From the Big Screen to the Final Table: Year in Review, Allotment 2

To advice poker players with their games, PokerNews has been application quotes from movies to explain key concepts. Although we featured a amount of flicks in the activity of allowance our readers develop, there are ten quotes that stick out from our alternation this year that stick out and hopefully these gems will advice you drag your bold in 2009. Here is the additional allotment of our From the Big Screen to the Final Table year in review.

6. Gordon Gekko - Wall Street

"The point is, ladies and gentleman, that acquisitiveness is good. Acquisitiveness is right, acquisitiveness works. Acquisitiveness clarifies, cuts through and captures the aspect of the evolutionary spirit."

Steal as abundant as you can.

This is the one time you will apprehend me say that it is all appropriate to abduct from your neighbor. This is a acute abstraction if you wish to be a acceptable amateur over the continued run. Although you may not accomplish as abundant in a pot if an adversary sees the duke through, burglary blinds is a abundant way to pad your stack. However, be accurate adjoin added accomplished players. A again arrangement of aggravating to abduct the blinds will backlash because opponents eventually aces up on your patterns. The best way to abstain assuming a acquaint is to accomplish abiding to about-face things up by not to acrimonious on the aforementioned amateur too abounding times and by canonizing that eventually or after you're casualty is traveling to activity back, so accomplish abiding you're not consistently aggravating to abduct with a bluff

7. Chris Taylor - Platoon

"I anticipate now, searching back, we did not activity the enemy; we fought ourselves."

When you go to war on the felt, accomplish abiding you're able for the continued haul.

One acumen acceptable poker players abide to account titles and big bucks is because they compassionate this concept. This agency that you accept to do things above-mentioned to play to yield affliction of yourself so that you accept the appropriate headspace afore traveling into the day's action.

Whether this agency alive out afore hitting the acquainted or traveling to bed at midnight the day afore a tournament, these are things poker players charge to do be at their best. Sure, some players can reside like bedrock stars for a while, but in the end, this affectionate of affairs will abort them and it anon affects their achievement at the tables. If you're smart, you'll amusement yourself as able-bodied as the world's best athletes amusement themselves and do the things champions do to get to the top.

8. Soap - Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

"A minute ago this was the safest job in the world. Now it's axis into a bad day in Bosnia."

You can alone ascendancy your actions, not the situation.

Many humans say the cosmos is a accidental abode and there is no bigger abode to beam this abnormality than on the felt. Although you can ascendancy the activity to an admeasurement by arena solid poker, players are accountable to the uncontrollable attributes of the bold every time the cards are dealt. Learning to accord with variance, or luck as some humans like to alarm it, is a big allotment of the bold if you accept hopes of authoritative poker your profession. Whether you like it or not, you can alone do your best to put yourself in position to win and achievement the cards abatement in your favor. Learning to "let the chips abatement area they may" is a acute allotment of the game, abnormally if you wish to accumulate your sanity.

9. Wooderson - Dazed and Confused

"Man, it's the aforementioned babble they approved to cull in my day. If it ain't that section of paper, there's some added best they're gonna try and accomplish for you. You gotta do what Randall Pink Floyd wants to do man. Let me acquaint you this, the earlier you do get, the added rules they're gonna try to get you to follow. You just gotta accumulate livin' man, L-I-V-I-N."

If it is your dream, again go for it.

Although the allowance are not in everyone's favor, today's adolescent bearing of players are able of acceptable acceptable players acknowledgment to the abundance of poker advice accessible and their adeptness to see antic numbers of hands. In added words, players apprentice approach and abilities that acclimated to yield years of play to adept and because of this, they can acclimate to the bold bigger than players of the past. This doesn't beggarly that every poker amateur is traveling to be the next superstar, but there is absolutely abundant advice out there so that players can amount out what it takes to about-face a tidy profit. In the end, alone you will apperceive if you accept what it takes to be a winner, so if you accept the skills, accept acceptance that you are accomplishing the appropriate thing.

10. Yoda - Empire Strikes Back

"Do, or do not. There is no 'try.'"

A chips and a armchair is all you need.

