Take a guy out and not only do you get his chips, but you will collect a bounty as well. Full Tilt Poker have guaranteed that a huge prize pool of $100,000 will be available on September 10th at 9pm ET – that’s when their Friday Night Fight tournament starts. The tournament is a knockout [...]
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Full Tilt Poker guarantee $100,000 in their Friday Night Fight on September 10th
Posted by admin on September 10th, 2010
PAX 2010: Poker Night at the Inventory
Posted by admin on September 7th, 2010
“So what happens when video game characters aren’t, you know, video gaming?” It’s an inquiry posed more often by the fans of such games than the developers responsible for making them, and while opinions concerning what gaming icons get up to in their down time may wildly vary, a relaxing banter-based game of cards is [...]
Jerry Lewis Telethon 2010 Ongoing From Las Vegas
Posted by admin on September 6th, 2010
Jerry Lewis has been raising money for Muscular Dystrophy for over forty years and on Sunday night, Lewis kicked off the Jerry Lewis Telethon 2010, in which tens of millions of dollars was expected to be raised. The telethon will go on for twenty-one hours, showing the kind of resolve seen mainly at online poker [...]
World Poker Tour London Classic Completes Day 2
Posted by admin on September 3rd, 2010
An unusual confrontation, some surprise exits, and a chip leader from PartyPoker highlighted the Day 2 action at the World Poker Tour London Classic. Held at the beautiful Palm Beach Casino at the Mayfair Hotel, the tournament features a £5,300 buy-in Main Event, with a prize pool that climbed to more than £800,000. With 171 [...]
A Poker Life
Posted by admin on September 1st, 2010
When 11-time bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth was emceeing at the 2008 UB Aruba Poker Classic, he stumbled upon Adam Levy. Hellmuth had some needling ready for Levy, who had received some television airtime for a pot he won against Hellmuth in the 2008 World Series of Poker main event. “Hellmuth came up to me and [...]
G2E – Igaming Congress introduced
Posted by admin on August 30th, 2010
An insight into online gambling in the US will be provided by industry professionals at the new iGaming Congress at G2E in November. The result of a new partnership between The Innovation Group, BolaVerde Media Group and Lewis and Roca LLP, as well as an existing partnership with iGaming Business Magazine, the inaugural iGaming Congress [...]
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Comments OffWPT Legends winner Frankenberger
Posted by admin on August 27th, 2010
Andy Frankenberger entered the final table with the chip lead at the World Poker Tour stop at the Bicycle Casino. Nearly 12 hours later, he would finally stand up from the table with all the chips and money in hand as the newest WPT champion. Frankenberger earned $750,000 in prize money, plus a $25,000 seat [...]
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Posted by admin on August 25th, 2010
The final table for the WPT Legends of Poker $5k Main Event has been set. Fifteen players started the penultimate day but they were down to six after just five action packed hours of play at the Bicycle Casino in LA. Leading the way going into the final day is Andy Frankenberger who has a [...]
Full Tilt Poker Merit Cyprus Classic Main Event Day 2 – Loeser Leads
Posted by admin on August 23rd, 2010
The remaining 141 players returned to the Merit Crystal Cove on Saturday to battle it out on Day 2 of the Full Tilt Poker Merit Cyprus Classic Main Event. Seven levels were played today and when all was said and done, just 45 remained in what was an exciting, surprising, and crazy day of poker. [...]
UBOC 5 Set to Kick Off
Posted by admin on August 19th, 2010
These days, online poker tournament series seem to follow each other in quick succession. Barely has Full Tilt poker’s FTOPS wound down, Ultimate Bet is readying the dish for the online poker players who’ve gotten used to the continuous excitement. The site’s own online poker series, the UBOC (Ultimate Bet Online Poker Championship) kicks off [...]
Morongo Tribe Claims 21 Members for New Internet Poker Push
Posted by admin on August 17th, 2010
A spokesman for the Morongo Band of Mission Indians was joined by 21 tribes for a private signing ceremony they held Wednesday for a new online poker consortium. “We have 21 tribes at this point,” said Patrick Dorinson, reached shortly after the lunchtime ceremony. “We anticipate by the end of the day we will have [...]
Is Gus Hansen the Worst Online Poker Player Ever?
Posted by admin on August 16th, 2010
Gus Hansen is one of the most recognizable names in the professional poker world. He is known for his incredible live tournament success, his amazing talent for intimidating opponents and is easily identified by his hair; or lack thereof. The Great Dane of poker is truly a phenomenon among career poker players, but if that’s [...]
Annette within inches of capturing her second WSOP Bracelet in $1,500 NLHE Shootout
Posted by admin on June 25th, 2010
Full Tilt Poker pro Annette “Annette_15” Obrestad is within inches of capturing her second World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet. Obrestad famously took down the 2007 WSOP Europe Main Event, the first ever running of the £10,000 buy-in tournament, and banked £1 million. She’s making her Las Vegas WSOP debut this year and a bracelet win would [...]
Omaha Poker….
Posted by admin on June 15th, 2010
Popular in Europe for years, Omaha poker is rapidly gaining fans worldwide over the last few years and now sits comfortably as the second-most played poker variation in the world. The newfound lust for Omaha can be attributed to a couple of things: For one, there’s a natural similarity in the rules to Texas Hold’em, [...]
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 [...]
