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2011-02-08
Poker, the legendary card game that has been around for more than 100 years can now be played online, as virtual poker. This simply means that the venue for poker enthusiasts or poker beginners is no longer poker rooms or casinos of Las Vegas or Atlantic City. Internet is the new and happening venue for poker.
Online poker, to be played without money, has been available for almost 20 years. But the ‘real’ thing started about 11 years ago when online poker could be played with real money, also making it the first online real-money card game. Online poker or poker in general has never looked back since. There are now almost 550 websites offering to play poker online.
Legislation in USA has been confusing about legality of playing poker for several years, but it is still the most popular country in the world for online poker players. Closely followed by the United Kingdom, which is one of several countries where Poker is legal and so, very popular already. Most online poker websites still accept payments exclusively in US dollars while some do take other currencies besides the USD. For USA based residents, these websites process payments through non-USA based third-party servers, instead of just turning them away, which they typically should be doing per law.
There are several types of poker that can be played online, including the traditional ones as well as some exotic new variations of it. The most popular online poker game is the Texas Hold’em Poker in two sub-variants. Limit Texas Hold’em Poker is especially recommended for beginners, with pre-determined or limited amounts that can be bet. The other one, called No-Limit Texas Hold’em Poker is more preferred by advanced players of the game, who can risk limitless stakes. The second most popular online poker is Omaha Poker, which is minutely different from Texas Hold’em, and also has two variants – Omaha Hi, and Omaha Hi-Lo. Another popular version of online poker is the Seven Card Stud Poker, and has three variants – Seven Card Stud Hi, Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo, and Razz.
Although there is the basic advertisement revenue for the profitability of poker sites, they also have games that need to be paid for in certain ways. Most of the poker sites make money through raked games, with each having its unique rake structure. They also have charges in the form of entry-fees for certain poker tournaments. A third source of their profits comes from games played against ‘the house’ in which the odds are in the house’s favor.
A major difference in playing poker online as compared to live poker (traditional table poker), is that players are not actually facing each other, which, for table poker players could mean loss of vital cues that can be drawn from the opponent’s body language and expressions. It is also seen that for this reason, or perhaps for the reason that the game can be on 24/7, players play poker online more aggressively. The other very obvious differing factors are the cost involved (online poker is considerably cheaper) and the age range of most players (online players tend to be much younger than table players).
Generating revenue of $5.9B in 2008, online poker is a huge multi-billion dollar industry and a very alluring gambling option online. However, beginners are urged to understand the rules, guidelines and strategies of playing the game before trying a hand at it. Several potential customers can be tempted by websites offering free poker games and tournaments, but reading the ‘fine print’ is highly recommended. So, if you have not tried it yet, it is perhaps time to play poker online and participate in the fashion, and make a contribution to the $6.7B in revenue it is anticipated to generate this year. Come play a hand or two at www.sportsbook.com/casino the fastest growing card room in the USA.
POKER A GOOD MATH TUITION VEHICLE2010-11-30Scholars at a Virginia high school use poker to brush up on math and logic capabilities
The Washington Post reports this week that high school students attending George Mason High School in Falls Church, Virginia are learning math and logic reasoning through the fascinating and significantly skill-based game of poker.
Tutor William Snyder's poker club on the campus has quickly become one of the most popular extracurricular activities at the high school following its approval by school principal Tyrone Byrd in September this year, the report notes.
"We know the kids could play outside of school, but when they're here, we have the opportunity to show them how to play responsibly and to show them how the game relates to their education," Byrd told the newspaper.
The club has ground rules in place to ensure the game is being used for educational purposes; real money is never used, and the game's educational relevance is emphasised, with the foundation of the game and statistics discussed at the beginning of every session.
HIGH STAKES POKER ACE LEADS AS WSOP EUROPE ENTERS DAY 3 (Update)2010-09-27The man most likely to be Isildur1 takes charge.
Viktor Blom, the young Swedish internet high stakes player whom many believe is the famed online high roller (and big loser) Isildur1, took charge in Saturday's day 2 action at the World Series of Poker Europe Main Event in London.
Rapidly overhauling the chip leader at the start of the day, James Mitchell, and respected international ace Phil Ivey who first took it away from Mitchell, Blom powered his way through a field of 195 Day 2 starters to end on 443 000, just ahead of nearest rivals Bojan Gledovic from Serbia on 442,300 and Darren Woods (372,500).
Only 69 of the 195 Day 2 starters survived the competition and will again gather on Day 3 to do battle once more; the organisers hope to bring the field down to only 27 by the end of Day 3.
