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admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 12:36:47 +0000

888 Poker $8 Free
The offer of $8 free directly from 888 Poker is available once again. This offer is for all new players that sign up to their poker room, and no deposit is required. Simply go to this page at 888 Poker to get started claiming your free money. The procedure is quite simple, and you should get details by email shortly after you have opened your poker account. No related posts. Written by admin Filed Under $8 Free Tagged as

Poker Maximus Tournament Series

admin — Sun, 13 May 2012 04:36:19 +0000

Poker Maximus Tournament Series
Home>Latest Promotions>Poker Promotions 70 Events and 1.5 Million in Guaranteed Cash Over 3 Weeks Carbon Poker Presents Poker Maximus! With 70 events and 1.5 million dollars in guaranteed cash over 3 weeks, this is definitely the biggest event to ever hit the Network! The Poker Maximus tournament already started on March 4th 2012 and satellites are listed on site so what are you waiting for? NOTE – players who already have existing tournament entry coupons will be able to use them throughout the Poker Maximus tournament. Poker Maximus specific satellite tickets will need to be used between March 4th and March 25th. Good luck to all players! no doubt this is going to be a huge poker event and is something players have been requesting fora longtime. Please click here to visit Carbon Poker Promotion Date: 11 March 2012

Strategy with Kristy: David “Doc” Sands

admin — Wed, 02 May 2012 15:18:15 +0000

Strategy with Kristy: David “Doc” Sands
April 19 2012, Kristy Arnett Related Articles Strategy with Kristy: Jonathan Little Discusses His Poker Strategy Book Strategy with Kristy: Reid Young Discusses Showdown Value Strategy with Kristy: Randal Flowers Discusses Bluffing Preflop Share It Tags Online Poker, Poker Players, Poker Strategy, Poker Tournaments, PokerNews Podcast, PokerNews Strategy, Tournament Strategy, Travel Print David “Doc” Sands is one of the most consistant tournament players on the circuit. In the past six years, he has amassed more than $4.8 million in online and live tournament winnings. His most recent claim to fame is finishing second in the World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic this past February for $806,000. Before heading off on a trip full of tournament poker, Sands took some time out to serve as guest on the latest Strategy with Kristy podcast. Here is a snippet from the interview in which Sands answers a listener question: I used to play multi-table tournaments online for a living. Obviously, since Black Friday, I can’t do that anymore. I’ve transitioned to playing live small-to-medium buy-in tournaments and traveling a little bit to do so. Because of the variance in tournaments, I’ve found it very difficult making a living playing live tournaments. How do you deal with the variance that comes with playing live tournaments? Yeah, thats a really good question. I mean, the variance is huge in both online and live poker, but the travel costs associated with traveling make it more difficult to put up with. I think Ive always been meticulous with my bankroll management. I was fortunate to have quite a few big scores early on in my career. I recognized that even though I was a really good player, those scores were also a product of running well in tournaments, so I put quite a bit of money aside. I just made sure that when I had a big score, I didnt go spend it on frivolous things. I put it away for an inevitable downswing going forward. I think the important thing to remember is that when you hit a big score, for a large multiple of your buy-in, it doesnt mean that you now have that money and you should go spend it on something. It basically means that that money has been added to your bankroll. You should incorporate it into your bankroll management techniques. Another good way to help with the variance is just to start playing some cash games. You can really earn a more consistent stream of income playing cash games, and you can also do it locally pretty much anywhere you live so that enables you not to have travel costs. You also have a source of income that mitigates the big swings of tournaments. Podcast Powered By Podbean Tune in every week for new episodes of Strategy with Kristy. Feel free to send in questions, ideas or suggestions for the podcast to kristy@pokernews.com. Also remember to follow PokerNews on Twitter for up-to-the-minute news. Follow Kristy Arnett on Comments No comments yet. Be the first to post one!

