February 2012 Poker Events
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February 2012 Poker Events News
THE GROWTH OF PLAYING ONLINE POKER FREE
2011-02-08
With an increasing number of people joining the online Poker gaming wagon, it is an important requirement that all those who want to play the game are provided with just the right information and knowledge about. It is very important that all poker players are well aware of the basics of the game. The increasing popularity of online poker among the people has made the game of online poker one of the most often played Internet games in the world. The number of online poker players has been on a constant rise during the past years and even today the number seems to grow on a fact-increasing rate. The rising number of players has led to a resultant increase in the number of online casinos that offer free online casino gaming.
Slowly the online poker gaming has taken the centre stage in the casino gaming world and it is due to the increasing popularity of such casino games that the world of casino gaming is experiencing perhaps a tremendous phase that it had been waiting for since years. According to the report that was presented by the Christiansen Capital, The revenues of online poker gaming went on to rise from 82.7 million dollars that were recorded in the year 2001 to a whopping 2.4 billion dollars as recorded in the year 2005.
This boom in the world of online gaming can actually be attributed to a lot of different factors. The fact that is a much better and convenient option than the conventional, traditional game of poker is the major cause of the increase in interest in the online poker gaming. The traditional poker rooms are sometimes located on such geographical locations that can not be easily reached by the common man or are either so expensive and luxurious that the common man cannot even think about entering the premises of such a place. On the other hand, online gaming is open for all. You can come and play anytime you want to and that too, absolutely free of cost. The best part is that you can even play sitting in the comforts of your own house in your very own room itself. What more can a player desire.
And in addition to this the fact that most of the times, the majority out of the total sites available, offers the game of online poker absolutely free of cost. This serves as an encouraging factor for the people who are beginning and have started the process of acquiring Poker skills. This factor encourages them to sharpen their skills till the time they become perfectly equipped for the game.
The game has taken on to be one of the most popular games to ever be played online after the Blackjack. The more the number of people indulging in the game, the more the rise in its popularity around the world. Online poker gaming is something that is of more appeal to the masses because of the considerably low costs that it carries. Most of them being free of cost, serve as the major factor in driving the people towards the game. Who does not want to avail something that is entertaining as well as comes entirely free of cost! This comparative cheap cost is due to the fact that in this case, the overhead expenses are very low, in fact, negligible. For instance, if there is a requirement of another poker table to be added there wont really be much requirement of monetary transactions as would have been the case of a traditional poker room of mortar and brick walls.
There is one more advantage that the online poker rooms have over the traditional land based ones that I'd like to throw light upon. There is less scope of any kind of fraud in online gaming as compared to traditional poker game rooms. Also, traditional rooms have a possibility of collisions and arguments among the players that is not possible in the case of online gaming rendering it as a very peaceful alternative.
Pehaps the best place to play online poker now in the USA is www.sportsbook.com/poker a site that knows how to cater to American players, and is growing very rapidly. Head over and get into the action today.
MAJOR ACES FALL IN MAJOR WSOP EVENTS (Update)
2010-06-15
Hellmuth and Dwan still chasing elusive bracelets
In the latest events completed in the 41st World Series of Poker in Las Vegas a slew of aces fell in the $10,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better World Championship, whilst Phil Hellmuth and Tom Dwan are still chasing elusive bracelets; Hellmuth to enter the record books with a 12th piece of jewellery, and Dwan to win some impressive side bets by taking home his first.
Monday saw the third day of event 23, the $2,500 buy-in Limit Hold'Em Six Handed concluded in another marathon session in which a winner was finally decided.
Russ ‘Dutch’ Boyd prevailed against a star-laden original field to claim his second gold bracelet and the $234,065 first-place prize nine levels deep into the night, after a tough heads up against New Jersey pro Brian Meinders. It was a remarkable achievement, bearing in mind that Boyd went into the heads up with a 4 to 1 chip disadvantage against a talented opponent.
Boyd's first WSOP bracelet was achieved in 2006 in a six-handed NLHE event in which he was victorious against main event champion Joe Hachem.
Albert Minnullin, who hails from Moscow, Russia finished third.
Event 24, a $1,000 buy-in NLHE contest saw 507 players seated on Day 2 – the combined survivors from Days 1a and b, which attracted a total original starting field of 3,289 players (see previous InfoPowa reports).
John Tolbert led the field, with contestants hoping to make the money bubble set at the 342nd position.
By midnight Vegas time Monday level 17 had been reached with only 62 players still in contention, headed by Jaymes Rosenthal on 905,000, Dean Schankin (490,000) and Jeffrey Tebben (380,000).
Tournament officials were planning on a finish around 3.30am Tuesday morning as InfoPowa went to press.
Many of the biggest stars in the game were eliminated in event 25 - the $10,000 buy-in Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better World Championship which saw Phil Hellmuth denied his twelfth bracelet and Tom Dwan his first.
