Archive for April, 2008.
April 30, 2008
A player known only as Catgirl was planning on showing up to play in the Poker World Open in her birthday suit, but the Channel 5 no nudity clause came into effect, nipping the idea in the bud. The player, who wound up playing in body paint, played in a heat with Liam Flood, known as the Gentleman, and Surinder Sunar, who has always composed himself at the table. But there was also David “Devilfish” Ulliott, known for his appreciation of the lady poker players, so fans are eager to see how he composed himself at the table.Related Articles:Chiu trumps Hansen at World Poker Tour eventAll Japan Poker Championship starts Sunday…
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April 30, 2008
Florida is a south eastern US state that has been going back and forth over the poker issue for years, and recently one of their biggest poker rooms at the Seminole Hard Rock in Tampa held the biggest poker event in the history of the state. The law regarding poker tournaments had been adjusted in the summer of 2007, which made this event possible. The player cap of 600 was hit quickly, and at a thousand dollar buy in the No Limit Holdem poker tournament passed the $100,000 guaranteed pay out for the first place victor.Related Articles:Irish Poker Classic to take place this summerAll Japan Poker Championship starts Sunday…
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April 30, 2008
Charities and non profit organizations have been on the winning side of poker tournaments in recent years across the United States, but some fear a proposed tax on Texas Holdem tournaments will change that fact. The concern comes from poker rooms in the state, and the Senate Ways and Means Committee will be taking a look at a bill that has been amended to include a ten percent tax on poker tourneys. There are concerns that this tax will keep players from coming to the race tracks, where many poker rooms are run.Related Articles:Florida poker room future in doubtCalifornia bill to study online poker…
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April 29, 2008
A player can lose a big pot in a hand of poker and not have to bother with figuring out what they did wrong. There is a recent story from a Vegas casino. During the game of Holdem, seven players saw the flop, five saw the turn, and three remained in the hand long enough to see the river. Two of them were driving the action. They were raising and re-raising each other at every chance. Neither of them would budge, and they both probably thought they had the best hand. By the time it got to the end they were lucky a slap fight didn’t break out.
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April 29, 2008
The WPT gave us some real excitement during the Season VI Championship. Whether it was Gus Hansen eliminating player after player on unlikely, game changing river cards, or David Chiu wiping up Hansen’s massive chip lead when they were heads up, then sending the Dane to the showers by delivering a bad beat of his own, it was highly entertaining. When you dissect the heads up struggle for the Championship crown, there is a lot to learn about playing from the short stacked position.
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April 29, 2008
Andy Bloch is no cowboy, not really. He does have a predilection for wearing a cowboy hat when he plays poker, however, and this was likely the reason he was chosen to participate in Poker After Dark during Cowboy Week.
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April 28, 2008
The sixth annual Irish Poker Classic is going to be held this summer at the Macau Sporting Club in Cork, according to recent reports. The main event, sporting a €150,000 guarantee, will be at the tail end of the series of events, which will run between August 11 and August 17. With 75 minute blind levels and 15,000 in starting chips this is a true “deep stack” poker event, which is very popular in Ireland…
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April 28, 2008
Over 700 people got on their motorbikes and raced down the road to raise money for charity in the third annual Georgia Sheriff’s Boys Ranch Poker Run. A poker run involved cars, motorcycles, and a good time, which is what was going on as participants followed a route and collected poker cards at various stops, trying to get the best hand. But winning the run wasn’t the point - raising money to buy Christmas presents for neglected boys and girls was…
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April 28, 2008
Online poker room Ladbrokes Poker has signed on a new poker pro to represent the site, online pro Jon Kalmar. Kalmar, who plays online under the name of “skalie” and was part of Team Ladbrokes in 2006, is excited to make his relationship with the UK poker room official. The 34 year old English pro has cashed for over $1.6 million in tournament events, including the World Series of Poker and the European Poker Tour events…
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April 28, 2008
Big name poker pro Annie Duke has been hired by online poker room Ultimate Bet to serve as the official poker room consultant. In her new role Duke, who was one of the first women to ever make a final table at a World Series of Poker main event, will take over managing the tournament schedule. She must be the right choice - she was also instrumental in designing the software’s functionality for Ultimate Bet, and has been an on-again, off-again spokesperson for the site…
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April 28, 2008
It looked like it was going to be Gus Hansen’s game, and his fourth World Poker Tour title - but it wasn’t to be so. World Series of Poker bracelet holder David Chiu, starting out as a big underdog on chips in heads up play, came back to take the win from the Great Dane. The WPT victory looked like it was going in Gus’s pocket as he systematically eliminated the rest of the players…
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April 28, 2008
The current and only World Series of Poker Europe champion Annette Obrestad will be playing poker with a price on her head. Online poker room, and Obrestad’s online home for poker, Betfair Poker is hosting a special freeroll tournament that has bounties on both Annette and online poker champ Sorel Mizzi, better known as Imper1um. Knocking out either player will win the victor $250, and of course there is the $1,500 prize pool to consider…
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April 28, 2008
During the WPT Championship, Gus had personally eliminated Cory Carroll, John Roveto, Jeff King, and Tommy Le. This left only David Chiu standing between Hansen and the WPT season crown. Had things gone as planned, it would have been his fourth WPT bracelet. Things were looking good at first: his chip lead over Chiu was over fifteen million, and even the commentators were joking about how fast Hansen was going to break David. This was not to be. David played poker that on outside looked almost gutless, refusing to engage Gus in big pots, while taking tiny bites during small skirmishes.
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April 26, 2008
Fort Rucker is once again holding their annual Army Emergency Relief No Limit Texas Holdem Tournament this weekend. The event brings poker players and Army supporters together in order to put money into the reserves of the AER, or Army Emergency Relief. The AER is an organization that provides money through financial assistance to army families in need, a way for the Army to “take care of its own.” The game will begin today at 8:30 and the anticipated first-place prize will be $2,500 in cash.Related Articles:Big win for kids thanks to poker eventEverybody loves poker charity…
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April 26, 2008
Prize packages to major live poker tournaments are a common offering from online poker rooms eager to draw in players, but one online poker room recently announced they were going to kick it up a notch. Titan Poker has announced their Executive Package to the World Series of Poker, worth a big twenty thousand dollars. The prize package will include the buy in to the $10k main event and a two week stay in a luxury suite for two, as well as airfare and spending money, and extra perks such as show tickets and limousine rides.Related Articles:Player on a tear at Titan PokerOnline poker room pits country against country…
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