The Best of PokerStars' Show 'The Big Game'

PokerTube made a 2-part compilation available evoking the most memorable moments of The Big Game show. The events star among others Phil Laak, Daniel Negreanu, Jason Mercier, Joe Cada and some talented loose cannons as well.

Eurosport Poker Joins the OnGame Network in France

Bwin has recently signed Eurosport Poker to the OnGame Network in France.

France

A popular brand all over Europe, Eurosport Poker and the Eurosport TV channel are owned by TF1, which already operates a UK-facing betting site on the OnGame Network.

With Winnings Over $11 Million, Is it Time to Stop?

Peter Eastgate, WSOP winner of $9.15 million in 2008 and another sum of around $2 million on following races, released a statement via PokerStars, his sponsor, on 6 July.

Peter Eastgate

The statement reads as follows:

2006 WSOP Champion Jamie Gold Is Out

Jamie Gold, winner of $12 million on the 2006 WSOP Main Event, has already said goodbye to this year’s championship in just about a few hours into the game.

Gold’s behaviour suprised the participants, as when reaching the money bubble, he threw in his chips and his hand without even taking a look at it, announcing that he would be drinking in the bar in case anybody wanted to see him. He also added that he won an ’incredible’ amount of money with a bet.

Jamie Gold
Jamie Gold with his 2006 Main Event Winnings

California Proposal on Online Poker Legalisation Delayed

Democrat State Senator Roderick Wright has proposed than repealed a draft legislation to legalise and monitor online poker and gambling in California, USA. Consensus on the proposal seems distant as several groups of various interests are protesting against it in its present form.

California Republic

Phil Ivey, the WSOP and His Bracelet Bets

The Full Tilt Poker Channel has just made a video interview with Phil Ivey, in which he shares his opinion on the WSOP, his performance at the tournaments and Las Vegas in general.

Phil was not very keen to talk about his bracelet bets, which have been attracting a lot of attention since the start of the WSOP. What he did tell, though, is that he didn’t bet against anyone except one person, whose identity remains a mystery.  

WSOP Main Event On The Go

On 5 July 2010 the WSOP Main Event took a head start at 12:05 PM at the Rio with the welcome speech of 2004 WSOP champion Greg ’Fossilman’ Raymer, showing off his 18-karat gold bracelet, which the players „all came here for”.

WSOP 2010 Main Event Day 1A

This year’s event is expected to exceed the current record of 63,000 participants with more than 70,000 players estimated. The Main Event alone houses about 7,000 champion wannabes.  The prize pool is over $100 million, which means WSOP is still among the leading sport and gambling events around the world.

Huck Seed Wins the Tournament of Champions

On Sunday, a huge mass of spectators gathered around the poker tables at the WSOP to watch the Tournament of Champions (TOC) in the Amazon Room.

A tournament with a million dollar prize pool, the TOC is only available on an invitational basis and is a non-bracelet event organized for former WSOP champions.

27 players took part in this special event, and we could see: Phil Ivey, Daniel Negreanu, Doyle Brunson, Phil Hellmuth, Chris Ferguson, Allen Cunningham, Johnny Chan, Scotty Nguyen, Barry Greenstein, John Juanda, Erik Seidel, Jennifer Harman, Huck Seed, Dan Harrington, T.J. Cloutier, Sammy Farha, Howard Lederer, Greg Raymer, Joe Hachem and Antonio Esfandiari compete for the glory of becoming Champion of the Champions.

Huck Seed
Huck Seed

Daniel Alaei Wins WSOP Event #55 (Pot-Limit Omaha)

Daniel Alaei has won the $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha Event of the World Series of Poker, grabbing his third WSOP bracelet.

346 players sat down at the tables of the Rio for the $10,000 PLO event, for a share of the $3,252,400 prize pool. Some of the big names taking part in the tournament included Anette Obrestad, David Benyamine, Eli Elezra, Daniel Alaei, Tom ’durrrr’ Dwan, Phil Hellmuth and Jason Mercier.

At the end of the first day, Antonio Paino was leading with a 240,000 stack.

By the beginning of the third day, there were only 33 players left. At this time, durrrr was leading with a 910,000 stack, but in the end, he dropped out by taking 17th place in the tournament.

On the third day, gameplay continued until it came down to the 9-handed final table.

Daniel Alaei
Daniel Alaei

Following a massive battle, Daniel Alaei managed to win the event with three of a kind, fives, thus collecting his third WSOP bracelet.

PokerStars Big Game – The Third Week

PokerStars’ popular high stakes poker TV show, the Big Game goes on. Thethird week of the series has recently been aired, and the five brand new videos are already available.

In the third week of the Big Game, Nadya Magnus was the Loose Cannon (being the first female one), facing poker pros Justin Bonomo, Jason Mercier, Joe Cada, Barry Greenstein and Daniel Alaei.

The Berlin Robbers Have Been Convicted

The German court has come to a decision concerning the attack at the Berlin European Poker Tour: the guilty have already been caught in April, and by now, the trials have also ended.

The Berlin Robbers

According to the sentence, a more than three-year penalty will be inflicted on each of the four robbers. This is quite a strict decision, considering that none of the robbers are more than 21 years old. Criminals younger than 22 usually receive a lighter sentence.

It is highly plausable, that the German court wanted to statuate an example, which, in my opinion, is a very wise decision, as crimes of this type have become a fashion since the Berlin attack.

French Players Paralyze Traffic at PokerStars.fr

On the 4th July, French poker players invaded the cash game tables at PokerStars.fr, and then they all went on sit-out, thus demonstrating against the illogically high rake structure.

As I have mentioned in previous posts, because of the French gambling regulations, PokerStars has said good-bye to its French players, and sent them to play at the PokerStars.fr site. This poker site, however, uses a much higher rake structure than its predecessor. Besides the huge amount of rake taken from each pot, French tax authorities also deduct 2% after every hand, up to €1.

Preflop Strategy - Starting Hand Chart

Starting hand guide for no limit holdem 6 max games. This chart is for beginning players and advocates a really tight-aggressive (TAG) preflop starting hand strategy. With some experience you can broaden your preflop starting hand range, also your 3betting and 4betting range.

But in the beginning this is good for inexperienced players, because with this tight preflop strategy they will not get into hard to play postflop situations.

Preflop Strategy

David Williams and Vanessa Selbst Become PokerStars Pros

Rumors have already been circulating in the past few days, but on the 30th June it became official, that David Williams and Vanessa Selbst have signed a contract with PokerStars.

PokerStars published its official announcement on Wednesday, in which they confirm to have signed two well-known poker players to their pro team, David Williams and Vanessa Selbst. Williams used to play for Bodog Poker, but he broke up his contract this year, after winning the Main Event of the WPT World Poker Classic, which earned him $1,530,537.

ESPN’s Inside Deal with Vanessa Rousso, Dean Hamrick and Phil Laak

ESPN’s news franchise recently interviewed the fresh WSOP bracelet winner Dean Hamrick and poker pro Vanessa Rousso.

Dean is the happy winner of a $1,500 No Limit Hold’em event for $604,000, which also made him a bracelet owner. He told the Inside Deal host Laura Lane and Andrew Feldman about his feelings when winning the tournament.

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