The Poker Brat, along with 19 of the best players in the world - including world champions Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan and Peter Eastgate - have put together their own start up stories into a 285-page book set to release in late June, during the 40th Annual WSOP. Hellmuth spoke about his publishing company’s new book *Deal Me In* to a small group of reporters Wednesday morning.
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I hope people will listening to him :warning
I think so: Illinois USA are now able to wager online
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Cohen collected $83,833 for first place. He was also awarded his first WSOP gold bracelet.
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In New Zealand police are investigating a Hamilton trio's involvement in a spate of poker machine robberies in the North Island. The three Hamilton men were arrested yesterday after two bars in the area had money stolen from poker machines. Police were also investigating the men's involvement in nearly 60 poker machine robberies in the North Island.
Police had recovered $1300 in $2 coins. :1orglaugh
He said that if he didn’t win at least four million dollars this year that he’d retire from poker and wouldn’t be seen in 2010. That’s a tall order for even the great Scotty Nguyen, but there are a few more 10K events and a special 40K anniversary event made for high rollers like Scotty. He won’t necessarily need to win a bracelet to accomplish this feat, but it will make it a lot easier if he does.
He’s been one of the best players over the last year, winning over a million dollars in multi-table tournaments since his $1.9 million cash in the H.O.R.S.E. event championship last July. And we know he’s going to play a busy schedule of events as he tries to compile $4 million in a month and a half. Win a seat to the WSOP with Bodog Poker now.
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(The Main Event package includes the $10K buy-in as well as $2K for travel expenses to the no-limit hold’em poker WSOP event that will be held at the Rio All Suites Hotel & Casino in July).
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Twenty years after winning his first World Series of Poker bracelet, Phil Helmuth is looking to make a mark in poker history again.
The Poker Brat, along with 19 of the best players in the world - including world champions Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan and Peter Eastgate - have put together their own start up stories into a 285-page book set to release in late June, during the 40th Annual WSOP. Hellmuth spoke about his publishing company’s new book *Deal Me In* to a small group of reporters Wednesday morning.
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Poker Players from all around the globe are currently converging on Las Vegas to play in the 40th edition of the World Series of Poker.
There are many different prop bets currently available through Bodog Poker, here are some of them.
Will Scotty Nguyen earn $4 million dollars or more at this year's WSOP?
Yes, +1400
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Will a player win 2 or more bracelets this year?
Yes, +130
No, -180
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Will a player win 3 or more bracelets this year?
Yes, +1200
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Will Phil Hellmuth win his 12th bracelet this year?
Yes, +300
No, -500
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Will the winner of the main event be American born?
Yes, -230
No, +170
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Which of the following players will last the longest in the 2009 main event?
Tom Dwan, -120
Patrik Antonius, -120
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Bodog Poker offering its customers an assortment of different WSOP-related lines that they can bet on.
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Five freerolls run every day June 8-27 at 10:30 ET, 13:30 ET, 16:30 ET, 19:30 ET and 22:30 ET. Each freeroll will have a guaranteed prize pool of $2,000, and a maximum capacity of 20,000 players. You can find them in the PokerStars lobby by selecting ‘Tourney’ and ‘Freeroll’, or you can type ‘$300,000 Reload’ into the Tourney Filter. Registration will open one hour before the start of each tournament, so be sure to sign-up early. Register for the tournament(s) of your choice by using the ticket that was issued to you following your reload.
Daily $2,000 Reload Freerolls
Place Prize
1 $150 + ticket to final
2 $120 + ticket to final
3 $100 + ticket to final
4 $80 + ticket to final
5 $70 + ticket to final
6 $60 + ticket to final
7 $50 + ticket to final
8 $40 + ticket to final
9 $30 + ticket to final
10 to 18 $20 + ticket to final
19 to 27 $12 + ticket to final
28 to 45 $8 + ticket to final
46 to 81 $6 + ticket to final
82 to 153 $4 + ticket to final
154 to 270 $2 + ticket to final
271 to 400 $1 + ticket to final
If you finish in the money positions in a freeroll, you will qualify for one of five freeroll finals which will be played on Sunday June 28, in the same time slots as the daily freerolls. There will be a further $20,000 up for grabs in each freeroll final tournament.
$300,000 Reload Freeroll Finals
Place Prize
1 $1500
2 $1200
3 $1000
4 $800
5 $700
6 $600
7 $500
8 $400
9 $300
10 to 18 $200
19 to 27 $120
28 to 45 $80
46 to 81 $60
82 to 153 $40
154 to 270 $20
271 to 400 $10
*Players can use their tickets to enter the daily freerolls until 23:59 ET on June 26.
**Players may win a maximum of five final tickets, one for each of the five time slots. Any additional or unused final tickets are deemed to have no value, and will be expired upon completion of the promotion.
If you have any questions about the $300,000 Reload Freerolls, please contact [email][email protected][/email].
In states such as Florida, where poker is already legal, Internet poker players would still benefit from increased gambling options. If the federal government deems poker a skill game, it would be exempt from the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act that passed Congress in 2006.
