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2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Super High Roller Day 2: Hall Leads Final Table

admin — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 21:36:08 +0000

2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Super High Roller Day 2: Hall Leads Final Table
January 06 2012, Eric Ramsey Related Articles 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Super High Roller Day 1: Haxton Leads The Way 12 Predictions for 2012 2011 World Series of Poker Day 5: Katchalov Wins Stud Bracelet and Ho Makes Event #4 Final Table Related Players Share It Tags PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, PokerStars, Daniel Negreanu, Jason Mercier, Jonathan Duhamel, Erik Seidel, Galen Hall Print The 2012 edition of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Super High Roller event drew 32 entries at $100,000 a pop, and 14 of them were lost over the course of Day 1. Friday was moving day, Day 2, and the 18 survivors returned to the felt to play down to the final table. What promised to be an entertaining day of poker did not disappoint, and the eight survivors are led by none other than 2011 PCA Main Event champion Galen Hall. He bagged up 1.748 million chips at the end of the night to set the pace for Saturday’s final table. Chance Kornuth began play in the middle of the pack, but he was the first to fall after a crippling staight-over-straight encounter with Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu. Tom Marchese was next to fall when his queen-jack fell to Viktor Blom’s , and just like that, the field was reduced to two tables of eight. Before the redraw, though, Yevgeniy Timoshenko ran his ace-jack into David Sands’ two red aces at one of the adjacent tables to shrink the group to the final 15 players. The chip counts were getting a bit polarized by the midway point in the day, and Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier was one of the have-nots. He was very short on chips when his fell to Hall’s on a board, and his exit left Jason Mecier as one of the shortest stacks in the room. Naturally, he got the rest of his chips in good with his dominating Sands’ . Somehow, though, Mercier’s perpetual good fortune let him down. The board ran out , and Mercier was out in 14th place. Will Molson knows his way around the big-buy-in PCA events, finishing second, second, and first in the last three $25,000 High Roller Events, respectively. He was one of the donators in this $100,000, though, losing a flip with against Blom’s . Blom’s baby pair held strong again as the board ran to usher Molson to the exit. As is the case with Mercier, it’s almost front-page news when Erik Seidel busts an event before the final table. Seidel had just over 20 big blinds left when he three-bet shoved with behind a Negreanu open. Negreanu had , and the board sent Seidel off empty handed. Isaac Haxton was still leading the 11 remaining players, but Negreanu was nipping on his heels after the knockout pot. Both Jonathan Duhamel and Blom had their names in the top five, too. Blom slipped just a bit, but he made up for his losses by taking all of Sands’ chips. In a two-hand series, Blom first took one half of Sands’ stack, then the other. The final hand saw Sands flipping for his tournament life with against , but the board was unkind to his pocket pair. Finishing the deal, Blom sent his opponent off in 11th place and moved back over the million-chip mark once again. Sam Stein had a frustrating day on the felt, too, punctuated by a big run-in with Dan Shak. Stein check-shoved when the turn gave his tens up, but Shak snapped him off with the overpair, , to all but end Stein’s run in tenth place. Nine-handed action left both tables playing short-handed, and Hall absolutely took command, more than tripling his stack during that period. Up to that point, things had been progressing at a frustrating pace for the young multimillionaire as he had to deal with the big-stacked Haxton on his direct left for nearly the entire tournament. Haxton had been punishing Hall for 10 levels, but Level 11 turned the tides in a big way. Hall got two big barrels into the pot when he turned a flush with , and Haxton dropped a big chunk when he paid off the river bet with two mystery cards. Just a few minutes later, Hall got the rest of Haxton’s once-mighty stack when his overcame the dominating . Haxton’s hand fell into a big hole on the flop, and he could not catch up on the turn or river. Just like that, the man who’d been tournament captain for two days was out in ninth place, and the final table was set with Hall atop the counts. The surviving eight players will return to the felt at 1200 EST (1700 GMT) on Saturday to play to a winner. With five spots paying out and a quarter-million dollar bubble lurking over their heads, three of the finalists will be forced to go home empty handed. Here’s how they’ll stack up at the final table: Seat Player Chips 1 Humberto Brenes 343,000 2 Scott Seiver 556,000 3 Daniel Negreanu 1,230,000 4 Jonathan Duhamel 1,336,000 5 Mike “Timex” McDonald 360,000 6 Dan Shak 1,199,000 7 Viktor “Isildur1″ Blom 1,228,000 8 Galen Hall 1,748,000 Our Live Reporting team has a ringside seat for the action on Saturday, so tune into the blog beginning at 1200 EST (1700 GMT) to follow along. In the meantime, following us on Twitter is the best way to keep up with the rest of the news from the tournament circuit and beyond. Follow Eric Ramsey on Twitter @Eric_Ramsey Recent Articles Win Your Share of $20,000 in the PokerNews PokerStars Freeroll! 2012 World Poker Tour Ireland Day 2: Bubble Bursts, Dave “CrabMaki” Shallow On Top The Nightly Turbo: Randy Lew’s Record Attempt, Nevada Casinos Lose $4B in 2011, and More The Online Railbird Report: Galfond, Blom & Georgi Ring in the New Year Pigskin Diaries: Wildcard Weekend Most Popular This Week Top 10 Stories of 2011: #2, Full Tilt Poker The Nightly Turbo: New Jersey Eyes Intrastate Poker, Ivey’s Monthly Income, and More The Insiders: Groupe Bernard Tapie Lawyer, Behnam Dayanim 12 Predictions for 2012 Divorce Drama Reveals Phil Ivey made $920,000 a Month from Tiltware Comments

