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Full Tilt Online Poker Series 16 Begins

April 23rd, 2010

FTOPS - Full Tilt Poker

FTOPS - Full Tilt Poker

Yes kids, today marks the beginning of another FTOPS (Full Tilt Online Poker Series). We’re talking 30 events with a healthy $25,000,000 in guaranteed prizes. The main event is now a $600 + $40 buy in with a guarantee increase from last year to $3,000,000. Rush Poker will also be making a debut as it will be driving 3 of the events. See the event schedule below for more details.

FTOPS Event Schedule
# Date Time Buyin Event Prize
1 Friday, April 23rd 2:00pm ET $200 + $16 no-limit hold’em $750,000 Guaranteed
2 Friday, April 23rd 6:00pm ET $310 + $12 no-limit hold’em super turbo six-max $300,000 Guaranteed
3 Friday, April 23rd 9:00pm ET $200 + $16 limit hold’em six-max $150,000 Guaranteed
4 Saturday, April 24th 2:00pm ET $500 + $35 pot-limit Omaha six-max $400,000 Guaranteed
5 Saturday, April 24th 4:00pm ET $100 + $9 no-limit hold’em with rebuys $600,000 Guaranteed
6 Saturday, April 24th 6:00pm ET $200 + $16 no-limit hold’em Rush Poker Turbo $250,000 Guaranteed
7 Sunday, April 25th 2:00pm ET $120 + $9 no-limit hold’em Knockout $800,000 Guaranteed
8 Sunday, April 25th 4:00pm ET $500 + $35 no-limit hold’em heads-up $500,000 Guaranteed
9 Sunday, April 25th 6:00pm ET $300 + $22 no-limit hold’em $1,250,000 Guaranteed
10 Monday, April 26th 2:00pm ET $200 + $16 pot-limit Omaha/8 $200,000 Guaranteed
11 Monday, April 26th 6:00pm ET $300 + $22 no-limit hold’em 4x Shootout six-max Turbo $300,000 Guaranteed
12 Monday, April 26th 9:00pm ET $1,000 + $60 no-limit hold’em six-max $1,250,000 Guaranteed
13 Tuesday, April 27th 2:00pm ET $240 + $16 pot-limit Omaha Rush Poker Knockout $200,000 Guaranteed
14 Tuesday, April 27th 6:00pm ET $200 + $16 no-limit hold’em Turbo $400,000 Guaranteed
15 Tuesday, April 27th 9:00pm ET $500 + $35 HORSE $250,000 Guaranteed
16 Wednesday, April 28th 2:00pm ET $200 + $16 7-Game $150,000 Guaranteed
17 Wednesday, April 28th 6:00pm ET $200 + $16 no-limit hold’em Cashout $150,000 Guaranteed
18 Wednesday, April 28th 9:00pm ET $300 + $22 no-limit hold’em six-max with rebuys $1,000,000 Guaranteed
19 Thursday, April 29th 2:00 pm ET $200 + $16 no-limit hold’em 1 rebuy and 1 add-on $600,000 Guaranteed
20 Thursday, April 29th 6:00pm ET 300 + $22 pot-limit Omaha heads-up $250,000 Guaranteed
21 Thursday, April 29th 9:00pm ET $100 + $9 Stud/8 $100,000 Guaranteed
22 Friday, April 30th 2:00pm ET $200 + $16 no-limit hold’em six-max $400,000 Guaranteed
23 Friday, April 30th 2:00pm ET $500 + $35 no-limit hold’em 4x Shootout $350,000 Guaranteed
24 Friday, April 30th 9:00pm ET $300 + $22 Razz $150,000 Guaranteed
25 Saturday, May 1st 2:00pm ET $2,000 + $100 no-limit hold’em ante from the start Two-Day Event $2,000,000 Guaranteed
26 Saturday, May 1st 4:00pm ET $100 + $9 pot-limit Omaha with rebuys $400,000 Guaranteed
27 Saturday, May 1st 9:00pm ET $515 + $20 no-limit hold’em Super Turbo Knockout $350,000 Guaranteed
28 Sunday, May 2nd 2:00pm ET $240 + $16 no-limit hold’em Knockout six-max $1,000,000 Guaranteed
29 Sunday, May 2nd 4:00pm ET $150 + $13 no-limit hold’em Rush Poker with rebuys $500,000 Guaranteed
30 Sunday, May 2nd 6:00pm ET $600 + $40 FTOPS XVI Main Event
no-limit hold’em

