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Posts Tagged ‘World Series Of Poker’
Monday, November 21st, 2011
On the strength of his 3rd place finish in the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event Ben Lamb has a very good chance of becoming the first player to ever win the World Series of Poker Player of the Year award and the Card Player Magazine Player of the Year award in the same year.
With the 2,400 points Lamb earned for his WSOP Main Event finish, he has now passed Chris Moorman for the Card Player POY lead with 6,036 points –although Moorman is not too far behind with 5,875. Lamb is also in 2nd place on the Bluff Magazine POY Leader-Board trailing Eugene Katchalov by a tally of 1,077.38 to 988.10.
Other big movers from the 2011 WSOP Main Event final table included Champion Pius Heinz, who vaulted into 12th place, runner-up Martin Staszkowho is now in 29th place, and 4th place finisher Matt Giannetti who moved up to 31st place with the help of his WSOP finish and his recent win at the WPT Malta.
Here is a look at the current top 10 in the race for the 2011 Card Player Magazine Player of the Year Award:
- Ben Lamb: 6,036 points
- Chris Moorman: 5,875 points
- Oleksii Kovalchuk: 5,380 points
- Marvin Rettenmaier: 4,554 points
- Sam Stein: 4,505 points
- Elio Fox: 4,320 points
- Galen Hall: 4,284 points
- Sam Trickett: 4,096 points
- Eugene Katchalov: 4,048 points
- Matthew Waxman: 4,005 points
To take a look at the entire leader-board you can head over to CardPlayer.com
Tags: 988, Bluff Magazine, Card Player Magazine, Chris Moorman, Fox 4, Galen Hall, Giannetti, Leader Board, Matthew Waxman, Place Finisher, Poker Main Event, Poker Player, Rd Place, Rettenmaier, Th Place, Trickett, World Series Of Poker, World Series Of Poker Main Event, World Series Of Poker Player Of The Year, WPT
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Tuesday, November 15th, 2011
When a huge swath of your potential customer base is cut-off –as is the case for virtually all online poker enterprises and ancillary companies that have sprung-up around the online poker rooms– businesses will either have to adapt to the changing climate or slowly wither on the vine. For the online poker training site FloatTheTurn.com the answer seems to be, adapt and survive.
FloatTheTurn is an online poker training site specializing in Multi-Table Tournaments, founded by two-time WPT Champion Jonathan Little. In the new poker climate, with a smaller player base to find customers in, the choice presented to Little seemed to be to either jack-up the price of your product, or to appeal to more players by lowering the cost. Little has decided that dropping the price was the right way to go, and he not only dropped the price, he absolutely shredded it!
What would normally cost players $14.95/month + a one-time sign-up fee of $99.95 is now only $8/month with the sign-up fee waved!
In a press release Little explained his reasoning for slashing the price to FloatTheTurn.com in the following way: “When I heard that Netflix lost 800,000 subscribers after raising their prices, I knew I had to do the opposite… And if this new lower price helps me get 800,000 new subscribers, I wouldn’t complain,”
Little went on to explain, “It’s no secret that the poker industry has been struggling lately. With the exception of the World Series of Poker, participation in large buy-in tournaments has been dropping steadily in recent years. When I won the Foxwoods WPT event in 2008, there were 412 entrants. In 2011, there were only 189 entrants. Something has to be done to encourage more people to play or we’ll just end up with a handful of pros playing each other for insignificant prize pools. I’m hoping this new lower price will appeal to a much larger group of aspiring poker players and help them develop the skills and confidence they need to compete in today’s game.”
You can visit www.FloatTheTurn.com for more information
Tags: Champion, Changing Climate, Confidence, Customer Base, Handful, Jonathan, Netflix, Online Poker Rooms, Participation, Poker Players, Pools, Press Release, Series Of Poker, Slashes, Subscribers, Swath, Time Sign, Vine, World Series, World Series Of Poker
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Monday, November 14th, 2011
After a two-month delay (a la the World Series of Poker) the Partouche Poker Tour Main Event final table participants were back in action this past weekend, with the €1 million first-place prize-money on the line, and what a final table it was!
With a log-jam at the top of the leader-board entering play, Team Titan Poker’s Sam Trickett found himself leading the field, but not by very much. And with the likes of 2011 WSOP bracelet winner and POY candidate Oleksii Kovalchuk, French poker star Roger Hairabedian, Alexander Dovzhenko, and Mads Wissing still in the running, the Partouche Poker Tour title was within any player’s grasp.
