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The nation’s millions of poker players wonder what kind of cards the federal government will deal them next, after Justice Department officials in April shut down a number of popular gambling websites.
Online poker players are now betting on Congress to legalize the game, and they’re bringing forth significant political firepower to make their case.
The Poker Player's Alliance, a non-profit organization led by former U.S. Sen. Alfonse D'Amato (R-N.Y.), spent $1.8 million lobbying the federal government during 2010 and another $420,000 during the first quarter of 2011, the Center for Responsive Politics' research indicates. Lobbying totals for the second quarter of the year, when the poker websites were shut down, will not be released until later this month.
Online poker players are now betting on Congress to legalize the game, and they’re bringing forth significant political firepower to make their case.
The Poker Player's Alliance, a non-profit organization led by former U.S. Sen. Alfonse D'Amato (R-N.Y.), spent $1.8 million lobbying the federal government during 2010 and another $420,000 during the first quarter of 2011, the Center for Responsive Politics' research indicates. Lobbying totals for the second quarter of the year, when the poker websites were shut down, will not be released until later this month.
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The $10,000 Main Event of the 2011 World Series of Poker (WSOP) is set to launch this week, but despite the thousands of players expected to compete, the electric atmosphere, and all the pomp and circumstance that comes with the biggest poker tournament in the world, there will be a noticeable void at the Rio this year. Doyle Brunson will not be in attendance.
“The Godfather of Poker,” arguably the most famous poker player of all-time and one of eighteen living members of the Poker Hall of Fame, announced early Monday morning that he will be sitting out the No-Limit Hold’em World Championship this year, tweeting, “No main event for me.” In the same post, he took a jab at the United States Department of Justice for its actions against online poker, adding, “maybe the DOJ will stake me.”
Despite that staking comment, the reason for Brunson’s decision is not likely to be a lack of bankroll, assuming a tweet later in the day is true. Responding to a flood of comments, Brunson said, “Tx for all the tweets about my skipping the main event. It’s not about money, I’ve lost a lot of passion for the game since Black Friday.”
In addition to the Black Friday frustration, Brunson may be a bit upset about his recent WSOP performance, as he has not had a successful WSOP, failing to cash in any event for the second year in a row. His final tournament this year was the $50,000 Poker Player’s Championship, in which he busted out during Day 2. Showing obvious frustration, he tweeted, “Busted… Total nightmare… Goodbye WSOP.”
Shortly thereafter, Brunson made his official Twitter announcement regarding his decision to not play in the Main Event.
Sheer fatigue could also be a factor. A single, prolonged day playing in a tournament at the World Series of Poker is exhausting for even the most spry poker players, but for a soon-to-be 78-year old, the idea of possibly playing for eight days if all goes well can be downright intimidating.
That said, it’s not like Brunson hasn’t had any success in big tournaments in the last several years. He placed 24th in May’s World Poker Tour (WPT) Championship, 18th in last December’s WPT event that bear’s his name (2010 Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic), 17th in the 2009 WSOP-Europe Main Event, and made the final table in the 2009 WSOP Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo event.
And, of course, as most poker fans know, Doyle Brunson has won ten WSOP gold bracelets, tied with Johnny Chan for second all-time, just one behind Phil Hellmuth. His last bracelet was won in 2005, when he took down the $5,000 Short Handed No-Limit Hold’em event. He started his bracelet run by winning five from 1976 through 1978, including back-to-back Main Event championships in 1976 and 1977.
Over the weekend, Brunson even stated that he might be done with major live tournaments altogether. Two days before his WSOP announcement, he posted on Twitter, “…you might be watching my last tournament. If I don’t play well (up to my standards), I may retire from tournament poker.”
There is no indication, however, that “Texas Dolly” will stop playing cash games. In fact, he responded to a Twitter follower by saying that he was not quitting live poker.
All told, Brunson has won over $6 million in his live tournament career, placing him 39th on the all-time money list once invitationals and buy-ins of more than $50,000 are excluded.
What a shame he should be entered for free every year like previous winners of golfs open etc or where the legends do the first tee off etc etc etc.. sure he'll be missed and hope we see texas dolly back on the tables soon !
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Having played with Clonie Gowen ,Kara Scott and Shannon Elizabeth in South Africa and Newcastle (Kara) who do you think has the best poker brain of the lot? IMO it has to be Clonie Gowen the Texan beauty has brains and looks superb at the table but Kara is good too.... ref Irish open last year ..... and Shannon got the highest placed lady in Sun City (13th) when i played and got a nice 5 carat diamond for it !!
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A combination of elite professionals and hopeful amateurs began the chase to see who would become the next world champion of poker Thursday.
In the first day of the $10,000 buy-in World Series of Poker Main Event, 897 registered to play. Day 1A, as its titled, is traditionally the slowest of four starting flights that will run through Sunday at the Rio. But Thursday’s field was more than 200 players less than the 1,125 who showed up on the first day last year.
“I don’t think I’ll ever lose this feeling about playing in the Main Event,” said Lex Veldhuis, a 27-year old poker pro from the Netherlands. “This is the first year I’m really rested for it, so I feel this is the most special for me.”
Veldhuis had built up an above-average stack of chips — players started with 30,000 — through the first six hours of the tournament despite what he called a tough table draw with mostly talented players. That’s a rarity this early into the Main Event, according to several poker pros.
In addition to wanting to reach the pinnacle of poker, professionals are drawn to the Main Event every year because of a field that’s littered with inexperienced competition. Pros believe they have a more significant edge in the Main Event than any other tournament on the circuit.
“If I had only $10,000 to my name, I would buy into this tournament,” said Aaron Steury, a 25-year old pro from Fort Wayne, Ind. “It’s that soft. It’s that worth playing. I could get a $5 per hour job if I lost, I guess.”
Steury is in no danger of going broke anytime soon. He won his first WSOP bracelet earlier this summer in a $1,500 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. event for $289,283.
Steury was one of many accomplished card players who chose Thursday as the start of their Main Event. Former champions Greg Raymer, who won the Main Event in 2004, and Johnny Chan, who went back-to-back in 1987 and 1988, were included in the field.
Adam Levy, a 29-year old from Los Angeles, has found great success in the Main Event recently. Levy has finished in the top 100 in two of the last three years, coming in 48th in 2008 for $135,100 and 12th last year for $635,011.
Levy described finishing three short of the final table last year as “heartbreaking” and said he chose Day 1A because he was itching to start going after the title again.
“Playing in the Main Event is always special,” Levy said. “It’s the best tournament ever. It doesn’t matter if you’re a veteran or playing for the first time.”
Plenty of players sat down at a WSOP table for the first time Thursday. The rookies range from wealthy casual players to lower-stakes regulars who won their way into the tournament through satellites.