$3,000,000 Guaranteed

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UB Launches the $1000+50 buy-in Annie Duke Heads Up Challenge

April 6th, 2010

UB.com’s all-new monthly $128K Guaranteed Heads Up Match will be hosted by Team UB’s Annie Duke, and gives online poker players a shot at dethroning the 2010 National Heads Up Poker Champion

Annie Duke & Ultimate Bet - NHUPC

Annie Duke & Ultimate Bet - NHUPC

MIAMI, FL (Marketwire), Friday, March 26, 2010 – To celebrate Annie Duke’s historic win at the 2010 National Heads Up Poker Championship (”NHUPC”), UB.com launches a monthly $1000+50 buy-in Heads Up tournament this Sunday, March 28th at 13:00 ET, to be hosted by Team UB’s Duke. With a guaranteed prize pool of $128,000 on the table and a bounty on Duke’s head, now’s the time for poker players to take a swing at the champ, and walk away with a share of thousands of dollars in prize money while banking some serious bragging rights.

“I am thrilled that UB is introducing this new, monthly Heads Up event. The higher buy-in events on UB have been so successful and the market for them continues to grow,” said  UB’s Card Room Consultant Annie Duke. “Adding this exciting heads up format to the high limit mix is a great sign that UB continues to tweak the tournament schedule to give players what they want.”

Duke, the first woman ever to win the NHUPC, will host the monthly Heads Up event, scheduled on the last Sunday of every month at 13:00 ET at UB.com. Players can face-off against the newly crowned queen of the cards each month in the $128K GTD Heads Up Match in two ways:  they can pony up the $1000+50 to buy in directly, participate in one of the many daily satellites with a buy-in of $100+9  starting at 16:10 ET,  or try their luck in one of the cheaper qualifiers from as little as $8+.80, which kick off at 10:30 ET every day.

Take a shot at dethroning the 2010 National Heads Up Poker Champion in this Sunday’s inaugural $128K GTD Heads Up Match, and the lucky player who manages to ‘K.O.’ Duke  wins a $500+30 seat at the following Sunday’s $200K Guaranteed tournament at the leading online poker site Ultimate Bet .

During April and May, to coincide with the April 18th debut of the NBC NHUPC broadcast schedule, UB will also be giving away 4 seats to each of the April 25th and May 30th $128K GTD Heads Up Matches. Two of these special satellite seats per month will be awarded via  two  freeroll events, with the other pair up for grabs in two $1 buy-in events. If a player qualifies for the Heads Up Match by any one of these four events, and then goes on to send Duke to the rails, they will win the usual Duke bounty of the $200K GTD tournament entry, plus pocket $1500 in tournament dollars.

Duke bested a 64-player field that was riddled with the biggest names in poker to earn her remarkable National Heads Up victory. With this year’s NHUPC title  and the half-million dollar prize money added to her career highlights, the UB Pro  has reasserted herself as Poker’s most visible woman in the game.

Online poker players looking for a piece of the Annie Duke Heads Up action should check the “Events” Tab in the UB.com tournament lobby, with qualifiers listed in the “Satellites” Tab.

Visit Ultimate Bet for full details of other current online promotions at UB.com

About UB.net
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Built for the aspiring poker player, UB.net offers top poker rewards, optimal tournament structures and fast-paced action games in one of the largest online poker communities in the world. Players can download the free poker software, play in free ring games and tournaments, plus meet and chat online with Phil Hellmuth and other Team UB pros to learn and enhance their playing strategy. UB provides the best poker games on the net as part of the CEREUS poker network.

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Pokerstars Announces The Pokerstars Big Game For TV

March 30th, 2010

The PokerStars Big Game

The PokerStars Big Game

Recently PokerStars announced the creation of their new poker TV show ‘The PokerStars Big Game’. This show is meant to air on FOX later this year and it will feature some of the top names of poker, however the list of players has not been announced yet.

The PokerStars Big Game will be a high stakes cash game with a $100,000 minimum buy-in, and a $500,000 maximum buy-in. The bets will be pot limit pre-flop and no-limit after the flop. Apart from that and in order to spice up the action PokerStars will have one online qualifier free-rolling.