Black Friday Saves One Player’s Money & Relationship

admin — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 23:54:03 +0000

Black Friday Saves One Players Money & Relationship
One person who will be saving money after Black Friday, is Steve Street3 Carse. Known to have wasted thousands of dollars on online poker sites, the recent federal take over of Full Tilt Poker will have a positive effect on Mr. Carses financial statements. Angel Valdez, of the Online Poker Team, fires some questions at [...]

Winner Poker Free Money – $75

admin — Thu, 26 May 2011 18:36:09 +0000

Winner Poker Free Money $75
Winner Poker is the latest free money bankroll on offer from PokerSource. This bonus is twenty five dollars free upfront with a further fifty dollars free when you earn 2500 player points at Winner Poker. This bonus is NOT available to players from the United States. Players must be over 21 years old in order [...] Related posts:Players from US No deposit bonus at Bodog Free Full Tilt Poker Money update 22 sept FullTilt free money update – July 17th.

FullTiltPoker.co.uk

admin — Sat, 07 May 2011 20:18:14 +0000

FullTiltPoker.co.uk
On Friday, the United States government seized FullTiltPoker.com and four other online poker sites in conjunction with an indictment against Raymond Bitar, the CEO of Full Tilt Poker, and ten other defendants. The indictment charges Mr. Bitar and the 10 other defendants with Conspiracy to Violate the UIGEA, Violation of the UIGEA, Operating [...]

Top Three Online Poker Rooms

admin — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 22:18:06 +0000

There are tens, if not hundreds of online poker rooms that you can choose of. Many players simply try one and stick with it, but they may lose on big opportunities. There are differences between even the major poker rooms that you should know of.

The most important things to consider when choosing an online poker room are their competition, games and of course the promotional bonuses they offer. The three poker rooms listed here are all very good, but even they have differences.

Poker Stars

Poker Stars is perhaps the best thought of poker room online. They have been in business since 2002 and are often recommended as a secure and reliable option for poker enthusiasts. The down sides are that the competition is not as easy as on some sites and that they don’t offer significant promotions for new players. However, the respectable number of players and their deposit bonuses for existing player make up well.

Titan Poker

Titan Poker is a relatively new arrival to the online market for poker rooms, having been founded in 2005. Their quality of service warrants inclusion in the top three and they also have some pretty good promotions, if you know where to look. The only real downside to Titan Poker is that the number of games is low. You will be hard pressed to find any other games than Hold ‘em with enough players, but that may well change as the room matures up.

Full Tilt Poker

Full Tilt is the third best poker room, and though it loses to Poker Stars and Titan Poker, it does so by a very narrow margin. Their frequent and amazing promotional bonuses definitely justify giving Full Tilt at least a go. One thing you might not like about Full Tilt is the generally tight nature of players. That does not mean you cannot make money, but most prefer meeting a loose aggressive type any day of the week.

The world of online poker often undergoes changes as new sites spring up and old rooms close. That is one of the reasons you might want to try more than just a single poker room – to have a backup, if your preferred one fails. Another good reason are the new player bonuses offered by most major poker rooms.

The three poker rooms above are all good options, if you are interested in testing some new rooms. They are all very good poker rooms, picked from among many other fine ones. If you have not yet joined them, you will most likely benefit from some form of bonuses or promotions for each of them.

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Player to Dealer and Management Ethics in Poker Tournaments If you are required to respect the other poker players in the poker tournaments, be it a minor or major poker tournament, you are also required to respect the dealer and the management. The Poker Players and the Dealers Because the dealers treat the poker players who joined in [...]

