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Can Get Into the Main Event with Just One Hour of Play

2009-01-18T01:14:00.001-08:00

For a freeroll tournament eligibility, what usually, most of the casinos’ promotions need you to do is spending somewhere about 40-80 in their poker room for a month or two. And post this; you need to win this freeroll tournament to get a considerable amount of money. But this time, Wynn has decided to offer something different.

With an attempt to promote its annual Wynn Classic exclusively, the Wynn has will offer 13 free entries to an assortment of its events, together with a seat in the $10,200 main event. The promotion is very much in process, and players can start trying their luck now. A player is supposed to earn an electronic ticket for 13 drawings, for every hour he logs at the Wynn Poker room.

From Feb. 16 to 18, each day will have four drawings where nine seats to one of the Wynn’s $1,060 events will be awarded, along with three seats to the Wynn’s $2,080 event planned on March 13 will be arranged. On Feb. 19, the final drawing will take place for a $10,200 seat in the main event, scheduled to start on March 16. To collect the prize, players have to be present for the drawing.

Starting on Feb. 26, The Wynn Classic will come to an end on March 19. Along with the Main Event, there are four $545 events, nine $1,060 events, one $1,575 event, and one $3,100 event. Most of the tournaments will be no-limit hold’em, however, there are two events in Omaha eight-or-better and one rebuy event in pot-limit Omaha.

Preceding year, around half of the events in the Wynn Classic witnessed over 100 players compete, with the Classic’s biggest tournament field of the year upcoming on Feb. 28 with 621 players. At the 2008 Wynn Classic main event, Chris Moore won about $700,000 after beating out 182 other players.

Can Get Into the Main Event with Just One Hour of Play

2009-01-15T01:13:00.001-08:00

Las Vegas Casinos Both pick the month of February for their Tourney Series

2009-01-13T00:02:00.001-08:00

Is it really a coincidence?
Well! Once again both The Venetian and Caesars Palace have chosen the same month for their huge poker tournament series. However, Jim Pedulla, Caesars’ poker room manager, smartly answers this coincidence and says, “When we schedule these things, we look at what’s in the best interest of the company and what’s in the best interest of the players. He further adds, “We think that when you look at the competitors, and their price range is in one person’s pocketbook or bankroll, we think that it’s appropriate to go against them and have a lower-priced product, which I believe is higher caliber.”

Of late, Caesars declared the schedule of its third Mega Stack tournament series, which is expected to run from Feb. 1-26. On the other hand, The Venetian had announced course of its Deep Stack Extravaganza V series preceding week. The very popular Extravaganza will have 24 tournaments running from Feb. 2 to 25.

Last time, the two major poker events the last Deep Stack Extravaganza and Mega Stack tournaments collided in the month of November.

The Venetian’s Deep Stack series hosts around 17 $330 buy-in events, by and large in no-limit hold'em. However, in the series, it also features single Omaha eight-or-better, H.O.R.S.E., and pot-limit Omaha tournaments. The main is priced at $2,500 with the higher-priced events are at $550 and $1,070.

With Caesars’ Mega Stack series, players will have16 $225 buy-in events, all in no-limit hold'em. On 14 February, on the occasion of Valentine’s Day, one of those events would be a couple’s tournament. The higher priced events at Caesars are at $330 and $540 and its main event is fixed at $1,070.

As far as the most affordable tournaments of their respective series are concerned, at Caesars, players will have a chance to start with 12,500 in chips at Caesars and 12,000 in chips at The Venetian.

On talking about last year, Mega Stack had attracted approximately 100 players for its highly inexpensive tournaments, whereas Deep Stack Extravaganza repeatedly, hosted tournament fields of more than 300 players and registered a peak of about 452 players challenging on 20th of November.

