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POKERSTARS WCOOP SCHEDULE IS OUT
2009-07-03
$40 million guaranteed in 45 online events
This year's program for the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) - arguable online poker's biggest tournament series, has been released by Poker Stars.com with a minimum of $40 million in prizes over 45 events that will kick off on September 3rd and run through September 21st.
The 45 events have combined buy-ins of nearly $71 000. Fourteen have guarantees of $1 million or more, with the main event guaranteeing a prize pool of at least $10 million.
A wide range of poker variants is represented in the schedule including Texas Hold’em, Omaha, Seven-Card stud, Razz, H.O.R.S.E., and deuce-to-seven draw. In addition, there are some entirely new events on the schedule such as Badugi, Heads-up Pot-Limit Omaha and big-ante NLHE events.
The Main Event alone should see the winner walk away with over a million dollars.
Players can qualify for WCOOP events via PokerStars satellites, which will be available in a range of low-stakes buy-ins soon.
IMPORANT CHANGES AT MICROGAMING POKER
2009-07-03
Euro will be the currency going forward, and a new approach to tournament action
The Microgaming Poker Network has announced important new changes that include the use of the Euro as the sole currency for its poker tournaments, and a fresh approach to poker tournament action.
The network is taking a fresh approach to tournament poker this summer with the launch of Survivor Tournaments, a new and exciting format for tournament poker play; it is also introducing two additional daily poker tournaments this month, called Breakfast and Bedtime Bounty. A company spokesman said this week that the moves are designed to deliver more playability.
The new Survivor Tournaments are fast paced with nail biting finishes. Players must battle against each other and keep one eye on the clock, as a percentage of players with the lowest chip stacks are eliminated from the tournament at each level.
Players are provided with a survivor status indicator on the table, stating the crucial information that they need to know to survive the next round of elimination. Players can see their status - SAFE, WARNING or DANGER – as well as the target needed to avoid elimination, the time left in the elimination level, and the number of players to be eliminated. All the information needed to make those quick decisions is available at a glance.
All tournaments offer equal payouts to all survivors. To get a share of the winnings, all the player need do is survive.
Mark Pinan, Microgaming’s Poker Network Channel Lead says: “The Microgaming Poker Network is proud of this new and unique tournament offering which is designed to provide the most entertaining network poker competitions available. We predict that July is going to be a big month for tournament poker.”
Also introduced this (July) month is the Breakfast and Bedtime Bounty Tournaments. In both games, half of the player’s buy-in is paid into the prize pool, while the other half forms the bounty on their head. Every time a player is eliminated from the tournament the personal bounty is awarded to the player with the winning hand. Bounties can make a significant boost to the prize money but also means that players are rewarded for eliminating their competitors, even if they don’t win the pot.
Along with the new games, the network has introduced the Euro as the sole currency for its poker tournaments, giving more guarantees, more variety in game play, more chips and longer blinds.
The move from US Dollars to Euros will be applied to all network guaranteed tournaments, freerolls, satellites and regular Multi-Table Tournaments. This move will bring more of the network’s software features into play, including the ‘double buy-in’ option which will be available in all re-buy and second chance tournaments, along with an auto re-buying and topping-up feature. The option to end tournaments early when all remaining prizes are the same will also be available – starting with satellites to the new weekly Euro100 000 GTD tournament.
TOUGH VICTORY FOR GRAHAM IN WSOP 40 (Update)
2009-06-24
New Orleans pro denies Russian a third bracelet
Event 40 - the $10 000 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha World Championship at the World Series of Poker saw an American and a Russian across the table from each other in a thriller of a heads up atter they had survived an entry field of 295 players and a final table with plenty of talented pros looking for the biggest share of the $2 773 000 prize pool.
By day 3 the field was down to 25, many of them acknowledged to be among the finest PLO players in the game today, but only nine could make the final table.
Final tablers were New Orleans Internet and live tourney pro Matt Graham in the chip lead on 1.4 million, followed by Ferit Gabriellson (1.2 million), Josh Arieh (1.050 million), Richard Austin (1.030 million), Robin Keston (1 million), Stefan Mattsson and Vitaly Lunkin on 850 000 apiece, Van Marcus (500 000) and Barry Greenstein (780 000).
By 2.30am the heads up stage had been reached, pitting Matt Graham (25), a New Orleans native now resident in Houston, Texas against the respected Moscow pro Vitaly Lunkin (37). The duo were almost evenly matched in chip stacks, but Graham ran into trouble ninety minutes in and was almost crippled, executing a remarkable comeback through a series of double-ups that eroded Lunkin's at one point massive 13 to 1 chip lead.
By 4.30am it was all over - two hours of exciting heads up action had culminated in Graham prevailing to take home the $679 379 main prize and the bracelet - his second from WSOP and his biggest prize in 16 career cashes to date. The win brings Graham's career earnings since he started playing poker online three years ago to $1 183 775.
Lunkin's runner-up prize was $419 832 - his second big-prize win this year after earlier taking down Event 2 - the 40th Anniversary $40 000 buy-in No-Limit Holdem contest, where he picked up $1 891 012 and his second WSOP bracelet.
