Thursday, August 31, 2006
Irish Poker Open
The Irish Poker Open taking place in Dublin over Easter weekend 2007, has a guaranteed prize pool of €2 million. Regardless of how many players enter, Paddy Power Poker will guarantee a prize pool of €2 million!
If the number of players exceeds 607, each additional player's buy in (€3,300+ €200) is added to the prize pool and with up to 800 seats available to players the prize pool could swell by a further €617,600.
posted by Poker Player at Irish Poker Open
Saturday, August 26, 2006
Bruce Crispin Leyser sues Jamie Gold
Jamie Gold, winner of the 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event, is being sued by Bruce Crispin Leyser for $6 million.
Leyser claims that he and Gold had an agreement prior to the Main Event in which he would receive 50% of Gold's winnings. Leyser has presented a recording from his telephone answering machine in which Gold confirms the deal the morning of the final table. A Clark County District judge therefore created a 15-day restraining order that forbid Harrah's from releasing the $12 million prize money while the courts sort out the details.
Gold has hired an attorney but has not made any public comment about the lawsuit.
posted by Poker Player at Bruce Crispin Leyser sues Jamie Gold
Friday, August 25, 2006
Make Poker History Ongame Poker Classic
The $5,000,000 Ongame Poker Classic is the talk of the town and it's not hard to see why. Not only does the Ongame Poker Classic tournament boast one of the biggest prize pools in online poker history as well as a live event in sunny Spain, but
Hollywood Poker have just added an exclusive $50,000 Freeroll if you qualify for the main event before midnight EST on September 2nd!!
posted by Poker Player at Make Poker History Ongame Poker Classic
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Irish Poker Open 2007
€2 million prize pool GUARANTEED
Europe's most renowned No Limit Texas Hold'em Poker Tournament returns for its 26th year - twice the size.
Paddy Power Poker today announced details of Irish Poker Open 2007, Irelands largest poker tournament and Europe's most historic. Building on the success of the Irish Open 2006, Paddy Power Poker has doubled the guaranteed prize pool to €2 million making it not only one of Europe's richest tournaments but also its largest in terms of players - this year's capacity will be 800 with players being split into groups of up to 400 for 'two' day ones.
The buy in is €3,300 with a €200 registration fee.
The event will take place in Dublin over Easter Weekend 2007 and to celebrate the launch Paddy Power Poker is holding a freeroll at 9pm (BST) on Thursday 24th August 2006.
Players can qualify online every week at Paddy Power Poker from 27 August 2006 with two daily feeders to a weekly grand final:
FeedersDate: Daily at 2pm - $12 Rebuy Feeder
Entry: $12 Entry + 0.60cents registration Fee
Prize: Each $207.90 in prize pool affords one seat in the Weekly Grand Final
Date: Daily at 10pm - $12 Rebuy Feeder
Entry: $12 Entry + 0.60cents registration Fee
Prize: Each $207.90 in prize pool affords one seat in the Weekly Grand Final
Weekly Grand Final SatellitesDate: Every Sunday at 9pm - $198 Rebuy GF Satellite
Entry: $198 Entry + $9.90 cents registration Fee
Prize: One $5,500 Package to the Irish Open Easter 2007 is guaranteed. Each subsequent $5,500 will generate another package
The Irish Open 2006 saw 339 players play for a guaranteed prize pool of €1 million including some of the world's leading professionals such as Mel Judah, Padraig Parkinson, Roy 'the Boy' Brindley and Per Hilderbrand.
The winner, Vincent Melinn, picked up the €350,000 first prize on a final table broadcast live across Europe on Sky Sports.
Many more details of the Irish Poker Open 2007 will be released in the coming weeks and months and players should check irishpokeropen.com regularly for updates on the venue, side events, betting, offline satellites and much more.
posted by Poker Player at Irish Poker Open 2007
Celebrity Classics
The
Hollywood Poker Celebrity Classic has been added to the weekly lineup of star-powered tournaments offering all of the features our players love about the Michael Woods Celebrity Invitational. This tournament is guaranteed to provide your money's worth with its fantastic add-ons and a low buy-in of only $10+1. So, what are you doing this Sunday at 2pm EST? There's no better way to round out the weekend than with an exciting poker tournament that pays you for outlasting the celebrities.
This tournament packs some serious value, including $500 added to the prize pool.
With Hollywood Poker's new Progressive Bounty promotion, when you knock out 1 Celebrity you'll win $25. Knock out your second Celebrity and you'll get $500. Bust out your third and you'll snag $2,500, and a chance to win a seat at this year's WSOP. Read more about Hollywood Poker's newest
WSOP promotion.
