UltimateBet springboards its landmark 10th Anniversary festivities with the launch of its hotly-anticipated satellites for the 2009 World Series of Poker and the debut of STEP Tournaments, giving online poker players a shot at qualifying for this year’s $ 10,000 buy in WSOP Main Event in ten simple steps, and for a tiny investment of ten cents.
So, if you want to see how far a dime can take you, enter a STEP 1 Tournament for $ 0.10, and pass through the finish line of STEP 10 to score the ultimate $ 12,000 World Series of Poker prize package featuring a Main Event seat and $ 2,000 for travel and accommodations.
If that’s not enough of a gift, UltimateBet is sweetening the pot with a mega 10th Anniversary reward that’s doubling the riches for this year’s World Poker Champion; wear the UB logo* throughout the Main Event, have the ultimate fortune of beating out thousands of other hopefuls to pocket the estimated $ 10,000,000 1st prize payday, plus you’ll also snare a spectacular $ 10 Million 10 Year sponsorship deal with UB – the home of legendary Pro players Phil Hellmuth and Annie Duke.
“STEP tournaments will see UB qualifying record numbers of online players for this year’s WSOP, and with our $ 10 Million player contract on the table, we’re excited about the prospect of discovering poker’s next big thing,” said UltimateBet Card Room Consultant Annie Duke. “Ten ye
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PokerStars, the world’s largest online poker site, has come to the rescue of thousands of poker players after www.fleetstreetgames.com was forced to close down.
FleetStreetGames.com (FSG), which started last February, offered subscribers from all over the world the chance to enter numerous poker tournaments each month for just one fixed monthly fee. Unfortunately, the economic downturn left FSG unable to raise its needed second round of funding, and within a few months of real-money launch the site was forced to close.
PokerStars.com and FSG have forged a deal which sees PokerStars.com taking on all FSG player balances thus ensuring that no FSG players are left out of pocket.
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PartyPoker.com European Open V, $ 7,000 No-limit Hold’em, 6th – 13th February 2009
Entrants: 72
Buyin: $ 7,000
1. Roberto Romanello, $ 200,000
2. Marc Goodwin, $ 100,000
3. Andy Ward, $ 50,000
4. Craig Burgess, $ 30,000
5. Neil Channing, $ 25,000
6. William Taylor, $ 20,000
32-year-old Roberto Romanello was overcome with emotion after taking down the first major title of his career by scooping $ 200,000 and winning the PartyPoker.com European Open V in London.
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Tim Vance won’t be returning to defend his title, leaving the EPT Copenhagen wide open for a new champion.The fifth season of the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour continues this week with the tour’s annual trip to the Kingdom of Denmark.
EPT Copenhagen will play out inside the Radisson SAS Scandinavia Hotel from February 19th to 21st and considering poker’s continued Scandinavian popularity, expectations are fairly large for this leg of the EPT.
In 2008, 460 players battled for Scandinavian poker supremacy on the Casino Copenhagen felt, but it was a rather loud and antsy PokerStars qualifier from the United States who took home the title.
In between chats with a picture of his daughter he held inside his cap, some rather excessive celebrations and more than a few reprimands from Tournament Director Thomas Kremser regarding his inability to sit still, Tim Vance managed to take down the $1.2 million first place prize.
Fortunes really changed for the St.
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When being dealt their hands, most players are focused solely on their own two cards, making decisions on what type of play they want to make. However, some of the most important information about an opponents hand can be deciphered to a great extent during these opening moments when they first peak at their cards. By understanding the meaning behind certain body language, you can give yourself an edge against players who are not paying attention to their natural emotions.
In order to catch these moments, you’re going to have to discipline yourself to not look at your own cards until it is your turn to act. Every pro in the world will agree with this habit, as it prevents your opponents from using your own body language against you.
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I was playing at the Bicycle Casino the other day and I once again heard someone utter the words that annoy me unlike any other, “I hate pocket aces, they’re the worst hand in poker because you either win a little or lose a lot”. Other than hearing that motto quoted in practically every poker book ever written (as more of a joke rather than a true poker statement), I’ve been hearing it a lot at the tables over the last few years. The honest truth is, however, is that pocket aces are the absolute strongest starting hand in poker, and when played correctly, as with any two cards, you can make a considerable profit.
Why do so many players think pocket aces are unlucky or useless? Pro
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Online poker room Poker Stars is going to be celebrating their 25 billionth poker hands soon, with prize packages that included trips to the World Series of Poker, the Caribbean Adventure, the European Poker Tour Grand Final, and a cash prize of $100k. Starting at the 24.85 billionth hand, players will get prizes for each millionth hand all the way up to the 25 billionth. Every player participating in the poker hand will get part of whatever prize is being offered, so players do not have to be the winner of that hand in order to share in the prize pool for this promo from Poker Stars.
This March the Spanish Poker Tour will once again come to Madrid, the second season of the Everest Poker sponsored tour. The online poker room Everest Poker is hosting qualifiers for life seats to the Spanish Poker Tour, which will run 20th in the Gran Casino Aranjue. There will be plenty of tough competition for the title of this event, especially from the local Spanish pros like Oscar ‘La Pua’, Raul Mestre ‘SirDonald’, Javier Dominguez and Cayetano Garcia. The event will have tournament direction by Thomas Kremser’s TK Poker Events.
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Marc Goodwin is the centre of attention, and he’s loving it. Immaculately dressed in a sharp beige jacket and tan shoes, the self-styled ‘Mr Cool’ is revelling in his role as InsidePoker’s cover star as our photographer gives orders for a pose. Satisfied he has the relevant angles covered for our opening spread, the snapper tells Goodwin to relax. ‘I
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A friend of Finland?Finnish online player Sami “LarsLuzak” Kelopuro is doing a great job of keeping Tom “durrrr” Dwan busy until Patrik Antonius is finally able to begin the “durrrr Challenge.”
Although there were rumors the challenge would begin on Thursday, Antonius has since mentioned that his internet (he is currently in Thailand) is intermittent at best.
Meanwhile Kelopuro and Dwan have been playing a ton of hands versus each other in the early stages of 2009.
Although Dwan has had the edge in Hold’em the most recent session saw Kelopuro come out slightly ahead (Kelopuro was rumored to be way ahead in Pot-Limit Omaha although not necessary against durrrr).
In the biggest hand of the night Kelopuro was dealt A Q on the button while Dwan received K 5.
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