2012 WSOP Schedule Released, October Nine Debuts
With 61 bracelets up for grabs, three more than 2011, the biggest changes to this summer’s WSOP come in the way of a shorter Main Event final table delay and the world’s first $1 million buy-in tournament. Things kicks off in earnest on May 28th with a $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em event, that’s one day after the series officially starts with a non-bracelet $500 Casino Employees event. The first bracelet event is one of 21 tournaments available to players at the $1,500 buy-in level.
Jeans89 Explodes for $234k Profit on PokerStars
Kyllonen always seems to fly under the radar compared to fellow Finn Ilari Sahamies but last night he was flying with over 2,000 hands of $50/$100 PLO. As usual Kyllonen stuck primarily to the 6-max games and won some huge pots off Phil “MrSweets28” Galfond, 1II|1II|1iI| and Zypherin. Kyllonen is off to a hot start in 2012 and is now second in profit with $735k on the year
Daily 3-Bet: Cates Speaks, Madness in Macau, the Horror
Any suggestions for a future 3-Bet can be left in the comments below. Today we touch on a very readable, surprisingly candid interview with Dan “Jungleman12” Cates, a special photo/hand history combo from the nosebleed cash games in Macau and a glimpse of something so horrifying it may scare you away from live poker tables permanently
Top 10 Biggest Online Pots of 2011
Since the events of Black Friday, PokerStars has slowly emerged as the new home for high stakes players while games on Euro sites like 888poker, iPoker and PartyPoker continue to grow. Regardless of the many changes to the industry there were still some massive hands that were played and we’ve compiled a list of the biggest hands on PokerStars recorded by our online poker stats section below.
Freeroll Spotlight: Winner.com Hosts $10k Special
Qualifying is simple as any player who earned 250 player points in the month of December will be issued a freeroll token on Jan. 1, 2012. Players will be able to find the title 2012 $10,000 Freeroll in the Special Offers section of the Winner.com Poker lobby
Kelopuro Takes Last Shot at Profit in 2011
Kelopuro recorded 734 hands in about two hours last night and, although the majority was in $50/$100 PLO , he won several massive pots in $50/$100 No-Limit Hold’em against SKTom84 and fellow Finn Ilari Sahamies. No-Limit Hold’em is a rarity these days in the high stakes games on PokerStars but Kelopuro has never shied away from the game. Despite his status as one of the elite high stakes online players in the game, Kelopuro has had some problems this year. Before last night’s session Kelopuro was down a total of $385,000
Epic Adds Three Open Events to December Lineup
Along with the already scheduled $1,500 Pro-Am, which offers nine $20k seats for the main event, that makes for four events at the Palms over the week of Dec. 10-17 now open to all players
Frankenberger Takes Premier League Mixed Title
The former stock trader entered the final table as the short stack but was able to make up that deficit and eventually beat English pro Andrew Feldman heads-up to claim the $100k first place prize. The Mixed Game Championship saw 12 players, split into two groups, play three separate heats in No-Limit Hold’em , Pot-Limit Hold’em and Pot-Limit Omaha. Players were also equipped with special “double up” cards they could play to earn double points in whatever heat they chose.