London Poker Anniversary Set for August

The London Poker Anniversary is appointed to yield abode Aug. 28-Sept. 28 with added than 100 poker-related contest at a dozen altered venues beyond the city.

Billed as the better poker anniversary in the world, the anniversary will action appropriate in the average of the Apple Series of Poker Europe, PokerStars EPT London and the countdown WPT London with added than ВЈ10 actor in absolute estimated prizepools.

Local agenda apartment and casinos throughout the city-limits will participate by hosting assorted contest such as tournaments, satellites, banknote games, amateur hosted parties, academies and more.

Poker admirers will already afresh accept the adventitious to appear Poker in the Park, which will yield abode in Leicester Square from Sept. 2-3, with several chargeless 80-player poker tournaments and a amount of poker action seminars.

Also in the mix for the 2010 London Poker Anniversary are the British Poker Awards, Balla Strip Poker Championship and a bedrock concert.

2010 November Nine: Michael Mizrachi

Michael Mizrachi is in a alliance of his own at the final table of the 2010 WSOP Capital Event.

If Mizrachi wins the Capital Accident he will become the alone amateur in WSOP history to win the celebrated $50k Players Championship and the Capital Accident in the above year.

Not alone that but Mizrachi would become the best clash balance baton with over $17 million, casual stars Phil Ivey and Daniel Negreanu.

"It's an astonishing achievement," he said. "It will apparently never appear afresh in poker history. It's just an amazing activity and I'm actual excited."

Mizrachi, who enters the final table seventh in chips with 14 million, is calmly the a lot of acclaimed poker pro in the November Nine.

Born in Miami, Florida, Mizrachi grew up in a ample ancestors with three brothers.

Mizrachi originally capital to be a doctor but he alone out to accompany his dreams of arena poker and began arena professionally in 2004.

Primarily a banknote bold amateur in the beginning, Mizrachi eventually ample out tournaments by watching added humans play and strategizing his own game.

His big breach came in 2005 if he fabricated his aboriginal WPT final table in Tunica. He eventually accomplished fifth, but just one ages after he begin accretion by acceptable the WPT LAPC for $1.8 million.

Mizrachi went on to accept an absurd 2006 area he cashed 23 times, fabricated three WPT final tables, won one of them, accomplished sixth at WSOPC Grand Tunica and cashed alert at the WSOP. He was called Amateur of the Year by Card Amateur Magazine.

Mizrachi's constant after-effects even becoming him a appellation - The Grinder.

Since again Mizrachi has cooled off a bit, but was still occasionally in the account acknowledgment to several big cashes at the WSOP and his earlier brother Robert acceptable the $10k WSOP PLO accident in 2007.

"People are like, 'What happened to The Grinder?' but I haven't played that abounding contest the endure brace years," explained Mizrachi. "You get austere out. Poker is actual streaky. You never apperceive if it's your time and you do abundant if you atomic apprehend it."

It's been a arresting summer for Mizrachi, who had yet to win a individual WSOP armlet afore it began.

"Just to accomplish the November Nine is amazing so wherever I go from actuality on is a bonus," he said "If I win it great, if I don't I'll be just as happy."

If all the above accolades weren't enough, Mizrachi will aswell tie for POY with Frank Kassela if he wins the WSOP Capital Event.

Mizrachi played down the accent of him acceptable POY.

"Frank Kassela absolutely deserves (POY)," he said. "I beggarly he did a abundant job with two bracelets, accomplished third in the $2,500, cashed in the capital event. That's a abominable record. If I win this I'd be animated to allotment the appellation and if he wants I'll accord him the title."

Mizrachi seemed to be added absorbed in avaricious aboriginal abode on the best clash accomplishment leaderboard.

"If I win it, acceptable luck communicable up with me," he said. "I still got a lot of poker larboard in me."

When all is done and said, Mizrachi may abutting out the 2010 WSOP in November the exact above way he opened it aback in May - by acceptable it all.

The 2010 WSOP Capital Accident final table begins Nov. 6, with a champ crowned on Nov. 8.

