21 Pros Collab on Poker E-Book for Charity
Benefitting the Green World Campaign , Poker with a Purpose brings big name poker pros like Annie Duke, Isaac Baron, Sorel Mizzi and Tom Marchese together for the first time to tackle core poker strategy concepts. The book is available for just $9.99 on Amazon and covers seven essential topics, including Cash Games vs.
Tapie Group Claims Lindgren, Ivey, and Others Owe FTP Millions
GBT claims Lindgren owes a big sum to FTP Many frustrated former customers of Full Tilt Poker may lay the blame for the lack of progress in returning their funds on Full Tilt bigwigs like Ray Bitar, Howard Lederer, and Chris Ferguson, but Groupe Bernard Tapie (GBT) suggest a group of pros including Phil Ivey,
Daily 3-Bet: Gold’s Mom, Grind for Credit, Kevmath FTs
Any suggestions for a future 3-Bet, fell free to drop a note in the comments. Today in the Daily 3-Bet we learn the poker talent in the Gold family runs to the top, find math geniuses playing poker for credit at MIT and tip our hats to Kevmath for a nice run in Australia
Galfond Records Super Sweet $378k Weekend
The Maryland-native went into beast mode this weekend and won a staggering $376k in 2,460 hands on PokerStars . Galfond’s primary victim was Dutch pro Sander “Berndsen12” Berndsen who picked up $631k last week. Right from the start, Galfond appeared to have Berndsen12’s number as he was dominating the $100/$200 heads-up PLO games they were playing.
Daily 3-Bet: durrrr a Fish, Gold Trains Carrey, Shaniac Humbled
Any tips or suggestions for a future 3-Bet, feel free to post in the comments. Today we hit up an essential well with David “Raptor” Benefield (including his thoughts on durrrr), a surprising reveal from Jamie Gold and a reflection from Shane Schleger on a year that “kicked his ass.” 1) Raptor Goes to the Well Known to some as the “old roommate” of Tom “durrrr” Dwan, David “Raptor” Benefield is a certified high-stakes poker icon in his own right And as is tradition with high-stakes poker icons, he’s now paying back the poker community on the 2+2 forums with a must-read “well.” For those unfamiliar with a well, it’s basically an open platform for anyone to ask any question and Raptor does his best to answer open and honestly
Poker’s In and Out Wish List: A Very Poker Christmas
Follow our advice if you’ve got a special poker player to buy for in your life. Poker’s In (Wish) List: December 25, 2011 A Baller Online Grinding Setup: IN No self-respecting online grinder’s setup is complete without a few pieces of essential equipment.
Editor’s Pick: How I Made My First Million from Poker by Tri Nguyen
Dropping on December 15th, the title is How I Made My First Million from Poker and in it Nguyen says that poker players vastly undervalue personal well-being and how it translates to success at the tables.
Niall "onehandturks" Charlton Goes Live at WSOPE
Niall Charlton has been playing poker for seven years and he’s spent the last four focusing on Pot-Limit Omaha. He can now be found in games as high as $100/$200 on PokerStars where, according to HighstakesDB.com , he’s raked in roughly $320,000 so far in 2011
PokerListings and Cake Network Undertake Strategic Partnership
Curacao, Netherlands Antilles, March 24, 2011 – Cake Gaming NV announced today that it would be undertaking a strategic partnership with PokerListings. The partnership brings together two companies with extremely complimentary resources: PokerListings being the most comprehensive poker news, poker strategy and poker site comparison website in the world and the Cake Network, a popular global poker network with a number of strong consumer-facing poker brands
Seidel, Harrington Picked for HOF
Seidel and Harrington are the only two players that will be inducted in 2010 and were picked from an elite group of players that included Chris Ferguson, Daniel Negreanu, Jennifer Harman-Traniello, Phil Ivey, Linda Johnson, Tom McEvoy and Scotty Nguyen. “I’m very honored to be elected to the Poker Hall of Fame this year and it’s an extra bonus for me to be going in with Dan Harrington,” said Seidel. “We have played together and have been great friends for my entire poker career. Both of us refined our games at the Mayfair Club in New York. I have such a high regard for the many members of the Poker Hall of Fame that I have played with over the years and it’s a real privilege to be able to join them.” Seidel, a giant in the poker world, both literally and figuratively, has won eight WSOP gold bracelets, one WPT title and accumulated over $10 million in tournament earnings.