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Poker As A Profession with Taylor Caby

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Poker As A Profession with Taylor Caby
Taylor Caby talks to PokerNews about what it takes to be a professional UK Poker player.

Moving All-In on a Draw with Jennifer Harman
Jennifer Harman discusses poker strategy by recounting a hand she played on Poker After Dark where she moved in on a draw against Phil Hellmuth.

Buy-In Tips with Steve Zolotow
Ever wonder how much you should sit down with at a poker table? Steve Zolotow gives you some things to consider when making that decision.

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The Nightly Turbo: Boyd Gaming’s Big Purchase, UKIPT Dublin Under Way, and More

admin — Fri, 18 May 2012 19:18:27 +0000

The Nightly Turbo: Boyd Gaming’s Big Purchase, UKIPT Dublin Under Way, and More
May 17 2012, Brett Collson Related Articles The Weekly Turbo: High Stakes Poker in Macau, Premier League V Lineup Set, and More The Nightly Turbo: TwoPlusTwo Forums Back Online, The Micros’ Comic Debut, and More The Nightly Turbo: PokerStars’ Crackdown Continues, Belgium’s Blacklist Grows, and More Share It Tags UKIPT, PokerStars, Macau, SCOOP Print Too busy to track the day’s biggest poker news stories? That’s what we’re here for. In this edition of the Nightly Turbo, we’re bringing you a major purchase by a top casino operator, the start of the PokerStars UKIPT Dublin Main Event, and more. In Case You Missed It Which young guns should you be looking out for at the 2012 World Series of Poker? We’re here to tell you. In the first edition of the 2012 WSOP Rookie Roundup, PokerNews showcases 21-year-old Ami Barer. The high-stakes ring game action has been explosive on PokerStars this year. Chad Holloway takes a look at the 10 biggest hands since the start of the year. Bertrand Grospellier maintained the top spot in the Global Poker Index this week. Which player crept into the top five? Mickey Doft breaks down the GPI rankings. What should players be doing to prepare for the World Series of Poker? Poker pro Daryll Fish joined the Strategy with Kristy podcast to discuss his mindset going into each event. Shawn “buck21″ Buchanan is the latest poker pro to join the list of 2012 SCOOP champions. Martin Harris and Mickey Doft break down Wednesday’s action in the Day 11 SCOOP recap. The Micros returned in print form this week. Get the latest hilarious web comic over at The Muck. Boyd Gaming Buys a Rival On Wednesday, Boyd Gaming announced it entered into an agreement to acquire fellow casino operator Peninsula Gaming LLC for $745 million. The deal will also include a refinancing price of $700 million of Peninsula’s existing debt. Boyd says it has obtained committed financing for the entire transaction. The company is taking out a $1.2 billion loan, part of which will be used to refinance Peninsula’s $700 million debt, as well as pay cash to Peninsula investors and for other transaction fees. The deal will expand Boyd’s operations in the Midwest and Louisiana with five new casinos Kansas Star, Diamond Jo, Diamond Jo Worth, Evangeline Downs and Amelia Belle. At present, the company owns 16 casinos across Nevada, Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, Indiana and New Jersey. “Acquiring Peninsula Gaming is a transformative transaction that fits perfectly into our growth strategy by expanding our Company’s scale, diversifying our platform, strengthening our financial profile, and generating meaningful value for our shareholders,” said Keith Smith, president and CEO of Boyd Gaming. “The Peninsula properties are a strong fit for us, as they are well-managed and operate in resilient markets in the Midwest and South. We anticipate this transaction will be immediately accretive to earnings and significantly increase our free cash flow.” Read more at SacBee.com. UKIPT Dublin Under Way One of the most popular stops on the PokerStars UK & Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT) kicked off on Thursday. The 700+70 buy-in UKIPT Dublin Main Event got under way at the CityWest Hotel