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Poker Stars Offering Qualifiers for EPT Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain, is a beautiful city with one of the richest histories in the world, and now poker players can take a trip there, take in the sights, and, of course, play some poker - all for as little as $2.22, courtesy of PokerStars. PokerStars, the sponsor of the European Poker Tour, is...
CardPlayer.com – Jul 22, 2008 10:54 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Barcelona, Spain, is a beautiful city with one of the richest histories in the world, and now poker players can take a trip there, take in the sights, and, of course, play some poker - all for as little as $2.22, courtesy of PokerStars. PokerStars, the sponsor of the European Poker Tour, is...
CardPlayer.com – Jul 22, 2008 10:54 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Titan adds Russian to languages
The poker site announced this week it now offers its software, its Web site and its support services in Russian, bringing Titan Poker up to 12 different languages. The poker site also offers English, Danish, German, French, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Spanish and Swedish. It also offers its Web site in Dutch. "We take special care and effort to accommodate all of our players," said Robin Steele, Titan Poker manager. "We want them to have the best quality online experience possible. Adding additional languages such as Russian is just one example of how we pay attention to players' suggestions." According to Titan Poker, it has seen a significant increase of players hailing from Russian-speaking countries as it has expanded its cash-table and tournament offerings. "Instead of having those players read the site in foreign languages they may be unfamiliar with, Titan Poker felt it necessary to translate the entire Web site and launch its software in Russian," said the poker site in a press release. Titan Poker is also working on adding more European languages to its lineup. More languages means more opportunities for new players to take advantage of what Titan Poker has to offer. The poker site currently hosts huge cash giveaways each month with more than $16 million given out. In September players can look forward to a $2.5 million guaranteed prize tournament - the largest the site has hosted to date. Free money isn't the only thing Titan Poker has on tap for players. It also hosts qualifiers and satellites for live poker events all around the world. It recently sent a team of players to the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, and it plans to send players to the Asian Poker Tour even in Macau in August. For more information about what the poker site has to offer, visit Titan Poker. Related Articles: Titan Poker player dives right into WSOPTitan player boosts bankroll with tourney winTitan Poker turns up summer heatVisit PokerListings.com
PokerListings.com – Jul 22, 2008 9:36 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
The poker site announced this week it now offers its software, its Web site and its support services in Russian, bringing Titan Poker up to 12 different languages. The poker site also offers English, Danish, German, French, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Spanish and Swedish. It also offers its Web site in Dutch. "We take special care and effort to accommodate all of our players," said Robin Steele, Titan Poker manager. "We want them to have the best quality online experience possible. Adding additional languages such as Russian is just one example of how we pay attention to players' suggestions." According to Titan Poker, it has seen a significant increase of players hailing from Russian-speaking countries as it has expanded its cash-table and tournament offerings. "Instead of having those players read the site in foreign languages they may be unfamiliar with, Titan Poker felt it necessary to translate the entire Web site and launch its software in Russian," said the poker site in a press release. Titan Poker is also working on adding more European languages to its lineup. More languages means more opportunities for new players to take advantage of what Titan Poker has to offer. The poker site currently hosts huge cash giveaways each month with more than $16 million given out. In September players can look forward to a $2.5 million guaranteed prize tournament - the largest the site has hosted to date. Free money isn't the only thing Titan Poker has on tap for players. It also hosts qualifiers and satellites for live poker events all around the world. It recently sent a team of players to the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, and it plans to send players to the Asian Poker Tour even in Macau in August. For more information about what the poker site has to offer, visit Titan Poker. Related Articles: Titan Poker player dives right into WSOPTitan player boosts bankroll with tourney winTitan Poker turns up summer heatVisit PokerListings.com
PokerListings.com – Jul 22, 2008 9:36 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
888 qualifier relaxes his way to WSOP money
