September 2010 Poker Events
Calendar of Poker Events for September 2010 brought to you by gamblinginternetpoker.com
APRIL 2010 EVENTS |
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| 3rd | Boxing: Roy Jones Jr. vs. Bernard Hopkins |
| 3rd | Final Four |
| 4th, 6th, 7th | MLB: Yankees vs. Red Sox |
| 4th | MLB Opening night Yankees v. Red Sox |
| 5th | Men's NCAA Basketball Championship |
| 5th | MLB: 1st day full schedule |
| 6th-7th | Soccer: Champions League |
| 8th-11th | Golf: the Masters |
| 8th | NBA: Lakers vs. Nuggets |
| 9th-11th | MLB: Minnesota Twins v. Chicago White Sox |
| 10th | UFC: Invincible |
| 16th | NBA playoffs start (give or take a day) |
| 16th-18th | MLB: LA Dodgers vs. SF Giants |
| 17th | Boxing: Kelly Pavlik vs. Sergio Martinez |
| 17th | Strikeforce: Henderson vs. Shields |
| 22nd | NFL Draft Round 1 |
| 23rd | NFL Draft Round 2 |
| 23rd-25th | MLB: NY Yankees vs. LA Angels |
| 24th | NFL Draft Round 3 |
| 24th | WEC 48: Aldo vs. Faber |
| 30th-may | MLB: NY Mets vs. Philadelphia Phillies |
MAY 2010 EVENTS |
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| 1st | Boxing: Shane Mosely vs. Floyd Mayweather |
| 1st | Kentucky Derby |
| 6th-9th | Golf: The Players Championship |
| 8th | UFC 113: Machida vs Shogun 2 |
| 15th | Preakness Stakes |
| 24th-june 6th | Tennis: French Open |
| 29th | UFC 114: Rampage vs. Evans |
| 30th | Indianapolis 500 |
September 2010 Poker Events News
A GOOD MONTH'S POKER FOR BUKARA
2010-08-23
Bosnian player takes down Cyprus High Roller Freezeout
Bosnian poker pro Perica Bukara, who is now based in Germany, is enjoying a profitable August, having just taken down the $373 207 main prize in the $25 000 buy-in Full Tilt Poker Cyprus Classic High Roller Freeze-Out event.
It was Bukara's biggest win to date, but not his first this month; on August 6 he scored $37 000 for a 6th placing in the Unibet Open main event, and on August 11 another $20 000 in the Pokerstars EPT Estonia where he achieved a 14th placing.
In the three day High Roller event, Bukara faced some tough opposition after the original field of 36 entrants had been distilled to a final table of nine comprising Carter Phillips, Ziv Caspi, John Dolan, Sam Trickett, Jon Turner, David Benyamine, Andrew Feldman and Ori Miller.
The competition was intense, with the final tablers all fighting to make the top five positions, where the money started.
Down to three-handed action it was Bukara, Miller and Feldman who battled it out for four hours until Feldman was bundled out by Miller, leaving the heads up to Miller and Bukara, with the latter holding the chip lead. That didn't last long as Miller took it and held the advantage for most of the heads up.
It wasn't enough, however; Bukara kept up a determined assault on the chip leader, and with some fortunate cards managed to take control of the game and ultimately prevail.
Miller's talent and style were rewarded with a second placing check for $207 337.
Still in Cyprus, the Full Tilt Poker Merit Cyprus Classic Main Event kicked off this week, with Day 1a and 1b entries of 180 players, each ponying up the buy-in of $5,000 + $400 for 20,000 in tournament chips, with a re-buy or add-on facility available at any stage of the first five levels for an additional 20,000 in tournament chips.
Day 1b ended Saturday with 60 survivors, who will be combined with the 80 still standing from Day 1a when the action resumes Sunday.
The overall chip leader is Day 1a chipleader, EPT Monte Carlo Grand Final Champion Nicolas Chouity with 119,600. Good finishers from Day 1b included WSOP 2010 final tabler John Nolan on 95 400 and Internet whiz Sorel Mizzi on 90 225.
POKERSTARS ACHIEVES ESTONIAN LICENSING
2010-08-19
Online poker flourishing in small Baltic nation
The Estonian Tax and Customs Board has issued PokerStars, the world's largest poker site, an activity license in Estonia.
Tomas Larsson, PokerStars’ Baltics country manager, said, "Applying for a licence is always a complicated process and I am therefore very happy that PokerStars has successfully met all the necessary criteria to obtain an activity license in Estonia."