That said, Trickett would prove to be too much for the rest of the table, and even a 2-to-1 chip disadvantage during heads-up play was not enough to keep the UK poker pro out of the winner’s circle. The win was the third score of the year for Trickett that totaled over $1 million in prize-money (the other two coming in high-roller events at the Aussie Millions) and his $4.5 million in tournament earnings for the year is starting to approach Erik Seidel territory!
Here is a look at how the final nine players finished at the 2011 Partouche poker Tour final table:
- Samuel Trickett — €1,000,000
- Salman Behbehani — €600,000
- Oleksii Kovalchuk — €379,760
- Ilan Boujenah — €300,000
- Roger Hairabedian — €230,000
- Alexander Dovzhenko — €190,000
- Mustapha Kanit — €160,000
- Alexandre Coussy — €130,000
- Mads Wissing — €100,000
Tags: 5 Million, Alexander Dovzhenko, Aussie Millions, Erik Seidel, Grasp, High Roller, Kanit, Leader Board, Log Jam, Mads, Main Event, Play Poker, Prize Money, Salman, Titan Poker, Tour Championship, Trickett, World Series, World Series Of Poker, WSOP
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Wednesday, November 9th, 2011
After one of the fiercest and hotly contested heads-up matches in World Series of Poker history, 22 year-old Heinz Pius became the second youngest player to ever win the WSOP Main Event, and the first German to capture the title (Henry Nowakowski is the only other German to reach the final table, which he did in 2001).
After Sunday’s action that saw Pius, Martin Staszko, and Ben Lamb reach Tuesday’s final three, most people expected the heads-up battle to be contested between Pius and Lamb, but Staszko decided to crash the party and proved to be more than the other two players could handle. In fact, Staszko and Lamb would tangle on the very first hand of the night, moving all-in pre-flop. The hand would leave Lamb crippled, with just over 10 Big Blinds in his stack, while Staszko would moved up to challenge Heinz Pius who controlled 50% of the chips in play at the start of the night.
Staszko would take over the chip lead on Hand 2 of the night, and would eliminate Lamb on hand 4. Once Lamb was eliminated the Staszko vs. Heinz duel lasted over 100 hands and saw the chip-lead change hands eight times before Pius Heinz was able to dispatch Staszko (who to virtually everyone’s surprise, turned out to be something of a heads-up specialist).
1. Pius Heinz — $8,715,638
2. Martin Staszko — $5,433,086
3. Ben Lamb — $4,021,138
4. Matt Giannetti — $3,012,700
5. Phil Collins — $2,269,599
6. Eoghan O’Dea — $1,720,831
7. Badih Bounahra — $1,314,097
8. Anton Makiievskyi — $1,010,015
9. Sam Holden — $782,115
Tags: Blinds, Change Hands, Chips, Dea, Eight Times, Heinz, Holden, Lamb, Moving, Nowakowski, Phil Collins, Series Of Poker, Stack, Surprise, World Champion, World Series, World Series Of Poker, World Series Of Poker Champion, World Series Of Poker History, Wsop Main Event
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Monday, November 7th, 2011
In what will likely go down as one of the most exciting and well-played World Series of Poker Main Event final tables in the modern era of poker, it was two of the odds-on favorites at the beginning of the day and a long-shot who would be left standing at the end of the night: Ben Lamb, Martin Staszko, and Pius Heinz.
Heinz chipped-up early and often, and even with a few minor stumbles held the chip-lead throughout most of the day. Staszko held steady most of the day, was grinded down during short-handed play, but eventually made a nice comeback to finish right around where he started. Lamb on the other hand had one of the most up-and-down days of anyone, with his stack routinely fluctuating between 15 million and 50 million.
The trio’s trip to the Tuesday’s final, final table came at the expense of Matt Giannetti who played a near-flawless game throughout the day. Unfortunately for Giannetti, the 26 year-old poker pro from Las Vegas ran into the “Run-Good” of Ben Lamb in a critical hand during 4-handed action. Lamb and Giannetti got it all-in with Lamb holding A7s against Giannetti’s JJ. A Flush draw on the flop opened the door for Lamb, and the deal was sealed with a 5th heart on the turn, crippling Giannetti and setting up a date between Lamb, Pius Heinz, and Martin Staszko on Tuesday.
