There was some $500/$1000 H.E.R.O.S. action running during the day on Full Tilt Poker tables Competition and Glade. Booking the biggest win was the player known as “Gagrin” with over $41K in winnings. Others booking wins in the action were “NEKOTYAN” ($13K+), Ted “profbackwards” Forrest ($9K+), and Matt Hawrilenko ($7K+). The only two losers at the tables would be David Oppenheim (-$19K) and Erick Lindgren who took a $52K+ loss in 187 hands played.
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National Poker Week is a coordinated effort by the Poker Players Alliance to let lawmakers in Washington DC hear directly from poker players across the country.
Please come back during National Poker Week from July 19-25 and take 2 minutes to contact your lawmakers and tell them Poker is Not a Crime.
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The petition organized by the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) calling for the legalization of the great American pastime is at nearly 200,000 signatures. Overnight on Sunday, an additional 6,000 players lent their names. Read the rest of this entry »
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Pokertek Inc. announced earlier this week that it would be pulling all 12 of its “PokerPro” tables from The Excalibur Hotel and Casino.
The reason? MGM Mirage, which owns the Excalibur, said that its players preferred live dealers over “automatic tables”. Read the rest of this entry »
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Do you still need convincing that poker is a game of skill, and not a game of luck?
The results from the 2009 World Series of Poker provide some pretty concrete evidence that skill usually wins out over luck in poker tournaments. Read the rest of this entry »
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High stakes professional Ted “profbackwards” Forrest played two heads-up $1000/$2000 Limit Hold’em games during the evening hours on Full Tilt Poker. His first opponent was Matt Hawrilenko over on table Creep where Hawrilenko booked a $34K+ win in a little over 20 minutes of play. Around 35 minutes later, Forrest took on “Stwasi” on table Tuba and lost another $12K+ during the 40-minute match. After 204 heads-up hands played, Forrest had booked a combined $46K+ loss to his opponents.
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With only scant days remaining until the start of the $10,000 Main Event at the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP), the race for the remaining bracelets is heating up in the Amazon Room at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
The final table of the $1,500 Limit Hold’em Shootout, Event #50 on the WSOP schedule, played out deep into the evening on Sunday. A total of 571 players started the event on Friday, with the final eight survivors having won their way to the final table by winning two sit and go’s over the previous two days. As with the shootout format, the players all started with the same number of chips (450,000 at the final table) and there were plenty of strong players in the mix. Read the rest of this entry »
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Day 3 of the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. tournament at the World Series of Poker is now a wrap.
19 of the original 95 entrants are still alive in the tournament, and all 19 players have their sights set on the $1.27 million dollar first place bracelet and World Series of Poker bracelet.
Vitaly Lunkin is the chip leader of the tournament after Day 3, as he currently possesses a stack of around 1.53 million.
Freddy Deeb (who won this event a few years ago), David Bach and Ville Wahlbeck all have healthy stacks as well. Read the rest of this entry »
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Full Tilt Poker offers one of the most aggressive sign-up bonuses on the planet.
Not only does Full Tilt Poker want you as a customer, but they are also prepared to pay up to a maximum of $600 to have you play at their site. Read the rest of this entry »
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During the morning hours on Full Tilt Poker, high stakes players Ashton “theASHMAN103″ Griffin and “luckexpress10″ played a heads-up game of $300/$600 Pot-Limit Hold’em/Omaha. Read the rest of this entry »
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