All you have to do to qualify for this outstanding promotion is bring your best game to the tables every Sunday at 2pm EST and join us for the
Hollywood Poker Celebrity Classic.
posted by Poker Player at Celebrity Classics
Monday, August 21, 2006
WSOP Celebrity Bounty Tournament Series
Knock out a celebrity and win a $10,000 seat to the WSOP!
3 exclusive Celebrity Tournaments, The Michael Woods Celebrity Invitational, The Hollywood Poker Celebrity Classic and Celebrity Poker Night take bounty hunting out of the realm of sport and makes it a seriously appealing profession by rewarding progressive Celebrity Bounties and the chance to snag a seat in the WSOP. This means the more Celebrities you bust, the more your bankroll follows suit.
Knock out 1 Celebrity? Snag $25. Knock out 2? You score $500. Taking down your 3rd Celebrity gets you $2,500 and since 3rd time's the charm, you'll win a spot in the WSOP if your 3rd bounty is Celebrity Players James Woods, Vince Van Patten or any of the Celebrity Tournament's Celebrity Host. Busting out your 4th Celebrity takes you straight to the WSOP with a
Hollywood Poker exclusive WSOP Prize Package, which includes a seat in the main event, travel and accommodations.
Check it out at
Hollywood Poker!
posted by Poker Player at WSOP Celebrity Bounty Tournament Series
Sunday, August 20, 2006
Worlds 1st Strip Poker Champion
The World's 1st Strip Poker Champion declared in London!
John Young of Slough, London, was today declared the world's first strip poker champion in a world record breaking tournament in London.
John saw off 194 other hopefuls at the Paddy Power World Strip Poker Championships in London's Cafe Royal to walk away with £10,000, a specially commissioned Golden Fig Leaf trophy and entry to the Paddy Power Irish Open where up to €2 million will be up for grabs. In addition the sponsor Paddy Power promised to donate a further £10,000 to the charity of the winners choice, Cancer Research, after John sportingly revealed all to the crowd...
The tournament kicked off at 1pm as 195 hopefuls from over 12 countries set out to keep their clothes on and carve themselves a place in history as part of a new official Guinness world record for the biggest Strip Poker tournament ever.
John, who emerged as the winner after eight hours at the poker table, said: "It was quite hard to bluff in the buff but luckily I kept my pocket aces hidden away! This was easily the most fun I've had at a poker table."
One of the last standing women (picture also attached) was Laura Barnett from Stirling, Scotland, who went out in a blaze of towel waving glory after a valant effort at the table.
The event had originally been an April Fools story by Paddy Power earlier this year but after receiving requests from all over the world to take part the bookie decided to run the tournament for real.
Each player was given five items of clothing which they used to buy chips - as they lost their chips they cashed in their clothes for more. Some even opted to strip from the bottom up and sat playing naked except for a cap!
Paddy Power himself said: "Sometimes I just love coming into work! The event was an amazing success considering it grew originally from an April Fools story. I've never seen so many people so eager to lose the shirt off their backs. Hopefully next year we'll break our own record."
posted by Poker Player at Worlds 1st Strip Poker Champion
Strip Poker World Record
A new Strip Poker World Record Set in London.
London's Cafe Royal was the scene for a World's first today as 200 poker players set a new official Guinness world record for the biggest Strip Poker tournament ever.
The Paddy Power World Strip Poker Championships kicked off at 1pm as 195 hopefuls set out to keep their clothes on and carve themselves a place in history.
Each player was given 5 items of clothing which they used to buy chips - as they lost their chips they cashed in their clothes for more. Some opted to strip from the bottom up and sat playing naked except for a cap!
The first person to lose their clothes and make the walk of shame was Andrew Mellusco from Twickenham, London).
Andrew said: "I had two threes but I was unlucky that the girl who beat me on the last hand had a top pair!"
The overall winner will walk away with £10,000, a specially commissioned Golden Fig Leaf trophy and entry to the Paddy Power Irish Open where up to €2 million will be up for grabs.
However, the winner will be left with a moral dilemma. If they decide to donate their winnings to charity, Paddy Power will double the prize to £20,000.
... continue reading to find out who became the
world's first strip poker champ!
posted by Poker Player at Strip Poker World Record
Saturday, August 19, 2006
Hollywood Poker Celebrity Classic
You could be spending your Sunday with some of the biggest names in Hollywood! The
Hollywood Poker Celebrity Classic is where our Stars come to wrap-up their week in an action-packed game of Texas Hold'em.
Hollywood Poker have added $500 to the prize pool, as well as bounties for a $5,200 seat in the $5,000,000 Ongame Poker Classic. Check it out now...
posted by Poker Player at Hollywood Poker Celebrity Classic
Saturday, August 12, 2006
Jamie Gold WSOP 2006 Winner
Jamie Gold wins $12,000,000 in the World Series of Poker event - the richest event in Poker or any sport!
