Former CEO must be different from the French government uncomfortable questions it! |

Not for the first time, the French Government the question what the online gambling firms actually do so. For answers to their questions to get in recent months, several managers of the Austrian provider Bwin.com interviewed. Now let the French Government with the former CEO of 888 Holdings PLC entertained.
In a statement to the London Stock Exchange, said the 888 Holdings plc:
"888 is aware that there are various press speculation about the activities of the French Government in regard to online gambling exist. 888 confirms that our (non-executive) director and former CEO, John Anderson, an inquiry concerning a conversation with the French Government received. 888 is consulting with his legal representatives regarding this request from the French government. more statements if necessary, we will timely announce.
The profit and revenue, which we by our French clients, is only a vanishingly small percentage of our total revenue. "
The share price fell due to this announcement by 10%. The competitors of the 888 Holdings, e.g. Party Gaming, Ladbrokes, Paddy Power and William Hill were only minor price declines, as in England and Ireland-based providers through their own betting a better definition on this issue have created.
There is no information about what the French government, with Mr. Anderson wants to entertain. Some reports speculate whether it might burst the sponsorship deal on the French football club Toulouse FC could go.
Apart from the arrests in affair Bwin, has the climate for online gambling companies in France in recent times much worse, these negative trends have also had an impact on the live tournament poker scene. One of the big European live poker tournaments, an offshoot of the European Poker Tour in Deauville, was developed by the organizers canceled without justification, which created some confusion in the scene caused. The EPT is mainly sponsored by PokerStars.com, many scene experts are of the opinion that the tournament cancellation mainly by the previous actions of the French Government, was conditionally.
Various sources claim that France has an interest (in a monopoly position) that has the lives of foreign firms in France is difficult to make because the French government itself the owner of a company for sports betting (Pari-Mutuel Urbain) and a company online Gaming (Francaise de Jeux), is. What course the one or other reaction of the French Government would explain that probably tried your monopoly position in France to strengthen.
  It is generally known that France is not squeamish when it comes to state-owned industries against foreign competition, more secure, not only in the gambling industry!
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World Poker Tour – Business Talk |

News from the WPT – shortly after the "Festa Al Lago – WPT Championship" tournament in Las Vegas there are also business news from the company. "MySpace.com" guru Thomas Flahie is the new CFO, a platform integrated "MySpace WPT community "should start shortly and the NASDAQ to the company, because of the financial crisis, a grace period.
Thomas Flahie, the establishment of "MySpace.com" are only made possible, without him would be the community portal is not where it stands today – the CFO has the young start-up on his legs helped the company made a profit. The WPT has the form in this course is no longer necessary, but the 25-year experience of the financial experts, especially in times like these, good and happy needed.
CEO and WPT founder Steve Lipscomb to know the qualities of its nine financial leaders: "Tom has a very good expertise and has specialized in emerging markets. We look forward to his useful and valuable input, especially in new areas ClubWPT.com and WPT China. "
Great expectations in advance, which obviously has a reason. Indeed, until recently, the company even before the NASDAQ gezittert because the Minimun price per share could not be met. Given the market turmoil and the financial crisis the company was now a respite. Already in mid-August was a reminder of the WPT NASDAQ receive, because its share price more than 30 days below the minimum of $ 1.00 per share had slipped. To 18 May 2009, the company now has time to stabilize its course and at least 10 business days for the $ 1.00 minimum price to maintain – that says the market for NASDAQ Rules 4450 (a) (5). Only last week was the stock price of WPT arrived at $ 0:42. Thomas Flahie smarter as CFO, the company is now in better times, so that the share price again regenerated.
Innovations are not as bad signal to our shareholders – and it was like another piece of news from home "WPT" announced. Together with "MySpace" is an integrated WPT community platform to be created. Whether it is a coincidence that Flahie earlier at "MySpace" was? The MySpace WPT community "seeks to MySpace members the" new world "of poker game closer to – from the experts tip, exclusive videos from the WPT, backstage reports from the tournament events and new ClubWPT.com TV series.
Besides all the information should also be able to play poker, where – with no real money but for the skill training. "Oberon Games" has been with the development of the platform.
"Poker and social networking with MySpace and WPT united. This partnership promises an entirely new experience to be "jubilates WPT CEO Steve Lipscomb to the press.
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Switzerland Wins Poker Nations |

Yesterday ended up in the Casino Bregenz traditional Christmas Poker Championships and the Casino Bregenz Nations.
 
A total of 7 teams started. Enforcement was the team captain with Switzerland and Rino Mathis Anton Allemann, Stefan Oberholzer and Severin Walser.
2nd place went to the Italian team led by captain Dario Alioto. Third place won the Turkish team captain Deniz Yavuz
The buy-in was € 10,000 per team, ie € 2,500 euros per participant. In the Austrian and German teams were a "Who's who" of the European poker scene. The bracelet-makers Katja Thater, Michael Keiner, Eddy Scharf, Sebastian Ruthenberg, Jens Vörtmann, Thomas Bihl, Ivo Donev, Andreas Krause, Erich Kollmann, Harry Casagrande and Stefan Rapp. But had the two German and two Austrian teams with seats 4-6 position.
  The result:
1. Square Team Switzerland – Rino Mathis
2. Square Team Italy – Dario Alioto
3. Square Team Turkey – Deniz Yavuz
4. Square Team Germany 1 – Andreas Krause
5. Square Team Germany 2 – Michael Keiner
6. Square Team Austria 1 – Erich Kollmann
7. Square Team Austria 2 – Markus Golser
Yesterday was the conclusion of the Christmas Poker Championship, a € 500 NLH event at the tournament schedule, with 74 players for a share of the € 35,150 prize pool battled high. The winner is the Italian Angelo Sisca before the German player Sabine Schiffelholz.
  The result:
1 Angelo Sisca, I € 10,550
2 Sabine Schiffelholz, D € 7730
3 NN, € 5620
4 Thorsten Schuler, D € 3870
5 Constantin Meyer, D € 2810
Markus Städele 6, 2110 D €
7 Stephan Gairing, D € 1405
8 Josef Zarriello, CH 1055 €
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2A Main Event days at the end – Live video and report on de.pokernews.com |

Yesterday 1,250 players started the day 2A of the main events of the 39th World Series of Poker. With it were, among others Jens Vörtmann, Barry Greenstein, Thierry van Berg, Anna Wroblewski, Paul Wasicka, Michael Guzzardi, Scotty Nguyen, Patrik Antonius, Perry Friedman, Noah Boeken, Markus Golser, Svetlana Gromenkova, Billy Baxter, Jimmy Fricke, Matt Glantz , Jeff Williams, David Rheem, Mark Vos, Peter Hanke, Jan Heitmann, Ray Romano, Julian Powell, Trond Eidsvig, Christiane Klecz, Martin Kläsener and Robert Mizrachi.
Mark Garner went into the second day as chip leader with 94.900 chips.
Also part of the day was also 2A Hal Lubarsky: he is blind from birth and is sitting this year for the second year at the WSOP. He has an assistant to him the maps and the Setzverhalten his opponents einflüssert. In each hand on Hal lay his steps exactly.
For Jens Vörtmann is the main event on the second day came to an end. He goes with A-J All-In and is supported by Q-Q gecallt. The board brought him no help.
Scotty Nguyen was 4.000 with his last chips all-in and was paid by Alexander Schwab. Nguyen's Pocket Nine got from the board with no help against Schwab's pocket kings.
The Austrians Peter Hanke rejoiced with at eienm flop with a caller for his All-In to find. As of this but saw his opponent was not only the joy but also the tournament then.
Shortly before the end of the day had also 2A Bracelet winner Brian Martin Kläsener against harmful beaten type.
After a flop with Kläsener 9.000 Martin sat in a pot with 10,000. Harmful Raiste at 26.000 and the German called.
On the turn came and damaging sat 75.000 what Kläsener out All-In went the harmful paid.
Kläsener
Harmful
The River brought Kläsener and Martin had to adopt the Main Event.
As the chip leader Brian harmful finished with 750.000 chips the day 2A of the Main Events.
David Rheem, Brandon Adams, Markus Golser, Robert Mizrachi and Tino Lechich lie well in the race.
Today at 21.00 CET clock day 2B of the main events start.
On de.pokernews.com see a live report, and videos with the deutsprachigen interviews with German and Austrian players on the spot.
Stay tuned!
The official payouts:
1: $ 9,119,517
2: $ 5,790,024
3: $ 4,503,352
4: $ 3,763,515
5: $ 3,088,012
6: $ 2,412,510
7: $ 1,769,174
8: $ 1,286,672
9: $ 900.670
10-12: $ 591.869
13-15: $ 463.201
16-18: $ 334.534
19-27: $ 257.334
28-36: $ 193.000
37-45: $ 154.400
46-54: $ 135.100
55-63: $ 115.800
64-72: $ 96.500
73-81: $ 77.200
82-90: $ 64.333
91-99: $ 51.466
100-162: $ 41.816
163-225: $ 38.600
226-288: $ 35.383
289-351: $ 32.166
352-414: $ 28.950
415-477: $ 27.020
478-540: $ 25.090
541-603: $ 23.160
604-666: $ 21.230
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Be 'scalp' the next big tournaments trend? |