On Day 2, 145 players returned from an original field 212 (see previous InfoPowa reports) chasing the glory of a championship bracelet and a main prize of $488,237, with only 23 of them making it through to Day 3.
Barry Greenstein, Chad Brown, Phil Hellmuth, Phil Ivey, Nick Schulman, Chris Ferguson and Carlos Mortensen were just some of the big names who fell by the wayside without cashing as the field diminished.
Making the cash bubble but not the day were Dan Heimiller, Pat Pezzin, Huck Seed and Jeffrey Lisandro.
On Monday afternoon the 23 survivors gathered to decide the winner, with Michael Chow (who was to finish 6th) leading a still formidable and highly competitive field that included Abe Mosseri, who finished 8th, Eugene Katchalov (7th), Steve Wong (9th), Mike Sexton (10th) and Tony Mersick (5th).
Among those eliminated during the session were Jean-Robert Bellande, Eric Baldwin, David Baker, Steve Zolotow and John Cernuto.
By midnight Monday and level 26 there were only four players left, with UK ace James Dempsey leading on 2.9 million chips and in the hunt for his second bracelet this year, chased by Sam Farha on 1.7 million, Yuegi Zhu on 1.32 million and Sergei Altbregin on 900 000.
PADRAIG WINS IRISH POKER CROWN
2009-12-17
259 players in the field
Galway was the stunningly beautiful first stop on the inaugural PokerStars.com United Kingdom Ireland Poker Tour this week, and it was an Irishman who took the honours in a talented field of 259 players.
The Euro 2 000 buy-in event generated a prize pool of Euro 471 380, giving winner Padraig Parkinson a take-home of Euro 125 000 for the win. Runner up Paul Merrow collected a cheque for Euro 82 000 for his second placing.
Tournament host, Nick Wealthall said: "We couldn’t have asked for a stronger final table line up to start the tour or a better winner. Padraig has always been a top tournament player and he’s proved it again here; the fact that he’s a native of Galway makes it all the more special. Everyone watching the event knew Padraig was going to win. The whole event had an amazing atmosphere."
Parkinson faced a final table comprised of Trevor Bulless and Paul Merrow from Britain; Paul Dooley, Michael Graydon, Vinny Cosgrove and Cat O'Neill from Ireland; United States player Ben Lefew and Michael McFadgen from Canada. Lewfew and Graydon were both Pokerstars qualifiers.
2011-02-08
With an increasing number of people joining the online Poker gaming wagon, it is an important requirement that all those who want to play the game are provided with just the right information and knowledge about. It is very important that all poker players are well aware of the basics of the game. The increasing popularity of online poker among the people has made the game of online poker one of the most often played Internet games in the world. The number of online poker players has been on a constant rise during the past years and even today the number seems to grow on a fact-increasing rate. The rising number of players has led to a resultant increase in the number of online casinos that offer free online casino gaming.
Slowly the online poker gaming has taken the centre stage in the casino gaming world and it is due to the increasing popularity of such casino games that the world of casino gaming is experiencing perhaps a tremendous phase that it had been waiting for since years. According to the report that was presented by the Christiansen Capital, The revenues of online poker gaming went on to rise from 82.7 million dollars that were recorded in the year 2001 to a whopping 2.4 billion dollars as recorded in the year 2005.
This boom in the world of online gaming can actually be attributed to a lot of different factors. The fact that is a much better and convenient option than the conventional, traditional game of poker is the major cause of the increase in interest in the online poker gaming. The traditional poker rooms are sometimes located on such geographical locations that can not be easily reached by the common man or are either so expensive and luxurious that the common man cannot even think about entering the premises of such a place. On the other hand, online gaming is open for all. You can come and play anytime you want to and that too, absolutely free of cost. The best part is that you can even play sitting in the comforts of your own house in your very own room itself. What more can a player desire.
And in addition to this the fact that most of the times, the majority out of the total sites available, offers the game of online poker absolutely free of cost. This serves as an encouraging factor for the people who are beginning and have started the process of acquiring Poker skills. This factor encourages them to sharpen their skills till the time they become perfectly equipped for the game.
The game has taken on to be one of the most popular games to ever be played online after the Blackjack. The more the number of people indulging in the game, the more the rise in its popularity around the world. Online poker gaming is something that is of more appeal to the masses because of the considerably low costs that it carries. Most of them being free of cost, serve as the major factor in driving the people towards the game. Who does not want to avail something that is entertaining as well as comes entirely free of cost! This comparative cheap cost is due to the fact that in this case, the overhead expenses are very low, in fact, negligible. For instance, if there is a requirement of another poker table to be added there wont really be much requirement of monetary transactions as would have been the case of a traditional poker room of mortar and brick walls.