EPT Bahamas: Poorya Nazari grabs the 2009 PCA title

2009-01-12T01:14:00.001-08:00

At the Atlantis Hotel on Paradise Island in the Bahamas, Canadian poker player Poorya Nazari clutched $3 million and the title of PCA winner. Known as one of the most conspicuous tournaments in the sphere, this year, PCA recorded to earn the ever most setting 1,347 players.
On PokerStars.com, meeting the criteria for a major poker tournament goes on to pay bonuses. With the glad success of the 2009 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in the Bahamas, Poorya Nazari shaped up a $33 rebuy outpost tournament triumph into $3 million.
Nazari started the final table of the European Poker Tour event second in chips following Alex Gomes, however, when Gomes eliminated in fourth position, the game develop into Nazari’s tournament to lose. After bearing with a short stack through the last stages of Day 3 and initial beginnings of Day 4, Nazari realized that his chances of winning this game rely solely on the final table start.
Post his victory, Nazari said. “It was only today that I started thinking about winning. At one point yesterday I was down to virtually nothing but I got off to a good start today and at that point I thought I might have a shot.”
After eliminating Tony Gregg on the final hand of the night, Nazari acquired the $3 million first place prize and of course, the first most important championship of this year. For his runner up show, Gregg took home an amount of $1,700,000.
Kevin “BeL0WaB0Ve” Saul getting eliminated as the first player from the final table was quite disappointing for online Poker fans. Late on Day 5, Saul was crippled with no chances left for any sort of comeback. He received $234,000.

Club Titan brings prolific rewards

2009-01-09T04:21:00.000-08:00

With the launch of Titan Poker’s rewards program Titan club, players, from all levels hope to receive substantial perks.
Titan Poker’s recently commenced rewards Program Club Titan holds bright chances of being the first incentive system to proffer significant perks to all players.
The program is not limited to the elite online rounder only and would feature a variety of remunerations for all skill levels.
According to Titan poker,” Club Titan's reward system is simple and easily understood and rewards are available to all poker players, both first time players and big time enthusiasts who regard poker as a career choice.”
Titan Poker's Web site cites that they are the only one on the web to offer reward tiers whereas, everyone else, makes player points at the same rate, relying on the rake in a particular hand. Well! For every $1 in tournament fees, Tournament players take home a flat rate of 17 points.
However, this is not all! Here, players can also earn a loyalty bonus by accomplishing the set target in points acquired per month. Players can rack up a bonus in accordance with their player point total percentage. Moreover, maintenance of same point rate over multiple months can result in much higher percentage. These points finally get converted into cash and tournament tokens. 2,000 points mean $10 in cash, on up to $120,000 for 7 million points.
Titan Poker declared,” Poker players will easily see the benefits available to them at Club Titan, which increase in magnitude the more they play and players can potentially earn tens of thousands of dollars if they dedicate themselves to regular game play."

Is Poker more a game of skills than luck?

2009-01-08T05:07:00.001-08:00

On Feb. 13, a South Carolina judge will hear arguments on a very dubious statement- Is poker a game of skill rather than luck, as he considers whether or not, the five men caught up in a poker raid are guilty.

Preceding month, handed a victory to the defense team of the players when Municipal Court Judge J. Lawrence Duffy, Jr. ruled that he would allow evidence and proof that are capable to convince him that poker is more a game of skill than luck.

Moreover, the decision would not only get the unlawful gambling charges sacked off, but it would also let the legislators elucidate the antiquated anti-gambling law that prohibits any game played with dice or cards. The case would be first of its kind, in the America, where poker would be lawfully ruled a game of skill.

The incident took place almost three years back in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina,
when Bob Chimento, Scott Richards, Michael Williamson, Jeremy Brestel, and John Taylor Willis got charged with illegitimate gambling for playing small-stakes tournament poker.

Like the other several dozen poker players charged with illegal gambling in April 2006, they too had a way out by making a nominal fine. However, for the spirit of the game, they decided to stand against the charges in the hopes of dissolving the antediluvian law that law officials use to charge poker players there.

Last summer, Judge Duffy turned down the idea of dismissing the case, but the charged players took it as a break when the judge decided to allow the skill-versus-luck argument to be made.

