Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Aussies Lisandro and Hachem Dominate ESPN's Poker Coverage

For those searching for a little poker action, Tuesday provides a abundance of televised poker if World Series of Poker Main Accident advantage continues on ESPN at 8:00 p.m. EST. Having completed the aboriginal circuit of the championship event, the activity focuses on players still in the coursing for the appellation including Phil Ivey, Phil Hellmuth and endure year's champ, Peter Eastgate.

During ESPN's aboriginal hour of coverage, the WSOP's Player of the Year Jeffrey Lisandro leads the way at the featured table as he takes on all comers including adolescent Australian and WSOP Main Accident champ Joe Hachem. In the additional hour, Lisandro and Hachem abide to activity while advantage accouterment to above WSOP Main Accident champions including Chris "Jesus" Ferguson, Greg Raymer, Hellmuth and Eastgate. Added players featured during hour two cover Ivey, Kenny Tran and French wunderkind Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier.

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If that's not abundant activity to amuse your poker jones, again accomplish abiding to log on to ESPN.com for this week's copy of Inside Deal. Hosted by ESPN poker editor Andrew Feldman, ESPN the Magazine contributor Laura Lane and ESPN.com columnist Bernard Lee, the Inside Deal continues to accommodate poker audiences with absorbing and absorbing industry coverage. This week's copy appearance an account with Team PokerStars pro Daniel Negreanu, and Michael Binger.

Arguably one of the a lot of arresting players in the game, Negreanu and the Inside Deal console altercate his accomplished high-stakes play, his 2009 WSOP achievement and his attraction with golf and added sports.

A Revamped Face the Ace Returns to NBC

Let's attending at Face the Ace in comestible terms. If it comes to the accepted crop of poker television shows, NBC's Face the Ace is like a angle bandage on a Vegas buffet. It ability attending aperitive from distant with those barbecue marks and the little chopped chives brindled on top, but already you dig in, it's cold, underseasoned, and in atrocious charge of some acid. The aboriginal two episodes of Face the Ace were universally reviled, and, thankfully, afore the appearance alternate in its approved Saturday afternoon time aperture this accomplished weekend, the producers affianced in a bit of retooling for the broadcast. The results? Far beneath cringe-worthy moments but we're still far from "Must-See TV." Let's alarm it a adequate dish, but not one we're dying to try again.

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One of the best decisions that was fabricated abaft the scenes of Face the Ace was to access Ali Nejad's attendance onscreen while ascent aback some of Steve Schrippa's (painfully unfunny) badinage with the contestants. Added Ali Nejad is consistently a acceptable affair if it comes to poker television -- he's smart, articulate, and with his added gig as the articulation of Poker Afterwards Dark, he's acceptable a accustomed articulation to admirers if it comes to commentary.

This week's adventure aswell had a far added outgoing, active adversary in Adam Erlich. Sharing the actuality that he already approved out for The Apprentice was a acceptable move but absolute that he'd apprehend the book "How to be a TV Contestant" afore actualization on the appearance didn't absolutely attach him to the admirers any further. Although his personality belted on grating, and he tended to the artificial while casting in those reraises, Erlich was arch and abecedarian aloft the antecedent contestants if it came to chatting up the pros and talking the admirers through his anticipation process.

Chris Ferguson and Phil Gordon, the episode's two featured "Aces," were acutely adequate in foreground of the camera and their badinage with Erlich was bland and friendly. This was a credible advance from accomplished episodes in which babble was awkward at best. Remember if Phil Ivey attempted to babble up an absolutely star-struck Jonathan Nygaard?

Production aswell denticulate credibility by throwing some absorbing aliment crumbs to affect altercation amid the pros and the contestants. We abstruse about Ferguson's history with aboriginal online poker, and Gordon's credible new career as a llama farmer. He owns two, Dalai Llama and Barack Ollama.

The admirers aswell appeared far added affianced this week, or at atomic added liquored up. Inviting the contestant's supporters to army about the table during all-in situations created added ball and astriction while the army alleged for all-ins and booed if anyone folded. One disorderly beholder even shouted "Roshambo for 200!" at accepted rock-paper-scissors aficionado Phil Gordon.

Erlich was assured at the table and afterwards accepting his money in with the best duke and accident several times to Chris Ferguson, he was assuredly able to appear out on top, acrimonious up $40,000 for his win. Afterwards chief to let it ride, he sat down adjoin Phil Gordon in his $200,000 match. Gordon was decidedly conflicted over his role as “dream killer.

absolutely boxy to sit over here. I wish you to win but I still accept to play my best,” Gordon said.

Ultimately, Erlich got the blow of his chips in with {A-Diamonds}{5-Clubs} adjoin Gordon’s {J-Clubs}{9-Hearts}, but Gordon hit average brace on the {Q-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} flop. Erlich couldn’t acquisition an ace on the {10-Diamonds} about-face or the {5-Spades} river, and his $40,000 went up in smoke abrogation the abecedarian to avenue the set empty-handed but adroit in defeat.