When I was starting to play poker I liked best the idea of competition and one of the main elements of this was another player from the tournament to raise. A player from the tournament to raise was the same for me with the achievement of a sub-goal, it was for me the virtual KO my opponent. Now that I am a bit older and wiser, I realized that the money itself is more important than the experience of success, what you have, if an opponent raises from the tournament – but it seems as if you could both things now together.
2008 was certainly the year of the knockout tournaments, how much of the growing popularity of these tournaments could recognize. Since the beginning of this year, the Cryptologic network (eg at William Hill Poker) called Headhunter tournaments.
Basically, in these tournaments, the prize pool divided into 2 parts, a part of the normal payout and a part for each player, which you throw out of the tournament. In the course of the tournament increases for the remaining players in the value, that means if you have a player relatively late throw from the tournament, this is for you profitable than if you have a very early player in the tournament throw. These tournaments have become very popular and during the game guarantees a lot of action.
This week we have already reported that in the Paddy Power Poker Irish Open this year for the first time so-called "scalp" events are offered. A 330 € Freezeout tournament in which the players for each hand "gebusteten" players with a premium of 30 € will receive. This tournament will definitely be very exciting for both players, as well as for the spectators.
Full Tilt Poker is now with the event, presents a series of "knockout" tournaments, where 20% of the prize pool as a "bounty / Bounties' for other players are paid. The tournaments will surely be a hit. Since a lot of American players will take part, there is a lot to "bust". Due to the large number of participants these tournaments can also be profitable, without putting it to the "Money-Bubble" creates.
This "bust-out" tournaments are all relatively low-stakes events with a low buy-in and that's great, because it attracted many new players and more people begin to be interested in poker. It would certainly be interesting to see how they in high stakes tournaments would play and whether the pros they are positive or negative would react. Who knows, maybe it will indeed one day at the WSOP a "Scalping Bracelet" type?
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CAPT Salzburg Day 5 |

While in the past few days, more participants than usual at the tables of CAPT sat, with 107 players was the € 1000 Texas Hold'em tournament on 3.4.2008 has slightly better reception. Recovery could win a German – Ludger Bauer!
The Austrians are Germans tight on the heels, but gave it a victory in the 5 match yet. By this time it was Harry Casagrande and Sigi Stockinger, but also the two Pokerpros the neighboring country could not conquer. Thus, to the front ranks always Alternate German and Austrians to find.
There are a few ways that even an Austrian wins, but the time is running them like this: Today, on 4.4.2008, a Pot Limit Omaha tournament out at the weekend and will have the € 2000 main event instead. Either way, the Germans in the CAPT in Salzburg in the favorite role!
Pity that Markus Golser in Salzburg moment, he is currently in San Remo at the EPT and is still ahead with it. We will not allow it, but if the current day of the EPT does not survive, it will be pretty safe in Salzburg appear.
Here are the details and results of € 1000 Texas Hold'em tournament on 3.4.2008:
Tournament: Texas Hold'em, Freezeout
Buy-in: € 1000, –
Participants: 104
Prize Pool: € 98,800, –
1. Ludger Bauer (D) € 28,650, –
2. Harald Casagrande (A) € 20,750, –
3. Wendelin Jalles (D) € 14,820, –
4. Peter Handke (A) € 10,270, –
5. Pietro Errante (I) € 7910, –
6. Kähler Benjamin (D) € 5930, –
7. Sigi Stockinger (A) € 3.950, –
8. Peter Büermann (D) € 2960, –
9. Rudolf Zintel (D) € 1.980, –
10. Cristian Sturza (Rome) € 1.580, –
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EPT Copenhagen days 1a |

The first day of the EPT Scandinavian Open in Copenhagen Casino is completed. Funnily enough, others are just the next player on the day before on a great party the Scandinavian Poker Awards won from the tournament go! Whether they have celebrated too much? Daniel Negreanu, Betrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Dario Minieri, "The Great Dane" Gus Hansen and the Norwegian Annette Obrestad have jumped into the second tournament failed! It actually looks as if you are the Award Party fun, but ultimately the concentration has cost.
It was therefore not a good day for the German and Austrian Pokerpros.
There have also been caught Sebastian Ruthenberg, Peyman Mohammadzadeh, Rudolf Zintel, Markus Lehmann, Thomas Wissner and the Austrian top poker players Niki Jedlicka!
Only Matthias Kurschner could stop and finished the day with around 30,000 chips, slightly above the average in chips.
A total of 82 players have survived, the average is approximately 28,000 in chips.
Here are the Top 20 of the first day:
Peter Eastgate – Denmark – 79,700
Ola Fire Born – Sweden – 79,300
Mathias Andersen – Denmark – 71,600
Tommy Pavlicek – Canada – PokerStars qualifier – 67,000
Dennis Naci Hansen – Denmark – 63,300
Allan Bække – Denmark – PokerStars qualifier – 50,900
Kalser Peter Petersen – Denmark – 50,900
Marcin Horecki – Poland – PokerStars qualifier – 50,100
Tom Larsen – Denmark – 50,000
Mattias Ressner – Denmark – 50,000
Leroy Soesman – Netherlands – 46,000
Frederik Brink Jensen – Denmark – 45,700
Børge Dypvik – Norway – PokerStars qualifier – 44,200
Rasmus Hede Nielsen – Denmark – 43,100
Alexander Kravchenko – Russia – 40,500
Bill Chen – USA – Team PokerStars Pro – 40,300
Jonas Danielsson – Sweden – 39,700
Christoffer Thorsen – Norway – 39,400
Jarle Aasen – Norway – 38,000
Matin Talebi – Denmark – 35,400
Thus we see that not a single German or Austrian player in the top 20 is! The list is clearly dominated by Danish players, which is not surprising, since the station is now EPT in Copenhagen makes.
Only place on 34! can be found as mentioned above the only remaining German player Kurschner Matthias! So now all the hope in him!
We hope and we hope that he is keeping the next few days, and survived!
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Poker is in the Tyrol as legally controversial |

Card-casino in Innsbruck and Tyrol are in the line of the prosecutor – it is checked whether one here running illegal gambling. They have the card-casino operators have a license, it entitles the card holder to carry out without a bank.
In Vienna, applies Concord Card Casino founder Peter Zanoni as a pioneer, he has numerous legal durchfechten need. Because poker moves in Austria in a legal gray area. With the trade for cards without a bank, the holder can circumnavigate gambling monopoly, but it is before or raids on suspected illegal gambling not immune. Last done in Tyrol.
Tiroler Tageszeitung According to the police several poker venues in the sights and examines their legal basis. Prosecutor Wilfried Siegele says to the Tiroler Tageszeitung: "Against the operator of such a casino was an investigation because of suspected illegal gambling initiated. The procedure is not yet completed. "This is not just a card casinos, but poker clubs.
Also, the police lawyer Peter Öhm takes control very seriously and strictly, it would be exactly the organizers on the fingers, and in the given case, the prosecutor on.
Further detail on the edge: mostly it's the poker players themselves, the report. Because they feel unfairly treated, or simply lost. That sounds paradoxical, but it is not only a Tirolean phenomenon. Serious card casinos and poker sports clubs are striving to their players not himself to leave. There are dealers and floor personnel. But what use is it if someone on each card, and then surprised to have lost? In such a case is like blaming the operators or broadcasters shelved, although the least that can be.
And so it comes to ads, raids and investigations by the Prosecutor. In the case of Tyrol will show whether the accusations of illegal gambling, or it turns out that this is a harmless round poker has dynamited.
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Patrik Antonius wins two hands in the $ 540k |

