The Bubble Looms at APPT Auckland

The PokerStars APPT Auckland main event played down from 96 to 28 at SKYCITY Auckland Friday.

PokerStars qualifier Tom Grigg built a massive lead by the time play wrapped.

With more than double his closest opponent he’s got the inside track on the NZD $170,000 first-place prize with the money bubble in clear sight.

Among those in the final 28 is New Zealand hip-hop artist Danny ‘Brotha D’ Leaoasavaii.
APPT Auckland drew 218 players this year, creating a NZD $654,000 prizepool.

The top 24 finishers will be paid as Day 3 continues Friday.

Article Source: Pokerlistings.com

WPT Five Diamond Satellites Begin

Two major online poker sites are now running qualifiers for The World Poker Tour Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic in Las Vegas this December.

PartyPoker satellites begin Monday Oct. 18 offering players the chance to win a $14,000 package including the $10,300 buy-in, $2,000 spending money and a room at the Bellagio.

The site will run a main $700+$50 qualifier at 2:15 ET every Sunday beginning Oct. 24, giving away one package for every 20 players.

“The WPT Doyle Brunson Five Diamond Classic at Bellagio is among the most famous stops on the World Poker Tour,” said a PartyPoker spokesperson.

“If you look at the previous winners of this world famous tournament it reads like a who’s who of poker. Nobody has won the event on a freeroll before, but this year it is possible through PartyPoker.com’s qualifying structure.”

In the meantime, UB.net is gearing up to send one player to Vegas to be part of the event, scheduled to play Dec. 3-8.

The site is hosting a series of daily freerolls through Nov. 28, culminating with a Main Event freeroll that will award a $12,000 WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic prize package.

The top 100 players in each of the first two qualifying rounds move on to the Main Event freeroll where the package is up for grabs.

UB ran a similar promotion foir this week’s WPT Festa al Lago event at Bellagio.

ROBODOT bested a field of 695 players to win the seat.

“I love the site and the service, and I’ve had an excellent experience playing on UB,” he said. “I plan on playing even more tourneys now with the money I won. I followed my plan and it paid off. Thank you very much to UB.”

Last year, Daniel Alaei won the WPT Five Diamond title and $1.4 million after defeating a final table that included Scotty Nguyen, Josh Arieh and Shawn Buchanan.

The FreeRoll Scoop – PokerStars Takes Center Stage

The PokerStars Monthly Million $15K Freeroll is right at the top of the freeroll list for big prizes with a small investment.  That small investment simply means earning 75 VPPs after you've acquired your PokerStars account through PokerWorks.  If you already acquired an account through PokerWorks, earn the VPPs and manually register, and you have until the end of October to earn your VPPs; you'll be playing for all the goodies on November 7th.  Read all about it here.  If you already qualified in September, you'll be playing for part of a $10K prize pool today, October 10th at 14:35 EST, don't miss it and make sure you are registered.

Then get ready to step right up to the PokerWorks PCA $2,000 PokerStars FreeRolls.  These freerolls are stepping stones to the Bahamas for the time of your life on a poker playing adventure.  You'll be playing for the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure January 7th through the 16th, 2011; it's never too early to get ready for great times with poker as part of the picture.  Play as many of these PCA Freerolls as you can and then settle in and win a tournament while you're there.

Yes, you need a PokerStars account through PokerWorks; new players have to make a minimum deposit ($10) in the month before the tournament and that's all there is to it, get ready to play.  If you are an existing PokerWorks player you'll have to do a bit more; make a deposit and earn 35 points in the month prior to the freeroll.  The top 10 in each freeroll jump right into a Step 4 ticket worth $215 in the PCA SNG steps series. The PCA $2000 FreeRoll starts on October 19th at 20:35 EST, if you qualified in September, be sure to be there.  If not, you have time to make the one in November, start now.

Be sure to take advantage of the 100% up to $600 sign-up bonus at PokerStars when you get your new poker account through PokerWorks.  Then, just like magic, you are eligible for all of the great PokerStars and PokerWorks promotions and funtastic future events.  Be sure to use the Marketing Code POKERWORKS when you register and the Bonus Code STARS600 when depositing. Once you have your account, come back to PokerWorks regularly for all the latest information on ways to travel the world and play in big poker tournaments; and play for free and win real money; and play with all the poker pros you watch on television; and play on television; and…

You have the world at your fingertips when you join PokerStars through PokerWorks…just like magic!

Doubles Poker Championship Semifinals Start Saturday

The field of thirty-two players who participated in the first season of the Full Tilt Doubles Poker Championship on the Game Show Network (GSN) has been narrowed down to just 16 for the playoffs.

