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Ladbrokes.com Billionth Hand Freeroll
Ladbrokes Poker, one of the top online poker rooms, is the most recent site to approach hitting this milestone. The $300,000 freeroll breaks down like this: The top 20 finishers will get the chance to join Team Ladbrokes at the world's largest tournament by winning a $14,000 Ladbrokes WSOP Package.Two Hundred runners up will get a second chance to join Team Ladbrokes at this years WSOP by winning $109 Ladbrokes WSOP Daily Final seats. All that is required to secure your seat in the WSOP freeroll is to accumulate 50 Player Points on the day the Billionth hand is dealt. All players to accomplish this rather simple feat will automatically be invited to enter the tournament. The tournament is scheduled to be held on the first Saturday after the billionth hand is dealt, with a minimum of 48 hours between the billionth hand and the Saturday. Unlike many WSOP promotions, the minimum age for this promotion is 18. Unfortunately, due to American gambling laws, any WSOP Ladbrokes.com Package winners under the age of 21 will be forced to take the $7000 cash alternative. Click here to read more about Ladbrokes.com including a full room review.Related Articles: Ladbrokes offers $1 million WSOP bonusLiv Boeree wins Ladbrokes ELCLadbrokes introduces Six-Seat SNG JackpotVisit PokerListings.com
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Ladbrokes Poker, one of the top online poker rooms, is the most recent site to approach hitting this milestone. The $300,000 freeroll breaks down like this: The top 20 finishers will get the chance to join Team Ladbrokes at the world's largest tournament by winning a $14,000 Ladbrokes WSOP Package.Two Hundred runners up will get a second chance to join Team Ladbrokes at this years WSOP by winning $109 Ladbrokes WSOP Daily Final seats. All that is required to secure your seat in the WSOP freeroll is to accumulate 50 Player Points on the day the Billionth hand is dealt. All players to accomplish this rather simple feat will automatically be invited to enter the tournament. The tournament is scheduled to be held on the first Saturday after the billionth hand is dealt, with a minimum of 48 hours between the billionth hand and the Saturday. Unlike many WSOP promotions, the minimum age for this promotion is 18. Unfortunately, due to American gambling laws, any WSOP Ladbrokes.com Package winners under the age of 21 will be forced to take the $7000 cash alternative. Click here to read more about Ladbrokes.com including a full room review.Related Articles: Ladbrokes offers $1 million WSOP bonusLiv Boeree wins Ladbrokes ELCLadbrokes introduces Six-Seat SNG JackpotVisit PokerListings.com
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Annie Duke, Don Cheadle Raise Another $500,000 For Africa
It all started over a sushi lunch. A couple years ago, while Annie Duke and Don Cheadle were teaming up on a spicy tuna roll, they decided to team up for a cause that meant a lot to them. This lead to last July's inaugural 'Ante up for Africa'...
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It all started over a sushi lunch. A couple years ago, while Annie Duke and Don Cheadle were teaming up on a spicy tuna roll, they decided to team up for a cause that meant a lot to them. This lead to last July's inaugural 'Ante up for Africa'...
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Devin Porter Holds Charity Tournament to Benefit Father
The world of tournament poker is certainly full of more than its fair share of shady characters with less than perfect moral compasses. But, as in poker, the cream often rises to top. This is most apparent when the community rallies around one of its own in support. Dean Porter has cancer. B-cell...
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The world of tournament poker is certainly full of more than its fair share of shady characters with less than perfect moral compasses. But, as in poker, the cream often rises to top. This is most apparent when the community rallies around one of its own in support. Dean Porter has cancer. B-cell...