Despite some abundant improvements, if it comes down to it, the superior of Face the Ace absolutely hinges on the allure amid the contestants and the pros they play. Unfortunately for viewers, a draw that is traveling to hit every time.

The Nightly Turbo: APPT Seoul Postponed, PKR Heads Up Draw Results, and Harrah's News

The Nightly Turbo is the best abode to acquisition the day's top poker annual stories. If you're searching to save time by award the annual all in one place, again attending no further. This is your circadian apprehend and if you're done you can get aback to crushing your tables.

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Ryan "g0lfa" D'Angelo won his additional WCOOP armlet of the year. Day 12 WCOOP after-effects are in.

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2009 WSOP Main Accident advantage affectedness on ESPN tonight. The Aussies are demography over the advantage tonight.

Face the Ace alternate to your television screens on Saturday. Did you absence it? Well we accept a recap.

PKR Heads up Draw Results

From October 8 through 10 in London, PKR will authority its countdown Heads-Up Grand Slam. They've completed the draw for the match-ups and there are abiding to be some fireworks in the aboriginal round. The Grand Slam will be apparent on Sky Sports in the UK. For those of us who can't accomplish it, we'll accept to acquisition addition way to get in on the action, apparently about on the Internet.

So Tom Dwan could face his accomplished nemesis Luke Schwartz in the semifinals if they both appear to accomplish it that far. PokerNews arch ambassador Tony G could face Ilari Sahamies in the quarterfinals and that could be an agreeable bout to watch. And if the poker gods wish us all to see a rematch of the 2007 WSOPE, Annette Obrestad could face off with John Tabatabai in the additional round. The combinations are amaranthine appropriate now. We'll just accept to delay until October to acquisition out who ends up with all the chips.

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$1k Monday

The Full Tilt $1k Monday had 357 entrants. That agency the $300,000 agreement had $57,000 added added to it (check out our appealing ailing algebraic skills). PokerNews blogger Dave "Doc Sands" Sands took down the aboriginal abode cost of $89,250. Not a bad Monday, if you ask us.

Buyin: $1000 + $60

Prize Pool: $357,000

Entrants: 357

1. Dave “Doc Sands” Sands - $89,250

2. Grayson “The_Dean221” Nichols - $57,120

3. makavelyces - $42,480

4. Ponga80 - $33,022.50

5. SalSant - $24,990

6. Pot Luck Poker - $17,850

7. JBlaze20 - $11,602.50

8. Davidp18 - $8,925

9. Jeremiah “Believer8219” Vinsant - $7,140

Notables: Corey “Comandr_Cool” Burbick (10th-$4,462.50), Tim “Tmay420” West (14th-$3,570), David “GhettoFabolous” Randall (15th-$3,570), Jamie “pokerjamers” Armstrong (18th-$2,677.50), Paul “ComeOnPhish1” Lieu (20th-$1,963.50), Matt “NoBadBeatsPlz” Kay (26th-$1,963.50), Billy “DurangoDan35” Kopp (29th-$1,606.50), Brent “Bhanks11” Hanks-30th ($1,606.50)

Asia Pacific Poker Tour Seoul Postponed

If you're headed to South Korea in the next few canicule for the PokerStars.net APPT, you should apparently abolish your ticket. PokerStars.net has adjourned the accident that was appointed for September 17 through 20 at the 7-Luck Casino.

Apparently, the bank was renovating the third attic accurately for hosting the clash and those renovations aren't complete yet. Clash planners anticipation about application milk crates and agenda boxes for tables to get the appearance on the alley but absitively adjoin it. The accident will be rescheduled if the architecture is complete.

The next APPT accident is appointed for October 14 through 18 in Auckland, New Zealand, and you can win your way there on PokerStars, so go assurance up for an account.

Another Accusation for Full Tilt

Clonie Gowen's $40 actor accusation still hasn't been bound and already addition accusation has been filed adjoin Full Tilt Poker. This time, Jason Newitt has filed a clothing adjoin Tiltware, Full Tilt Poker, Pocket Kings, Pocket Kings Consulting, Raymond Bitar, and Howard Lederer claiming he was unfairly accursed and his administration payments were unfairly halted.

The battlefront may or may not be because Newitt forwarded an email from Lederer about Jimmy "Gobboboy" Fricke calling him a "freak and a actual awe-inspiring dude." Just a little tip for next time you hit "forward" or "reply" on an email: accomplish abiding alone what's declared to be in there is in there. Maybe this is why some companies accept disabled the "reply all" function.

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A New Acreage for Harrah's

It has been appear that Harrah's is affairs up the Planet Hollywood Resort's debt in what seems to be an attack to yield over the Strip property. Harrah's apparently has a huge drove on Planet Hollywood Peepshow star, Holly Madison and wants to woo her by coil Harrah's affairs muscles. Harrah's purchased some of the $860 actor debt from Planet Hollywood.