Phil Ivey confirms to take Durrr challenge

2009-01-07T03:44:00.001-08:00

Phil Ivey confirms that he will take on his million-dollar online poker challenge along with David Benyamine and Patrick Antonius
Phill Ivey has come up like a solid answer to all those people who believed that nobody would dare to take the durrrr million dollar challenge. On PokerRoad Radio, he confirmed that he has already mentioned it to Tom "durrrr" Dwan that he is all set to go for his million-dollar online poker challenge. Also, he informed that Benyamine will be the fisrt to attempt the challenge while Antonius waits in the wings for a shot at it.
For your information, according to the durrrr challenge, Dwan is ready to put up $1.5 million to a challenger's $500,000 playing four tables at a time heads-up with least $200/$400 stakes.
The game is quite complicated as they all have to bear a minimum of 50,000 hands, and in case the challenger ends up with even a dollar more than where he started in the beginning of the match, he wins durrrr's $1.5 million. On the contrary, if durrrr wins, he will have the player's $500,000 including the amount they won while playing. Except for Phil Galfond, anyone can take this challenge.
Phil does acknowledge that admits durrrr will at the start have the edge as he tunes to playing four tables straight away, but he is primarily depending on durrrr not comprehending how many hands 50,000 hands really is. Thereby, he will get time to catch up and it is quite probable that someone will go penniless in this deadly challenge.
"You know what, the funny thing is he probably does have an edge," Ivey, on PokerRoad has said. "But you know, like, I don't know, it's just something tempting about that million and a half to that $500,000."

Irish Poker Championship final table set

2009-01-05T23:56:00.001-08:00

The PartyPoker Irish Championship final table has been set, following the exhausting two days of play at the Radisson SAS Hotel in Galway, Ireland.
The pompously daring title of 2009’s first crucial poker tournament, with 298 players counting famous players like Ciaran O'Leary, Robert Williamson III, Padraig Parkinson, Jon Kalmar, Marty Smyth, Marcel Luske, Noel Furlong, Mike Sexton, Steven Wong and Dutch pop star Maud Mulder and Polish television personality Aga Rylik. As of now, remaining eight players remain are playing for the first place that would offer £180,000.
Keith McFadden of Donegal is the chip leader with €698,000 whereas Michael McCool of Nottingham is declared as one among the short stacks. However, he surely does have one great poker name. It is clear that the end of the night will have enough reasons for the Irish to celebrate.
Poker lovers would be able to catch the sight of this tournament on RTÉ television in February. The Irish Poker Championship has been the first crucial sponsorship in Ireland by the site. Moreover, the experience the Irish Poker Open would also make Poker quite popular in the land of potatoes and shamrock.
In the tournament, celebrities participated and played for a good cause. Mike Sexton, who is also a part of this tournament, has said “Padraig Parkinson and all those who extend a hand to help the unfortunate should take a bow and be proud of their willingness to help others. Fortunately, many poker players are joining in and giving time and money to worthwhile charities.”

Bahamas will welcome the PCA Stars once again

2009-01-05T02:00:00.000-08:00

With heavy breezy strokes of winter come the high-stakes tournament circuit to the south this week, landing in the Bahamas for the heat, excitement and complete package of poker action that is the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure.
January 5th, 2009 will witness, the EPT PokerStars Caribbean Adventure starting at the Bahamas. Widely accepted as one of the biggest poker tournaments other than the World Series poker, the PCA boasts about its potency of attracting more than 1,000 players to the Atlantis Casino on Paradise Island. Moreover, 750 competitors qualified online on PokerStars, reserving their place in the $10,000 buy-in main event.
However, the main event is not the only attraction happening in Nassau this week. Several other such as the Battleship of Online Poker, the World Cup of Poker Final and a wide range of Sit and Go, Satellite and side events have also been planned. In addition to this, a $25,000 high-roller tournament will also begin on Jan. 8. The tournament is expected to draw some of the leading names in the game.
Suitably planned and programmed, many experts could catch a halfway stop on the Bahamas on their way to Australia, where the important events of the Aussie Millions will begin shortly.
Primitively, a segment of the World Poker Tour, the PCA is now a stop on the European Poker Tour. This means that this time, PCA will showcase schools of fishy North American online qualifiers having the same shark infected waters as the menagerie of Eurodonks that runaway from the cruel winters of this continent in quest of a sunnier and much warmer weather.
Preceding year, a large field of 1,136, together with 845 PokerStars qualifiers, made the record for PCA turnout. However, this time around, the insiders anticipate a much bigger main event.