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Greenstein speaks out on Rousso hearing
Two men appeared and spoke at the rally who are both world-class players and articulate voices defending the game: Andy Bloch and Barry Greenstein. I asked Greenstein in a phone interview Wednesday why he decided to make his voice heard in Seattle. "What I'm afraid of is if I don't do anything, we'll have other people who probably won't articulate things as well as I can. And I think a lot of people in the poker community look up to me as someone who can speak well about these concepts. "The main people I want to talk to are not the people who play poker, because let's face it, most of them will have a knee-jerk reaction because they like to play and won't listen that closely," said Greenstein. "The people I want to talk to are the people are the people who do have a problem with gambling and poker. I want to impress upon them that… we have to all be very careful when people are attacking our freedoms and our rights to do something in the privacy of our home. "Maybe it's against their moral code, or they've heard stories about kids in college playing too much online poker like some of us have heard. And maybe in this case it's not something that some of those people would do themselves, but maybe next time they'll be coming to take away their freedom." Kick the bums out Greenstein hopes that by lending his support to the efforts against the Washington state law that made playing online poker a Class C felony and other measures such as the UIGEA, he can convince more to vote against the politicians who have supported those laws. He cites the examples of politicians like Rep. Jim Leach (R-Iowa), who supported UIGEA in 2006 and then lost his seat in Congress in the subsequent election. "Poker players are very hard to get together as a group - we compare it sometimes to herding cats," Greenstein said. "But in the last election… a very big silent voting bloc… saw very quickly that people are trying to come into our houses and take away our freedom, and they voted them out of office." In particular he says he's concerned about those who put forth "ridiculous stories" that online poker is used by organized crime or terrorists to launder money. "I think that in a time when the economy is bad and the war in Iraq is troubling people, [poker's enemies] can say, 'These people playing poker, it's not what you think, it's much bigger than that. We're doing something against organized crime.' "I'm concerned that some people who are naive about this will say, 'Well, at least they're doing something. We heard that there are kids playing too much poker.' But in truth all they've done is invade people's privacy." "I don't know if it's more important to us as poker players or just as Americans that we have our rights protected here," said Greenstein. "This thing needs to be shot down as soon as we can." Down the road "I expect the UIGEA to be overturned after the next election," Greenstein said, echoing a sentiment that seems common among the most active voices in the poker community. So if that comes to pass, might it be that the UIGEA actually served a purpose? Could the law poker players despise so much have been a good thing? "I don't see that it's a good thing," said Greenstein. "But you can make the case that when this whole thing is over we'll have collectively learned a lesson that one of the main founding points of America is the protection of personal freedom." And in the end, once that lesson has been learned, Greenstein hopes that the economics of the poker industry will shift as a result. "I would want the online companies to have their bases in the United States instead of in small countries in Europe and South and Central America," he said. "The majority of the players come from the United States, so I think the companies should be based [here] and be taxed so some of the money will go back into the economy."Related Articles: Washington court rules against Lee RoussoLee Rousso on collision course with Washington StateHearing Date Set for Rousso CaseRousso Gives Update on Online Gambling CaseNet Gambling Fight Heads to Governor RaceNet Gambling Lawsuit Hits Snag in Washington Visit PokerListings.com
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Two men appeared and spoke at the rally who are both world-class players and articulate voices defending the game: Andy Bloch and Barry Greenstein. I asked Greenstein in a phone interview Wednesday why he decided to make his voice heard in Seattle. "What I'm afraid of is if I don't do anything, we'll have other people who probably won't articulate things as well as I can. And I think a lot of people in the poker community look up to me as someone who can speak well about these concepts. "The main people I want to talk to are not the people who play poker, because let's face it, most of them will have a knee-jerk reaction because they like to play and won't listen that closely," said Greenstein. "The people I want to talk to are the people are the people who do have a problem with gambling and poker. I want to impress upon them that… we have to all be very careful when people are attacking our freedoms and our rights to do something in the privacy of our home. "Maybe it's against their moral code, or they've heard stories about kids in college playing too much online poker like some of us have heard. And maybe in this case it's not something that some of those people would do themselves, but maybe next time they'll be coming to take away their freedom." Kick the bums out Greenstein hopes that by lending his support to the efforts against the Washington state law that made playing online poker a Class C felony and other measures such as the UIGEA, he can convince more to vote against the politicians who