| It had been a while since I won a bracelet. I may have fallen on my knees, I don’t know. I was like, ‘Oh my God, is this real?’ | |
The most recognisable man in poker looks up at me, and it’s a face I’ve rarely seen. Despite the fierce Vegas sun dancing on the surface of the pool at Caesars Palace, his shades remain on the table, and his hair is a slicked sweep. Were
| A lot of books say, don’t play against the big stacks. I do, so in their head, they’re thinking “I can’t believe he’s playing against me”, so sometimes they’re going to fold and play a little cautiously | |
There is only one word to describe the experience of taking on Michael ‘The Grinder’ Mizrachi at the poker table – devastating.
Earlier this week at the SKYCITY casino in Auckland, five Auckland Rugby players and five players from the New Zealand Warriors Rugby League team battled it out, not on the pitch of Dunedin, but on the poker table to raise some money for the very worthy Prostate Cancer Foundation of New Zealand. The SKYCITY Blue September Challenge of the Codes poker tournament was held at SKYCITY POKER in the SKYCITY Casino in Auckland with players and sponsors coming together. It was a fantastic opportunity to raise money for one of New Zealand’s most deserved charities. In these situations it is always nice to give the sponsors a free plug.
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The 2010 PCA has the potential to be the most lucrative edition yet.The 2010 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure will be the biggest one yet, according to the official schedule released Thursday. Over 50 events are scheduled to take place over the 10-day span of the 2010 PCA with a wide range of buy-ins and formats. The action begins on Jan. 4, 2010 at Atlantis Hotel and Casino in the Bahamas and some players are already looking forward to the event. “The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure is definitely one of my favorite tournaments of the year,” said Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier. “This is where I had my first and biggest win to date, in the 2008 PCA Main Event.
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The 2009 Aruba Poker Classic kicks off Oct. 3 and more than 16 elite poker pros have already confirmed they will play the main event of the series. In fact, tournament organizers are expecting a record number of pros to make the trip to sunny Aruba. “This is one of my all-time favorite poker tournaments,” said Annie Duke, UltimateBet’s Cardroom Consultant and member of Team UB. “While the UB community is famous for gathering together at all sorts of other poker tournaments like the WSOP, Aruba is all about celebrating the successes of UltimateBet’s online poker players.
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Doyle Brunson in the thick of things at the World Series of Poker Europe.The first day of the main event at the World Series of Poker Europe presented by Betfair drew some of the game’s greatest players Saturday, including one living legend. At 76-years old, Doyle Brunson has seen poker grow from the illegal backroom games in Texas into a worldwide phenomenon. However, the first ever two-time WSOP Main Event champion says the game itself really isn’t that much different. “Essentially it hasn’t changed,” Brunson told PokerListings. “What people don’t understand is that the players that you’re playing against dictate the way you play.
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Online poker room CarbonPoker announce they recently paid out on their bad beat jackpot. The bad beat jackpot is triggered when a player loses a hand while holding at least four sevens – normally a case for a disappointing hand, but not when playing a bad beat jackpot table. In this case the online poker player scored big when baseball127 lost with a straight flush and took home over one hundred thousand dollars. The rest of the players at the table got a share in the jackpot and each received $15k.
Joe Sebok, owner and creator of PokerRoad, has just signed on to be part of the UltimateBet team. Not only is he going to be a sponsored player on their roster, but he has taken a position within their company to be a media and operations consultant. Bringing Sebok on as a part of the company operations will enhance the site’s ability to create a site that caters to the wants and needs of the players.
After the cheating scandal that surrounded UltimteBet, Sebok took his time deciding on joining the company. For several months UlimateBet had been perusing Sebok to join their ranks, but Sebok took his time to consider what the company stood for.
Johannes Jorgensen flew higher than all his competitors at the PartyPoker in the Sky event this weekend. The 24-year old journalist from Copenhagen beat out 21 players to grab a $13,000 package to the PartyPoker.com World Open V in London this October. Jorgensen triumphed while being suspended 50 meters above the Copenhagen Town Hall. “The fact that the game was high up in the sky certainly added a different element to my play,” said Jorgensen. “I’m not at all scared of heights and am a fan of bungee jumping so I targeted players who I thought were as keen to get down as quick as possible with aggressive play. “In addition, I targeted those who I deduced had less experience.
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Online poker room Cake Poker recently had to deal with dropping players from tournaments. The poker room’s players were having issues with disconnecting from multiple matches, and when the poker room investigated it turned out that there was in external cause which at some point went so far as to lock players out of their accounts. While the external issue was resolved there are still issues with tournaments. While a new software patch was released it did not correct the problem, and tournaments play was suspended until such time as the issue could be resolved.