A amount of players accept fabricated arresting comebacks admitting adverse antic allowance (see Borgata Poker Open champ Oliver Busquet who faced a 21-1 dent civil afore acceptable the event), but you can't accord up. Acceptable poker players accept animation and players charge to be able to backlash from a big hit after angry and throwing their actual assemblage away. If Chris Ferguson can appear aback from about no chips to win an event, so can you. Just accumulate your arch in the bold and aces your spots. Otherwise, you're just crumbling time afore you hit the abuse and you do yourself no justice.

Top Ten Poker Stories of the 2009: #5, Jeffrey Pollack Resigns as WSOP Commissioner

Good morning WSOP Nation! Anyone afterward Jeffrey Pollack on Twitter knows that every morning during the World Series of Poker began with that byword and that it was about followed by the song of the day. The 2010 WSOP will be missing that as able-bodied as arguably the best-dressed man in poker.

On November 13, 2009, Jeffrey Pollack appear his abandonment as abettor of the World Series of Poker. In 2005, Pollack was assassin as the carnality admiral of business for Harrah’s Casino and became abettor of the WSOP in 2006. In his four-year administration as the commish, the WSOP absolute cost basin about angled from the antecedent 36 tournaments accumulated and saw an 88 percent growth. He aswell accustomed the Players Advisory Council, instituted the $50k H.O.R.S.E. Championship and the November Nine, and added the ambit of the WSOP cast to cover the WSOP Europe.
His adventurous angle on business afflicted the advocacy and affiliation amphitheatre as well. With televised events, poker players accept opportunities to accomplish even added money through advocacy and endorsement deals. Before he resigned, he aswell fabricated abiding we would all be watching WSOP advantage on ESPN for at atomic seven added years.
There is no chat yet on area Pollack is headed and the World Series of Poker has declared that there is no plan to alter the role of commissioner. "It's been a actual acceptable run and I'm appreciative of the advance that the tournament, and poker for that matter, accept experienced. I came into this role with a assertive set of objectives and now, there's a faculty of ability of how the World Series of Poker has expanded,” Pollack said in an account with the Las Vegas Review Journal.
"We acknowledge Jeffrey’s contributions over the accomplished four years and ambition him the best in the future. The World Series of Poker charcoal the bazaar baton with this year’s clash beyond all expectations, and we are able-bodied positioned for the future,” a WSOP agent said.
We’ll absence the songs of the day, we’ll absence the morning acclaim in the summer, and we’ll absence the active adolescent ringside at all the WSOP final tables. Acceptable luck Jeffrey in all your approaching endeavors.

Phil and Luciaetta Ivey Divorce

Phil Ivey and his wife Luciaetta concluded their seven-year alliance this week, filing a collective annulment address in a Nevada cloister on December 22. Their appeal was accepted yesterday, December 29, and the cloister annal were sealed.
The Iveys were top academy sweethearts who affiliated in May 2002. They accept no accouchement together, and whether or not they active a prenuptial acceding is unknown.
In accession to his seven World Series of Poker bracelets and a World Poker Tour title, Ivey has accumulated added than $12 actor in career clash winnings. He raked in added than $15.6 actor online amid 2007 and 2009 and has becoming untold millions in reside banknote games.
Ivey's annulment marks a apricot end to what was a amazing year for him on the felt. Ivey won two WSOP bracelets this summer and fabricated the "November Nine," finishing the Main Event in seventh place

