| WSOP Main Event Final Table is Set |
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08/09/2006 |
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Jamie Gold kept the chip lead for the fourth straight day, while veteran Allen Cunningham made a run up to second place. Action at the final table of the main event of the World Series of Poker starts at 2pm Pacific tomorrow (August 10th). Here are the seats and chip counts going in:
1. Jamie Gold - $26,650,000 (Seat 8)
2. Allen Cunningham - $17,770,000 (Seat 5)
3. Richard Lee - $11,820,000 (Seat 1)
4. Erik Friberg - $9,605,000 (Seat 2)
5. Paul Wasicka - $7,970,00 (Seat 3)
6. Doug Kim - $6,770,000 (Seat 7)
7. Rhett Butler - $4,815,000 (Seat 9)
8. Michael Binger - $3,140,000 (Seat 6)
9. Dan Nassif - $2,600,000 (Seat 4)
All players will leave with at least a million dollars, with the winner taking an incredible $12 million. The game is taking place at the Rio in Las Vegas.
| WSOP Main Event Field Narrows |
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08/04/2006 |
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After six days of intense play, the World Series of Poker Main Event - the No Limit Hold'em Championship - will have all of the remaining contenders playing at the same time. The field was simply too large before, and had to be divided up, but now enough players have been eliminated for everyone to play together.
This year has seen the most Main Event entries in history, with 8,773 paying the $10,000 to compete for the $12 million first prize. Just over 1500 players remain, and that number will be cut down to 600 by tomorrow. The final table of the remaining nine players will begin a week from now.
Poker Stars qualifier Dmitri Nobles leads the way right now with over half a million chips. Of the real stars of poker, Daniel Negreanu currently sits in the best position with over 300,000. Other notables still alive - Chris Ferguson, Phil Ivey, Kathy Liebert, Carlos Mortensen, and last year's champion Joe Hachem, who sits comfortably at just under 150,000 chips.
| World Series of Poker Update |
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07/30/2006 |
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The World Series of Poker 2006 is now into its final and biggest tournament, the Main Event. The winner of this No Limit Hold'em Championship will take home over $10 million. Still, the 37th WSOP has already seen over a month of poker played at the Rio in Las Vegas, with many new champions crowned.
The two biggest stories have been newcomer Jeff Madsen and legend Phill Hellmuth. The 21-year-old Madsen has made 4 final tables, winning two and placing third in the others. In doing so he became the youngest ever bracelete winner and the youngest ever two-time bracelette winner. Hellmuth, meanwhile, was runner-up in a No Limit Hold'em event before finally winning his record-tying 10th bracelete three weeks later.
The Main Event will conclude on August 10th.
| The World Series of Poker is underway |
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06/27/2006 |
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The 2006 World Series of Poker (WSOP) kicks off today with it's first open event, the $1,500 buy-in No Limit Hold'em event. Allen Cunningham won this event last year, which is predicted to have 2-3000 entrants.
The $1,500 No Limit winner will be given one of many WSOP bracelettes to be handed to event winners this month and throughout July. It shouldn't be confused with the $10,000 Main Event, which will begin about a month from now.
The 2006 WSOP is taking place at the Rio in Las Vegas.
| World Championship Of Online Poker |
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08/16/2005 |
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PokerStars might have missed out on getting a third WSOP winner this year (although a couple of their players did make it to the final table) but they are hosting the World Championship Of Online Poker again.
The WCOOP starts on September 4th with a $530 buyin NL Holdem tournament (don't worry, there will be plenty more NL Holdem, and some Omaha, some Stud, and Pot Limit and Limit games).
The WCOOP runs for two weeks and satelites are running now at Pokerstars.
| Tony G Wins Big in Asia |
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11/20/2006 |
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Singapore played host to the first major poker tournament in Asia this weekend. The event was a great success with Tony Guoga edging out local Josh Ang and Lee Nelson in the $5000 Main Event.
Organizers were delighted when two Singaporeans made the Final Table of the 10-handed game. In the end though, the red hot 'Tony G' was too much, taking the largest poker prize ever in Asia when his T6 beat Ang's AJ after a ten paired on the flop.
| Stockholm awaits 2006 World Poker Congress |
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06/13/2006 |
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On June 26th and 27th, Stockholm, Sweden will host the 2006 World Poker Congress (WPC). The WPC is an annual gathering of poker industry experts and other interested parties. Its purpose is to teach and discuss issues affecting the game.
This year the congress will be divided into two segments; "Live" and "Online". Live encompasses real-life casino poker rooms, while online represents the industry of their Internet equivalent. The two sides will get a chance to learn from each other and learn how to develop a mutually beneficial relationship.
The two keynote speakers at the WPC will be World Series of Poker
Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack, and World Poker Tour President Steve Lipscomb.
Registration for the WPC is still open. Visit www.worldpokercongress.com to register and view a preliminary schedule of the topics to be covered.
| Video Poker machines to be phased out in NC |
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05/30/2006 |
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A House committee in Raleigh North Carolina recommended a bill today that would ban video poker machines in North Carolina by next summer.
There were no opposing votes as the House Rules Committee approved a measure that would slowly trim the number of machines any retailer could operate.
Currently the maximum is three; the bill would reduce it to two by October first, one by March first and zero by next July. The full House vote could come as early as tomorrow.
Speaker Jim Black has favored tougher regulations on the games instead of a complete ban. Black also has said video poker is a legal industry that generates thousands of jobs. Apparently he has changed his mind.
The Senate has approved a ban several times since 2000, including this year. The North Carolina Sheriffs' Association has also supported a ban, while the video poker industry opposes the idea.
| Washington State Online Gambling ban under fire |
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06/27/2006 |
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Earlier this month governor Christine Gregoire took it upon herself to outlaw online gambling in Washington State. The new law makes online gambling a felon in the Pacific-Northwestner state - with punishments to violators equivilant to child predators, drunk drivers and drug dealers. Lotteries and Indian-run Casinos in the state have not been given any restrictions.
Not surprisingly the ban has been heavily critisized. An editorial in the Seattle Post Intelligencer has suggested the law will be challenged in the courts as a violation of free speech:
"If the P-I puts it on the Internet," University of Washington law professor Stewart Jay says, "it's legal. If Joe Blow puts it on the Internet, it's illegal. ... When you discriminate between forms of speech and providers, the government has to provide a compelling reason."
90% of those surveyed by the Post Intelligencer believe online gambling should not be outlawed in Washington.
| Mini Tip of the Day |
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08/04/2005 |
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"If you can't raise the flop, don't call, and if your hand is good enough to raise, why aren't you raising?"
Unless you have a specific reason to just call (you're either slowplaying or drawing to a monster) it's usually a bad idea. Winning players call less than losing players.
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