Fernando Lopes, a 29-year old from Brazil, falls into the latter category. He’s making his first trip to Las Vegas after winning a tournament in his home country for entry and expenses to the WSOP.
Lopes hopes an in-the-money finish — the WSOP will pay approximately 10 percent of the final field — can help take his poker career to a new level.
“If I have some results here, maybe I can come next year and the next,” Lopes said. “But I really don’t know what will happen. I’m here to play really good.”
Lopes had a pleasant surprise when he showed up at the Rio to play Thursday afternoon. Seated next to him at the ESPN televised table was poker legend Doyle Brunson, who won the Main Event in 1976 and 1977 and has 11 WSOP bracelets.
“When I arrived and saw Doyle at the TV table, I confess my legs were a little bit (wobbly),” Lopes said. “But after two rounds, I was OK and tried to play my poker.”
Brunson ushered in the start of the 2011 Main Event as the honorary announcer of the “shuffle up and deal” command. Playing alongside Brunson is a luxury Lopes and the other runners in the event almost didn’t have.
Less than a week ago, Brunson announced he would not play in the Main Event. At the urging of friends like three-time bracelet winner Dewey Tomko, Brunson decided to change course Wednesday evening.
“Do I feel good? No,” Brunson tweeted. “Do I want to play? No. Am I playing my best? No. Am I gonna try my best? Damn right.”
Brunson failed to make it to the dinner break after an opponent’s Ace-Queen out-flopped his pocket 5s. An estimated 30 percent of the field will meet their demise before reaching Day 2.
But most of them will be back next year, especially the professionals. The Main Event offers too much to pass up.
“It’s the Super Bowl of poker,” Steury said. “It’s the biggest, juiciest, softest field there is, which is hard to believe because obviously it’s a $10,000 buy-in, but everyone comes out for the most exciting event of the year.”
In the first day of the $10,000 buy-in World Series of Poker Main Event, 897 registered to play. Day 1A, as its titled, is traditionally the slowest of four starting flights that will run through Sunday at the Rio. But Thursday’s field was more than 200 players less than the 1,125 who showed up on the first day last year.
“I don’t think I’ll ever lose this feeling about playing in the Main Event,” said Lex Veldhuis, a 27-year old poker pro from the Netherlands. “This is the first year I’m really rested for it, so I feel this is the most special for me.”
Veldhuis had built up an above-average stack of chips — players started with 30,000 — through the first six hours of the tournament despite what he called a tough table draw with mostly talented players. That’s a rarity this early into the Main Event, according to several poker pros.
In addition to wanting to reach the pinnacle of poker, professionals are drawn to the Main Event every year because of a field that’s littered with inexperienced competition. Pros believe they have a more significant edge in the Main Event than any other tournament on the circuit.
“If I had only $10,000 to my name, I would buy into this tournament,” said Aaron Steury, a 25-year old pro from Fort Wayne, Ind. “It’s that soft. It’s that worth playing. I could get a $5 per hour job if I lost, I guess.”
Steury is in no danger of going broke anytime soon. He won his first WSOP bracelet earlier this summer in a $1,500 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. event for $289,283.
Steury was one of many accomplished card players who chose Thursday as the start of their Main Event. Former champions Greg Raymer, who won the Main Event in 2004, and Johnny Chan, who went back-to-back in 1987 and 1988, were included in the field.
Adam Levy, a 29-year old from Los Angeles, has found great success in the Main Event recently. Levy has finished in the top 100 in two of the last three years, coming in 48th in 2008 for $135,100 and 12th last year for $635,011.
Levy described finishing three short of the final table last year as “heartbreaking” and said he chose Day 1A because he was itching to start going after the title again.
“Playing in the Main Event is always special,” Levy said. “It’s the best tournament ever. It doesn’t matter if you’re a veteran or playing for the first time.”
Plenty of players sat down at a WSOP table for the first time Thursday. The rookies range from wealthy casual players to lower-stakes regulars who won their way into the tournament through satellites.
Fernando Lopes, a 29-year old from Brazil, falls into the latter category. He’s making his first trip to Las Vegas after winning a tournament in his home country for entry and expenses to the WSOP.
Lopes hopes an in-the-money finish — the WSOP will pay approximately 10 percent of the final field — can help take his poker career to a new level.
“If I have some results here, maybe I can come next year and the next,” Lopes said. “But I really don’t know what will happen. I’m here to play really good.”
Lopes had a pleasant surprise when he showed up at the Rio to play Thursday afternoon. Seated next to him at the ESPN televised table was poker legend Doyle Brunson, who won the Main Event in 1976 and 1977 and has 11 WSOP bracelets.
“When I arrived and saw Doyle at the TV table, I confess my legs were a little bit (wobbly),” Lopes said. “But after two rounds, I was OK and tried to play my poker.”
Brunson ushered in the start of the 2011 Main Event as the honorary announcer of the “shuffle up and deal” command. Playing alongside Brunson is a luxury Lopes and the other runners in the event almost didn’t have.
Less than a week ago, Brunson announced he would not play in the Main Event. At the urging of friends like three-time bracelet winner Dewey Tomko, Brunson decided to change course Wednesday evening.
“Do I feel good? No,” Brunson tweeted. “Do I want to play? No. Am I playing my best? No. Am I gonna try my best? Damn right.”
Brunson failed to make it to the dinner break after an opponent’s Ace-Queen out-flopped his pocket 5s. An estimated 30 percent of the field will meet their demise before reaching Day 2.
But most of them will be back next year, especially the professionals. The Main Event offers too much to pass up.
“It’s the Super Bowl of poker,” Steury said. “It’s the biggest, juiciest, softest field there is, which is hard to believe because obviously it’s a $10,000 buy-in, but everyone comes out for the most exciting event of the year.”
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Russian player Maxim Lykov won World Series of Poker* 2011 Event #54, the $1,000 buy-in No Limit Hold 'Em tournament, which he barreled through with typical Russian efficiency. While Dror Michaelo, Warren Woolridge, Ren Ho Zhang, Harald Olsen, Stanislav Alekhin, Douglas MacKinnon, Joshua Evan and Sebastien Royall ended up at the final table and finished second through ninth respectively, Lykov came in with the largest chipstack and kept it until the very end. Lykov is the third Russian to win a bracelet at this year's WSOP. He also collected $648,880 in prize money – not a bad return on a $1,000 investment!
Lykov's victory is noteworthy, but seems a bit small next to how the play went at the $50,000 Poker Players Championship, event #55. After five consecutive days against a brutal field of 128 players in a mixed-game format, Brian Rast faced down and defeated Phil Hellmuth, who was on the path to winning his twelfth WSOP bracelet. Rast earned over $1.7 in prize money, making it the biggest cash prize issued so far at this year's event, with only the WSOP Main Event offering a larger reward.