Jamie Gold wins with the hand: Q 9 Q 8 5 A 4 - pair of Queens against Paul Wasicka's hand of 10 10 Q 8 5 A 4.
Congratulations to Jamie Gold the winner of the 2006 WSOP!
posted by Poker Player at Jamie Gold WSOP 2006 Winner
WSOP 2006 Final Table
Place Player, Location Prize
1 Jamie Gold, Malibu, CA $12,000,000
2 Paul Wasicka, Westminster $6,102,499
3 Mike Binger, Atherton, CA $4,123,310
4 Allen Cunningham, Las Vegas, NV $3,628,513
5 Rhett Butler, Rockville, MD $3,216,182
6 Richard Lee, San Antonio, TX $2,803,851
7 Douglas Kim, Hartsdale, NY $2,391,520
8 Erik Friberg, Stockholm, Sweden $1,979,189
9 Dan Nassif, St. Louis, MO $1,566,858
posted by Poker Player at WSOP 2006 Final Table
World Series of Poker 2006
The World Series of Poker 2006 held at the Rio Casino Las Vegas, broke many records. It was the longest tournament in history, the biggest field ever and the richest prize pool - $83 million – the world has ever seen.
This morning, just before midday and after 14 hours play, Jamie Gold, pushed all his chips into the middle of the table and was called by Paul Wasicka. Jamie had Q 9 and Paul had a 10 10. On the Flop came Q 8 5 and Paul made the first move and put in 1.5 million chips. Jamie immediately raised all in. Paul called rolling over a pair of 10s. Jamie showed Q 9 and was in the lead with the better pair. An Ace came on the Turn and a 4 on the River - Jamie Gold won Event 39 with a pair of Queens and $12,000,000!
The WSOP is the most prestigious tournament in poker and the richest sporting event in the world!
posted by Poker Player at World Series of Poker 2006
Friday, August 11, 2006
Progressive Celebrity Bounty Tournament Series
Hollywood Poker stars can be your ticket to fame and fortune! If you knock out Celebrities in the Michael Woods Invitational, Celebrity Poker Night or the Hollywood Poker Celebrity Classic, you could win up to $2,500 and even a seat in the
$5,000,000 Ongame Poker Classic. This monumental event begins online and then is put on pause long enough to fly the last 45 players to finish the game in a LIVE tourney in Barcelona, Spain!
Check it out at
Hollywood Poker!
posted by Poker Player at Progressive Celebrity Bounty Tournament Series
Tuesday, August 08, 2006
Jamie Gold
The WSOP 2006 is coming to an exciting point of the tournament.
At the end of day six there are 27 players remaining - each one guaranteed a minimum $494,797. The last nine players are guaranteed $1 million each and the winner $12 million! Who will make the final table?
The current chip leader is former Hollywood agent Jamie Gold with a staggering 13 million chips. He has managed the unprecedented feat of being chip leader three days in a row.
posted by Poker Player at Jamie Gold
Final Table WSOP
Most popular poker betting market ever continues with live betting on the final table of nine players in WSOP!
Thursday 10 August sees the end game of the richest and largest poker tournament in history. Nine players will have battled through a field of 8,773 players who paid $10,000 each to participate in the prestigious World Series of Poker (WSOP) main event.
Irish bookmaker Paddy Power has seen phenomenal interest in betting on this year's event. With 21 markets to choose from punters have been piling on thousands of bets and such has been demand that the bookie plans at least three betting in running markets on the final table which will be televised and broadcast on the internet live for the first time on ESPN pay-per-view (espnppv.com).
Spokesman for the company, Paddy Power said "This has been our biggest poker betting market ever and we want to give fans who couldn't be there and players who got knocked out a chance to sweat every hand of the final table and make a few quid towards their buy-in next year".
The final table begins at around 8pm (BST) on Thursday evening and has the potential to last through the night as the players battle it out for the $12 million first prize. Everyone at the final table is guaranteed at least $1 million!!
posted by Poker Player at Final Table WSOP
Monday, August 07, 2006
Aussie Millions
To say that the Aussie Millions is big is like saying Australia is the merely an island! Starting soon the major poker rooms will hold several tournaments a week where players will try to win one of several hundred Aussie Millions prize packages. These packages usually include the entry fee into the Aussie Millions tournament where the prize pool is expected to be more than $5 million AUD ($3.83 million USD). The winners of the qualifying tournaments will get roundtrip airfare for two to Melbourne, Australia, hotel accommodations for a week, spending money, plus usually something extra. More details will follow... Aussie Millions is huge!!
posted by Poker Player at Aussie Millions
Sunday, August 06, 2006
Seat in a $50,000 Freeroll
If you qualify for the $5,000,000 Ongame Poker Classic before midnight EST on September 2nd, you'll automatically win a seat in an exclusive
Hollywood Poker $50,000 Freeroll scheduled for 3pm EST the next day.
