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PokerStars Sunday Million Goes To “tEh_R3aLde4L”
Posted on June 23, 2008
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It was another great weekend for the world’s largest online poker room, PokerStar.com. The Sunday Million tournament, hosted every week by PokerStars with a $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool, once again saw enough entries to escalate the GP to $1,276,400. Then again, can anyone remember the last time the PokerStars.com Sunday Million “didn’t” see a prize pool higher than the guaranteed? Me either…
An enormous field of 6,382 participants took to the tables at Poker Stars Sunday, all vying for the top prize of $158,657. Simply finishing in the top 1,017 would be worth at least a little cash in your pocket, though.
As the final table came together, nine hungry players competed for the top prize, well aware that they would all be pocketing at least $9,956 at this point in the tournament. In the end, however, it was “tEh_R3aLde4L” who emerged victorious, after defeating “Bolikk” in heads-up place for the 1st place victory.
While congratulations are certainly in order, the real story lies at the feet of 6th place finisher “jeffbeesdat”, who not only earned $33,825 in the PokerStars Sunday Million, but also managed a final table finish in the PokerStars $200k ‘Second Chance’ tournament, capturing 5th place an another 12,821, followed by an impressive run at the Full Tit Poker $750k Guaranteed that same day.
PokerStars Sunday Million Final Table Results
1st - tEh_R3aLde4L ($158,657)
2nd - Bolikk ($107,856)
3rd - jlost88 ($72,117)
4th - imeasy2read ($59,353)
5th - bartasPL ($46,589)
6th - jeffbeesdat ($33,825)
7th - XCappucinoX1 ($22,975)
8th - iso_o ($15,317)
9th - luke8 ($9,956)
PokerStars.com runs the Sunday Million every week and sattellites run all week long. If you want to practice first by playing free poker, check out PokerStars.net
Full Tilt Poker Announces “Million Pound Challenge”
Posted on June 23, 2008
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FullTilt Poker, the world’s second largest online poker room, has joined forces with Sky Sports to present a 80-seater poker tournament in the UK, deemed the “Million £ Challenge”. This lucrative event, exclusive to online poker players in the UK, will take place in September, followed by a televised broadcast of the tournament in February of 2009, on the Sky Sports network.
FullTilt Poker.com will be hosting Freeroll Qualifiers to the Million £ Challenge once every day, starting July 7th through September – 56 FreePoker Qualifiers in all. New members of FullTiltPoker.com who make their first deposit will receive one free ticket into a Million £ Challenge qualifier tournament. Both new and existing members of Full Tilt Poker will earn a free qualifier entry ticket once they earn 100 points on Full tilt Poker. Earning 500 points awards another 2 tickets, 1,500 points awards 3 more tickets and 3,000 grants another 4 tickets.
Full Tilt Poker will also be hosting regular qualifier tournaments three times a week, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. The winners of these Million £ Challenge qualifiers will win a seat in the Million £ Challenge. Each Saturday and Monday, the Million £ Challenge qualifiers will present a buy-in of only $5.50, upped to $11 for the Sunday tournament.
As the Million £ Challenge qualifier tournaments come to an end, the top 80 qualifiers will go on to play in the Million £ Challenge in London this September. Each will receive £1,000 spending cash to make their way to London for the event.
The winner of the Million £ Challenge will be awarded £50,000, followed by an opportunity to face three Full Tilt Pros in heads-up matches. Should the winner take down one Full Tilt Pro, they will be awarded £100,000. Take down two of the Full Tilt Pros for £200,000. Manage to wipe out all three Full Tilt Pros, and the prize is a cool £1,000,000.
James Hopkins, managing director of Emblaze Productions Ltd. (Sky Sports network), had this to say. “This will be the first show of its kind in the UK and must see TV for all poker enthusiasts. A spectacular event culminating in a £1,000,000 play-off, this will be TV drama at its very best.”
“NATCH” Takes Down Bodog Poker’s Sunday $100k Guaranteed
Posted on June 23, 2008
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BodogLife (formerly Bodog.com) Poker’s most lucrative weekly tournament, the Sunday $100,000 Guaranteed, went to the skilled endowments of “NATCH” this weekend, earning the top prize for whittling their way through a field of 711 participants.