High Takes Poker is him. He does not countenance the warpage if he loses hundreds of thousands and the next moment is twice or more wins.
Patrik Antonius has only two hands on FullTilt Poker his rival Jay "pr1nnyraid" Rosenkrantz in a $ 500 / $ 1000 NL Holdem $ 540k off the game. Forgotten was the loss of $ 150k on a $ 300 / $ 600 table a short time before.
In the first hand was a pot of $ 180k playing. Anthony called the Preflop Raise pr1nnyraid of and met with a full house on board.
In the second hand was about $ 370k fabulous. Anthony Limp-reraiste with a pair of aces and met again a full house, while pr1nnyraid with his backdoor flush and beaten had to give.
The Hand of History on the second hand:
7428469418 TABLE: RailHeaven (six-max) $ 500 / $ 1000 – No-Limit Hold'em – Tue Jul 29 2008 – 6:14 pm ET
Table Setup
Seat 3: Patrik Antonius ($ 184,996.50)
Seat 4: pr1nnyraid ($ 198.500)
Seat 5: durrrr ($ 209.799)
Patrik Antonius is SB with $ 500
pr1nnyraid sets the BB with $ 1,000
The button is in seat # 5
Pre-Flop
durrrr foldet
Patrik Antonius called $ 500
pr1nnyraid Raiste to $ 4,000
Patrik Antonius Raiste to $ 12,000
pr1nnyraid called $ 8,000
Flop
Patrik Antonius is $ 15,000
pr1nnyraid called $ 15,000
Turn
Anthony sets $ 32.000
Calls pr1nnyraid TIME
pr1nnyraid called $ 32.000
River
Patrik Antonius shows a full house, Aces full of Tens
pr1nnyraid muckt
Patrik Antonius wins the pot ($ 369992) with a full house, Aces full of Tens
  Abstract:
Total pot $ 369.993 | Rake $ 1
Board:
Seat 3: Patrik Antonius (SB) won ($ 369.992)
Seat 4: pr1nnyraid (BB) muckt
Seat 5: durrrr (button) fit
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"Driving with the bright yellow bus" – The Final Show Pokerbus.de |

Some of our readers are sure to show the kids in the 70s remember – the bright red bus – with Elvira and comedy, and the grandmother, the outside rear of the bus sat and knitted. Today, as an adult then you tend to other things "entangled" – namely the ability to time the way a trip to Las Vegas to win!
This was a bright yellow bus on the road – to the Pokerbus Final Show!
On 1.12.2007 met in Cologne 14-day Poker winner for the main prize, a trip for 2 people in the poker capital of excellence, to Las Vegas, to win.
Thomas Lamatsch, as a poker teacher and presenter best known (he is one of the Pokerpros cooperate with Poker News), received with his co-presenter at Auwa Thimann Camp4Fun the participants, this trip ausspielten.
Until it came, he showed in production with DMAX, the first free-to-factual entertainment broadcaster a summer long the most important rules and tricks of the booming card game – and just in the very exceptional ambience: He toured with an American yellow school bus across by Germany! There was no corner of the Republic in front of him for sure: Whether the Kyte-Surf Trophy in St. Peter Ording, the world's largest Heavy Metal Open Air Concert in Wacken, the mega-Trucker festival in Fulda or the lawnmower race in Waltrop – he brought so Pokerfeunde and entrants to the taste of the booming Card.
And it took off! Finally, no one wanted to miss this opportunity, at the Freescale Rolls participate and also new "tricks" and tips to learn.
Parallel to the summer tour Pokerbus found online but also the so-called Sunday PokerBus Challenge Free Rolls instead. The best ten players participated in the online final part. The two winners then traveled at the expense of the large pokerroom.com Final show in Cologne. The two winners of the online finals were Cloer Andre aka DINozzo74 "and Siebelts Sebastian aka" LPPTNimmzwo ". At Poker Tour brilliant a player named Richard. After the exciting final show was then determined the winner: The Richard unknown us – we congratulate!
It may thus soon in Las Vegas his skills to the test.
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Macau – soon new poker center of Asia? |

After the beginning of February the Chinese government of the city of Macau the special permit for Texas Hold'em was granted, the development of the casino proposal on the city proposal.
The city of Macau is due to its Portuguese colonial past, a special status in the People's Republic of China. Just as Hong Kong enjoys a privileged status, is also available in Macao's own rules and laws.
So gambling is allowed, and since early February, Texas Holdem Poker. The opening of the Asian Poker community completely new possibilities – billions of people can now follow their passion for poker.
At this point, are all well-informed reader with wonder, how in the past eg with the "Asia Pascific Poker Tour" has worked, but only now when poker was released? For all tournament events had special permits should be sought. This bureaucracy but now has an end.
One of the visual highlights of the Macau Casino Hotel Venetian Macau, "it is one of the largest building in the world and may be increased by the addition of poker offer a full profit of several billion U.S. Dollar for the year 2008 expected.
The decision to free Texas Hold'em has already given some investors called on the plan. The big casinos from Las Vegas as the MGM Mirage and Las Vegas Sands Corporation scent their chance, on the other side of the globe a similar mega-casino paradise winding. In planning are currently 20 resorts with about 60,000 rooms.
Also, the organizers of trade fairs to see gambling in Macau rich future potential. Of 26 until 28 February, the "Asian iGaming and Expo" was held. And it is already sold out. The fair will host the "Venetian" his. The aim of this event will be next to product ideas, above all, a lively exchange of gambling suppliers. Above all, the future possibilities in Macau will be the focus.
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Event # 6: Final table is clear – Thang Luu as Chip Leader |

204 players were received yesterday at the start of the event # 6, the $ 1,500 Omaha Hi / Low Split-8 or Better tournament with a prize pool of $ 1,249,500.
After almost 17 hours the ten finalists were determined.
  The ten finalists:
Seat 1: Chris Falconer (Canton, Ohio) 331.000
Seat 2: James Pritchard (Duluth, Georgia) 155.000
Seat 3: Thang Luu (Las Vegas, Nevada) 560.000
Seat 4: Mark Wilde (Biloxi, Mississippi) 226.000
Seat 5: George Guzman (Ft. Lauderdale, Florida) 196000
Seat 6: Scott Clements (Mount Vernon, Washington) 315000
Seat 7: Craig Sabel (Grand Junction, Colorado) 160000
Seat 8: Spencer Lawrence (London, United Kingdom) 226000
Seat 9: Greg Jamison (Las Vegas, Nevada) 333.000
Rolf Slotboom was a short stack of the day. Unfortunately went for the Dutch only 80 out of place. After all, he was already in the money ranks and received a small consolation of $ 2728th patch Andreas Krause made it not in the money rankings.
Not even five minutes after he resigned the Hungarians from Richard Toth. He put his whole stack on a board. When his opponent mucked his hand shows Toth.
Robert Mizrachi Raiste from the middle position and re-Wing Wong Raiste. Call Mizrachis was his All-In. He showed and Wong. The board brought, and thus the end of Mizrachi.
When Linda Johnson ranked 25 with $ 6367 ausschied, Shirley Graham was the last female player in the tournament. Graham had to place 13 out of the tournament goodbye.
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Online Poker: 'caio_pimenta' wins Super Tuesday on PokerStars |