Poker Tournament Online

admin — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 03:51:11 +0000

Playing in a poker tournament online can be a great way to have fun, meet other poker enthusiasts, make money, and even a great way to win a seat to play in a larger international poker tournament event like the WPT or the WSOP. There are many different types of poker tournaments available online that poker players can enter. Players have the option to choose a poker tournament online based on the tournaments stakes level, the poker game played, the betting format, and/or on the tournament format.

Choosing a poker tournament online to join based on its stakes level is a good way to find a poker tournament that will meet the players skill level. Low stakes poker tournaments generally attract novice poker players, medium stakes poker tournaments generally attract moderately skilled poker players, and high stakes poker tournaments generally attract highly skilled poker players. The only exception to this generality is that freerolls, poker tournaments that are free to enter, can attract players from all of the poker skill categories.

Another way to select a poker tournament online is to base the choice on the game that is played in the tournament. The most popular poker game that is played in poker tournaments online is Texas Holdem. Other poker games that are played in online poker tournaments include: Omaha Hi, Omaha Hi/Lo, Stud Poker, Pai Gow Poker, and Caribbean Poker.

In addition to selecting a poker tournament online based on its stakes level and game type, players also can select poker tournaments based on format of the poker tournament. Betting structure is the first tournament format issue that poker players need to take into consideration when searching for a poker tournament to enter. Poker tournaments can have any of the following betting structures: no limit, pot limit, or limit. The pace and structure of a poker tournament can also vary from tournament to tournament. For example a tournament can have a Sit n Go format, a single elimination format, a double elimination format, or even a Turbo format. Players should take all of these things into consideration before deciding on the poker tournament to enter.

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Andrew Brown aka Browndog19 Bio
Andrew Brown Photo Pot Limit Omaha is the 2nd most popular poker game in the world behind No-limit Holdem. With constant action and huge pots, action junkies flock to this game in droves and even the highest stakes of poker online are predominately PLO. One player that has made a name for himself is [...]

Tom Dwan and Isildur1 take heavy losses
The last five days of action on Full Tilt Poker have seen some massive swings, especially for the two biggest names in online poker. Both Tom Dwan screen name durrrr and the Swedish assassin Viktor Blom screen name Isildur1 have been gambling it up on Full Tilt and both have posted some impressive stats, [...]

Being Tony G – an interview
Tony in an interview with Rikard from PokerTube. Tony is in LA on business and relaxing and learning new things. Tony says he is in very positive development and working on his site HealthNews.com and he’s getting into health and learning about the body, including relaxation. Rikard asks about the poker business and Tony moving [...]