Brits storm World Series of Poker

British accidental is affronted this year's World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. Just a anniversary in, and already Praz Bansi has won his additional armlet (this year in the $1,500 No Limit Holdem). There was aswell a armlet in the $1,500 Pot Limit Holdem for James Dempsey (who, admitting his afflictive poker skills, has never ahead won a reside clash alfresco Brighton), and a argent badge in the $5,000 Holdem Shootout for Neil Channing, accepted MD of new poker website BlackBeltPoker.com.

Here's a duke I enjoyed from Praz Bansi's heads-up action with Canadian adversary Vincent Jacques. Following online coverage, you can never be 100% abiding the bet sizes are correct, but the adventure is clear.

With Bansi as cogent dent leader, both players saw an unraised bomb of 10d 6c Qc. First to speak, Bansi bet out 150,000 (with blinds at 50k-100k, this was three-quarters of the pot). Jacques called. The about-face was Ad and Bansi checked. Jacques bet 300,000 and Bansi called. The river came 7c: bingo. Bansi bet out 1m in chips, and Jacques folded.

Because this was not a televised event, and did not go to a showdown, we don't apperceive the hands. But that's absolutely what I like about it. With his big dark unraised, dent baton Bansi can bet the bomb with annihilation at all. On the turn, there are two even draws and several beeline draws: this about-face is absolute for "floating", ie calling with annihilation to barefaced any of the crisis cards that are acceptable to appear on the river. When the river brings one of the flushes and one of the straights, Bansi is absolutely acceptable abundant to accomplish his beefy bet with or without.

The basics or nothing? If you just don't know, again the man deserves a bracelet.

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.

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.

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.

Full Tilt Poker to Host Yield 2 in September

Taking abode throughout the ages of September on Full Tilt Poker is Yield 2, an avant-garde online poker advance that allows players to acquire up to $50 in banknote and bifold Full Tilt Credibility (FTPs).

Take 2 bliss off at 00:00 ET on September 1st and runs until 23:59 ET on September 30th. There are two agency to accession your backing and FTP balance. First, players who attempt on at atomic two absolute money ring bold tables during the month-long advance will acquire benefit banknote based on the amount of canicule they hit the basic felts. Five canicule of multi-tabling will acquire a Full Tilt chump a air-conditioned $5 bonus. Players who multi-table for 10 canicule will abridged an added $10 for a absolute of $15. Fifteen canicule of multi-tabling agency an added $10 in your pocket, or $25 total. Finally, 25 canicule of multi-tabling during the ages of September after-effects in $50 in benefit cash.

In addition, poker enthusiasts can acquire bifold FTPs on two tables while playing. For example, if a amateur were to acquire 60 FTPs at one table and 40 FTPs at accession table, they would yield home a absolute of 200 credibility as allotment of the Yield 2 promotion. Credibility can be acclimated in the Full Tilt Store for poker accouterments and added items. In addition, FTPs can be adored for clash and sit and go entries. A Mini Cooper S in the Full Tilt Store will set players aback six actor FTPs, while a Harley-Davidson Night Train motorcycle runs four million. A advanced array of electronics, including a 2.7 actor FTP amount tag Apple MacBook Pro, can be had, forth with apparel, antic gear, luggage, poker books, and Full Tilt branded merchandise.

Players have to opt into Yield 2 by visiting the window. Then, they charge to bang on the ellipsoidal My Promotionsв hotlink and attending for Take 2.” Follow the instructions to annals your annual and again hit up the banknote bold felts of Full Tilt in earnest. The My Promotions” page will accumulate tabs on how abounding FTPs and benefit banknote you have earned; added credibility will be dumped into a players annual aural six hours. In adjustment for a tables to count, at atomic one FTP have to be becoming while added than one window is open.

Full Tilt will alone bifold the amount of FTPs on two tables. Text begin on Full Tilt website explains, “If a amateur plays at added than two real-money ring-game tables accompanying during Yield 2, that amateur will accept bifold credibility from the aggregate of their top two tables. For example, if a amateur were to acquire 60 FTPs at one table, 50 FTPs at accession table, and 10 FTPs at a third table, again they would accept 110 benefit FTPs, according to the sum of their top two points-earning tables. Full Tilt spreads Texas Hold’em, Omaha, Stud, and Razz in a array of structures.

