The 2010 WSOP shifted into high gear on its second day with the first $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em tournament and Day 2 of the $50k Player’s Championship. The poker rooms at the Rio were filled with a unique mixture of elite poker players and relative amateurs. With nearly 3,000 players all playing simultaneously the day was [...]
Archive for May, 2010
2010 WSOP-Get Set Go
Posted by admin on May 28th, 2010
The one thing all but nine poker players have been waiting for since last summer starts just hours from now. The 41st annual World Series of Poker kicks off in Las Vegas with the first two of 57 events and the entire poker world is sitting on the edge of its seats tonight in anticipation [...]
UB Hosting WSOP
Posted by admin on May 27th, 2010
he site is hosting a massive super satellite for the World Series of Poker Main Event, guaranteeing 25 seats. The $500+30 25 Seat GTD Super Satellite is set for June 6th at 4 p.m. ET. The prize package includes the $10,000 buy-in for the Main Event and $2K for travel expenses. In addition to the [...]
PokerStars Baltic Festival 2010
Posted by admin on May 26th, 2010
After breaking records with the inaugural Baltic Festival last year, PokerStars released dates for the 2010 edition this week. The 2010 PokerStars Baltic Festival will take place June 16-19 at the Swissotel in Talinn, Estonia. The tournament will also feature an increased buy-in of €1,500, up from €1,100 last year. “It was a great event [...]
Victorino Torres won the PokerStars APPT Macau main event
Posted by admin on May 25th, 2010
A 33-year-old attorney from the Northern Mariana Islands won the PokerStars APPT Macau main event this weekend, turning a win in a $22 satellite on PokerStars into more than $415,000. PokerStars qualifier Victorino Torres entred the final table next to last in chips, but held on to grab the lead four-handed and eventually beat Chong [...]
The World Poker Tour Spanish Championship begins…..
Posted by admin on May 21st, 2010
The World Poker Tour Spanish Championship kicked off in Barcelona Wednesday. A total of 134 players took their seats at Casino Barcelona for the first of two Day 1 flights after paying the €3,200+€300 buy-in. Amongst the most notable participants were 2010′s hottest player, Sorel Mizzi, the last woman standing at the 2009 World Series [...]
House Ways and Means Committee hearing in terms of Internet gambling in Barney Frank’s
Posted by admin on May 20th, 2010
If today’s in the House Ways and Means Committee is any indication, perhaps the issue of licensed and regulated Internet gambling has made progress on Capitol Hill over the past six months — not on paper but in influencing the minds of the representatives. As a whole, members of the committee seemed much more engaged [...]
2010 World Series of Poker-Making
Posted by admin on May 18th, 2010
Just last week, Steve Soffa opened his doors to PokerNews and allowed us to take a behind-the-scenes look at the creative and manufacturing processes behind the 2010 World Series of Poker bracelets. Located in the Jewelry District in downtown Los Angeles, the Hardcore Watch Company offices will be the epicenter of all of the manufacturing [...]
2010 WSOP Best Bets: Sam Stein
Posted by admin on May 15th, 2010
Our first pick was none other than Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu. Every Tuesday and Thursday for the next two weeks we will reveal our four other not-so-obvious best bets. Plus, when we’re done, we’ll tell you Negreanu’s own 2010 WSOP Best Bets right before the 2010 World Series of Poker kicks off. After three [...]
Best Bets of 2010 WSOP-Erica Schoenberg
Posted by admin on May 14th, 2010
After making a WSOP final table early in her career, Erica Schoenberg has spent the past few years on the outside looking in. But with a little attitude adjustment and a lot of time spent working on her game, we think the Full Tilt pro is ready to start proving she’s more poker player than [...]
WSOP Rookie -Tom Marchese
Posted by admin on May 13th, 2010
Playing online as “Kingsofcards,” Marchese has amassed hundreds of thousands of dollars in earnings. He’s recently been taking his game to the live felt and scoring some pretty awesome results. In January of 2010, Marchese final tabled the $3,300 Championship Event at the Borgata Winter Open in Atlantic City. His third-place finish was worth $190,027. [...]
Elite Strategy: Limit Hold’em
Posted by admin on May 13th, 2010
The Player: Jonathan Tamayo At 24, Jonathan Tamayo is one of the game’s top young players. Having collected over $1,000,000 in combined earnings, he is well-respected in both the online and live arenas. His biggest cash to date is his 21st-place finish in the 2009 WSOP Main Event which earned him $352,000 and plenty of [...]
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No Comments »Texas Holdem Poker
Posted by admin on May 13th, 2010
At the start of the Texas Holdem poker game, the Dealer shuffles a standard 52-card deck. In casinos and card-rooms, the Dealer does not play. However, when there is a shortage of Dealers or in home games, games may be self-dealt. In self-dealt games, the deal changes each hand in a clockwise direction. In games [...]
The PokerStars European Poker Tour-Season 7
Posted by admin on May 12th, 2010
The PokerStars European Poker Tour released a Season 7 schedule today chock full of surprises. Rather than the traditional September start in Barcelona, the EPT’s seventh season will kick off in Tallinn, Estonia Aug. 11-16 with a €4,250 main event. More than 300 played in the first PokerStars Baltic Festival in Tallinn this past October [...]
Barbero, Deeb, and Makarov Capture SCOOP Titles on day 7
Posted by admin on May 9th, 2010
Spring Championship of Online Poker at PokerStars was dominated by Team PokerStars Pros and well-known players winning events and making deep runs. Among the Team PokerStars Pros to notch victories on Day 7 were Alexey “LuckyGump” Makarov and Jose “nachobarbero” Ignacio Barbero. Noah “Exclusive” Boeken and Barry “barryg1″ Greenstein made final tables, as well. Other [...]
