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What to See This Summer at the WSOP

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Going to Las Vegas this summer for the WSOP, you’ll have lots of tings to see and lots of events to attend.

E.g. World Championship H.O.R.S.E. (Event 45) started three years ago having become premiere event at the WSOP with the buy-in equal to $50,000. Lots of top pros take part in it, that’s why it’s been called an “all-star event”. The winner of the event can claim to be the best poker player in the world.

World Championship No-Limit Texas Hold’em (Event 54) is another event on the list. Thousands of players participate in it. This is the place to enjoy drama. But this year the event has become less attractive for tourists due to the fact that the final table action won’t begin until November.

The new event to take into consideration is World Championship Mixed Event (Event 8, June 4-6). The tournament consists of Triple Draw 2-7, Limit Hold’em, Omaha 8, Razz, Stud, Stud 8, No-Limit Hold’em and Pot-Limit Omaha. The game will change every eight hands changing fortunes.

World Championship Pot Limit Omaha (Event 50, June 29-July 1) will showcase the best Omaha players the game has to offer. Omaha, to be noticed, is getting more and more popular all over the world.

Seven Card Razz (Event 26, June 13-15) is a very simple and very entertaining game. Reading the board, you can easily tell who has the worst hand and who has the best hand. And this makes the game the best to watch as a spectator.

2-7 Triple Draw Lowball (Limit) (Event 40, June 22-24) is a unique game thanks to its triple draw lowball. Isn’t it fun to watch pros draw three times to try and get the worst hand possible?

World Championship Heads Up No-Limit Hold’em (Event 25, June 13-15) believed to be easy to follow and completely unpredictable.

Ladies No-Limit Hold’em World Championship (Event 15, June 8-10) is the event that is likely to bring the most fun. The top women and celebrities including Teri Hatcher, Joely Fisher, Mindy McCready and Mimi Rogers are going to take part in it. Moreover, some of the players are part of the Queen of Hearts team who intend to make a charitable contribution to the Nevada Cancer Institute.

World Championship Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better (Event 37, June 19-21) is a popular home game to be played by professionals.

Limit Hold’em Shootout (Event 53, July 1-2) is an event with much play to watch and strategy to talk about. There are three rounds in the tournament. At the beginning of every round, every player starts with the exact same number of chips. Having survived two rounds, you proceed to the third one which is the final table. After that you get to start all over again with a fresh stack.

PokerRoom.com is Launching an Anniversary Game

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This month, PokerRoom.com is launching the 25th edition of the Grand Tournament. Besides that, players will soon be able to enjoy 23 new games including Black Jack Pro, Viking’s Treasure, Bonus Keno, Oasis Poker Pro, Triple Wins, Let it Ride Pro and Caribbean Stud.

PokerRoom.com is increasing the guarantee for the Grand Tournament to 1 million dollars. As for the buy-in, it is said to be $1,040. The players will be able to qualify for as little as $1.40 through daily qualifiers.  No extra buy-in will be necessary for the Grand Tournament.

Online Poker Championship from Bet365

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Bet365’s European Championship of Online Poker launched this week guarantees $3.5 million. Dozens of players that qualified via freerolls are taking part in it. The championship consists of ten events:

Type of event Buy-in Prize pool
1.No Limit Hold‘em                             $215        $250k
2.Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo                     $109        $100k
3.No Limit Hold ‘em                            $320        $500k
4.Pot Limit Omaha Rebuy/Add-on      $109        $150k
5.No Limit Hold ‘em                            $800        $300k
6.No Limit Hold ‘em 6-max                $215        $200k
7.Limit Hold ‘em                                 $215        $100k
8.No Limit Hold ‘em Rebuy/Add-on   $109        $300k
9.Pot Limit Omaha                              $268        $150k
10.No Limit Hold ‘em Main Event       $1,060      $1.5m

The variety of events is supposed to suit anyone’s taste.

The winners of each of them are supposed to win ECOOP bracelets. 100 top finishers will earn player points and get their cash prizes. More over, they’ll be automatically entered into a $50k freeroll after the championship.

Titan Poker Rewards Players with Different Preferences

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On the 21st of May Titan Poker concluded ten days of its $30,000 May Challenge. The event started on the 11th of May, and during that period of time Titan Poker alternated between a $3,000 prize pool for cash game players and a $3,000 prize pool for tournament enthusiasts.

To rank the players based on their game preferences in accordance with the day’s results, Titan Poker used automatic leader boards. At the end of the promotion cash prizes were distributed to top players in each race. It must be noticed that the $30,000 May Challenge rewarded players beyond their normal winnings from play at the cash table and tournaments.

At the end of the month Titan Poker is holding another promotion – Billionth Hand. It’s the promotion in which prizes will be rewarded on a daily basis.