The website is beginning off hosting the 13th Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS), which played out beforehand this ages amidst abundant fanfare. Starting on September 9th, MiniFTOPS XIII will accomplish its debut, featuring the aforementioned clash calendar as FTOPS XIII, but with buy-ins that are one-tenth of the size. Highlights cover a $256 buy-in Two-Day Event featuring at atomic $400,000 on the band and a $55 buy-in Main Event that assures at atomic $500,000 is up for grabs. A absolute of 25 tournaments will play out, anniversary hosted by a affiliate of Team Full Tilt.

Party Poker Revenues Down Dramatically

I never anticipation that I would see the day if PartyGaming would rake about as abundant from their bank operations as their poker business.

There was a time if Party Poker was the 800 batter apache of the online poker world, untouchable by even the brand of Pokerstars and Full Tilt Poker.

However, the UIGEA happened, PartyGaming pulled out of the US exchange and they accept been disturbing to abide accordant anytime since.

PartyGaming afresh appear their after-effects for the aboriginal bisected of 2009.

Revenues were down appreciably from endure year ($201 actor vs $255 million), led by a affecting bead in revenues from their online poker operation ($102.6 actor vs $153.9 million).

Net revenues were down 33% from endure year, while gross revenues were down 29%. The aggregation in fact paid out beneath in bonuses this year compared to last, even admitting their new "Super Sign-Up" benefit was alien in the additional bisected of 2008.

PartyGaming abhorrent three things on their bead in revenues - aggressive pressures, an bread-and-butter arrest and "adverse bill movements".

The "competitive pressures" appear as a aftereffect of Full Tilt Poker and Pokerstars locking horns in a angry action for online poker supremacy.

The two apartment accumulate aggravating to one-up anniversary added in an attack to accretion bazaar share.

The result? Apartment such as Party Poker attack to accumulate up as much-richer apartment (FTP and Pokerstars) advisedly bowl out bonuses and player-friendly promotions in an attack to outshine their competition.

PartyGaming aswell cites the recession as a acumen for their crumbling earnings, which makes you admiration if FTP and Pokerstars accept aswell accomplished a agnate economic-related slowdown. Player numbers on the two sites wouldn't assume to announce this, but who knows.

It's absorbing to agenda that PartyGaming's "customer bad debts" were way up as a allotment of their revenues in the aboriginal bisected of 2009. 1.6% compared to 0.4% in all of 2008, and 0.4% in all of 2007. That's absolutely a block of change because that PartyGaming raked in about $200 actor dollars in the aboriginal bisected of the year.

With all of that getting said, the aggregation is acutely well-positioned to abound traveling forward.

They accept acclimatized all of their acknowledged issues in the United States and are acutely assured that they will be accomplishing business in the country anon afterwards online poker is eventually regulated.

In addition, the aggregation has congenital up a war chest of funds to use for abeyant acquisitions.

The basal band - Party Poker is disturbing appropriate now, but don't calculation them out. If and if online poker is accountant and adapted in the United States, it will be a accomplished 'nother brawl game.

PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour Macau Day 4: Dermot Blain Wins the Main Accident

Just addition Sunday in Macau didnby™t just beggarly a appointment to a spa or sauna, or even some affable bank at one of the abounding casinos by“- instead it meant achievement of both the PokerStars.net APPT Macau Main and Top Rollers Event!

Main Event

Nine players alternate today to see who would sit aloft the 429 aboriginal starters and yield home the coveted trophy: appellation of best and the $541,089 US aboriginal prize.

Stefan Hjorthall was aboriginal to go if he was clumsy to win a chase captivation {9-Diamonds}{9-Spades} to adolescent Swede Pontus Kersby™ {A-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts} if both an ace and a queen dropped. American Brandon Demes fell next if he was clumsy to outdraw Dermot Blainby™s {K-Hearts}{K-Diamonds} with {A-Hearts}{9-Hearts} afterwards all the money went in preflop.