346 hopefuls entered for the GBP 10 000 buy-in event, generating a GBP 3,460,000 prize pool with GBP 830,401 set aside for the main event winner, and the money bubble scheduled to pop at elimination 37.
There were three WSOP 2010 final tablers active throughout the day in John Racener, John Dolan and Filippo Candio - Racener and Candio did not make it to Day 3.
Potent Day 2 survivors who will face Blom on Day 3 include Andrew Pantling (344,000), Phil Ivey (289,300) and Arnaud Mattern (280,900), along with formidable players like Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Huck Seed, Roland de Wolfe, Daniel Negreanu, Hoyt Corkins, Freddy Deeb, Greg Mueller, JP Kelly, Nick Schulman, Nicolas Levi, Barry Greenstein and Dan Shak.
Less fortunate, in that they busted out without making the money bubble, were aces like Eric Baldwin, Chris Moorman, Allen Cunningham, J.C. Tran, Leo Margets, Liv Boeree, Chris Ferguson, Jason MercierJohn Juanda, Barry Shulman, Carlos Mortensen, Praz Bansi, Phil Laak and girl friend Jennifer Tilly, Kathy Liebert and Antonio Esfandiari.
WSOP LADIES CHAMPIONSHIP CONCLUDED (Update)2010-06-14Surprise win for Hellebuyck
After holding the chip lead for much of the Ladies Championship event at the World Series of Poker, many thought that La Sengphet would emerge as the winner, but as so often happens in the peaks and valleys of the game she was able only to muster a seventh placing as Vanessa Hellebuyk swept to victory in an event that sparked another gender uproar.
It was certainly an eventful weekend at the Las Vegas epic:
Event 21, the $1,500 buy-in Seven-Card Stud, saw internet high stakes cash game pro Richard Ashby emerge triumphant from a competitive and highly experienced final table (see previous InfoPowa reports) to take the main prize of $140 467.
In the heads up he was at a chip disadvantage as he faced Christine Pietsch at the start, who gave him a good run for his money but was not able to stop the young Brit, who claimed his first WSOP bracelet.
The fireworks occurred in Event 22, the $1,000 Ladies NLHE contest…and not just at the tables.
Shaun Deeb in drag, along with a few other males claiming gender inequality, entered and played in the event but were not among the final tablers when the game ended. Deeb, who has variously claimed he did it for a bet and to protest at the gender inequality of the event, was at the centre of the publicity, subsequently earning some harsh criticism on pro blogs.
Aside from that talking point, the event featured some excellent players by any standards, and by Day 2 the field was down to 136, with respected aces like Michelle Lewis, Liv Boeree, Lacey Jones and Karina Jett unable to stay the course.
By close of play Saturday Sidsel Boesen finished with the overnight chip lead on a final table of nine, which reconvened Sunday afternoon to play down to the winner. She was to last through to the heads up against Vanessa Hellebuyk, but the final prize eluded her.
The heads up was formed when Timmi DeRosa was eliminated by Hellebuyk and lasted for only seven hands before Hellebuyk used her 5 to 1 chip advantage to send Boesen to the exit around 8.45pm Vegas time Sunday.
Hellebuyk claimed the honour of best of 1 054 entrants and collected the winner’s check for $192 132, leaving her plucky opponent with a runner up prize worth $118,897.
After two days of action, by Sunday only 12 players remained of the 384 who registered for event 23 - the $2,500 buy-in Limit Hold'Em Six-Handed contest.
The quality of the field can be judged by a look at some of those who did not succeed, a list that included Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, J.C. Tran, Annie Duke, Erik Cajelais, Andy Bloch, Joe Sebok and Vitaly Lunkin.
Others who came short but at least cashed included Justin Bonomo, Michael Binger and Shawn Buchanan.
Sunday afternoon’s resumption saw Al Barbieri holding the chip lead, but by late evening he had been eliminated and the field was down to just three players, with Brian Meinders holding a substantial chip lead on 1 500 000, followed by Dutch Boyd on 820 000 and Albert Minnullin on 705 000.
Day 1b of event 24, the $1,000 NLHE attracted another 1 358 entrants which, added to Day 1a’s massive field brought the total of competing players to 3,289.
290 survivors emerged from Day 1a’s action, and these will compete against the Day 1b remaining players.
Sunday’s Day 1b saw players like Craig Marquis, Andrew Feldman, Shawn Buchanan, Matt Graham, Maria Ho taking their seats, whilst WSOP bracelet holders were in abundance, among them Humberto Brenes (2), Blair Hinkle (1), Brandon Cantu (2), Vitaly Lunkin (2) Josh Arieh (2) and Jason DeWitt (1).
Two of the internet’s most potent high stakes players were there, too – Isaac Haxton and Tom Dwan.