No doubt that promotions like these ones help to contribute to the great success and constant development of Titan Poker.

What Generation Y Expects from Land Poker Machines

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The style of games in the internet gambling industry cannot but influence the way the land games are presented. Though, in many cases the graphics quality of some land poker machines leaves much to be desired, new enhanced graphics can already be found at video poker machines and other land gambling games.

Nowadays the land and internet gambling industries have to upgrade and offer the best possible technologies. The fast development of technologies is not the only reason for that. New generation of gamblers raised on video gaming graphics and interactive gaming technologies has higher expectation of the minimum elements acceptable in a land poker machine game.

This topic was discussed at the Future Trends in Gaming Conference that took place last month in Queensland, Australia.

May Issue of Bluff Europe

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The May issue of Bluff Europe features Neil Channing, one of the UK’s most modest professional poker players; an interview with Chris ‘Jesus’ Ferguson following his recent triumph at the NBC National Head-Up Poker Championships; a special six-page Beer and Roving in Las Vegas report for those planning to visit the tournament; a full report on the European Poker Tour Warsaw where Michael Schulz of Germany won £489,674; a Shelley Rubinstein’s report on the PartyPoker European Challenge II in Vienna and an examination of what happens when professional poker players take bad starting hands and play them like they’re aces.

Being unfamiliar to lots of poker players, Neil Channing has been on the top of the UK poker scene for the last decade thanks to his ability to win some of the biggest cash games in Europe.

As for Ferguson, he, being the best heads-up tournament player in the world, can not but wake up reader’s interest.

The Beer and Roving in Las Vegas report provides readers with information regarding the best places to eat, drink and gamble.

To find out more, read the May issue of Bluff Europe.

The World Series of Golf and Full Tilt Poker are New Partners

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Full Tilt Poker has been reported to become the title sponsor of the Las Vegas-based sports and entertainment event – the World Series of Golf.

The multi-platform branding opportunities that span broadcast television are just a small portion of opportunities the sponsorship partnership brings.

Members of “Team Full Tilt” will be well represented in this year’s tournament field with avid golfers and world-class poker players such as Phil Ivey, David Benyamine, Brandon Adams, David Grey, Allen Cunningham, David Oppenheim, Andy Bloch, Chris “Jesus” Ferguson, and Erick Lindgren scheduled to participate in the World Series of Golf live event that will be played May 12 – 15 at Paiute Golf Resort in Las Vegas, NV.

The World Series of Golf allows for high stakes to ride on each and every shot of the tournament. Players must ante up before teeing off at each hole. Depending on the outcome of the tee shots, the player can then raise, call, check or fold on subsequent shots, with the winner of the hole collecting the pot. So, it is clear that every shot counts. The players have nothing to do there without wagering strategy.

With no more chips to ante up, that player is eliminated. The winner of each group moves onto the next round until the final group yields the golfer who is crowned the champion of the World Series of Golf.

The broadcast of the program has been scheduled for June 28 and 29 on CBP.

For more information, visit the site of Full Tilt Poker.

Will the Attempt to Overturn the 2006 UIGEA be a Success?

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The Poker Players’ Alliance (PPA) is looking forward towards the 2006 UIGEA to be overturned. 20,000 letters have been sent to Congress offices since the middle of May. Moreover, they have attended Washington town hall meetings.

Rep. Barney Frank and Rep. Ron Paul represent interests of the Alliance. Rep. Frank’s Bill is supposed to negate the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006.

In case of the UIGEA two freedoms are infringed: the ability to do with the money as people see fit and the freedom from government interference with the Internet.

Nguyen Missed Out on the Final Table

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Allen Cunningham, the five-time WSOP bracelet winner, will take part in the final table of the WSOPC main event.

Internet professional Ben Fineman, Blair Hinkle and Justino Bonomo, WSOP and World Poker Tour titlist Ralph Perry, Motoyuki Mabuchi, Thomas Hover, Kelly Samson and the 2005 victor Doug Lee are the other players who will compete for $499,069 (the first prize).

Who’ll Win $1million at the World Poker Crown?

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2,214 players have been competing for the largest prize pool of $3,000,000 with 1,000,000 for the fist place. The massive sum is offered at the 888.com World Poker Crown launched yesterday.

The field has already reduced to ten players. Having made the pause, 888.com is sending these ten players to the World Poker Crown off-line final table in Barcelona. The tournament will take place from May 6 to May 10.

The players who will take part in the final table represent such countries as Canada, Holland, Italy, Germany and Poland. They are supposed to get all flights and transfers Spain, helicopter transfer to the Peralada Castle Resort, 3 nights’ accommodation in the 5-star Peralada Hotel, full luxury hospitality at the organized events.