At the PokerStars Super Tuesday nahemn 372 players participated and fought for their share of the $ 400,000 guaranteed prize pool. By Seth in "SFisch4" Fischer (10, $ 5600), UH Big Tex (13, $ 4800), BleedBlue33 (15, $ 4800), and Jordan "scarface_79" Smith (rank 19, $ 2800).
In the final hand, both heads-up player and Reraises Preflop Raises All.In. caio_pimenta showed Altrum and Altus. The Board took place with 2 and $ 59,000 for Altrum Altus. The winner of the Super Tuesday – caio_pimenta – for his victory received a prize of $ 78000th
  The result:
1. caio_pimenta – $ 78,000
2. Altrum Altus – $ 59.000
3. Daniel "amichaiKK" Makowsky – $ 44.000
4. Tom "kingsofcards" Marchese – $ 33.600
5. Phidias' ael1979 "Georgiou – $ 23.000
6. Raja "tiger76" Kattamuri – $ 18.000
7. Mariklus – $ 14.000
8. Jeff "JSchnett" Schnettler – $ 10,000
9. Jamie "pokerjamers" Armstrong – $ 7,000
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Full Tilt Monday $ 1,000
FullTilt Monday when $ 1000 was attended by 343 players, which is a prize of $ 343,000 fought. Also part of James' P0KERPR0 "Campbell (12, $ 4288), Jeff" YellowSub86 "Williams (15, $ 3430), Cliff" JohnnyBax "Josephy (rank 22, $ 1887), James" TheFatFISH "fruit (platz 23, 1887), Luke "IWEARGOGGLES" Staudenmaier (rank 24, $ 1887) and Justin "WPThero" Rollo (27, $ 1886.50).
Chip Counts in heads-up were as follows:
Ben "1Mastermind" Chen: 719.079
orangeman88: 309.921
Already in the second hand the tournament was decided. For a board with and Chen showed orangeman88. Turn and River, and took 2nd place and $ 54,880 for orangeman88. Ben "1Mastermind" Chen picked up the victory with a prize of $ 85750th
  The result:
1. Ben "1Mastermind" Chen – $ 85.750
2. orangeman88 – $ 54.880
3. Brady "vegan213" Shepard – $ 41.160
4. THE_GOLDMINE – $ 31,727.50
5. cool0813 – $ 24.010
6. Tom "titantom32" Braband – $ 17.150
7. tsk3434 – $ 11,147.50
8. solo homer – $ 8.575
9. Iridium – $ 6.860
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Main Event days started 1C – Videos and Live Report on de.pokernews.com |

Yesterday started days 1C of the Main Events of the 39th World Series of Poker 1928 with people – significantly more than in day 1a – 1,297 players and day 1b -1,158 players).
Among the players also saw Tony G, Sam Farha, Jason DeWitt, Marco Traniello, Gavin Griffin, John Juanda, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Isabelle Mercier, Nenad Medic, Tiffany Michelle, Mike Sexton, Mike Matusow, David Singer, TJ Cloutier , Joe Hachem, Scott Seiver, Steve Paul-Ambrose, Jane Gold (Jamie Golds mother!), Farzad Rouhani, Mimi Tran, Liv Boeree, David Sklansky, Archie "The Greek" Karas, Tiffany Michele, Jesper Hoagaard, Jeff Lisandro, Bill Chen, Shawn Sheikhan, Larry Flynt, Clonie Gowen, Rolf Slotboom, Jeff Madsen, John D'Agostino, Liz Lieu, Justin Bonomo, Sorel Mizzi, Huck Seed, Chris Moneymaker and Marcel Luske.
Tony G already had the tournament on the first day. He Raiste Preflop in 1100 and a player in MP called. The flop brought and Tony sat 2.000. His opponent Raiste in 5000 and Tony went all in with 11175th
His opponent called and showed Tony
The turn brought the and the river came, and Tony G is the main event out.
Resigned on the day of 1c are: Huckleberry, Gavin Griffin, Justin Bonomo, JC Tran, T.J. Cloutier and Marcel Luske.
Henning Granstad is chip leader of the day with around 250000 chips. Followed closely by Curt Kohlberg Bert, Howard Berchowitz, David "Bakeš" Baker, Arnaud Mattern, DIREN Yildizet, Joe Marcal, Russell Rosenblum, and Mike Souza. Well the race is David Singer, Andrew "Foucault" Brokos, Brad "Yukon" Booth, Brian "sbrugby" Townsend, and Nenad Medic.
Today at 21.00 CET the day clock 1D of the Main Events start.
On de.pokernews.com see a live report, and videos with the deutsprachigen interview with the German players in the field.
Stay tuned!
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World Poker Tour tournament planning for the 7th Season published |

The World Poker Tour has recently completed the long awaited and somewhat reduced tournament planning for the 7th Season published. In the last 3 years, the season-opening tournament ever in the Mirage in May instead, this year there were scheduling problems in the Mirage, which is why it came this year for the opening event in question. It was thought that this open WPT event in the Mandalay Bay to organize. Since the tournament in the Mandalay Bay is highly likely that not many players would wear, like other WPT events, as it is in competition with the WSOP is held at the same time, it was decided in May, no official opening tournament to organize. Therefore, the 7th Season's really in July with the Bellagio Cup opened. Like last year, the Bellagio WPT event after the start of the WSOP Main event will take place. The Bellagio, which is the most popular venues is one of the WPT, the venue of 4 of a total of 14 events on the WPT 7.Saison be.
The WPT is the number of tournaments are reduced and the little-noticed Turks and Caicos events of last year, is deleted. It was also a tournament in the newly renovated Beau Rivage / Biloxi Planning in the tournament and moved on a date on which the former WPT event in Tunica held.
"To ensure that the World Poker Tour continues to be a high quality experience, we have for the tournament 7.Saison a new plan, which ensures that the venues of tournaments, the venues are in favor of the players are and ensured that the WPT also in this season, back on the volume and quality has increased, "said WPT Founder, President and CEO, Steve Lipscomb. "The basis for the preparation of our schedule, the trends in the gaming industry and the feedback from our players. We focus on the most exclusive events to the number of participants to increase the amount of the prize pool to increase and more to generate media interest. conditions of our new schedule, the players also have the opportunity to satellites and other events to participate, thus, the WPT and its partners the possibility of casinos around the tournaments additional marketing campaigns to organize. "
The 6.Saison the WPT is from late March to transfer GSN. The WPT and GSN are currently in negotiations regarding the broadcasting rights for the 7th Season.
11-17. July 08 Bellagio Bellagio Cup IV
23-28 Aug 08 Legends of Poker The Bicycle Casino
14-18 Sept 08 Borgata Poker Open Borgata
10-16 Oct 08 North American Poker Open Fallsview Casino
20-25. Oct 08 Festa Al Lago Bellagio
05-11. Nov 08 World Poker Finals Foxwoods Resort
13-19. Dec 08 Doyle Brunson Five Diamond Bellagio
16-19. Jan 09 Gulf Coast Poker Championship Beau Rivage
25-29. Jan 09 Borgata Poker Championship Borgata
29.Feb-05 March 09 LA Poker Classic Commerce Casino
07-09. March WPT Celebrity Invitational Commerce Casino
16-20. March 09 Bay 101 Shooting Star Bay 101
04-09. Apr 09 Classic Foxwoods Foxwoods Resort Casino
18:25. Apr 09 WPT World Championship Bellagio
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APT Macau started |

In the Galaxy Star World Hotel and Casino in Macau, China is currently the 2008 Asian Poker Tour on the stage. With the poker legends Jack Binion and Doyle Brunson to the event with the words "Shuffle up and deal!" opened.
103 players started the day 1A, including Todd Brunson, and the ten times WSOP Braceletgewinner Johnny Chan, David "Chino" Rheem, one of the "November Nine", Liz Lieu, Nam Le, Harry Demetriou, Yevgeniy Timoshenko and APT Manila winner David Saab.
The prize pool is $ 1,500,000 including $ 500,000 to the winner go.
David Rheem had a lot of his stack in a hand when he was with a set of kings against the set Asseburg played. A short time later, he had the tournament on the first day before the dinner break left.
J.C. Tran, David Saab, Doyle Brunson Johnny Chan, Nam Le, Aaron Kanter, Liz Lieu and Todd Brunson – even for the tournament she was already on the first day came to an end.
Only 23 of the 103 players will start the second day. By including the German Alexander Jung, who among the top ten chip stacks the first day has ended.
As the chip leader goes Guray Turkay with 117,800 chips in the next tournament.
  The top ten chip counts after day 1A:
Guray Turkay 117.800
Carter Gill 97.300
Kou Vang 91.900
Julio Diaz 76.500
Adam Grunwald 62.700
Aditya Agarwal 58.900
Wah Cheong Wong 55.500
Alexander Jung 48.100
Martin Stewart 47.900
Yevgeniy Timoshenko 47.600
For more information visit www.asianpt.com.
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Buckle up for the Race Trophy |