Poker players are only eligible to qualify for this only if they are from the United States or Canada. The round 1 qualifiers will run from March 26th to June 25th and the winners will be going to the Big Game Final Round Qualifiers.

If you are one of the top 200 finishers you will be eligible to submit a video of yourself to the PokerStars staff and win a seat at the Big Game.

It seems that while poker on TV remains popular, and some shows like High Stakes Poker keep getting awesome ratings, some other like Face the Ace have failed. We trust that PokerStars will create something worth watching.

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All Six Robbers From EPT Berlin Now Arrested

March 25th, 2010

EPT Robbery - Six Suspects Arrested

EPT Robbery - Six Suspects Arrested

The latest report provided by the German police is that the six men involved in the European Poker Tour (EPT) Berlin robbery have all been arrested. The last two criminals were arrested at the Berlin airport as they said they were ready to turn themselves in to the police.

These last two had already told their lawyers that they wanted to surrender to the police. When the German police came to Berlin’s Teigel airport on Saturday the arrest went peacefully and they did not show any resistance.

To review the crime, the men had burst into the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Berlin wearing masks and holding machetes and guns. They managed to take a large portion of the prize money of the EPT event being held there and ran off.

Even though it was not too difficult for the German police to find them - as they were not the most brilliant of robbers - the event has led many poker tournament organizers around the world strengthen security.

There have not been any statements released about the missing money and whether it will be returned or not.

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Ultimate Bet Sponsors V Foundation Charity Poker Tournament in Reno, Nevada<

March 24th, 2010

Co-hosted by Trishelle Cannatella

Co-hosted by Trishelle Cannatella

Team UB Heads to Reno, Nevada for Poker and Ski Challenge in UB.com Sponsored Charity Event

Miami, FL (PRWeb) March 22, 2010 - A slew of Team UB pros are getting ready to build a mountain of chips and ski down a mountain of snow all in support of fighting cancer. UB.com today announced the sponsorship of the V Foundation Charity Poker Tournament. The two-day event set to get underway on March 24th in Reno, Nevada features a charity poker tournament, silent auction, private dinner and a “Take It Downhill” Poker Pro Ski Challenge.

Confirmed to play in the poker tournament and ski challenge are several notable Team UB pros including Brandon Cantu, Adam Levy, Michael Binger, Matt Graham, Tiffany Michelle and Liv Boeree.

Other notable celebrities slated to play in the tournament include baseball all-star Jose Canseco and actor Mekhi Phifer. The tournament will be co-hosted by Trishelle Cannatella, the celebrity endorser for UB.com’s sister site, Absolute Poker.

The majority of the funds raised through the $200+30 rebuy poker tournament will be donated to the V Foundation for cancer research.

Poker players can follow along on UB.com’s blog to see how each member of Team UB is doing at the tables and on the slopes.

About UB.com

Built for the passionate poker player, UB.com offers top poker rewards, optimal tournament structures and fast-paced action games in one of the largest online poker communities in the world. Players can download the free poker software, play in free ring games and tournaments, plus meet and chat online with Phil Hellmuth and other Team UB pros to learn and enhance their playing strategy. UB provides the best poker games available on the net as part of the CEREUS poker network.

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Dusty “Leathera$$” Schmidt Joins Team Pokerstars Pro

March 23rd, 2010

Dusty Schmidt Joins Pokerstars

Dusty Schmidt Joins PokerStars

Team PokerStars Pro recently announced the addition of former poker coach Dusty “Leathera$$” Schmidt as a member of the team. Schmidt used to work for CardRunners and StoxPoker but has now cited “irreconciliable differences” with both sites and joined the largest poker room in the world.

"I feel like I’ve joined the Yankees," Schmidt said. "Getting the opportunity to represent the largest poker room in the world is definitely something that makes all of the hard work feel worthwhile. I couldn’t be more honored."

Dusty Schmidt will be joining a team of some of the best poker players in the world. Team PokerStars Pro has 26 members and amongst them are Randy "nanonoko" Lew, Andrew "Kid Nebraska" Goetsch and Thomas "Boku87" Boekhoff.