Sunday, September 6, 2009

The Annual Turbo: WCOOP, How to Fix the "Durrrr Challenge", and Much More

he plan ceremony can get overwhelming, and not anybody has the time to dive arch aboriginal into the poker world's top belief every day. Weekend warriors rejoice! You've just flopped the basics because the Nightly Turbo is introducing a appropriate annual edition. Prepare for a feel ache afterwards all the scrolling and beat that you'll do, but clashing the Sunday paper, the Annual Turbo will not be blowzy about your active allowance for the next week.

House Wars at the 2M2MM House

Krantz and aggregation had their minds focused on war instead of poker on endure week's adventure of 2 Months, 2 Million. They took on Aaron "aejones" Jones and his housemates in a alternation of prop bets appropriately blue-blooded House Wars. If you absent the episode, analysis out our epitomize and it'll be just like you watched it. Well, not really, but at atomic you'll accept something to allocution about in case one of your accompany brings it up afore tonight's adventure on G4TV.

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UIGEA Countdown Underway

The UIGEA is set to yield aftereffect in December. Banks beyond the country are already demography activity and cogent their barter what's to appear if it happens. Read Banks Prepping for December to see what accomplishments the banks are demography and what this agency for your online poker cash-out checks.

Patrik Does Not Tweet

Patrik Antonius, not absent to get into added agitation with Doyle Brunson, took to Coinflip.com to abode the rumors that he had a Twitter annual and was tweeting abhorrent things about TexDolly.

"I don't accept a Twitter annual and I accept never acquaint a individual chat there," Antonius said. "I accept no absorption in announcement updates about my comings or goings. I'm a clandestine getting and I wish to accumulate my clandestine activity to myself. I would never wish to column entries cogent everybody area I am and what I'm accomplishing appropriate now."

The Antonius imposter, whoever it is, is acutely afterward Antonius because he knows who he's arena adjoin in Bobby's Allowance and if he's playing. WTF?

Check out the accomplished adventure at Coinflip.com

Ultimate Bet is all Mac(ed) Up

Mac users assuredly accept some austere poker arena options with Ultimate Bet absolution a Mac-compatible online poker client.

“Our aggregation strives to accomplish our poker allowance attainable to as abounding humans as possible, and we admit that Apple computers accept a growing bazaar allotment in the claimed accretion industry," said Tokwiro Chief Operating Officer Paul Leggett. "In acknowledgment to this trend we accept developed an all new download poker appliance accurately for the Mac Operating System.”

Whether you accept a PC or a Mac, you can assurance up for an Ultimate Bet annual through PokerNews and yield advantage of our abundant bonuses.

They Run Real Good It could be just us, but it seems that acceptable a affiliate of the November Nine helps your "run-good." It happened with Ivan Demidov in 2008 and this year, Kevin Schaffel accomplished additional in the WPT Legends of Poker accident with Steven Begleiter demography ninth. We're aggravating our best to amount it out in The Good Fortune of the November Nine Continues.

Pool, Poker & Pain

More poker is advancing to your TV screen, this time in the anatomy of a absoluteness TV show. Pool, Poker & Pain is the name of the appearance and it will beset just that. A basin match, a poker tournament, and then, the advantageous contestants will battle it out in the cage, MMA style. Analysis out Pool, Poker & Pain Set to Become a Absoluteness Television Appearance for more.

Poker in the Sky

Ever admiration what it would be like to play poker in the sky? We're not talking about the new fangled wi-fi several airlines accept implemented these days. We're talking about getting hoisted 50 metres in the air (for those actuality in the states -- absolutely high) by a crane. For those of us who are acrophobic (afraid of heights), this is authentic insanity. For those of us who aren't afraid, PartyPoker has your admission up.

Twenty-two players will be aerial over City Hall Square in Copenhagen. “Poker is a top octane game, and we wish to accord the Danish poker players a appropriate acquaintance that will absolutely addition their adrenaline levels," said a PartyPoker spokesman. "We accept an apprehension that it will be the a lot of amazing poker accident Copenhagen has anytime seen. Added data on those complex will be appear shortly.” Two of the seats are aloof for celebrities, so that makes 20 accessible for you thrill-seekers out there.

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How to Fix the "durrrr" Challenge

Remember endure January if anybody in poker couldn't stop talking about the "durrrr" Challenge? Able-bodied the played one affair this week, but don't you anticipate it absent a bit of its afterglow now that we're nine months into it and they hardly put a cavity into the 50,000 easily they're declared to play. We yield a attending at it in The "durrrr" Challenge: Best Yet to Appear or Giant Bust and you should too.

The WSOP or Seinfeld?

Did you absence endure week's WSOP advantage on ESPN? Well, you should accept set your DVR, or watched one of the abounding reruns that accept aired. We get it, you're busy. Analysis out WSOP Main Accident on ESPN for the recap.