with the first of Day 1 flights on the schedule. Last year’s event attracted 718 players to generate a prize pool of 348,230. Joeri Zandvliet collected 83,500 after besting final table that included Max Silver, who won the same event in 2010. Silver took fourth last year and is seeking his third straight final table in this year’s event. Among the notables taking part in Thursday’s Day 1a were Silver, Ross and Barny Boatman, Jude Ainsworth, Surinder Sunar, Sam Razavi and Simon Trumper. We’ll be providing daily updates of the UKIPT Dublin Main Event right here in the Nightly Turbo. For live updates from the Main Event, visit the PokerStars Blog. PokerStars Macau Date Change PokerStars Macau has made a slight change to the schedule for the upcoming quartet of events at the Grand Waldo Entertainment Complex. The Macau Poker Cup originally scheduled for July 28 through Aug. 6 will now take place from Aug. 11 through 20, so be sure to mark those dates on your calendars if you plan to participate. The first Red Dragon series will kick off on June 9, highlighted by an HDK$11,000 Red Dragon Main Event. The Grand Waldo Entertainment Complex will also play host to the Macau Poker Cup Championship and the Asia Championship of Poker. PokerStars Macau Schedule Date Event Buy-in (HKD) June 9-18 Red Dragon Main Event $11,000 ($3,000,000 Guarantee) Aug. 11-20 Red Dragon Main Event $11,000 ($3,000,000 Guarantee) Sept. 7-16 Macau Poker Cup Championship $20,000 ($4,500,000 Guarantee) Oct. 26-Nov. 11 Asia Championship of Poker $100,000 ($10,000,000 Guarantee) For more information, check out PokerStarsMacau.com. http://www.pokerstarsmacau.com/tournaments/macau-cup/ New Social Gaming Experience on Facebook Looking for a new game to play against your friends on Facebook? RocketFrog has introduced a series of multiplayer tournaments for poker, blackjack and slots in which you can compete against friends for prizes. Users can participate in poker, blackjack and slot tournaments every day with small fields (80 to 300 players) and lightning fast levels (2 to 5 minutes). A different advertiser each day will guarantee players a variety of prizes ranging from movie tickets, music, food and more. Weve created social tournaments where players can interact and compete to win real prizes against their friends; not just leaderboard points or status increases, said RocketFrog co-founder and CEO Brett Calapp. Theres no better place to do that than Facebook because thats where your friends are at online. Who doesnt like beating their friends and winning a prize? To learn more about the games visit rocket-frog.com. “This is Sick!” It’s no secret that Chris “ImDaNuts” Oliver is one of the more aggressive no-limit hold’em players around (remember his six-bet with at the 2011 PCA?). So when Oliver pulled another creative move from his arsenal during the final table of SCOOP Event 21-H this week, Denmark’s “ministerborg” fought back. Here’s a look at the insane preflop action, courtesy of PokerStars.tv. As it turned out, “ministerborg” defeated Oliver heads-up for the title and more than $344,000. If you haven’t been watching any of these high-stakes SCOOP events, you’ve been missing out. Follow PokerNews on Twitter for up-to-the-minute news. Follow Brett Collson on Recent Articles 2012 World Series of Poker Rookie Roundup: Ami Barer The Top 10 PokerStars Hands of 2012 So Far Global Poker Index: All Quiet on the GPI Front; Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier On Top 2012 PokerStars SCOOP Day 11: Shawn “buck21″ Buchanan Claims SCOOP Victory Become a Winner in the $30,000 Winner Wednesday Dozen Promotion Most Popular This Week The Nightly Turbo: PokerStars’ Crackdown Continues, Belgium’s Blacklist Grows, and More 2012 PokerStars SCOOP Day 7: Six-Figure Scores For Mercier and Galfond; Deeb Wins 2nd Event Andy Moseley on Learning to Play Poker, High-Stakes Games in Macau, and More The Nightly Turbo: Phil Galfond’s College Years, Zoom Poker’s Official Launch, and More 2012 PokerStars SCOOP Day 5: Close Call For Viktor “Isildur1″ Blom Comments No comments yet. Be the first to post one!