have supported those laws. He cites the examples of politicians like Rep. Jim Leach (R-Iowa), who supported UIGEA in 2006 and then lost his seat in Congress in the subsequent election. "Poker players are very hard to get together as a group - we compare it sometimes to herding cats," Greenstein said. "But in the last election… a very big silent voting bloc… saw very quickly that people are trying to come into our houses and take away our freedom, and they voted them out of office." In particular he says he's concerned about those who put forth "ridiculous stories" that online poker is used by organized crime or terrorists to launder money. "I think that in a time when the economy is bad and the war in Iraq is troubling people, [poker's enemies] can say, 'These people playing poker, it's not what you think, it's much bigger than that. We're doing something against organized crime.' "I'm concerned that some people who are naive about this will say, 'Well, at least they're doing something. We heard that there are kids playing too much poker.' But in truth all they've done is invade people's privacy." "I don't know if it's more important to us as poker players or just as Americans that we have our rights protected here," said Greenstein. "This thing needs to be shot down as soon as we can." Down the road "I expect the UIGEA to be overturned after the next election," Greenstein said, echoing a sentiment that seems common among the most active voices in the poker community. So if that comes to pass, might it be that the UIGEA actually served a purpose? Could the law poker players despise so much have been a good thing? "I don't see that it's a good thing," said Greenstein. "But you can make the case that when this whole thing is over we'll have collectively learned a lesson that one of the main founding points of America is the protection of personal freedom." And in the end, once that lesson has been learned, Greenstein hopes that the economics of the poker industry will shift as a result. "I would want the online companies to have their bases in the United States instead of in small countries in Europe and South and Central America," he said. "The majority of the players come from the United States, so I think the companies should be based [here] and be taxed so some of the money will go back into the economy."Related Articles: Washington court rules against Lee RoussoLee Rousso on collision course with Washington StateHearing Date Set for Rousso CaseRousso Gives Update on Online Gambling CaseNet Gambling Fight Heads to Governor RaceNet Gambling Lawsuit Hits Snag in Washington Visit PokerListings.com
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Betfair ups the stakes in weekly tournament
The online poker room recently announced they will be upping the stakes from the old $100,000 guarantee to $125,000 starting May 18. The $125,000 guaranteed tournament will run on alternating weekends so on May 18 and June 1 players will have a chance to play in the $125,000 GTD and the $35,900 WSOP Vegas Qualifier while on May 11 and May 25 players will have a shot at the $90,000 GTD WSOP Europe/Vegas Qualifier and $55,000 GTD. Players can buy-in directly to the $125,000 GTD for $525+$25 or they can qualify in a number of different in tournaments that run Monday - Sunday. Buy-in for the $55,000 GTD is set at $380+$20. Betfair Poker is owned and operated by the world's largest sports exchange and as an independent poker site is not part of any poker network. Betfair is also home to two of the best online players in the world with WSOPE Main Event winner Annette Obrestad and Sorel "Imper1um" Mizzi. The site offers over $2 million in tournaments monthly and supports up to 15 tables in multi-table play. For my information about the site check out the full PokerListings.com review.Related Articles: Betfair Poker Providing Irish Open SeatsBetfair Signs Sorel MizziQWEASDZXC wins Betfair loyalty freerollVisit PokerListings.com
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The online poker room recently announced they will be upping the stakes from the old $100,000 guarantee to $125,000 starting May 18. The $125,000 guaranteed tournament will run on alternating weekends so on May 18 and June 1 players will have a chance to play in the $125,000 GTD and the $35,900 WSOP Vegas Qualifier while on May 11 and May 25 players will have a shot at the $90,000 GTD WSOP Europe/Vegas Qualifier and $55,000 GTD. Players can buy-in directly to the $125,000 GTD for $525+$25 or they can qualify in a number of different in tournaments that run Monday - Sunday. Buy-in for the $55,000 GTD is set at $380+$20. Betfair Poker is owned and operated by the world's largest sports exchange and as an independent poker site is not part of any poker network. Betfair is also home to two of the best online players in the world with WSOPE Main Event winner Annette Obrestad and Sorel "Imper1um" Mizzi. The site offers over $2 million in tournaments monthly and supports up to 15 tables in multi-table play. For my information about the site check out the full PokerListings.com review.Related Articles: Betfair Poker Providing Irish Open SeatsBetfair Signs Sorel MizziQWEASDZXC wins Betfair loyalty freerollVisit PokerListings.com
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Washington Judge Rejects Bid to Overturn Online Poker and Gambling Ban
In a closely watched case that could have significant consequences for the online gaming industry, a King County judge on Thursday upheld a Washington state statute that outlaws Internet gambling...
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In a closely watched case that could have significant consequences for the online gaming industry, a King County judge on Thursday upheld a Washington state statute that outlaws Internet gambling...