Tennis champ Borris Becker plans to play poker

2009-01-03T01:30:00.001-08:00

After winning six grand slam tennis events on the tennis court, Borris Becker is now thinking to take over the game of poker as well. He is expected to take on a succession of online qualifiers when the unique "Battleship Poker" event gets in progress at the forthcoming PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in Nassau, the Bahamas. Accepted as an amusing part of the PCA, the event has been held annually since 2006. It presents two players squared off against each other heads-up with their laptops remain displayed in the classic board game style. The four online qualifiers ready to play against Becker are Josh Miloy of Oley, Itsik Oknin (Ontario), Keith Anderson (Quebec) and Michel Dion (Quebec).

Becker says, "Battleship poker gives you all the fast play luxuries of online poker, but also allows you to look your opponent in the eye. It's an exciting game to play and I'm really looking forward to competing against these players."

Since years, poker has been a captivating recreational activity for Becker and now, he is all set to be as fine with poker as he was with tennis. “When I was still playing professional tennis, I started learning to play poker casually in-between games because it helped me to improve my concentration,” Becker has said. “Now I want to develop my poker skills and challenge myself to become really competitive at the highest levels in poker.”

Becker has already started poker training program for knocking out his champion's drive as he eyes on some of the major poker tournaments around the globe. According to Becker, he would be first seen on the European Poker Tour at Dortmund in his native Germany and the EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo next spring.

2009 Irish Poker Championship to present Bonus Events

2009-01-01T02:05:00.000-08:00

The PartyPoker Irish Poker Championship (IPC) will start from 2nd January at the Radisson SAS Hotel in Galway, Ireland. This year, event organizers have also arranged for bonus events in the form of a singing contest, categorized under the heading of “Main Event” of different kinds along with the serious play at the tables. The three day long tournament will showcase Simon Cowell trembling in his boots as the Devilfish, Jon ‘Skalie’ Kalmar and Kenna James catch up to the microphone.
“The Radisson SAS Hotel on Galway Bay is soundproofed and ready to go. We’re just surprised that there is no sign of Marcel Luske yet,” a PartyPoker spokesman has said. He further adds, “In all seriousness, however, this promises to be a fun spectacle. Skalie used to be the lead singer of a punk band, the Devilfish is well known for his excellence in tickling the ivories, while James has recorded his own material and received great reviews. We suspect that no matter how good they are, though, whoever steps up to sing the first Irish song is likely to get the best reception!”
The Irish Poker Championship Main Event is the first main poker tournament of Europe this year. The main event is a €2,000 buy-in event and is anticipated to exert a pull on many top players of the world. Some of the latest confirmations for the Main Event are Julian Gardner, Mike Sexton, Padraig Parkinson, Surinder Sunar, Noel Furlong, BoylePoker pro Marty Smyth, Ciaran O’Leary, and Andy Black.
Besides the Main Event, many side events and satellites have also been planned. “We’re moving to Galway for this event and are very grateful for all the support we’ve had from our sponsors,” Parkinson, co-organizer of Poker for the Homeless. “Local homeless charities will benefit directly from this event and, as usual at an Irish tournament, we plan to have some fun along the way.”

Celebs to Play Poker for a good cause

2008-12-30T23:55:00.000-08:00

Funny man Brad Garrett will be buying into an impending charity tournament.

