Poker Blogger Tournament Puts Bounty on Waffles

Date: Tue, Nov 18, 2008

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Last week's Bodog Poker Blogger Tournament saw the T$109 bounty on the lovely head of poker pro Evelyn Ng. Ng was ousted after calling a preflop all-in push from TonySoprano. The cards were flipped and Ng had a dominant lead with A-K suited against TonySoprano's A-2 suited. Ng never recovered after a two fell on the flop and TonySoprano scooped the bounty.

This week, the T$ 109 bounty has been placed on the head of poker blogger Sir Waffles. The bounty is enough to buy into Bodog's $100,000 Guaranteed tournament that happens each Sunday at 4 p.m. ET.

Learn more about the Bodog Poker Blogger Tournament or just head straight to the sign up page.

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Clonie Gowan Names Full Tilt in Lawsuit

Date: Sat, Nov 15, 2008

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Clonie Gowan filed a lawsuit in Las Vegas Federal District Court alleging a contract dispute with Full Tilt Poker. According to the brief filed on Friday, November 14, the well known poker professional claims Breach of Contract, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Breach of the Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing, Unjust Enrichment, and Fraud.

Also named in the filing are Full Tilters Howard Lederer, Andy Bloch, Phil Ivey, Chris Ferguson, John Juanda, Phil Gordon, Erick Lindgren, Erik Seidel, Jennifer Harman-Traniello, Mike Matusow, Allen Cunningham, Gus Hansen and Patrik Antonius. Ms. Gowan seeks damages of $40,000,000. Read the complete story on Poker News.

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WSOP at G2E

Date: Thu, Nov 13, 2008

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The annual Global Gaming Expo (G2E) comes to town next week at the Convention Center, and new to the show is the World Series of Poker.

Celebrity WSOP poker players include David Williams, Scotty Nguyen, Jean-Robert Bellande, and Antonio Esfandiari, all of whom will be playing 3-table tournaments (9 players per table).

Each tournament will last 90 minutes and although there are no prizes, you'll be able to say you played (and even beat) a poker pro.

Unfortunately, all tickets have already been claimed, but if you're in town for the show anyway, stop by Hall C5 to watch the pros compete with regular folks.

Schedule:

Nov. 18
12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.: Antonio Esfandiari
3 p.m. - 5 p.m.: David Williams

Nov. 19
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.: Scotty Nguyen
3 p.m. - 5 p.m.: Jean-Robert Bellande

Nov. 20
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.: Scotty Nguyen

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Peter Eastgate Becomes Youngest WSOP Champion!

Date: Tue, Nov 11, 2008

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History was made at the Rio Casino in Las Vegas, when 23-year old Peter Eastgate from Denmark won the 2008 WSOP Main Event Championship. The young Scandi broke Phil Hellmuth's 19-year old record when he beat Ivan Demidov heads up for the victory. Peter Eastgate won $9,152,416, while Demidov collected $5,809,595 for second place.

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Action was paused once Dennis Phillips busted out in third place. The final two returned on Monday night for the showdown. Before cards went in the air, there was a Player of the Year ceremony honoring Erick Lindgren for his sensational overall performance at the 2008 WSOP. Everyone's favorite FullTilt pro finally won his first bracelet in $5,000 Limit/No Limit Hold'em. He cashed five times at the 2008 WSOP and made three final tables overall including a fourth place finish in $5,000 No Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball and a valiant third place finish in $50,000 H.O.R.S.E.. In case you were wondering, Lindgren also had a 10th and 18th place finish this summer.

"This is awesome. I can't believe all of you are here to watch poker!" joked Lindgren. "One of my best friends, Daniel Negreanu, have won this award. It's truly an honor."

More after the jump...

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November Nine Down to the Final Two

Date: Mon, Nov 10, 2008

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The November Nine was finally upon us! After a 117 day layoff, the final able of the 2008 WSOP Main Event resumed play. The location was shifted to the Penn & Teller Theatre at the Rio where the final table set up was reconstructed on the main stage. The audience was packed with media reps from all over the world and plenty of spectators that included friends and family of the November Nine.

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Dennis Phillips had the largest contingency. He had over 350 people fly in from St. Louis. They all dressed just like Phillips and sported a white oxford shirt (with plenty of logos) and a red St. Louis Cardinals baseball hat.

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Some of the biggest names in poker where in attendance including Phil Hellmuth, Johnny Chan, Doyle Brunson, Phil Gordon, Barry Greenstien, The Grinder, Johnny Bax, and Chris Moneymaker.

Action was scheduled to start at 10:23am and there was a short delay. The 2007 WSOP champion Jerry Yang kicked off the festivities by saying, "Shuffle up and deal."

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World Series of Poker Final Table Today!

