Doyle Brunson to Compete in Premier League IV
January 28, 2010
PartyGaming has just announced that a legend in poker is set to participate in the Party Poker Premier League IV. Doyle Brunson is the latest addition of poker pros to be participating in the event. So far eleven poker pros have signed up to compete and one online qualifier will be participating in the event.
The Premier League IV is set to start on February 12th and continue until the 18th. The event has a buy-in of $100,000 so players will be competing to win a piece of a massive prize pool. Joining Brunson in the event is Daniel Negreanu, David Benyamine, Vanessa Rousso, JC Tran, Phil Hellmuth, Roland de Wolfe, Luke Schwartz, Yevgeniy Timoshenko and Tony G.
Brunson commented on participating in the event by stating: "I'm happy to have the challenge of playing against all these great players. I know a lot about many of them but, of course, all the young players from the internet are very aggressive good players. It is impossible to make a favorite to win this because every player in this field is capable of winning. I feel I have as good a chance as anyone."
Team Party members will be competing for one of the two final spots. The other seat will go to an online qualifier from Party Poker. The event is going to be filled with the best poker players in the world so it will definitely be an exciting tournament. It will be interesting to see how well the online qualifier plays against the poker pros. Who knows, we may see the next new poker pro come out of the Premier League IV if the online qualifier does well.
Cake Poker Adds Eight New Poker Rooms; Phil Laak Domain Included
January 27, 2010
The Cake Poker Network is one of the leading online poker networks and they recently announced the addition of eight new poker rooms. One of the rooms included in the addition is a domain from Phil ‘The Unabomber’ Laak.
Laak will be featured in the UnabomberPoker.com room where the poker pro will compete as well as keep a regularly updated blog. Players will be able to win unique prizes at the new site including the chance to play Laak in Los Angeles during his monthly home game.
Laak commented on joining the Cake Poker Network by stating: “We knew we wanted to launch the sickest poker site possible. By joining a network that focuses on player rewards and accepts players worldwide, we knew we would be starting out on the right track. I love getting involved from the ground up. I’m even blogging regularly on the site at UnabomberPoker.com/Blog.
The Cake Poker Network commented in a statement about working with Laak. They stated: “The addition of UnabomberPoker.com to The Cake Poker Network is a cause for great excitement. Phil’s enthusiasm for the game is infectious and brings a great energy to the Network.”
Along with the UnabomberPoker website, the Cake Poker Network added seven other partner sites. 7WinPoker, RedbackPoker, AmsterdamsPoker, SafariCasino, DimeLineSports, R2RPoker and BurroPoker have all been added to the top rated Cake Poker Network.
“The Cake Poker Network has been able to successfully collaborate with these and many other renowned brands in the online poker world, with many more exciting additions coming in 2010, due in a large part to its flexibility and commitment to work with its partners to find a unique solution that benefits all parties involved,” read a statement from The Cake Poker Network.
Phil Ivey Earns Top Spot on All Time Money List
January 26, 2010
Being at the top of poker’s all time money list is a goal of just about every poker pro. Professional poker players show their skills by how much money they are able to earn at the poker table. The top spot of the all time money list recently saw a name change when poker pro Phil Ivey earned second place during the Aussie Millions $100k Challenge.
Daniel Negreanu had held the top spot for the past few months after he finished in second place in the World Series of Poker Europe Main Event. Ivey earned a second place finish in the Aussie Millions $100k Challenge when he was knocked out by Dan Shak.
Ivey earned a prize of AUD 600,000 which is $544,219 in US dollars. This amount brought his career winnings to $12,804,433. Negreanu was sitting at $12,432,367 so Ivey only passed him by just under $400,000.
Ivey is a highly recognizable poker pro and he is considered by many as the best all around poker player competing today. Ivey won his first WSOIP bracelet in 2000 and for the past eight years he has earned more than $1 million each year.
It will be interesting to see how long Ivey will last at the top spot of the all time money list. Will Negreanu earn a nice win to move back up to the top spot or will Ivey continue to hold the number one seat. Jamie Gold is not far behind, as he sits third on the list, so we could see him move up in the standings.