“NATCH” ousted the other competitors one after another until finally going heads-up against “gfunkera” at the final table. In the end, “NATCH” was able to seal the victory for an inspiring payday of $23,600 – not a bad overture for an investment of $109. “gfunkera” was awarded the 2nd place prize of $13,600.
While the prize pool is not as overwhelming as that of PokerStars.com Sunday Million, or FullTiltPoker.com’s Poker’s Sunday $750k GP, the uphill struggle to emerge victorious at the weekly Bodog Poker $100k GP remains the same. It is only through immense talent and a little luck that “NATCH” was able to claim the ultimate victory this past weekend.
www.BodogPoker.com Sunday $100k Guaranteed Final Table Results:
1st - NATCH ($23,600)
2nd - gfunkera ($13,600)
3rd - SpauldingSmails ($9,100)
4th - CobaltBlue ($7,000)
5th - ChicagoBulls ($5,700)
6th - looooool ($4,500)
7th - party sucks ($3,300)
8th - northwest888 ($2,200)
9th - ychen0311 ($1,300)
Team Full Tilt Representing Well At 2008 WSOP
Posted on June 10, 2008
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While there are many professional poker players who can be found playing online at Full Tilt Poker, there are only 14 deemed worthy of the most honorable title, ‘Team Full Tilt’. Of these exceptionally talented poker players, 8 have already seen a significant profit in the 2008 World Series of Poker, even bringing home one WSOP Bracelet thus far.
In Event #1 of the 2008 WSOP, World Championship Pot Limit Hold’em, Andy Bloch of Team Full Tilt finished in 2nd position for $488,048. Rounding out 7th was Patrik Antonius, who immediately signed on as the newest member of Team Full Tilt after cashing in for $124,080. Nenad Medic, a FullTiltPoker.com Pro, but not full fledge member of Team Full Tilt, took the honors of 1st place, pocketing $794,112.
The results of the 2008 WSOP Event #3 Pot Limit Hold’em revealed longtime Team Full Tilt member, who actually put a great deal of effort into the development of the online poker room, Chris “Jesus” Ferguson, came away with the 3rd place win for $388,287. Earning the 1st place prize of $214,122 was David Singer, another Full Tilt Pro, though not an official member of Team Full Tilt.
Event #4 of the 2008 WSOP, a mixed game of Limit and No Limit Hold’em, saw Erick Lindgren claiming the first WSOP Bracelet for Team Full Tilt as he cashed in for $374,505. Full Tilt Team member Howard Lederer also made the final table, earning a 6th place finish for $74,119.
Event #5 of the 2008 WSOP was not quite as eventful, but noteworthy as FullTiltPoker.net’s Clonie Gowen finished in the 15th spot for $28,940.
Skipping along to the 2008 WSOP’s World Championship Mixed Event #8, the formidable Gus Hansen of Team Full Tilt was derailed in the 10th position, claiming $45,120. The next day, Team Full Tilt’s John Juanda took a 7th place purse in Event #10, a mix of Omaha and Seven Card Stud Hi/Low, worth $16,920.
Congratulations to those profound members of Team Full Tilt who have already made a lucrative go at the 2008 WSOP, and good luck to all participants throughout the remainder of the world’s most prestigious live poker tournament.
2008 WSOP Slow Going For Team Bodog Poker
Posted on June 10, 2008
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Team BodogPoker, a small group of elite professional poker players, had high hopes for this year’s World Series of Poker, but thus far, has seen little success through the first 11 events of the world’s most prestigious live poker tournament.
Team Bodog Poker currently consists of four influential poker pros, the lovely chip-trick queen Evelyn Ng, the unbreakable poise of David Williams, the psychological warrior Jean-Robert, and the newest member of Team Bodog, Justin Bonomo.
Through the first 12 events of the 2008 WSOP, two of these skilled poker pros have managed to cash within the top 20th spot, only once each. Both occurred in the 2008 WSOP Event #4, a mixed game of Limit and No Limit Hold’em.
Team Bodog Poker’s most recent addition, Justin Bonomo, snagged a 2nd place finish after losing heads-up to Full Tilt Pro Erick Lindgren. Bonomo earned $230,159 for his skilled efforts. Rounding out the 7th place position was David Williams, pocketing $58,515.
Though Bonomo found himself extremely close to earning the gold, the WSOP Bracelet has eluded Team Bodog Poker thus far.