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Blain would abide his final table assailment if his {A-Spades}{K-Clubs} managed to acquisition an ace on the bomb adjoin Dbinder Singhby™s {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}, which saw the Canadian abatement in seventh. Jicheng Su fell next if his {a-Spades}{10-Hearts} was bedeviled by Daoxing Chen's {a-Clubs}{j-Hearts}.

After accommodated a block of chips to Blain with just ace-high, Darkhan Botabayev managed to snatch some of them aback if he abandoned Kers captivation {9-Clubs}{7-Diamonds} to the Swedeby™s {K-Spades}{6-Spades}. Afterwards all the money went in preflop, Botabayev bent a nine on the bomb and if Kers was clumsy to acquisition a baron or active spades, he hit the abuse in fifth abode axis a $20 rebuy digital on PokerStars into added than $114,000!

Chen started to dent up and eventually overtook the lead, but the quiet Mike Kim activate a nice double-up to put him aback in altercation if Chen fabricated a rather absorbing bend that may accept amount him the tournament.

After adopting to 125,000 from the button, Chen alleged a 250,000 re-raise from Botabayev to see the {8-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{5-Clubs} abatement on the flop, and a 1,400,000 boost from Botabayev to follow. In his brand fashion, Chen took his time and afterwards six account eventually bankrupt his {J-Clubs}{J-Hearts} face up to the admiration of the assemblage and adolescent players on the table. Botabayev would animation a blow of abatement if he knew he had just acclimated his buoy for the day afterwards attentive abandonment his {10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}.

Unfortunately for Botabayev, he would be next to abatement if his {10-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} bootless to advance adjoin his final table nemesis, Chen and his {A-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}, afterwards three-betting all-in from the blinds. The army favorite, Chen was absolutely an absorbing appearance but abominably for those watching from both the final table date and the poker room, Chen would abandon in third afterwards calling all-in for his clash activity on a {3-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{A-Clubs} bomb with {A-Hearts}{Q-Spades}, abandoned to be bedeviled by Blainby™s {A-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}. No queen would abatement and Chen would avenue in third to yield both Kim and Blain into heads-up play.

With Kim accepting added than an eight-to-one disadvantage and abandoned eleven big blinds at the time, he would accomplish the endure of his chips preflop captivation {10-Diamonds}{9-Spades} to the assertive {K-Diamonds}{10-Hearts} of Blain.

The lath ran out {3-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{A-Spades}{J-Spades}{8-Spades} to see the Asian poker avant-garde finishing additional in his first-ever reside Asian poker tournament.

As for the Irish Blain, a mix of maturity, backbone and assailment saw him angle abandoned captivation the bays top as he was crowned the Season 3 APPT Macau Main Accident Best and aces almsman of a accessible $541,089 prize.

1st by“ Dermot Blain ($541,089)

2nd by“ Mike Kim ($484,999)

3rd by“ Daoxing by�Boa Boaby™ Chen ($239,327)

4th by“ Darkhan Botabayev ($166,497)

5th by“ Pontus Kers ($114,464)

6th by“ Jicheng Su ($74,923)

7th by“ Dbinder Singh ($52,033)

8th by“ Brandon Demes ($41,621)

9th by“ Stefan Hjorthall ($31,222)

High Rollers Event

Twenty-five of the aboriginal 64 alternate for day-two activity in the PokerStars.net APPT Macau Top Rollers Accident and beeline off the bat the activity was faster again a poker amateur calling an all-in captivation aces!

Nine players bankrupt in just over a akin with Team PokerStars Pro Lee Nelson getting one of the casualties, forth with Elton Tsang and Terrence Chan. Once two tables were made, JJ Liu exited acknowledgment to a suck, re-suck out if her flopped set of threes were outdrawn by Grant Levyby™s angry set of kings. Yevgeniy Timoshenko went next afterwards his clasp went amiss and if Australian Michael Marvanek exited address of Vladimir Geshkenbeinby™s {4-Clubs}{3-Clubs} we had accustomed at our actionable final table.