Below is a list of the top ranked players on the money list
| Phil Ivey | $ 12,813,990 | |
| Daniel Negreanu | $ 12,432,367 | |
| Jamie Gold | $ 12,201,061 | |
| Phil Hellmuth Jr | $ 10,991,871 | |
| Scotty Nguyen | $ 10,955,557 | |
| Joe Hachem | $ 10,856,216 | |
| Peter Eastgate | $ 10,630,471 | |
| Allen Cunningham | $ 10,398,118 | |
| Erik Seidel | $ 9,814,424 | |
| T.J. Cloutier | $ 9,787,199 |
Calling All Poker Playin’ Ladies! Bodog’s Looking For Online Poker Pro Submissions!
January 26, 2010
Hundreds of people email 4flush.com each month looking for tips and tricks for becoming a Pokerstars online poker pro, or a member of Team Full Tilt. However, we've a new opportunity to share with just the fairer sex today...
Bodog is looking for at least o
ne new female Pro poker player! The popular United States poker site has asked for emails from female poker players.
Those interested should according to Bodog spokespersons enclose a recent photograph, along with a short biography in an email with the subject - Female Pro Submission.
If you don't have an account with Bodog yet, click here and get yourself signed up, then send an to this address: pro@bodog.com. Be sure to include that new username.
If you're unfamiliar with Bodog Poker the company was founded in 1994 by Calvin Ayre, and according to their webite they're based out of the Caribbean Nation of Antigua. Or at least that's the factual actual of it all. They're known for being a solid site, with hand made software. They're one of the top rooms in the world, yet you don't hear about them real often.
They're also known for having the sickest parties, if you win a satellite to the WSOP, it's a good idea to win it from Bodog. Especially if you're male by the way. I'm interested to see what they do to entice the ladies, or if they're using the ladies, to entice the gentlemen.
That's all for now, and good luck ladies. Let us know if you apply in the comments below, and keep us updated!
BRITISH POKER PLAYER JAKE CODY WINS EPT DEAUVILLE FOR €847,000
January 26, 2010
Jake “neverbluff67” Cody from Rochdale in the UK has won EPT Deauville for a first prize of €847,000 after besting a record-breaking field that included two former world champions and 13 EPT champions.
The 21-year-old online pro, who recently cashed in Galway at the new PokerStars UK and Ireland Poker Tour, was playing his first ever EPT. He beat Romanian Teodor Caraba after a two-hour heads up battle.
Cody, who also wins a seat to the EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo in April, said: “This is so overwhelming. It's the sort of stuff I dreamed about with my mates just a few weeks back. I feel like I should be asleep as I can't believe this is happening.”
Canadian Mike “Timex” McDonald, who won EPT Dortmund in Season 4, had hopes of becoming the first ever EPT double champion but was eliminated in third place. Team PokerStars Pro and PCA champion Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, also in the running for a second EPT victory, was knocked out in ninth place.
A total of 768 players entered the EPT Deauville main event at Casino Barrière, generating a total prize pool of €3,686,400. A hundred players won their seats to the event on PokerStars.
Team PokerStars Pro and former world champion Peter Eastgate made his second final table appearance, coming eighth for €70,000 while fellow pro Luca Pagano again broke his own record by achieving his 14th EPT cash – and third this season. He was knocked out in 72nd place for €10,900. Other Team PokerStars Pros to make the money were Dario Minieri, from Italy, and Vadim Markushevski from Belarus.
Martin Kabrhel from the Czech Republic also made poker history when he beat Frenchman Antony Lellouche heads-up to win the €20,000 EPT High Roller event for €250,000. Kabrhel has now won side events at the last three EPTs in Europe – the €2k in Prague, the €2k in Vilamoura and EPT Deauville. Kabrhel has now earned at least €400,000 at EPTs and Lellouche more than €900,000.
French player Audrey Guyonvarch won the €220 Ladies Event for €5,800. The 89-strong field included – thanks to French anti-discrimination laws - four men. Dagmara Aleksandrowicz, who won the EPT London Ladies Event, came tenth.
EPT spokesperson Kirsty Thompson said: “EPT Deauville has been a huge success yet again with a warm welcome from Casino Barrière. We had a record-breaking turnout with 768 players and there were some incredible performances - especially from the winner Jake Cody, Team PokerStars Pro Peter Eastgate who came eighth and Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier - who so nearly made the final. Congratulations also to Luca Pagano for his record 14th cash.”
