poker has set out to prove their worth to the online poker player in the New Year, offering up great value tournaments online. The New Year will kick off with a $20,080 “Happy New Year Freezeout.” This event, which is open to all Mansion Poker players for the low price of $1+0.10, will run on January 2nd, giving all the poker players time to recover from the New Year’s Eve festivities. This 2008 themed prize ($20080) will be up for grabs in a deep stack event with 3000 chips and 15 minute levels, well above normal levels for most online poker tournaments.Related Articles:Special offer for LaunchPoker visitors - the Pacific Poker $1,000 New Year freerollTitan Poker and LaunchPoker exclusive $1,000 freeroll… More: continued here Dec 30 2007 Six Announced for New Year Poker After DarkThe surprise hit poker show on NBC is Poker After Dark, a show that airs in most cases at two in the morning, and features six poker pros fighting for a $120,000 prize, to which they each contributed $20k. The show will start its third season on December 31st, and the network recently announced who would be on the show. Fans will get to see Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth, Jennifer Harman, Mike Matusow, Scotty Nguyen and Ken Light in what is being called the “Dream Table” week… More: continued here Dec 30 2007 Poker Robber SentencedWhen Associate Judge Ramona V. Manglona handed down the sentence to Genero Vega Lansangan she took into account the accused’s history of good behavior over the last ten years of residency. As a result, Lansangan’s punishment for robbing the Susupe Laundry & Poker was suspended all the way down to 180 days… More: continued here Dec 30 2007 The Steroids of PokerWhen Barry Bonds started a legitimate chase for the greatest record in sports history, this should have been one of baseball’s crowning achievements. Passing Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron on the road to sport immortality would be like calling Alexander Graham Bell on your iPhone to congratulate him on his new invention. More: continued here Dec 30 2007 Online Poker Room Announces $10 Million MonthlyThe stakes keep on rising in the online poker world, as it can be seen by online poker room Titan Poker’s recent announcement of a $10 Million Tournament guarantee in accumulated monthly prize pools. This means that players looking for tourney action can go to Titan Poker and expect to see at least ten million dollars being paid out each and every month. This figure stands to be an industry leader if the online poker room can keep it up… More: continued here Dec 30 2007 Online Poker Player of the Year Race Winding UpThe Card Player Media Player of the Year race has been officially won by David “The Dragon” Pham, but what about the Online Poker Player of the Year race? In the lead is Isaac “westmenloAA” Baron, but his recent surge in points does not give him the lead that Pham had over his competition, and Matt “ch0ppy” Kay is breathing down Baron’s virtual neck. Baron has 8,304 points over Kay’s 8,278, so it looks like Baron will be going for any big win to keep himself out in front. It is unlikely - although not impossible - that current third place runner Sorel “Imper1um” Mizzi, with 6,676 points, could overtake the two front runners.Related Articles:David “The Dragon” Pham is Card Player Media poker player of the yearPoker editor fired for cheating… More: continued here Dec 30 2007 Enter the Dragon… AgainThe last two people of Asian decent to proudly sport the nickname, “The Dragon”, were Bruce Lee and professional wrestler Ricky Steamboat. Let’s face it these two could have called themselves Shirley Temple or Liberace for all it mattered: both of these men could easily mess up the body of an antagonist in ways that only a good, stout Cuisinart could successfully replicate. More: continued here Dec 30 2007 WPT Season 6 - Final Hand of the Grand Prix de Paris EventIt had been a long tough battle. At the final table six great players did their best to win, but in the end there could be only one. A Frenchman, a Swiss player, two Danes and two from Finland had all tried, and then it was down to one Finn and one Dane. More: continued here Dec 30 2007 Sizing It UpDecisions in poker must be made on the spur of the moment. You have seconds to make a decision that can possibly cost you a large sum of money or win you an even greater sum of money. You have little time to think about what you will do, and you must size up a number of factors before making a decision. More: continued here Dec 30 2007 ProbabilitiesNot every strategy is for every person. Some players are way too conservative to go for a triple bluff, while those who qualify as poker extreme athletes won’t be able to hold back enough to show the sort of restraint that is necessary to succeed against a maniac. Others are just too mentally challenged to figure out any cards that don’t have the word “Uno” printed on the back of them. More: continued here Dec 30 2007 Poker After Dark - Courageous CunninghamAll in moves early on in cash games - even No Limit Texas Holdem cash games played by high limit pros - are not a common occurrence. Even those games that are more of a tourney format, like Poker After Dark don’t often see moves like that till later on, or when a player gets short stacked. More: continued here Dec 30 2007 Playing for a FlushBeing flushed with success is usually what happens roughly twelve hours after eating your mother-in-law’s holiday roast. Usually this triumph happens in a room with a lot of tile and reading material. In poker, playing for a flush is not an easy thing to do, and there are three common situations where people will find themselves drawing for this particular hand. More: continued here Dec 30 2007 There’s a Buck to Be MadePoker players take a number of risks every time they sit down to play in a tournament or a ring game. They risk their own money, reputation, and there’s a constant threat of being referred to as a donkey by guys with large egos who handle bad beats like a three year old that has had their Elmo toy taken away. The ones who seem to have gotten this whole poker thing figured out are the casinos. More: continued here Dec 30 2007 A Controlled TiltWhen the Stardust casino was brought to the ground with a controlled explosion, not only was nobody hurt, but thousands were entertained by the spectacle. This should be a lesson for any player who feels a good old fashioned tantrum coming on. More: continued here Dec 30 2007 WSOP Leadership to RemainThe sale of Harrah’s Entertainment - the owner of the World Series of Poker brand - is nearly complete, which begs the question of what will happen to the WSOP. The sale, which is to a couple of private equity firms, rings in the billions, so the firms taking over are certainly counting on the WSOP, along with the rest of the Harrah’s business, to bring in the money. Does this mean they will make big changes in the way the WSOP is going to be run? It does not look like it, as it has been announced that the Chairman and CEO of Harrah’s, Gary Loveman, will be retained, as will WSOP Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack.Related Articles:39th World Series of Poker starts with Championship eventJosh Arieh takes 2nd at WSOP Circuit event… More: continued here |