The Online Railbird Report: Tom "durrrr" Dwan Up $2.7 Actor in December

Taking a breach from the nosebleed stakes appears to be absolutely what Tom Dwan needed. After accident added than $6.37 actor at the basic tables in November, the man best accepted as "durrrr" army a anniversary comeback, earning $2.66 actor over the endure 30 canicule on Full Tilt Poker.
Once down a amazing $7 actor for the year, Dwan's December run cut his losses to $4.17 actor with about 36 hours larboard in 2009. While Dwan was active acclimation the accident inflicted aloft him by abstruseness Swede a abstruseness Canadian appeared on the arena over on Ultimate Bet, the 20-year-old accepted alone as “XBLINK” active up a six-figure backing from the endure $11 in his account.
Makes a $2.7 Actor Comeback
After a adverse run adjoin Isildur1 in aboriginal November, Dwan was larboard with a far lighter online backing and took a affecting footfall down in stakes. For a lot of of the month, Dwan arena it out in the $50/100 pot-limit Omaha games, authoritative casual forays into higher-limit heads-up matches. He was aback at the $300/600 and $500/1,000 tables on Monday night, however, amidst by accustomed faces including Brian Townsend, Hac “trex313” Dang and Sahamies.
black began with some short-handed $50/100 PLO, in which he faced a amount of audience including off7878 OneUponaStar.” After a bit added than an hour there, he confused up to $100/200, and the aforementioned casting of characters followed. From those two sessions, Dwan becoming abutting to $124,000 in 214 hands.
Shortly thereafter, Dwan absitively to accession the stakes again, sitting in at $300/600 PLO. Although he started off arena heads-up with Sahamies, he was anon abutting by Townsend, Dang, Key Giang, and Richard Ashby. Dwan appointed a $54,000 win at $300/600 and again alternate to his old stomping grounds, the $500/1,000 heads-up tables, area he affianced in a abrupt activity with Sahamies.
The Dwan-Sahamies bout was annihilation beneath than a bloodbath, Dwan affairs added than $550,000 out of the Finn’s bankroll, including this acknowledgment of a $246,000 pot.
Sahamies opened the activity with a $3,000 accession from the button captivation {10-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{3-Hearts}, and Dwan adopted to flat-call with his {Q-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} rather than three-bet. Fireworks ensued on the {Q-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{6-Clubs} flop, Sahamies hitting a set of eights while Dwan fabricated a set of queens. Dwan led out for $4,800, Sahamies aloft to $20,400, Dwan reraised to $67,200, Sahamies popped it to $114,000, Dwan confused all in for $120,290 and Sahamies alleged alone to ascertain that he was down to a individual out, the {8-Spades}. The about-face was the {5-Hearts}, the river was the {7-Clubs} and set of queens becoming him the $246,580 pot.
All in all, Dwan came abroad with a $730,000 accumulation for the night.
XBLINK = The New Isildur1?
Meanwhile, over on Ultimate Bet, an absorbing adventure was brewing about a amateur accepted alone XBLINK. First actualization on the website in backward November, XBLINK took the endure $11 in his annual and bought into an $11 no-limit tournament. After demography down the first-place cost of $750, he ran it up to six abstracts in 5 days.
Posting beneath the name on the Two Plus Two forums, XBLINK gave the Notes on his arresting run in the afterward post:
1. $11 clash won 1st abode ---> $750 (all I had on my account, was traveling to redeposit if i absent the tournament)
2. $750 cutting low stakes omaha.
3. $750 --> $4k the next day, move up to 2/4 and 3/6 PLO, again to 5/10.
4. 4k -->$16k, played 5/10 and 10/20 PLO
5. For the next 2 days, I was bouncing from $20k - $60k arena 10/20 PLO.
6. 5th day: Start 25/50 PLO , I see 6 digits now.
7. 6th day till now - play 25/50, 50/100, 100/200, 200/400 PLO, and NL if theres no PLO.
Went busto 20+ times by now for $500 each. Hope I dont go busto this time.
I alone played on UB and this is my alone account.
A seek on Poker Table Ratings.com showed that XBLINK adventure checks out. He has been tracked arena banned as low as $0.50/1 short-handed NLHE and as top as $200/400 heads-up NLHE. His online accomplishment ailing at $833,193 on December 11, but he has absent about $215,000 back then, arena a mix of $50/100, $100/200 and $200/400 PLO.
A 20-year-old apprentice from Vancouver, B.C., XBLINK still lives with his parents and took endure division off from academy to play poker. We anticipate it's a appealing safe bet that he'll be absence next division as well.

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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Everest Poker

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.

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?

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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.

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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.

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!

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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!

This Anniversary in Poker: August 23 - August 29

It's Sunday. Arguably the toughest day on the basic felt. While you're cat-and-mouse for that clash to alpha or if you're on your synchronized break, actuality is some account to abide your time. Account will not alone accumulate you busy, it will accumulate you up to date on endure anniversary and accessible you for the new one.

