The Round Table – Players to Watch – Phil ‘USCPhildo’ Collins
Date: Thu, Aug 28, 2008
No, he isn’t the lead singer of Genesis; this Phil Collins is an online poker genius. He is one of the top ranked online players of this year with cashes over a million and growing. In just 2008 alone Collins has taken down the Full Tilt $1000 Monday and had a second place finish in the same tournament a few months later, won a $100 rebuy on PokerStars and final tabled multiple big events.
Table Dynamics
Date: Wed, Aug 27, 2008
It's Not All About the CardsWhat is table dynamics? It's a question I am often asked when I start talking about it. The student looks at me clueless and I go into a lecture I've memorized.When you are playing a poker tournament, each individual table has a unique dynamic that dictates the style of play that will ultimately get the chips at that table.
Bodog SNG Challenge $5k in 60 Days on Hold
Date: Wed, Aug 27, 2008
I started this challenge on Thursday, August 7th. Please click here for details on the Bodog SNG $5k Challenge.After 15 days and 173 SNG’s, I’ve decided to put this challenge on hold. Here are my current numbers.Overall Summary:#Tourneys / 173Total Entries / $4,523.80Total Prizes / $5,320.00Total SNG Profits / $796.20ROI / 17.6%ITM / 63%Hourly rate / $6.88Avg Finish / 4.
Make Your Grandest Dreams Come True on Mansion Poker
Date: Wed, Aug 27, 2008
Do you have grand dreams of playing in a really big tournament but don’t want to travel half-way around the world to do it? Did you want the tournament to offer a guaranteed prize pool of a Million Dollars to fulfill your grand dream? If your answer is yes, then Mansion Poker is the place for you!
PokerWorks Deals Out September Freerolls
Date: Wed, Aug 27, 2008
There’s always reason to celebrate when a freeroll happens. And why? Because there is a lot of money to be won in freerolls and you don’t even have to pay to play in them! So if you get excited over the prospect of winning major money in one freeroll, imagine what you’d do in the event of nearly 40 of them being offered at a single place during a single month.
EPT Season 5 Kicks Off With Awards in Barcelona
Date: Wed, Aug 27, 2008
In only a few weeks, the fifth season of the European Poker Tour (EPT) will launch into a set of tournaments that will span the continent and give poker players from all over the world the chance to compete for millions of poker Euros.
Bonus Points Equal Big Cash at Bodog
Date: Tue, Aug 26, 2008
Every player out there knows that bonus points mean good things at poker rooms. Some rooms will allow people to use these accumulated bonus points to buy into a tournament or get cool prizes with them as well. However, most poker rooms don’t prefer to make these bonus points worth any actual money though.
Party Poker Wants to Send YOU to Niagara Falls!
Date: Tue, Aug 26, 2008
Why play at Party Poker? Well one reason is you could win a trip to the World Poker Tour (WPT) Fallsview North American Poker Championship, known as one of the wonders of the poker world! PartyPoker will be awarding unmatched $13,000 packages to this great event for those lucky players who make the grade!
PokerWorks 1st H.O.R.S.E. Tournament Results
Date: Tue, Aug 26, 2008
As clearspine reflected after being knocked out of the tournament, "I'm sure Dr. Pauly will be blogging the final results. I'll pick them up there." Much to everyone’s disappointment, I’ll be reporting the events after the fact. Pauly is welcome to live blog and play in our future tournaments, invitation extended, Pauly.
Freeroll Mania Premiering Now at Hollywood Poker
Date: Mon, Aug 25, 2008
Have you ever heard the phrase “you can't get something for nothing?” Well that saying is simply not true when you play at Hollywood Poker!When you Download Hollywood Poker and use the bonus code: PN500, you will receive a special deposit bonus of 500% up to $500! That is FREE money, which IS something for nothing!
The Bookmaker Brief: Got Olympic Fever? Bet on It!
Date: Mon, Aug 25, 2008
These days, everyone is captivated by the 2008 Summer Olympics taking place in Beijing, China. People that typically have no interest in synchronized swimming or teenage gymnastics have been caught up in the craze and find themselves rooting for a particular country, effort, or underdog. Bookmaker knows this and provides the opportunity to wager on those events.
WPTE Out of Compliance with NASDAQ
Date: Mon, Aug 25, 2008
It can be argued that WPT Enterprises has had a rough year. Not only did the home of the World Poker Tour cut seven tournaments from its Season 7 schedule, but the show was declined renewal by GSN, shown a 2008 second quarter net loss of $3.9 million, and has seen its stock price dip and now reside below $1 per share.
Poker Plus - Why Do You Play Poker?
Date: Mon, Aug 25, 2008
If you play poker, it is almost a given that someone has asked you this question. It is also a good bet that the person asking the question was not a poker player.Thanks to the poker boom on television, the non-poker population has mostly changed their opinion of poker players.
PokerWorks Gives You A Shot At An Overseas Poker Tour
Date: Mon, Aug 25, 2008
The Asia Pacific Poker Tour had a groundbreaking first season, and now PokerWorks and PokerStars are giving you a chance to be a part of what should be an equally exciting second season.Oh, and the cost? Free.If you signed up with PokerStars through Pokerworks, the Aug. 31 freeroll gives you two chances to earn a spot in the 2008 APPT Seoul’s Main Event.
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