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Doyle Brunson Sets New Record on High Stakes Poker

This past week the television show High Stakes Poker took their series to a whole new level. The buy-in was raised to $500,000 and the pros came out to try their luck. Doyle Brunson was one of the pros and took home a record breaking $800,000 prize.

The hand to win the prize went like this: Brunson held the Ace and Ten of diamonds and raised up to $11,200. Four players decided to call, one of those players being Guy Laliberte billionaire of Cirque du Soleil. He had Ace and Five of hearts. Ace of clubs, Jack of spades and Four of diamonds were the flopped cards so Brunson bet $40,000 and was called by Laliberte.

The turn card was a Two of diamonds and Brunson bet again but this time it was much higher at $110,000. The announcer for the show stated that he did not think that Laliberte would call that big of a bet. Instead of calling he raised to $310,00 which almost put Brunson all in. Brunson decided to go all in pushing the bet now to $340,500. Of course Laliberte called and Brunson showed his hand.

Brunson was the favorite to win with 75% to win the hand and when Laliberte showed his hand the crowd was shocked. The river was turned but with no luck to Laliberte. With that Brunson took home a record breaking prize for the High Stake Poker show at $818,100. “When you don’t make a pair for eight hours, you go crazy,” Brunson said after the hand.

That record did not last long when just a short time later Patrik Antonius would beat Sam Farha for a pot of over $900,000. During their head to head action the river would be turned four times and Antonius would win three of them and won the top prize of almost $750,000.

Team PokerStars Signs Boris Becker

Team PokerStars has added another player to their long list of poker professionals. Except this time the new member is not a professional poker player. Boris Becker is the newest addition to Team PokerStars. Becker is known for being the youngest player to win the men’s singles title at Wimbledon when he was just seventeen years old and won the tournament three times. He was born in 1967 in Germany but now resides in Switzerland.

Becker plans to participate in the upcoming European Poker Tour events that PokerStars sponsors and hopes to become a world-class poker player. “When I was still playing professional tennis, I started learning to play poker casually in between games because it helped me to improve my concentration,” Becker said through PokerStars’ website. “Now, I want to develop my poker skills and challenge myself to become really competitive at the highest levels in poker.”

PokerStars will be using the European Poker Tour and the Asia Pacific Poker Tour to expand their brand by having live, large buy-in televised events. Becker is used to being in the spotlight since 1985 so he will be at ease during filming. He has full celebrity status in the European market. He will also appear in a new TV advertising campaign for PokerStars.

The German Poker Open taking place January 29th-Feburary 2nd and the EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo on April 12th-17th will be the first events that Becker will play in as a member of Team PokerStars. There are seven more events scheduled for the European Poker Tour and Becker will be seen at many if not all of them.

“Boris Becker is a world class sportsman who became famous for his competitive spirit and aggressive, entertaining playing style, so we’re delighted that he has become an ambassador for PokerStars,” Said Tamar Yaniv, Director, EMEA Marketing from PokerStars. “Thanks to his commitment to fighting for every point on court, he perfectly embodies the competitive spirit at the heart of all good poker players. And now PokerStars is giving their players who have always dreamed of facing Boris Becker at Wimbledon the opportunity to compete with him in Dortmund.”

Florida Tournament Featuring Pros Vs Joes

On November 30th at the Sarasota Kennel Club in Florida, there will be a Pros Vs Joes tournament taking place. Professional poker player Gavin Smith will be in attendance and will be the highlighted pro of the event. Other professional players will be on hand as well including: Chip Jett, Karina Jett, Paul Azinger-pro golfer and ESPN poker analyst Lon McEachern.

The tournament will take place in the One-Eyed Jacks Poker Room at the club and the buy-in is $650. The prize pool is expected to be around $150,000 which would make the first place prize be around $40,000. The tournament has enough space for 250 players and 175 have already registered so there aren’t many spots left. Interested players need to register at the One-Eyed Jacks Poker Room to play in the tournament. Players participating will begin with 7,500 chips to work their way to the top prize. There will be bounties set on the pros: $2000 for Gavin Smith and $650 for all other pros. Blinds will increase every forty minutes during play.

It should be an exciting tournament to watch. The highlighted professional Gavin Smith is hot off the poker trail. In the recent Scotty Nguyen Poker Challenge IV Main Event, he made it to the final table and finished in fourth. He is known as a more aggressive player and learned to play cards at a very early age. He is from Canada and resides in Las Vegas Nevada. He started playing poker in 1994 when he was at a golf course and a charity tournament was taking place.

If the tournament fills all the seats the payout structure will be:

1st $40,000
2nd $25,000
3rd $15,000
4th $11,000
5th $8,200
6th $6,500
7th $5,000
8th $3,650
9th $2,700
10th-12th $1,900
13th-15th $1,750
16th-18th $1,600
19th-27th $1,400

PokerStars Begins 5th Caribbean Adventure Qualifiers

Players interested in going to the European Poker Tour event the 5th Annual PokerStars Caribbean Adventure can qualify now on PokerStars. The event is set to take place in the Bahamas at the Atlantis Resort and Casino. The casino is located on the island of Paradise and will take place in January 5th through the 10th. It has been estimated that the prize pool will be around 8 million dollars.

