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Sit-and-Gos Made Easy By Team Full Tilt | Pro Tips Sunday, Sep. 7, 2008 User rating: (0 votes)

Howard Lederer playing in Day 2 of the 2008 WSOP Event 45, World Championship H.O.R.S.E.

By Howard Lederer --The sit-and-go (SNG) is online poker's great gift to the aspiring tournament player. Prior to the SNG, final table experience was hard to come by.

You could enter a dozen multi-table tournaments and never find yourself at a final table. Or you could make one or two, only to get knocked out in eighth or ninth place.

Adapting to... Read More

Let's Roll: APPT Macau High Roller Day 1 By Martin Derbyshire | Live Tournaments Sunday, Sep. 7, 2008 User rating: (1 Vote)

Liz Lieu playing in the APPT Macau Season 2 High Roller Event - Day 1

A relatively small group of Poker's big time ballers rolled into the Grand Waldo Hotel & Casino in Macau today for the PokerStars APPT Season 2 Macau High Roller Event's first day.

With just 61 of them dropping down the $150,000 HKD buy-in, they failed to collect enough cash to cover the $10 million HKD prize pool guarantee, but with more... Read More

APPT Macau: Sabat Wins! By Martin Derbyshire | Live Tournaments Saturday, Sep. 6, 2008 User rating: (0 votes)

Edward Sabat wins the PokerStars APPT Season 2 Macau Main Event

The PokerStars APPT Season 2 Macau Main Event wrapped up today with an epic 12-hour final table that finally saw a champion crowned around 2 a.m. Chinese time.

And to no one's surprise, considering the sheer number of online qualifiers who made the trip to China, the title and $450,000+ first place prize now belongs to a young man who qualified... Read More

PokerListings Run-Good Challenge Begins! By Matthew Showell Saturday, Sep. 6, 2008 User rating: (5 votes)

Money. Always a crowd-pleaser.

Poker bloggers are reclusive by nature, lured from their remote locations only by the lights of Las Vegas and, once in a while, the offer of free money. PokerListings.com has acted with the latter in mind as we present to you The PokerListings Run-Good Challenge!

Just like the Kumite, or that Bruce Lee movie where the world's best are invited to... Read More

Strategy Snapshot: Macho Man Savaged By Daniel Skolovy | Strategy Snapshots Friday, Sep. 5, 2008 User rating: (3 votes)

Mystery high-stakes fish "elmariachimacho" makes an ill-advised turn bet in this edition of the snapshot and gets savaged by trex313 for a $235k pot.

(Hand history and stats from MarketPulse Biggest Pots section.)

Game: $500/$1,000 No-Limit Hold'em, RailHeaven table, Full Tilt Poker

Players:

Seat 1: Phil... Read More

Speed Racer: APPT Macau Day 3 By Martin Derbyshire | Live Tournaments Friday, Sep. 5, 2008 User rating: (3 votes)

Quinn Do playing in Day 3 of the PokerStars APPT Season 2 Macau Main Event

Day 3 of the PokerStars APPT Season 2 Macau Main Event ran faster than the thoroughbreds on the track at the Taipa Jockey Club up the street from the Grand Waldo.

In just five and a half hours at the casino-hotel, the field was trimmed from the 39 who started to the final table of nine set for tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. Macanese time.

While half the... Read More

Rich Korbin: Modern-Day Poker Pioneer By Nolan Dalla | Poker Industry Thursday, Sep. 4, 2008 User rating: (5 votes)

Rich Korbin at the PCA

Of all the people I've met in poker, perhaps no one has achieved more success yet received less recognition than my good friend, Rich Korbin.

High-stakes cash-game player, former head of marketing for the world's largest and most successful poker company, director of the Latin American Poker Tour, and former WSOP gold bracelet winner - these are... Read More

Backkkk in Business By Sorel Mizzi | Poker Lifestyle Thursday, Sep. 4, 2008 User rating: (1 Vote)

Sorel Mizzi

Back on the circuit!