Estonia is one of the smallest EU member states, but poker is flourishing and the country remains one of the most significant new markets for PokerStars, Larsson said.
PokerStars has made significant investments in Estonia during the last few years, contributing to the development of the local sports and cultural life. The company is the main sponsor of the Estonian national volleyball team which last year battled its way to the final tournament of the European Championship.
Operational licence applications have previously been approved in Italy and France for the online poker giant. PokerStars.it launched in October 2008, in compliance with Italian law. PokerStars.fr, which was granted a licence in June 2010, permits similar access for French players. Poker is booming in both countries, Larsson noted
PKR CELEBRATES FOURTH BIRTHDAY
2010-08-18
3D online poker site is not resting on its laurels
PKR.com, the UK-based 3D online poker website, has come a long way since its historic launch on August 17, 2006 with advanced graphics and innovative proprietary software.
In the past four years the online poker company has accumulated some impressive statistics that include more than 3,750,000 registered players on the site, a total of 15,850 people playing online at once, and $2,925,816.31 given away in freerolls.
PKR.com has also achieved recognition for its work, earning Online Poker Operator of the Year 2009 at the International Gaming Awards and Poker Operator of the Year 2009 from the eGaming Review Awards.
The company has launched its own poker magazine, started its own regular TV show, and sponsored London’s first licensed live poker venue. PKR.com has also fulfilled its community promise, introducing its own bi-annual live poker event PKR LIVE, and Team PKR Pro, which is made entirely of up and coming players from the site.
Marketing Director Simon Prodger said this week, “We’re very proud of our achievements to date. We came against a lot of pessimism for being so innovative when we launched, but our customers have shown that they enjoy playing in our true-to-life environment and really appreciate the community feel.”
ZYNGA POKER IN ASIAN MOVES
2010-08-18
Expanding in the US, social games developer is building up a stake in Asia, too.
The San Francisco-based internet social gaming developer Zynga has made its Zynga Texas Poker offering available in China as well as on Facebook in Hong Kong and Taiwan this week, with a localised version playable in traditional Chinese or English - part of a continuing drive into the Asian market, reports Techcrunch.
The gaming giant recently bought Japanese gaming startup Unoh, took a $150 million investment from Japan’s SoftBank Capital, acquired Chinese game developer XPD Media and set up a Beijing office (see previous InfoPowa reports).
Zynga Poker, the company’s first ever social game, launched in July 2007 and is currently the third most popular game on Facebook, attracting 28 million players every month. On an average day 375 000 Zynga Poker players are simultaneously playing together live across the internet in 100 countries.
Techcrunch reports that the game itself simulates playing poker in a social gaming environment. Users enter a casino lobby and can play at any table or join friends for a game. Players choose from casual Hold ‘Em tables, tournament play or VIP tables. A leader board shows players how they compare in chip ranking to other players and allows players to send or receive gifts.
"As an incentive for users in Hong Kong and Taiwan, Zynga Texas Poker players will automatically receive a complimentary stack of 8,888 Vegas-style Poker chips to play games with. Additionally, this month, Zynga is offering a grand prize for the “ShootOut” tournament that allows local players to compete for a prize of $880,000 Taiwanese dollars. Zynga is also giving away a trip to Las Vegas to a user," Techcrunch informs.
The publication notes that recent moves in Congress to legalise online gambling in the United States could deliver a further boost to Zynga's popular poker offering, and in the Asian region a release to the Japanese localised market would seem to be a logical next step.
Zynga was founded in July 2007 by Mark Pincus, Michael Luxton, Eric Schiermeyer, Justin Waldron, Andrew Trader, and Steve Schoettler
PKR 2.0 IS A MAJOR UPGRADE FOR ONLINE POKER SOFTWARE
2010-08-16
Complete top-to-bottom re-development of a 3D fave
The UK and Alderney licensed 3D online poker site PKR.com has undergone a number of software upgrades since it launched in 2006, but the biggest re-development to date has just been completed with the launch of the company’s v. 2.0.
PKR was among the forerunners in interactive 3D graphics and fully customisable avatars, and the new software builds on this popular foundation in its latest incarnation, which retains features like avatar body language, expressions, chip tricks and poker tells.
The playability has been enhanced in the new software, which now boasts a range of new features including a multi-table option enabling action on up to nine tables simultaneously without switching screens - up to six of these in 3D. Players can view all nine or switch between tables, add national flags, and increase button and chat size, among other preferences.