888.com has a TrustE New Sidekick

888.com is demography the all-important accomplish to move into the U.S. market. It has anchored aegis measures and is now accustomed by the TRUSTe, a awful admired Internet assurance provider. Analysis out 888.com Gets TRUSTe Stamp of Approval for more.

Costa Rican Regulations

The Costa Rican abridgement has been fueled by the online gaming industry for the accomplished ten years. Now, Costa Rican Finance Minister Guillermo ZuГ±iga alien a bill that would tax all online and offline bank operators based in Costa Rica. There would be a 2% tax levied on all revenues generated by the operators.

There has been no official chat as to whether the bill has passed, but abounding humans accept the bill could impede the new bread-and-butter bearings in Costa Rica. An abridgement chic is getting formed with an dispensable assets that has become a alcove audience for big retail and aliment stores. Abounding bank operators are advancing to move to adjoining Panama if the tax is approved.

Coinflip.com has added of the story.

Hellmuth Tased Me Bro

Well, not exactly. Phil Hellmuth has been appear as the host for a alms poker clash to account collapsed law administration officers. Hold'em for Heroes will yield abode in November to account the TASER Foundation for Collapsed Officers. The alignment provides banking abutment to local, accompaniment and federal admiral absent in the band of duty.

"My accompany and I are beholden to these adventurous men and women and we’re appreciative to advice out," Hellmuth said.

The three-day alms accident begins November 19 at Fort McDowell Casino, Fort McDowell, Ariz.

For added information, arch over to Taserfoundation.org.

High-Stakes Activity in Abounding Swing

Our little bird on the abuse has appear abroad from the Abounding Tilt Poker high-stakes tables with some account on the better winners and losers of August. We know, so why shouldn't you? Analysis out the Online Railbird Report.

2009 Apple Championship of Online Poker

The 2009 Apple Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) began this week. We fabricated some predictions on who we anticipate would yield home a WCOOP bracelet. Actuality are the winners so far:

Event 1 - ChopSueyyy - $247,602.01

Event 2 - Dan “djk123” Kelly - $53,410.01

Event 3 - MUSTAFETBET - $86,247.01

Event 4 - 2FLY2TILT - $42,000

Event 5 - FireGoblin - $28,019.26

Event 6 - vakAAttack -$183,334.81

Event 7 - CesarSPA - $33,500

Event 8 - iacog4 - $64,000

Bodog Welcomes Canadians

Just in time for Bodog's 15-year ceremony (they're growing up so fast these days), Bodog.ca has launched. This barrage will acquiesce Canadian players admission to Bodog Sports, Bodog Poker and Bodog Promotions. "We’re acutely aflame to be able to accompany the different Bodog acquaintance to Canadian players. Canadians are amorous sports admirers and are acutely adeptness consumers," said Bodog Europe Managing Director Keith McDonnell. What abroad is accident in gaming about the world? Analysis the International Poker MarketPlace report, and hey you Canadians, assurance up for Bodog now, that is if you're not too active arena hockey, or bubbler for that matter.

Gun Activity Breaks Out in Houston Poker Room

Originally appear by Pokerati, three gunmen rushed an underground poker bold getting captivated at a bounded band mall. One amateur absitively to activity aback and attempt one of the thieves who was after begin asleep in a parking lot. The added two gunmen able and although one amateur was hit by a bullet, he allegedly will be accomplished because he alone suffered a noncritical wound. Allegedly the gunmen abandoned the old adage "Don't blend with Texas."

Pokerati has more, as able-bodied as a video from the Houston Chronicle.

Tom "durrrr" Dwan searching to "FullFlush1" the Competion

Poker admirers are absolutely salivating at the possiblity of a "durrrr", "FullFlush1" showdown at the PKR Heads-Up Grand Slam in London from October 8 through 10. There has been annihilation debris allocution amid these two in the past. Will the animosity continue? We achievement so, rivalries are abundant for the game.

Players can aswell authorize for one of the PKR Heads-Up Grand Slame six accessible seats with satellites that will run alone at PKR.com

They're Seeing Affluence of Flops in Europe

This ceremony saw affluence of clash activity in Europe, with the PokerStars EPT Barcelona in abounding swing, the WPT Merit Cyprus Classic starting today, and the Partouche Poker Tour arena down to a final table that will reconvene in November.

PokerStars EPT Grand Final runner-up Matt Woodward started Day 2 as the dent leader, with the actual advancing Lex Veldhuis, and the afresh pick-pocketed Daniel Negreanu hot on his heels. Reside Advantage is underway here.

Gloria Balding has brought us updates from anniversary day of the Partouche Poker Tour, and November 21 final table will attending like this:

Michael Tureniec: 3,041,000

Cedric Rossi: 2,793,000

Gianni Giaroni: 2,318,000

Michel Janvier: 1,997,000

Hassan Fares: 1,595,000

Mika Puumalainen: 1,296,000

Jean-Paul Paqualini: 1,185,000

Wesley Pantling: 895,000

Henri Kettunen: 528,000

We've been aflame for the WPT Merit Cyrpus Classic for weeks and it assuredly got underway today. Follow all the activity reside at PokerNews.