The second race of the Race Trophy went to Valencia, Spain on the stage. "DoggyP75" sat down by his teammates. In the final hand, his heads-up opponents "Tamariz" with 10 / 9 All-In and "DoggyP75" called with A / 4, the board brought 5-4-6-QA and thus the victory for "DoggyP75".
During the tournament, the tournament director at Thomas Lamatsch care about the game had given the players a starting endowment of 5,000 Level duration was 20 minutes.
That was the final table:
Platz 1: Marky_Cras,
Platz 2: moesgusta
Platz 3: Grinch1974
Platz 4: jockdave
Platz 5: arrumador
Platz 6: swinney
Square 7: Tamariz
Platz 8: DoggyP75
Interested?
So you too can qualify:
By the end of May may be interested in the Race Trophy Sit and Go's or freerolls at Poker Room participate. The next semifinal will take place on 14 June 2008 in Brno, Czech Republic instead.
The finale, with a prize of $ 500,000, will take place on 29 November 2008 in Vienna.
How to Find the Race Trophy Sit & Gos:
Open your PokerRoom.com client.
1. Select at the top of the lobby "tournaments."
2. Click the "Sit & Go (Real)."
3. Select "Special Tournaments".
4. Search for "Race Trophy SNG" in the tournament list.
5. Click "Go to Tournament" and then click "Login" and wait for the start of the tournament.
How to Find the Race Trophy Freeroll:
Open your Poker Room. Com client.
1. Select at the top of the lobby "tournaments."
2. Click on "Planned".
3. Then click on "Regular".
4. Look for the "Race Trophy Freeroll" tournament in the list.
5. Click "Go to Tournament" and then click "Login" and wait for the start of the tournament.
Trophy Race Freerolls run daily for the Czech Republic on Pokerroom. The best 10 players of each race Trophy Freerolls to win a ticket to the Race Trophy Freeroll Final, on 30 May, clock at 21:00 (CET) begins. The winner of the Race Trophy Freeroll Final goes to the Czech Republic.
The winner of the leaderboard will automatically receive a spot in the semifinals in the Czech Republic.
Seats 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. qualify for an exclusive tournament, whose winner a spot in the semifinals in the Czech Republic wins.
Seats 11 to 60 qualify for an exclusive tournament, whose winner a spot in the semifinals in the Czech Republic wins.
For the 60 best of the leaderboard, winking in the Race Trophy leaderboard for the final three places in Brno, Czech Republic.
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PokerStars.com EPT Awards: EPT publish names of players nominated in the category 'Player of the Year' |

The PokerStars.com European Poker Tour announced yesterday the five finalists in Season IV category 'Player of the Year announced. Thus, the candidates for a further category (total of 7 categories) firmly. The actual EPT Awards ceremony in Barcelona the night before the start of the EPT main events take place. The players nominated in the category 'Player of the Year' have been characterized by a consistently good performance during the EPT's Season IV awards, won several prizes at the game table and proved that you are one of the best.
The five players nominated in this category are:
 
● Luca Pagano – Team PokerStars Pro member Luca Pagano has made three different stops EPT prize money won, with the culmination of the sixth place at EPT Grand Final Monte Carlo in April was. He received the award in the amount of € 337,000, in addition to the prize money, which he is already in the two previous EPT events in this season had won. In February, he was at the EPT Scandinavian Open 27 Square ($ 16,610) and at the EPT Dublin last October, he was the 24.Platz ($ 14,714).
● Trond Erik Eidsvig – The Norwegian Trond Erik Eidsvig occupied at the EPT Season IV regularly top leaderboard positions. He has five times won prize money, and sat three times on the Final Table. Eidsvig's Run at the Final Table started in last September at the EPT Barcelona Open, where he 5 Place (250,800 $). A month later he sat at the EPT Dublin Final Table, where he was the 4th Place (127,630 $). His third final table he played in March at the EPT Polish Open in Warsaw, ultimately, he the 8.Platz ($ 86,448). Eidsvig also won prize money at the EPT Scandinavian Open (ranked 37, DKr 63,259 [$ 12,457]) and the season finale in Monte Carlo (Square 80, € 17,000).
● Johannes Strassmann-The German Johannes Strassmann won in EPT Season IV several prizes, he was a total of 3 times "ITM" and each time, sat on Final Table. Strassmann's sat in December for the first time at the EPT in Prague at the Final Table (9, $ 39,200) Seven weeks later, he sat again at the Final Table, this time at the EPT German Open (6, 152.000 €). The third Final Table at EPT Season IV, he played in the EPT in San Remo (9, 46,300 €).
● Jan Heitmann – Another German Poker Pro, Jan Heitmann, also won three prizes, with all profits until the last third of the EPT Season IV were. In January, he was at the EPT German Open in Dortmund 19 Place (prize € 17.400). In April, he was also very successful. He has won at the EPT San Remo is one of the first positions (17,600 €), then he traveled to Monte Carlo and showed where the big EPT finals in Monte Carlo an excellent 67th Square (21,000 €).
● Thierry van den Berg – The Dutch Poker Star Thierry van den Berg shone during the EPT Season IV with a consistently good performance and his nomination has thus earned. Van den Berg was sitting at the start of EPT Season IV twice at Final Table (rank 5 at the EPT Baden Classic in Austria [€ 132,900 in prize money] and No. 8 in the EPT Dublin [€ 47,650]). In EPT Season IV, it should be but two more times to win prize money, he took in January at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Square 28 (48000 $) and March 29 In the space EPT Polish Open ($ 12,350).
The EPT jury, which consists of four poker experts, will determine winners in this category. The four experts are: John Duthie, Victoria Cohen, Poker News People John Caldwell and Lee Jones. Poker News is the official media partner of the PokerStars.com EPT Awards.
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Rhine poker makes you a millionaire – you play live on TV around 1 million |

Qualify for this comfort-Multi-table tournament for the
Party Poker Poker Spring Festival in Vienna. This direct-qualifier tournament is held and Rhine poker will take place on 03.03.07 in Essen.
You can expect the following prices:
(sponsored by Party Poker, Fitzwilliam Card Club and Luckyriver.de)
1. Place:
A 7-day trip to Vienna from 11.03.07 until 18.03.07 including return flight and hotel accommodation. In addition, from Party Poker to their Spring Poker Festival Concord Card Casino invited. They play live poker against celebrities from around the world. First, take part in the free 11.03.07 at East vs. Western European Challenge with a prize pool of 100,000 euros. This is not enough: The next day, take part in the charge on all 5 days walking 3,150 – Euro Main Event of the Spring Festival Poker with a prize pool of approximately 1,000,000 Euros. Both events will be televised!
2. Place:
A four day trip to Dublin from 25.04.07 until 28.04.07 including return flight and hotel accommodation. Take part in the Tournament Scalp in Fitzwilliam Card Club, where a bounty for each player wins, you take off the table.
3. Place:
A free participation in a full-poker-Rhine Advance Seminarmit a poker pro with a value of 200, – Euro.
4. Place:
Books and / or poker accessories of your choice with a value of 150, – Euro.
5. Place:
Books and / or poker accessories of your choice with a value of 100, – Euro.
6. Place:
Books and / or poker accessories of your choice with a value of 75, – Euro.
7. Place:
A free participation in a Rhine Poker Basic Seminar in the value of 60, –
Euro
8. – 12 Place:
Rhine poker tournament tickets, each worth 45, – Euro.
In addition, the first three places with a cup honored.
The tournament takes place in three to four preliminary rounds (depending on demand) in
Multi-Table with Table Balance Mode instead. Each preliminary round will be up to 25 or 33 percent of the participants, depending on the number of preliminary rounds, downplayed. These players will qualify for the finals, which is on the same evening is played. The finale will also be in the multi-table mode out. The finalists will start in the finals with their generated from the preliminary chip stack. The finale begins with blinds of 50/100.
The preliminary rounds start with a starting stack of 1,200 chips. The blinds
rise only once every 16 minutes according to the following structure:
10/20
15/30
Race for chips
25/50
50/100
Race for chips
100/200
200/400
300/600
Race for chips
500/1000
1000/2000
further increases at the discretion of the Tournament Director.
CAUTION:
This tournament is exclusively customers of Party Poker reserved.
To keep your tournament registration is valid, you need a Party Poker
Username.
Please note that when registering one of the three indicated start times to choose. Registration deadline is Friday, 28.02.07. Each application will receive within 24 hours of confirmation, if your user name at party poker is. Otherwise, there is no confirmation.
Participation permitted only for persons under 18 Years of age. Rhine Poker reserves identity checks. In addition, reserves Rhine poker before the tournament at low interest to cancel. The participants in this tournament agree to that on this event and their participation in word and picture must be reported.
Participation fee: 30, – Euro
More information about this tournament, please visit the website of the organizer www.rhinepoker.de
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Everest Poker Soccer Challenge hosted at Borussia Dortmund |

