Many online poker sites add and drop players with a reasonable amount of frequency, but it is more noticeable with sites that maintain a small but visible roster, like Bodog. At one point, Bodog Poker boasted of such names as David Williams, Evelyn Ng, Jean-Robert Bellande, and Justin Bonomo, but the latter two were dropped in late 2009/early 2010, and now Williams has been dropped from the site’s list of players. Remaining are Ng and a new online pro named Amanda Musumeci.Williams did reach a point in his career that produced few results. From June of 2007 to April of 2010, there were no tournament wins recorded, though he did make the occasional final table, for example he finished in fourth place at the WSOP Shootout event in 2009. B
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PokerWorks and Party Poker want to send you to the World Series of Poker this year in Las Vegas and to make that happen; they have teamed up to give away a dream package to the 2010 WSOP! Get ready to do battle on the green felt from May 1st through May 31st, when you jump in the ring to fight to earn your place in the June 10th Main Event FreeRoll! Reign victorious in this FreeRoll and you will win the grand prize of a WSOP dream package that includes: your $10k WSOP Main Event buy-in, $1,500 for hotel accommodations and $2,500 in cash to spend any way you choose! On top of that, there will be $2000 cash added to the prize pool to be awarded to other finishing positions according to Party Pokers standard payout structure.
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If you make the final table of the World Series of Poker Main Event the state of your personal circumstances will instantly skyrocket. After all, you’re guaranteed $1m and that, right there, has a major impact. Win the bracelet, or finish high enough to gain notoriety, and it’s a life-changing feat. Here is how four World Series neophytes were transformed by just one big game of Texas Hold’em.Chris Moneymaker, 2003 world champion – won $2,500,000The first thing that happened after I won was that I got a million phone calls from friends and relatives. Most of them wanted to borrow money. I pretty much ignored those people. But my dad had half of me, so I gave him his cut right away. Then, s
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The time is drawing near for the biggest live poker event of the year! The 2010 World Series of Poker is just around the corner, and you could be a part of the action when you play at Tower Gaming.Now at Tower Gaming, you can qualify for the World Series and be on your way to Vegas this summer for the most exciting and prestigious Poker tournament on the planet. Each World Series of Poker package is all-inclusive, meaning that it will cover your buy-in costs to tournament events, your travel expenses, and your accommodations at the fabulous Wynn hotel! Not only that, but winners will also receive some extra cash to spend any way they wish!
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Steve Gross discusses his decision to play solely with his own money in both online and live tournaments on this week’s episode of The Scoop (sponsored by Full Tilt Poker) on Card Player TV. Check out part two of his interview with Diego Cordovez on Card Player TV, and you can learn about the benefits and challenges of playing with our own money, as opposed to a backer. Gross talks about the bankroll management discipline he maintains to play on his own dime throughout the year, saying he enjoys the freedom of playing for himself. He and Diego also discuss finding a good balance between online play and live play during a busy summer schedule at the World Series of Poker. L
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When registration came to a close at the end of level eight today at the World Poker Tour Championship at Bellagio, the final size of the field was just 195 players. This was the lowest turnout for the championship event of the WPT season since 111 players competed in this event during season I. Last year the field size was 338 players. The total prize pool generated by this year’s event was $4,728,750. The top 18 will finish in the money and the eventual champion will win $1,530,537. Here is a look at the full payout structure for the event: 1st: $1,530,537 2nd: $1,034,715 3rd: $587,906 4th: $329,228 5th: $246,921 6th: $199,888 7th: $152,856 8th: $105,823 9th: $75,252 10th-12th: $56,439 13th-15th: $51,736 16th-18th: $47,033 The field may be a small one in terms of quantity, but it once again was filled with a thick collection of poker professionals. P
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In a recent thread at 2+2, there was a post on the top 11 winning and losing high stakes poker players online. For your convenience, here are the top 11 and their recent earnings:
1. Phil Ivey with $12,901,299
2. OMGClayAiken with $7,651,217
3. Patrik Antonius with $7,272,543
4. Isildur1 with $5,033,951
5. Urindanger with $4,705,220
6. trex313 with $4,588,666
7. howisitfeellike with $4,073,977
8. Ziigmund with $3,584,047
9. KaiBuxxe with $3,186,717
10. theASHMAN with $2,960,874
11. Mark Vos with $2,906,447
Phil Ivey clearly makes a very decent living from high stakes games.
While it’s a busy time for live poker events throughout Australasia, the online poker world continues to kick along with Full Tilt Poker’s FTOPS in full swing, and we’re please to report that the Aussies are making a huge impression on the virtual felt as Australian Michael “m_hawk_1” Hawkins claimed a victory in FTOPS Event #18. The tournament was a $216 buy-in “Cashout” tournament, meaning that players could cash out a portion of their chips in for money during the tournament. Hawkins won the title and the FTOPS Jersey, but had to settle for second place in the amount of money cashed, due to the third place finisher cashing out $44,000 before the beginning of the final table.
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Will he do it? Since the poker boom, there has never been so much anticipation regarding one player and one final table. But as Phil Ivey looks to complete an incredible World Series, the poker community will eagerly watch to see if he will add the finishing touches to a magical WSOP run. Although he enters the World Series of Poker main-event final table just seventh in chips, Ivey is the overwhelming favorite in the fans’ minds. A WSOP poll showed that 78 percent of fans expected him to come back and win. Some bookmakers only give two players better odds — chip leader Darvin Moon and Eric Buchman, who is second in chips — despite the fact that six people come into the final table with bigger stacks than him.
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If 700 players showed up to play in one of the Deep Stack Extravaganza events this month, could the Venetian accommodate them? “Absolutely,” answered Kathy Raymond, the director of poker operations for the casino. The Venetian’s fourth and final Deep Stack series of the year begins today with a $340 tournament at 12 p.m. As has become tradition with the November series, all of the 24 events will be no-limit hold’em. The series culminates with a three-day $2,500 main event that starts on Monday, Nov. 23. “We expect a very big turnout. We’ve been getting e-mails and requests for information for months for this November Deep Stack,” said Raymond. “We’ve been g
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