The wonderful day of Jan 17, 2008 will register another game in the record of charity Poker Tournaments. Celebrities will play poker for charity to promote the Therapeutic Living Centers for the Blind (TLC).
The episode is going to be termed as "All-In To Win" and will happen at Commerce Casino in California, which is also the resolute location of WPT L.A. Poker Classic.
The rising popularity of the tournament has already made it successful in grabbing the attention of celebrities like Adam Baldwin, Brad Garrett, Daniel Baldwin, Judd Nelson and Chris McDonald.
Garrett is supposedly, one of the most experienced players to play at the Event, as he has numerous appearances previously also at the WSOP.
The grand prize for the event embraces a place at the World Poker Tour Celebrity Invitational and a handsome amount of $2,500 in cash.
Others, who are anxious to make decent donations to the TLC and to enter into some serious poker action can buy into All-In To Win for a total of $200. Also there will be a re-buy for $200. The tournament is assistance to blind infants, toddlers and preschoolers with developmental disabilities.
TLC has been in existence from 30 years and offers interminable care services for people challenged with both blindness and developmental disabilities.

PokerStars Holds the Guinness World Record for Arranging the Largest Online Tournament

2008-12-30T00:48:00.001-08:00

A huge assemblage of 35,000 players acquired in to the $11 world record tournament presented on PokerStars, this Sunday, offering a striking prize pool of $500,000.
The tournament continued for an extended period of 9.5 hours with 8,750 players all making it into the money. Interestingly, the 2006 WSOP, the biggest live tournament in the history, only had 8,773 entrants in total. This way, the tournament formally made its way to the Guinness World Record for largest online tournament.
According to Team PokerStars Pro’s Daniel Negreanu it is quite a big thing for the site to procure yet another record-breaking tournament against its name.
"No other site brings the level of excitement, skill and challenge that poker players crave," Negreanu has said. "The Sunday tournaments on PokerStars provide an unrivaled opportunity to prove your poker prowess with a lucrative prize pool that matches the highest level of competition."
With the closing of the day, the top four players procured at least $10,000 with stan34powa clearing out 34,999 players and receiving $30,000 to register victory for the largest poker tournament ever held. Stan34powa, a French player with an investment of only $11 in the tournament had rolled through the giant field, which marked an extensive inventory of 3,500 tables in progress at its beginning.
Regardless of the massive field size, the players made their way to the money in less than three hours. While hand-for-hand play, 80 players got eliminated, letting the opening of the certain dash to the final table.

PokerStars Kicks Off the Caribbean Adventure

2008-12-29T08:25:00.001-08:00

December 29, 2008: How eventful is the poker world these days? When poker game is sensing the heat of economic downturn, PokerStars alone represents between 20-40% of the total business in the entire online gaming industry. Its representation is further intensified, at times when most of the action is stateside; PokerStars has arranged Caribbean Adventure (PCA), which begins on Monday, January 5th at the Atlantis Hotel and Casino on Paradise Island in the Bahamas.

The PokerStars event represented the perfect convergence of live and virtual poker will host several tournaments during the PCA, letting players to assemble at the Atlantis Hotel and witness the largest online poker event ever held. The prize structure of the event is appealing with some of the top players will be up for grabs. Here is a look at the schedule of tournaments that will take place in the Island:

• Monday, January 5th: $10,000 buy-in No Limit Hold’em Main Event
• Wednesday, January 7th: $2,000 buy-in No Limit Hold’em
• Wednesday January 7th: $25,000 buy-in High Roller No Limit Hold’em
• Thursday, January 8th: $5,000 buy-in No Limit Hold’em
• Thursday, January 8th: $2,000 buy-in Battleship
• Friday, January 9th: $1,000 buy-in No Limit Hold’em

It is expected that in the PCA, gambling legends like Bertrand “Elky” Grospellier, Ryan “Daut44” Daut, Steven Paul Ambrose or John Gale can be taken down by unknowns as the PCA has become a favourite destination for young poker players. However, the $10,000 buy-in events as well as a Team PokerStars Pro Championship Match are also part of the PokerStars’ Bahamas tour.

