World Poker Tour Ladies Championship down to final table
May 3, 2008
The World Pokier Tour Ladies Championship kicked off yesterday over the Bellagio with a over 150 female poker players putting up $1,500 to play.
Leading the pack into the final table will be Vanessa Selbst. With $182,200 in chips, Selbst has a considerable lead over the pack, with her nearest competitor being Nancy Todd Tyner with $107,400 in chips.
Selbst built up her lead steadily through two days of play in the championship. She was the chip leader after Day 1 as the playing field made its way down to the top 10 players by the end of the day.
Some of the poker pro casualties in Day 1 included Kathy Liebert, Jennifer Tilly, Evelyn Ng, JJ Liu, Shirley Williams, Anjela Brunson, Linda Johnson, Jan Fisher, Lily Mizrachi, Sabyl Cohen and Maureen Feduniak.
In Day 2, Karina Jett, Erica Schoenberg, Jennifer Carson and Emeline Boich hit the bricks to leave the following ladies at the final table:
Seat 1: Nancy Todd Tyner - $107,400
Seat 2: Janice Kim - $32,900
Seat 3: Cindy Kerslake - $16,400
Seat 4: Vanessa Selbst - $182,200
Seat 5: Donna Varlotto - $68,600
Seat 6: Van Nguyen - $42,300
The final table will take place April 25, the day before the WPT World Championship final table, and be taped for future television broadcast.
The WPT World Championship will start Saturday at the Bellagio. Selbst confirmed she plans to buy into that event as well. Men “The Master” Nguyen is also hoping to duplicate his wife’s success in the Ladies Championship with a win of his own in the World.
UltimateBet to Give Away Record Number of Free Seats to Poker’s Biggest Main Event
May 3, 2008
Players invited to compete in month-long contest for multiple shots at free WSOP seats
They say you can’t put a price on the World Series of Poker experience. UltimateBet.com is taking that sentiment a little too literally by handing out a large number of Main Event seats for free. UltimateBet.com today announced a new promotion that solidifies the poker site as the best place to win a free seat in the series.
“This is an historic promotion for fans of the world’s greatest game,” stated UltimateBet spokesperson George MacLean. “We’re handing out loads of Main Event seats and online poker fans can win one just by doing what they love – playing poker.”
Annie Duke, UltimateBet’s new Cardroom Consultant, created the Ultimate Main Event Giveaway promotion so that more online poker players are able to experience Texas Hold’em on the world’s biggest stage alongside poker’s best pros.
To qualify for the promotion,UltimateBet players must simply play in any real-money poker Sit ‘n Go, ring game or multi-table tournament at UltimateBet.com between April 24th and May 23rd and climb their way up the Main Event Giveaway leader board.
At the end of the qualifying period, the player who has earned the most RAI$E status points will automatically secure a $12,000 Main Event prize package featuring the $10,000 buy-in and $2,000 for travel accommodations.
But that’s just the start of UltimateBet’s Main Event generosity. Players ranking 2nd through 70th on the leader board will play in an exclusive freeroll that features a prize pool of seven additional $12,000 Main Event packages.
In an effort to send as many players as possible to Las Vegas for the world’s most prestigious poker tournament, UltimateBet is opening the floodgates to even more Main Event seats through a series of freerolls. On Saturday May 24th, the online poker site is holding a 25-seat Guaranteed Tournament where at least 25 Main Event prize packages will be won. Players ranking 71st through 225th on the leader board will win their spot in the $500+30 tournament. Those ranking 226th through 3427th will be divided into five separate freerolls where hundreds of additional opportunities to win a spot in the 25-seat Guaranteed Tournament are on the line.
What to do after your Online Poker Room won you a WSOP seat
May 3, 2008
You just earned a seat to the biggest poker tournament of the year, maybe the 2008 World Series of Poker, after months and months of sitting in front of the PC, folding all these good hands in your favorite online poker room.
But once you finally take your seat with the top professional poker players of the world, you realize that your no longer inside the comforts of your living room. You realize that everybody around the world will be watching your every move, laughing at you every time you fold a damn good hand. What do you do?
If you want to be a part of the live poker scene, here are some of the stuff you can take note of and hopefully, you won’t look that bad.
Buy a hat and really really dark sunglasses. If you’ve been watching these tournaments on TV, you should know this by now. Wearing these will probably make you feel comfortable and protected from visual scrutiny.