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SpadeClub Poker Winner: Lance 'scrubbydogg' Malmberg
SpadeClub.com, the innovative online poker community, offers a risk-free way to win at poker with no deposits and no buy-ins. Click here to find out more. SpadeClub has a new $5,000 weekly winner, Lance "scrubbydog" Malmberg. Malmberg has been playing poker for a little more than three...
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SpadeClub.com, the innovative online poker community, offers a risk-free way to win at poker with no deposits and no buy-ins. Click here to find out more. SpadeClub has a new $5,000 weekly winner, Lance "scrubbydog" Malmberg. Malmberg has been playing poker for a little more than three...
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Deep Stack Tournament Series Starts Sunday at the Bike
The Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, California, is running a Deep Stack Tournament Series with low buy-ins and guaranteed prize pools. The first event starts on Sunday. All tournaments are no-limit hold'em and begin at 7 p.m., except for the Deep Stack Championship, which begins at 4 p.m. on...
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The Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, California, is running a Deep Stack Tournament Series with low buy-ins and guaranteed prize pools. The first event starts on Sunday. All tournaments are no-limit hold'em and begin at 7 p.m., except for the Deep Stack Championship, which begins at 4 p.m. on...
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Golser, Traniello highlight FTOPS VIII
Nearly 2,000 players came out to get involved in some virtual poker during Events 17 and 18 of the online series. With just six events left the race for the tournament leaderboard is on and everybody is starting to think about $2 million guaranteed main event which will be hosted by Jennifer Harman this Sunday. Here's a closer look at the events that played out on Thursday: FTOPS VIII Event 17 $200+$16 No-Limit Hold'em 4 x Shootout 6-Max The 1,294 players that bought into Event 17 combined to create a prize pool of $258,000 which easily smashed Full Tilt's guarantee of $200,000 for the event. Markus Golser was the host and he did, indeed, make it into the money, albeit just barely. Golser, who is primarily a cash game specialist, made it into 143rd place for a modest gain of $414.08. The money started at 144th place so he couldn't have been much closer to the bubble. It was likely unimportant cash for Golser, who has cashed for more than $200,000 in high stakes tournaments, but it is fairly rare for Full Tilt pro to cash in the event they host. Mike Matusow was one of the few players to do it when he came in 47th during Event 10. To this day no one has beat Erick Lindgren's record of winning his own FTOPS event during the VII edition. There were a couple more Full Tilt pros that made it into the money of Event 17 including Jonathan "PearlJammed" Turner who came 90th and Lee Watkinson who finished 35th for $1,164. The real winner, however, was OUSOONERS24 who beat rtkoss heads-up to take first place and $45,290. Here's a look at the rest of the final table finishers: 1. OUSOONERS24 $45,290 2. rtkoss $28,468 3. Capt_Klonk $18,944 4. poker4me123 $12,940 5. Bot0FallBOTS $9,058 6. edub707 $6,211 FTOPS VIII Event 18 $300+$22 Razz FTOPS VIII Event 18 was hosted by Full Tilt pro Berry Johnston, who has been on a bit of a heater at FTOPS VIII. Going into the event Johnston was 10th on the FTOPS leaderboard, which was higher than any other Full Tilt pro. Because of his recent hot streak it was almost a surprise that Johnston didn't win it all at his own event. In actuality he didn't event make the money and dropped down to 14th on the leaderboard after the event was completed. It's not all bad for Johnston, however, as he still leads all Full Tilt pros with 230 points although Scott Fischman is right behind him with 224. Getting back to Event 18 there were 545 runners who created a prize pool of $163,000, which is fairly decent considering it was Razz they were playing. Online player eagle1829 got the biggest portion of the prize pool by beating Tridynamo in heads-up play to take down $38,749. Tridynamo had to settle for $25,669 but, thanks to his efforts in previous events, moved to the top of the tournament leaderboard with 339 points. Here are the rest of the final table finishers from Event 18:1. eagle1829 $38,749 2. Tridynamo $26,669 3. hulyefussz $17,985 4. mischiefofmagic $11,118 5. SCOOBY DOO 21 $6,867 6. UpTheMariners $4,741 7. Marco Traniello $3,597 8. Jens Voertmann $2,452 Related Articles: Berry Johnston cashes again at FTOPS VIIIHalfrek and lilkimmer77 shine at FTOPS VIIIFTOPS VIII Events 8 and 9 draw thousands FTOPS Continues, Full Tilt to offer $25k heads-upIsaac Baron wins FTOPS VII Event 1FTOPS VIII begins todayVisit PokerListings.com
