Big Names Showing Up at the World Series of Poker Europe
So we are down to the final table of Event #2 of the World
Series of Poker Europe and it looks like the pros are
continuing their dominance at the table. JP Kelly took down
the Event #1 bracelet to technically make him yet another
multi-bracelet winner for 2009. Kelly took the $1,500 PL
Holdem event in Vegas this summer. Chris Ferguson finished
in 15th.
Categories:
Chris Ferguson,
Erik Cajelais,
Howard Lederer,
Hoyt Corkins,
JP Kelly,
Mats Gavatin,
Men Nguyen
A Man Wins a Women's Poker Event - Cue Up the Firing Squad
A man had won a women's poker tournament! The end of the
world is nigh! I swear, if you were to read some of the news
stories about this, you would think that the crime of the
century had occurred. Starting with PokerNews. com that said
that Abraham Korotki has lost his self respect after winning
to the dozens of other media outlets that are making this
out to be something larger than life, it seems that people
want to really make an example out of this guy. Why? Let me ask something of all the women out there? How
many of you would be offended if we started holding a "men
only" poker tournament? I bet a good portion would start
screaming sexism.
Categories:
Add new tag,
Borgata,
Women In Poker,
Women's Poker,
Womens Poker Tournaments
Traffic Plummets at Pitbull Poker Over Superuser Allegations
The allegations of cheating over at Pitbull Poker are flying
high and it looks like the site has done very little to
address concerns. For those unfamiliar with the situation,
user "Chesterboy" and others have alleged that there are
superusers at the site. Owners of the site will not talk to
the media but have been answering complaints via poker
forums such as TwoPlusTwo. When requested that hand histories be released, the site
only released the last 1,000 hands by Chesterboy, but by
that point, he had quit playing in the games he felt rigged.
Categories:
Online poker,
Pitbull Poker,
Superuser accounts
Poker Hall of Fame Thoughts
I listened to an interview earlier this evening where Barry
Greenstein discussed the Poker Hall of Fame and who deserved
to make it in. He stated that he would vote Phil Ivey and
Mike Sexton into the Hall of Fame. Greenstein also stated
his case for Sexton's induction. His case was great, but I
thought I would give some of my thoughts on the nine
candidates up for election:
Barry Greenstein - Barry is a phenomenal player both in cash
games and in tournaments.
Categories:
Barry Greenstein,
Dan Harrington,
Daniel Negreanu,
Erik Seidel,
Men Nguyen,
Mike Sexton,
Phil Ivey,
Poker Hall of Fame
They Had to Get Lucky to Beat Me
"I keep losing via suckouts. " How many times have you been
at a table, played your heart out and then either lose a
huge hand or are all-in and ahead only to have the player
suck out on you? For many of us, more times than we can
count or remember. Do you ever consider that this is a good thing? If you are
in a game and the only way that you are losing or being beat
is via someone getting lucky, then you are playing very
well. Let me give you an example from the 2009 WSOP.
Categories:
Poker,
Suckouts,
WSOP
An Epic Slowroll
The following video is about the only way you could, or even
should get away with a slowroll. [youtube]http://www. youtube. com/watch?v=9WHUcmPtw2A&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]
I've never played with Jack, but I did get to watch him live
at the 2008 WSOP.
Categories:
Jack Ury,
WSOP
GoodBye to You, Russell Hamilton
So long to you Russell Hamilton, poker hates you more than
you can know. Wo, wo, wo. God bless you please Russell
Hamilton, now its time for your cheating ass to pay. Hey,
hey, hey.
Categories:
Kahnawake Gaming Commission,
Russ Hamilton,
Russell Hamilton,
UB
Is Your Career Worth $550?
A couple of months ago, there was a story circulating of a
dealer being canned from the Bellagio in Las Vegas after
said dealer stole a $1,000 ante chip out of Bobby's Room. Now, there is a new story where four floor supervisors tried
to defraud Planet Hollywood out of money after falsifying
records regarding "phony jackpot reports. "
From reports, it looks like these four supervisors were
piece mealing out jackpot claims from poker players and then
pocketing the money. There are 26 different special or high
hands that will win players money in varying amounts.
Categories:
Las Vegas,
Planet Hollywood
Poker Revenues Epic Fail and a Poker Reality Show? WTF!
Poker is not feeling the effects of the recession like other
industries. To this PartyPoker and 888 Holdings have this to
say, "Epic Fail!" Earning for both companies are off huge so
far this year. PartyPoker is down 29% over earnings from
last year and 888 Pacific Poker is down 35% compared to last
year. Granted, both sites do not allow U.
Categories:
888,
Joe Schmo,
PartyPoker,
Phil Ivey
Durrrr Not Going to the Hall of Fame but May Get Nice Consolation Prize
The ballot for the Poker Hall of Fame is shorter by one name
and that is Tom "durrrr" Dwan. According to Poker Hall of
Fame Governing Council:
"With all due respect to Mr. Dwan, one of the games most
exciting young players, he does not currently meet the
criteria for Hall of Fame selection. We wish him well and
expect he will again be considered once he has âstood
the test of time.
Categories:
Durrrr,
Phil Ivey,
Poker Hall of Fame,
Tom Dwan