Second, NEVER EVER say one word during a hand. Silence in poker is gold. You can’t possibly give too much information with you keeping your piehole shut. When you are dealt a hand, wait until it is your turn to act, then look at your hole cards. While you’re waiting, watch everyone else look at their cards and try to pick up some tells.
If, for instance, you get your cards and realize that it isn’t any good BUT still not an obvious fold, wait for five seconds before you act. THIS way, your opponents will be left in the dark on what it is you really have.
Of course, the most important thing in playing poker is the fact that you should come up with a betting routine.
What this means is that every time you are going to set chips into the middle of the pot, you need to do it the same way. For example, you could cut your chips down in front of you, stack them and push them forward. Following the same betting routine every time makes it much harder for your opponents to gather information about you.
Simple eh? Trust me, it’s not as easy as it seems.
Poker News: Grant Levy Wins Pokerstars.net APPT Sydney Grand Final Poker Tournament
February 24, 2008
Grant Levy became the first Australian to win a million-dollar prize on his home soil, taking down the PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour Grand Final and its winner’s share of AU $1,000,000.
In a marathon heads-up match that capped an exciting final table, Australian native Grant Levy took down the first-everPokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour Grand Final at Sydney’s Star City Hotel and Casino, keeping the trophy home in Sydney for the next year. Grant Levy’s win capped off a great fall, following his third-place finish in the PokerNews Cup Main Event this November.
The Bodog Poker Open Kicks Off On March 3
February 24, 2008
Bodog Poker is hosting the inaugural Bodog Poker Open from March 3. The BPO will comprise of five preliminary events which lead up to the Main Event on March 9. The $500 buy in event means that online poker lovers can compete for serious money - and the winner can walk away with a cash prize and an engraved Omega Speedmaster watch, valued at $4,400.
Here’s what Bodog North American CEO Alwyn Morris, had to say:
“We’re excited to finally give our online poker players a tournament series where they can battle it out for some major bragging rights and serious money. While there will be more Bodog Poker Opens, there will only be one ‘first’ Bodog Poker Champion, and he or she will have the cash and champion’s Omega Speedmaster watch to show for it.”
Team PokerStars Pro Betrand “ElkY” Grospellier Wins the 2008 PokerStars Carribean Adventure
February 24, 2008
1,000+ poker players were basking in the Carribean sun and sand to take part in the 2008 PokerStars Carribean Adventure. After countless satellites and on-line qualifiers at PokerStars, it was all down to five days of heart-stopping No-Limit Texas Hold’em poker action for the 2008 PokerStars Carribean Adventure.
In the end, it was Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier, a member of Team PokerStars, who became the tournament champion of the 2008 PokerStars Carribean Adventure.
Michael ?Timex? McDonald Is PokerStars European Poker Tour German Open Champion
February 24, 2008
as the chip leader, and after a few hiccups along the route, finished the same way, claiming his first EPT title and the €933,600 first prize. The young Canadian played strong technical poker throughout and also earned a seat into the EPT Monte Carlo Grand Final with the win. The chip stacks looked like this as play began:
1: Mike McDonald 862,000
2: Diego Perez 744,000
3: Thibaut Durand 148,000
4: Johannes Strassmann 827,000
Read more
Full Tilt Poker Pro Howard Lederer wins $1.25 Million at the Aussie Millions
February 24, 2008
Full Tilt Poker Pro Howard “The Professor” Lederer is really one of the most skilled poker players out there, having accomplished some incredible poker achievements, such as winning WSOP bracelets and all sorts of other poker tournaments. Another achievement you can add to Howard Lederer’s distinguished list of poker accolades is the $1.25 million he recently won at the Aussie Millions sponsored by Full Tilt Poker.
Howard Lederer won the Aussie Millions prestigious $100,000 buy-in event, and took home the biggest payday of his professional career.
Poker News: Farewell To Poker Legend Chip Reese
February 24, 2008
David “Chip” Reese is considered by many to be the greatest high stakes cash game poker player in the world.
Chip Reese was born David Edward Reese in Dayton, Ohio in 1951. As a child, David had an uncanny talent for winning at cards and often played with the other kids in the neighborhood for the high stakes of baseball cards and bubble gum. Having suffered from a case of rheumatic fever, David was forced to stay home from elementary school for the better part of a year. His mother entertained him by teaching him how to play several board and card games, including backgammon and gin rummy. Reese has said that the time he spent at home helped make him the card player that he is today.