While Hellmuth was denied a bracelet, he did win his largest cash prize of his WSOP career, $1,063,034. This was Hellmuth's third second-place finish in this year's series; he's the first player to accomplish this. After the game, Hellmuth spoke to the press and was candid, as always. "Look, I wanted to prove to myself, and just to myself really, that I’m a pretty good player….The world in general has been great to me. My fans have been great to me. I feel really good about the treatment and a ton of people here watching. It just makes me feel really good that there are so many people out there rooting for me. And I’m so happy about that. I’ve been way too cocky in the past, and I hear my critics. That’s the problem."
When asked about playing against Hellmuth at the final table and denying him his coveted 12th bracelet, Rast was just as candid: "I mean like, that’s Phil’s thing. I know he’s going for his 12th bracelet. I’m happy for him but I don’t really care though. It doesn’t matter for me that he gets his 12th bracelet for the poker world. I respect the fact that he cares so much. Phil’s always been really nice to me and even made a really nice comment at the table to me. He definitely gets frustrated, but I never feel like its personally directed at me. There was maybe once or twice when he was losing some pots to me, he was saying more or less that I was trying to run over him. But really he was trying to run over me and I wasn’t letting him, so that was frustrating him. But it’s cool. I think Phil for the most part is a pretty nice guy and he lost graciously and had nothing but nice things to say to me, and I respect the fact that he cares."
Lykov's victory is noteworthy, but seems a bit small next to how the play went at the $50,000 Poker Players Championship, event #55. After five consecutive days against a brutal field of 128 players in a mixed-game format, Brian Rast faced down and defeated Phil Hellmuth, who was on the path to winning his twelfth WSOP bracelet. Rast earned over $1.7 in prize money, making it the biggest cash prize issued so far at this year's event, with only the WSOP Main Event offering a larger reward.
While Hellmuth was denied a bracelet, he did win his largest cash prize of his WSOP career, $1,063,034. This was Hellmuth's third second-place finish in this year's series; he's the first player to accomplish this. After the game, Hellmuth spoke to the press and was candid, as always. "Look, I wanted to prove to myself, and just to myself really, that I’m a pretty good player….The world in general has been great to me. My fans have been great to me. I feel really good about the treatment and a ton of people here watching. It just makes me feel really good that there are so many people out there rooting for me. And I’m so happy about that. I’ve been way too cocky in the past, and I hear my critics. That’s the problem."
When asked about playing against Hellmuth at the final table and denying him his coveted 12th bracelet, Rast was just as candid: "I mean like, that’s Phil’s thing. I know he’s going for his 12th bracelet. I’m happy for him but I don’t really care though. It doesn’t matter for me that he gets his 12th bracelet for the poker world. I respect the fact that he cares so much. Phil’s always been really nice to me and even made a really nice comment at the table to me. He definitely gets frustrated, but I never feel like its personally directed at me. There was maybe once or twice when he was losing some pots to me, he was saying more or less that I was trying to run over him. But really he was trying to run over me and I wasn’t letting him, so that was frustrating him. But it’s cool. I think Phil for the most part is a pretty nice guy and he lost graciously and had nothing but nice things to say to me, and I respect the fact that he cares."
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Today at noon, the $10,000 buy-in World Series of Poker* Main Event begins with the first of four starting days. Each of the four starting days (shown as Day 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D) features 10 playing hours with two five-hour levels. With a 90-minute dinner break and 20-minute breaks after each level of play, it's a long day — 13 hours of poker from start to finish.
If a player survives today's competition, they'll come back on Monday as part of Day 2A along with the players who made it through Saturday's plays in Day 1C. Days 1 and 2 of the WSOP Main Event will play five two-hour levels. Players can expect to start at 12 noon each day and play until 12:45 am.
ESPN is going to be on hand at this year's event, televising all the major action and showing hole cars on select feature tables in a 30-minute delay.
Bodog Poker has sent 43 players who qualified in our online poker events to this year's event along with our pros Evelyn Ng and Tatjana Pasalic. Of course, if you didn't qualify already, you've still got a chance to show up on Friday or Sunday.
In the meantime, though, you can play online poker at Bodog!
If a player survives today's competition, they'll come back on Monday as part of Day 2A along with the players who made it through Saturday's plays in Day 1C. Days 1 and 2 of the WSOP Main Event will play five two-hour levels. Players can expect to start at 12 noon each day and play until 12:45 am.
ESPN is going to be on hand at this year's event, televising all the major action and showing hole cars on select feature tables in a 30-minute delay.
Bodog Poker has sent 43 players who qualified in our online poker events to this year's event along with our pros Evelyn Ng and Tatjana Pasalic. Of course, if you didn't qualify already, you've still got a chance to show up on Friday or Sunday.
In the meantime, though, you can play online poker at Bodog!
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*Deal could allow U.S. players to recover as much as $150 million from the online poker company, which was shut down by U.S. prosecutors in April*
A leading online poker company shut down by federal prosecutors is set to be bought by a group of European investors in a deal that could allow U.S. players to recover as much as $150 million.
Full Tilt Poker was one of three online poker sites that had its American operations shut down on April 15 when the founders of all three sites were indicted on charges of bank fraud, money laundering and violating gambling laws.
Full Tilt, Poker Stars and Absolute Bet continued to operate outside the United States, though Wednesday, Full Tilt's international operations were suspended by regulators in the British Channel Islands.
Full Tilt has not been able to pay back the roughly $150 million that U.S. players reportedly had in their accounts when the indictments were announced in Manhattan federal court, sparking outrage among players and a lawsuit from a top professional poker player sponsored by Full Tilt.
Poker Stars has returned more than $120 million that players had in their accounts. Absolute Bet, the smallest of the three companies shut down, hasn't repaid players.
Attorneys associated with Full Tilt said the company signed an agreement Thursday with a group of investors who would put up enough money to pay back players and in doing so attain a majority stake in Full Tilt's Irish parent company, Pocket Kings. The attorneys spoke anonymously because of the sensitivity of ongoing negotiations with the federal prosecutors in Manhattan who brought the charges.
The money is also intended to allow the company to settle a civil lawsuit brought against it by the U.S. attorney's office at the same time as the criminal indictment, the attorneys said.
The government is seeking to recover $3 billion from Full Tilt, Poker Stars and Absolute Poker.
A spokeswoman for the U.S. attorney's office declined to comment.
The player who sued Full Tilt, Phil Ivey, sat out the World Series of Poker, which is currently taking place in Las Vegas, to protest the company's inability to repay players. Ivey was set to withdraw his lawsuit in Nevada state court Thursday, according to his attorney David Chesnoff.
"Mr. Ivey intends to dismiss his lawsuit as he believes Full Tilt is taking steps to see that the players are paid," Chesnoff said.
The deal was signed just a day after Full Tilt Poker's European operations were shut down by the gambling authorities on Alderney, a British crown dependency where Full Tilt is licensed. The Alderney Gambling Control Commission said in a statement that Full Tilt was "operating contrary to Alderney legislation. The nature of the findings necessitated the taking of immediate action in the public interest."