After a long (2 month) break from intense poker following the WSOP, I am finally ready to start traveling the circuit again and playing in enough tournaments in enough different countries to keep me living out of hotels until at least February.

Until further notice, this is what my tournament schedule is looking like right... Read More

The Macanese Massacre: APPT Macau Day 2 By Martin Derbyshire | Live Tournaments Thursday, Sep. 4, 2008 User rating: (5 votes)

John Juanda playing in Day2 of the PokerStars APPT Season 2 Macau Main Event

It was truly a Macanese massacre in China on Day 2 of the PokerStars APPT Season 2 Macau Main Event.

Play began just after 1:30 p.m. with 208 hopefuls all looking for a piece of the $1.6 million USD prize pool, but by the time they had played a full seven levels, there were just 39 remaining.

Much of the carnage took place in the first half of the... Read More

Sleepless in Macau By Liz Lieu | Poker Lifestyle Wednesday, Sep. 3, 2008 User rating: (13 votes)

Liz Lieu playing in Day 1a of the PokerStars APPT Macau Season 2 Main Event

I have a riddle for you. What do you get when you mix no cards, no cash games and a bad Internet connection in Macau?

One very unhappy camper!

I made back-to-back final tables at the APPT last year, and I had high hopes coming into the Macau tournaments this... Read More

Automated Tables: Huge Upside for Players By Steve Wong | Poker Lifestyle Wednesday, Sep. 3, 2008 User rating: (6 votes)

Steve Wong playing in Day 2B of the 2008 WSOP Main Event

Hey to all. Fully automated poker tables are a new trend I'd like to talk about. A company called PokerTek constructs the tables, which I mentioned in one of my previous blogs.

I once played them in Macau. Now PokerTek applied for a license in Nevada and were granted permission... Read More

Asian Poker Booms: APPT Macau Day 1c By Martin Derbyshire | Live Tournaments Wednesday, Sep. 3, 2008 User rating: (3 votes)

Isabelle Mercier playing in Day 1c of the PokerStars APPT Season 2 Macau Main Event

The third and final Day 1 of the PokerStars APPT Season 2 Macau Main Event came and went today, laying to rest any remaining questions about the growth of the game in this part of the world.

By the time registration ended and play was under way, 229 players had taken to the felt, bringing the grand total of entrants in the APPT Macau Main Event... Read More

Strategy Snapshot: Benyamine Torches Ashman By Daniel Skolovy | Strategy Snapshots Tuesday, Sep. 2, 2008 User rating: (5 votes)

David Benyamine, Caesars Palace Las Vegas - Day 1

David Benyamine crushed theASHMAN103 in a Hold'em session this weekend thanks in large part, as we'll see in this edition of the snapshot, to a monster hand at an opportune time.

Players: theASHMAN103 vs. David Benyamine

Game: $200/$400 No-Limit Hold'em, Heads-Up, Full Tilt Poker

Stack Sizes:

... Read More

Top 5 Toughest Physical Tells to Hide By Ronnie Schwartz | PokerListed Tuesday, Sep. 2, 2008 User rating: (3 votes)

Jason Mercier playing in Day 1a of the EPT Season 4 Grand Final

In live poker, you'll encounter situations that necessitate remaining motionless with a stone-cold poker face. Seems simple. But the truth: it's way easier said than done.

Beginner poker players may assume this only occurs when someone is attempting a country-western style bluff for all of the opponent's chips.

While this is partially true, an... Read More

Macanese Style: APPT Macau Day 1b By Martin Derbyshire | Live Tournaments Tuesday, Sep. 2, 2008 User rating: (3 votes)

Bertrand Grospellier playing in Day 1b of the PokerStars APPT Season 2 Macau Main Event

Day 1b of the PokerStars APPT Season 2 Macau Main Event looked a lot like Day 1a from the get-go.

But despite the same traditional Chinese dragon dance kicking things off on the same tournament floor in the exact same Grand Waldo Hotel & Casino here in the mecca of Asian gaming, things were definitely different today.

For starters, play... Read More