Final table/payouts:
# Name Country PokerStars status Payout
1 Jake Cody UK €847,000 EPT Grand Final seat
2 Teodor Caraba Romania PokerStars qualifier €516,000
3 Mike McDonald Canada PokerStars qualifier €295,000
4 Craig Bergeron USA PokerStars qualifier €221,000
5 Claudiu Secara Romania €165,000
6 Stephane Albertini France €129,000
7 Michael Fratty France €92,000
8 Peter Eastgate Denmark Team PokerStars Pro €70,000
The next stop on the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour is the 35,000 DKK buy-in EPT Copenhagen event running from February 16-21, 2010 at Casino Copenhagen in the Radisson SAS Scandinavia Hotel. For more information, please visit http://www.ept.com.
PPA Applauds Poker Players’ Efforts to Aid Haiti
January 25, 2010
The Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the leading poker grassroots advocacy group with more than one million members nationwide, today commended the generosity of poker players in contributing to support relief efforts in Haiti.
“Like the rest of the world, the poker community is eager to do anything it can to aid Haiti in the wake of the devastating earthquake. I applaud PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Cake Poker for providing poker players across the globe an easy way to make a contribution,” said former Senator Alfonse D’Amato, chairman of the PPA.
The sites have set up special pages where players can easily donate to Haiti relief efforts. Full Tilt and Cake Poker, for example, are offering online tournaments where all registration fees are donated to the Red Cross, Doctors Without Borders or UNICEF. In addition, players on all three sites can quickly and easily transfer funds directly from their online accounts on the sites to a Haiti Fund that will be given to those organizations. All three sites will match every donation made, dollar for dollar.
More than 50,000 players have donated, and more than $760,000 has been raised. With the dollar for dollar match, the donations on behalf of the online poker community will be in excess of $1.5 million.
“The generosity online poker players are showing makes me even more proud to be part of this community,” said D’Amato.
Dan Shak Wins Aussie Millions $100,000 Poker Challenge
January 25, 2010
This past Saturday the 2010 Aussie Millions $100,000 AUD No Limit Hold’em Challenge began at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia with twenty four poker pros competing. The tournament offered a prize pool of $2.4 million with the winner earning the majority, a prize of $1.2 million. On Sunday the final table was in action with eight players ready to fight for the nice first place prize.
When final table play began, Dan Shak would be in the chip lead and it would help him make it to heads up play. It would be just about ten minutes before the first player would be eliminated. Howard Lederer went all in with A-10 but he ran into pocket aces held by Tony G. so Lederer was out in eighth place.
Billy Jordanou would double up from Tony G to make his stack much bigger. Tony Bloom would double up as well when he took on Barry Greenstein. Then Shak doubled up after taking on Jonathan Karamalikis.
Karamalikis then went out in seventh place when he ran into Shak’s pocket nines. Greenstein was then down in chips and he went all in with Q-10 and Bloom called. Bloom held pocket kings and would knock out Greenstein in sixth place.
A little while later Tony G would go out in fifth place and he would be followed soon by Tony Bloom and Billy Jordanou. This would leave Phil Ivey and Dan Shak to compete in heads up play. When heads up play began Ivey was in the chip lead but not by much. Shak would pull even with Ivey soon after heads up play began and he would eventually gain a slight lead.
Shak would then take a large lead and would eventually earn a win. On the final hand Ivey would open with a 100,000 raise from the button. Shak would re-raise all in preflop and Ivey would make the call. Ivey held A-10 Diamonds while Shak held A-7 Clubs. The board would run Q-7-5-4-4 and Ivey would be eliminated in second place. Shak would earn the title win and the $1.2 million prize.
Final Results:
1: Dan Shak — $1,200,000
2: Phil Ivey — $600,000
3: Billy Jordanou — $300,000
4: Tony Bloom — $200,000
5: Tony G — $100,000
Kentucky Supreme Court – No Decision Reached
January 23, 2010
The online poker industry was waiting for a decision this past Thursday to come from the Kentucky Supreme Court but it didn’t happen. The case in question involved poker where 141 online gambling domain names were seized and subject to forfeiture. Included in the gambling domains were Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars.
But a verdict wasn’t reached so now everyone has to cross their fingers until at least the middle of March. A lot of people aren’t too concerned about the delay including the Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association (iMega).
In a recent interview iMega Chairman Joe Brennan said that the origination expects to get a positive verdict for the owners of the 141 domains that are in question. “As far as we’re concerned, we’re confident that we’ve won in Kentucky. We’ve moved on.”