Attorneys close to Full Tilt said that the deal reached Thursday was part of broader negotiations to clear up its legal problems with Alderney and U.S. prosecutors.
Does that mean us uk people have a chance to get out money now?
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The American Gaming Association is a big influence on most things that have anything to do with gambling in the good old USA. The association has been around for a considerable time and has amassed a great deal of just plain good old fashioned gambling business acumen.
The President and Chief Executive Officer of the American Gaming Association Frank Fahrenkopf, has stated publicly that the organization will not be supporting the latest bill to bring legality to online poker. Representative Joe Barton, a Republican from Texas has introduced the Internet Gambling Prohibition, Poker Consumer Protection, and Strengthening UIEGA Act of 2011 has introduced the bill to Congress.
The reasoning behind the non support of Barton’s Bill is that the AMA is preparing it’s own proposal to be introduced this fall and wants to continue with their version of how the gambling legislation should be created. Back in May Fahrenkopf said the group’s bill would “generate some revenue for the states involved, the states where the bettors are, and revenue to the federal government because there will now be tracking on winnings. People who are winning at online poker will have to pay income tax.”
The two proposals differ in the way the revenue pie is cut up. The American Gaming Association idea would see the Federal Government benefit through taxation and the Barton bill sees fines and fees as the revenue stream from legalized online poker.
Other differing agendas for online poker legislation include the AGA saying that individual states have option to disallow online poker in their area where as the Barton plan calls for all states to automatically be part of online poker legality unless they opt out after legislative discussions.
The AGA commented that it, “has not endorsed any specific legislation on this issue, we are pleased that Rep. Barton wants to protect American consumers and understands the need for regulating online poker in our country.”
The President and Chief Executive Officer of the American Gaming Association Frank Fahrenkopf, has stated publicly that the organization will not be supporting the latest bill to bring legality to online poker. Representative Joe Barton, a Republican from Texas has introduced the Internet Gambling Prohibition, Poker Consumer Protection, and Strengthening UIEGA Act of 2011 has introduced the bill to Congress.
The reasoning behind the non support of Barton’s Bill is that the AMA is preparing it’s own proposal to be introduced this fall and wants to continue with their version of how the gambling legislation should be created. Back in May Fahrenkopf said the group’s bill would “generate some revenue for the states involved, the states where the bettors are, and revenue to the federal government because there will now be tracking on winnings. People who are winning at online poker will have to pay income tax.”
The two proposals differ in the way the revenue pie is cut up. The American Gaming Association idea would see the Federal Government benefit through taxation and the Barton bill sees fines and fees as the revenue stream from legalized online poker.
Other differing agendas for online poker legislation include the AGA saying that individual states have option to disallow online poker in their area where as the Barton plan calls for all states to automatically be part of online poker legality unless they opt out after legislative discussions.
The AGA commented that it, “has not endorsed any specific legislation on this issue, we are pleased that Rep. Barton wants to protect American consumers and understands the need for regulating online poker in our country.”
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Lobbying in the USA to get bill passed in the Senate is a very common practice, in fact it is almost the only way special interest groups have any chance of getting laws passed and changes made. Some groups such as the Poker Players Alliance in America have donated and spent millions of dollars convincing political leaders that their cause has merit and should be allowed to move forward with the blessing of the Federal government.
The Poker Player's Alliance, a non-profit organization led by former U.S. Sen. Alfonse D'Amato put $1.8 million dollars towards lobbying the federal government during 2010 and this year in the first quarter of 2011 another $420,000. The Center for Responsive Politics' research revealed that there have not been totals released yet to see the difference in lobbying efforts after the crack down by the Department of Justice on online poker in America.
Members of the Poker Player's Alliance and professional poker players have met with 120 congressional offices after the Department of Justice indictments against Full Tilt Poker, Absolute Poker, and money processors. John Pappas, executive director of the Poker Player's Alliance, revealed. Pappas commented
"The players were extremely upset that the government went after these sites," he continued, "The players were denied their hobby and in some cases, their livelihood."
The Alliance leader stressed that while talks are continuing to legalize other forms of online betting their talks with government made the point that poker is not a pure chance no choice game but one that requires skill to be successful. Pappas said, "Poker is viewed as a game of skill," and that, "The individual decisions decide the outcome. In our message, we make a strong distinction between poker and other gambling."
Barton has been using the same logic to sell his proposal to the House of Representatives in his bill to find a reasonable legal solution for online poker players in the USA.
The Poker Player's Alliance, a non-profit organization led by former U.S. Sen. Alfonse D'Amato put $1.8 million dollars towards lobbying the federal government during 2010 and this year in the first quarter of 2011 another $420,000. The Center for Responsive Politics' research revealed that there have not been totals released yet to see the difference in lobbying efforts after the crack down by the Department of Justice on online poker in America.
Members of the Poker Player's Alliance and professional poker players have met with 120 congressional offices after the Department of Justice indictments against Full Tilt Poker, Absolute Poker, and money processors. John Pappas, executive director of the Poker Player's Alliance, revealed. Pappas commented
"The players were extremely upset that the government went after these sites," he continued, "The players were denied their hobby and in some cases, their livelihood."
The Alliance leader stressed that while talks are continuing to legalize other forms of online betting their talks with government made the point that poker is not a pure chance no choice game but one that requires skill to be successful. Pappas said, "Poker is viewed as a game of skill," and that, "The individual decisions decide the outcome. In our message, we make a strong distinction between poker and other gambling."
Barton has been using the same logic to sell his proposal to the House of Representatives in his bill to find a reasonable legal solution for online poker players in the USA.