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admin — Thu, 10 May 2012 06:00:18 +0000

888 Poker $8 Free
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Lord of the Grind

admin — Sat, 05 May 2012 14:18:07 +0000

Lord of the Grind
Starting March 1st, 2012 Want a seat as a Knight of the Round Poker Table? Pass one of the infamous Lord of the Grind monthly poker grinder trials and claim your rewards and honorary seat . The Lord of the Grind Challenge Pokertrials can be mastered in 4 levels of difficulty: Collect points every day and reach yourtargeted Lord of the Grind Shield. As a reward you’ll get a pending bonus and some cash also! Please click here to visit Titan Poker Promotion Date: 06 March 2012 Subscribe to this poker promotions feed

Interview with Mike Matusow

admin — Sat, 05 May 2012 00:18:36 +0000

Interview with Mike Matusow
by Steve Marzolf Mike Matusow, a card-carrying member of team Full Tilt, has been around the pro poker circuit long enough to earn his nickname as “The Mouth” a few times over. Most recently, he took third in the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star Main Event, pulling in just under $370k…and talking some serious smack in the process. But when we caught up with him, he had an ironic message for players out there: “Calm down.” You almost took it all at Bay 101 – what was that like? I’ve only played three WPTs in two years – one last year and two this year. I went down there and played really hard. I went down there hungry and wanting to win, and I played really well. But I wish I would have caught some cards against the lunatics, the ones who were raising and re-raising every hand. Tell us about that three-bet that took you out. I mean, he was just raising at every button, and I thought I had a pretty good read on him. I’d been re-raising and shoving on him left and right. I shoved on him with 2-9. He didn’t have to call me with K-Q. It was still 25 percent of his stack, even if he’s ahead. Most of the time, I’m going to have a pair or an ace there. I didn’t really mind the call, cause once it got down to three-handed, they were playing really carefully against me. They knew that if they opened too much, I’d just keep shipping on them. So they started folding a little bit and limping, and it looked like there was going to be no way I could get chips – especially as card-dead as I was. So I didn’t mind just shipping on him every time he opened the button. I was looking at his face and how he reacted to his cards. I shipped on him six times before, and he insta-folded all six. So I thought I had a tell on him. Maybe that time I just rushed it. You’ve consistently had good showings at WPT games. Yeah. I don’t play many. I don’t chase the tournament circuit anymore. As far as I’m concerned, it’s a losing proposition. It’s $750,000 a year to play on the tournament circuit, and you’ve gotta finish at least second in one tournament to make any money. You’ve been in the game a long time – what are the biggest changes you’ve seen? I mean, these kids play pretty good, but when it’s a deep-stack tournament, they’ve gotta know when to slow down. We were playing 100 big blinds deep, and they’re going raise, re-raise, re-raise, trying to outplay each other, playing four-handed. I was just hoping to pick up 8-8 or anything, but I didn’t even see a playable hand. I think the best hand I saw was K-10 offsuit. If I’d picked up any hand behind them, I’d have gotten all the chips. It was the greatest spot in the world – I was like in heaven – but then I was looking at 2-7 offsuit for like eight hours. What spurs that aggressive play? They’re all used to playing online where you have to 3-bet and 4-bet all the time to stay alive when the blinds get up there. When you’re playing deep-stacked, you’re supposed to just play solid and pick your spots. But these guys were ridiculous. They were so hyper-aggressive it was a joke. It fit perfect into my style. I had two playable hands in 154 hands, and I finished 3rd. If I’d won the hand I went out on, then I’d have 30 percent of the chips and who knows what happens? Where do you think the game is going long-term? I don’t know – there’s just so many good players. I think if they just want to keep running $100,000 buy-in tournaments, they’ll have everybody broke within a year. I’m not a big fan of those tournaments. Then, I was saying the same thing four years ago about the $10,000 buy-in tournaments. Everybody would have gone broke on those too, if they hadn’t been satelliting so many people in. You’ve been at this a long time – what are the biggest lessons you’ve learned? Everybody glorifies these people who play heads-up and win millions of dollars, but they’re going to lose it, too. Ain’t nobody who’s better than anybody else playing heads-up poker. Poker’s about playing and beating bad players. There’s definitely less bad players now – and there’s a lot of good players. It’s tough to win now; it’s a lot harder to make a living. Lucky for me, I don’t have to depend on it anymore. I wouldn’t be happy if I had to grind and make a living online or even live nowadays. It sure wouldn’t be easy. Have cash games in Vegas gotten tougher, too? The mixed games are still good, but the no-limit games are all dried up, unless you get invited to a house game. Poker has become a showdown contest. That’s all it is. It’s just because everybody tries to outplay each other. When I came up, it wasn’t like that. It was about making correct decisions, playing solid, attacking blinds and weakness…just playing good and solid. Now it’s all about three-betting, four-betting, five…Come on man. Tell me about your nickname – how often do you hit your opponents with the trash talk? Not much anymore. Though I did it down in Bay 101. Because I just got hot and started making hands. When people play bad against me, I talk a lot of shit. I catch some cards, I’ll rub it in their face. At the WPT, I had a hand where the guy raises under the gun, and three people call so I call in the big blind with Qd-4d. Flop comes 2-4-Q. I lead out the pot, and the guy who raised under the gun calls. The two who came in behind fold. The turn card is 7d, and I have queens and fours on the flush draw. I bet $4800, he makes it $11,000 so I move all in. He calls and shows me three sevens. And I said, “You gotta be kidding me.” Then it’s a 3d on the river, and I start screaming: “That’ll teach you to play bad against me, motherfucker. You get what you deserve. You’re an idiot.” Then I start berating him something fierce. I lead out into four people with a Q-4-2 rainbow. What do you think I’m leading out with, complete air? Like two sevens are any good there. What have you been playing lately? I don’t play. I went to Australia and won about a quarter million. Then I went to L.A. and played the cash games there for a couple weeks and won another $250,000 there. Then I went down to Bay 101 and cashed $370k there. So it’s been a good year.

