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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March 28, 2008
Regardless if you're looking for poker advice, or you just want a good read, it doesn't get much better that a blog by Doyle Brunson. He now has a poker blog over at Bluff Magazine, and it seems that it's getting updated pretty regularly so far as there's been 13 entries since March 12th.
Each post gives a "Doylism" of the day (which are pretty good) and then a good sized article about what he's doing at the moment. All the posts are a pretty good read, so it's well worth checking them out.
My favorite Doylism so far is “The only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth.”
You can read the blog over at the Bluff Magazine site HERE.
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March 11, 2008
If you've ever played poker in Vegas, I'm sure you've seen these. The Fully Automatic Shuffle by Shuffle Tech uses a patented shuffling process that mimics hand cutting, riffling, and stripping in 90 seconds or less. It has two modes when it shuffles, a "Casino Dealers' Shuffle" with 3 riffles, 1 strip that takes about 45 seconds, and a 7 riffle that takes the full 90 seconds. A translucent lid makes the shuffling process transparent and visible to all players. Once the shuffling is complete, the cards are ejected into a presentation tray. You can also buy an optional flush mounting kit if you want to place it inside you poker table.
It might be a little expensive for your weekly poker game at $479.95, and they are supposed to start shipping this month. You can learn more about the shuffler and buy on, right from the Shuffle Tech site HERE.
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February 15, 2008
Over all this isn't the best Vegas contest I've posted, but as always, it's still Vegas.
Southwest Airlines and the World Poker Tour have teamed up to send you and a friend to the WPT World Championship television show taping. The grand prize winner receives roundtrip coach-class airfare for Winner and guest, a three night's hotel accommodations at a Las Vegas area hotel selected by Sponsor, and two VIP tickets to the WPT World Championship television show taping. I really wish they had named the hote, but that's not a huge deal. Since this is for the taping though, you'll have a set date to fly out there, which right now is 04/24/08-04/27/08.
The contest runs until 03/21/08. The only real downside to all of this is that you'll have to download the Southwest "Ding" program and fire it up at least once to register for the trip. Not a huge deal, but it's always nice when they give you the option not to. You can enter the contest at the WPT site HERE.
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October 16, 2007
Harrah’s Entertainment Inc announced today that the 39th Annual World Series of Poker Series will again be held at the Rio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas from May 30 through July 17, 2008.
“The team is still hard at work on the schedule of events for next year, but we’ve received so many requests for the dates that we decided to announce them now,” said Jeffrey Pollack, WSOP Commissioner.
“We’ll actually open the WSOP tournament room the week of May 26th for two special events,” said Geno Iafrate, vice president and assistant general manager of the Rio. “This ‘soft opening’ will give players a chance to register early and avoid the lines we had last year during opening weekend – our busiest time.”
If your lucky enough to be heading out for the events, you can start booking your trip now. More information will be available at the WSOP site HERE as soon as they finalize things.
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October 15, 2007
The site Jewelry 4 Aces has an interesting line of poker themed jewelry. Everything from the bracelet on the left that has four diamonds shaped like the the four card suits that will run you over $12,000, to rings, earrings, cufflinks and pendants. All of the jewelry is made of gold with a nice helping of diamonds, so even the smaller pieces start at around $2,000.
You can look though all of their offerings at the Jewelry 4 Aces site HERE.
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October 9, 2007
If you're planning on being in Vegas around November 3rd, or just need an excuse to go, this might be a good one.
The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas will host Vince Neil’s 3rd Annual Off The Strip Poker Tournament at The Joint on Saturday, November 3, 2007. Celebrities, poker pros and Las Vegas’ hottest dancers will join Neil for a wildly entertaining No-Limit Texas Hold ‘Em Poker Tournament, benefiting The Skylar Neil Memorial Fund and The T.J. Martell Foundation, an organization which has raised more than $235 million to support innovative cancer, leukemia, and AIDS research.
Seating for the tournament is limited to the first 150 entrants. The tournament buy-in is $500, plus a $50 registration fee. Re-buys and an add-on will be offered during play. Players will vie for a guaranteed cash prize pool of $50,000, and payouts will be made to the final table of ten.
Participants and members of the public are invited to visit The Joint throughout the day to bid on an amazing collection of unique memorabilia from the worlds of music, sports and entertainment, up for silent auction. Beginning at 3:00pm, Vince will join some very sexy adult superstars to host a one-of-a-kind live charity auction. Tournament play will then commence at 4:00pm.
You can read all about the tournament HERE.
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