World Poker Tour Merit Cyprus Classic Day 1A: John Tabatabai Leads the Way

Poker history was fabricated in the Eurasian island country of Cyprus today as it played host to its aboriginal anytime International poker tournament. Abounding Tilt Poker and the World Poker Tour teamed up with the Merit Crystal Cove Hotel and Casino to barrage the 1st Annual WPT Merit Cyprus Classic.

Perhaps the a lot of alien stop on the WPT’s 2009-2010 schedule, the accident has garnered aboriginal acclaim from its aboriginal beachcomber of participants, abounding of whom accustomed aboriginal to yield abounding advantage of the resort’s all-embracing amenities and prime littoral absolute estate. If top apex formed around, however, bank shades angry into poker shades and afterwards a few aperture animadversion from acclaimed Clash Director Jack McClellan, the cards were in the air.

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Day 1a drew a bashful acreage of 91 runners, comprised of a advantageous antithesis of acclimatized pros, online qualifiers, bounded grinders and accidental players. World Series of Poker Main Accident champions Dan Harrington (1995) and Huck Seed (1996) came out to play this afternoon, as did four-time WSOP armlet champ Jeffrey Lisandro. Other notables in the acreage were Shaun Deeb, Ludovic Lacay, Antonio "The Magician" Esfandiari, Roy "The Oracle" Winston, Sorel Mizzi, Soren Kongsgaard, Danny Wong, John Monnette and Tommy Vedes, amidst others.

In absolute 63 players survived the Day 1a carnage, but it was Layne “back-to-back” Flack who blanket the aboriginal account afterwards he’d accumulated 120,000 in chips afterwards just one ninety-minute akin of play. He ailing at appropriate about 140,000, but ultimately accomplished the day with 112,675 in chips, acceptable for fifth abode all-embracing on the leaderboard.

About amid through the day, above World Series of Poker Europe Main Accident runner-up (2007) John Tabatabai bent a breach afterwards accepting it all in on the about-face with a set of tens adjoin Fatih Ozpolat’s queen-high straight. The river commutual the lath giving Tabatabai a abounding abode and subsequently, the all-embracing dent lead. From that moment on he never looked back, eventually bagging a field-leading 178,275 in chips.

Jeffrey Lisandro and Shaun Deeb were the a lot of noteworthy casualties of Day 1a, followed by bounded Cypriot pros Cemil Kara and Huseyin Yilmaz.

Action resumes tomorrow afternoon at 12:00 p.m. bounded time (GMT+3) if the additional Day 1 flight invades the Merit Crystal Cove clash room. Team Abounding Tilt pros Howard Lederer, John Juanda, Chris Ferguson, Phil Gordon, Gus Hansen, Patrik Antonius, Andy Bloch, Erik Seidel and Erick Lindgren are all accepted to access the fray, and PokerNews will be on duke throughout the day bringing you reside updates, dent counts, photos and absolute videos anon from the clash floor.

World Poker Tour Merit Cyprus Classic Day 1A: John Tabatabai Leads the Way

Poker history was fabricated in the Eurasian island country of Cyprus today as it played host to its aboriginal anytime International poker tournament. Abounding Tilt Poker and the World Poker Tour teamed up with the Merit Crystal Cove Hotel and Casino to barrage the 1st Annual WPT Merit Cyprus Classic.

Perhaps the a lot of alien stop on the WPT’s 2009-2010 schedule, the accident has garnered aboriginal acclaim from its aboriginal beachcomber of participants, abounding of whom accustomed aboriginal to yield abounding advantage of the resort’s all-embracing amenities and prime littoral absolute estate. If top apex formed around, however, bank shades angry into poker shades and afterwards a few aperture animadversion from acclaimed Clash Director Jack McClellan, the cards were in the air.

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Day 1a drew a bashful acreage of 91 runners, comprised of a advantageous antithesis of acclimatized pros, online qualifiers, bounded grinders and accidental players. World Series of Poker Main Accident champions Dan Harrington (1995) and Huck Seed (1996) came out to play this afternoon, as did four-time WSOP armlet champ Jeffrey Lisandro. Other notables in the acreage were Shaun Deeb, Ludovic Lacay, Antonio "The Magician" Esfandiari, Roy "The Oracle" Winston, Sorel Mizzi, Soren Kongsgaard, Danny Wong, John Monnette and Tommy Vedes, amidst others.

In absolute 63 players survived the Day 1a carnage, but it was Layne “back-to-back” Flack who blanket the aboriginal account afterwards he’d accumulated 120,000 in chips afterwards just one ninety-minute akin of play. He ailing at appropriate about 140,000, but ultimately accomplished the day with 112,675 in chips, acceptable for fifth abode all-embracing on the leaderboard.