Date: Sun, Nov 9, 2008

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We are hours away from the legendary call to "Shuffle Up and Deal!" The call to begin play after the longest layoff in WSOP history should come at approximately 10:20 AM PST Sunday morning. The November Nine will look at the hole cards and the battle will begin for the top prize in all of poker, the World Championship of Poker. Along with the title the winner will receive $9,152,416 in cash and the fabled WSOP Championship Bracelet.

For the web's best updates live from the final table in the Penn & Teller Theater click here for Dr. Pauly's Blog Tao of Poker. Another good source of quick information is available at PokerNews Live Reporting. You'll also get Flipchip photos of the action. For the best in Final Table Recaps this is as far as you need to go. Dr. Pauly will keep you up to date on all the action on and off the final table in his special style you've come to favor and of course there will be plenty of Flipchip's in-your-face images from the event.

Watch the final table in the fastest turn around ever for a WSOP event on Tuesday, November 11th, at 9-11 PM ET. Within hours, almost live, of the final river hitting the board ESPN will bring you two hours of final table play leading to the crowning of the 2008 World Series of Poker's wortld poker player champion. Don't miss a minute of this highly anticipated finale.

For those wanting a refresher and a player guide to the 2008 WSOP Final Table check out our 2008 WSOP Final Table Nine Guide

Need more good stuff to read from the WSOP then click for Dr. Pauly's latest WSOP final table post and comment.

Can't get enough of WSOP poker? Use the following links for easy access to Dr.Pauly's daily Recaps of the WSOP Main Event.

Main Event Day 1A Recap

Main Event Day 1B Recap

Main Event Day 1C Recap

Main Event Day 1D Recap

Main Event Day 2A Recap

Main Event Day 2B Recap

Main Event Day 3 Recap

Main Event Day 4 Recap

Main Event Day 5 Recap

Main Event Day 6 Recap

Main Event Day 7 Recap

A table of the updated final table prize payouts are available after the jump.

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Harrah's CEO suggests legalized online poker a possibility

Date: Fri, Nov 7, 2008

This morning's FY Q3 earnings call from Harrah's offered some hope for online poker players.

CEO Gary Loveman spoke of the possibility of seeing online poker legalized.

Not solely because of Tuesday's elections, Loveman said that he sees the possibility of legalized online poker simply because the heads of committees don't seem opposed to the idea.

"We think the world got easier on this one," he said.

As for other online gaming, Loveman still sees a tough battle.

But baby steps.

Sounds like Harrah's could have something up their sleeves that they're privy to. Because they own the World Series of Poker brand, we don't doubt they're planning something to be ready just in case.

To listen to a replay of the call, dial toll-free 1-800-642-1687 and use the passcode 68328144. The replay will be broadcast until Nov. 21.

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2008 WSOP Final Table Nine Guide

Date: Thu, Nov 6, 2008

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Sunday, November 9th, is the day all of us poker freaks have been waiting to arrive for the past 137 days. The longest break in WSOP Main Event history will finally end at 10 AM Sunday morning in the Penn & Teller Theater at the Rio Resort in Las Vegas. The nine remaining poker players from the 6844 that started the event back in July will take their seats and do battle for the $32 million at stake.

We have compiled a list of the players including seat assignment, chip count, bio, and a morning line for each. Our pick for all the marbles is Dennis Phillips, the chip leader. Who will be playing heads-up? Dennis Phillips and David "Chino" Rheems are our picks to square off for the $9.2 million first place money and bracelet.

Meet the November Nine after the jump.

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Bodog Blogger Tournament Series Returns

Date: Tue, Nov 4, 2008

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The Bodog Blogger Tournament is back and recruiting poker bloggers to battle it out for cash and prizes. The first tournament saw poker pro and author, Eric "Rizen" Lynch compete with a bounty on his head.

This first tournament happened on Tuesday, October 28th. This followed on the massive success of the first Bodog Blogger Tournament Series that saw tons of cash and prizes awarded, as well as a 2008 WSOP seat to the winner of the final tournament of champions.

Poker Bloggers, like tournament host smokkee, will duke it out in the Bodog Poker Room each Tuesday and Thursday night as they battle it out for position on the Blogger Tournament Leaderboard.

Get all the details on the Bodog Blogger Tournament or just head over to Bodog's online poker to get playing today.

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Free CardRunners and StoxPoker for playing Full Tilt

Date: Mon, Nov 3, 2008

CardRunners and StoxPoker are offering free poker training online, just for playing poker.

The only catch is you have to play on Full Tilt (not much of a catch if you already play there), and you must earn 4500 Full Tilt points in a month to receive a free month membership to CardRunners (2500 points for StoxPoker). And best yet, you keep your points. All that's required is earning that many base points in a month.

You also need to be a current paying member of CardRunners or StoxPoker, which you can buy with Full Tilt points.

To get Iron Man status, you would need to earn 200 points in 25 days within one month, which would instantly qualify you for the free month of CardRunners. So if you earn Iron Man anyway every month, you'll have a lifetime membership.