Schmidt has had a very successful poker career and has accumulated slightly over $3 million playing online. He has never had a losing month in his career and he achieved PokerStars ’ supernova status in only 8 months.

"The chase for SuperNova Elite is officially on," he said as he made clear he will be going for it in 2010 again. He will probably succeed at this as he now plays exclusively for the site.

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Aruba Poker Classic Cancelled By Ultimate Bet

March 22nd, 2010

Ultimate Bet Cancels Aruba Classic

Ultimate Bet Cancels Aruba Classic

Online poker room Ultimate Bet recently released a statement in which Tokwiro CEO Paul Leggett announced that the famous Aruba Poker Classic event has been cancelled this year.

Leggett also stated that the poker room is looking forward to investing in other events that can do more for their players, such as the developing $500k Guaranteed Tournament that they plan to hold every month on the site soon, and more pro-related competitions. They also plan to provide more incentives to attend the world’s biggest poker tournaments by offering increased satellites and additional packages.

"It is with great regret that we are announcing that the Aruba event will not run this year, but 2010 is going to be an exciting year for UB and its players," said Leggett. "Over the last year, we’ve been redefining the UB brand in every way. We love the Aruba Poker Classic event, but we think we can do a lot more for our players by investing in new events and rewards."

The Aruba Poker Classic is a very popular event, last year it drew 475 players to the island, creating a $2,303,750 prize pool. We regret that this great event has been cancelled but we look forward to seeing the improvements at Ultimate Bet .

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EPT Berlin Crime Still Unresolved

March 19th, 2010

EPT Robbery Unsolved

EPT Robbery Unsolved

Last week the German police released a report that said that the European Poker Tour (EPT) robbers had been identified and that it was just a matter of time for them to be captured. Then, on Friday, the police announced that they had captured a man who was a suspect for the casino crime in Berlin.

However, today they announced that the man - who is only referred to as “an Arab man” - was released because after hours of interrogation he denied being involved with the EPT Berlin €800,000 robbery.

The German police stated that this man was linked to a casino robbery in Berlin six years ago, but they did not stay clearly if the man had been captured because of that. There are also debates going on concerning who has the responsibility to solve the EPT Berlin crime.

"EPT events are run by local organizers. In the case of the EPT Berlin event, it was the Spielbank Berlin. Hence, they are responsible for the security team," said some PokerStars officials.

Poker event organizers all around the world are starting to discuss if it is necessary to take extra security measures for upcoming events, including this year’s World Series of Poker (WSOP).

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Poker TV Show “2 Months, 2 Million” Cancelled

March 18th, 2010

2 Months 2 Million Cancelled

2 Months 2 Million Cancelled

It has been officially announced that the poker show “2 Months, 2 Million” will not run for another season on cable channel G4. Last August the show aired for ten episodes in which professional poker players Jay Rosenkrantz, Dani Stern, Emil Patel, and Brian Roberts attempted to raise $2 million collectively in two months.

The poker pros were living in a house in Las Vegas and their daily lives were filmed. They managed to raise $676,000 in the two months, which is an impressive sum but only one quarter of the set amount they were going for.

According to G4’s statistics the show was well-received by their target audience, 18-34 year old males, however they still decided to cancel the show. A lot of poker players were surprised by the announcement but the show did not manage to set a significant mark in the poker world.

Jay Rosenkrantz talked to Poker News Daily to confirm this and said that the four poker pros are considering other options for their reality TV show. He did not state which options would be but we know for sure that we will not be hearing from them or get the chance to view a second season of their show.

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8 Year Old Boy From India Wins $500,000 Playing Online Poker

March 17th, 2010

Aashish Nanak

Aashish Nanak

The story of Aashish Nanak, an 8 year old boy from India, has been all over the news during the past couple of days. Apparently, Nanak managed to win $500,000 playing online poker on an account setup under his uncle’s name.

As unbelievable as this may sound, the story states that Nanak is an 8 year old computer wizard who was running his own website at the age of four and has been playing online poker since he is six.

Controversy arose as the poker room in which he was playing has refused to pay him his winnings as they found out he is underage. The family lawyers plan to take the case to a New Delhi court so that Nanak can get the money.

This story has become really famous but now people are suspicious on the veracity of it. Apparently, the only resource to the story is a blog post on tumblr.com and the author does not use any sources to verify the story.