Approaching 11pm Vegas time Sunday the competition was at level 9 after a hard day, with a high rate of attrition ensuring that only 222 players remained, with David Wilkerson in the lead on 66,400, pursued by Chris Adams (56,325) and Adam Reynolds (54,400)
Tom Dwan, still chasing that elusive first WSOP bracelet and some big money in side bets, was still in the hunt and around ninth in the chip counts.
Event 25 - the $10,000 buy-in Omaha Hi-low Split-8 or Better Championship entered its second day on Sunday and by 11pm Vegas time had played down from an original entry field of 212 to 36 pros on level 15.
Still in the running, albeit relatively low on the chip stacks was Phil Hellmuth, chasing his 12th bracelet and a new record…and of course the $488,237 first prize that goes with this event.
This is a stellar-heavy competition; among the top 20 going into Day 2 were Eugene Katchalov, David Benyamine, Sammy Farha, Alexander Kostritsyn, George Danzer, Vladamir Shchemelev, Jeffrey Lisandro and Brock Parker.
Late night Sunday Sergey Altbregin held the chip lead on 435,000, with Sammy Farha on 380,000 and Eric Baldwin on 285,000.
Already despatched to the rail are 2008 Champ Benyamine, Vladimir Schmelev, Scotty Nguyen, John Monnette, Jen Harman, Robert Mizrachi, Phil Ivey and Barry Greenstein.
MONTE CARLO POKER EPIC KICKS OFF2010-04-27Lower entry field may be due to travel problems associated with Iceland's volcano
This year's entries for the Pokerstars' EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo were disappointingly lower than the 2009 event at 848 - about a hundred less registrants - probably due to travel difficulties in Europe associated with the eruption of a volcano in Iceland and the subsequent disruption of air traffic.
Nevertheless, the excitement was palpable as the first two days of play kicked off this week with a slew of top names in the game competing for a total prize pool of Euro 8 480 000 and an enticing winner's prize worth Euro1,7 million.
Among those entering were Phil Ivey, Roland de Wolfe, Men Nguyen, Johannes Steindl, Phil Laak, Jennifer Tilly, Neil Channing, Greg Raymer, Chad Brown Alex Kravchenko, Patrik Antonius, Arnaud Mattern and Luke Schwartz
On Day 1a the first field of 351 players abandoned clear and sunny weather for the confines of Le Sporting Club as the tournament commenced, and this first group were whittled down to 173 players nine levels later, with German pro Simon Munz in the chip lead on 175 200. Unfotunately for them, top aces who were eliminated by the end of day 1a included Laak, Barry Greenstein, Alex Kravchenko, Barny Boatman, Erik Seidel, Phil Ivey, Patrick Antonius and Matts Mattern.
Day 1b saw more stars hitting the felt, among them 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event champ Joe Cada, 2009 WPT Champinship winner Yevgeniy Timoshenko and 2009 WSOP Main Event last woman standing Leo Margets - all of whom had survived the action when play ended at 11.30pm, with only 252 players still in the running from a day 1 b field of 497.
The survivors of the two first days will combine for the next leg of the tounrey, which starts Tuesday with a total surviving field of 428.
POKERSTARS SCORES ONLINE POKER PROMO COUP WITH TSN PARTNERSHIP2010-02-09TSN, PokerStars.net launch TSN Poker Club
The Pokerstars.net marketing arm of the world's largest online poker site scored a solid coup last week with the announcement of a deal with Canadian sports broadcaster TSN to create a custom built poker environment for poker players.
"Poker's popularity in Canada continues to grow and the TSN Poker Club gives poker players of all levels a chance to get into the action and win exclusive prizes," said Geoff Fardy, Canada country manager for PokerStars.net.
The club will allow members to enter a series of free-to-play tournaments - three a day through to July 31st - with prizes of poker tables, snowboards and other goodies all for free, at the same time honing their online poker skills Poker.tsn.ca and providing them with poker news and other content.
"Poker on TSN has always attracted a loyal and dedicated audience of fans who love the thrill of high stakes competition," Shawn Redmond, vice president of marketing, TSN observed. "The TSN Poker Club gives our fans the opportunity to get in the game with PokerStars.net's industry-leading software, the best game selection and access to exclusive tournaments and prizing."
KEEPING TRACK IN ONLINE POKER2009-12-15New iPhone application helps players keep accurate records
Deep Powder Software has launched a new poker record keeping application for the iPhone market which is now available for $7.99 at the Apple App Store.
The product can track game times, the rake paid, the stakes and even the location of where the games are played online and present these graphically for the user to analyse and study in order to improve his or her's game.