In October the Kentucky Supreme Court heard all arguments in the case and then in December Commonwealth attorneys filed a motion to add names to the case, stating, “The Commonwealth has learned the identity of certain entities and individuals involved in internet gambling operations, some of whom are U.S. citizens. The Commonwealth asks for leave to amend its complaint to add causes of action against these individuals and entities.”
The next date where the Kentucky Supreme Court could possibly come to a decision on the case is March 18th.
World Poker Tour 2010 Makes First Stop on Sunday
January 23, 2010
The first event of the World Poker Tour 2010 is set to kick off this weekend at the Beau Rivage Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi.
The event is going to be the $10,000 dollar No Limit Hold’em WPT Championship event starting at 12:00pm CST on Sunday, January 24th.
When the event first stopped in Biloxi it was called the Gulf Coast Poker Championship and this event will be the third for Biloxi, Mississippi.
Last year the event was won by Allen Carter after he outlasted 283 other players. He took home $1 million dollars for his first place finish.
The event will being with 30,000 in chips and the blinds will start at 50/100 and levels will increase every hour and a half. Players are only going to get 10 minute breaks between each level.
Play will begin very day at 2:00pm CST until we reach the final table which will start at 4:00pm CST. The full schedule for the event is below:
Sunday, Jan. 24: Day 1 - Play until 2am
Monday, Jan. 25: Day 2 - Play down to 27 players
Tuesday, Jan. 26: Day 3 (- Play down to 6 players
Wednesday, Jan. 27: Final Table begins
Pokerstars Online Poker Room to Launch New Daily Freeroll TODAY!
January 22, 2010
PokerStars.com, the world’s largest online poker site, has announced a new daily freeroll tournament for UK and Ireland players where they will be adding £2,000 to the prize pool each day.
The new £2,000 giveaway tournament will run for six weeks, starting on January 22, 2010. The daily freeroll tournament will take place at 9.30pm GMT every evening and players will be able to re-buy for $50c. If players miss the 9.30pm tournament then they can always take advantage of another freeroll for £250 at 10.30pm.
Emma Crowe, Regional Marketing Director for PokerStars comments: “The cold, dark nights of January and February are traditionally the most popular months of the year for online poker play. We feel that the new daily freeroll will appeal to a wide range of poker players. By adding £2,000 to the prize pool everyday for six weeks PokerStars are once again showing their commitment to rewarding players who use the world’s largest poker site.”
The announcement comes soon after PokerStars announced the launch of the new UK and Ireland Poker Tour which began in Galway in December 2009 and makes its way across the Irish Sea to Manchester on February 11th – 14th.
Annette Obrestad Becomes First Woman Aussie Millions Champion
January 21, 2010
Event #4 of the 2010 Aussie Millions was a $1,100 Pot Limit Omaha tournament and one hundred and sixty players registered to compete. It was Annette ‘Annette_15’ Obrestad who would outlast the field of competitors to take down the title win. With the win Obrestad would become the first woman to become an Aussie Millions Champion.
Obrestad would begin final table play third in chips and she would continue to dominate until she claimed the $40,000 AUD first place prize. When final table play began Michael Sampieri would be the first to go when he faced Billy Seri. Just a few minutes later Tony Bloom would go out after going up against Obrestad.
Paul Taylor would be eliminated next and Emad Tahtouh would be next, knocked out by Obrestad. Con Angelakis would be eliminated in fifth place and then Obrestad would be at it again when she knocked out Oliver Gill in fourth place. Ryan Gutch would be the third place finisher after going up against Obrestad. Obrestad pretty much took out most of the competition at the final table to face Billy Seri in heads up play.
In the final hand Seri would hold K-8-J-9 against Obrestad K-J-J-2. Obrestad’s jacks would hold up on the A-9-A-2-10 board so Seri would be eliminated in second place. Obrestad would then become the winner of the Aussie Millions event solidifying her status in the poker community as she became the first woman to become an Aussie Millions Champion.