The law cast a cloud over the legality of Internet gaming, and prompted some websites to no longer accept U.S. players.
Poker advocates now feel their skill message is gaining steam. The Florida Legislature this month approved higher-stakes poker at the state's Indian casinos and parimutuels. During the legislative session, skill was mentioned as one reason lawmakers should allow higher stakes - with the idea that more chips in players' hands allow for skill to play a larger role.
The state must still reach a final gambling deal with the Seminole Tribe before the new poker rules take effect.
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After facing one of the largest poker tournament fields in history in the $1,000 No Limit Holdem Stimulus Special, Steve Sung was able to face down his heads-up opponent in a knock down drag out duel to take home the $771,106 first place prize and his first WSOP bracelet in his fifth WSOP final table. The win puts him at almost $3 million in career earnings over a very short time.
Stay tuned for more 2009 WSOP updates over the next few weeks and make sure to qualify online for the 2009 WSOP through Bodog Poker and win a $12,000 WSOP prize package.
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# Monday - 19:15
# Tuesday - 13:15
# Wednesday - 19:15
# Thursday - 13:15
# Friday - 19:15
# Saturday - 13:15
# Sunday - 13:15
Time: (GMT -5, ET-1)
Our new freeroll schedule includes at least one freeroll every 4 hours! All times are listed in PDC Poker
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Ivey was one of the short stacks heading into the final table, but that didn't matter - he was able to battle back and eventually win his sixth bracelet.
Here is how the final table of the $2,500 No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw tournament finished out:
1. Phil Ivey, $96,361
2. John Monnette, $59,587
3. Yan Chen, $38,892
4. Eric Kesselman, $26,757
5. Rodeen Talebi, $19,346
6. Raphael Zimmerman, $14,663
7. Elia Ahmadian, $11,627
(Ivey now has won six World Series of Poker bracelets).
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Online poker is not gambling, it's a game of skill.
Set this up as pole and you will find many disagrree with you.
In many cases it is more like a lottery.
People do gamble on hitting lucky chance cards.
All gambling is people thinking they can beat the odds on an unknown outcome, by applying some considered skill.
Phil Ivey captured his sixth World Series of Poker bracelet on Thursday evening after taking down the $2,500 No Limit Deuce-to-Seven event, but it wasn't easy.
Ivey was one of the short stacks heading into the final table, but that didn't matter - he was able to battle back and eventually win his sixth bracelet.
Here is how the final table of the $2,500 No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw tournament finished out:
1. Phil Ivey, $96,361
2. John Monnette, $59,587
3. Yan Chen, $38,892
4. Eric Kesselman, $26,757
5. Rodeen Talebi, $19,346
6. Raphael Zimmerman, $14,663
7. Elia Ahmadian, $11,627
(Ivey now has won six World Series of Poker bracelets).
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Twenty years after winning his first World Series of Poker bracelet, Phil Helmuth is looking to make a mark in poker history again.
The Poker Brat, along with 19 of the best players in the world - including world champions Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan and Peter Eastgate - have put together their own start up stories into a 285-page book set to release in late June, during the 40th Annual WSOP. Hellmuth spoke about his publishing company’s new book *Deal Me In* to a small group of reporters Wednesday morning.
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Final Results:
1..Daniel Alaei.. .. .$445,898
2..Scott Clements..$275,946
3..Ben Boyd.. .. .. .$182,730
4..Daniel Negreanu..$130,401
5..John Monnette.. .$97,422
6..Gregory Jamison. $77,736
7..Thomas Koral.. ...$65,453
8..Annie Duke.. .. .. $58,049
9..Yueqi Zhu.. .. .. ..$54,179
Cheers :thumbsup
Well... I played one of those $2000 Reload Freerolls on PokerStars! It's their new promo out now. Second one I entered(got donked out last night). I managed to finish 301st out of 8,816 entrants and win $1, but more importantly... that qualified me to enter one of the 5 $20,000 Finals on Sunday June 28th! Hope to qualify for all 5 of em, but don't know if I'll have time to enter enough of them to make all 5.. but we'll see. I won't know how many entrants there will be in the finals until they come up.
These 2k Reload Freerolls have a quick blind structure. The blinds are 5 mins! That qualifies it as a turbo structure. You still need patience, but you are going to have to win some chips to be able to make it ITM and qualify. I got it up to 16k at one point with a lot of time to go. I was 321st position out of 676 left... went into the stall mode and squeaked it out ok...LOL! I just want to qualify in these.. although there is good cash potential in these 2k's for sure. After I get qualified for all 5 20k finals.. I'll then try to see if I can win one or at least make a final table. It will be a challenge to do that with 5 minute blinds, but I'm going to see if I am able to play very many of these in the next 2 and half weeks and hopefully... I can make some cash out of this promo!
Good luck to all who give this a shot! May the flops be with you all! (with 5 minute blinds... you'll need it lol!)
Email from PokerStars:
Dear datsme53,
You finished the tournament in 301st place.
This
qualifies you for a seat in Tournament #168309071. A ticket to this
tournament was issued in your name. You can use this ticket to
register. See Tournament #168309071 Lobby for further details.
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