Poker News May 4th, 2008
Woman Poker Player Determined to Make it to the 2008 WSOP
If you’re an avid 4flush.com reader, you might have noticed we’ve been concentrating a lot on ways to win your way to the World Series of Poker in June. A very important person here at 4flush, a Portland Oregon mom known online as Lady4Flush is among thousands of moms setting out set out to win their seats in the 2008 World Series of Poker!
In fact, we’ll be announcing a few more team 4flush moms over the next three weeks. 4flush moms plan to hold it down at this years WSOP!
High-Rolling Titan Poker Player Wins His 5th Land-Based Tournament Seat
Jelte Kruijer, a talented poker player from the Netherlands, won his right to represent Titan Poker, the largest poker room on the iPoker Network, at the highly anticipated ECPT Madrid Open 2008. This wonderful achievement comes on the heels of Jelte scoring spots to the World Series of Poker, the World Poker Showdown (WPS) and winning tens of thousands of dollars in cash over the past eleven months.
Jelte Kruijer’s winning streak began in May 2007, when he won a $14,000 seat to the 2007 WSOP Main Event in Las Vegas through a Titan Poker Super Satellite Tournament. Since then, he has also won a prize package to the WPS in Costa Rica and finished first place in Titan Poker’s $100,000 Guaranteed and $50,000 Guaranteed Tournaments.
World Series of Poker finals moved back
The final table for the Main Event of the World Series of Poker has been moved to November, casino company and WSOP owner Harrah’s announced this week.
The 117-day pause in the action will enable ESPN to provide a possibly same-day telecast, as opposed to past years in which the Main Event concluded in the summer and ESPN aired a tape-delayed broadcast months later.
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Illegal Poker Game Shut Down
A Poker game ended with the arrest of the organizer due to an undercover police operation this past Sunday in Long Island, NY. While officials recently seem to be focusing on illegal gambling slot machines, this arrest sends out a strong reminder to poker players in America that they have not been forgotten.
The arrest of the 29 year old organizer occurred after a police investigation of local illegal poker games. The police followed the trail of “breadcrumbs” all the way to the location of the game, the William Paca Lodge.
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Poker Room Review: Seminole Immokalee Casino, Immokalee, Florida
I recently had an opportunity to visit southern Florida for a combination family vacation and poker-playing trip. My, how the poker scene has changed recently.
Up until July of 2007, poker was limited to $2-limit games played on Indian reservations, dog and horse racing tracks, or jai alai frontons. With a $5 maximum rake and a $1 bad beat jackpot, these games were relatively dull affairs – and it was hard for anyone but the house to make money.
Poker Junkie
The sun will always rise.
People will always die.
The tax man will always cometh (and taketh away).
You could add a few more to the list, but unless it’s an act of whichever all-powerful being to which you subscribe, there aren’t many events to which you can apply the “always” tag.
Especially not in poker.
Of course, some things we’ve discussed here in the past have included that word.
“Always give me your money,” for example.
Poker players, Frank hope to overturn online ban
WASHINGTON — The odds might not be in his favor, but U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., has gained a valuable ally in his fight to overturn a 2006 law banning online gambling. Poker Players Alliance, a grass-roots organization fighting for poker players’ rights, has put its chips on Rep. Frank’s proposal.
With more than 1 million members, the alliance in mid-April began actively lobbying Congress. Members have flooded congressional offices with more than 17,000 letters in the past month, attended town hall meetings in districts and flown to Washington to meet with lawmakers, according to John Pappas, executive director of the alliance. There are 25,000 members in Massachusetts alone.
Full Tilt Poker Offers More Than $1 Million Every Sunday
Full Tilt Poker continues to cater to poker players’ needs for continuous action and huge prize pools by offering what it calls Big Money Sundays. The site offers well over $1 million in guaranteed prize pools each and every Sunday, and once a month, the prize pool in a single event hits a guaranteed seven figures.
Poker Pro Matthew Hilger Wins Full Tilt Poker $750,000 Guaranteed Poker Tournament
May 3, 2008 — Matthew Hilger, poker author, poker publisher, and poker pro, won the Full Tilt Poker $750,000 Guaranteed Poker Tournament this past Sunday evening giving him over $132K for first place. When asked about playing at Full Tilt, Hilger admitted “I’ve actually done very well in this particular tournament. In 9 or 10 tries this year, I have 3 top 100’s, 2 final tables, and now the big win”.
Young pro’s quads straight-flushed away
Every young poker player looks forward to turning 21 to play in most U.S. casinos - dreaming of entering a main event, winning the title and earning millions as a poker champion.
Does this sound too unrealistic? Well, this exact chain of events happened to Nick Schulman. Known as “The Takeover” online, he dominated for years in poker cyberspace before taking the live tournament circuit by storm.
After turning 21 in September 2005, he won the World Poker Tour’s (WPT) World Poker Finals at Foxwoods that November, earning $2.1 million. In November of 2007, he had an opportunity to become the first player in WPT history to repeat as champion in the same event. He had to settled for second place, but took home almost $865,000.
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