Here is how the three will enter Tuesday’s action:
- Pius Heinz — 107,800,000
- Ben Lamb — 55,400,000
- Martin Staszko — 42,700,000
And here is how the rest of the players fared at the 2011 WSOP Main Event final table:
- Matt Giannetti — $3,012,700
- Phil Collins — $2,269,599
- Eoghan O’Dea — $1,720,831
- Bob Bounahra — $1,314,097
- Anton Makiievskyi — $1,010,015
- Sam Holden — $782,115
Tags: 50 Million, Dea, Flawless Game, Giannetti, Heinz, Holden, Lamb, Las Vegas, Odds, Phil Collins, Poker Main Event, Poker Pro, Series Of Poker, Stack, Th Heart, World Series, World Series Of Poker, World Series Of Poker Main Event, Wsop Main Event
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Monday, November 7th, 2011
In what will likely go down as one of the most exciting and well-played World Series of Poker Main Event final tables in the modern era of poker, it was two of the odds-on favorites at the beginning of the day and a long-shot who would be left standing at the end of the night: Ben Lamb, Martin Staszko, and Pius Heinz.
Heinz chipped-up early and often, and even with a few minor stumbles held the chip-lead throughout most of the day. Staszko held steady most of the day, was grinded down during short-handed play, but eventually made a nice comeback to finish right around where he started. Lamb on the other hand had one of the most up-and-down days of anyone, with his stack routinely fluctuating between 15 million and 50 million.
The trio’s trip to the Tuesday’s final, final table came at the expense of Matt Giannetti who played a near-flawless game throughout the day. Unfortunately for Giannetti, the 26 year-old poker pro from Las Vegas ran into the “Run-Good” of Ben Lamb in a critical hand during 4-handed action. Lamb and Giannetti got it all-in with Lamb holding A7s against Giannetti’s JJ. A Flush draw on the flop opened the door for Lamb, and the deal was sealed with a 5th heart on the turn, crippling Giannetti and setting up a date between Lamb, Pius Heinz, and Martin Staszko on Tuesday.
Here is how the three will enter Tuesday’s action:
- Pius Heinz — 107,800,000
- Ben Lamb — 55,400,000
- Martin Staszko — 42,700,000
And here is how the rest of the players fared at the 2011 WSOP Main Event final table:
- Matt Giannetti — $3,012,700
- Phil Collins — $2,269,599
- Eoghan O’Dea — $1,720,831
- Bob Bounahra — $1,314,097
- Anton Makiievskyi — $1,010,015
- Sam Holden — $782,115
Tags: World Series Of Poker, World Series Of Poker Main Event
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Friday, October 21st, 2011
With the two Day 1 flights now in the books, the World Series of Poker’s decision to move the WSOP Europe from its four-year home in London to Cannes can no longer be argued, and has to be considered one of the most successful decisions in tournament poker history.
In all, 593 players registered over the two starting days, easily surpassing the old attendance record of 362 entrants, set back in 2007 and matched in 2008 –although it should be noted that even though the buy-in remained at 10,000, the buy-in this year is considerably lower due to the Euro being valued far less than the British Pound.
Even though the field size nearly doubled, the big names are still performing well, in what has historically been a tournament where few but the very top players enter: Amongst the chip leaders entering Day 2 on Monday are Chris Moorman, Darren Elias, Leo Boxell, Emil Patel, Johnny Chan, Ben Lamb, Carlos Mortensen, Will Failla, Chad Brown, Tommy Vedes, Alexander Kostritsyn, Robert Mizrachi, McLean Karr, Victor Ramdin and Tony G.
Even with the French government taking a further 4% off the top of the prize-pool, the players are still battling for nearly €5.7 million, with the winner looking at a €1.4 million payday and a WSOP bracelet to boot. A total of 64 players will make the money in the 2011 WSOP Europe Main Event, with the top eight players all receiving six-figure paydays, and the 64th place finisher walking away with €20k.
Tags: Attendance Record, Carlos Mortensen, Chad Brown, Chris Moorman, Elias, Emil, French Government, Johnny Chan, Karr, Main Event, Paydays, Place Finisher, Prize Pool, Robert Mizrachi, Th Place, Tournament Poker, Vedes, Victor Ramdin, World Series Of Poker, WSOP
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Wednesday, October 19th, 2011
Another prominent member of Team Full Tilt Poker has decided to break their silence regarding their role with the ailing online poker room. This time it was PokerTube.com that got the exclusive interview, talking to Patrik Antonius while the poker superstar was in Cannes for the World Series of Poker Europe tournament series.
Antonius was emphatic in stating that he had nothing to do with the management of Full Tilt Poker, and was strictly under a “marketing contract” with the site. He went on to state that if the site does become insolvent he will be one of the biggest losers due to the amount of money still locked-up in his Full Tilt Poker account –according to Antonius the amount is so large that even the amount he has been paid since becoming a Full Tilt Poker Pro wouldn’t cover it!