BackBet at CelebPoker

admin — Tue, 01 May 2012 10:18:09 +0000

BackBet at CelebPoker
BackBet at CelebPoker CelebPoker launched the newest feature that the poker world has to offer. Increase your action with BackBets side games while playing poker at our CelebPoker tables. Look for the NL Holdem BackBet tables in the CelebPoker software. Back Bets are side bets on possible occurrences (prop best), e.g. betting on a specific Formula1 driver to win a race, a football team scoring the first goal, or in the case of poker, predicting your next pocket cards. Read more about our BackBet now. Publish Date : 06/10/2011 Print Article Send To Friend

April 15th Liberty Quarter Million Tournament

admin — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 06:54:56 +0000

April 15th Liberty Quarter Million Tournament
As the online poker world gets ready toremember Black Friday, Americas Cardroom is giving everyone a big reason to celebrate. On April 15th, the US-friendly poker site will introduce the Liberty Quarter Million, a No-Limit Hold’em online poker tournament with a guaranteed prize pool of $250,000. The first place prize is guaranteed at least $50,000! On Saturdays at 7:00pm ET, Americas Cardroom hosts a $10,000 GTD with a $50+5 buy-in. On Sundays at 6:00pm ET, the guarantee hits $50,000 and costs just $200+15 to get into. The Sunday events will offer players 10,000 in starting chips. For those poker players looking to satellite their way in, on April 13th at 8:00pm ET Americas Cardroom will be hosting a 250 Seat Super Satellite with 250 seats guaranteed for the April 15th $250,000 Tournament. The 250 Seat Super Satellite will cost only $36+3 to get into. Please click here to visit Americas Cardroom Promotion Date: 14 March 2012

Reflections on the Full Tilt Poker Smear Campaign

admin — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 02:00:19 +0000

Reflections on the Full Tilt Poker Smear Campaign
published on 09/21/11 at 4:18 pm With all the news coming out about Full Tilt Poker and a so-called Ponzi scheme, I felt the need to say something. First, let me start by saying that Full Tilt Poker is a class organization that has treated this organization and overseas bank accounts fairly throughout the years. Howard Lederer and Jesus Ferguson are honest, trust worthy individuals. Not to mention, Rafe Furst, although he did move to Mexico, I can only say his work with charities and the Bad Beat on Cancer have garnered the utmost respect from me. Second, it is a shame to see the U.S. government stick their noses into something that was good for the poker industry, the nations economy, and an individuals self esteem. The majority of players online are terrible and just give money to the lucky few. But these players kept depositing funds into their accounts, helping my lifestyle with a variety of extravagant needs. So what a player did not know about the inner processes of Full Tilt, did not hurt them. They would never have withdrawn funds in the first place. Third, all these dopes posting about a 400 million dollar hole in Full Tilt Pokers finances, do not know one thing about international finance. 99% of their money is in overseas accounts. To get their money into U.S. accredited bank accounts takes several months, due to the Patriot Act. I believe Mr. Lederer and Mr. Ferguson are just waiting for the funds to go through the proper channels and everyone will be promptly paid. So let us stop slinging the proverbial mud at Full Tilt Poker. We need to let this show trial run its course and in the end, you shall all see that they are innocent of all charges. About PokerPlasm, Inc.PokerPlasm, Inc., is privately held so no financial statements are made public. Forward-looking statements in no way relate to, among other things, expectations of the business environment in which the Company operates, projections of future performance, potential future performance, perceived opportunities in the market, and statements regarding the Companys mission and vision. The Companys actual results, performance, and achievements differ materially from the results, performance, and achievements expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements due to a wide range of factors. Mr. Sonny Partrude is Acting CEO until the board elects one to a full-term. Related posts: PokerPlasm Executives Discuss Options for Increasing Profits Cracking the Full Tilt Poker Code Full Tilt Magazine Press Release Are Online Players Cheating at Full Tilt Poker? Full Tilt Poker Pro, Cuzzinlaw, Spends Quality Time With Street3