Bwin-Harvard problem gambling research collaboration extends for next 5 years

2008-12-29T05:54:00.001-08:00

Bwin Interactive Entertainment AG has extended its cooperation with Division of Addictions at the Cambride Health alliance and announced a five-year contract to carry on researching online gaming, with the motive to identify and prevent gaming-related troubles and thus offering a secure online gaming platform. Bwin is an Austrian-based online company.

For the past three years, The Division on Addictions at the Cambridge Health Alliance which is a Harvard Medical School Teaching Affiliate has been in collaboration with Bwin. Mutually, they have offered a number of dependable gaming initiatives while providing tools and information intended to push accountable gaming. The latest agreement thereby states an advance extension of a partnership that has already fetched decent results proved to be quite historic in its scope.
The collaboration has also produced many scientific studies evaluating the data of over 47,000 Bwin customers' activities for 36-month period.

"Through its relationship with the Division on Addictions," Dr. Howard Shaffer, Director of the Division on Addictions, "Bwin has supported numerous scientific inquiries, including the first ever scientific longitudinal study of actual internet gaming behavior." Shaffer, also praised Bwin for encompassing "integrated responsible gaming efforts into its business practices and made empirically-supported self-help resources available to its subscribers."

Manfred Bodner, co-CEO of Bwin, on focusing the realistic benefits of the research, says, “the need to understand what goes on in consumers' minds and be able to answer fundamental questions about online gaming are based on scientific evidence -- and not based on speculation." Bonder further adds, “the idea is ultimately to be "capable of identifying risk patterns associated with disordered gambling so that we can prevent them."

Tokwiro releases statement on erroneous recognition of Hellmuth by UltimateBet Software

2008-12-29T05:51:00.001-08:00

Tokwiro Enterprises ENRG, owner of UltimateBet, offered a statement on Tuesday, admitting a bizarre software malfunction and stating a repair that was immediately taken in order to prevent any such disorder in future.

On December 20, Novel CEREUS network of Tokwiro had encountered a breakdown that erroneously paid out UB pitchman Phil Hellmuth with the losing hand rather than the player with the winning hand on Ultimate Bet. The hand, being played at $200/400 heads-up limit hold'em, received huge interest from the poker world due to the involvement of UB spokesman Phil Hellmuth. Post the software malfunction examination, Hellmuth held one pair whereas DOUBLEBALLER strikes trips as the new software passed the pot to him anyway.

Tokwiro, the owner of Absolute Poker and UltimateBet, in his statement, has said, “We have concluded that the malfunction occurred because the winning player disconnected from the table at the precise millisecond when the software was awarding the pot, in conjunction with the ‘player’s state’ data being cleared from the memory cache.” He further adds, “We introduced a new defect that caused 36 hands to award incorrect payouts. All players have been reimbursed for these hands as well.”

Paul Leggett, the COO of Tokwiro mentions that such kind of an issue has occurred for the first time and we have strictly reviewed our database and application logs for the months of December and November and so far, have been unable to dig out any past happenings

Norwegian Cruise Line teams up with PokerTek, Inc. for a 90 day Field Trial

2008-12-29T05:50:00.002-08:00

PokerTek has brought a wonderful offer for all cruise lovers. The company has decided to start a 90-day field trial on Norwegian Cruise Line's Norwegian Pearl and if all goes well and the trial becomes a hit, tables will get installed to all 11 of Norwegian Cruise Line’s ships.

Earlier also, PokerTek has experimented this sort of an arrangement with dealerless, automated PokerPro tables placements on all 22 of Carnival Cruise Line’s boats.

Jim Abbas, Vice president of casino operations, Norwegian Cruise Line has said, “We are eager to see how successful PokerPro is on one of our newest ships, Norwegian Pearl”. He further adds, “The ship offers tremendous choices already, from bowling to rock climbing, and automated poker is one more exciting entertainment option. PokerPro was recently installed within our casino, which offers an array of traditional table games, along with a wide variety of slots not offered by any of our competitors.”