PKR's head of development Leon Walters says: "The whole look and feel has changed. We've designed it from the ground up. It's much more accessible and fun to use.
"We listened to what poker players said about the multi-tabling and have responded to that. It's quicker, slicker…far more attractive.
"It looks much more contemporary. We're developing lots of industry firsts, lots of tournament and cash game innovations."
With over 3 million registered players globally, PKR has a wide audience with diverse priorities to satisfy, and the updated site now features an innovative game finder 'wizard', a completely new lobby where players can set personal filters and designate favourites, and an in-game stats centre.
The developers have also included new features like tournament chip stack graphs, new table layouts and bet button options.
Walters notes this week: “It's very easy to say 'don't fix what ain't broken' and people are naturally resistant to change, but we felt that the look and feel of PKR v1 was getting rather tired. It's four years old after all.
“More significantly the technology that we built the old User Interface with was getting out of date and made introducing changes to the game became very labour intensive.
PKR have posted a video on the new software at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qR8VFD0dJXM
2010-08-23
Bosnian player takes down Cyprus High Roller Freezeout
Bosnian poker pro Perica Bukara, who is now based in Germany, is enjoying a profitable August, having just taken down the $373 207 main prize in the $25 000 buy-in Full Tilt Poker Cyprus Classic High Roller Freeze-Out event.
It was Bukara's biggest win to date, but not his first this month; on August 6 he scored $37 000 for a 6th placing in the Unibet Open main event, and on August 11 another $20 000 in the Pokerstars EPT Estonia where he achieved a 14th placing.
In the three day High Roller event, Bukara faced some tough opposition after the original field of 36 entrants had been distilled to a final table of nine comprising Carter Phillips, Ziv Caspi, John Dolan, Sam Trickett, Jon Turner, David Benyamine, Andrew Feldman and Ori Miller.
The competition was intense, with the final tablers all fighting to make the top five positions, where the money started.
Down to three-handed action it was Bukara, Miller and Feldman who battled it out for four hours until Feldman was bundled out by Miller, leaving the heads up to Miller and Bukara, with the latter holding the chip lead. That didn't last long as Miller took it and held the advantage for most of the heads up.
It wasn't enough, however; Bukara kept up a determined assault on the chip leader, and with some fortunate cards managed to take control of the game and ultimately prevail.
Miller's talent and style were rewarded with a second placing check for $207 337.
Still in Cyprus, the Full Tilt Poker Merit Cyprus Classic Main Event kicked off this week, with Day 1a and 1b entries of 180 players, each ponying up the buy-in of $5,000 + $400 for 20,000 in tournament chips, with a re-buy or add-on facility available at any stage of the first five levels for an additional 20,000 in tournament chips.
Day 1b ended Saturday with 60 survivors, who will be combined with the 80 still standing from Day 1a when the action resumes Sunday.
The overall chip leader is Day 1a chipleader, EPT Monte Carlo Grand Final Champion Nicolas Chouity with 119,600. Good finishers from Day 1b included WSOP 2010 final tabler John Nolan on 95 400 and Internet whiz Sorel Mizzi on 90 225.
POKERSTARS ACHIEVES ESTONIAN LICENSING
2010-08-19
Online poker flourishing in small Baltic nation
The Estonian Tax and Customs Board has issued PokerStars, the world's largest poker site, an activity license in Estonia.
Tomas Larsson, PokerStars’ Baltics country manager, said, "Applying for a licence is always a complicated process and I am therefore very happy that PokerStars has successfully met all the necessary criteria to obtain an activity license in Estonia."
Estonia is one of the smallest EU member states, but poker is flourishing and the country remains one of the most significant new markets for PokerStars, Larsson said.
PokerStars has made significant investments in Estonia during the last few years, contributing to the development of the local sports and cultural life. The company is the main sponsor of the Estonian national volleyball team which last year battled its way to the final tournament of the European Championship.
Operational licence applications have previously been approved in Italy and France for the online poker giant. PokerStars.it launched in October 2008, in compliance with Italian law. PokerStars.fr, which was granted a licence in June 2010, permits similar access for French players. Poker is booming in both countries, Larsson noted
PKR CELEBRATES FOURTH BIRTHDAY
2010-08-18
3D online poker site is not resting on its laurels
PKR.com, the UK-based 3D online poker website, has come a long way since its historic launch on August 17, 2006 with advanced graphics and innovative proprietary software.
In the past four years the online poker company has accumulated some impressive statistics that include more than 3,750,000 registered players on the site, a total of 15,850 people playing online at once, and $2,925,816.31 given away in freerolls.