"I got up at 11:30 a.m. after a long lie-in and watched a couple of romantic comedies," Gordo wrote in his tournament diary. "It was a real pleasure not to be thinking about Poker after three gruelling days." Thinking that it was another rest day for players, Gordo headed to the Grand Luxe Cafe for his favorite breakfast, chicken and waffles, instead of heading to the Rio to play in Day 3. After breakfast he thought about heading to the Rio for some poker, but changed his mind. "Thought about the Rio and its depressing atmosphere and decided that rather than having my aces cracked by a short-stack with sevens, I would go downstairs, have a swim and enjoy the beautiful ladies on display at the Palazzo pool," Gordo wrote. After a haircut and a head massage, Gordo finally felt ready to take on some poker action. But rather than head to the Rio where he figured he'd have to hear a bunch of bad beat stories on the way to his table, he decided to take on the $540 tournament over at the Venetian. While 1,308 hopefuls fought their way to the WSOP money bubble at the Rio and a potential multimillion-dollar top prize, Gordo was battling at the Venetian for a $50,000 first-place prize. He spent a few hours playing before he busted out of the tournament and then decided to take a swim, read the papers from his home back in Argentina and have a nice dinner. Meanwhile, Gordo's chair was doing quite well for him at the Rio. All-in on the blinds for his last $3,400, Gordo won a race with his A-J against a pair of tens, which prompted his table to rename the hand the Fernando for the rest of the day. At 10:30 p.m. Gordo's chair was still in the mix as the money bubble finally approached. Who would go first? Fernando's empty chair, or some unlucky player who had fought his heart out for that $21,300 payout and the right to say "I cashed in the WSOP"? Just as his hero Vinny Vinh had done twice in the 2007 WSOP, Gordo made it into the money without having been there to play most of the day. At 11:30 p.m. the bubble burst and Gordo had officially made it into the money with $1,600 in chips, just four antes away from busting out of the tournament. At around that same time, he bumped into another 888.com qualifier in the lobby, who had just busted out of the tournament in the money. "They're in the money?" Fernando asked. "Well I better go and pick up my check." He went over to the tournament director at the Rio, who asked where he had been all day. "I was sure that I would be able to get in the money with at least two hands to spare, so why waste the day in a stuffy, crowded room, when you can enjoy the delights of Sin City and still cash in the event?" Gordo replied. His math was off by two hands, and Gordo actually managed to ease his way into the money with $1,600, four antes to spare. "I had a great day and then went over to the Rio once the bubble burst to see if I could start playing some poker," Gordo said. "I raised with a 7-5 of diamonds to see if I could steal the blinds but unfortunately found the big blind with aces. Poker can be so cruel!" Gordo ended Day 3 in 656th place, good for a $21,300 payday after having spent most of his day just relaxing and enjoying what Las Vegas has to offer. (Contributed by Jonny Natas, 888.com head of offline poker)Visit PokerListings.com
PokerListings.com – Jul 22, 2008 7:37 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
"I got up at 11:30 a.m. after a long lie-in and watched a couple of romantic comedies," Gordo wrote in his tournament diary. "It was a real pleasure not to be thinking about Poker after three gruelling days." Thinking that it was another rest day for players, Gordo headed to the Grand Luxe Cafe for his favorite breakfast, chicken and waffles, instead of heading to the Rio to play in Day 3. After breakfast he thought about heading to the Rio for some poker, but changed his mind. "Thought about the Rio and its depressing atmosphere and decided that rather than having my aces cracked by a short-stack with sevens, I would go downstairs, have a swim and enjoy the beautiful ladies on display at the Palazzo pool," Gordo wrote. After a haircut and a head massage, Gordo finally felt ready to take on some poker action. But rather than head to the Rio where he figured he'd have to hear a bunch of bad beat stories on the way to his table, he decided to take on the $540 tournament over at the Venetian. While 1,308 hopefuls fought their way to the WSOP money bubble at the Rio and a potential multimillion-dollar top prize, Gordo was battling at the Venetian for a $50,000 first-place prize. He spent a few hours playing before he busted out of the tournament and then decided to take a swim, read the papers from his home back in Argentina and have a nice dinner. Meanwhile, Gordo's chair was doing quite well for him at the Rio. All-in on the blinds for his last $3,400, Gordo won a race with his A-J against a pair of tens, which prompted his table to rename the hand the Fernando for the rest of the day. At 10:30 p.m. Gordo's chair was still in the mix as the money bubble finally approached. Who would go first? Fernando's empty chair, or some unlucky player who had fought his heart out for that $21,300 payout and the right to say "I cashed in the WSOP"? Just as his hero Vinny Vinh had done twice in the 2007 WSOP, Gordo made it into the money without having been there to play most of the day. At 11:30 p.m. the bubble burst and Gordo had officially made it into the money with $1,600 in chips, just four antes away from busting out of the tournament. At around that same time, he bumped into another 888.com qualifier in the lobby, who had just busted out of the tournament in the money. "They're in the money?" Fernando asked. "Well I better go and pick up my check." He went over to the tournament director at the Rio, who asked where he had been all day. "I was sure that I would be able to get in the money with at least two hands to spare, so why waste the day in a stuffy, crowded room, when you can enjoy the delights of Sin City and still cash in the event?" Gordo replied. His math was off by two hands, and Gordo actually managed to ease his way into the money with $1,600, four antes to spare. "I had a great day and then went over to the Rio once the bubble burst to see if I could start playing some poker," Gordo said. "I raised with a 7-5 of diamonds to see if I could steal the blinds but unfortunately found the big blind with aces. Poker can be so cruel!" Gordo ended Day 3 in 656th place, good for a $21,300 payday after having spent most of his day just relaxing and enjoying what Las Vegas has to offer. (Contributed by Jonny Natas, 888.com head of offline poker)Visit PokerListings.com
