Archive for August, 2008

Poker News: Robbers Make Off With Hoyt Corkin’s WSOP Bracelets

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

Hoyt Corkins was away on vacation for a month when his Las Vegas home located in an upscale, gated Spanish Trails community was broken into by thieves who took their sweet time searching through his belongings and stealing his valuables. Poker fans would be interested to know that some of the things stolen from Hoyt [...]

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German Player’s Bad Beat Wins Her $354,683.57 at Party Poker

Monday, August 25th, 2008

Are you sick of bad beat stories? Along with the rest of the world, of course. Party Poker, however, has one bad beat story that even the most jaded poker player would want to hear. Particularly, since it involved the biggest bad beat jackpot in history.
Judith75 was playing in a $0.50/$1 Limit table. Yes, those [...]

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Poker News: ChanPoker Bites the Dust

Saturday, August 23rd, 2008

Chan Poker, the once flashy online poker site located at www.chanpoker.com, is the latest victim of the UIGEA legislation that was passed in late 2006. Chan Poker has announced its closure effective August 21 but has assured players that withdrawal requests will be honored and processed as quickly as possible.
The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act [...]

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Poker News: Alexander Kravchenko Is Newest Member of Team PokerStars

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

Former business investor Alexander Kravchenko started playing poker in 1997 and you can say he’s made a good use of his time on the felt. He made a name of himself when he made it in the money a more-than-impressive six times during the 2007 World Series of Poker. Kravchenko even went so far as [...]

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KILL_BILL Slays Field to Win Bodog Poker $250000 Guaranteed Tournament

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

Bodog Poker hosted its biggest-ever guaranteed tournament on Sunday, promising a $250,000 prize pool. The value drew in 816 participants for the online tourney, but it was KILL_BILL who topped them all for the biggest payday.
“We’d like to congratulate KILL_BILL for his win against such a talent-rich field that included some of the biggest names [...]

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Poker News: Newbie Wins $250k Online Tournament at Titan Poker

Friday, August 15th, 2008

Was it beginners luck or sheer skill? We may never know. One thing is for sure, though. Someone named Reimer Koester signed up for an account at online poker site Titan Poker on July 31 and ended up with thousands of dollars in cash a mere four days after. Sounds like a fairy tale but [...]

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Poker News: Poker Pros Get Ready for 36-Hour Cash Game

Friday, August 15th, 2008

Some people call it the toughest cash game in the world. A handful of the most-seasoned professional poker players fighting it out in a marathon high-stakes cash game in front of television cameras. Poker TV doesn’t get any better than this. It’s no wonder that Party Poker’s “Poker Den—The Big Game” is back for a [...]

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Poker News: Disqualified Player Drops Action Suit Vs. PokerStars

Friday, August 15th, 2008

Natalie “TheV0id” Teltscher thought she was seeing a major payday after her account won $1,228,330.50 for first place in PokerStars’ 2007 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) Main Event. Her dreams were burned to the ground, however, when PokerStars disqualified her after discovering that she never played in the event herself. What’s a girl to [...]

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Poker News: Jose Miguel Espinar Tops LAPT Punte del Este

Friday, August 15th, 2008

Talk about making a name for yourself. Jose Miguel Espinar wanted to prove his poker prowess despite being a newbie in the community. Well, do that he just did. Espinar came out on top at the end of PokerStars.net Latin America Poker Tour Punte del Este championship. This may have proven that despite starting his [...]

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Fred_Brink Wins PokerStars Sunday Tournament w/ 1.5 Million Guarantee

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

What happens when you offer a $1.5 Million Guaranteed Pot on a Sunday tournament online? If the PokerStars Sunday Million is any indication, you’ll find yourself with 8,431 entrants and a massive $1,686,200.00 total prize pool. This ensured a cool $204,198.82 to the winner and with that kind of prize money, you can be certain this tournament is taken seriously.

With such a monstrous field, did the online poker wizards stand a chance? Once again proving that poker is a game of skill, online phenoms Andy McLEOD and Zach “nofingclue11” Clark emerged as chip leaders going into the final table despite the sheer number of poker wannabes in their midst. Unfortunately for both, despite their strong showings, Andy McLEOD and nofingclue11 ended up in 4th and 5th place respectively. Hey, don’t feel too bad for them. That was $75,879.00 for 4th place and a very respectable $59,017.00 for 5th.

The final three saw RProps, betofetus and Fred_Brink battling for glory with Fred_Brink dead last with only 13,553 in chips. The three discussed a possible deal and luckily for Fred_Brink, the deal was never agreed upon.

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