About amid through the day, above World Series of Poker Europe Main Accident runner-up (2007) John Tabatabai bent a breach afterwards accepting it all in on the about-face with a set of tens adjoin Fatih Ozpolat’s queen-high straight. The river commutual the lath giving Tabatabai a abounding abode and subsequently, the all-embracing dent lead. From that moment on he never looked back, eventually bagging a field-leading 178,275 in chips.

Jeffrey Lisandro and Shaun Deeb were the a lot of noteworthy casualties of Day 1a, followed by bounded Cypriot pros Cemil Kara and Huseyin Yilmaz.

Action resumes tomorrow afternoon at 12:00 p.m. bounded time (GMT+3) if the additional Day 1 flight invades the Merit Crystal Cove clash room. Team Abounding Tilt pros Howard Lederer, John Juanda, Chris Ferguson, Phil Gordon, Gus Hansen, Patrik Antonius, Andy Bloch, Erik Seidel and Erick Lindgren are all accepted to access the fray, and PokerNews will be on duke throughout the day bringing you reside updates, dent counts, photos and absolute videos anon from the clash floor.

PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona Day 2: Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier Picking Up Steam

The actual 240 players alternate today to abide their adventure in the Main Event of the 2009 PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona. It didn't yield continued for things to get hot and abundant as about 100 players were alone from activity aural the aboriginal two levels of play.

Amongst those to avenue aboriginal were poker icons Freddy Deeb and Daniel Negreanu. Deeb had his queens ashamed by an opponent's abridged kings aboriginal in the day and was larboard acutely crippled, to be alone anon thereafter. Deeb did endure best than Negreanu though, who absent two big pots aural account of one addition to accord abroad his six-figure stack. Sandra Naujoks, Leo Margets and Florian Langmann aswell fabricated aboriginal exits to the rail.

Matt Woodward began the day as the dent baton with 193,300. A little added than two hours later, Woodward begin himself acquiescent a assemblage alert that size, acknowledgment to a big addition if he took his ace-king up adjoin Craig Bergeron's ace-queen. With his duke captivation up, Woodward alone Bergeron and ample up about 400,000 chips. Throughout the day, a brace of big pots bootless to go his way though, banishment him to accomplishment up with about 200,000 chips.

Both Samer Rahman and Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier acclimated their aggressiveness to body ample dent endless during today's play. Rahman was complex in abundant ample pots, causing his assemblage to go through absolutely a roller coaster ride. On the added hand, ElkY was quiet for a lot of of the day, but as the players approached the balloon his aggressiveness increased. He consistently aloft and put as abundant burden on his table as he could, abusing the tighter players and accepting admired chips in the process.

Approximately eight-hours into play, the balloon burst. Lex Veldhuis took a massive hit just a few spots off the money if he got his basal set adjoin a amateur captivation a brace and a beeline draw. The river agenda completed his opponent’s straight, causing Veldhuis to lose about all of his chips. A few easily later, Veldhuis was beatific packing. Just moments later, the money was accomplished and play concluded for the night.

Amongst the actual 72 players abiding for Day 3 are Mike "Timex" McDonald, Roland de Wolfe, Thierry Van Den Berg, Marc Goodwin and Noah Boeken.

Canadian Matt Lapossie begin himself aloft the leaderboard if things were all said and done closing out the day with a few big pots and bushing his bag with about 700,000 chips.

Play will resume tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. bounded time (GMT+2) area the plan is to play down to the final three tables of action.

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

The Good Fortune of the November Nine Continues

Although there are abounding absorbing phenomena in poker, the absorbing performances of November Nine players is arguably the a lot of interesting. Since the November Nine's birth in 2008, a amount of the players that were advantageous abundant to accomplish the World Series of Poker Main Event final table accept managed to do able-bodied in tournaments afterwards sealing their acknowledgment in November.

In 2008, Peter Eastgate, Ivan Demidov, Dennis Phillips, and Ylon Schwartz fabricated abysmal runs in assorted tournaments. This year the accumulation is getting led by Kevin Schaffel acknowledgment to his second-place accomplishment at the contempo World Poker Tour Legends of Poker. He is abutting by adolescent 2009 November Nine affiliate Steven Begleiter who aswell put on a solid achievement by snagging the ninth-place atom at Legends.

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Many accept approved to amount out why the November Nine accept such solid runs afterwards logging their cachet as a Main Event finalist, but it is difficult to attach down one acumen in accurate as there are a amount of factors that appear into play. The aboriginal acumen for the group's success lies in the group's aplomb levels. Afterwards acquisition all but eight players in the Main Event, these players are benumbed top from accepting baffled the majority of the acreage and accepting that absolute mind-set is acute if you wish to accumulate bearing results.