There is one more advantage that the online poker rooms have over the traditional land based ones that I'd like to throw light upon. There is less scope of any kind of fraud in online gaming as compared to traditional poker game rooms. Also, traditional rooms have a possibility of collisions and arguments among the players that is not possible in the case of online gaming rendering it as a very peaceful alternative.
Pehaps the best place to play online poker now in the USA is www.sportsbook.com/poker a site that knows how to cater to American players, and is growing very rapidly. Head over and get into the action today.
MAJOR ACES FALL IN MAJOR WSOP EVENTS (Update)
2010-06-15
Hellmuth and Dwan still chasing elusive bracelets
In the latest events completed in the 41st World Series of Poker in Las Vegas a slew of aces fell in the $10,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better World Championship, whilst Phil Hellmuth and Tom Dwan are still chasing elusive bracelets; Hellmuth to enter the record books with a 12th piece of jewellery, and Dwan to win some impressive side bets by taking home his first.
Monday saw the third day of event 23, the $2,500 buy-in Limit Hold'Em Six Handed concluded in another marathon session in which a winner was finally decided.
Russ ‘Dutch’ Boyd prevailed against a star-laden original field to claim his second gold bracelet and the $234,065 first-place prize nine levels deep into the night, after a tough heads up against New Jersey pro Brian Meinders. It was a remarkable achievement, bearing in mind that Boyd went into the heads up with a 4 to 1 chip disadvantage against a talented opponent.
Boyd's first WSOP bracelet was achieved in 2006 in a six-handed NLHE event in which he was victorious against main event champion Joe Hachem.
Albert Minnullin, who hails from Moscow, Russia finished third.
Event 24, a $1,000 buy-in NLHE contest saw 507 players seated on Day 2 – the combined survivors from Days 1a and b, which attracted a total original starting field of 3,289 players (see previous InfoPowa reports).
John Tolbert led the field, with contestants hoping to make the money bubble set at the 342nd position.
By midnight Vegas time Monday level 17 had been reached with only 62 players still in contention, headed by Jaymes Rosenthal on 905,000, Dean Schankin (490,000) and Jeffrey Tebben (380,000).
Tournament officials were planning on a finish around 3.30am Tuesday morning as InfoPowa went to press.
Many of the biggest stars in the game were eliminated in event 25 - the $10,000 buy-in Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better World Championship which saw Phil Hellmuth denied his twelfth bracelet and Tom Dwan his first.
On Day 2, 145 players returned from an original field 212 (see previous InfoPowa reports) chasing the glory of a championship bracelet and a main prize of $488,237, with only 23 of them making it through to Day 3.
Barry Greenstein, Chad Brown, Phil Hellmuth, Phil Ivey, Nick Schulman, Chris Ferguson and Carlos Mortensen were just some of the big names who fell by the wayside without cashing as the field diminished.
Making the cash bubble but not the day were Dan Heimiller, Pat Pezzin, Huck Seed and Jeffrey Lisandro.
On Monday afternoon the 23 survivors gathered to decide the winner, with Michael Chow (who was to finish 6th) leading a still formidable and highly competitive field that included Abe Mosseri, who finished 8th, Eugene Katchalov (7th), Steve Wong (9th), Mike Sexton (10th) and Tony Mersick (5th).
Among those eliminated during the session were Jean-Robert Bellande, Eric Baldwin, David Baker, Steve Zolotow and John Cernuto.
By midnight Monday and level 26 there were only four players left, with UK ace James Dempsey leading on 2.9 million chips and in the hunt for his second bracelet this year, chased by Sam Farha on 1.7 million, Yuegi Zhu on 1.32 million and Sergei Altbregin on 900 000.
PADRAIG WINS IRISH POKER CROWN
2009-12-17
259 players in the field
Galway was the stunningly beautiful first stop on the inaugural PokerStars.com United Kingdom Ireland Poker Tour this week, and it was an Irishman who took the honours in a talented field of 259 players.
The Euro 2 000 buy-in event generated a prize pool of Euro 471 380, giving winner Padraig Parkinson a take-home of Euro 125 000 for the win. Runner up Paul Merrow collected a cheque for Euro 82 000 for his second placing.
Tournament host, Nick Wealthall said: "We couldn’t have asked for a stronger final table line up to start the tour or a better winner. Padraig has always been a top tournament player and he’s proved it again here; the fact that he’s a native of Galway makes it all the more special. Everyone watching the event knew Padraig was going to win. The whole event had an amazing atmosphere."
Parkinson faced a final table comprised of Trevor Bulless and Paul Merrow from Britain; Paul Dooley, Michael Graydon, Vinny Cosgrove and Cat O'Neill from Ireland; United States player Ben Lefew and Michael McFadgen from Canada. Lewfew and Graydon were both Pokerstars qualifiers.