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DANISH POKER PRO WINS IN VIENNA
2012-04-16
Danish poker pro Morten Christensen's first World Poker Tour live tournament was an outstanding success this weekend, with the young Dane leaving the WPT Vienna final table the victor, taking home the main prize of Euro 313,390.
Christensen bested a field of 396 players over six days to achieve his victory, including many professionals and nine former WPT champions of the calibre of Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Andy Frankenberger, Mike Watson, Davidi Kitai, McLean Karr, Guillaume Darcourt, Scott Seiver, Sam El Sayed, Vanessa Selbst, Steve O'Dwyer, Mike Watson, Todd Terry, Faraz Jaka and Basil Yaiche.
In doing so, he further enhanced the reputation of his countrymen as formidable poker players; his is the fourth major live tournament won by a Dane is as many months this year.
Christensen was middle of the pack in chip stacks on 2,540,000 when the final table action commenced, facing chip leader Ognjen Sekularac on 3,430,000; Ben Wilinofsky (2,270,000); Ben Wilinofsky (2,270,000); Norbert Szecsi (1,710,000); Konstantin Tolokno (1,085,000) and Goswin Siemsen (875,000).
When Christensen eliminated Wilinofsky in third place, the scene was set for the heads up between the Dane and Konstantin Tolokno, but there was little doubt how it was going to end, given Christensen's massive chip lead which Tolokno was unable to overcome despite a spirited performance.
He was eliminated in second place in short order, claiming the runner up prize of Euro 191,740.
Christensen's victory was made all the more impressive by the fact that it was only his third major live tournament career cash so far, and he qualified for the event online in a satellite competition.
Play Poker Online for Fun
2011-02-08
With the advent of online casinos, and thereon of online poker, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of poker players throughout the world. And the revenue from online poker saw a whopping 3 fold increase, in a matter of just 4 years (2001-2005), according to Christiansen Capital Advisors.
Online poker allows you to play poker online at any time of the day or night, and from anywhere; be it your work place, a cyber café or the comfort of your very home. You may either play for free or wager real money, ranging up to thousands of dollars. You may play it any level from a head-on with a single opponent, to “ring” games (involving a few players) to large-scale tournaments (involving thousands of players; that too from around the globe). It also offers a number of variants (discussed later) and betting structures (for example, limit Vs no limit).
With the amount of options and variations that online poker offers, catering to the preferences of all kinds of players, it has become an immensely popular casino game. This can be proved by the fact that there are, at present, more than 200 rooms to play poker online. Furthermore, during peak playing hours, the largest of these rooms, has even more than fifty thousand people playing, at the same time!!
The game of poker offers a number of variants. The most popular of these variants is the Texas Hold’em Poker; sometimes also referred to as just Hold’em. It is divided into 2 sub-variants, namely Limit Texas Hold’em and the No Limit Texas Hold’em. There are a couple of more variants that are also popular, but not quite as popular as the aforementioned. These include the Omaha Poker and the Seven-Card Stud Poker. They in turn have sub-variants too. Omaha Hi and Omaha Hi-Lo (also known as Omaha 8) correspond to the former. And the latter includes 7 Card Stud Hi, 7 Card Stud Hi-Lo as well as Razz.
Some sites also offer other variants of the poker including, Pineapple, Triple Draw, Five Card Draw as well as Video Poker. The Video Poker is played on a computerized console (similar to a slot machine) and is actually based on the five-card draw poker.
If you love poker, the best option for you is definitely to play poker online; as it offers you a number of advantages over the live table poker. It saves on both your pocket, as well as your time. Firstly it saves you the trouble of getting dressed and physically travelling to the card room(s) or perhaps a casino. It is also pocket-friendly. Moreover, most poker sites have a time limit for each player’s turn, and also the dealer doesn’t require any time to shuffle. This saves on a lot of your time and also allows you to play more hands per hour.
Tempted to try online poker? Well, it’s no problem at all. The Internet is filled with a number of articles and the market place offers endless number of books to help you learn how to play poker. And if this is still not enough, don’t be disappointed. A number of poker sites offer a step-by-step instructional guide to help you learn the basics of poker. Many of them also let you to play free poker games online to help you become an expert by providing user-friendly prompts to easily guide you through the game. Sometimes, you may even be allowed to just “sit” and watch others play to understand how the game is played.
Poker is relatively an easy game to learn; but one of the most difficult to master. All and all it is a fun game and, if properly played, can favor your pockets too.
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WSOP BRACELET EARNS $147 500 FOR UNICEF
2010-11-25
Final bid on Eastgate's 2008 winners bracelet tops $147 000
The 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event winners bracelet which Peter Eastgate put up for auction in aid of charity last week finally sold for $147500.
The top bidder from 116 offers had set the final price, raising a significant amount for Eastgate's chosen charity UNICEF.
NEW TV PROGRAM FOR POKER PLAYERS
2010-09-23
Dennis Publications and The Poker Channel team up in new venture
European poker fans can look forward to a television program dedicated to their pastime this week with the launch of The Poker Player Show, a thirty minute program created to reflect the content of Poker Player magazine, and hosted each month by Poker Channel presenter Anna Fowler.
Episode 1 features Neil Channing in the studio answering questions on strategy and talking about the UK poker scene, along with interviews with Norwegian pro Annette Obrestad and recent WPT London winner and UK pro Jake Cody.
Angus Gairdner, executive producer of The PokerPlayer Show, said, “With the eyes of the poker world firmly fixed on London this autumn, what better way to kick off this exciting new series than by taking our cameras along to such prestigious events as the first ever WPT London, the English Poker Open and the now well-established WSOP Europe. We’re delighted to have teamed up with Poker Player to bring this unique new show to poker fans.”
Matthew Balch, associate publisher for the magazine, noted that Poker Player attracts the world’s biggest names to its cover each issue.
"We thought the idea of a magazine show for TV could help us bring our content to life," he said this week. "In future we would like all of our feature interviews to be conducted using video so that we can bring readers closer to their heroes.
“Working with The Poker Channel with its extensive reach and experience in poker programming around the globe makes sense, as we already market Poker Player across Europe and to Australasia via the newsstand and by subscription. We are continually looking at ways to build the brand and hopefully a venture like this can achieve that both in the UK and overseas.”
The Poker Player Show premieres on Thursday 23rd September at 2230 CET across continental Europe and at 10.30pm BST in the UK and Eire.
WORLD SERIES OF POKER iPHONE APP
2010-06-11
Everything you need to know about global poker’s premier tournament
With interest high in Las Vegas as the 41st World Series of Poker events unfold, a new iPhone app has been released to the AppStore which will keep poker fans abreast of developments in the world’s top poker tournament.
Developed by Pokulator LLC and Applicorp, the 2010 World Series of Poker App features the WSOP schedule, structures, and results customised for mobile platforms. The schedule is easily viewable in its entirety or users can have it filtered by buy-in amount, date, and even type of game.
“Poker players will never have to search for a structure sheet during a tournament or wonder when the next WSOP tournament runs that fits their bankroll, schedule, and playing ability”, a spokesman for the product said this week.
Once the WSOP 2010 tournaments have been completed, the structure sheets will quickly switch to results in the app, which will be updated frequently with the latest information useful to WSOP enthusiasts, whether they be high rollers, pros, recreational players or fans at home.
The new app is available for all versions of the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch.
Pokulator LLC and Applicorp are beginning to build a reputation as suppliers of useful poker information. The two companies have previously collaborated on the Women of Poker iPhone App, and plan to work together to bring the poker community more apps in the near future.