Poker News May 12th, 2008
Titan Poker’s Nine-Man Delegation Spices up the Salzburg Cup
Popular online poker room Titan Poker sent a delegation of its top players to compete in the historical city’s newly renovated casino.
Titan Poker, the largest poker room on the iPoker Network, sent a delegation of nine players to compete in the Salzburg Poker Cup 2008 in Salzburg, Austria. The internationally renowned online poker site was represented at the tournament, which took place in April, by players from Austria, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal, Italy, and the United Kingdom.
The players received all-inclusive prize packages, including accommodations, flights, buy-in to the tournament’s Main Event and a side event.
Nelson Rodrigues, from Madeira, Portugal, was excited to have the chance to celebrate his 27th birthday with fellow Titan Poker players at the tournament welcome party. He has been playing poker for three years and this was his biggest live tournament to date.
Fellow player Frederic Arhanchet, from France, was the Titan Poker star of Salzburg, finishing in 19th place with a win of 930 Euros. Chris Royston, from the U.K, who is a rookie at poker with only six months experience, said that it was “my first time in a casino this week!”
All players were able to experience the joys of Salzburg as they explored the city’s numerous historical sites. The city is not only famous as the birth place of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, but also for its scenic beauty. Titan Poker’s players were also treated to a private beer tour and an exclusive lunch.
A blog listing the experiences of Titan Poker’s players was posted on its website.
Titan Poker is sponsoring the Eurocity Poker Tour Madrid Open this May and has sent players to the Aussie Millions and various European Poker Tour events. In addition to awarding players seats to the World Poker Showdown in the Dominican Republic in May, Titan Poker will host the European Championship of Online Poker II (ECOOP) where skilled poker players will compete for a share of $3,600,000 dollars.
Ontario man wins $1 million at poker tournament in Barcelona
An Ontario man who captured the million-dollar first prize at a poker tournament in Barcelona on the weekend says his only goal was to win enough cash to put his granddaughter through university.
Jack Hinchey of Oshawa says his 10-year-old granddaughter Victoria was on his mind throughout the competition, where he faced off against some of the best poker players in the world.
After winning the World Poker Crown, Hinchey came home Sunday night and was greeted by friends and family.
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Gold and Kardashian Host Celebrity Poker Fundraiser May 17 at Playboy Mansion
2006 World Series of Poker main event winner Jamie Gold and Khloe Kardashian from E!’s show ‘Keeping Up with the Kardashians’ will host the third-annual Celebrity Poker Tournament and Casino Night fundraiser for the Urban Health Institute, at the Playboy Mansion in Beverly Hills California on 6pm Saturday, May 17. Over $50,000 worth of prizes will be awarded to top finishers in the tournament.
The Urban Health Institute (UHI) provides direct care, medicine and medical equipment in response to natural and man-made disasters
The buy-in for the tournament is $1,500, which includes general admission; general admission alone costs $500. Other casino-style events will also be available, as well as a silent auction which includes items such as a private poker lesson from Gold.
Historic ’03 hand changed poker forever
Can you believe it’s been five years since Chris Moneymaker, an accountant from Tennessee playing in his first live tournament, arrived in Las Vegas as an unknown and left as a poker icon?
Qualifying online at Pokerstars for only $39, Moneymaker participated in the 2003 World Series of Poker (WSOP) main event, outlasted 838 other players and inspired generations of poker enthusiasts. This aptly named young gentleman fulfilled the dream of every aspiring poker player to become WSOP world champion.
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Online Poker: FTOPS VII Heads-Up Event Goes to “GoToChurch”
Shortly before the seventh installment of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series began Full Tilt Poker’s management announced the addition of the shootout tournament format to their site’s offering. The new format also allowed the site to begin offering large field heads-up tournaments and that’s exactly what Event #8 of FTOPS was.
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ESPN to Televise Enhanced Two-Day World Series of Poker Final Table Format on November 11
May 1, 2008 — ESPN’s exclusive coverage of the 2008 World Series of Poker® Presented by Milwaukee’s Best Light will feature a new enhanced format for the Final Table. The final nine players of the Main Event (the $10,000 World Championship of No-Limit Texas Hold’em) will compete on November 9-10 instead of the originally scheduled date of July 16. ESPN will televise coverage of the Final Table in a two-hour program on Tuesday, Nov. 11, at 9 p.m. ET.
Full Tilt Poker to Offer $25K Heads-Up Tournament
Players looking for ways to spend their Full Tilt Online Poker Series winnings, or those just looking to sit down for one-on-one matches with the pros, now have the option of entering the Full Tilt $25K Heads-Up World Championship.
The event will take place on Saturday, May 24th and Sunday, May 25th, just a week after the FTOPS VIII concludes, and will go down as the most expensive online buy-in tournament in history.
The event kicks off at 3 p.m. EST on the 24th and will be hosted by 2008 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Champion Chris “Jesus” Ferguson. Team Full Tilt stars Phil Ivey, Howard Lederer and Jennifer Harman will also be in attendance, while the biggest names in live and online poker are expected to flock to the record setting tournament.
The maximum field size will be 64 players, with ‘no byes’ rules, so players are encouraged to buy-in early to avoid being refunded. If the field doesn’t sell out, the max will drop to 32 or 16 entries, if necessary. If the $25K buy-in is a little steep, Full Tilt is offering a couple of $500+$35 qualifiers at 3 p.m. EST on the 22nd and 23rd.
PKR Confirm Return Of Poker Festival
PKR, successful online poker room and ‘the future of online gambling’, announced that their Super Series of tournaments will be starting this year on June 14.
As well as the usual array of tournament games one would expect at a poker festival, PKR have devised some new hotly-anticipated structures such as the Terminator; the Deep and Steep and various Bounty tournaments.
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Poker Strategy: When NOT to Raise
As a beginner to poker, one of the fundamentals of the game you learn is this : if you have a big hand and feel you probably have the best of it, raise. It is a crucial principle to play by, but as you develop as a player, you will realise there are a number of spots in which it best to go against this advice. Our example by which we will illustrate this principle will be of interest; if you agree with the reasoning, you will see that even the highest rollers can make a costly mistake.
World Poker Tour Loses $2.8 Million
America’s World Poker Tour (WPT) Enterprises Incorporated has reported a ten percent overall increase in quarterly revenues compared to the same period last year but a $2.8 million net loss for the quarter.
The Nasdaq-listed firm stated that online gaming revenues decreased from $600,000 over the first quarter of last year to $200,000 for the most recent period, reflecting the lower levels of player activity on the Cryptologic network versus the site operated by WagerWorks in 2007.
Qualify Cheaply for Three Absolute Poker Main Events
Absolute Poker is giving its players a chance to get into its three flagship tournaments much more cheaply with its Triple Header promotion. Players can win $1,796 worth of tournament entries for as little as $6.60.
The $200+16 Triple Header tournament runs every Monday at 20:30 ET. Seats in the Saturday $150,000 guarantee ($500+$30), the Wednesday $100,000 guaranteed pro bounty ($1,000+$50), and the Sunday $75,000 guarantee ($200+$16) are awarded as a three-pack for every $1,742 in the prize pool. (A bit more than one out of every nine entrants will snag the three-seat package.)
Players can qualify for the Triple Header for $6.60 in a satellite wherein one seat is guaranteed.
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