Last Chance Saloon at Paddy Power Poker

admin — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 07:36:08 +0000

Last Chance Saloon at Paddy Power Poker
There are under three weeks to go until the start of the largest annual European poker festival. Online poker players who are hoping to win cheaper or free seats in the poker festival are in for the final countdown before the Irish Open 2012 begins. From 25th March until 4th April, there will be qualifiers offered at Paddy Power Poker in an online poker promotion that is being named the Last Chance Saloon promotion. During this promotional period, there are a guaranteed 45 Irish Open seats being offered to players. For those Paddy Power Poker players that play in six or more of the tournaments offered in the Last Chance Saloon promotion, they will receive an additional reward. These players will be invited to a freeroll online poker tournament that is exclusively for those players who have played in six or more of the promotional tournaments. The winner of this special freeroll online poker tournament will win a seat to the Irish Open that is worth 3,500. For those online poker players that enter the Irish Open 2012 from any of the Last Chance Saloon promotional satellites may well stand the chance to win another special prize. This additional promotion is known as the Sole Survivor promotion, in which the Paddy Power Poker player that manages to stay in the Irish Open 2012 for the longest will not only win possible prize money from the Irish Open, but will also win an extra 100,000 prize from Paddy Power Poker. The Communications Manager for Paddy Power Poker had the following to say: The Last Chance Saloon series of online satellites provide a final opportunity for players to qualify for the much anticipated Irish Open 2012 event. It is set to be an exceptional weekend of poker with World Champions Carlos Mortensen and Phil Hellmuth and four time WSOP Bracelet winner Daniel Negreanu confirmed to attend. Related Posts Launch of Circle Line Poker Microgamings Bad Beat Jackpot Reaches 500,000 Euro Bodog Poker to Move into Asian Market PokerStars Sunday Million 6th Anniversary Colt Poker and GGE $10K Giveaway Share on Facebook, Twitter, MySpace…

Winning Cash Point Prizes Is Simple

admin — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 16:18:24 +0000

Winning Cash Point Prizes Is Simple
Posted by Steven, April 5, 2012 Over $80,000 in cash prizes is up for grabs this week for No Limit Holdem players and winning prizes is almost as simple as taking a seat at a cash game table. The Cash Point poker promotion is offering a total of $250,000 in prizes during the month of April to the top ranked players on weekly leaderboards based on the stakes at No Limit Holdem cash tables. Players generate leaderboard points by participating in qualified hands (hands in which 3 or more players participate after the flop is dealt). To rank on the leaderboards, players must reach a weekly minimum number of qualifying hands. What is unique about Cash Point is the possibility for over 1,000 players to share in the prize pool during each week of the promotion. So far, there have proved to be more prizes available than there are players ranked to receive them. As of this moment, only 70 players are listed on the Cash Point Med/High Leaderboard, which considers cash tables with stakes of $1/$2 and up. The player currently ranked in 70th place on the leaderboard has only 2 leaderboard points. On this particular leaderboard, prizes are to be allocated to the top 250 players. Basically all a player needs to do to win an attractive cash prize is sit down and play poker at a No Limit Holdem cash table with stakes of $1/$2 or higher. The first week of the Cash Point race runs through Sunday night, so there is still plenty of time to earn leaderboard points and qualify for the prizes. Players interested in participating must remember to first register to a no play Sit’ n’ Go tournament called “Cash Point Participation SNG” located under the Cash Point/Registration tab in the software.