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The Bad Beat Jackpot on the International Poker Network, also known as Boss Media, is over $1,368,819. This is the largest online poker bad beat jackpot in history. A lucky table on the Boss Media Network will win life changing money when this jackpot hits. If you are playing on a Bad Beat Jackpot table lose quad 10's or better the Bad Beat Jackpot is hit. The rules are:
You must be playing on a Bad Beat Jackpot table
€.50 in jackpot rake must have been taken from the pot
Both hands that make four of a kind 10's or better must use both hole cards
Four of a kind hands must have a pocket pair
The Bad Beat Jackpot is broken down as follows:
35% to the player that loses four of a kind of better
17.5% to the winning hand
17.5% divided among other players dealt in hand
20% carries over to the next jackpot
10% goes to the house
ste
anybody gonna try for this mmmmmmmmmmmmm
You must be playing on a Bad Beat Jackpot table
€.50 in jackpot rake must have been taken from the pot
Both hands that make four of a kind 10's or better must use both hole cards
Four of a kind hands must have a pocket pair
The Bad Beat Jackpot is broken down as follows:
35% to the player that loses four of a kind of better
17.5% to the winning hand
17.5% divided among other players dealt in hand
20% carries over to the next jackpot
10% goes to the house
ste
anybody gonna try for this mmmmmmmmmmmmm
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steviec7 wrote:
The Bad Beat Jackpot on the International Poker Network, also known as Boss Media, is over $1,368,819. This is the largest online poker bad beat jackpot in history. A lucky table on the Boss Media Network will win life changing money when this jackpot hits. If you are playing on a Bad Beat Jackpot table lose quad 10's or better the Bad Beat Jackpot is hit. The rules are:
You must be playing on a Bad Beat Jackpot table
€.50 in jackpot rake must have been taken from the pot
Both hands that make four of a kind 10's or better must use both hole cards
Four of a kind hands must have a pocket pair
The Bad Beat Jackpot is broken down as follows:
35% to the player that loses four of a kind of better
17.5% to the winning hand
17.5% divided among other players dealt in hand
20% carries over to the next jackpot
10% goes to the house
ste
anybody gonna try for this mmmmmmmmmmmmm
I need that Jackpot 😄
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Manne wrote:
I need that Jackpot 😄
I need that Jackpot 😄
dont we all lol
dont we all lol
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Not so long ago, FBI agents probing the activities of poker websites they believed to be illegally operating in the US identified nine wire transfers of about $400,000 – a total of $3.6m (£2.2m). They were made to a discreet branch of Barclays near Harrods in Knightsbridge that is dedicated to wealthier clients.
They were just a sample of hundreds of payments to scores of accounts to have come onto the FBI's radar. Investigators have for years been tracking the activities of a number of sites active in the US, where online gambling is effectively illegal. Looming large in their sights have been PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker: the Google and Facebook of online gambling, thought to service over half the global player base between them.
Several bank accounts in the US, the FBI believes, can be shown to be linked to gambling activities, but many more payments have gone further afield – to Canada, Switzerland, Cyprus, Panama, Hong Kong, Malta, Andorra, the Philippines, Luxembourg, Ireland and Jersey.
Two months ago, officials arrested four of the 11 men now facing multibillion-dollar gambling, bank fraud and money laundering charges. The US department of justice (DoJ) has frozen many accounts around the world.
The transfers to Barclays are thought to have left the account before the DoJ could freeze it, but investigators were drawn by payment references such as "FFC [for further credit] … Chad Elie" and "FFC … Chad Canary" – both believed to refer to one of the FBI's main suspects.
Chad Elie, a flamboyant 31-year-old Las Vegas-based businessman, is one of four people accused of helping online poker firms disguise the movements of funds between players' US bank accounts and offshore websites. Such payments were outlawed by the 2006 Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act but, claims the DoJ, Elie has been among the most adept at finding ways to disguise these money flows.
It is claimed that he has been paid handsomely for his efforts in assisting PokerStars, Full Tilt and others. Among the cover stories he is alleged to have helped create is fictional payday loan activity through a series of accounts.
More audacious still, claims the DoJ, was another ruse: he and associates are alleged to have persuaded a small number of local US banks facing financial difficulties to wave through poker money flows without raising the alarm. In exchange, the banks are said to have received huge fees as well as promises of multimillion-dollar investments.
In one example, over a period of 11 months last year, a bank in which Elie and a partner had invested millions is alleged to have processed $200m in payments for PokerStars and Full Tilt before the regulator stepped in.
The day after his dramatic arrest two months ago, Elie was determined to show prosecutors his best poker face. After pleading not guilty to nine charges for which he could face years in jail, he celebrated his release on $250,000 bail by going ahead with his wedding to former Playboy playmate Destiny Davis.
Also arrested at around the same time as Elie was Bradley Franzen, another entrepreneur allegedly used by PokerStars and Full Tilt to find ways of masking payments. Based in Illinois, he ran a business out of Costa Rica. Among the schemes in which he is said to have been involved was setting up a phoney business called Green2YourGreen. Several US banks were told this was a sales business that allowed consumers to buy environmentally friendly household products and sell them to other consumers. The site is said to have echoed similarly phoney retailers set up to hide poker payments, including sites selling golf clubs, watches, bicycles, jewellery, clothing, or even settling medical bills.
After initially protesting his innocence, six weeks ago Franzen changed his mind, reaching a plea bargain deal with prosecutors. And with his plea came another revelation: after years of struggling to keep its payment arrangements one step ahead of the US authorities, Franzen claimed, Full Tilt was now hiding a $60m black hole in its supposedly ringfenced player accounts.
Panic quickly spread among players around the world, with Full Tilt's US customers launching a $150m class action. Meanwhile, on Alderney in the Channel Islands, where the site is licensed, the local regulator removed from its own website a statement saying: "There is no reason to believe player fund transactions are fundamentally threatened by any consequence of the US authorities' actions." Two weeks ago, it also formally withdrew Full Tilt's licence and the firm was forced to cease trading, leaving players uncertain about whether they will ever get their money back.
Rumours are circulating of a white-knight bidder emerging to rescue Full Tilt outside the US, but that almost certainly depends on an agreement being reached with the DoJ and could also require a sizeable investment.
Meanwhile, the company's fate should look clearer following a public hearing convened by the Alderney authorities in south London later this month. The regulator may judge the DoJ to be holding aces. This might be a hand to fold.
They were just a sample of hundreds of payments to scores of accounts to have come onto the FBI's radar. Investigators have for years been tracking the activities of a number of sites active in the US, where online gambling is effectively illegal. Looming large in their sights have been PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker: the Google and Facebook of online gambling, thought to service over half the global player base between them.
Several bank accounts in the US, the FBI believes, can be shown to be linked to gambling activities, but many more payments have gone further afield – to Canada, Switzerland, Cyprus, Panama, Hong Kong, Malta, Andorra, the Philippines, Luxembourg, Ireland and Jersey.
Two months ago, officials arrested four of the 11 men now facing multibillion-dollar gambling, bank fraud and money laundering charges. The US department of justice (DoJ) has frozen many accounts around the world.
The transfers to Barclays are thought to have left the account before the DoJ could freeze it, but investigators were drawn by payment references such as "FFC [for further credit] … Chad Elie" and "FFC … Chad Canary" – both believed to refer to one of the FBI's main suspects.
Chad Elie, a flamboyant 31-year-old Las Vegas-based businessman, is one of four people accused of helping online poker firms disguise the movements of funds between players' US bank accounts and offshore websites. Such payments were outlawed by the 2006 Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act but, claims the DoJ, Elie has been among the most adept at finding ways to disguise these money flows.
It is claimed that he has been paid handsomely for his efforts in assisting PokerStars, Full Tilt and others. Among the cover stories he is alleged to have helped create is fictional payday loan activity through a series of accounts.