Strategy with Kristy: Aaron Jones Part One

admin — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:18:14 +0000

Strategy with Kristy: Aaron Jones Part One
April 05 2012, Kristy Arnett Related Articles Strategy with Kristy: Reid Young Discusses Showdown Value Strategy with Kristy: Tax Time Strategy with Kristy: Quinn Sivage Discusses Min-Raising Button Share It Tags Aaron Jones, PokerNews Podcast, Poker Strategy, Online Poker, Black Friday Print Aaron Jones is one of the most respected high-stakes cash-games players in the industry. He plays under the moniker “aejones” and consistently beats $25/$50 no-limit hold’em and higher. A video instructor for LeggoPoker, Jones is more than proficient at discussing poker concepts and answering tough strategy questions. In the first of this two-part interview for the Strategy with Kristy podcast, Jones takes on poker theory questions sent in by listeners. Here is a snippet from the interview: What is an underrated or unused stat in HEM that you use a lot or think is important? For me, I think the biggest stat is “Won when saw flop.” I think a lot of people would agree with me. I don’t think this is something revolutionary, but if you combine the “Won when saw flop” stat with the VPIP stat, you can sort of tell how hard someone is trying to win pots. For instance, in six-max, if someone’s number is near or above 50, it’s particularly high, especially if they’re playing like 25 percent of hands. Whereas, if they are only play like 20 percent of hands, and their number is in the low 40s or below 40, that guy is basically just trying to flop three-of-a-kind. [Laughs] That’s an exaggeration but it’s someone who’s playing quite a bit tighter. It’s important because if you get check-raised on the turn by that player, you might want to just fold an overpair. Whereas, if someone’s number is high, over 50 or whatever, look for him to put in multiple barrels, look for him to be more aggressive postflop when he puts money in preflop. Basically, the guy is just trying to win pots more. That’s probably the stat I default to if I want to decide if a guy is bluffing or not. Whenever someone talks about online poker, six-max, or even using HUDs, it makes me miss online poker so much. Yeah, the funny thing is that before Black Friday, I wasn’t super ambitious when it came to playing poker. But man, once they took it away from me, it was just terrible that I couldn’t just fire it up. It’s similar to when a girl likes you, you don’t really care, but when she doesn’t like you, you start liking her. Exactly. I was actually thinking of making that reference myself, but I thought I’d just wind up making a bad analogy. I agree with you. Podcast Powered By Podbean Tune in every week for new episodes of Strategy with Kristy. Feel free to send in questions, ideas or suggestions for the podcast to kristy@pokernews.com. Also remember to follow PokerNews on Twitter for up-to-the-minute news. Follow Kristy Arnett on Comments No comments yet. Be the first to post one!

The November Niners

admin — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:54:16 +0000

The November Niners
The November Niners Now that the last remaining players to compete on one of the most famous, one of the most prestigious and definitely the one of the richest sporting event in the world, are completed, its time to learn a bit of them and have a taste of what could happen in the poker table come November. Dennis Phillips Dennis is a 53-year old truck driver from St. Louis, Missouri. With 900 grand in his pocket and a shot for couple of millions more, expect this humble but eager tournament amateur to slug it out against the established veteran of the trade. Ivan Demidov Ivan is a professional poker player from Moscow who cashed in on three events and landed on the Main Event finals. Surprised as he was, expect this soft-spoken online poker hotshot to twist the tables around in November. Scott Montgomery Scott is a Canadian resident who has the killer combination in WSOP a big bankroll and lots of experience. For those who tune in other tournaments, youve probably seen Scott in LA Poker Classic in 2008 where he finished fifth with almost 300 grand. Peter Eastgate Peter is a 22-year old poker player who hails from Denmark. But make no hasty remarks about his age because this young player is one of Denmarks recognized online professional players since 2005. He cashed $10,000 dollars in for a chance at the felt table, and what do you know, after much of the 6,800 heads are gone, one of the youngest player this year is sitting on the poker table this November. Ylon Schwartz Ylon is a chess player who has been gambling for 25 of his 38 years. He has made his living out of playing poker for several years, and he has no plans of stopping right now. He was the player who has the most number of cash-in in WSOP event with 12. Should he win, expect him to be out of sight for sometime because this New Yorker plans to escape to where you least expect him to be. Darus Suharto Canadian Darus Suharto is set to follow the footsteps of an unknown accountant who shocked the world how number crunchers play poker. An Indonesian-born residing in Toronto Canada, expect Moneymaker-incarnate try to turn an $80 investment into multi-million dollar prize money. David Rheem Probably the most famous of the nine, David Chino Rheem has made several previous appearances in WSOP final table. This 28-year-old professional poker player has been playing poker since he was 18. With fear set aside and Lady Luck in place, Chino is ready to take on the final table challenge. Craig Marquis This 23-year-old poker player hailing from Arlington, Texas is the one who beat Hamricks AJ out of the tournament with pocket queens. Expect Lady Luck to flutter around this young poker player, especially when you realized he was just playing poker for 18 months. Kelly Kim He maybe a wee bit shorthanded when it comes to bankroll, but dont expect him to back out just yet. A California-based business analyst who traded his portfolio for some chips, he has four months worth of time to think about how to make his narrow way to victory this November.