If you don't earn the entire amount of 4500 points, you'll still get free weeks. 1125 will get you one free week, 2250 will get you two free weeks, etc.

Rakeback and MGR will be unaffected as well.

If you're already a member, free months will be added to your existing subscription.

If you aren't a member, we recommend purchasing StoxPoker from the Full Tilt store. It's the cheapest at 5000 points. And if you clear 5000 points, you'll immediately get a free month.

To sign up, register at www.trulyfreepokertraining.com.

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Golden Nugget hosts Grand Fall Classic Poker Series

Date: Mon, Nov 3, 2008

Thanksgiving blues getting you down?

If you're in Vegas over Thanksgiving -- even Turkey Day itself -- how about a poker tournament?

Golden Nugget runs their Grand Fall Classic Poker Series from Nov. 24 through Nov. 30, with 7 events, only one of which is no-limit! (Fear not, $125 no-limit tournaments run twice daily at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. with 8000 chips and 30-minute levels.)

All events are $230, begin at noon, start with 8000 chips (with 2000 bonus chips), and have 40-minute levels:

Monday, 11/24: Ladies no-limit
Tuesday, 11/25: HORSE
Wednesday, 11/26: Pot-limit Omaha H/L
Thursday, 11/27: Limit Omaha H/L
Friday, 11/28: HORSE
Saturday: 11/29: Mix -- 2-7 Triple Draw, 7 Stud H/L, Crazy Pineapple
Sunday, 11/30: Limit Omaha H/L

For more info, call John Colville at (702) 386-8164 or email jcolville@goldennugget.com.

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Binion's New Poker Room - First Look

Date: Mon, Nov 3, 2008

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Binion's claims it's the place that made poker famous and for good reason. This is the original home of the World Series of Poker™ and the annual tradition was held here for more than three decades before the current owner, Harrah's Entertainment, acquired the original of all poker tournaments in 2004 and moved it to the Rio Resort.

What better time for Binion's to open an all new poker room than a week before the conclusion of the 2008 WSOP™ Main Event final table. Players are greeted with a marble floored foyer filled with photos of past WSOP champions and members of the Poker Hall of Frame. A stop by the new digs that features 10 tables in an opulent setting centrally located to the main casino is in order for all poker players. Play poker where it all begin, Binion's casino in downtown Las Vegas.

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Online Poker Players and the NFL

Date: Sat, Nov 1, 2008

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Whether you watch the NFL, or any popular professional sports for that matter, doesn't really matter. But what does matter is that you're at least paying attention to who is winning and whether they were favored in the Bodog Sportsbook.

It's a simple piece of advice for online poker players and it basically boils down to this: If the favored team wins, there will be more sports bettors in the poker room.

You see for an online gambling site like Bodog that has a casino, sportsbook, racebook and poker room, one of the perks of playing poker there is that there are so many fish playing poker who are flush with cash from a big win in the sportsbook or casino. The best way to take advantage of this fact is by paying attention to who wins a game.

Since most bettors put money on the favored team, every time a favorite wins the poker room fills up with players who are not only playing loose with all of their recent winnings, but they are also often less experienced players.

So get in there and take advantage of a poker room where the odds are thoroughly stacked in the experienced players favor. Just keep your eye on the Bodog Sportsbook and see who the favorites are, then be sure to log in and play when the favorites win. You'll definitely see the difference.

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Red Rock Harley-Davidson Opens with a Poker Tournament

Date: Thu, Oct 30, 2008

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How do you open a brand new Harley-Davidson dealership with a 104,000 square foot store? If you're Red Rock Harley-Davidson in Las Vegas you schedule a "Rock-Hard, Ride Harder" three day party and cap off the grand opening festivities with a Charity Poker Tournament to benefit the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF). That's how we do things in Las Vegas.

The Hoyt Corkins Celebrity Poker Tournament will get underway on Saturday at 3 PM at the H-D dealership located at 2260 S. Rainbow on the west side of Las Vegas. Players will be competing for a 2008 105th Anniversary Edition Harley-Davidson motorcycle, a WORLD model Curtis & Co watch plus the obligatory trophy. Other prizes include a bunch of great H-D merchandise.

There will be plenty of poker pros on-hand and competing in the affair including poker legends Doyle Brunson and Phil Hellmuth plus newcomers from the upcoming 2008 WSOP final table, David Rheems and chip leader Dennis Phillips. The buy-in for the Saturday tournament is $500 and everyone is cordially invited to participate. Satellites will run all day Friday for a very affordable $60 entry fee. WPT Boot Camp will be conducting free poker seminars for players wanting to improve their game. Ring games will be offered on Saturday in addition to the Hoyt Corkins Celebrity Poker Tournament. There will be complimentary drinks from Hogs & Heifers Saloon for all players. You must be 21 years of age to play.

Use this direct link for more details and to pre-register for the event. On-site registration starts at noon on Friday, November 7th. Seating is limited.

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