GSN will air the first of two semifinal matches this Saturday at 9 p.m. Four pairs will compete against one another, with the top two teams advancing to the finals where they’ll play the top two teams from next Saturday’s remaining semifinal match.

This week’s teams and starting chip stacks are:

Team B: Howard Lederer and Phil Gordon — 550,000
Team E: Andrew Lichtenberger and Nick Schulman — 460,000
Team G: Huck Seed and Allen Cunningham — 395,000
Team D: Greg Mueller and Vivek Rajkumar — 510,000

That leaves next weekend’s semifinal teams as: Johnny Chan and Erick Lindgren, Phil Galfond and Annette Obrestad, Tony G and David Benyamine, and Phil Ivey and Chris Ferguson.

In Doubles Poker Championship, two players form a team and must play together by alternating who is in control after every stage of a hand.

The Doubles Poker Championship airs Saturdays at 9 p.m. on GSN. For more information, check out GSN.com.

Online Poker — PokerStars Turbo Takedown Retuns this Month

PokerStars is bringing back its Turbo Takedown promotion this month with a 3,000 Frequent Player Point (FPP) $1 million-guarantee event on Halloween.

In addition to the chance to compete for a piece of the massive prize pool, the winner of the end-of-the-month event will take home a brand new Audi TT (or a choice of the $40,000 value).

The tournament will take place Oct. 31 at 3:30 p.m. EST. Satellites for the monthly Turbo Takedown event are currently running around the clock.

Any player who cashes in consecutive Turbo Takedown tournaments will get a bonus. Cashing in two consecutive tournaments will result in a $100 bonus. If a player makes the money again the following month a $200 bonus will be earned, and so on up to the maximum of $1,000. If that wasn’t enough, there will be a $100 bounty on every member of Team PokerStars Pro.

If you don’t have a PokerStars account but would like to compete, click on the banner below. Card Player readers are eligible for a deposit bonus of up to $600.

Full Tilt Poker Introduces The Black Card

The Black Card…it sounds a bit mysterious and high tech and a must have, doesn’t it?  The Black Card is a must have and definitely worth the work required to acquire one and maintain it.  The Black Card separates the men from the boys, the women from the girls, and the players from the donkeys – you simply cannot acquire it and maintain it unless you are seriously devoted to your online poker game.  

Here’s how you get it:

A rolling 100-day Full Tilt Points average is calculated over the last 99 days for all base Full Tilt Points earned between 00:00 ET and 23:59 ET and the current day points earned since 00:00 ET; points are tallied and must equal a minimum daily average of 500 Full Tilt Points over the rolling 100-day period.  Once you have acquired The Black Card membership, your Black Card will be mailed within 14 days to your mailing address and you will receive an email welcoming you; notifying you of your new status.

As a Black Card holder, you are now in an elite level at Full Tilt Poker where you receive:

*2x Full Tilt Points
*Shopping at The Black Card Store – find exclusive items, cash bonuses, luxury collectors’ items, Black Card branded apparel
*A dedicated Black Card Support team to offer personalized customer support
*Restricted Black Card tournaments are now accessible

Be aware that the 2x Full Tilt Points multiplier does not include points earned in promotions, it only applies to base Full Tilt Points.  Read The Black Card Rules on the Full Tilt Poker website for more information.

There is a 50 day grace period allowed for players to regain their status if they fall below the minimum daily 500 Full Tilt Point average required in the 100-day rolling average.  During the 50 day grace period, players will still receive all the benefits of their Black Card membership.

 Players can monitor their status by accessing their personal Black Card page in the ‘my promotions’ section at the cashier or by using the Black Card Status widget in the lobby.  In order to customize your lobby widgets, go to ‘standard view’ in the lobby and then click on ‘customize’ at the bottom right of the Standard View – that opens the ‘customize lobby widgets’ window.

Get Started!   Get Black at Full Tilt Poker and step into the world of the elite.

Win Cash and Tickets to North American Poker League

Exclusive to the USA and Canada – you will be playing with players in your own neck of the woods – the North American Poker League (NAPL) is a regional competition.  Don’t plan on staying in the woods though, step right into the comfort of your own home, stretch out, relax, and then get ready to JAM!  This is a series you don’t want to miss.

Play every night at 20:00 ET!  Simply go to the PokerStars lobby and select ‘Tourney’ and ‘Regional.’ You can practice your poker game, hone your skills, and have the opportunity to win free cash since there is $500 in prizes waiting to be won in every tournament in the NAPL Nightly $500 Freerolls at PokerStars.