More audacious still, claims the DoJ, was another ruse: he and associates are alleged to have persuaded a small number of local US banks facing financial difficulties to wave through poker money flows without raising the alarm. In exchange, the banks are said to have received huge fees as well as promises of multimillion-dollar investments.
In one example, over a period of 11 months last year, a bank in which Elie and a partner had invested millions is alleged to have processed $200m in payments for PokerStars and Full Tilt before the regulator stepped in.
The day after his dramatic arrest two months ago, Elie was determined to show prosecutors his best poker face. After pleading not guilty to nine charges for which he could face years in jail, he celebrated his release on $250,000 bail by going ahead with his wedding to former Playboy playmate Destiny Davis.
Also arrested at around the same time as Elie was Bradley Franzen, another entrepreneur allegedly used by PokerStars and Full Tilt to find ways of masking payments. Based in Illinois, he ran a business out of Costa Rica. Among the schemes in which he is said to have been involved was setting up a phoney business called Green2YourGreen. Several US banks were told this was a sales business that allowed consumers to buy environmentally friendly household products and sell them to other consumers. The site is said to have echoed similarly phoney retailers set up to hide poker payments, including sites selling golf clubs, watches, bicycles, jewellery, clothing, or even settling medical bills.
After initially protesting his innocence, six weeks ago Franzen changed his mind, reaching a plea bargain deal with prosecutors. And with his plea came another revelation: after years of struggling to keep its payment arrangements one step ahead of the US authorities, Franzen claimed, Full Tilt was now hiding a $60m black hole in its supposedly ringfenced player accounts.
Panic quickly spread among players around the world, with Full Tilt's US customers launching a $150m class action. Meanwhile, on Alderney in the Channel Islands, where the site is licensed, the local regulator removed from its own website a statement saying: "There is no reason to believe player fund transactions are fundamentally threatened by any consequence of the US authorities' actions." Two weeks ago, it also formally withdrew Full Tilt's licence and the firm was forced to cease trading, leaving players uncertain about whether they will ever get their money back.
Rumours are circulating of a white-knight bidder emerging to rescue Full Tilt outside the US, but that almost certainly depends on an agreement being reached with the DoJ and could also require a sizeable investment.
Meanwhile, the company's fate should look clearer following a public hearing convened by the Alderney authorities in south London later this month. The regulator may judge the DoJ to be holding aces. This might be a hand to fold.
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If anything positive has arisen in the three months since federal prosecutors imploded the Internet poker world, it's that the subject is no longer taboo.
A few members of Congress -- Democrats and Republicans -- support legalizing and regulating Internet poker. The Poker Players Alliance, a nonprofit Washington, D.C., advocacy organization, has seen its membership boom. Poker players, long known as a group not normally politically active, have taken an interest in the elective process.
It's early in the game and many hands need to be played.
"The poker community has become galvanized over the last three months," said Poker Players Alliance Executive Director John Pappas. "A lot of poker players were complacent, but that changed."
Brian Balsbaugh, who represents some of the game's top players through his Las Vegas-based Poker Royalty agency, has also noticed the change in attitude.
"Generally, as a group they don't want to be organized or get involved," Balsbaugh said. "Not anymore."
The reaction by poker players was not a surprise, given that a revenue stream was drained.
On April 15, U.S. Department of Justice indicted the founders of the three largest online poker websites, PokerStars, FullTilt and Absolute Poker, charging them with 11 counts of money laundering and bank fraud. The actions shut down their operations in America.
That left the U.S. online gaming community with few places to turn.
Many players gravitated to casino poker rooms in Las Vegas, Indian casinos and regional gaming markets. Some players found action on smaller and somewhat shady poker websites. Most, however, were outraged they could no longer play online.
What has been learned in the three months since "Black Friday" is that poker players want their game.
The World Series of Poker has long been considered the center of the game's universe. That has been much more evident during this year's six-week run at the Rio.
Player participation in the tournament's first 57 events increased nearly 7 percent from a year ago. Satellite game attendance, where the top prizes awarded were $5,000 and $10,000 seats into the major World Series of Poker events, grew more than 40 percent.
Originally, it was speculated the lack of Internet poker would reduce World Series of Poker players. The opposite turned out to be true.
Growth in live poker hasn't dried up calls for passing federal legislation making Internet poker legal and regulated. The problem is there may be too many bills floating in Congress.
Rep. John Campbell, R-Calif., and Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, introduced Internet poker legalization bills. Campbell's bill is a reintroduction of the proposal pushed in the past by Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass.
The American Gaming Association also entered the mix. In a keynote address to the Gaming Executive Summit in Madrid, Spain, last week, AGA President Frank Fahrenkopf Jr. said the Washington, D.C.-based lobbying group would push its own legislation later this year that would favor Nevada and New Jersey as the licensing and regulatory authorities in a future U.S. Internet gaming market.
Pappas said the competing proposals might confuse poker players. But he's happy that Internet poker regulation is being discussed.
"From a strategic perspective, it would be nice if everybody focused and got behind one bill so we can get this done," Pappas said.
Balsbaugh believes Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is key to any Internet poker bill getting through Congress. However, the Nevada Democrat failed to gain support for an Internet poker bill last December.
In any case, involvement and interest from the poker community is necessary.
Most players shun the limelight and would rather donate money toward the cause or candidates who support Internet poker. Others, such as 2004 World Series of Poker champion Greg Raymer, a licensed patent attorney, doesn't mind being out front.
"We just want players to get involved," Raymer said. "That's the main thing."
Actor Jason Alexander, a World Series of Poker's Main Event participant the last five years as a PokerStars- sponsored player, said the federal government is missing an opportunity.
"A penny a hand per player could solve the national debt in two years," Alexander said. "People want to play this game. There is no reason why they shouldn't."
A few members of Congress -- Democrats and Republicans -- support legalizing and regulating Internet poker. The Poker Players Alliance, a nonprofit Washington, D.C., advocacy organization, has seen its membership boom. Poker players, long known as a group not normally politically active, have taken an interest in the elective process.
It's early in the game and many hands need to be played.
"The poker community has become galvanized over the last three months," said Poker Players Alliance Executive Director John Pappas. "A lot of poker players were complacent, but that changed."
Brian Balsbaugh, who represents some of the game's top players through his Las Vegas-based Poker Royalty agency, has also noticed the change in attitude.
"Generally, as a group they don't want to be organized or get involved," Balsbaugh said. "Not anymore."
The reaction by poker players was not a surprise, given that a revenue stream was drained.
On April 15, U.S. Department of Justice indicted the founders of the three largest online poker websites, PokerStars, FullTilt and Absolute Poker, charging them with 11 counts of money laundering and bank fraud. The actions shut down their operations in America.
That left the U.S. online gaming community with few places to turn.
Many players gravitated to casino poker rooms in Las Vegas, Indian casinos and regional gaming markets. Some players found action on smaller and somewhat shady poker websites. Most, however, were outraged they could no longer play online.