Poker fever in Ruhrpott, or better said in the Signal Iduna Park Dortmund, was announced yesterday. The last station in the Everest Poker.net organized event, were a total of 71 players to the coveted four tickets for the big VIP Club Finals, the Leverkusen BayArena to win. Here are the four winners with two professional football for the title fight. According to the already completed VIP Club Championships at Karlsruher SC, Hertha BSC, Bayer Leverkusen, Hannover 96 and Hamburger SV, was now at Borussia Dortmund gepokert.
36 online qualifiers who are in twelve preliminary tournaments at the start EverestPoker.net card went professional footballers from BVB, press representatives and wild card player, should be hard to fight each chip.
Counter clock 19:15 it was finally over. Germany boss Olaf Schimpf welcomed everyone present and gave the tournament director Hansi Conrath scepter. After a short introduction, he awaited the words: "Dealers, shuffle up and deal."
A nice blind structure and the perfect Rhine poker dealer crew made sure that everything went smoothly and a good poker was played. Even outside of the tournament offered attendees the chance to air things out poker, in which one additional Sit'n Go tables offered. For the physical well-being was in the "Dannemann Lounge" by the organizer the best care.
As an additional incentive led to a praised the Bounty to the three football professionals. One jersey with autographs provided additional motivation for the entrenched BVB fans. Above all, Nelson Valdez showed that in addition to football, he also has some qualities poker talent and has had to resort to only 25 from the tournament goodbye. Solid Poker also showed Mats Hummels and Lars Ricken, while the latter two call directly to provide the attestation, as his entire stack with AK in the middle pushed. The two opponents showed AK and AQ, and a Q on the turn provided directly from the two players and T. bearded man was allowed to look on the Bounty. By Stefanie Bergen was a heavy pro-spot and took an active part in the Done On. A few weeks ago, she demonstrated her class when she an excellent 2nd place in the Party Poker Women's World Open II, occupied. (A short interview with Stefanie Bergen coming soon!)
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Nelson Valdez
23:20 clock opposite the Final Table was then complete and it should be something more than an hour before the four winners determined. R. Reilard, O. Daubenmerkl, Jeremiah S. and T. Bartmann, were allowed over the four coveted Final tickets for Leverkusen and are now looking with two Borussia professionals in the VIP Club Finals applies.
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Final Table
The Everest Poker Soccer Challenge shows once again that with innovation and courage of unusual ways to go, many people can reach and inspire. In this sense it is already on the grand finale in December look. Then the best of the best of their respective football clubs with their professional positions and for the title fight.
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The Trophy Race rolls on! |

The third race of the Trophy Race was in Brno, Czech Republic on the stage. "Puggy82" sovereign sat down by his teammates. When he was in a hand at the River Street had met, he was massive chip leader to his heads-up opponent MadEngine.
In the final hand went MadEngine with 2,900 from the small blind with 10-2 All-In and Puggy82 called with K-5. The Board was 4-4-4-5, and so the full House and the victory for Puggy82, at the finals in November in Vienna will be there.
During the tournament, the tournament director at Thomas Lamatsch care about the game had given the players a starting endowment of 5,000 Level duration was 20 minutes.
The semifinalists:
Marky_Crash
Puggy82
Llamahead
MadEngine
Sir Rugren
croywhale
starsplash83
Kmcdaddy
Interested?
So you too can qualify:
To 09 July 2008 may be interested in the Race Trophy Sit and Go's or freerolls at Poker Room participate. The next semifinal takes place on 26 July 2008 at Brands Hatch, England.
The finale, with a prize of $ 500,000, will take place on 29 November 2008 in Vienna.
How to Find the Race Trophy Sit & Gos:
Open your PokerRoom.com client.
1. Select at the top of the lobby "tournaments."
2. Click the "Sit & Go (Real)."
3. Select "Special Tournaments".
4. Search for "Race Trophy SNG" in the tournament list.
5. Click "Go to Tournament" and then click "Login" and wait for the start of the tournament.
How to Find the Race Trophy Freeroll:
Open your Poker Room. Com client.
1. Select at the top of the lobby "tournaments."
2. Click on "Planned".
3. Then click on "Regular".
4. Look for the "Race Trophy Freeroll" tournament in the list.
5. Click "Go to Tournament" and then click "Login" and wait for the start of the tournament.
Race Trophy for England Freerolls run daily on Pokerroom. The best 10 players of each race Trophy Freerolls to win a ticket to the Race Trophy Freeroll Final, on 11 July 2008 clock at 21:00 (CET) begins. The winner of the Race Trophy Freeroll Final goes to England.
The winner of the leaderboard will automatically receive a spot in the semifinals in England.
Seats 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. qualify for an exclusive tournament, whose winners a place in England in the semifinal win.
Seats 11 to 60 qualify for an exclusive tournament, whose winners a place in England in the semifinal win.
For the 60 best of the leaderboard, winking in the Race Trophy leaderboard finals three places for Brands Hatch, England.
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PokerStars.net EPT Warsaw, Day 1a: Robert Flink assumes leadership |

The PokerStars.net European Poker Tour 2008 Poland Open Event day 1a started with 190 players, the venue was the Hyatt Regency Casino in Warsaw, Poland. Among other things, took the title Defender Peter Jepsen, EPT Baden-Baden winner Julian Thew, Gino Alacqua and Team PokerStars member Katja Thater and Dario Minieri at the tournament.
Thew had a bad start and had soon after starting the tournament only 700 chips in front of him, but he made it back to the front to fight and ended the day with a ranking among the Top Ten. His comeback began with that he floppte Top Pair. He had on hand and the flop was. Thew checked Preflop of the big blind called, and later the Small Blind Bet on the flop. Before the turn came, Thew went "blind" all-in, the turn brought one of the small blind and was called the All-In. The River brought a, Thew had won the hand and thus his chip stack doubled. Shortly thereafter came Thew with QQ against AK Patric Martensson's All-In set to be met, while only a couple Martenssen held. Martenssen Thew was eliminated and had done it in the rankings a few spots to the front to back.
Gino Alacqua presented with a very good performance, and tried his game after his 2nd place in the EPT Prague yet to be optimized. Trond Erik Eidsvig had a bad start and was only very slowly to his game, he finally succeeded, however, to one of the first positions to position and certainly has a real chance at winning the title. Joe Serock belonged almost throughout the entire tournament on the big stacks and distinguished himself through his extremely aggressive game. Sometime in the late evening Daniel Hofmeister had decided that he now had enough of Serock and stood in confrontation with the big stack. Serock Raiste Preflop and Hofmeister called, the flop came with. Hofmeister and continued Serock called. The Turn brought a, Hofmeister began again a larger bet, Serock called again. The River brought a, Serock checked again Hofmeister, this requires two stacks, each with 5,000 chips and pushed them into the center of the table, but made two separate hand movements around the stack in the center of the table to push a so-called "string bet", which after the tournament rules is not allowed. It was only the first chip stack of 5,000 chips rated. Serock pondered a long time and finally adjusted. Hofmeister showed a "Stone Cold Bluff." One could formally see how much Serock annoyed about this hand, it would not much missing, and it would steam clouds come from the ears.
1a proceeded days for Team PokerStars is not particularly good, as both team members (Katja Thater and Dario Minieri) were eliminated, the Polish pop star Michael Wisniewski had also been eliminated on Day 1a. At the end of the day were 79 players left. Robert Fink made it to the end of the day 1a at position 1 the ranking and thus took over the position of the chip leader. The remaining players will meet again on Thursday to continue on Day 2 to play.
The top 10 chip ranking leader, saw the end of the day 1a as follows:
Robert Flink – 113.300
Anio Alcaraz – 78.000
Alp Okumus – 62.100
Joseph Serock – 55,000
Andreas Torbergsen – 53.000
Daniel Hofmeister – 51.900
Jean Claude Perrot – 50.100
Tyler Netter – 42.600
David Burn – 41.700
Kenneth Hicks Jr. – 41.200
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Excitement to Mike Tyson at the "Aussie Millions" 2009 |