FOLEY TAKES WSOP EVENT 39
2009-06-24
Three final survivors were all from the United States
Ray Foley (37) of Northville, Michigan, is the victor in Event #39 - the $1 500 buy-in No Limit Hold'em competition at the 2009 World Series of Poker. The event drew an entry field of 2 715 and delivered a prize pool of $3 705 975, with 26 players surviving through to the final day, where it took five hours to reach the following final table:
Seat 1: Chairud Vangchailued - 875 000
Seat 2: Tyler Spalding - 1 485 000
Seat 3: Patrick O'Connor - 580 000
Seat 4: Brandon Cantu - 880 000
Seat 5: Alex Jacob - 2 200 000
Seat 6: Ray Foley - 2 860 000 - chip leader and eventual winner
Seat 7: Richard Lutes - 1 555 000
Seat 8: Wei Mu - 1 370 000
Seat 9: Jonathan Markham - 400 000
Foley, who has played in four major live tournaments including this one to accrue career winnings of $733 031, managed to maintain his lead through much of the tournamet and into the final table action.
The Foley vs. Brandon Cantu heads up was decided when Wei Mu was eliminated in third place for a $269 609 payday. By that time Cantu had opened up a chip lead of around 1.8 million on his opponent, and half-an-hour into the game it looked as if Cantu was headed for his second WSOP bracelet.
It was not to be however, with Foley enjoying a marvellous run of cards to put the final shine on his talented play, sending Cantu to the cashier with a second placing reward of $403 951, and collecting the main prize of $657 969 and his first WSOP bracelet.
FLORIDA TO STUDY LEGALISED INTRASTATE ONLINE POKER
2009-06-24
Sunshine state joins California in taking a close look at poker possibilities
Positive news from the state of Florida is that Governor Charles Grist has signed off on a bill passed by the state legislature in May this year which authorised a detailed study of the possible impact of Internet poker on an intrastate basis.
A positive report would provide powerful leverage for the many politicians who see the regulation and licensing of online poker in the state as a strong possibility, placating poker players and providing additional tax revenues.
The bill's objective is to consider what measures may be required to protect state residents from gambling offered by offshore Internet poker sites, measures to protect the vulnerable and underaged and what impact legalised intrastate poker might have on the state's existing terrestrial poker venues.
It provides for the results of the study to be ready for consideration by the state Senate as early as December 2009.
There could also be synergy with similar moves to legalise intrastate Internet poker in the state of California. Two closely related lobbying organisations, American Poker Ventures and the Poker Voters of America have been involved in lobbying for change and have drafted the content of Bill HB225 that deals with the study in Florida.
2009-07-03
$40 million guaranteed in 45 online events
This year's program for the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) - arguable online poker's biggest tournament series, has been released by Poker Stars.com with a minimum of $40 million in prizes over 45 events that will kick off on September 3rd and run through September 21st.
The 45 events have combined buy-ins of nearly $71 000. Fourteen have guarantees of $1 million or more, with the main event guaranteeing a prize pool of at least $10 million.
A wide range of poker variants is represented in the schedule including Texas Hold’em, Omaha, Seven-Card stud, Razz, H.O.R.S.E., and deuce-to-seven draw. In addition, there are some entirely new events on the schedule such as Badugi, Heads-up Pot-Limit Omaha and big-ante NLHE events.
The Main Event alone should see the winner walk away with over a million dollars.
Players can qualify for WCOOP events via PokerStars satellites, which will be available in a range of low-stakes buy-ins soon.
IMPORANT CHANGES AT MICROGAMING POKER
2009-07-03
Euro will be the currency going forward, and a new approach to tournament action
The Microgaming Poker Network has announced important new changes that include the use of the Euro as the sole currency for its poker tournaments, and a fresh approach to poker tournament action.
The network is taking a fresh approach to tournament poker this summer with the launch of Survivor Tournaments, a new and exciting format for tournament poker play; it is also introducing two additional daily poker tournaments this month, called Breakfast and Bedtime Bounty. A company spokesman said this week that the moves are designed to deliver more playability.
The new Survivor Tournaments are fast paced with nail biting finishes. Players must battle against each other and keep one eye on the clock, as a percentage of players with the lowest chip stacks are eliminated from the tournament at each level.
Players are provided with a survivor status indicator on the table, stating the crucial information that they need to know to survive the next round of elimination. Players can see their status - SAFE, WARNING or DANGER – as well as the target needed to avoid elimination, the time left in the elimination level, and the number of players to be eliminated. All the information needed to make those quick decisions is available at a glance.
All tournaments offer equal payouts to all survivors. To get a share of the winnings, all the player need do is survive.
Mark Pinan, Microgaming’s Poker Network Channel Lead says: “The Microgaming Poker Network is proud of this new and unique tournament offering which is designed to provide the most entertaining network poker competitions available. We predict that July is going to be a big month for tournament poker.”
Also introduced this (July) month is the Breakfast and Bedtime Bounty Tournaments. In both games, half of the player’s buy-in is paid into the prize pool, while the other half forms the bounty on their head. Every time a player is eliminated from the tournament the personal bounty is awarded to the player with the winning hand. Bounties can make a significant boost to the prize money but also means that players are rewarded for eliminating their competitors, even if they don’t win the pot.