What has been learned in the three months since "Black Friday" is that poker players want their game.
The World Series of Poker has long been considered the center of the game's universe. That has been much more evident during this year's six-week run at the Rio.
Player participation in the tournament's first 57 events increased nearly 7 percent from a year ago. Satellite game attendance, where the top prizes awarded were $5,000 and $10,000 seats into the major World Series of Poker events, grew more than 40 percent.
Originally, it was speculated the lack of Internet poker would reduce World Series of Poker players. The opposite turned out to be true.
Growth in live poker hasn't dried up calls for passing federal legislation making Internet poker legal and regulated. The problem is there may be too many bills floating in Congress.
Rep. John Campbell, R-Calif., and Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, introduced Internet poker legalization bills. Campbell's bill is a reintroduction of the proposal pushed in the past by Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass.
The American Gaming Association also entered the mix. In a keynote address to the Gaming Executive Summit in Madrid, Spain, last week, AGA President Frank Fahrenkopf Jr. said the Washington, D.C.-based lobbying group would push its own legislation later this year that would favor Nevada and New Jersey as the licensing and regulatory authorities in a future U.S. Internet gaming market.
Pappas said the competing proposals might confuse poker players. But he's happy that Internet poker regulation is being discussed.
"From a strategic perspective, it would be nice if everybody focused and got behind one bill so we can get this done," Pappas said.
Balsbaugh believes Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is key to any Internet poker bill getting through Congress. However, the Nevada Democrat failed to gain support for an Internet poker bill last December.
In any case, involvement and interest from the poker community is necessary.
Most players shun the limelight and would rather donate money toward the cause or candidates who support Internet poker. Others, such as 2004 World Series of Poker champion Greg Raymer, a licensed patent attorney, doesn't mind being out front.
"We just want players to get involved," Raymer said. "That's the main thing."
Actor Jason Alexander, a World Series of Poker's Main Event participant the last five years as a PokerStars- sponsored player, said the federal government is missing an opportunity.
"A penny a hand per player could solve the national debt in two years," Alexander said. "People want to play this game. There is no reason why they shouldn't."
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All of the talk about there being a lull in the World Series of Poker* enrollment this year has been put to rest definitively with a record 75,672 entries in 58 events creating the largest prize pool in WSOP history: $191,999,010. That's right, close to $200 million, and this is the seventh consecutive year that the WSOP has generated a prize pool in excess of $100,000,000. This means that thanks to this year's event, the biggest event in the game has awarded more than $1.4 billion in prize money.
"This summer underscores the appeal of the game and the power of this event. We're so thankful for all those who came from around the world to demonstrate that poker continues to grow," said World Series of Poker Executive Director Ty Stewart. "All across the board at the 2011 WSOP, from our signature gold bracelet events to cash games to satellites and daily tournaments, records were made to be broken."
This year's main event attracted its third largest field ever, with 6,865 players sitting down to compete in the $10,000 buy-in Texas Hold 'Em tournament. The youngest player was Logan Deen from Cocoa Florida, who played on Day 1B on his 21st birthday, and the oldest was 91 year old Ellen Deeb, who played Day 1C. While Logan made it through to day two, ELlen didn't make it to another day of player. (However, this didn't stop her from trying to re-enter the main event with $10,000 in cash that she kept in her purse.)
Later today, we'll have a Team Bodog Poker update giving you all the details on chip counts and more from the players we've sent to this year's event. In the meantime, of course, you can play online poker with us!
"This summer underscores the appeal of the game and the power of this event. We're so thankful for all those who came from around the world to demonstrate that poker continues to grow," said World Series of Poker Executive Director Ty Stewart. "All across the board at the 2011 WSOP, from our signature gold bracelet events to cash games to satellites and daily tournaments, records were made to be broken."
This year's main event attracted its third largest field ever, with 6,865 players sitting down to compete in the $10,000 buy-in Texas Hold 'Em tournament. The youngest player was Logan Deen from Cocoa Florida, who played on Day 1B on his 21st birthday, and the oldest was 91 year old Ellen Deeb, who played Day 1C. While Logan made it through to day two, ELlen didn't make it to another day of player. (However, this didn't stop her from trying to re-enter the main event with $10,000 in cash that she kept in her purse.)
Later today, we'll have a Team Bodog Poker update giving you all the details on chip counts and more from the players we've sent to this year's event. In the meantime, of course, you can play online poker with us!
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Full Tilt players have been pretty worried during the past few months due to the problems the site has encountered after the Black Friday incident. But now it seems as if they have gotten something of a reprieve as the negotiations for its sale seems to be close to completion. They expect to have the deal sealed by July 22 of this year, too late for the WSOP, but a welcome development nonetheless.
Full Tilt’s Odyssey
Before the whole Black Friday incident struck, Full Tilt Poker had been one of the biggest poker sites in the Internet. In fact, it was second only to PokerStars and was considered to be better than the said site in certain aspects, such as software and the roster of poker pros. Also, Full tilt had been planning to launch the “Onyx Cup”, a series of huge live tournaments with unimaginably high buy-ins and an elitist player base. However, all that came crashing down when it got hit by a major lawsuit from the US Department of Justice. In fact, it went at an all time low just recently when its license got suspended by the Alderney Gambling Control Commission and subsequently by the ARJEL, the organization which regulates online gambling in France. The Full Tilt site has then been shut down and its players were rendered unable to play, deposit, or withdraw their funds. As such, the big wigs at Full Tilt Poker have decided to sell the site so that they may get funds for the payment of US players. It’s a good thing that some European investors have gotten interested at the site, or else US players – as well as those in other countries – can kiss their money goodbye.
July 22 – A Fateful Day
There’s one thing that Full Tilt wanted to clarify in regards to this whole deal: it’s not a competitor that’s going to gain control of the site. These European investors, who have remained unnamed as of yet, are said to be new to the whole business. This will be the group’s first foray into the online gambling business. Jeff Iffrah, FTP’s attorney, has revealed that the deal is likely to be sealed this July 22. Once done, the first order of business will be to pay the customers. There isn’t much known about the group for now, except that they’re from the financial sector. More details are likely to come to light as the days pass.
Full Tilt’s Odyssey
Before the whole Black Friday incident struck, Full Tilt Poker had been one of the biggest poker sites in the Internet. In fact, it was second only to PokerStars and was considered to be better than the said site in certain aspects, such as software and the roster of poker pros. Also, Full tilt had been planning to launch the “Onyx Cup”, a series of huge live tournaments with unimaginably high buy-ins and an elitist player base. However, all that came crashing down when it got hit by a major lawsuit from the US Department of Justice. In fact, it went at an all time low just recently when its license got suspended by the Alderney Gambling Control Commission and subsequently by the ARJEL, the organization which regulates online gambling in France. The Full Tilt site has then been shut down and its players were rendered unable to play, deposit, or withdraw their funds. As such, the big wigs at Full Tilt Poker have decided to sell the site so that they may get funds for the payment of US players. It’s a good thing that some European investors have gotten interested at the site, or else US players – as well as those in other countries – can kiss their money goodbye.
