Archive for January 24th, 2008Jan 24 2008 World Poker Tour World Poker Open UnderwayThe Gold Strike Casino Resort in Tunica, Mississippi will once again host the World Poker Tour during their 2008 World Poker Open, the sixth year in a row that the casino has done so. There will be plenty of poker for everyone with the ubiquitous Texas Holdem games and Stud and Omaha as well. The prelims got started at the beginning of the month, but now the main event is underway… More: continued here Jan 24 2008 2008 Aussie Millions Poker ChampionThe 2008 Aussie Millions Poker Championship is over, and the winner is one Alexander Kostritsyn. Kostritsyn is a poker player from Russia who will return home with a check for $1,650,000 AUD, taking the victory away from a man who was famously in second place once, Erik Seidel. Seidel took second to Johnny Chan in the 1988 World Series of Poker main event, a moment captured for the poker film Rounders… More: continued here Jan 24 2008 Borgata Winter Open Has Record NumbersWhoever thinks that poker is on the decline only has to look at the players signing up to play in the Borgata Winter Open to see they are mistaken. The event, taking place in Atlantic City, NJ, often called the “Las Vegas of the East Coast”, put up record numbers with 482 players signing up to play in event number five, a $1,500 buy in tourney with over $2.2 million in the accumulated prize pool. Hevad “Rainkhan” Khan was on hand amid local pros, such as New Jersey’s Robert “Action Bob” Hwang.Related Articles:World Poker Tour World Poker Open underway2008 Borgata Winter Poker Open begins… More: continued here Jan 24 2008 Bill Blanda Wins Poker OpenHe’s done it twice before; the experience served him well as Bill Blanda took down his third Borgata Poker Open. The main event, Event #5, got underway yesterday as the remaining players - less than forty - tried their best to get the first place prize of over $200k. In the end the prize and the champions Tag Heuer watch went to the man who has been there before, Bill Blanda… More: continued here Jan 24 2008 Poker Player Robbed of $30,000The 2008 Aussie Millions event brought a lot of attention to Melbourne recently, but not all of it was positive. One player, who did well for himself in the main event, had a turn of rotten luck when he went out for an early morning bite to eat. Twenty two year old American player Jason Potter won $30,000 and took it in cash… More: continued here Jan 24 2008 Finnish Minister wants to Limit Poker by Giving PokerThere are a lot of people in Finland who want to play online poker in the country, and there are a lot of people who want to limit or ban it. One Finnish Minister wants to do both. Minister of Culture and Sport Stefan Wallin says that the best way to limit online poker, in his opinion, is to offer it via a state run online poker room… More: continued here Jan 24 2008 Winner of First Leg of GUK Poker TourThe first leg of the 2008 Grosvenor UK Poker Tour is over and done, and the winner is one Julian Thew. Thew is a second time winner, having picked up the title of event eight in 2007. This makes him the first two time winner of a GUKPT event, with a first prize of £86,800 and a £3,000 seat into the Grand Final… More: continued here Jan 24 2008 Automated Poker Tables Win FansThe idea was a new one: poker tables with no dealers. There were no chips or cards either - at least not the physical kind. Players sat down and swiped their credit card to play, each with their very own touch screen to use in playing the most popular poker game around, Texas Holdem… More: continued here Jan 24 2008 Iowa Stars and Poker StarsPoker fans got to hang out with the Iowa Stars on Wednesday when the hockey club hosted a Texas Holdem Poker Tournament at Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino. There were eleven tables set up, each with its very own Iowa Star. The players were wearing hockey jerseys that had been signed by the entire team and offered up those prizes to whatever player knocked them out of the tournament… More: continued here Jan 24 2008 Stats Boost World Poker Tour OnlineThe World Poker Tour is a trend setter in the world of poker yet they were behind the curve in getting an online poker room up and running on the internet. They hope to catch up and surpass their competition with a new feature thanks to a partnership with Stats LLC, a company that provides analysis of data and data collection for the National Football League, the National Basketball Association, Major League Baseball and 83 other leagues. The benefit of such stats reporting will be to quantify a victory in the past with a victory today, with different buy ins and different amounts of players.Related