Every week you’ll find $4,500 in cash prizes waiting to be awarded to everyone that joins in the fun and action – you’ll be playing for League Points that translate into $$$.  It’s a fantastic Regional Bonus you’ll want to play over and over again.  The nightly NAPL $500 Freeroll prizes pay the top 1,036 players as follows:

Place	Prize
1-9	NAPL $11 Division 1 Ticket
10-300	NAPL $1.10 Division 2 Ticket
301-1,036	NAPL $0.11 Rookie Ticket

The players with the most league points at the end of every week will win extra cash.  No matter what level you play, or the size of your bankroll, you can join in the fun and competition and win cash.  For just $0.11 you can jump into a NAPL Rookie Division Sit N Go.  Or buy in to a Division 2 Nightly Guarantee for $1 + $0.10 or a Division 1 $10 + $1 Nightly Guarantee.  And if you want to play absolutely free, play the free Rookie Division Sit N Go Qualifiers that are listed as ‘NAPL Freeroll SNG’ in the Regional tab.  When you win a ticket in a Sit N Go Qualifier, be sure to use it – it expires after seven days.   USA players cannot enter Rookie Division Canada Tournaments and vice versa.

Track your latest point standings on the rankings page – it is updated regularly – and points are awarded in each nightly NAPL tournament.  For a complete list of weekly prizes and points awarded for finishing positions, check here.

Now it’s time to get your PokerStars account and start playing, that nightly freeroll tournament is coming up fast.

Ivey, Isildur1 in WSOPE ME Final 22

The 2010 WSOPE main event is down to 22 players and a few of poker’s biggest stars are among them.

Day 3 began Sunday in London with 66 players remaining and Swedish online high-stakes phenom Viktor “Isildur1” Blom holding the lead.

The 36-player money bubble broke in the first half of the day and the field went to dinner with just 28 remaining.

When they returned, Canadian Andrew Pantling jumped into the lead becoming the first player past the one million chip mark, but a few hits late saw him dip below, allowing online pro Ronald Lee to take control before play was halted with 22 remaining.

Pantling, who made runner-up in the WSOPE’s £2,500 Six-Max event to Phil Laak last week, also saw online pro David Peters push past him on the leader board.

Peters made fourth in that very same event.

Phil Ivey remains in the thick of it, sitting with a top ten stack, as does the aforementioned Blom, Hoyt Corkins, Nicolas Levi and Arnaud Mattern.

The UK’s Barney Boatman, Roland de Wolfe and Canadian two-time WSOP bracelet winner Greg Mueller are also still in the hunt for the £830,401 first place prize.

Well known pros including Freddy Deeb, Barry Greenstein, Yevgeniy Timoshenko and Bryn Kenney were among those that cashed, but failed to progress to the final 22.

Play will resume inside the Casino at the Empire in Leicester Square at 12 p.m. London time Monday with plans to play down to the final nine.

To follow of the action, click through to PokerListings’ WSOPE Live Updates.

Here are the top ten chip counts heading into Day 4:

1 Ronald Lee 947,000

2 David Peters 829,000

3 Andrew Pantling 821,000

4 Daniel Steinberg 768,000

5 Viktor Blom 705,000

6 Phil Ivey 657,000

7 Hoyt Corkins 566,000

8 Nicolas Levi 515,000

9 Bojan Gledovic 500,000

10 Arnaud Mattern 468,000

Poker Room Reaches 50 Billion Hands

Online poker room PokerStars recently reached their 50 Billionth Hand milestone. The landmark hand was dealt in the morning hours on Wednesday. The winner of that hand, German player ‘tbvle’, picked up $56,140. The other five players are table Ornamenta, a 2c/5c table where the landmark hand was dealt, won a few thousand dollars each. That number was based on the number of VIP points they had earned over the previous 50 hands. All six players at the winning table also picked up a $5,200 WCOOP Main Event ticket.

Inaugural British Poker Awards Nominees

The Inaugural British Poker Awards will begin on September 13th. The event will run at Kensington Close Hotel in London. Players will win a variety of awards, such as Best Cash Player – those nominated in that category include Neil Channing, Richard Ashby, Luke Schwartz , Ben Grundy and Ben Roberts. As far as Best Tournament Player the nominees include James Akenhead, Sam Trickett, Chris Moorman and Praz Bansi. Online players will not be left out, with nominees including Chris “Moorman1” Moorman, Richard “Chufty” Ashby, Lawrence “Rivermanl” Houghton and Luke “__FullFlush1__”.

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