Black Friday Chronicles: Looking Back One Year Later

admin — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 12:18:10 +0000

Black Friday Chronicles: Looking Back One Year Later
April 16 2012, Brett Collson, Chad Holloway Related Articles The Black Friday Timeline: One Year Without Online Poker FTP, PokerStars and Absolute Receive Another Extension to Respond to Amended Complaint Online Poker Payment Processor Daniel Tzvetkoff to Testify in Black Friday Trial Share It Tags Absolute Poker, Black Friday, Full Tilt Poker, Groupe Bernard Tapie, Nevada, New Jersey, Online Poker, Poker Indictment, PokerStars, Ray Bitar, Raymond Lesniak Print On April 15, 2011, the poker world was turned upside down when the U.S. Department of Justice Black Friday”+]unsealed indictments[/URL] charging online pokers big three PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker with illegal gambling, bank fraud and money laundering. Various bank accounts, including those holding players funds, were seized, as were the sites respective Internet domains. Federal authorities also named 11 defendants the indictment: PokerStars’ Isai Scheinberg and Paul Tate; Full Tilt Poker’s Raymond Bitar and Nelson Burtnick; Absolute Poker’s Scott Tom and Brent Beckley; and payment processors Chad Elie, John Campos, Bradley Franzen, Ira Rubin and Ryan Lang. The news ruthlessly penetrated the online poker community. Within hours of the initial reports, PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker had blocked all U.S. players from real-money games. Players immediately became concerned about the security of their funds, an issue Full Tilt Poker addressed in a press release: Unfortunately, as a result of this action, Full Tilt Poker has decided that it must suspend real money play in the United States until this case is resolved. However, Full Tilt Poker will continue to provide peer-to-peer online poker services outside of the United States. The statement went on to say, Full Tilt Poker is, and has always been committed to preserving the integrity of the game and abiding by the law. As it turned out, Full Tilt Poker’s statement was filled with hypocrisy. On April 20, FTP and PokerStars reached an agreement with the DOJ that allowed them to regain the use of their respective dot-com sites, a development that was to help facilitate the distribution of players funds. However, the two sites took different approaches to that responsibility. PokerStars assured players that their money was safe and ready to be dispersed. As promised, PokerStars began player reimbursement within a week of Black Friday while continuing to offer its services to customers outside the U.S. One month later, PokerStars issued a press release saying it had already returned over $100 million to players in the United States following Black Friday. Meanwhile, FTP proceeded to release a series of empty and unapologetic statements over the next couple of months. Then, on Sept. 20, the realization of Full Tilt’s financial troubles came to light. Federal prosecutors amended their original complaint, showing that FTP owed approximately $390 million to players around the world, with $150 million owed to U.S. players. This was the result of FTPs payment processing channels becoming so disrupted that the company faced increasing difficulty attempting to collect funds from players in the U.S. Seemingly lost in the growing madness were Absolute Poker and UB, both of which have failed to repay players one year after Black Friday. Last May, Blanca Gaming, the parent company of the embattled poker rooms, announced that it would be filing for bankruptcy, a move that would not only see the release of its entire pro teams, but reduce any hope of players being refunded. As a result of the chaos, professional poker players were forced to make life-altering decisions. Some were able to move outside the U.S. to continue their poker careers, but others had no choice but to remain in the states and look for “real” jobs during hostile economic times. Players lost sponsorships. Agents lost clients. And media members lost jobs. French investment firm Groupe Bernard Tapie gave the industry a sign of hope by showing serious interest in Full Tilt Poker late last year. In December, Tapie reportedly agreed to purchase the forfeited FTP assets from the U.S. Department of Justice for $80 million. As part of the agreement, Tapie would repay non-U.S. players, who are owed an estimated $150 million, and the DOJ would be responsible for repaying U.S. players. However, a series of hurdles has delayed the announcement of an official deal between the two sides, leaving players wondering whether they’ll ever recover the funds taken away from them on that fateful Friday. While most will remember Black Friday as the worst day in poker history, the events of April 15 did trigger a movement to make online poker legal and regulated in the U.S. A handful of federal online poker bills have come and gone, but several states have considered legalizing the activity after a Department of Justice opinion that the Wire Act only applies only to sports betting. The announcement opened the door for states to introduce an online gambling platform within their respective state. Last December, Nevada became the first state to approve regulations for intrastate online poker and began accepting applications from operators looking to grab a share of the marketplace. New Jersey and California are also intensifying efforts to legalize online poker. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who vetoed bills to legalize online gambling in 2011, said in January that he intends to make the state an epicenter of the online gambling industry. Sen. Ray Lesniak expects online poker to be up and running in New Jersey by the end of this year. While legalized poker in the U.S. and the sale of Full Tilt Poker would ease some of the pain lingering from April 15, 2011, the lasting effects will no doubt forever leave their mark on the poker world. Regardless, one thing we have learned in the past year is that poker players are nothing short of resilient. The game will go on. For a full list of events since April 15, 2011, check out our Black Friday Timeline. Follow PokerNews on Twitter for up-to-the-minute news. Follow Brett Collson on Follow Chad Holloway on Recent Articles World Poker Tour on FSN: Borgata Poker Open Season X Part III Black Friday Chronicles: Where Were You? The Sunday Briefing: Yann “yadio” Dion Among Sunday’s Winners Black Friday Chronicles: The Impact Down Under Win Your Own WSOP Experience on Betfair! 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PokerStars Sunday Million 6th Anniversary