The balloon would endure about 150 account with Grant Levy surging for a lot of of it as adept dent baton Geshkenbein began crumbling annular the pressure. Eventually, however, it would be Jonathan by�xMONSTERxDONGxby™ Karamalikis who would yield the adverse honours of balloon boy if his {K-Clubs}{K-Diamonds} was outdrawn by Geshkenbeinby™s {A-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} on a lath active out {A-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{7-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{J-Spades}.

Nicolas Wong fell aboriginal if he was clumsy to fasten adjoin Neil Arceby™s {j-Spades}{J-Diamonds} captivation {A-Hearts}{K-Clubs} and was anon followed by Gap Young Kim who was clumsy to advance captivation a brace of eights to Levyby™s {A-Spades}{A-Diamonds}.

Fellow Korean In Wook Choi lasted beneath again six added account if his top brace was no bout for Neil Arceby™s top two-pair as the Filipino snatched the dent advance from Levy. Arceby™s advance would be continued if a huge duke played out involving Levy and Geshkenbein.

Levy opened to 52,000 and Geshkenbein fabricated the alarm afore aswell calling 81,000 on the {6-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{5-Spades} flop. Levy arrested the {10-Clubs} on the about-face to see Geshkenbein blaze 150,000 at the pot afore check-raising it to 300,000. A puzzled Geshkenbein fabricated that alarm forth with one for 340,000 if the river fell the {J-Hearts}. Levyby™s {A-Spades}{4-Spades}, although in the advance on the turn, was clumsy to best Geshkenbeinby™s {K-Clubs}{J-Clubs} who rivered a brace to see the drive about-face as Levy absent two thirds of his assemblage in the hand.

With the Main Accident final table advancing to an end, the actual 5 players went on a quick breach as the clash relocated to the date in the centermost of the Grand Lisboa gaming floor.

Danny Huynh activate a bifold through adolescent agriculturist Levy as the army activate to drag in -by“ including Team PokerStars Proby™s Emad Tahtouh, Lee Nelson and Joe Hachem by“ abandoned to see Geshkenbein access his advance address of Levyby™s elimination. Levy captivated {j-Clubs}{J-Hearts} to Gershkenbeinby™s {A-Spades}{10-Hearts}, and afterwards all the money went in preflop, the lath would run out {5-Spades}{3-Clubs}{8-Spades}{K-Spades}{Q-Spades} to see Levy hit a runner-runner even eliminating his adversary in fifth place.

Huynh would abatement next if his assertive {A-Diamonds}{K-Clubs} would be rivered by Neil Arceby™s {A-Hearts}{Q-Spades} if the lath completed a beeline for Arce, but his chips wouldnby™t break too continued with him as his top brace was no bout for Geshkenbeinby™s flopped set of threes.

For the 1987-88 World Best Johnny Chan, heads-up play with a four-to-one disadvantage was not traveling to be easy, but his acquaintance saw him boring draw some chips his way.

However, Geshkenbeinby™s assailment would prove too abundant as Chan eventually fell if he committed the endure of his chips on a lath of {8-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{6-Spades} captivation {Q-Diamonds}{8-Spades} abandoned to be bedeviled by Geshkenbeinby™s {K-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}. The about-face agenda was the {7-Spades} and the {K-Spades} on the river would see Chan agape out in additional place, and Geshkenbein getting crowned best of the Season 3 APPT Macau Top Rollers Accident acceptable US $266,690.

1st by“ Vladimir Geshkenbein ($266,690)

2nd by“ Johnny Chan ($154,400)

3rd by“ Neil Arce ($84,218)

4th by“ Danny Huynh ($63,164)

5th by“ Grant by�grunterby™ Levy ($49,127)

6th by“ In Wook Choi ($35,091)

7th by“ Gap Young Kim ($28,073)

8th by“ Nicolas Wong ($21,055)

The next stop of the PokerStars.net APPT will be in Auckland, New Zealand, from October 14 through 18 with the NZ $3,250 (US $2,100) APPT Auckland Main Accident getting featured in the SkyCity Festival of Poker.

For added data of this event, argue the APPT website, or to acquire your bench today, log on to PokerStars and play any amount of altered satellites to accept a adventitious and capturing your section of APPT glory!