In my opinion, this seems very unlikely to be true but we will keep you updated as the story develops.

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Durrrr’s Challenge Update: Durrrr Holds On To The Lead

March 17th, 2010

Tom 'Durrrr' Dwan

Tom 'Durrrr' Dwan

On Monday morning two of the biggest titans of poker, Tom ‘durrrr’ Dwan and Patrik Antonius met for one more session of the durrrr Challenge. This session lasted 342 hands, which is a short amount, but was still enough to increase durrrr’s vast lead.

Tom ‘durrrr’ Dwan came out victorious in this session and managed to take his lead up to $1.76 million. The challenge is now at almost exactly 2/3 of the required 50,000 hands. The players have played a total of 33,242 hands. The players are playing 4 simultaneous tables of 200/400 PLO.

Patrik Antonius has been running bad lately, as prior to this encounter durrrr managed to win slightly over $1 million in the last matches. Some speculate that durrrr has already won the challenge as Patrik Antonius would need to win more than 26bb/100h if he wants to turn the tables in the remaining hands. However, this challenge has had so many swings that we cannot state that it will remain this way.

In case you forgot (and you are allowed to because this has taken so long already) if durrrr wins after 50k hands he gets $500,000, but if he loses, he has to pay Patrik Antonius $1.5 million.

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Pokerstars LAPT Viña Del Mar Cancelled

March 15th, 2010

Latin America Poker Tour

Latin America Poker Tour

Due to the recent devastating earthquake that struck Chile, the PokerStars staff has announced that the Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) Viña del Mar has been cancelled. The earthquake struck 175 miles south of Viña del Mar and almost 300 people died.

The largest online poker room in the world, PokerStars , recognizes that all of the country’s resources are focused in the rescue efforts and that the LAPT is the last thing to be concerned about right now.

The EPT Viña del Mar was scheduled in two weeks time in Viña del Mar, Chile from March 19th to 23rd. This is one of the most popular destinations of the tour as it takes place in the beautiful resort ‘Enjoy Viña del Mar’ in the amazing Chilean paradise.

The poker site also said that all the players who bought into the event or won a package to go there will be compensated; all concerns should be emailed to lapt@pokerstars.com.

We send our condolences to all of those in Chile who were affected by this natural disaster. We will bring more information soon on how you can help the relief efforts from wherever you are in the world.

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Annie Duke Takes Down NBC National Heads Up Championship

March 12th, 2010

Annie Duke

Annie Duke

The NBC National Heads Up Championship has come to an end and it was professional poker player Annie Duke who made history by becoming the first woman to win this competition in the history of poker.

Annie Duke played against recognized poker pro Erik Seidel in the final heads-up. She bested Seidel and went home with $500,000 and the title.

The NBC National Heads Up Championship invites only the biggest names in poker to play several rounds of heads-up No Limit Holdem matches until one player emerges victorious from the whole field.

Apart from this title, Annie Duke has an impressive number of accomplishments in her poker resume. She is currently the best female poker player, she holds 1 WSOP bracelet, she has made it to 15 final tables at the WSOP and has cashed 37 times at various events there too.

She currently represents widely known poker room Ultimate Bet and she is a great ambassador of humanitarian work and charity poker tournaments.

Even though the NBC National Heads Up Championship is not considered one of the most skill-based events in the poker world, it is a great chance to see the best poker players in the world come together in exciting matches.

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WPT LA Poker Classic Final Table Set

March 11th, 2010

WPT LA Poker Classic

WPT LA Poker Classic

After four days of intense play the World Poker Tour (WPT) LA Poker Classic finally narrowed to the final set of players. These six players will be taking part at the 6-handed final table. The players who made it to the final table this time are relatively unknown but they have proved to be pretty skillful, so the final stage of the tournament should be an interesting show.

Amongst the notables who bounced out just before the final table bubble were Carlos ‘El Matador’ Mortensen, Annie Duke and Steve Sung. They hit the rail in 9th, 19th and 8th, respectively.

The final table will be broadcasted on TV as play wraps up tomorrow March 4th at 4pm PT.  Now in the lead is Andras Koroknai with almost 5,000,000 chips. Koroknai is followed by Raymond Dolan who has 3,300,000 chips. The winner will take home $1.79 million with the 6th place finisher getting $246,000.