PokerListings.com – Jul 22, 2008 7:37 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
No deals for PokerStars Sunday events
More than 8,000 player turned out for the Sunday Million this week, with 1,233 players earning money from the event. The top two players earned a six-figure cash. SAM66 topped them all to take home $209,571.60. It came down to the Swiss player versus Shantaram, from France, in heads-up play. On the final hand Shantaram went all-in with #Ts#9c against SAM66's #Ad#6h. Facing a 7-to-1 chip deficit, Shantaram needed to win this race, but when the board came #5h#3d#s#6d#Jh, he was out and pocketing more than $140,000 for second place. The final table played out as follows:Place Name Country Prize 1st SAM66 Switzerland $209,571.60 2nd Shantaram France $141,718.50 3rd MrMuck1976 Norway $95,337.90 4th rubenrtv Netherlands $77,301 5th pepperdiablo United Kingdom $60,123 6th my_emolument United States $42,945 7th moorten Sweden $30,061.50 8th Axinar United States $19,754.70 9th Cjh1224 United States $13,398.84 There was a noticeable international flavor at the Sunday Million this week as there was at the other major events at PokerStars. On occasion the final tables seem heavy with players from the United States, but this week there were players from all over Europe and Canada as well. The other major PokerStars Sunday events played out as follows: Sunday Warm-UpPlace Name Country Prize 1st eisenhower1 Sweden $97,664 2nd seberek Greece $69,760 3rd hanji Canada $45,692.80 4th nukemaster1 Canada $34,880 5th AyeReady1966 United Kingdom $27,904 6th AA_Legend United Kingdom $20,928 7th bartleby666 Germany $14,998.40 8th ryanfitz05 United States $10,464 9th truls77 Norway $6,766.72 Sunday Hundred GrandPlace Name Country Prize 1st ftb_1988 United States $23,826.01 2nd SickLord66 United States $16,678.21 3rd Havana03 Germany $11,913.01 4th MHysler United States $9,530.41 5th SvenOLDB Germany $7,147.81 6th ncav08 United Kingdom $4,765.21 7th NuKEr2k Russian Federation $3,573.91 8th SingleFileD United States $2,382.61 9th retros94 France $1,786.96 Sunday Second ChancePlace Name Country Prize 1st Taknapotin United States $57,766 2nd uncledrkmeat United States $43,494.40 3rd P0ker D0h United States $32,450.90 4th Rugieee Germany $23,786 5th voyager7o9 United States $16,990 6th v1nc Netherlands $13,592 7th Universe112 United States $10,194 8thmcatdog United States $6,796 9th Brezi26 Czech Republic $4,757.20 Sunday $5,200 Freezeout 1. BrynKenney (United States) $45,000.00 For more information about these and other things the poker site has to offer, visit PokerStars. Related Articles: PokerStars claims Million Dollar MenPokerStars doubles money on SundayBadBeatKid_2 wins PokerStars Sunday MillionVisit PokerListings.com
PokerListings.com – Jul 22, 2008 7:08 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
More than 8,000 player turned out for the Sunday Million this week, with 1,233 players earning money from the event. The top two players earned a six-figure cash. SAM66 topped them all to take home $209,571.60. It came down to the Swiss player versus Shantaram, from France, in heads-up play. On the final hand Shantaram went all-in with #Ts#9c against SAM66's #Ad#6h. Facing a 7-to-1 chip deficit, Shantaram needed to win this race, but when the board came #5h#3d#s#6d#Jh, he was out and pocketing more than $140,000 for second place. The final table played out as follows:Place Name Country Prize 1st SAM66 Switzerland $209,571.60 2nd Shantaram France $141,718.50 3rd MrMuck1976 Norway $95,337.90 4th rubenrtv Netherlands $77,301 5th pepperdiablo United Kingdom $60,123 6th my_emolument United States $42,945 7th moorten Sweden $30,061.50 8th Axinar United States $19,754.70 9th Cjh1224 United States $13,398.84 There was a noticeable international flavor at the Sunday Million this week as there was at the other major events at PokerStars. On occasion the final tables seem heavy with players from the United States, but this week there were players from all over Europe and Canada as well. The other major PokerStars Sunday events played out as follows: Sunday Warm-UpPlace Name Country Prize 1st eisenhower1 Sweden $97,664 2nd seberek Greece $69,760 3rd hanji Canada $45,692.80 4th nukemaster1 Canada $34,880 5th AyeReady1966 United Kingdom $27,904 6th AA_Legend United Kingdom $20,928 7th bartleby666 Germany $14,998.40 8th ryanfitz05 United States $10,464 9th truls77 Norway $6,766.72 Sunday Hundred GrandPlace Name Country Prize 1st ftb_1988 United States $23,826.01 2nd SickLord66 United States $16,678.21 3rd Havana03 Germany $11,913.01 4th MHysler United States $9,530.41 5th SvenOLDB Germany $7,147.81 6th ncav08 United Kingdom $4,765.21 7th NuKEr2k Russian Federation $3,573.91 8th SingleFileD United States $2,382.61 9th retros94 France $1,786.96 Sunday Second ChancePlace Name Country Prize 1st Taknapotin United States $57,766 2nd uncledrkmeat United States $43,494.40 3rd P0ker D0h United States $32,450.90 4th Rugieee Germany $23,786 5th voyager7o9 United States $16,990 6th v1nc Netherlands $13,592 7th Universe112 United States $10,194 8thmcatdog United States $6,796 9th Brezi26 Czech Republic $4,757.20 Sunday $5,200 Freezeout 1. BrynKenney (United States) $45,000.00 For more information about these and other things the poker site has to offer, visit PokerStars. Related Articles: PokerStars claims Million Dollar MenPokerStars doubles money on SundayBadBeatKid_2 wins PokerStars Sunday MillionVisit PokerListings.com
PokerListings.com – Jul 22, 2008 7:08 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Qualify for the Asian Poker Tour Event in Macau on Bodog
The Asian Poker Tour in Macau is scheduled for Aug. 26-31 with a guaranteed prize pool of $1.5 million, and Bodog Poker is giving players a chance to win an exclusive all-expenses-paid trip to play the event for free. Freerolls are running four times daily from now until the end of July, and they...