admin — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 01:36:18 +0000

PokerStars Sunday Million 6th Anniversary
This month, PokerStars is celebrating the 6th anniversary of the Sunday Million on 11th March 2012. The online poker site is celebrating in style by offering players the possibility to win huge amounts of prize money. The guaranteed prize pool for the Sunday Million is usually $1,000,000, however, the online poker site has chosen to celebrate the Sunday Millions sixth anniversary by offering an amazing $6,000,000 in prizes. The winner will take home at least one million of the total prize pool. For those who wish to stand a chance at winning big with this exciting online poker tournament, they simply need to enter the tournament that will take place on 11th March at 2.30pm ET. Although a direct buy-in does cost $215, for those who wish to find a cheaper way to join in the fun and excitement, there are a number of satellites that are available to players in the lead up to the tournament. The feeder satellites begin at as little as $1. Just before the huge Sunday Million begins, there will be another satellite offered that will guarantee 1,000 seats in the Sunday Million. Since the Sunday Million first began in 2006, there have been 278 Sunday Million tournaments. The first winner of the Sunday Million was a player in the United States, who went by the screen name aaaaaaaa. Since the Sunday Million began, there have been 2,116,513 entries from players at PokerStars, and the total prize pool that has been awarded over the past six years for this tournament has totaled $444,149,600. There will be some Team PokerStars Pro players that will be playing in the Sunday Million 6th anniversary game. They are Bertrand ElkY Grospellier, Jason Mercier, Johnny Lodden, Liv Boeree, and Lex Veldhuis. Players can find more information about this great online poker tourney on the PokerStars online poker site. Related Posts Bodog Poker to Move into Asian Market Colt Poker and GGE $10K Giveaway Play the Nation at Sky Poker PokerStars is Now Licensed in Malta Sky Poker 5th Birthday Bonuses Share on Facebook, Twitter, MySpace…