Almost 1,000 players showed up for last year’s event and the prize pool was a little over 7 million dollars. This year the playing field is expected to be larger. Team PokerStars players will be at the event. Daniel Negreanu and Joe Hachem as well as other pros are expected to be in attendance. We should also so a fair number of online players as well. The online regulars seem to stepping out from behind the computer to test their skills at major live events.

The night before play begins there will be a party welcoming the players which will be fun for all. On the 5th and 6th of the event there will be two starting flights. On the 10th the final table action will begin when 8 players are seated at the final table for a televised showdown. This event will be shown internationally. After the final table, players are invited to attend a party at the Atlantis Resort.

Ryan Daut was last year’s winner and he went home with a staggering $1.5 million prize. Players who are interested in qualifying for the European Poker Tour tournament can qualify now at PokerStars. Qualifiers range from $7.50 to $2,100 and are Step Sit & Go satellites. You can begin with $7.50 or use Frequent Player Points which can be earned on the PokerStars website. Players who place during qualifying will move up to the next step or will be able to compete again at the step they just played. The prize package available is for $12,000 and will furnish the buy-in for the EPT event, meals and lodging and spending and travel expenses.

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The House Judiciary Committee Hears From Online Gambling Supporters

On November 14th the House Judiciary Committee heard from supporters and opponents on the legalization of online gambling.

The U.S. Department of Justice and other committee members spoke out about online gambling being a bad influence for society while the supporters argued that the Internet Gaming Enforcement Act violates World Trade Organization treaties and also seems to be slightly hypocritical concerning overseas wagering.

Joseph Weiler, of New York University’s Hauser Global Law School says, “The U.S. bans online gambling offered by overseas operators even though it made treaty commitments to allow it and even though it allows online wagering domestically, including for horse racing,” he told the committee. “We should bring our law and conduct into compliance with our international legal obligations. Our country is the trend setter and leader in so many international arenas. Whether we like it or not, we lead by example.”

Some feel that the US financial institutions are also acting as the ‘morality police’, Professional poker player Annie Duke told the House Judiciary Committee that, “What’s at stake here is the right of individual Americans to do what they want in the privacy of their homes without the intrusion of the government,” Duke told the committee. “This country was among the first to embrace the idea that there should be distinct limits on the ability of the government to control or direct the private affairs of its citizens. More than any other value, America is supposed to be about freedom. Except where one’s actions directly harm another person’s life, liberty, or property, our government is supposed to leave citizenry alone.”

Jeffery Sandman from the Safe and Secure Internet Initiative had this to say, “Instead of prohibiting Internet gambling, which is futile and denies Americans the freedom to decide whether to gamble online, the government should regulate and tax Internet gambling. Regulated Internet gambling would ensure proven and effective security controls are available to protect consumers and capture billions in revenue that is needed for critical government programs.”

So far nothing has changed, but neither side is ready to give up yet.

Time is Almost Up to Win A WPT Boot Camp Package from DoylesRoom

Coming this December 3rd through the 8th the World Poker Tour Boot Camp will host the Battle for the Season Pass II in Nassau, Bahamas. The event will be a week- long poker training program where players can learn from the best in the business.

Professional poker players such as Todd Brunson, Scotty Nguyen, Vanessa Russo and TJ Cloutier will be in attendance to help teach players their knowledge of the game.

The Boot Camp will take place at the Crystal Palace Casino in the Bahamas and players will be able to attend learning labs to better their poker skills. After training, players can participate in two poker tournaments and the winner will receive a Season Pass II for World Poker Tour events. The prize will include ten $10,000 Main Event seats and another $10,000 for traveling needs.

Doyles Room is offering a prize package for their players to attend the Boot Camp worth $7,000. The prize package includes a 7 night stay at the Cable Beach Resort, all meals provided even during the awards ceremony, $2,500 for travel needs, two - days of labs to learn from the professionals, two private VIP parties, VIP Poker Room access and entries into the 3-day Deep Stack “Season Pass” Tournament, 2-day “Bust Out” Tournament, and single table tournament.

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WPT Boot Camp is a string of very serious poker instructional seminars based on components of the World Poker Tour. There are also similar schools held for the WSOP. This is the third year for the WPT Boot Camp and they have held more than 80 events over that span. Each camp features a live lecture from a pro poker player and footage from a past WPT event along with game play with the instructors present.

Tournament 6 and 7 of Full Tilt Online Poker Series

Event 6 of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series event saw yuvee04 come home the winner and bring home just over $17,000. This tournament had a guarantee of $25,000 but with an entry of eight hundred and nine poker players the guarantee was not needed, in fact, these players were going to play for much more.These seven card hi-lo players were going to battle for a prize pool reaching $80,600.