Along with the new games, the network has introduced the Euro as the sole currency for its poker tournaments, giving more guarantees, more variety in game play, more chips and longer blinds.
The move from US Dollars to Euros will be applied to all network guaranteed tournaments, freerolls, satellites and regular Multi-Table Tournaments. This move will bring more of the network’s software features into play, including the ‘double buy-in’ option which will be available in all re-buy and second chance tournaments, along with an auto re-buying and topping-up feature. The option to end tournaments early when all remaining prizes are the same will also be available – starting with satellites to the new weekly Euro100 000 GTD tournament.
TOUGH VICTORY FOR GRAHAM IN WSOP 40 (Update)
2009-06-24
New Orleans pro denies Russian a third bracelet
Event 40 - the $10 000 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha World Championship at the World Series of Poker saw an American and a Russian across the table from each other in a thriller of a heads up atter they had survived an entry field of 295 players and a final table with plenty of talented pros looking for the biggest share of the $2 773 000 prize pool.
By day 3 the field was down to 25, many of them acknowledged to be among the finest PLO players in the game today, but only nine could make the final table.
Final tablers were New Orleans Internet and live tourney pro Matt Graham in the chip lead on 1.4 million, followed by Ferit Gabriellson (1.2 million), Josh Arieh (1.050 million), Richard Austin (1.030 million), Robin Keston (1 million), Stefan Mattsson and Vitaly Lunkin on 850 000 apiece, Van Marcus (500 000) and Barry Greenstein (780 000).
By 2.30am the heads up stage had been reached, pitting Matt Graham (25), a New Orleans native now resident in Houston, Texas against the respected Moscow pro Vitaly Lunkin (37). The duo were almost evenly matched in chip stacks, but Graham ran into trouble ninety minutes in and was almost crippled, executing a remarkable comeback through a series of double-ups that eroded Lunkin's at one point massive 13 to 1 chip lead.
By 4.30am it was all over - two hours of exciting heads up action had culminated in Graham prevailing to take home the $679 379 main prize and the bracelet - his second from WSOP and his biggest prize in 16 career cashes to date. The win brings Graham's career earnings since he started playing poker online three years ago to $1 183 775.
Lunkin's runner-up prize was $419 832 - his second big-prize win this year after earlier taking down Event 2 - the 40th Anniversary $40 000 buy-in No-Limit Holdem contest, where he picked up $1 891 012 and his second WSOP bracelet.
FOLEY TAKES WSOP EVENT 39
2009-06-24
Three final survivors were all from the United States
Ray Foley (37) of Northville, Michigan, is the victor in Event #39 - the $1 500 buy-in No Limit Hold'em competition at the 2009 World Series of Poker. The event drew an entry field of 2 715 and delivered a prize pool of $3 705 975, with 26 players surviving through to the final day, where it took five hours to reach the following final table:
Seat 1: Chairud Vangchailued - 875 000
Seat 2: Tyler Spalding - 1 485 000
Seat 3: Patrick O'Connor - 580 000
Seat 4: Brandon Cantu - 880 000
Seat 5: Alex Jacob - 2 200 000
Seat 6: Ray Foley - 2 860 000 - chip leader and eventual winner
Seat 7: Richard Lutes - 1 555 000
Seat 8: Wei Mu - 1 370 000
Seat 9: Jonathan Markham - 400 000
Foley, who has played in four major live tournaments including this one to accrue career winnings of $733 031, managed to maintain his lead through much of the tournamet and into the final table action.
The Foley vs. Brandon Cantu heads up was decided when Wei Mu was eliminated in third place for a $269 609 payday. By that time Cantu had opened up a chip lead of around 1.8 million on his opponent, and half-an-hour into the game it looked as if Cantu was headed for his second WSOP bracelet.
It was not to be however, with Foley enjoying a marvellous run of cards to put the final shine on his talented play, sending Cantu to the cashier with a second placing reward of $403 951, and collecting the main prize of $657 969 and his first WSOP bracelet.
FLORIDA TO STUDY LEGALISED INTRASTATE ONLINE POKER
2009-06-24
Sunshine state joins California in taking a close look at poker possibilities
Positive news from the state of Florida is that Governor Charles Grist has signed off on a bill passed by the state legislature in May this year which authorised a detailed study of the possible impact of Internet poker on an intrastate basis.
A positive report would provide powerful leverage for the many politicians who see the regulation and licensing of online poker in the state as a strong possibility, placating poker players and providing additional tax revenues.
The bill's objective is to consider what measures may be required to protect state residents from gambling offered by offshore Internet poker sites, measures to protect the vulnerable and underaged and what impact legalised intrastate poker might have on the state's existing terrestrial poker venues.
It provides for the results of the study to be ready for consideration by the state Senate as early as December 2009.
There could also be synergy with similar moves to legalise intrastate Internet poker in the state of California. Two closely related lobbying organisations, American Poker Ventures and the Poker Voters of America have been involved in lobbying for change and have drafted the content of Bill HB225 that deals with the study in Florida.