Articles:Online poker room offers two million tourneyNew store for VC Poker… More: continued here Jan 24 2008 What the Gray Mouser Can Teach You About HoldemNever as popular as Tolkien or Howard, Fritz Leiber nonetheless created one of the most memorable pairs of fantasy adventurers to ever cross the pages of literature. Fafhrd, the tall barbarian we’ll leave alone for now and instead focus on his smaller, darker companion, the Gray Mouser. The Gray Mouser is the most successful independent thief in all of Lankhmar. But the Gray Mouser isn’t the strong half of the pair, instead, he relies on skills, wits, and cunning. The very things one must rely on when playing Holdem. More: continued here Jan 24 2008 Statistically SpeakingThe WPT seems to like to think of itself on the same level with leagues like the NFL, NHL, MLB, and the NBA. This may or may not be true. Let’s face it, all the poker players who participate in the WPT combined don’t have the arrest record to match the Cincinnati Bengals, or even the impressive one put up by the NBA’s Ron Artest. On the other side of the coin though, they do have better television ratings than the NHL and a large percentage of televised baseball games, so maybe they can be mentioned in the same breath with the big boys. More: continued here Jan 24 2008 Poker After Dark - Golfing Tomorrow?Phil Ivey is not only a super poker pro, but a golfer as well. As he saw his tourney life ending during Mega Match week on the Poker After Dark NBC poker show, he leaned over to his pal Barry Greenstein and asked, “So you want to go golfing tomorrow?” assuming his game was just about up. More: continued here Jan 24 2008 Poker After Dark - Half the Chips for CunninghamWhen Poker After Dark, the late night NBC poker show hosted by Shana Hiatt, brought Barry Greenstein, Eli Elezra, Allen Cunningham, Jen Harman, David Benyamine and Phil Ivey together for a special high roller match, they got a lot of action. When the table was down to three players (Phil, Eli and Allen) Cunningham had half the chips in play, and was eyeing the other half. More: continued here Jan 24 2008 Beating the SpreadWhen you gamble on sports games, you are often trying to beat the spread, the points difference your bookie has established as the most likely outcome of the game. Often, beating the spread will reward you just as much as winning outright, and it’s a pleasant outcome no matter what your winnings are. In poker, you can also look at a sort of spread that exists. More: continued here Jan 24 2008 Playing a Mid-Sized PairLet’s say your hole cards are a pair of 9s. This is not a hand that does very well in a multi-way pot; there are just too many ways to beat your duet of mid-sized cards. You can either play tight and fold, or you can play your hand. If you are going to play the 9s, you’re going to want to isolate yourself against one or two other players. More: continued here Jan 24 2008 Annette Obrestad Wins Tournament Performance of the YearPoker is a game that typically awards for outstanding efforts with big piles of cash, but sometimes there are other kinds of rewards that go along with it. A bracelet from the World Series of Poker, a trophy from the WPT, winning the Player of the Year race are all fine examples. People behind the European Poker Awards also strive to recognize outstanding poker play, and they recently honored Annette Obrestad with the Tournament Performance of the Year award. More: continued here Jan 24 2008 Protecting a Strong PairVery rarely do we think of poker when it comes to the topic of protection, especially when we are dealing with hole cards that are a pair of Aces or Kings. These are generally perceived as the type of cards that can take care of themselves. The truth is that a flop can take the steam out of these cards very quickly and put the holder of the powerful hole cards on the defensive. More: continued here Jan 24 2008 WSOP RadioA long time ago Howard Stern declared himself the King of All Media. Now with all due respect to Mr. Stern, he could declare himself Grand Poobah of the Eloi or Emperor of the Mason Dixon line and it still wouldn’t be true. If all it takes to be the King of All Media is appearances in movies, on television, and the radio, with a book deal thrown in for good measure, then Hulk Hogan or Danny Bonaduce would also have a claim to the thrown. Regardless of who currently wears the crown, the WSOP is making a run as the monarch of the media industry. More: continued here Jan 24 2008 Poker After Dark - Record WorsensPhil Ivey had gotten lucky on Barry Greenstein two hands in a row to bust him out. Now Ivey was fighting for his tournament life against massive chip leader Allen Cunningham. More: continued here |