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Although all those entered wanted to finish at the top, only eight got to sit at the final table in the end. It was a great tournament ans the final table results were as follows:

1. yuvee04 with: $17,006.60
2. KudelyKQ with: $11,606.40
3. leolaw with: $8,060.00
4. VincentVaughn with: $4,997.20
5. Tokushima with: $3,224.00
6. R0Y M00RE with: $2,256.80
7. NiceJB with:$1,612.00
8. kingralf with: $1,047.80

Event number seven was hosted by poker pro Paul Wolfe and the tournament was the $300+$22 No-Limit Hold’em event. This poker tournament saw more entrants than any of the other events of the tournament so far with 4,475 poker entrants and a prize pool topping $1,340,000.

This tournament also brought some great poker playing but in the end there could only be nine at the final table. Those finalk nine poker players and their finishing order were:

1. Braien with: $237,072.08
2. crpaint with: $143,513.25
3. digididopp with: $93,975.00
4. chicagocards1 with: $73,837.50
5. cmikec with: $55,445.25
6. Jlimbs with: $41,080.50
7. CRACKENaces with: $30,877.50
8. rocxf with: $24,165.00
9. JaEs SiK with: $17,989.50

EU Trade Commissioner Asks U.S. to Reconsider Online Gambling

The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) may have received a little boost from a summit meeting on Friday, November 9 in Washington D.C.

EU Trade Commissioner, Peter Mandelson and other European officials are hoping to achieve a political solution to the loss of the billions of dollars the EU online gaming industry has lost. Mandelson also lobbied congress to lift the ban for meetings on Capitol Hill, which includes a closed-door session with Barney Frank, the chairman of the House financial services committee.

Frank said on Friday that the involvement of the EU makes it a big ‘World Trade Organization (WTO’) issue and also says, “I would hope that some of the pro-trade people will be consistent in their view that the US must fulfill its WTO obligations,” and adds that, “I’m hoping to get support from three sources. Those who seek potential tax revenue, those who believe it is consistent with WTO obligations, and my main motivation, let people gamble if they want to.”

Nao Matsukata, formerly of US Trade Representative Robert Zoellick said, “His (Mandelson’s) willingness to meet Barney Frank suggests that he is open to finding a legislative solution to the problem. The meeting on Friday initiated a mutually supportive effort to resolve the unfortunate decisions of the United States to withdraw from its GATS commitments, and should help create positive momentum for the Frank legislation on Capitol Hill.”

Frank’s proposal faces some major opponents such as the NFL because it would legalize online sports betting.

Massachusetts Trying to Sneak In Online Gambling Ban

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has been pushing his proposal for legalizing resort style, land-based casinos in Massachusetts, his proposal is 28 pages long. He has had some opposition because many believe his financial outlook for 20,000 jobs and $2 billion revenue is not realistic. But there are more reasons to take a closer look at his proposed bill.

The PPA (Poker Players Alliance) is questioning his proposal because hidden deep in the 28 page bill is a questionable, hypocritical clause banning online gambling.

His clause in the “Act Establishing and Regulating Resort Casinos in the Commonwealth” says, “Any person who knowingly transmits or receives a wager of any type by any telecommunication device, including telephone, cellular phone, Internet, local area network, including wireless local networks, or any other similar device or equipment or other medium of communication, or knowingly installs or maintains said device or equipment for the transmission or receipt of wagering information shall be punished by imprisonment in a house of correction for not more than 2 years, or a fine of not more than $25 000, or both.”

The PPA is urging online gamblers in Massachusetts to let there voices be heard and how they feel about this buried clause by contacting their state representatives.

World Poker Tour World Poker Finals at Foxwoods Day 1 Results

Day one of the WPT World Poker Finals at Foxwoods kicked off with 237 players hoping to win the top prize. The tournament began a little after noon and took place in five 90 minutes intervals. Each player started the day with 30,000 chips. Out of all the tables two were the most exciting. The players on the two interesting tables were Allen Kessler, Bradley Berman, Eric Froehlich, Vanessa Rousso, and Tom Schneider on Table 15 and Alex Bolotin, Lee Markholt, JC Tran, Steve Zolotow, Chau Giang and Matt Giannetti on table 39.

On table 15 Rousso was gaining a lot of chips while being very aggressive. She had a gain of 70,000 during play but ended the day with a little over 50,000. Kessler’s chip stack was lowered early in play when he had pocket aces but he lost the hand and he had only 5,500 chips left. Then he went all in with pocket aces again against Rousso’s pocket kings. He managed to win that hand and gained 6,500 chips.

Then action at table 39 started to heat up. It was Giannetti who took an early lead when his chip stack grew to 70,000 when he beat Tran with trip 8s. Then Giannetti went up against Tran and Markholt with A-8 and won the pot again bringing his chip stack up to 89,000.

Several players were out early in play including Jon Friedberg, Fred Goldberg, Barry Greenstein, Chad Brown, Bernard Lee and Jonathan Little. Play will resume again in two days. Here are the leaderboard standings from day 1.

1: Michael Farris —157,750
2: Brent Roberts — 148,325
3: Bill Edler — 109,450
4: Kevin Saul — 99,325
5: Tuan Le — 98,400
6: Roy Winston — 94,450
7: Andrew Kloc — 94,125
8: Matt Giannetti — 89,975
9: Giuseppe Galluzzo — 85,525
10: Kyle Bowker — 84,700

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