Prague, Cannes, and now to Dublin!

admin — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 21:36:21 +0000

Prague, Cannes, and now to Dublin!
Posted by Bradley, March 19, 2012 Over 400 players participated in last nights Irish Open 2012 Mega Super Satellite, which awarded 30 seats at the Irish Open 2012. One of the thirty players emerging victorious was Dutch player T1GHTAN1. He will play on Titan Pokers behalf next month in Dublin at the Irish Open, where he will compete against some of the best poker players in the world. T1GHTAN1 received an Irish Open 2012 winners package valued at 4,600, which includes the 3,200 + 300 Buy-in to the Irish Open 2012 Main Event, as well as accommodations and funds for travel and spending. Satellites to the Irish Open 2012 are continuing for one more week and players still have a chance to join T1GHTAN1 at the event in Dublin. T1GHTAN1 has previously represented Titan Poker at other European poker tournaments. In December, he defeated a field of 107 other starters to take first place in the iPOPS Live Main Event tournament staged in Prague for a prize of 17,388. Over this past weekend, T1GHTAN1 participated in the DeepStack Open Cannes 2012 staged at the Casino Cannes Croisette in Cannes. Winning the Irish Open seat win was not the only online tournament success yesterday for Titan Pokers Dutch player. T1GHTAN1 finished in 11th place in the $200,000 Guaranteed for a payout of $1,906.08. The $200,000 Guaranteed was won by a Titan Poker player from Australia. GDGGG outlasted the starting field of 1,083 players to claim first prize of $36,822.