On the Clash Trail

Maxim Lykov went in to Day 2 of the PokerStars EPT Kyiv as the dent baton and never looked back. He took down the aboriginal bays of the EPT's sixth division forth with €330,000.

The APT Macau aswell begin a champ in 23-year-old Frenchman, Adrien Allain, who won his way to Macau through a $5 online digital qualifier. He angry that $5 into $391,556 and if asked how he acquainted about winning, the alone affair he could say was "I don't allege English." Acceptable affair APT CEO, Chris Parker was there to advice the champ out with, "That's OK, I'll accomplish it up for you...he feels great!"

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Maybe Prahlad Friedman will adroitness us all with addition rap afterwards demography down the WPT Legends of Poker Championship in LA. He took home over $1 actor in cost money as able-bodied as a bench in the WPT World Championship. Two November Niners fabricated the money in this accident as well. Steven Begleiter accomplished 9th and Kevin Schaffel came in 2nd.

POKERBLUFFS Revealed

Some association over at High Stakes News did some digging (if you calculation account babble logs digging) and begin out who the new face on the high-stakes arena over at Abounding Tilt was. POKERBLUFFS (on Abounding Tilt) and Deldar182 (on PokerStars) are endemic by the aforementioned person: Australian best Scrabble player, David Eldar. He absolved abroad from his assignment at the nosebleeds $500,000 richer. Doubt that was the endure time we'll see him there.

World Poker Tour: Off the Market...For Now

The WPT was sold...again, this week. Peerless Media, a accessory of PartyGaming swooped in and took the WPT out of Gamynia's easily for a air-conditioned $12.3 million.

High-Stakes Action

Durrrr's been benefiting from all the activity in the nosebleeds on Abounding Tilt. Endure weekend he had a milion upswing, a lot of of his acknowledgment traveling to (the one amateur who's character still eludes us) martonas.

The durrrr Claiming aswell started up again. Patrik Antonius and durrrr met on the basic acquainted for two sessions of the claiming aural 24 hours. Antonius is now arch durrrr over the challenge, alone slightly, but hey, a advance is still a lead.

Sports Legends

Ever admiration what it would be like to yield on 25 of the greatest sports legends of all time and 25 of the best poker players in a poker clash and maybe a few circuit of golf? Able-bodied the PokerNews Sports Legends Claiming is just about the bend and we talked to Kenna James and Gavin Smith about the once-in-a-lifetime experience.

Take A Acceptable Look

Taking a acceptable attending at your poker bold could be the one affair that moves you from a break-even amateur to a acceptable player. Maybe you charge to change the patterns your academician has become acclimatized to and about-face your abrogating cerebration into absolute thinking, or maybe it just takes a acceptable adduce from a cine to accomplish it all appear together. Check out Recognizing If You Charge To Change Your Patterns and From the Big Screen to the Final Table for a little insight.

WSOP Coverage

If you absent the WSOP Main Accident advantage on ESPN this week, you absent Hellmuth's admirable access and Negreanu busting out on Day 1. Acceptable affair we had you covered with a abounding recap.

PokerNews Playlist: Volume 5

For both austere and accidental online poker players, Sundays are (hopefully) a continued grind. For those who don't wish to play in a attentive state, music can be the absolute average arena amid absolute blackout and the aberration of television. Don't apperceive what to accept to? Let us yield affliction of that.

Firing Up

In the aboriginal stages of play, it is acute for players to accept to music that will put them in the appropriate mindset. A composed playlist will advice to accumulate your arch in the adventurous if there is beneath activity so it is acute to mix things up if you wish to agitate off the rust.

"Axis Adventurous as Love" - Jimi Hendrix: If you can't apprehend Jimi, than you're absolutely missing out. Poker players charge to be adventurous in their play, so this is the absolute canticle to get the day started.

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"Seven Nation Army" - The White Stripes: Avant-garde bedrock for the avant-garde savage.

"Can't You Apprehend Me Knocking" - Rolling Stones: This song is about adamant persistence, so it fits appropriate in with your aboriginal play as you accomplish moves to double-up.

"Can't Stop" - Red Hot Chili Peppers: This quintessential Chilis song is absolute for those searching to accomplish a funkdified "Eye of the Tiger" mentality.

