Posts tagged mobile poker
ANZPT Queenstown: Final table, levels 17&18 (blinds 3000-6000, ante 500)
Jul 25th
4:03pm: Jason Gray eliminated in 7th place Julian Cohen had such a tough decision that he decided to let random chance make it for him. Cohen opened pre-flop to 17,500 in front of Jason Gray, who moved all in for 73,500 total. Cohen agonized over his decision for several minutes before asking TD Toni Quedley if he could flip a coin to decide. “Of course!” Quedley replied. Cohen then fished a coin out of his wallet and asked Gray to call it in the air. If Gray called correctly, Cohen would fold
Ride in style with PokerStars Lamborghini Freeroll
Jul 23rd
Walk down your local Main Street and ask 100 people to name an expensive, unattainable, luxury sports car. Nine out of ten of them will say, “Lamborghini.” Now that you’ve done that, just for fun, tell them they can win that car for a little as $0 on PokerStars. It’s fair to say that the Lamborghini Gallardo is one of the most iconic cars in the world, and now PokerStars s going to give away one of the $200,000 super-vehicles. This weekend, PokerStars will begin running 24 daily freeroll qualifiers (and a few satellites for $1.10 and $11) to get you to the weekly final. There you can get your seat to the Grand Final. Once there, you can win this: Oh, and it’s not like the car is the only thing you can win
Meet The November Nine — Joseph Cheong
Jul 22nd
Joseph Cheong is a 24 year old professional poker player from La Mirada, California who is heading into the final table of the 2010 WSOP Main Event in third chip position with 23.525 million. Card Player TV caught up with Cheong to discuss his poker background, his situation at the final table and his experience playing with… Maria Sharapova?
Poker Community Reacts to Phil Hellmuth WSOP Entrance
Jul 9th
“I’m glad I’m not playing today so I won’t see Hellmuth make a fool out of himself with his entrance. I can’t help thinking it’s terrible.” That was the Tweet of 10-time World Series of Poker ( WSOP ) bracelet winner Doyle Brunson shortly before UB.com pro Phil Hellmuth made his grand entrance to the Main Event on Wednesday. This year, Hellmuth dressed as an MMA fighter. Hellmuth’s entrance was scheduled for around 1:15pm PT in front of the doors to the Rio Pavilion, site of the 2010 WSOP.
WSOP Main Event: Day 1A, Level 4 Update
Jul 6th
The Main Event at the World Series of Poker did not suffer from the usual post-dinner break lull. As soon as cards were back in the air, players had their chips flying
WSOP Bracelet Winner Profile: Brendan Taylor
Jul 3rd
Brendan Taylor and housemate Ben Yu joked in days past about the remote possibility of reaching a final table together. On Friday, the players reached a final table, and joked about the remote possibility of playing heads up for a WSOP bracelet. What unfolded in the $1,500 Limit Hold’em Shootout is something of a fairytale,
Battle For The Bracelets — Linn And Kornuth Win WSOP Gold
Jul 1st
Card Player TV caught up with the two most recent WSOP gold bracelet winners, Chance Kornuth and Michael Linn, at their bracelet presentation ceremony. Kornuth was awarded $508,090 for taking down event no.50, a $5,000 pot-limit Omaha tournament, while Linn took home $609,493 for his win in event no. 49, the $1,500 no-limit hold’em event.
WSOP 2010 Player of the Year Race Heats Up
Jun 30th
John Juanda and Frank Kassela are tied at the top of the leaderboard with 225 points, and Juanda has incredibly got there without winning a bracelet, courtesy of making four World Series final tables in 2010. “[If I win Player of The Year]…it will make me feel a bit better about not winning a bracelet. But every year I go without a bracelet, it’s disappointing,” said Juanda.
PTP Hit and Run: June 29th, 2010
Jun 29th
WSOP updates, including the Tournament of Champions snafu, and legal updates for France and California online poker players. It’s all in today’s PTP Hit and Run. Here’s a recap of all the active and just-finished tournaments at the World Series of Poker
