Eighteen and a half years old, Michael McDonald has been playing live poker for only six months. Following the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour stop in Dortmund, Germany, he is now the youngest player ever to win an EPT stop. €933,600 richer from the ��...full article
Eighteen and a half years old, Michael McDonald has been playing live poker for only six months. Following the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour stop in Dortmund, Germany, he is now the youngest player ever to win an EPT stop. €933,600 richer from the 410 player €8,000 buy-in event, the teenager plans to go home to Waterloo before hitting EPT Copenhagen.
Rest of the final table:
2. Andreas Gülünay, Germany, €528,500
3. Torsten Haase, Germany, €307,000
4. Diego Perez Marco, Spain, €234,200
5. Claudio Rinaldi, Switzerland, €193,000
6. Johannes Strassmann, Germany, €152,000
7. Thibaut Durand, France, €120,200
8. Christian Harder, United Sttes, €85,500
Image courtesy PokerStars
MTV True Life looking to profile online poker players
‘True Life’, the MTV documentary series that generally focuses on youth sub and co-cultures, is looking for an online poker player to round out the cast of an upcoming episode. The poker player selected will be featured in an installment focused on people who lead “double ��...full article
‘True Life’, the MTV documentary series that generally focuses on youth sub and co-cultures, is looking for an online poker player to round out the cast of an upcoming episode.
The poker player selected will be featured in an installment focused on people who lead “double lives”, at least insomuch that they have two (or more) distinct aspects of their life that are kept relatively hidden or secret from one another. The more your life matches that description, the more likely you are to be cast.
Betting Patterns, PART 1
Identifiable betting patterns are there for you to spot in most poker games, and any information you can glean about another player's betting patterns will help you gain an edge on that opponent at the poker table. Every top-notch poker player is aware of betting patterns and knows how to capitalize on the information they provide.
Information picked up from betting patterns can serve a number of purposes-from tracking the playing styles of your adversaries to tracking down some areas of your own game that might need improvement.
When you put it all together and are able to combine information learned from betting patterns with physical tells exhibited by players at the table, then combine that with the community cards that show up in a hold'em game and the cards that other players turn up at the showdown, you can consider yourself to be a very skillful, savvy player. It might even appear to your opponents that you have some unerring, almost mystical sort ... Continue reading Betting Patterns, PART 1
Absolute Poker purchases Vegas Poker 24-7
Several Vegas Poker 24-7 affiliates were notified this week that the company has reached an agreement to merge with Absolute Poker. By the terms of the agreement, Absolute Poker will be taking over ownership of Vegas Poker 24-7. The company apparently plans to ��...full article
Several Vegas Poker 24-7 affiliates were notified this week that the company has reached an agreement to merge with Absolute Poker. By the terms of the agreement, Absolute Poker will be taking over ownership of Vegas Poker 24-7. The company apparently plans to make a formal announcement to players in a few days.
No concrete reason was given for the transfer of ownership to Absolute Poker. Since its inception, Vegas Poker 24-7 has been a part of the Absolute Poker network.
Brandi Hawbaker allegedly stars in adult video
We first heard it from the folks over at Wicked Chops poker, who picked it up (apparently) from a 2+2 thread that has now been deleted. If you’re unfamiliar with who Brandi is, any of the numerous links below (some of which link to ��...full article
We first heard it from the folks over at Wicked Chops poker, who picked it up (apparently) from a 2+2 thread that has now been deleted. If you’re unfamiliar with who Brandi is, any of the numerous links below (some of which link to the video in question, which is obviously NSFW) will provide you with the necessary background.
Wicked Chops story.
NeverWin Poker story.
Betfair demands return of computer-glitch payouts
The Telegraph published a story following the “Ocean’s 14″-style payout error last month in which a glitch in Betfair’s system led to a few hours of some players getting more money in their accounts than they ought to. Betfair appears to be putting the onus ��...full article
The Telegraph published a story following the “Ocean’s 14″-style payout error last month in which a glitch in Betfair’s system led to a few hours of some players getting more money in their accounts than they ought to. Betfair appears to be putting the onus on the affected players and is considering filing suit to reclaim possible owed funds.
The New Yorker: James McManus on Barack Obama the poker player
Poker author James McManus has an article in the upcoming edition of The New Yorker that focuses on the poker-playing side of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. McManus, best known to many players as the author of the excellent Positively Fifth Street, does a ��...full article
Poker author James McManus has an article in the upcoming edition of The New Yorker that focuses on the poker-playing side of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. McManus, best known to many players as the author of the excellent Positively Fifth Street, does a quick writeup on Obama’s card-playing history and then wraps it up with a few presidential poker nuggets.
Excerpt:
Obama never played for high stakes. Only on a very bad night could a player drop two hundred dollars in these games, typical wins and losses being closer to twenty-five bucks. Link describes Obama as a “calculating” cardplayer, avoiding long-shot draws and patiently waiting for strong starting hands. “When Barack stayed in, you pretty much figured he’s got a good hand,” former Senator Larry Walsh once told a reporter, neglecting to note that maintaining that sort of rock-solid image made it easier for Obama to bluff.
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