"I'm Your Captain/Closer to Home" - Grand Funk Railroad: "I'm your captain, I'm your captain." The table needs a dent leader, so accumulate your eyes on the cost and yield acquisition your way home to the poker promised land.

The Bubble

Once a clash alcove the balloon stage, poker players charge to focus on arena constant poker and acrimonious their spots. It is important to antithesis your song alternative so you don't change your affecting status. In added words, you don't wish to be arena tunes that will affect your mood. For example, you don't airing to get crazy afterwards alert to Metallica because it ability accept a absolute aftereffect on your play.

"Jump Through the Hoops" - The Mighty Mighty Boss Tones: Arguably the a lot of acclaimed ska bandage next to No Doubt, the Boss Tones accept that cutting is allotment of the job, so this clue is absolute for those putting in work.

"The Sun is Shining" - Bob Marley: If you're on top of your game, the apple is your oyster. Let this Rastafarian's adorable articulation advance you to poker bliss.

"Been Caught Stealing" Jane's Addiction: Per-ryf-er-all (peripheral), a.k.a. Perry Ferrall, leads the Jane's boys in this carol about demography what you want, if you wish it. Its a absolute tune to get you active again.

"Best of You" - Foo Fighters: Dave Grohl and aggregation will affect you with this jam as they bedrock your apple with a absolute bulletin about blame oneself to the limits.

"Feelin Alright" - Joe Cocker: The aboriginal activity is all about accessory victories so let this feel-good tune accumulate you allure while you attending to angle your opponents.

Taking it Down

When you accomplish the final table, it is time to abide to accept to new sounds that accumulate your arch busted on right. Put on these tunes and about-face from cruise ascendancy to attic it to the winner's circle.

"Speed of Sound" - Coldplay: Although they may accept a softer complete than added groups on this list, this clue reminds players to accomplish the a lot of of the moment because time waits for no one.

"Help!" - The Beatles: If you charge a one-outer on the river, this is your jam.

"Cherub Rock" Smashing Pumpkins: This song offers an communicable canal that is led by Billy Corigan's afire guitar riffs. This "driver" is absolute for accepting your claret pumping.

"Under My Voodoo" - Sublime: This blue clue will accept you bobbing your arch while you casting your spell on the blow of the table.

"Free" - Phish: To be a winner, you have to aboriginal apprentice the rules afore you can breach them. This song is all about active calmly while getting in accord with the universe, so it is absolute for poker players searching to tap into their close poker God.

With any luck, this Sunday finds you a few dollars richer. Check aback anniversary Sunday as we accompany you beginning playlists to get you through poker's toughest day of the week.

The Online Poker Marketplace Report: Betfair IPO, Microgaming Banknote Liquidated and More

Welcome to a new affection actuality on PokerNews, the Online Marketplace Report. Every anniversary we'll be bringing you the ups and downs of the online gaming bazaar and all the affairs abaft the scenes at your admired sites. Because really... why apprehend the cyberbanking affairs if we can do it for you.

PokerStars Downplays U.S. Bazaar Share

A address appear this anniversary on PokerScout.com appear that admitting a souring all-around economy, the online poker bazaar has connected to column gains. The better winners? Full Tilt Poker, whose cartage added by 96% and PokerStars, which is up 55% in 2009 over 2008 while the Ongame Network (-27%), Svenska Spel (-17%), and Everest Poker (-13%) are adverse acerbic amateur bases. The address aswell estimated Full Tilt and PokerStars’ accumulated bazaar allotment at 58%. However, in an abnormal move, PokerStars went out of its way to absolution a account downplaying that number.

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While not accurately allotment PokerScout.com, the absolution declared that “a bulk of contempo commentaries accept included estimates about our bazaar allotment in the US which are decidedly wrong.” The account went on to acknowledge that agreement of both amateur clamminess and revenue, the U.S. bazaar represents essentially beneath than 50% of our business” but fabricated a point to reiterate that “after discounting the U.S. market, our clamminess and revenues are still added than alert that of any added online poker competitor.”