According to Robert Perry, Vice president of Sales, PokerTek, Cruise ships and Poker tables are a perfect match. “Our previous installations on cruise ships have proven to be profitable for our customers and well-received by their vacationers onboard,” Robert Perry has said. “We're hopeful that Norwegian Cruise Line will see the same results. PokerPro allows cruise ships to offer an extra amenity to their guests in a cost-effective manner.”

The company has installed numerous machines in different geographies all over the world, and most recently regions to receive its services are Louisiana and San Diego.

Smyth and Eastgate Ready to Steal 2008 European Poker Awards

2008-12-29T05:50:00.001-08:00

Aviation Club in Paris is all set to stage the 2008 European Poker Awards with the UK once again is confident enough to steal the show in the Award function. The judging and presentations will take place on January 15th, 2009 during the Euro Finals of Poker series.
On Friday, the nominees for the 2008 European Poker Awards, which are categorized into seven segments, were announced with prominent players representing more than one nomination category for their achievements in the past and current year. To top the list is Marty Smyth and Peter Eastgate. Smyth has been nominated under both the “Player of the Year” and “Tournament Performance of the Year” categories, and Eastgate has two nominations up his sleeves: Rookie of the Year and Best Tournament Performance.
“I'm very flattered to be nominated," said Smyth. "It's a great honour but I'm up against some very tough and worthy competition. Winning one of the awards would really be the icing on the cake for what was a very special year for me.” Both Smyth and Eastgate have won some of the major series this year including the $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha Championship at the WSOP and WSOP Main Event respectively.
Other poker players nominated for various categories are Neil Channing, Bertrand Grospellier, David Benyamine, Jesper Hougaard, Channing, Stephen Chidwick, Ivan Demidov, Davidi Kitai, Stefan Ruthenberg, Alexander Kostritsyn, Sebastian Ruthenberg, Andreas Krause, Sandra Naujoks, Isabel Mercier, Kara Scott, Annette Obrestad, Svetlana Gromenkova, Thomas Kremser, Sylvie Berlanger, Jonathan Raab, Simon Trumper, Madeleine Harper, Rob Yong, Gene Gioia, Jonathan Raab and Poker Stars Team: Francine Watson/Conrad Brunner/Mad Harper.

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2008-12-29T05:48:00.000-08:00

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2008-12-02T07:44:00.000-08:00

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Poker Professor player wins $250,000 Guranteed

2008-11-20T03:46:00.000-08:00

Poker Professor player astaroth0 won the $250,000 Guaranteed prize tournament on Titan Poker.For his efforts and dedication he took home $55,000 1st position prize money.It was a rollacoaster ride,once being chip leader and almost nearly losing it all.
more details to follow on the turn of events during the tournament.

Short Stack Poker Strategy

2008-11-13T00:44:00.001-08:00

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Irish Open Poker Championship

2008-11-05T03:41:00.000-08:00

Twenty-five-year old Chris Woods, from Hartlepool in northeast England, took second place and a 106,000 Euro cash prize when he represented online poker room Titan Poker at the just concluded Irish Winter Festival tournament in Dublin.

Woods, who signed up for online poker tutorial lessons at PokerProfessor in August, has never deposited cash in his Titan Poker account. Just four days after receiving a $50 PokerProfessor quiz bonus, Woods invested $27.50 into a winning performance at an Irish Winter Festival qualifier satellite. That same day he won an Irish Winter Festival Super Satellite tournament and a $4,500 prize package, which sent him on his way to Dublin on behalf of Titan Poker.
"I avoided tangling with the other big stacks unless I felt I was drawing to the nuts or had the nuts," Woods said, after his impressive Irish Winter tournament finish. "I also used my big stack well against the smaller stacks when in position, forcing the pressure on them for the rest of the tournament."