CardPlayer.com – Jul 22, 2008 5:58 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
The Asian Poker Tour in Macau is scheduled for Aug. 26-31 with a guaranteed prize pool of $1.5 million, and Bodog Poker is giving players a chance to win an exclusive all-expenses-paid trip to play the event for free. Freerolls are running four times daily from now until the end of July, and they...
CardPlayer.com – Jul 22, 2008 5:58 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
The Venetian Announces Poker-Themed Stage Show
The Venetian is bringing poker and entertainment together as never before with the launch of the first ever live, interactive poker-themed stage show, 'The Real Deal!' Opening this fall, the show will bring to the Venetian...
PokerNews.com – Jul 22, 2008 5:07 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
The Venetian is bringing poker and entertainment together as never before with the launch of the first ever live, interactive poker-themed stage show, 'The Real Deal!' Opening this fall, the show will bring to the Venetian...
PokerNews.com – Jul 22, 2008 5:07 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Strip Poker: Venetian to Introduce Poker-Themed Stage Show
The Venetian Resort Hotel and Casino recently announced that it will debut the first-ever live interactive poker-themed stage show called The Real Deal!. Included in the Venetian's lineup of entertainment offerings in the Venetian Showroom, the Real Deal! was created to give poker players and...
CardPlayer.com – Jul 22, 2008 4:33 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
The Venetian Resort Hotel and Casino recently announced that it will debut the first-ever live interactive poker-themed stage show called The Real Deal!. Included in the Venetian's lineup of entertainment offerings in the Venetian Showroom, the Real Deal! was created to give poker players and...
CardPlayer.com – Jul 22, 2008 4:33 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
World Series Of Poker Premieres Tonight on ESPN
It's finally time for poker fans to get their yearly fix of brand-new episodes of the World Series of Poker. Tuesday night is now poker night on ESPN, and it all begins tonight from 8-10 p.m. ET with the premiere show that will feature the $10,000 pot-limit hold'em world championship....
CardPlayer.com – Jul 22, 2008 12:00 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
It's finally time for poker fans to get their yearly fix of brand-new episodes of the World Series of Poker. Tuesday night is now poker night on ESPN, and it all begins tonight from 8-10 p.m. ET with the premiere show that will feature the $10,000 pot-limit hold'em world championship....
CardPlayer.com – Jul 22, 2008 12:00 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
EU Delegation to Question US Officials over Online Gambling Stance
A delegation of European Union trade officials will conduct talks with US officials at the end of this month over prosecutions and market restrictions concerning online gambling that appear to European interests to be restrictive...
PokerNews.com – Jul 22, 2008 09:06 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
A delegation of European Union trade officials will conduct talks with US officials at the end of this month over prosecutions and market restrictions concerning online gambling that appear to European interests to be restrictive...
PokerNews.com – Jul 22, 2008 09:06 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
NBC's Poker After Dark: 'Nets vs. Vets' Week
It's the young guns of the Internet against the established lions of the game in 'Nets vs. Vets' week on NBC's popular late-night show 'Poker After Dark.' Representing the online world are three players who made their mark as online...
PokerNews.com – Jul 22, 2008 02:06 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
It's the young guns of the Internet against the established lions of the game in 'Nets vs. Vets' week on NBC's popular late-night show 'Poker After Dark.' Representing the online world are three players who made their mark as online...
PokerNews.com – Jul 22, 2008 02:06 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
