September 25, 2008
Bluff magazine is holding a poll for their Reader's Choice awards, and you could win a prize just for letting them know what you think. Here's what they say about it:
The end of the year is here and it's time to let the poker world know what you think. We have put together a ballot covering online poker play, live poker play, and professional poker. Please take a moment to be part of the poker boom and give your input on what is best in poker.
Filling out a full ballot will enter you into a drawing for one of five WSOP Academy Seats or a one year subscription to thepokerdb.
You can go to the Bluff Magazine site HERE to enter and take the poll.
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September 19, 2008
I guess it was bound to happen sooner or later.
I was over at the Bluff Magazine site, when I noticed what looked to be an add for a new poker room. I clicked on the link, and what I found was a poker site, but with a lot of something extra. I don't want to offend any corporate content filters, so I'll say that the site has a lot of women without any of their clothes on.
The site, called Swank Poker, has gone all out though, using the girls as your avatars at the table, having a whole area of the site dedicated to just the girls, and even unique prizes for collecting points while playing. Most sites have a point system, where the more you play, the more points you get. You can then use those points for free tournaments, merchandise, and things like that. Swank has taken it that extra step with prizes like a condom for each day of the year, getting to join in a "scene"with one of the girls, to even providing an escort for 24-hours in some major cities of the world.
I guess they figured the women would be a great marketing ploy to get men to their site.
The site is completely unsafe for work, so I won't post any links here, but it's easy to find by it's name.
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August 28, 2008
Well, the Excalibur has installed some of the new electronic poker tables. VegasRex and a freind of his went over and checked them out. There was some interesting things that you could do at the table, such as paying $0.50 to rabbit hunt and see what the next few cards would be after you fold. I try never to do that, but sometimes you just want to know. Of course, it's always entertaining to read VegasRex talk about his time running around Vegas. Though, if you're German, you might want to skip it, or just please remember to send him the hate mail.
You can read his take on the new poker tables over at the VegasRex site HERE.
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July 21, 2008
The field this year was 6,844 people, and now it's down to just nine players. I didn't recognize any of the names here, so it looks like we're going to have another non-pro player take home the top prize in poker.
In a twist to things this year, the final table won't play until November 9th, 2008. Which means the players will have to wait 117 days before they play again.
"The innovative change — offering fans an enhanced way of following the excitement and drama of high-stakes tournament play — was made in collaboration between the WSOP, ESPN and the WSOP Players Advisory Council," tournament organizers announced in a news release.
"This adjustment will add a new element to a very successful and popular event. We look forward to documenting all of the exciting stories that make the main event the seminal competition in all of poker." said Jamie Horowitz, senior producer, ESPN content development.
It looks like they are waiting until all the other tournaments are shown on TV first, and then will have a big semi-live thing at the end with the Championship final table play. I'm guessing this is so non one knows who will win the money, and so it'll boost ratings. I find it all pretty stupid making them wait that long.
Anyway, here are the names of the final nine, and their chip counts:
Dennis Phillips - 26,295,000
Craig Marquis - 10,210,000
Ylon Schwartz - 12,525,000
Scott Montgomery - 19,690,000
Darus Suharto - 12,520,000
David 'Chino' Rheem - 10,230,000
Ivan Demidov - 24,400,000
Kelly Kim - 2,620,000
Peter Eastgate - 18,375,000
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July 11, 2008
Poker's biggest event started on July 3rd, and is currently in the official day 4 of the tournament. There were 6844 players this year, which is up from last year, and the top prize will be a little over $9.1 million dollars.
There's currently 474 players left, and there's a few big names still left. Gus Hansen, Allen Cunningham, Evelyn Ng, Mike Matusow, Hoyt Corkins and Phil Hellmuth are all still in it. They started paying out at the 606 position, so all of them are also in the money.
You can follow the tourney at the WSOP site HERE, and they seem to be doing a pretty good job of keeping things up to date and you can set the site to refresh automatically.
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July 3, 2008
I've been looking around for a program that would track my winnings (and the damn times I lose) for me, rather than the pencil and paper process I have at the moment. I've found two that are pretty much at opposite ends of functionality and price, and though I would share.
TrackMyPoker.com has a simple program that let's you type in what you won or lost, and then gives you a basic bar graph of where you are. Simple, but the program is free to download and use. You can find it HERE.
If you want to get really serious about tracking everything, then the PokerTracker might be for you. It does come with a hefty price tag of $89.95, but it does a lot. It has a heads up display for when your playing online, can track multiple tables, it graphs your winnings, lets you replay hands, it'll even let you track your opponents winnings too. You can find it HERE.
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July 3, 2008
The PokerMate table is a completely electronic poker table, that comes in 6, 8 or 10 seat models. Each player has their own touch sensitive screen which shows them their cards, face down, that actually curl up to let you see what you have when you touch them. The central screen shows the community cards, bets, and so on. Players can fold, check, post blinds, raise or call during the course of a game, all with a simple touch. The software itself will handle distributes cards, splits pots, calculates side pots, payouts and rake without error.
No word on price yet, and honestly I'm not sure that I would like one of these. Sure, I play online, but when I'm in a casino, I like the feel of the chips and the cards. It might be fun for a time or two, but overall, I just can't see it catching on.
You can read more about it at the Amaya site HERE.
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June 25, 2008
The World Series of Poker is going on right now, and they're up to event #43, with the World Championship starting here soon, on July 3rd.
The WSOP has started their own radio program, and here's the basics from the site:
With over 35 years of tradition, the World Series of Poker (WSOP) is the preeminent poker tour in the world. Join us weekly for the official radio show of the WSOP. With a coast to coast to coast signal via availability to over 200 stations of the Sports Byline Radio network, “World Series of Poker Radio” is the radio destination for poker fans across the country.
With a guest list that includes the biggest names in the game, listeners have the opportunity to interact with their favorite players and celebrities on-air. Just call 1-866-925-TALK.
World Series of Poker Radio features the biggest names in the business. Guests include WSOP champs past and present as well as the up and coming faces in the country’s fastest growing sport.
You can hit the WSOP page and listen to the current broadcasts, or comb through the archives, at the site HERE.
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June 24, 2008
I would have really loved to have seen this contest to be for this years WSOP Main Event, but waiting a year won't kill me if I won.
Here's the deal, Platers is having a contest to send someone to the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event. This is the biggest evet that they have every year, so not only do you get the trip, but also a chance to win millions. Not only is that probably one of the greatest contest prizes I've seen so far, but they're giving out for of them.
There will be a total of four grand prize winners, and each winner will receive a trip for two (winner and one guest) to the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event in Las Vegas, NV. The trip consists of roundtrip, coach class air travel for two; 4 days/3 nights hotel accommodations; roundtrip ground transfers between airport/hotel; and the winner receives a seat to play in the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event and $3,000 in spending money.
The event runs through October 31, 2008, so you have a lot of time to enter. Though it looks like you can also enter once per day, so I might have to make this contest my home page for a while. You can hit the contest page HERE to enter.
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April 10, 2008
The MGM Grand at Foxwoods is set to open up on May 17, 2008 in Mashantucket CT. The $700 million dollar hotel expansion will have 825 rooms, a 5,000-seat theater, a convention center and ballroom, nightclubs, a spa, a casino with 1,500 slot machines and restaurants by celebrity chefs Tom Colicchio and Michael Schlow. The added shopping will include names such as Dunhill, Bally and Apple, among others.
You can start booking your rooms at the hotel now, at the MGM Grand at Foxwoods site HERE.
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