Sudoku

2008-08-28T05:38:00.000-07:00

The rules for Sudoku are simple,just fill in the grid so that every row,every column ,and every 3x3 box contains digits 1 through 9.Resist the temptation of guessing and use logic instead!.Solving time for a Sudoku puzzle is typically between 10-30 minutes ,depending on your Sudoku skill and experience,so don't quit if you're Sudoku-ing for 5 minutes and getting nowhere.
Of course you can always switch to a game of poker where there is a little more excitement and adrenalin.

Finding an edge playing online

2008-08-26T23:44:00.000-07:00

If your looking to find an edge playing online poker,my guess is to be observant.
Make sure that you have as few distractions as possible.

What is Limit Holdem

2008-08-26T01:11:00.000-07:00

Limit Holdem is a very popular form of Texas Holdem.
It is identical to no-limit with 2 cards dealt pre-flop,five community cards and five betting rounds.Although the betting is a little different.During the first 2 rounds of betting all bets and raises must be equal to the big blind.In the next 2 rounds of betting all bets and raises must be equal to twice the big blind.

Short Stack

2008-08-21T02:12:00.000-07:00

Its important to play aggressively when you think you are heading for the short stack.

Poker Guts

2008-08-20T06:04:00.000-07:00

In a poker world dominated by the high thrills,its easy to forget that more variants of poker exist.If you are laid back and don't bother to work out pot ods expected or whether your're being bluffed,then Guts is your game.

TonyG online poker coaching

2008-07-14T05:33:00.000-07:00

Free PokerTracker™ 3 software to all Advanced level students

2008-07-07T02:02:00.000-07:00

Poker Professor offer every funded student who reaches our Advanced Level the new PokerTracker™ 3 software absolutely free! (The retail price would be $89.99) PokerTracker™ 3 - Hold'em is the industry leading poker tracking software for online Texas Hold'em. Analyze any of your hold'em hands whether you are playing No-Limit, Limit, or Pot-Limit in your favorite game format of Ring Games, Sit N' Go's, or Multi-Table Tournaments.

Euro 2008

2008-06-22T02:22:00.000-07:00

Hello all,

Euro 2008 started and in the beginning everyone thought that the final will be Portugal v Holland or Portugal v Spain.
Once again its looking as though it is going to be the regular's - Italy v Germany.
In my opinion both Portugal and Holland lost the rythm when they rested all the top players for the 3rd group game.It takes the players out of focus.
These are well paid players and they should be able to play 7 games in a row.You can't always protect them.
Well I am shouting for Spain now simply because I enjoy the free flowing football they can produce.

Poker Professor online poker strategy school.

2008-06-17T00:42:00.000-07:00

Hi

We are no giving away poker tracker3 Free to all our advanced players.
Come check it out pokerprofessor.com

2008-03-11T02:41:00.000-07:00

Hello

PokerProfessor has started its invite a friend program which can earn you up to $100.

Players can use the referal link they see under "my account" in poker professor and send their friends.
This is how it works:

$10 issued after we fund the "friend" the first $50
an additional $25 after the friend reaches 1200 points.
and a final $65 after the friend reaches 5000 points.
Total of $100

Also for every 5 friends sent that meet the above conditions we will transfer an extra $50 bonus.
All the money is transfered directly into the Titan Poker player account of the player who invited his friends.

www.pokerprofessor.com

All the Best,

Introduction to PokerProfessor Poker School

2008-03-09T04:59:00.000-07:00

Hello all,

The easy to use Poker Professor will help any beginner learn the more practical strategies and basic skills needed to play great poker. This free online school is tailored made for the beginner Poker Player to learn how to play from poker professionals. Poker Professor is so convinced that they can teach any novice that they are investing $150 in all their new students. Simply read the "Getting Started" section and pass the quiz and Poker Professor will bankroll you a $150 to play at Titan Poker, one of the top rated online Poker Rooms.

Poker Professor not only teaches you how to play but will introduce you to a great poker community. Here you will have the opportunity to take part in the forum, acquire poker tips from other poker players from around the world and share your thoughts and poker stories. This is your chance to learn the necessary skill set to play like a pro and have fun doing it. Visit www.pokerprofessor.com and earn your Masters in Poker.