This is the final table set-up:

  • Andras Koroknai 4,995,000
  • Raymond Dolan 3,300,000
  • Tri Huynh 2,565,000
  • Gevork Kasabyan 2,000,000
  • Jean-Claude Moussa 1,360,000
  • Michael Kamran 680,000

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EPT Berlin Robbery Under Control

March 10th, 2010

EPT Berlin Robbery

EPT Berlin Robbery

The German police have got back to us with their perspective on the events that occurred at the European Poker Tour (EPT) last week. “The EPT Berlin robbers broke all records in stupidity”, the German police stated.

Predictions are that the thieves will be caught soon as they seem to be an amateur gang and were not careful enough in their procedures. Even though the gang came into the Grand Hyatt wearing masks like decent crooks, they made a horrific error and stopped at a nearby McDonald’s for some food before the crime was committed.

The security cameras at McDonald’s caught the thieves’ faces in full view and it is just a matter of time to identify them now. The German security officers have handled the situation admirably well and hopefully the crime will be resolved soon.

On a different note, in one of the videos taken during the robbery you can see an unarmed security guard throwing objects at the robbers and wrestling with one of them in the ground, but he eventually gave up after being threatened with a machete.

"I acted purely on instinct," said the security guard. "But when his accomplice came at me with a machete I had to let go of him. Naturally it irritates me but I had to protect my own life in the situation."

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Pokerstars European Poker Tour (EPT) Berlin Robbed

March 9th, 2010

EPT Berlin Robbery

EPT Berlin Robbery

In recent shocking news the poker world was told about the robbery that took place at the European Poker Tour (EPT) Berlin. The robber occurred when only 24 players were left battling for a seat in the final table, and suddenly six men wearing masks and carrying machetes and guns broke into the Grand Hyatt in Berlin.

The robbers managed to steal boxes of money that had been collected at the reception of the event. It has been estimated that they took around €800,000 of the prize money. At the moment of the crime players panicked and stopped caring about their chip stacks and ran towards the exit of the building.

PokerStars expects to restart all events at 4pm local time today. The main event prize money has now been locked away but reports say that all the money from the high roller event was out on the casino floor and is now gone.

The robbers were not identified as everything happened quickly but there is a police investigation taking place and a small video has been posted on YouTube where you can see some of the crime taking place. Click here to watch it.

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Betclic Signs NBA Star Tony Parker

March 8th, 2010

French poker site BetClic recently announced that they have signed Tony Parker to be in their stable of rep poker players. Tony Parker is a recognized National Basketball Association (NBA) player and he will be representing the website around the world.

Tony Parker Teams Withe BetClic

Tony Parker Teams Withe BetClic

Tony Parker has been an NBA Champion three times in his career and he won the NBA Finals MVP in 2007.  He has been playing for the San Antonio Spurs team since 2001. "A great adventure begins," Parker said. "BetClic is a leading company with big ambitions and I am very happy to contribute to its development in the sport during the coming years."

Parker is a professional basketball player but he is often seen at charity poker tournaments. "He is a great ambassador for the brand. Tony represents the strong values of excellence and ethics in sports that we share. This new partnership reflects our commitment to continue our development in the sport by adding great champions to our team," said Nicolas Beraud, creator of BetClic.

BetClic is a very popular poker site in France and is looking for more international exposure.  They also recently signed poker pro Isabelle Mercier to help achieve their goals. BetClic was created in 2005 and has grown to be a very popular site in Europe.

BetClic is also the new owner of both poker brands Expekt and Everest Poker. With the addition of these high profile poker players the site should gain a lot more exposure and popularity in the near future.

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Alex Kamberis Signs With Doyle’s Room

March 4th, 2010

Alex Kamberis Joins Doyles Room Team

Alex Kamberis Joins Doyles Room Team

Poker legend Doyle Brunson’s poker site Doyle’s Room recently confirmed that they have added Alex Kamberis to their prestigious team of professional poker players - The Brunson 10. The rumour had been going around but it is now a fact that Kamberis will be representing Doyle’s Room around the world.

“I’m really excited that Alex has decided to come on board. He’s a real class act, just a real nice kid, and he’s the type of player that makes us all look forward to the next generation of poker players,” said Doyle Brunson.