The additional accessible acumen why associates of the November Nine acquisition success is that they aren't abashed about authoritative the money in added events. In added words, because they accept already calm a little over a million, these players accept no advisedly about demography risks during play because they are not anxious with their banking situations. One acumen humans like Phil Ivey is because he doesn't anticipate about his buy-in money. This enables him to do things that scared-tight players are abashed to and it gives him a big advantage over his opponents. This aforementioned aftereffect appears to be accident with the November Nine.

A third achievability lies with the abundance akin the November Nine players have. Again, it is acute for players to be in the appropriate apperception set if they are playing, so not affirmation about life's annoying circadian problems is a big thing. These humans no best accept to anguish about paying for academy or affairs that additional home in Florida. They now accept the agency to yield affliction of their families and this is a big affair for a lot of people. If players are chargeless from added distractions, they can artlessly focus on the bold and do what they do best: play poker.

The fourth and arguably the a lot of absorbing achievability is that these players are artlessly active well. Whether you alarm it luck or variance, a amateur has to win acute easily during a clash to go deep. Sometimes it happens and sometimes it doesn't, but for some reason, the associates of the November Nine abide to win easily behindhand of the allowance they face. Although accomplishment plays the absolute role if it comes to getting acknowledged over the continued term, it absolutely doesn't aching if the cards are falling your way.

In the end, it may be absurd to explain why the November Nine accept done so well, but one affair is for certain, if this arrangement continues, November Nine associates will abide to accomplish at the accomplished levels (at atomic until they appear aback in November).

Chris Ferguson, Greg Raymer and Jason Alexander Headline Tonight's WSOP Main Event Advantage on ESPN

ESPN's World Series of Poker Main Event advantage enters its third anniversary tonight with two back-to-back episodes premiering at 8:00 p.m. EDT. On tonight's broadcast, Hollywood takes on some of poker's a lot of busy champions as actor Jason Alexander goes toe-to-toe with Greg Raymer at the featured table.

Seven above Main Event champions survived to play Day 2, including Chris "Jesus" Ferguson, who will be featured in hour one. Also accepting in some TV face time are Phil Laak, Jennifer Tilly, Mike Matusow, and Everybody Loves Raymond's Brad Garrett.

As hour two unfolds, Raymer, Matusow and Ferguson set their architect on the final table while Alexander and Garrett set out to prove that their poker abilities are no bedlam matter.

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If you're still agog for more, accomplish abiding to analysis out ESPN.com's The Inside Deal hosted by ESPN poker editor Andrew Feldman, ESPN the Magazine contributor Laura Lane and ESPN.com columnist Bernard Lee. Today's appearance appearance appearances from Victor Ramdin and Adam "Roothlus" Levy. Ramdin will altercate how he got his alpha in the bold and what he's abstruse from his poker mentor, Phil Ivey.

Feldman is captivated with the show's progress. "The appearance continues to appear calm able-bodied and with big names such as Daniel Negreanu, Joe Sebok, Greg Raymer, and Steve Begleiter advancing on the appearance soon, we're aflame for the next few months," he said.

The WSOP Main Event affectedness tonight on ESPN, and for the latest adventure of The Inside Deal, hit up ESPN.com.

Pool, Poker & Pain Set to Become a Absoluteness Television Show

urrently, a deluge of poker television shows are hitting the airwaves, but it looks as admitting addition appearance that already afresh appearance poker is on the horizon. Upcoming absoluteness affairs Pool, Poker & Pain promises affluence of action-packed action for admirers as appearance contestants battle it out on the poker and basin acquainted afore aggravating to bang ass during the Mixed Martial Arts allocation of the show. Yes, you apprehend that right. Anyone will assuredly accept accepted acumen to beating anyone out afterwards adversity a bad beat.

Led by appearance creator, aerialist and adversary Blair Thein, the soon-to-air affairs has activate abutment from a array of ally including Brand In Entertainment (35 years in the commercial industry) Iwan Simonis, Inc., (one of the world's oldest and and a lot of acclaimed billiard bolt producers), Investors Resource Alliance LLC and KO Dynasty (roster of 30+ MMA fighters).

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Although Thein and aggregation are still alive on the final appearance architecture afore they activate shooting, it appears as admitting these base contestants will accept affluence of agitative moments as they action their way to the acme of the appearance that will affection a reside accident at a Las Vegas casino. According to the show's Web site, Pool, Poker and Pain offers something for all kinds of sports fans. "The absorption in the character and action that surrounds this project, forth with contempo developments advance me to accept that 2009 is the year that Pool, Poker and Pain will shine,” Thein said.

The show's architecture will accept contestants activate a bout by arena pool. Afterwards a champ is declared, contestants will arch to the poker felt. Afterwards a adversary annihilates an adversary at the poker table, he put on gloves and mix it up in the "Circle of Truth," a 32-foot action cage.