The eyes of Team Bodog are all on Event #15 right now, the Ladies No Limit Hold’em tournament, as Evelyn Ng remains among the field, whittling its way to the final table. Evelyn has played amazingly well throughout the event, but it remains yet t be seen if she can bring home the coveted gold WSOP Bracelet for Bodog.com this year.
Exclusive WSOP Freeroll & More at Bodog
Posted on June 3, 2008
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Bodog is guaranteeing at least five WSOP Main Event Prize Packages ($10,000 buy-in + $2,00 0 for travel expense) in next Sunday’s $250+$20 Main Event Semifinal. Satellites are going on all week long to win a seat to this semifinal event but you can win a spot at this event for free with an exclusive freeroll from PokerSatelliteCenter!
Also, another 2 seats to Sunday’s Main Event Semifinal tournament will be available in a special $10 buy-in event.
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WSOP Main Event Seats Easily Won At Bodog Poker
Posted on May 27, 2008
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BodogPoker has guaranteed 5 WSOP Main Event Prize Packages every week, two awarded on each Sunday. Due to a considerable decline in tournament entries, it has become especially easy to win a seat in the 2008 WSOP Main Event via the online poker room.
In the past two weeks, BodogLife.com (formerly Bodog.com) has seen an average of 66 players competing in the Sunday tournament. Even with such low entry rates, Bodog Poker continues to dole out the two promised WSOP Main Event Prize Packages each weekend.
It costs $250 to buy-in to the tournament directly, but more affordable satellite tournaments are held throughout the weekend, awarding a seat in Sunday’s WSOP Main Event Semifinal tournament. As to why participation levels have been so low, we can only speculate; but the fact that the Sunday Main Event Semifinals are held at 3:15 a.m. ET might have something to do with it.
Each 2008 WSOP Main Event Prize Package awarded by Bodog Poker is worth $12,000. The first $10,000 goes to cover the buy-in costs at the World Series of Poker Main Event. The remaining $2,000 is awarded to cover travel costs and accommodations throughout the tournament, plus spending cash.
The 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event is scheduled to kick off July 3rd in the Amazon Room of the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Bodog Poker will be hosting WSOP Main Event Semifinals every Sunday through the end of June, up until the start of the poker world’s most prestigious event; the World Series of Poker.
PokerStars Sunday Million Poker Tournament Goes To ‘Iron Henry’
Posted on May 7, 2008
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PokerStars, the largest online poker room in the industry, held it’s regular Sunday Million tournament over the weekend, with a massive guaranteed prize pool of no less than $1,000,000. British online poker player ‘Iron Henry’ bested a field of 7,001 entries, accelerating the total prize pool to $1.4 million.
As the tournament dwindled to the final two competitors, ‘Iron Henry’ went heads-up against American poker player ‘ShankingYou’, who proposed to split the prize down the middle, rather than battling it out for 1st. ‘Iron Henry’ rejected the idea initially as his chip stack greatly outweighed that of the American. After a short break in play, however, ‘ShankingYou’ returned with renewed vigor, shrinking the Brit’s lead to only a few thousand chips.
‘Iron Henry’ gave over to the proposal, agreeing to split $266,842.40 ($133,421.20 each) before dueling head to head for an additional $30,000. When all was said and done, ‘Iron Henry’ pocketed a grand total of $163,421.20, and the PokerStars Sunday Million title.
Rounding out the top finishers were ‘Hobbybob’ of Germany in 3rd ($70,010), ‘Etushekki’ of Finland in 4th ($56,008) and ‘Jlost88′ of Canada in 5th ($42,006). Overall, it was the Americans who found the PokerStars Sunday Million to be the most lucrative, claiming 4 top-ten positions in the tournament. Finishing in 6th place was American player ‘Duffman08′ ($30,804), 9th went to ‘Redhookesb’ ($12,601) and 10th to ‘RckHound23′ ($8,261); each American online poker players.
PokerStars.com reported that both Sunday Million Second Chance tournaments went to Norwegian poker players, including the $215 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo tournament and the $5,200 Freeze-out.
This is not the first time the Sunday Million’s guaranteed prize pool has exceeded its expectations. In fact, recent months have proven that PokerStars truly is the largest online poker room in regards to active player volume, revealing a Sunday Million prize pool as high as $2.4 million due to so many entries.
Satellites to get into the PokerStars Sunday Million run all week long and start at just $2!