The ex-heavyweight world champion and long-term criminals Mike Tyson should be at the "Aussie Millions" in 2009 to participate. The first protests are already loud.
This message went like wildfire through the Australian press: "Mike Tyson attends the next Aussie Millions participate." Allegedly, he has already signed a deal, allowing him to participate.
For some time Tyson is dedicated to the poker game, only in April, the multi-millionaire Dominic MARROCCO a reality show with ex-Boxweltmeister announced. It should Tysons House to be played. Because the focus is before the bankruptcy, a poker tournament to save his beloved home, Mercedes and Stevie Wonder Piano included.
Tyson is currently in Las Vegas enterprising and has been at the WSOP Event # 38 mitgespielt. In the bubble he could not play, however.
The 42-year-old Mike Tyson is much "legendary" has become. Firstly, he was considered one of the greatest boxing talent since Muhammad Ali traded, but could never achieve his successes. Tyson has always been like a wild animal in the ring. 1990 he lost the world title against Buster Douglas, 1997, he tried against Evander Holyfield's comeback and bite him during the fight from the ear. 1991 because of rape before the court – a 18-year-old beauty queen was his victim. 1998 a further conviction for assault – he had a motorcyclist beaten. Then, additional penalties and prison stays for cocaine possession. The list of crimes of Mike Tyson is long, very long. Again and again, he spent several years in prison, then released on probation and in jail again. Yet Tyson is a living legend … why so nobody really knows exactly why … maybe because he is as he is?
Currently, he announced his participation in the Aussie Millions in the talk, because the Australian government shows little enthusiasm for the visit of the male ex-boxers. Even if it is a known personality, does not mean that we in Australia can enter. Snoop Doggy Dog was not granted entry because he surrender his drug test was denied by the Foreign Ministry from him, for the issuance of visas, had requested.
The spokesman for the Immigration Authority, Chris Evans, says to the Daily Telegraph: "It would be premature on the visa application by Mr. Tyson to judge." The fact is, however, that Tyson a psychological test before his visa will be judged. Should his application be rejected, he may direct the Minister to raise.
The media in Australia are outraged about the "Aussie Millions" Deal of Tyson, he would cause harm to reputation of poker. Now, after finally poker from the "back room image" would have been solved, it would be counter-productive, an ex-Knacki as "celebrity guest 'to let fly.
Despite the excitement – fix is still nothing and now is visiting Tyson still in his homeland, the USA, specifically in Las Vegas and tummelt with celebrities such as Toby Maguire and Ben Affleck on the red carpet of the Lamborghini show.
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Poker Royale Masters in full swing |

The Poker Royale Masters – in the Lower Austria Wiener Neustadt from 16 to 25 November on the stage – is the last Friday successfully launched.
At the opening tournament, a tournament jackpot of € 50, – buy-in and a prize of € 42,228, -, won the Lower Austrian Andreas KORG. Korgen and his colleagues last – Russian Nikolay Karman and his fellow countryman Stocki – agreed at 5.00 clock early on a division.
1. Andreas Korgen, (A), € 9566, –
2. Stocky, (A), € 7412, –
3. Nikolay Karman, (RUS), € 7031, –
4.Thomas Dolezal, (A), € 3062, –
5 Jan Cech (Czech Republic), € 2.580, –
6. Thomas Thalhammer, (A), € 2111, –
7. Deniz Selyarin, (RUS), € 1689, –
8. Helmut Berger joke, (D), € 1.280, –
9. Zoltan Szerenyi, (H), € 980, –
10. Miran Imanovic, (A), € 777, –
263 players started in the opening tournament of the Poker Royale Masters. Among them many well-known players, such as Wolfgang Simperl, Antonio Turrisi, Carlo Schindlauer, Stefan Milanovich, Klee, Niki, Niki Kovacs, Alex Leviev and his wife Elisabeth, CCC tournament director Uschi Martinek, Wolfgang Konrad, Ercin Corc, Leo Spielmann, Deniz Yavuz, Sigi Rath, Georg Bauer, Cem Tasalan, Tommy Lindfors, Rolf Slotboom, Olaf Sperlich, Kaspers Renga, Gerhard Kadlec, Michael Maier and Wolfgang Faltus.
On the second day of the Poker Royale Masters were 118 players at the start of the € 100 No Limit Hold'em tournament with unlimited rebuys and one addon. 177 rebuys and 78 add-ons provided for a total prize money of € 35,435, -.
Rolf Slotboom at the first day of international tournament week in Wiener Neustadt, despite many rebuys ausschied soon, on the second day had more luck and managed it as a chip leader at the Final Table until the Heads-up. They changed abruptly for him the situation. In heads-up lost "Ace" almost his whole stack on a call with pocket K5 against 66 by Dominik Auer Masch. The Board took 3 AJ 2 5 and Rolf were only 15,400 in chips with blinds of 8.000/16.000. Although he has this stack short time later doubled, came shortly thereafter for him From: Rolf Slotboom runs with KQ against Q2 of Masch Auer. The board shows 5 4J 3 K and the winner of the second event of the Poker Royale Masters is the German Dominik Auer Masch – he won a prize of € 10,985, –
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Each tournament winner may be placed in the tournament week, not only about his prize money but has a limited clock Golden Poker Royale look.
At yesterday's € 200 No Limit Hold'em tournament with unlimited rebuys and one addon were 66 players for the third tournament of the Poker Royale Masters at. 77 rebuys and 50 add rebuys stood a prize of € 35,720, – available, covering the first six places distributed.
Winner of the tournament was named after a fierce four-hour battle at the final table of Scheili Richard Ungar, who with his colleagues last three players to a division after jetons agreed.
On # 6 was Hausherr CEO Kurt Haindl. The Swiss Tasalan Cem was ninth and was unfortunately not in the money rankings. Similarly, it was living in Germany, Italian professional players Antonio Turrisi was the 12ter. In addition to the poker game Turrisi operates in the vicinity of Munich, an Italian restaurant.
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On 24 November 2007 starts the main event with a buy-in of € 2000, which many national and international poker stars will applies.
Tournament director Thomas Kremser, Michael Keiner, Andreas Krause, Bonnie Damiano, Sigi Stockinger, Erich Kollmann, Bruno Stefanelli, Markus Golser, Luca Pagano, Sven Stiel, Harry Casagrande, Rino Mathis, Richard Toth, Roy "The Boy" Brindley, Horst Koch, Cem Tasalan, Vlado Sevo, European Champion 2006 in Seven Card Stud, and Niki Jedlicka have already confirmed their coming.
On the same day will also be a seminar with the poker, Marcel Luske gentleman instead. 20 participants will be selected and have the honor to Tips from the Dutch poker players to get.
Thereafter, each tournament participant, while the Main Event To win a pot against Marcel Luske wins, the possibility for a Poker Royale clock made of steel to win. The player, who Luske raised from the tournament, will receive a limited edition golden Poker Royale clock.
Besides the main event with a buy-in of € 2,000 + 150 is the mega-Step Sit and Go Challenge with a buy-in of € 10,000 + 100 splash for sure. At least one full table is guaranteed.
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Poker Nations Cup 2008 |