Final Results:
1st: Annette Obrestad - $40,000
2nd: Billy Seri - $31,200
3rd: Ryan Gutch - $22,800
4th: Oliver Gill - $17,600
5th: Con Angelakis - $11,200
6th: Emad Tahtouh - $8,800
7th: Paul Taylor - $6,400
8th: Tony Bloom - $4,800
9th: Michael Sampieri - $3,200
TJ Cloutier’s 2005 WSOP Bracelet on Auction at Ebay
January 20, 2010
Ever wanted your very own WSOP bracelet? Well here's your chance, according to an ad at eBay, where the seller claims to be selling an authentic, 2005 World Series of Poker $5k No Limit Bracelet, acquired directly from three-time WSOP champ T. J. Cloutier. The kicker is that the seller is a Pawn Shop in Plano, Tx, just about 6 miles from Cloutier's home town of Richardson, Tx.
It is true that Thomas James Cloutier did win the 2005 WSOP 5k No Limit Hold'em event, where he claimed one of his six WSOP bracelets, along with over $650k. Cloutier gained his first WSOP bracelet in 1987 in the WSOP $1,000 buy-in Limit Omaha event. He landed 2 more bracelets in 1994 playing $1.5 Limit Omaha Hi/Lo and $2.5k Pot Limit Hold'em at the 25th Annual WSOP, with a combined total prize of nearly $300k. WSOP Bracelet number four was obtained in the 1998 $2.5k Limit Omaha Hi/Lo WSOP event, and Cloutier's 5th bracelet came in 2004 playing $1.5k Seven Card Razz. If this is indeed Cloutier's 2005 WSOP $5k No Limit Hold'em bracelet, it would be the sixth - and last - that Cloutier has won.
The starting bid on the possibly-genuine WSOP bracelet is $2,999.00 USD, and so far there are 0 bids. While the seller has an excellent track record at eBay - 100% Positive feedback out of 314 comments – it may prove difficult to ascertain the authenticity of the Plano, Tx pawn shop's claim before the auction ending date of January 24th at 1:34:57 pm PST.
The 2010 World Series of Poker will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the Rio Hotel & Casino. Several of the buy-ins for the WSOP events have been reduced from $1.5k to $1k, and many online poker rooms, such as PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker, hold satellite tournaments for the WSOP every year, in which you can compete for the chance to win your own WSOP bracelet.
Twenty People Arrested for Illegal Poker Tournament
January 20, 2010
This past Saturday night, twenty people were arrested at The Ramada Plaza Hotel in Kentwood, Michigan for participating in an illegal poker tournament. The Michigan State Police had been running an undercover operation, looking to bust these poker playing law breakers, and get rid of the illegal poker tournaments this past weekend they made their move.
An undercover inspector attended the illegal poker tournaments at the hotel as part of the investigation (no word on his win/loss record). The investigator attended the tournaments in November and December 2009 'to keep tabs on the group'.
The group of players were arrested and charged with frequenting or attending gaming places which is a misdemeanor charge and punishable by up to 90 days in jail. The players are expected to be arraigned next week for the charges.
The suspected operator of the tournaments currently has warrants out for his arrest. Cash, poker chips, gaming cards and other gambling items were taken during the raid by the Michigan State Police and the Kentwood Police Department. The Hotel has been cited for violations according to the state Liquor Control Commission.
Calling all Carbon Poker Fans to Facebook
January 20, 2010
Carbon Poker wants to know who their fans are, and from the looks of it, they want to know pretty darn bad. Carbon Poker fans that sign up here on 4flush.com and then hit the fan page on Facebook will get a prize, if 5000 fans are signed up that is!
Carbon currently has 4000 fans, and only those fans that are signed up when the prize is handed down will win it... so get signed up to Carbon Poker if you want in, and then make your way to Facebook to find out what it is their awarding their 5k facebook fans..
Oh alright then, well just tell you! Carbon Poker is hosting a $600 freeroll for their facebook fans!
So here's how you get in:
- Get signed up at Carbon Poker
- Join the Carbon Poker Fanpage on Facebook!
- Wait for details to arrive via Face Book on how to get registered in the tournament lobby!
Absolute Poker & UB Hosting Play for Haiti Charity Tourney
January 20, 2010
Later this week Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet are going to do their part in helping those affected by the earthquake in Haiti. They are going to host ‘Play for Haiti’ on January 20th.
Paul Leggett, is the Chief Operations Officer of Tokwiro, the company that owns both poker rooms had this to say:
“Along with the rest of the world, we’ve watched the headlines and news unfold with growing horror as the magnitude of the devastation in Haiti has been revealed. We believe we have a duty to do what we can to help raise funds and awareness for the plight of the people of Haiti, and our ‘Play for Haiti’ tournament is one small way we can work with our players to contribute.”