PKR.com has also achieved recognition for its work, earning Online Poker Operator of the Year 2009 at the International Gaming Awards and Poker Operator of the Year 2009 from the eGaming Review Awards.
The company has launched its own poker magazine, started its own regular TV show, and sponsored London’s first licensed live poker venue. PKR.com has also fulfilled its community promise, introducing its own bi-annual live poker event PKR LIVE, and Team PKR Pro, which is made entirely of up and coming players from the site.
Marketing Director Simon Prodger said this week, “We’re very proud of our achievements to date. We came against a lot of pessimism for being so innovative when we launched, but our customers have shown that they enjoy playing in our true-to-life environment and really appreciate the community feel.”
ZYNGA POKER IN ASIAN MOVES
2010-08-18
Expanding in the US, social games developer is building up a stake in Asia, too.
The San Francisco-based internet social gaming developer Zynga has made its Zynga Texas Poker offering available in China as well as on Facebook in Hong Kong and Taiwan this week, with a localised version playable in traditional Chinese or English - part of a continuing drive into the Asian market, reports Techcrunch.
The gaming giant recently bought Japanese gaming startup Unoh, took a $150 million investment from Japan’s SoftBank Capital, acquired Chinese game developer XPD Media and set up a Beijing office (see previous InfoPowa reports).
Zynga Poker, the company’s first ever social game, launched in July 2007 and is currently the third most popular game on Facebook, attracting 28 million players every month. On an average day 375 000 Zynga Poker players are simultaneously playing together live across the internet in 100 countries.
Techcrunch reports that the game itself simulates playing poker in a social gaming environment. Users enter a casino lobby and can play at any table or join friends for a game. Players choose from casual Hold ‘Em tables, tournament play or VIP tables. A leader board shows players how they compare in chip ranking to other players and allows players to send or receive gifts.
"As an incentive for users in Hong Kong and Taiwan, Zynga Texas Poker players will automatically receive a complimentary stack of 8,888 Vegas-style Poker chips to play games with. Additionally, this month, Zynga is offering a grand prize for the “ShootOut” tournament that allows local players to compete for a prize of $880,000 Taiwanese dollars. Zynga is also giving away a trip to Las Vegas to a user," Techcrunch informs.
The publication notes that recent moves in Congress to legalise online gambling in the United States could deliver a further boost to Zynga's popular poker offering, and in the Asian region a release to the Japanese localised market would seem to be a logical next step.
Zynga was founded in July 2007 by Mark Pincus, Michael Luxton, Eric Schiermeyer, Justin Waldron, Andrew Trader, and Steve Schoettler
PKR 2.0 IS A MAJOR UPGRADE FOR ONLINE POKER SOFTWARE
2010-08-16
Complete top-to-bottom re-development of a 3D fave
The UK and Alderney licensed 3D online poker site PKR.com has undergone a number of software upgrades since it launched in 2006, but the biggest re-development to date has just been completed with the launch of the company’s v. 2.0.
PKR was among the forerunners in interactive 3D graphics and fully customisable avatars, and the new software builds on this popular foundation in its latest incarnation, which retains features like avatar body language, expressions, chip tricks and poker tells.
The playability has been enhanced in the new software, which now boasts a range of new features including a multi-table option enabling action on up to nine tables simultaneously without switching screens - up to six of these in 3D. Players can view all nine or switch between tables, add national flags, and increase button and chat size, among other preferences.
PKR's head of development Leon Walters says: "The whole look and feel has changed. We've designed it from the ground up. It's much more accessible and fun to use.
"We listened to what poker players said about the multi-tabling and have responded to that. It's quicker, slicker…far more attractive.
"It looks much more contemporary. We're developing lots of industry firsts, lots of tournament and cash game innovations."
With over 3 million registered players globally, PKR has a wide audience with diverse priorities to satisfy, and the updated site now features an innovative game finder 'wizard', a completely new lobby where players can set personal filters and designate favourites, and an in-game stats centre.
The developers have also included new features like tournament chip stack graphs, new table layouts and bet button options.
Walters notes this week: “It's very easy to say 'don't fix what ain't broken' and people are naturally resistant to change, but we felt that the look and feel of PKR v1 was getting rather tired. It's four years old after all.
“More significantly the technology that we built the old User Interface with was getting out of date and made introducing changes to the game became very labour intensive.
PKR have posted a video on the new software at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qR8VFD0dJXM