According to Antonius, he knows less than most of the poker media that have been following the story, telling PokerTube.com: “I feel like when I read the news, they know much more about it than I do. Nobody talks to me, so I am always the last person to know… I did call Howard in the beginning of the summer, and I was supposed to meet him. But I was too busy, and I don’t even know if he was in Las Vegas. This was before they lost their license, though… Everyone in the poker industry should care about this. It’s hurting the reputation of poker a lot, and this makes me very sad,”
Antonius has now joined other Team Full Tilt Poker Pros Tom Dwan and Mike Matusow as vocal critics of their former employer.
Tags: Amount Of Money, Biggest Losers, Cannes, Chats, Europe, Full Tilt Poker, Las Vegas, Marketing, Mike Matusow, online poker, Poker Pros, Poker Room, Reputation, Sad, Series Of Poker, Silence, Tom Dwan, Vocal Critics, World Series, World Series Of Poker
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Tuesday, October 18th, 2011
Phi Hellmuth had to do some last-minute juggling of his hand-picked team that will be representing America as they go up against Team Europe in the upcoming Caesars Cup at the 2011 World Series of Poker Europe. The inaugural Caesars Cup was held at the 2009 WSOP Europe, where Annette Obrestad’s Team Europe easily dispatched the Daniel Negreanu led Team America, and now two years later the Americans (which includes Canada) are looking for revenge.
While Negreanu will once again represent Team America, this time around it’s Phil Hellmuth who was selected as the captain of Team America, with his European counterpart being Bertrand “ElkY” Grosspellier. Each captain is allowed to select four additional players to round out their team of five, and the two couldn’t have taken more opposite approaches in their selections.
Hellmuth initially went with experience, selecting Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan, Daniel Negreanu, and Huck Seed for his roster, but both Doyle and Seed were late scratches this week, which left Hellmuth scrambling to find not one, but two replacements. Fortunately for the Poker Brat, there are plenty of top American players over in Cannes for the WSOP Europe, and Hellmuth eventually settled on two of the games top young talents in Jason Mercier and Ben Lamb.
Here is a look at the updated rosters of the two teams that will compete in the Caesars Cup:
Team America: Phil Hellmuth (captain), Daniel Negreanu, Johnny Chan, Jason Mercier, and Ben Lamb
Team Europe: Bertrand Grosspellier (captain), Dario Minieri, Gus Hansen, Max Lykov, and Jake Cody
Tags: Annette Obrestad, Bertrand, Brat, Caesars, Captain Daniel, Daniel Negreanu, Dario Minieri, Doyle Brunson, Elky, European Counterpart, Gus Hansen, Huck Seed, Johnny Chan, Mercier, Phil Hellmuth, Scratches, Team America, Team Europe, World Series Of Poker, WSOP
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Thursday, October 6th, 2011
The Heartland Poker Tour was originally created as an alternative to the high-priced major tournaments taking place on the World Poker Tour, the World Series of Poker Circuit Series, the now defunct North American Poker Tour, and other big tournament stops around the country that featured $5k and $10k buy-ins.
With buy-ins of around $1,500 for their Main Events, as well as lesser priced preliminary tournaments at each stop, the Heartland poker Tour has managed to continue to grow even during the tough economic times now engrossing the country.
In addition to the reasonably priced buy-ins and central locations away from the gaming Mecca’s of Las Vegas, Connecticut, and Atlantic City, a major factor in the Heartland Poker Tour’s growth has been the TV deal they signed that gives the “average poker player” a chance to live out their poker dreams on a major cable network.
How much has the Heartland Poker Tour grown in its six-year existence? The most recent Heartland Poker Tour Main Event at the Golden Gates Casino in Black Hawk, Colorado managed to surpass the $1 million mark for the first time in the tour’s history –not too bad for a tournament with a $1,650 entry-fee!
Heartland Poker Tour co-founder was quick to Tweet the news, stating: “Our first event in 2005 prize pool was 100,000. Tonite it is 1,000,000. Lots of dedicated folks to thank along the way. HPT family rules!”
The HPT has also been busy in recent years picking up one notable poker player as a spokesman, but maintaining their “everyman” quality by selecting the likes of 2009 WSOP Main Event runner-up Darvin Moon. The HPT is also now under the Federated Sports + Gaming umbrella, as the owners of the Epic Poker League acquired the HPT earlier this summer.
Tags: American Poker, Black Hawk Colorado, Cable Network, Co Founder, Economic Times, Everyman, Federated, Golden Gates Casino, Heartland, Ins, Mecca, Milestone, Poker Player, Prize Pool, Sports Gaming, Tour Co, Tv Deal, World Poker Tour, World Series Of Poker, Wsop Main Event
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