The poker community is looking forward to a top TV event: The Poker Nations Cup, held from 6 to 10 April on the third time in Cardiff and out is recorded.
Michael Keiner, PokerPro, and now also the author of several poker books will return to the German team captain as a lead. This position, he now also for the third time. This will save him but unfortunately not as some discussion. Because when he was nominated for the German team announced because some players were not there, but quite different in the sense break. As a prominent example is Katja Thater, which are among the best Pokerpros in Germany, but not in the team is represented!
Michael No one: "I had Katja immediately after my nomination to the team invited. She was also huge on the happy event, since the first Poker Nations Cup 2006 a milestone in their successful careers. But PokerStars forbade her to participate because the event sponsored by Party Poker, and no player with a promotional logo on the TV table must! This rule applies equally to all players, irrespective of their affiliation or nationality. The ban seems to me, to say something unintelligible, and probably are not only Katja and I, but also a lot of poker fans in Germany sad about this decision. "
Thus, there is the following statement:
Thomas Bihl
The WSOP bracelet winner 2007 would probably even most specialists as Sit'n Go designate. In addition to the 40,000 to 50,000 single tables, which he has played online, he has been a regular frequenter of the most diverse high-profile international tournaments and live shows constant successes.
Benjamin Kang
The "boss" of Hochgepokert.tv and Poker Today is probably the ideal link between a more conservative strategy of the game dominated old guard in live tournament veterans and the so-called "young savages". Ben can quickly between the two worlds wander back and forth. His impressive performance both during the "German Open" as well as the "German Stars of Poker" in November 2007 to prove his qualifications.
Andreas Krause
As the winner of last year's European rankings, he has a long experience live, and sat back in 2000 at a final table at the WSOP, as in Germany, most people thought that Texas Hold'em is a real estate company in America. Admired his merciless fighting spirit and desire victory.
Sebastian Ruthenberg
The third EPT Dortmund WSOP 2007 and Runner Up in its competence is also undisputed. A structurally very similar format, the "German Open 2006", he could already win. Sebastian analyze game situations in a phenomenal pace and has a pronounced "killer instinct".
This year, Holland, Britain, Ireland, USA, Sweden and Germany of course, applies. We look forward to an exciting Cup and of course, you report it.
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Members Frank and Paul make law to prohibit the UIGEA implementation |

On April 10, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, the deputy Barney Frank and the senior member of the Finance Committee, Mr Ron Paul, a new law introduced, which is the implementation of the UIGEA prevent. The Act, H.R. 5756, to prevent the Ministry of Finance and the Board of Directors of the central banking system is trying to make rules, or regulation under Subchapter IV of Chapter 53 of Title 31 applies ".
 
"The new regulations in the context of the implementation of the UIGEA are unworkable without the financial institutions and providers of payment undue burden, and although I do not conform with the objectives of this Act I, I believe, however, that those who disagree with the regulations, are Thoughts on the impact it should, "said Barney Frank.
Ron Paul said: "The prohibition of Internet gambling runs against two liberal rights, which for many Americans are very important: the right with their money to do whatever they want to do and Tatasche that the government can not control the Internet, should be. The regulation and the underlying legislation forcing financial institutions to as a substitute body for the government to act. This is another unpleasant trend, which is as after-effect of the Patriot Acts manifests, private companies are used to implement state laws and oversight functions to take on which the government does not wish to take over. "
The idea of the new bill is only 8 days after a subcommittee of the Finance Committee held a hearing regarding the UIGEA had to regulations and the impact of the UIGEA be investigated. During the hearing, which the title: "Proposed UIGEA Regulations: Burden without Benefit?" was expressed both the regulators, as well as financial institutions, concerns about the effectiveness of the framework of the proposed UIGEA regulations.
 
Louise Roseman, director of the Department of Operations & Payment Systems in the country's central bank, confirmed the comments in relation to the proposed regulatory action, in which it is received, that the use of payment systems should be restricted to not allow Internet gambling activities to combat. She said also that all modifications to the law is thinking, but it would be doubtful whether such changes ultimately would ensure that complete certainty in relation to the underlying statutes exists ".
The bill was sent to the Senate Committee of the Finance Committee referred.
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Poker Network Player Wins T6 € 250.000, – Poker tournament |

As on Monday, March 24 morning at 6:55 the alarm rang, and Jarrad Dale from his peaceful sleep awoke, he was not suspected that the new day his life will change completely.
Jarrad is in Canberra born and bred, and worked five years in the real estate industry before he went to Sydney. There he learned the fascinating world of poker knowledge, and remained there.
After a spinal surgery decided Jarrad poker professional to play and since the year 2007 successful poker, online and in local tournaments. "Thamask", a master player of the Poker Network Forum participated in a Poker Network sponsored tournament and won the part in the T6 Poker € 250,000 tournament.
Although he struggled with his fatigue, made it "thaboss", much to the delight of his fans Poker Network, awake, and to remain vigilant and a historic victory against 1400 players to win.
As the first Poker Network player to participate in the T6 Poker € 250,000 to win the tournament has its advantages, such as Jarrad quickly rausfand. In addition to the profit of € 47,000 for himself and his sponsors was Jarrad a contract as a professional for all worldwide T6 poker tournaments offered in 2008. Jarrad's first appearance as a T6 poker player contract takes place at the Melbourne Crown Casino in the Championship in May. Then he breaks to Las Vegas in order for the World Series of Poker Main Event in the play. A T6 Poker to be professional and at the WSOP has always been a dream of Jarrad, since he tried his success at online poker even in big live tournaments to repeat.
Jarrad has a fantastic months behind him, finally, he was even from Poker Network in March as a "Young Gun of the Month" award.
Inspired by his success Jarrad this leads to his early love for the poker game, combined with his skills at the table back.
His unwavering enthusiasm for his chosen profession, his success in the coming years. Keep Jarrad contract as T6 Poker poker player in the international future in the eye.
If they do, however, decide on the fantastic T6 Poker € 250,000 tournament, make sure whether you beside "thaboss" sit, because if Jarrad vigilant, it is certainly not easy to grab some chips.
 
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PokerStars.net APPT Manila, Day 2b: Natasha Ellis leads |

On the day 1b were 136 players at the start of the PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour Main Event at the Hyatt Hotel and Casino in Manila. Below 2007 Manila champion Brett Parise, the APPT Champions Yoshihiro Tasaka and Eddy Sabat, Poker News Cup Champion and Nali Kaselias WSOP Champ John "The Razor" Phan.
Carter Gill, J.J. Liu, and David Steicke mustsen all on day 2 of defeat.
John Phan, who has already some WPT cash, multiple WSOP Cashen, two WSOP bracelet and a WPT title to their credit was created there was not a title to add APPT. He lost when he was with at a Board of Hvidberg against Henrik's played.
Ellis sent shortly before the dinner break the same three opponents in one hand after ause. Ellis called three all-ins with. Their opponents showed a pair of tens and a pair of nines. The Board gave and Ellis simultaneously recorded three victims, including APPT Seoul champion Yoshihiro Tasaka.
When the day was coming to an end were Elis and Marcus with their chip counts at the top. Even Brett Parise, James Fruit, Celina Lin, Priscilla Meirelles and Lee "Final Table" Nelson will be in the Day 2 start.
The top ten chip counts after day 1b:
Natasha Ellis – 112.100
Van Marcus – 69.700
Jeppe Drivsholm – 65.400
Dimitrios Pappis – 63.300
Chris Sang Beom Roh – 57.500
Melvin Alvarez Matibag – 56.200
Noh Tae Jun – 53.300
Chi Kan Tang – 44.000
June Canlas Caberoy – 41.300
Toshiki Goto – 38.900
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