Also, don’t forget that you can practice for free at PokerStars.net
Ultimate Bet Awards Bad Beat Jackpot To ‘dhc2lovr’, Again!?
Posted on May 7, 2008
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On Tuesday, March 25, online poker player ‘dhc2lover’ claimed a whopping $171,498.31 for releasing the Bad Beat Jackpot at popular online poker room, UltimateBetPoker. Just one and a half months later, ‘dhc2lovr’ is making headlines again, having won yet another UltimateBetPoker.com Bad Beat Jackpot for nearly half a million dollars - $448,920.71 to be exact.
While it would seem a healthy round of applause and congratulations are certainly in order for this unlucky/lucky poker player, that is not the predominant attitude emanating around the virtual water cooler.
It wasn’t that long ago that Ultimate Bet’s sister-site, Absolute Poker, was involved in a tremendous scandal where it was found that high-up officials were involved in cheating. Absolute Poker’s name was dragged about the mud for quite some time, as members of the online poker room were mortified and extremely perturbed at the corruption at underhanded dealings within the online poker room. Even today, Absolute Poker - though it has time and again assured its members that the issue was resolved, resulting in the resumed security and integrity Absolute Poker once stood for - is still recovering from a great loss of loyalty and memberships.
Being so closely related in cooperation with Absolute Poker, it is now being speculated that Ultimate Bet is also involved in such underhanded dealings. The popular consensus is, ‘How could the same person win two Bad Beat Jackpots in only a month and a half? What are the odds?’
Perhaps ‘dhc2lovr’s run of bad luck truly is a lucky phenomenon, but it would seem most online poker players will not feel entirely comfortable without a thorough investigation into the matter.
Online Poker Satellites
Posted on April 10, 2008
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Most online poker rooms offer satellites and qualifiers in their tournament section, and these games are fast becoming some of the most popular ones surpassing scheduled tourneys as well as STTs.For those who may not know, online poker satellites are qualifiers to larger, more prestigious events (some of them live, some of them online) which also feature much bigger buy-ins. It was about 20 years ago that someone had first thought up the idea of a poker satellite. There were always people who would’ve liked to play in generously prize pooled tournaments had they had the money to buy into them. It only made sense to get a group of ten of these guys to play in a preliminary tourney which featured the tenth part of the buy-in of the main tournament. One of them (the winner) would then go on to play in the big one, because the ten buy-ins paid out by his opponents would be enough to pay his big buy-in. Of course, the house that organized the satellite would also make some money on it all, so the satellite buy-ins were slightly bigger than exactly 10 percent of the original buy-in.
With the advent of online poker, satellites have become wide-spread and extremely popular, because with the intricate satellite and sub-satellite system that every online poker room offers, everyone gets a chance to make it to an event he could only dream of otherwise. Some say, online poker satellites are partly responsible for the huge popularity explosion that poker has seen in around 2004. Remember that both 2003 WSOP Main Event winner Chris Moneymaker, and the 2004 Champion Greg Raymer, had earned their WSOP seats through such satellites. Despite their enormous popularity though, there are very few articles out there about satellite strategy.
The strategy that one needs to deploy in a satellite is sometimes radically different from what one may have gotten used to playing in regular MTTs. A large part of your strategic approach depends on how many seats or packages the satellite offers. There are two fundamental types of tournament players. One, called by experts the ”fox”, the other guy called “the farmer”. The fox is a player who’s not content with making it to the money, He does everything it takes to give himself the best chance for victory. The farmer, on the other hand, has adapted to surviving and to slipping into the money unnoticed time and time again.
If the satellite you play in only offers a single seat in the event of your dreams, being a farmer will do you no good whatsoever. You’ll have to be a fox, like it or not. Most direct satellites do offer several event packages though, and in such situations, being the farmer pays off better.
What exactly are the differences – strategically speaking – between a fox and a farmer though? Let’s take a look at the bubble for instance. That is the stage in the tournament when the elimination of a handful more players will mean the survivors reach the money. Most people tighten up on the bubble, to ease up a bit when it finally bursts. That means, play on the bubble will be tighter than usual, and people will generally be more willing to fold the better hand when faced with a raise. At this stage, farmers join the crowd and they tighten up. Foxes, on the other hand, seize the opportunity, recognize the value and they risk knowing that there is money out there ripe for the picking.
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