To advice abutment Thein's four-year dream, he is in the action of landing several multitalented coaches to drillmaster contestants and to advice ensure the program's address to audiences. Although the appearance is still in the action of landing a poker pro drillmaster and a MMA coach, they accept landed pro Rodney Morris to act as the drillmaster for the basin allotment of the show.

The Nightly Turbo: UIGEA News, UB for Mac, and More

he Nightly Turbo works harder to save you time so you can plan on your game. We're not crumbling time today; actuality are the top stories.

A Win, No Matter How Small, is Still a Win

According to Gambling911, although a 3rd Circuit Cloister has upheld the Unlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act (UIGEA), the cloister fabricated the UIGEA a little added clear.

"The 3rd Circuit accommodation on our UIGEA claiming came aback this morning. They upheld the law, but as adumbrated by questions during articulate arguments, they assume to be adage - �if the accompaniment breadth the bet is placed says internet bank is illegal, again processing that transaction is illegal'...meaning that it is not actionable if the accompaniment doesn't accept a law adage internet bank is illegal," said Head of iMega, Joe Brennan Jr.

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A Eurolinx Story

Last anniversary we told you about some Microgaming banknote that were accepting liquidated. We stumbled beyond a cilia on TwoPlusTwo by Marc Karam, a sponsored pro of the Eurolinx aggregation for three years. He was allegedly scammed by his above sponsor for at atomic six abstracts and he angry down a advocacy accord with a acclaimed website because of his adherence to the Eurolinx brand. There are a amount of added players who accept apparent their bankrolls abandon because of the defalcation as well. Durrrr purportedly has $183k ashore on Eurolinx as well. The players accept advised acknowledged activity to get their money back, but according to the post, the money is gone.

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Ultimate Bet for Your Mac

Mac users, you accept something abroad (on top of the Snow Leopard release) to be blessed about. Ultimate Bet has appear a Mac-compatible online poker client.

“Our aggregation strives to accomplish our poker allowance attainable to as abounding humans as possible, and we admit that Apple computers accept a growing bazaar allotment in the claimed accretion industry," said Tokwiro Chief Operating Officer Paul Leggett. "In acknowledgment to this trend we accept developed an all new download poker appliance accurately for the Mac Operating System.”

Whether you accept a PC or a Mac, you can assurance up for an Ultimate Bet annual through PokerNews and yield advantage of our abundant bonuses.

Partouche Poker Tour Update

The Partouche Poker Tour Main Accident at the Palm Bank Casino in Cannes started off with a bang. Over 200 players confused through the doors acrimonious their bench numbers blindly out of costly clover accoutrements in foreground of rows of cameras. The 90-minute levels and 30k starting assemblage benefited the allegorical bendable field. After 11 hours of play, 150 players from Day 1A survived to see Day 2.

It should appear as no abruptness at the quintessential French poker clash that Frenchmen advance the pack. Xavier Arnal leads the way with 164,300 chips. A scattering of big names, and some not so big, braved a day after the sun and cream of southern France for their adventitious at the €3 actor affirmed cost pool.

Notables still in the acreage cover Alex Kravenchenko just alfresco the leaderboard with 107,475 chips. Finnish Pro Jani Sointula not absolution his hair down captured 95,275 and Mike Matusow, a accurate army favorite, bethink they adulation Jerry Lewis here, has 86,250.

Hoping to bolt some of the drive of his EPT Kyiv Final Table appearance, adolescent Russian pro Vitaly Tolokonnikov, has 60,325 and Winamax pro Arnaud Mattern is the beeline of abbreviate endless accepting just 10 big blinds to his name.

The Poker Trifecta of Phil Laak, Jennifer Tilly and Antonio Esfandari came, alien and shoved off on Day 1A not to acknowledgment the "Paddington Bear of Poker," Roland De Wolfe.

There will definately be a new baron of this alcazar as 2008 champ Alain Roy was one of the abounding casualties on Day 1A. No charge to feel apologetic for those who are no best with us. The Palm Bank Casino adapted the bank and basin breadth this year. Column tourney abounding players were spotted accepting their tan on and abating themselves with a bank appearance and canteen of red.

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In Case You Missed It

It could be just us, but it seems that acceptable a affiliate of the November Nine helps your "run-good." It happened with Ivan Demidov in 2008 and this year, Kevin Schaffel accomplished additional in the WPT Legends of Poker accident with Steven Begleiter demography 9th. We're aggravating our best to amount it out in The Good Fortune of the November Nine Continues.

Day 2 advantage of the WSOP Main Accident on ESPN affectedness tonight. And if that's not abundant poker for you, you can bolt ESPN's Inside Accord as well. Wonder who is featured tonight? We accept the scoop.

More poker is advancing to your TV screen, this time in the anatomy of a absoluteness TV show. Pool, Poker & Pain is the name of the appearance and it will beset just that. A basin match, a poker tournament, and then, the advantageous contestants will battle it out in the cage, MMA style. Check out Pool, Poker & Pain Set to Become a Absoluteness Television Appearance for more.