Daily 3-Bet: Toughest 2k Ever, RFGs in Bikinis, Kara Scott Fail
Any tips or suggestions for the 3-Bet, feel free to post in the comments. Today we hit up the toughest $2k turbo event in the history of the world (maybe), a behind-the-scenes look at the WPT Royal Flush Girls bikini shoot and a rare Kara Scott fail. 1) Toughest $2k Ever
!P0krparty? Shut Down for $398k
!P0krparty?, who currently resides in Canada, played a total of 10,724 hands in the last 48 hours and was taken to the cleaners by a collection of players. Sticking primarily to the $25/$50 and $50/$100 6-Max PLO games !P0krparty? recorded the majority of his losses to Rui Cau but he also played against GARFIELD25, Ben86, Ilari Sahamies and takechip.
Heinz, Lamb, Staszko on Brink of WSOP Main Event Title
That’s the overriding storyline as Ben Lamb, Pius Heinz and Martin Staszko prepare for the final day of the 2011 WSOP Main Event, which will begin at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. The trio shared their thoughts on the journey thus far and their approach to three-handed play in a press conference on Monday.
Poker’s In and Out List: Chan Bruises, Galfond Loses
Arm yourself with insider knowledge on the latest poker gossip. It might come in handy around the watercooler at the office this week
Hastings Finds New Home for High Stakes in Vancouver
Caught between the difficulty of making a living playing live poker and limited job opportunities in other industries, many players have realized it’s actually easier to switch countries than to make it work without online poker. Young, single and financially independent pros have embraced the situation. Some even see it as a unique opportunity to use the online poker lockout as a way not only to see new places but to live and work at the same time
Poker Dispatches: India, Belize, New Zealand, Anhedonia
While the major players (the US, the UK, err, sometimes France) always get their column inches, there’s a growing list of places around the world where poker is gaining a foothold but not yet getting fair dues in coverage. Poker Dispatches is a new semi-regular PokerListings.com feature that will bring some of those lesser-known poker outposts to light
Three Bracelets and a Record Field at WSOP Day 18
We’ve got the info on that, as well as highlights from the other three ongoing events at the Rio in Las Vegas. Event 25 – $1,500 Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low – Winner WPT announcer and poker ambassador Mike Sexton came painfully close to winning his second bracelet today, finishing second to Chris Viox in the $1,500 Stud Hi-Low event
Elie Payan Says Two Bracelets for France Just the Beginning
“Two bracelets is great but France can do better,” Payans told PokerListings.com in Las Vegas. “This will be a big year for French players at the WSOP,” he continued. Payan is from Orleans, a city 130 kilometres southwest of Paris, and despite being described as an amateur on official WSOP reports, he told us he has earned his living playing poker full time for the last three years.
POKER PROductions to Present New-Look WSOP
This year that entire experience will be captured and produced by POKER PROductions. For years, the WSOP was produced for ESPN by the New York based production company, 441 Productions