Online Poker Rooms That Accept US Poker Players

admin — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 02:03:25 +0000

Why did online poker rooms stop accepting US poker players and What happened?
President Bush On Friday October 13
2006 signed a bill that affected online casinos
poker rooms
sportsbooks
bingos whose principal purpose is to tighten security measures for the United States sea ports. Attached to that bill was a federal ban on banking institutions knowingly transferring funds to businesses or people that may conduct gambling operations in United States and areas where gambling is prohibited. Many online casinos left the United States marketplace
but
gambling at online casinos is not illegal in most of the United States.
There are 11 states; Illinois
Indiana
Louisiana (felony to play online poker)
Michigan
Nevada
New Jersey
New York
Oregon
South Dakota
Washington (felony to play online poker) and Wisconsin that disallows gambling online
but there are 39 that have no laws against playing online poker or casino games.
Full Tilt Poker is an online poker room that allows Americans to play online poker after the United States passed the bill in October
2006. Full Tilt Poker offers the best in online poker with world famous pros
a huge bonus
real or play money. Play poker online now
it is free to download. Try ther free online poker game 24 hours a day on state-of-the-art online poker software. Play for real money or for free in tournaments or ring games. Full Tilt Poker’s online poker room was designed by world class poker professionals
and offers you the ability to learn
chat
and play online poker with the pros.
Check out Full Tilt Poker at http://www.casinospokerrooms.com/em/fulltiltpoker.html
Absolute Poker is an online poker room that allows US poker players to play online poker after the United States passed the bill in October
2006
and Absolute Poker are a privately held poker room so the new law does not affect their business like other poker rooms.
Online Poker for Live Players Online Poker
joining this online poker room lets you experience the excitement of playing against live players from all over the world and winning big money and prizes in our great tournaments. Real and play-money games are available and a great bonus and rewards system for everyone. Maybe you will meet Serinda Swan at a poker table? Read how to find Serinda. All you have to do is download their poker software
Log in and start playing online poker.
Check out Absolute Poker at http://www.casinospokerrooms.com/em/absolutepoker.html
UltimateBet Poker is an online poker room that allows US online poker players to play online poker after the United States passed the bill in October
2006. Designed with the assistance of the best poker players in the world
Phil Hellmuth and Annie Duke
UltimateBet provides the best poker games available on the Internet. Poker players can download the free poker software
play in free ring games and tournaments and get tips from these pros to learn the sport or to enhance their playing strategy. UltimateBet currently has over 2 million registered players.
Check out Ultimatebet Poker at http://www.casinospokerrooms.com/em/ultimatebet.html
Poker.com is another online poker room that allows US poker players to play online poker after the United States passed the bill in October
2006.
Make your first deposit with Poker.com now and receive a 100% Bonus
up to $200 FREE. When you join Poker.com you will receive entry to the $50 New Player Freerolls every 3 hours for 4 weeks. Everyday at Poker.com tournaments they run with huge guaranteed prize pools. $50 Freeroll tournaments run every 2 hours. Plus everyday there is either a $1
000
$2
000 or $10
000 Freeroll. The Poker.com software has a range of features that are not available in any other poker software online. You can contact their player support team 24 hours a day
7 days a week through email or live chat. Every Sunday at 15:00 Poker.com runs a $10
000 Freeroll
and on the last Sunday of every month Poker.com holds a $50
000 Freeroll. Poker.com is the only poker room with instant payouts
Click2Pay and NETeller. You could win your way to the WSOP
the WPT
the Aussie Millions and more by playing their daily satellite tournaments and much more
Check out Poker.com at http://www.casinospokerrooms.com/em/poker.html
Play Online Poker at the Fastest Growing Online Poker Rooms in the World.

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Poker Cheating Controversy – Sanctions Announced

Kahnawake Gaming Commission announces sanctions in the UltimateBet poker cheating scandal. Further culprits to be named in the November report. Read the full story at http://www.classicasinos.com/PokerNews/ns_01102008_46.html

World Poker Tour Bought Out

One of the world’s most famous poker brands to change hands. Read the full story at http://www.classicasinos.com/PokerNews/ns_06082009_282.html

UltimateBet launches satellites for UBOC

UltimateBet today released the satellite poker tournament schedule for UBOC 2009
UltimateBet’s Online Championship series
and unleashed an impressive Main Event calendar that features 22 guaranteed events. Read the full story at http://www.classicasinos.com/PokerNews/ns_18092008_22.html

Online Poker Sites

admin — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:21:50 +0000

There are hundreds of online poker sites across the globe. LTD Poker lists all of the UK’s major online poker companies and provides detailed reviews of each. We also provide listings of the best US poker sites for the benefit of those in the US wanting to find a UK based site that accepts US players. Many of the sites that accept US players also accept players from other parts of the world as well, so that everyone can play, regardless of international boundaries.Online poker sites that accept US and other overseas players are a great place to play a few hands and make some new friends. Many of the poker companies provide chat facilities so that you can chat to other players whilst playing along. Many of the sites also attract regular players so you will come across the same old hands again and again. Healthy rivalries develop and the stakes can get high!Some of the best US poker sites are some of the best poker sites full stop. Here you find some of the biggest online poker sites in the world. There is PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker, as well as a whole host of other top international sites that welcome players from all over the world. All of these sites are excellent for newcomers and seasoned players alike. Many of these sites offer people who sign up through LTD Poker exclusive, no-deposit bonuses to start off you poker bankroll, help you to get into the game, and hopefully help you start winning! Some of these sites give away millions of dollars in prizes each month, so winning some cash is easier than you’d think.

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Paddy Power Poker Issues Presidential Invite
Popular poker site invites President Obama to take part in this year’s Irish Open poker tournament. Read the full story at http://www.classicasinos.com/PokerNews/ns_19012010_445.html

Full Tilt Security Working To Keep Online Gambling Clean

admin — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 19:12:04 +0000

Full Tilt Security Working To Keep Online Gambling Clean
Full Tilt Poker has made a conscious effort to ensure that their poker rooms remain free from cheaters. Recently, the online poker site has credited some players who were playing at tables where some were in “violation” of site rules.

Professional Poker Player Gus Hansen’s Domain Name Recovered
Safenames, a global domain name registrar and online brand protection company, has recovered the domain name “gushansen.com” for the popular professional poker player.