Online poker training service PokerSavvy+ announced a major addition to their coaching roster last week - none other than well-known poker professional Mike ‘The Mouth’ Matusow. Matusow joins the already impressive roster over at PS+, including Ansky, WPTHero, Fisherman, Ike and Tribefan9. Matusow’s move marks ��...full article
Online poker training service PokerSavvy+ announced a major addition to their coaching roster last week - none other than well-known poker professional Mike ‘The Mouth’ Matusow.
Matusow joins the already impressive roster over at PS+, including Ansky, WPTHero, Fisherman, Ike and Tribefan9. Matusow’s move marks one of the first instances of a so-called ‘live’ pro venturing into instructional video territory, which has largely been the province of ‘online’ pros to this point.
PokerSavvy+ offers users a free 7 day trial of their service. Check out PS+ here.
CardPlayer OPOY standings shuffled post-FTOPS
The CardPlayer Online Player of the Year standings saw a fairly significant shake-up in the wake of the recently concluded Full Tilt Online Poker Series VII. With a 3rd place finish in FTOPS 19 (on the heels of a Sunday Million win), Tomgus456 moved ��...full article
The CardPlayer Online Player of the Year standings saw a fairly significant shake-up in the wake of the recently concluded Full Tilt Online Poker Series VII. With a 3rd place finish in FTOPS 19 (on the heels of a Sunday Million win), Tomgus456 moved into first. Defending champion Isaac “westmenloAA” Baron rode a FTP Sunday Mulligan win into 2nd place.
The current top 10:
Tomgus456
Isaac “westmenloAA” Baron
Reverse
Russell “rdcrsn” Carson
Brian “SNo0oWMAN” Hawkins
gautchos
ElMastermind
Thomas “Thomas Wahlroos” Wahlroos
OnlyPlayRagz
John “jclan5” Clancy
National Heads-Up Poker Championship players announced
Sixty-three of 64 players in NBC’s fourth National Heads-Up Poker Championship have been confirmed for the event, according to pokerpages.com. The event begins Feb. 29 at Caesars Palace in Lax Vegas and features a first prize of half a million dollars. The single-elimination tournament starts with ��...full article
Sixty-three of 64 players in NBC’s fourth National Heads-Up Poker Championship have been confirmed for the event, according to pokerpages.com. The event begins Feb. 29 at Caesars Palace in Lax Vegas and features a first prize of half a million dollars.
The single-elimination tournament starts with 64 players who advance via single elimination matches to the best-0f-three final on March 2.
All three former champions will be in the field, according to the Web site:
All three former NHPC winners will participate in this year’s event. Paul Wasicka was crowned champion of the 2007 NHPC, outlasting Chad Brown. Ted Forrest was the trophy winner in 2006, and Phil Hellmuth won the inaugural NHUPC in 2005. Both Hellmuth and Forrest captured their titles after outlasting 2000 WSOP Main Event Champion Chris ‘Jesus’ Ferguson.
2003 WSOP champion Chris Moneymaker has also confirmed that he will participate.
Players will also include the three 2007 Players of the Year as awarded by major poker publications. They are J.C. Tran (ALL IN), Bill Edler (Bluff) and David “The Dragon” Pham (Card Player).
Celebrities like Jason Alexander and Don Cheadle will also play in the field. Here are 63 of the 64 players, with an online qualifier to be determined:
1. Alexander, Jason
2. Antonius, Patrik
3. Bellande, Jean-Robert
4. Benyamine, David
5. Bloch, Andy
6. Brown, Chad
7. Brunson, Doyle
8. Brunson, Todd
9. Chan, Johnny
10. Cheadle, Don
11. Clements, Scott
12. Cloutier, T.J.
13. Cunningham, Allen
14. Deeb, Freddy
15. Duke, Annie
16. Dwan, Tom
17. Edler, Bill
18. Elezra, Eli
19. Elizabeth, Shannon
20. Esfandiari, Antonio
21. Farha, Sam
22. Ferguson, Chris
23. Fischman, Scott
24. Forrest, Ted
25. Gold, Jamie
26. Gowen, Clonie
27. Greenstein, Barry
28. Grizzle, Sam
29. Hachem, Joe
30. Hansen, Gus
31. Harman, Jennifer
32. Hellmuth, Phil
33. Hershiser, Orel
34. Ivey, Phil
35. Juanda, John
36. Kaplan, Gabe
37. Kelly, Tom(Caesars Palace qualifier)
38. Laak, Phil
39. Lederer, Howard
40. Lindgren, Erick
41. Little, Jonathan
42. Matusow, Mike
43. Moneymaker, Chris
44. Mizrachi, Michael
45. Negreanu, Daniel
46. Nguyen, Scotty
47. Nikzad, Hooman (Caesars Palace qualifier)
48. online qualifier (to be determined)