Qualifying is easy - just check
Hollywood Poker and get a seat for a shot at $50,000 as well as a ticket to the $5,000,000
Ongame Poker Classic - which has been rescheduled for November 4th.
posted by Poker Player at Seat in a $50,000 Freeroll
Saturday, August 05, 2006
Celebrity Bounties Deal
Celebrity Bounties Deal Out a Shot at $5,000,000!
Knock out Stars in any of the three
Hollywood Poker Celebrity Tournaments and you could win up to $2,500 cash and even a ticket to the $5,000,000
Ongame Poker Classic.
Hollywood Poker's Progressive Celebrity Bounty Tournament Series rewards you for busting out Tinsel Town's finest in the Michael Woods Celebrity Invitational, Celebrity Poker Night and the Hollywood Poker Celebrity Classic. The more bounties you collect, the more you win!
posted by Poker Player at Celebrity Bounties Deal
Friday, August 04, 2006
Operation Helping Hand
Professional poker players are all about the raise, but Kenna James had never seen one so poignant.
An 8-year-old boy, watching a veteran who lost both legs during a rocket grenade attack in Iraq, pledged his allowance for the year - about $1,000 - to a non-profit organization that assists severely injured soldiers.
In a room full of poker players, the raising had just begun.
When it was all over, James' Operation Helping Hand - a benefit tournament held this week during the World Series of Poker's main event in Las Vegas - had raised $170,000 for the Wounded Warrior Project, which provides prosthetics and other care to veterans. "It started with a passing of the hat to auctioning off items to 8- and 60-year -olds pouring out their hearts to these guys," James said of the after-party. "It was very emotional."
"That was big for us," said Heath Calhoun, 27, of Roanoke, Va., the Army veteran who lost both legs above the knees. "As an outsider to the poker world, they made us feel like family. Personally, I don't know how to play poker. They were more than willing to let me play."
Read the
James Kenna Interview here
posted by Poker Player at Operation Helping Hand
Thursday, August 03, 2006
WSOP 2006 Update
After 24 hours of play the 8,773 hopefuls who put their $10,000 down in the hope of winning the biggest game in town have been scythed down to around 1,200, of whom 873 will win anything from $14,000 to the first prize $12 million and the coveted World Series of Poker gold bracelet that they hope will be their ticket to poker immortality.
WSOP 2005 winner, Australian Joe Hachem (who won $7.5 million), is performing solidly in the 2006 WSOP with 142,200 chips. Canadian 'Kid Poker' Daniel Negreanu is among the chip leaders with 331,000.
The British are being represented nobly by Hendon Mobster Barny Boatman with 52,000 and bracelet winner John Gale with 170,000 worth of chips.
Play resumes (Day 3) on Friday 4th August. Players will then play down to the final table of nine on Thursday 10th August. Each one of the final tableists becomes an instant millionaire!
What's the next big one? It's the
Ongame Poker Classic that is open now at
Hollywood Poker! Or visit
Poker Room.
posted by Poker Player at WSOP 2006 Update
Tuesday, August 01, 2006
Poker Bonus
Have you taken advantage of these great offers yet?
* 500% deposit bonus up to $1,000 + an iPod Nano.
* 500% deposit bonus up to $500 + an iPod Shuffle.
* 200% deposit bonus up to $300 + a Poker Magazine Subscription.
Huge bonuses + iPods and Magazines? Yes,
Hollywood Poker is doing it again! Due to the amazing success of these promotions in June and July, Hollywood Poker is bringing them back one more time until the end of August!
Until August 31st you have another chance to get these great bonuses, and a chance to put your revenue through the roof!
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Here are the bonuses:
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Bonus Code: BONUS1000500% match bonus, up to $1000 free. This bonus is released at $1 for every 15 Poker Points earned, and players have 60 days to clear.
As an added bonus, when you take advantage of the maximum bonus by making the full $200 deposit, and then clear the requirements, you can cash in these points for an apple iPod nano.
Bonus Code: BONUS500500% match bonus, up to $500 free. This bonus is released at $1 for every 12
Poker Points earned, and you have 30 days to clear.
As an added bonus, when you take advantage of the maximum bonus by making the full $100 deposit, and then clear the requirements, they can cash in these points for an apple iPod shuffle.
Bonus Code: BONUS300200% match bonus, up to $300 free. This bonus is released at $1 for every 7 Poker Points earned, and you have 30 days to clear.
As an added bonus, when you take advantage of the maximum bonus by making the full $150 deposit, and then clear the requirements, you can cash in these points for a poker magazine subscription.
posted by Poker Player at Poker Bonus
Poker News: August 2006