Play for Haiti is a dedicated tournament which will allow players to donate a portion of their money to the people in Haiti. Ultimate Bet and Absolute Poker are going to match the Play for Haiti prize pool dollar for dollar.
The tourney will be held this Wednesday, January 20th at 8:30pm EST. If you want to take part the buyin is $5 dollars and there will be rebuys but there is a cap of 750 players.
There is going to be $10,000 dollars in prizes, 1st place will win a UBOC 8 $2,600 dollar entry, 2nd place is a UBOC Championship 8 $1,050 dollar entry. Third through ninth place will win a $215 dollar buyin for a 25 seat Satellite and 10th through 15th will win a $109 entry into a 100 seat Satellite for the UBOC 8.
All of the money that is raised during the tournaments will go to the Red Cross Haiti Disaster Relief Fund.
Full Tilt Poker Launches Rush Poker
January 19, 2010
Full Tilt Poker has announced an addition to their online poker room that according to Full Tilt ‘is set to revolutionize the online poker industry’. The new addition is called Rush Poker and it is a new poker format available at the online poker room.
Rush Poker gives players a high speed poker experience. The game is designed to minimize the wait time between hands so players can continue to experience the poker action at all times. Players will be dealt up to four times more hands per hour during Rush Poker than in standard ring game play.
In standard ring games, a player will join a table and then face the same opponents at every hand. In Rush Poker, there is a large player pool which is spread across multiple tables. Once a player folds a hand they will be moved to another table with different players to begin playing the next hand. This will occur even if the current hand is still in play.
Rush Poker games also have a Quick Fold button at the table. This feature allows players to fold their hand before it is their turn to make a move and they will immediately be moved to another table for another hand.
Team Full Tilt Member Chris Ferguson commented in a press release about the new poker game by stating: “Rush Poker is the greatest innovation in online poker since poker started on the Internet. Rush Poker is an amazingly fast-paced game. You always have a decision to make; you’re never waiting for other players to finish the hand.”
Players interested in learning more about the new Rush Poker Games can visit Full Tilt Poker and click on the Game Types tab and clicking on the Rush Poker tab. Full Tilt Poker has added a video tutorial on the Rush Poker games to show players how to play the new game.
Calvin Ayre Posts Challenge to Online Gaming Industry to help Haiti
January 18, 2010
Calvin Ayre the founder of Bodog online gaming and entertainment brand has issued a challenge to the online gambling industry to help the relief efforts in Haiti. Ayre has stated that he has asked his foundation to donate £10,000 to U.K. based Oxfam to aid their relief efforts in Haiti. Ayre has also challenged the rest of the online gaming industry to contribute to Oxfam’s Haiti relief efforts. Ayre’s private foundation will match all donations made to Oxfam by people from the online gambling industry up to $1 million dollars.
Ayre commented in a recent press release: "It's a disaster in Haiti. I know they've had a tough go from Mother Nature recently, what with the hurricane and now this earthquake, but I cannot help but be disgusted with the ruling elite that have driven this country down like this while, no doubt, filling their own pockets. That being said, the innocents are, as always, the ones paying a horrendous price for this elite thievery and I think the global online gaming community has a duty to do something."
Ayre has asked his foundation, the Calvin Ayre Foundation, to send the money to Oxfam and then he will be matching all donations made by an online gaming person up to $1 million dollars. Ayre commented: “in a situation like this, each of us has a duty to help. Let’s do it!”
The Calvin Ayre Foundation was founded in 2005 and is a private and independent foundation with a charter to do charitable work around the world. The Foundation has pledged million of dollars and hundreds of man hours to help support those in need throughout the world.
Those interested in making a donation can visit this link: www.calvinayre.com/online-gaming-news-article/calvin-ayre-challenges-industry-help-haiti/2010/01/14/. There is also a link to Oxfam where anyone can give a donation to the relief efforts.
Poker Sites and Players Offer Relief for Haiti Victims
January 16, 2010
Full Tilt Poker" width="150" height="150" />It’s in the news everywhere that Haiti has suffered a massive earthquake of a 7.0 magnitude and all across the world people are stepping up offering up donations and other relief for the victims.
There are links on social networking sites, such as Facebook that make it super easy to donate money. Some don’t even involve you pocketbook you just have to join then someone else donates $1 dollar for every person that joins.