July 22 – A Fateful Day
There’s one thing that Full Tilt wanted to clarify in regards to this whole deal: it’s not a competitor that’s going to gain control of the site. These European investors, who have remained unnamed as of yet, are said to be new to the whole business. This will be the group’s first foray into the online gambling business. Jeff Iffrah, FTP’s attorney, has revealed that the deal is likely to be sealed this July 22. Once done, the first order of business will be to pay the customers. There isn’t much known about the group for now, except that they’re from the financial sector. More details are likely to come to light as the days pass.
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With the WSOP Main Event on the horizon and all of the festivities being planned, we're just now getting around to posting the winners from the guaranteed poker tournaments that our online poker room hosts.
Who came out on top in the weekly $100,000 guaranteed online poker tournament held this past Sunday, July 10th? Killer36 took first place this week, earning $23,600. They were followed by pkb6786 ($13,600) and GIS0822 , who rounded out the top three spots while taking away $9,100. Here's the rest of the final table results: Formula420 ($7,000); Inner_insomnia ($5,700); GREENKEEPER ($4,500); jcsaint ($3,300); JonnyBCash ($2,200) and PinkPhish ($1,300).
In addition to our show-stopping Sunday events, Bodog hosts its regular weekly tournaments to players, and here's the winners of last week's events!
July 4 • $10k Guaranteed Double-Stack: Shawry5 ($3,463.62)
July 5 • $10k Guaranteed Double-Stack: bblei5 ($3,509.00)
July 6 • $10k Guaranteed Double-Stack: vern4416 ($3,850.00)
July 7 • $10k Guaranteed Double-Stack: holysmokes ($3,388.00)
July 10 • $10k Guaranteed Double-Stack: led55 ($3,660.25)
July 10 • $10k Guaranteed Turbo Double-Stack slice36 ($4,140.00)
Bodog's guaranteed tournaments mean that there's always a big cash pool and with more players getting in on the action every week, that means there's more to be won Play poker online at Bodog and get your share!
Who came out on top in the weekly $100,000 guaranteed online poker tournament held this past Sunday, July 10th? Killer36 took first place this week, earning $23,600. They were followed by pkb6786 ($13,600) and GIS0822 , who rounded out the top three spots while taking away $9,100. Here's the rest of the final table results: Formula420 ($7,000); Inner_insomnia ($5,700); GREENKEEPER ($4,500); jcsaint ($3,300); JonnyBCash ($2,200) and PinkPhish ($1,300).
In addition to our show-stopping Sunday events, Bodog hosts its regular weekly tournaments to players, and here's the winners of last week's events!
July 4 • $10k Guaranteed Double-Stack: Shawry5 ($3,463.62)
July 5 • $10k Guaranteed Double-Stack: bblei5 ($3,509.00)
July 6 • $10k Guaranteed Double-Stack: vern4416 ($3,850.00)
July 7 • $10k Guaranteed Double-Stack: holysmokes ($3,388.00)
July 10 • $10k Guaranteed Double-Stack: led55 ($3,660.25)
July 10 • $10k Guaranteed Turbo Double-Stack slice36 ($4,140.00)
Bodog's guaranteed tournaments mean that there's always a big cash pool and with more players getting in on the action every week, that means there's more to be won Play poker online at Bodog and get your share!
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Well, the first day of play in the World Series of Poker* 2011 Main Event has shaken down and these are the Team Bodog members who will be continuing to play into day two, which just kicked off at the Rio. Those players who participated on Thursday and Saturday will be playing today while those who played on Friday and Sunday will go into Day 2B.
Edward Yee • 139,000
Brian Booth • 113,000
Derek Chisolm • 66,000
Jeff Fritz Orange • 61,000
Chris Yickery • 60,000
David Shofler • 59,000
Raymond del Cueto • 57,000
Aaron Hacker • 48,000
Austin Hayre • 47,000
Dale Roppel • 42,000
Tay Nguyen • 38,600
Jeff Schuler • 35,000
Tim Hochkins • 31,000
Jared Pacifici • 31,000
David Liu • 29,000
Matt Pazar • 27,000
Clayton Hamm • 26,000
Steve Thornton • 25,000
Zac Cooke • 21,000
Brian Hamilton • 20,000
Frank Cerminara • 17,000
Tatjana Pasalic • 14,000
Thomas Crowley • 11,000
While we were sorry to see Bodog Pro Evelyn Ng find her way out of the tournament so early in the proceedings, Tatjana Pasalic will be joining in the action as part of a team proves that Bodog helps ordinary players get in on the best action in the game.
If you're not in Las Vegas, you can still play poker online with Bodog!
Edward Yee • 139,000
Brian Booth • 113,000
Derek Chisolm • 66,000
Jeff Fritz Orange • 61,000
Chris Yickery • 60,000
David Shofler • 59,000
Raymond del Cueto • 57,000
Aaron Hacker • 48,000
Austin Hayre • 47,000
Dale Roppel • 42,000
Tay Nguyen • 38,600
Jeff Schuler • 35,000
Tim Hochkins • 31,000
Jared Pacifici • 31,000
David Liu • 29,000
Matt Pazar • 27,000
Clayton Hamm • 26,000
Steve Thornton • 25,000
Zac Cooke • 21,000
Brian Hamilton • 20,000
Frank Cerminara • 17,000
Tatjana Pasalic • 14,000
Thomas Crowley • 11,000
While we were sorry to see Bodog Pro Evelyn Ng find her way out of the tournament so early in the proceedings, Tatjana Pasalic will be joining in the action as part of a team proves that Bodog helps ordinary players get in on the best action in the game.
If you're not in Las Vegas, you can still play poker online with Bodog!
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Epstein's reasoning for participating in the $1,000 buying tournament was never fully explained; maybe he felt that women shouldn't have their own events, that they needed to prove they were as good as the men, but it seems that he missed the reason that the Ladies' Championship was started: to celebrate women in a game where they are in the minority by a staggering amount. He's not the first man to play in a female-friendly event – men aren't prevented from entering such games without the organizers running afoul of sexual discrimination laws.
Perhaps if live poker were played in a void without societal factors and the difference between men and women such as that offered by online poker sites, that would be true, but men and women aren't the same, no matter how much we'd like to them to be. Until there's a lot more women playing at the live poker tables, these sort of events need to take place so there is a leveling of sorts, where a thousand women can get together and play just like a thousand men do.
In the end, Epstein's deep run was cut short and he ended up far short of his apparent goal and that can only be a good thing for the game.