Alex Kamberis is only 23 years old but it has been enough time to accumulate a lot of achievements in his poker career. His record is almost as impressive as that of players who have been playing poker for decades, in 2009 only he cashed in 50 online poker tournaments for almost $580,000. In 2008 he made $1.5 million playing online, becoming one of the most financially successful online poker players.

It was also in 2008 when Kamberis won the Player of the Year title by Card Player. During the same year Kamberis played at the Doyle Brunson’s Wednesday Bounty Tournament and it was there where he caught Brunson’s eye. There is no doubt that he is the perfect addition to Doyle Brunson’s team of elite poker players.

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NBC National Heads Up Championship Guest List

March 3rd, 2010

NBC National Heads Up Championship

NBC National Heads Up Championship

The NBC National Heads Up Championship is an annual event that features most of the top poker players in the industry. Some celebrities are also invited to take part of the game and the organizers have released the list of guests for this year.

This year we will be seeing a lot of familiar faces but also some celebrities and two first-timers; Kara Scott and Annette Obrestad. The NBC Heads Up Championship will take place at Caesars Palace from March 4th to 7th and it will then be televised.

The top names of poker have commented that this event is not highly regarded by them because the fast structure can make it feel like a crapshoot, however, it is extremely entertaining to watch on TV. This time we will have 57 guests and 7 online qualifiers.

This is the full list of guests for the 2010 NBC Heads Up Championship:

  • Patrik Antonius
  • Eric Baldwin
  • Andy Bloch
  • Doyle Brunson
  • Joe Cada
  • Johnny Chan
  • Don Cheadle
  • Allen Cunningham
  • Pieter de Korver
  • Annie Duke
  • Tom Dwan
  • Peter Eastgate
  • Eli Elezra
  • Antonio Esfandiari
  • Sam Farha
  • Chris Ferguson
  • Ted Forrest
  • Jamie Gold
  • Phil Gordon
  • Barry Greenstein
  • Bertrand Grospellier
  • Joe Hachem
  • Gus Hansen
  • Jennifer Harman
  • Phil Hellmuth
  • Orel Hershiser
  • Jesper Hougaard
  • Phil Ivey
  • John Juanda
  • Gabe Kaplan
  • John Paul Kelly
  • Phil Laak
  • Howard Lederer
  • Erick Lindgren
  • Mike Matusow
  • Jason Mercier
  • Dario Minieri
  • Chris Moneymaker
  • Darvin Moon
  • Greg Mueller
  • Daniel Negreanu
  • Scotty Nguyen
  • Annette Obrestad
  • Brock Parker
  • Dennis Phillips
  • Greg Raymer
  • Vanessa Rousso
  • Kara Scott
  • Huck Seed
  • Erik Seidel
  • Mike Sexton
  • Gavin Smith
  • Jennifer Tilly
  • Paul Wasicka
  • David Williams
  • Leo Wolpert
  • Jerry Yang

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Ashton Griffin Takes Down NAPT’s Closure Event

March 3rd, 2010

Ashton Griffin NAPT Winner

Ashton Griffin NAPT Winner

The PokerStars North American Poker Tour (NAPT) wrapped up with the $25,000 High Rollers Shootout event. Ashton ‘ThASHMAN103′ Griffin took the event down and banked $490,000 for it.

The word is that on the day of the final table, Griffin came to play without having slept. The young online poker pro played the day before and won his opening table, hence he made it to the final table to the event. Griffin then went on to play poker online for the rest of the night and came back to play without having slept. He admitted to have taken naps between breaks but I am still impressed by his ability to take down a tournament in that condition.

Griffin faced professional poker pro Hoyt Corkins in heads up play and came out victorious. The format of the Shootout was that the winners of each table took home $75,000 and moved on to the final stage. Then players received a $5,000 bounty for each knockout plus $100,000 going to the player with the most bounties. Griffin got $460,000 for the win and $30,000 for 6 knockouts. However, it was Scott ‘mastrblstr’ Seiver who took the $100,000 prize for knocking out 8 opponents.

These were the final results of the event:

  1. Ashton Griffin
  2. Hoyt Corkins
  3. Joe Cassidy
  4. Scott Seiver
  5. Faraz Jaka
  6. Brett Richey
  7. Peter Eastgate

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