49. Pham, David
50. Raymer, Greg
51. Rousso, Vanessa
52. Schneider, Tom
53. Schreiber, Daniel
54. Seed, Huck
55. Seidel, Erik
56. Singer, David
57. Smith, Gavin
58. Tilly, Jennifer
59. Townsend, Brian
60. Tran, J.C.
61. Tran, Kenny
62. Wasicka, Paul
63. Williams, David
64. Yang, Jerry
The event will be broadcast on NBC starting on April 13
Doyle Brunson backs Obama for president
According to a blog post by Doyle Brunson in his blog over at PokerRoad, the poker legend is throwing his support behind Barack Obama. Excerpt: During this poker cash game lull, I am on this race for President like stupid is on Britney Spears. I ��...full article
According to a blog post by Doyle Brunson in his blog over at PokerRoad, the poker legend is throwing his support behind Barack Obama. Excerpt:
During this poker cash game lull, I am on this race for President like stupid is on Britney Spears. I have come to the conclusion that poker players have to support Obama. We can’t possibly let McCain be our President because he supports most of George W. Bush’s views. Hillary has lots of experience but I don’t think she is ready to lead our nation. Imagine her trying to talk to the leaders of the Islamic world? I wish we could have her husband back, but we can’t. Jennifer Harman and I have emailed Obama and asked what his position is on internet gaming. Hopefully we will get a response from his camp.
Credit to Wicked Chops for finding the post first.
Image courtesy of Wikipedia.
Bill to examine intra-state online poker in California introduced
An article published today in Capitol Weekly highlighted an interesting bill, introduced to the California Legislature by Assemblyman Lloyd Levine, D-Van Nuys, that aims to study the possibility of creating online poker rooms that would operate exclusively within California. The bill would represent a fairly new ��...full article
An article published today in Capitol Weekly highlighted an interesting bill, introduced to the California Legislature by Assemblyman Lloyd Levine, D-Van Nuys, that aims to study the possibility of creating online poker rooms that would operate exclusively within California.
The bill would represent a fairly new approach to legalizing and regulating online poker in the United States. Excerpt from the CW article:
Poker game ends in triple homicide
According to a report published by the Gainesville Sun, suspected cheating in a private poker game may have been the motive behind the slaying of three men this weekend. Duane Demaris Crittenden II was arrested by police on Sunday and charged with the murders of Jerome ��...full article
According to a report published by the Gainesville Sun, suspected cheating in a private poker game may have been the motive behind the slaying of three men this weekend.
Duane Demaris Crittenden II was arrested by police on Sunday and charged with the murders of Jerome Anthony Henry, Richard David Smith and Robert Erwin Ford. Excerpt from the Sun story:
The owner of a building at 108 Carver St. found the three men dead at the location just outside the Palatka city limits Saturday morning. Jerome Anthony Henry, 48, of Seville, and Richard David Smith and Robert Erwin Ford, both 50 and from Palatka, were killed inside the structure, a former bar that officers said people had been using as the location for a “high-stakes” poker game.
All four men had been involved in the game, which started Friday afternoon and continued through the night, said Sheriff’s Office spokesman Major Keith Riddick.
Crittenden had been in the game and lost, officers reported.
“We understand that he felt that they were cheating, and he went back apparently to confront them about that,” Riddick said.
The men were last seen alive between 8 a.m. and 8:45 a.m. Saturday, Riddick said. Investigators believe the confrontation occurred between 9 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. All three victims were shot in the head and neck area, Riddick said. Henry and Smith were both shot once. Ford had been shot twice and stabbed.
World Poker Tour announces schedule for Season 7
The World Poker Tour released the schedule for season 7 of their popular live poker tournament series today. Season 7 will see the WPT visit 14 destinations, including stops at the Borgata, Bellagio, Foxwoods and The Bike. The schedule is lacking some familiar stops, ��...full article
The World Poker Tour released the schedule for season 7 of their popular live poker tournament series today. Season 7 will see the WPT visit 14 destinations, including stops at the Borgata, Bellagio, Foxwoods and The Bike.
The schedule is lacking some familiar stops, as expected, including the discontinuation of the WPT event at The Mirage.
EPT Copenhagen Day 1a: Brandborn Leads Opening Session
Day 1a of the PokerStars.net European Poker Tour stop in Copenhagen kicked off with plenty of star power in the field, including Daniel Negreanu, Mel Judah, Thor Hansen and Thierry van der Berg.
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