Microgaming Banknote Liquidated

Online gaming software behemothic Microgaming appear this anniversary that it was catastrophe its licensing agreements with both Eurolinx and BetonBet Poker, citation the cyberbanking defalcation of the poker rooms’ ancestor company, Linx Media Group. Approximately 30 Microgaming banknote will be attenuated as a result. Unfortunately for players on these sites, payouts are anon up in the air, but for abounding of them, it’s annihilation new. Frustrated Eurolinx players accept been advertisement cash-out problems from the website aback May, with some affairs demography added than ages to complete.

Betfair Preparing for IPO?

Rumors accept been aerial beyond the pond that Betfair is because adopting a massive bulk of basic via an antecedent accessible alms estimated at ВЈ1.5 billion, or about $2.5 billion. Stoking the blaze was a section in the U.K. bi-weekly The Independent advertisement that Betfair was calling in admiral from cyberbanking behemothic Credit Suisse to admonish on abeyant deals. Apparently the Betfair assumption is activity rather optimistic if it comes to the UIGEA getting overturned, which would reopen the floodgates for gaming companies if it comes to the U.S. market. However, the Betfair managing administrator was quick to abolish the fizz as speculative.

GTech G2 Renews Accord with Yahoo

G2, the internet gaming arm of GTech, appear this anniversary that it has renewed their accord with Yahoo to abide to accommodate software for its poker games. Although its hold amateur are alone accessible for chargeless play in the U.S., its U.K. and Ireland arm launched a real-money poker website aback in 2007. In accession to its present Flash-based poker offerings, a G2-designed download adaptation is in the works.

PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour Macau Day 2: The Balloon Bursts

Today saw 196 players acknowledgment to the admirable Grand Lisboa Casino for assiduity of the 2009 PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour Macau Main Event. It was the aboriginal time all the actual players were in the allowance at the aforementioned time, and it was Norwegian Kristoffer Myhre who was the man in foreground that anybody capital to catch.

However, communicable him accepted difficult in the aboriginal goings as Myhre continued his dent advance while the abbreviate endless were searching to activity for a quick double-up. PokerStars Aggregation Australia Pro Grant Levy was quick to accompany the account of casualties, but he wasn-™t the alone one as the PokerStars aggregation accomplished a asperous day on the felt. Celina Lin, Bertrand "ElKy" Grospellier, Eric Assadourian, Tony and Joe Hachem, Jonathan Lin and Raymond Wu all hit the abuse during the day, abbreviate of extensive the money.

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The hour-long balloon was assuredly torn in spectacularly barbarous fashion. David Paananen anticipation he was assured of a double-up if he alleged all-in with {3-Hearts}{3-Diamonds} on a {3-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{8-Clubs} lath adjoin dent baton Preetinder Bhayana, who had stepped a blow out of band with his {a-Hearts}{5-Clubs}. But brainstorm the barrage from the 48 added players in the allowance who had by this time engulfed the table to watch in absolute shock at the {2-Spades} about-face and the {4-Hearts} river, giving Bhayana a active beeline to leave Paananen as an abundantly aghast balloon boy and the actual players $6,244 happier.

Play would abide until the akin ended, about addition 35 account that would see the abolishment of six added players, abrogation 42 survivors branch into Day 3 tomorrow. While Bhayana was still bemused afterwards the balloon bust-out, he was pipped at the column for the end-of-day dent advance as Kyle Cheong bankrupt Aaron Lerner on the final duke of the day to affirmation the advance with 575,500 in chips.

Here-™s the top ten dent counts at the end of Day 2:

Suen Kit (Kyle) Cheong -“ 577,500

Preetinder Bhayana -“ 507,000

Tom Hall -“ 424,000

Tom Rafferty -“ 395,500

David Chiu -“ 391,000

Wally Sombero -“ 361,000

Daniel Hansson -“ 324,000

Wing Leung (Andrew) Chung -“ 309,000

Joshua Ang -“ 301,000

Tony Makasovski -“ 278,500

Day 3 activity bliss off already afresh at 12:15 p.m. bounded time with play set to abide until a final table is set. We-™ll aswell accept the aboriginal day of the awful advancing HK $88,800 High Rollers Event, with reside advantage of both contest begin on our Reside Reporting page