Interview with Vanessa Rousso

admin — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 03:54:04 +0000

Interview with Vanessa Rousso
by Steve Marzolf As a lawyer, poker pro and self-described “huge dork,” Vanessa Rousso has made a name for herself in tournament poker, earning more than $3.7 million since 2006. Lately, she’s been repping for PokerStars and running poker “boot camps” to raise up the next crop of winning players. We called Vanessa up to talk about her tactics for surviving – and thriving – in the high-pressure world of large-buy-in tournaments. So you’re primarily a tournament player? I would say I’m only a tournament player. I can play a cash game or two. But to be honest with you, I play so many tournaments as it is, that if I play cash games too, it’s just too much poker. I like to have balance in my life, and there just aren’t enough hours in the day to play tournaments, cash games and do all the other things I like to do. Mike Matusow was complaining to us that high-buy-in tourneys have gotten too risky to profit on – what do you think of that statement? My results are skewed toward high buy-ins. I find that in the smaller buy-ins, I don’t do as well. The higher the buy-in, the more pressure and the better I play. I guess my own particular strategies are more suited to high-buy-in events against better players. So, for me, I’d rather play fewer events that are higher buy-in. What do you think it is about your style that matches up so well with those events? I think it’s probably rooted in logical ability. Basically, the higher the buy-in, the deeper the chip stacks, right? So, there’s more opportunity for telling stories with your bets and raises, and there’s more opportunity for tricking and trapping your opponents. In smaller buy-ins, you have to play more ABC optimally and just exploit the mistakes your opponents are making. At the higher levels, you’re not really waiting for your opponents to make errors – you’re more trying to trick and trap them. So it’s a little bit more of a mind game. I guess I don’t have the patience to play the ABC right way that I should in the smaller buy-ins, and then in the bigger buy-ins, tricking other thinking opponents is enough of a challenge that I give it my A-plus effort every time. But you cut your teeth playing sit-n-go’s, right? Well, I started off playing on the internet for free when I was in college, and then when I turned 21, I started playing live – that was when I was in law school in Miami. The first casino I played at was the Seminole Hard Rock down there, which had sit-n-go’s. I’d play on the weekends, and that’s how I built up my first bankroll. Why did sit-n-go’s work for you? They really had a definable, optimal strategy. Once you figure them out, there are only so many dynamics that can come up in one 10-person, set-blind-structure, $150-buy-in game. There’s just not that many ways it can go down. It took me a couple weeks to figure it out, but once I did, it was a formula that I could apply to that situation. And it was pretty consistent at making money. For beginners who want to follow in your footsteps, what sit-n-go advice do you have for them? I’m really big into reading the books and preparing for poker the same way you would for any money-making opportunity. People don’t just jump into investment banking without any schooling about it. I read like 30 books in a couple months before I started. Also, you need to be a lot more patient than people think you need to be. People come in to play, and they try to take advantage of the low blind levels to play hands that are a little more speculative. But really, the chips are worth next to nothing when the table is still 9- or 10-handed. For instance, many people may find that they double up or even triple up early on in a match, but then don’t even make the top three. Because that early on, those chips just aren’t worth anything. Therefore risking chips to accumulate those early chips isn’t worth it. It’s profitable to play much, much tighter than you think in the early stages. Once your career got moving, was there a moment when things really came together for you? I think it was when I came in 7th in the $25,000 buy-in WPT main event back in 2006. It was the first time I’d taken a shot on the pro circuit, and it worked out. I won a quarter-million dollars, and that pretty much launched my career. It gave me the confidence to continue playing the circuit. Then later that year I won another 400-some thousand in various events. So 2006 was really the big year for me. Can you describe the processes running in your mind when you’re at a game like that and trying to get a read on your opponents? Getting a read all boils down to two categories – are they comfortable or uncomfortable? Because, if they have a good hand and they’re an experienced player, that’s a situation where they’re going to be super-comfortable. Good players have had aces a million times, so their hands aren’t trembling at aces anymore – it’s just something that makes them feel confident. Whereas even a good player can get nervous when they’re in on a big bluff, because that’s a situation that’s less in their control. On the flip side, inexperienced players will be a lot more uncomfortable with good hands because they’re not used to getting aces, kings, queens. The adrenaline’s been released. And since beginners tend to think poker is a lot more about bluffing, they can actually look pretty comfortable holding nothing. Good players, though, know how easy it is to get caught bluffing. So, if you can put your opponent into the comfortable/uncomfortable category, and then determine whether or not they’re an experienced player, it can really help you decide whether they have a hand. Is this the kind of stuff you get into during your poker boot camps? Yeah. I break down tournament strategy into a logical formula and give people guidelines to follow. Rather than vague principles, I give them specific strategies to follow. Mostly, I try to simplify the extremely complex game of tournament poker. Some of the things they can expect to learn are how to use “M” in hand selection; I cover some advanced reading techniques; I cover some game theory and poker stuff, as well. If anyone’s interested, they can get more info at www.bigslickbootcamp.com.

What Are You Doing You Dafty Old Cow?

admin — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:18:17 +0000

What Are You Doing You Dafty Old Cow?
published on 04/15/11 at 6:25 am Today marks the one year anniversary of the passing of a PokerPlasm Legend, Handsome Eddie LeFrancois. Known for his crude, unrelenting, and derogatory poker playing style, he was a breath of fresh air in a poker world filled with donkeys, self-appointed experts, and Euro trash. He was always there to listen and give his opinion. If you needed a freeroll to enter to get your mind off the day, he would find one. And his gambling exploits were always good for a laugh. To honor his memory, Eddies good friend, RudyRudeth, plans on enjoying a game of late night poker. Hopefully hell be watching over me and Ill kick arse but its more likely hell be watching and yelling what the f#$* are you doing you dafty old cow! Ahhh, the memory of Eddie lives on! Here is to you, our good friend! Related posts: Remembering A True Gentleman In The Game Of Life