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Nearly 2,000 players came out to get involved in some virtual poker during Events 17 and 18 of the online series. With just six events left the race for the tournament leaderboard is on and everybody is starting to think about $2 million guaranteed main event which will be hosted by Jennifer Harman this Sunday. Here's a closer look at the events that played out on Thursday: FTOPS VIII Event 17 $200+$16 No-Limit Hold'em 4 x Shootout 6-Max The 1,294 players that bought into Event 17 combined to create a prize pool of $258,000 which easily smashed Full Tilt's guarantee of $200,000 for the event. Markus Golser was the host and he did, indeed, make it into the money, albeit just barely. Golser, who is primarily a cash game specialist, made it into 143rd place for a modest gain of $414.08. The money started at 144th place so he couldn't have been much closer to the bubble. It was likely unimportant cash for Golser, who has cashed for more than $200,000 in high stakes tournaments, but it is fairly rare for Full Tilt pro to cash in the event they host. Mike Matusow was one of the few players to do it when he came in 47th during Event 10. To this day no one has beat Erick Lindgren's record of winning his own FTOPS event during the VII edition. There were a couple more Full Tilt pros that made it into the money of Event 17 including Jonathan "PearlJammed" Turner who came 90th and Lee Watkinson who finished 35th for $1,164. The real winner, however, was OUSOONERS24 who beat rtkoss heads-up to take first place and $45,290. Here's a look at the rest of the final table finishers: 1. OUSOONERS24 $45,290 2. rtkoss $28,468 3. Capt_Klonk $18,944 4. poker4me123 $12,940 5. Bot0FallBOTS $9,058 6. edub707 $6,211 FTOPS VIII Event 18 $300+$22 Razz FTOPS VIII Event 18 was hosted by Full Tilt pro Berry Johnston, who has been on a bit of a heater at FTOPS VIII. Going into the event Johnston was 10th on the FTOPS leaderboard, which was higher than any other Full Tilt pro. Because of his recent hot streak it was almost a surprise that Johnston didn't win it all at his own event. In actuality he didn't event make the money and dropped down to 14th on the leaderboard after the event was completed. It's not all bad for Johnston, however, as he still leads all Full Tilt pros with 230 points although Scott Fischman is right behind him with 224. Getting back to Event 18 there were 545 runners who created a prize pool of $163,000, which is fairly decent considering it was Razz they were playing. Online player eagle1829 got the biggest portion of the prize pool by beating Tridynamo in heads-up play to take down $38,749. Tridynamo had to settle for $25,669 but, thanks to his efforts in previous events, moved to the top of the tournament leaderboard with 339 points. Here are the rest of the final table finishers from Event 18:1. eagle1829 $38,749 2. Tridynamo $26,669 3. hulyefussz $17,985 4. mischiefofmagic $11,118 5. SCOOBY DOO 21 $6,867 6. UpTheMariners $4,741 7. Marco Traniello $3,597 8. Jens Voertmann $2,452 Related Articles: Berry Johnston cashes again at FTOPS VIIIHalfrek and lilkimmer77 shine at FTOPS VIIIFTOPS VIII Events 8 and 9 draw thousands FTOPS Continues, Full Tilt to offer $25k heads-upIsaac Baron wins FTOPS VII Event 1FTOPS VIII begins todayVisit PokerListings.com
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Online Poker: FTOPS VIII Events No. 17 and 18
Two new champions were crowned in last night's action in the Full Tilt Online Poker Series VIII (FTOPS). Both tournaments had prize pools that went beyond the posted guarantees, and one event's final table featured two red-named, Full Tilt-sponsored pros. FTOPS VIII Event No. 17 -...
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Two new champions were crowned in last night's action in the Full Tilt Online Poker Series VIII (FTOPS). Both tournaments had prize pools that went beyond the posted guarantees, and one event's final table featured two red-named, Full Tilt-sponsored pros. FTOPS VIII Event No. 17 -...
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