Poker sites are also stepping up to the plate with charity tournaments where part of your buyin is going to help Haiti. Full Tilt, PokerStars, Doyles Room and Cake Poker are just a few that offering players an easy way to help.
Full Tilt, PokerStars and Cake Poker are all matching their players donations in addition to charity tournaments. Doyles Room is donating all of their entry fees from their weekly Celebrity Bounty Tourney. Your entry fee is the smaller part of your buyin so if a tourney costs $10 + $2, $2 dollars would be donated.
Players at Full Tilt Poker can donate money through dummy tournaments with buyins of $1, $2, $5, $10, and $26 dollars. These aren’t real tournaments just a simple way of helping and then Full Tilt will match your buyin donation.
You can also donate money privately by transferring funds to ‘Aid for Haiti’. Full Tilt is also going to host charitable tournaments where half of the prize pool will go to help Haiti.
If you want to donate through PokerStars you can by transferring funds and then when it says player put in ‘Haiti Fund’ or you can buyin to one of their dummy tourneys for $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $200,and $1,000 dollars.
Party Poker Signs Kara Scott to Sponsorship Deal
January 14, 2010
Party Poker, one of the worlds most renowned online poker sites has recently announced that Kara Scott, a well-known television presenter and poker player, is their latest sponsored player. Team Party has welcomed Scott as their newest member and she will join the list of other poker players who are part of Party Poker.
Mike Sexton, Remy Biechel, Ian Frazer, Stewart Scott, Bodo Sbrzesny and Felipe ‘Mojave’ Ramos join Scott on Team Party and they all represent Party Poker at poker events. Scott’s new deal with Party Poker includes buy-ins for the top live tournaments all over the world as well as television presenting gigs. Scott will be at the fore front as the Premier League moves to Las Vegas this February.
Scott commented on joining Party Poker by stating: “It is fantastic to have signed a deal to join Team Party. It works perfectly for me as I get the opportunity to further improve my game on the live circuit as well as carrying on presenting. I’m so excited about the future.”
A spokesman for Party Poker commented on Scott joining Team Party by saying: “Kara is a great signing and we are really looking forward to working with her. She has historic links with PartyPoker after taking down the Sports Stars Challenge III and we have been super impressed by her progress since then. As well as being a great presenter, Kara is also a fantastic player with great results and the potential to go even further. We are excited about his new relationship.”
2010 PCA Ladies Event won by Vanessa Rousso
January 13, 2010
PokerStars Caribbean Adventure finished up recently and one of the events during the series was the $1,000 Ladies Event. This event saw 91 ladies turn out to compete over two days to try and win the first place prize. In the end it was Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Rousso who would claim the title.
Rousso would have to get past other PokerStars Pros as well as poker pros and PokerStars qualifiers. Rousso commented on the tournament by stating: “There were a couple of pros who played. J.J. Lui was in there, Annette Obrestad. There was a bunch of good players. Obviously you have to run well in any tournament you play in. but I didn’t make any mistakes that I know of, I played well and I’m happy with the way I played. Starting the year off with a victory is really cool.”
Out of the 91 players, 16 would cash out during the tournament. Each would earn a piece of the $88,270 prize pool. Halli Pinson was one of the prize winners, who went head to head with Rousso in the end of the tournament. Pinson commented to PokerStars on the field during the competition. She commented:
"This event was a lot more serious than most ladies tournaments. I didn't recognize that many faces, but the field seemed a lot more experienced than usual. These women had come to play, and they had come to win! Vanessa Rousso dominated the event though – she had good cards and she's an experienced player: the combination was lethal."
Final Standings of the Event:
1. Vanessa Rousso - $24,275
2. Halli Pinson - $13,815
3. Ann-Margaret Johnston - $9,335
4. Shirley Rosario - $6,620
5. Jamie Kerstetter - $5,740
6. Pastora Sorenson - $4,635
7. Lisa Adams - $3,750
8. Vanessa Caldeira - $2,870
9. Irene Baroni - $2,425
10. Sarah Wasch - $2,425
11. Violetta Szczerba - $2,205
12. Nesrine Kourdourli - $2,205
13. Muriel Allard - $1,985
14. Anna Yamshchikova - $1,985
15. Alina Salnikova - $1,765
16. Hai Nguyen - $1,765