Archives for: March 2006

Hellmuth Replacing Gordon on Celebrity Poker


30th March 2006
One Phil is replacing another Phil on the Celebrity Poker Showdown. Phil Hellmuth will join current cohost comedian Dave Foley at the desk next to the “loser’s lounge” on the popular Bravo TV show. Phil Gordon recently decided to leave the show after ap… more »

Gus Hansen , Poker Player


29th March 2006
Gus Hansen has won WPT Championship Titles four times. Originally from Copenhagen, Denmark, Gus Hansen was a player of sorts long before his career in poker started. In his teens Gus was a fairly active sports better and a youth tennis champion. Later… more »
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WPT Biggest Prize Yet !!!


21st March 2006
On the 18th - 24th of April at the Bellagio in Las Vagas the WPT World Championship has reveled they are close to a prize pool of $12-15 million which would give a winner around $3.5 million. It costs $25,500 to buy in to the Championship and you could… more »

Mike Schneider wins $1 million on the Million V boat.


20th March 2006
Mike Schneider Mike Schneider has won $1 million on the Party Pokers Million V. Mike Schneider was up against Kenna James who went all in and Mike Schneider called. Kenna James had J6 and Mike Schneider had Q10, a Q came on the flop and nothing for eith… more »

Mike Schneider previous winnings.


20th March 2006
Mike Schneider Mike Schneider's previous winnings. 11-Mar-06 $ 10,000 Limit Hold'em PartyPoker.com Million V, Cruise 1st $ 1,000,000 13-Jan-06 $ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em 2006 Gold Strike World Poker Open, Tunica 50th $ 1,822 31-Jul-03… more »

Fulltilt offers an extra $10 million prize money.


17th March 2006
Last year, the winner of the World Series of Poker Main Event took home $7.5 million. Not bad, until you consider that this year's first-place prize is projected to be about $10 million. Regardless of the amount, if you get to the WSOP through Full Tilt… more »

Gary Dolenga profile


16th March 2006
Gary Dolenga Gary Dolenga has won apporox $ 91,818 in prize money so far.. 02-Mar-06 $ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em WSOP Circuit - Harrah's Rincon, San Diego 1st $ 48,975 24-Jun-05 $ 2,500 No Limit Hold'em 36th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2005… more »

Gary Dolenga wins No limit Holdem in San Diego.


16th March 2006
Congratulations to Gary Dolenga of La Quinta for a first-place showing in last week's WSOP Circuit Event at San Diego's Rincon Casino. The WSOP holds multi-tournament circuit events all around the country, leading up to the World Series of Poker in Las V… more »
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EPT 2006 Final Table


12th March 2006
1. Jeff Williams (US) EUR 900,000 It is over! Heads up, they both had a big hand, AT for Jeff and A8 for Arshad. As it happened, it was Arshad who made the last raise to about 700K total, meaning Jeff had to think for some time before actually making the… more »

EPT 2006 Final 8


11th March 2006
Chip counts / seating positions after day 3 of the Pokerstars.com EPT Grand Final: 1 Marc Karam 231,900 2 Marcel Luske 486,000 3 Jeff Williams 495,700 4 Ross Boatman 119,700 5 Thierry Cazals 766,600 6 Arshad Hussain 131,600 7 Fraser Dunphy 125,600 8 Ale… more »

EPT 2006 more eliminations


11th March 2006
More eliminations at the European Poker Tournament 2006. 18. Thierry Bidoleau (Canada) EUR 22,400 17. Terence Halliday (England) EUR 22,400 16. Jim Kerrigan (England) EUR 22,400 15. Markus Golser (Austria) EUR 28,100 14. Radu Butan (Canada) EUR 28,1… more »

EPT down to 22


11th March 2006
Down to 22 at the European Poker Tournament. Eliminated are: Mark Bolliger Dustin Dirksen Paul Jackson Peter Gould (with TT against Mark Teltscher's AJ, an ace on the flop) Dario Mineri Up to more than 200K is Marcel Luske, the one who eliminated Dario… more »

EPT 2006 Payouts


11th March 2006
Two more victims. Indeed Jan Boubli has not been able to make it. And we have also lost Tony Chessa, who is not just a good player but also a real character - and who had done so much damage to Marcel yesterday at the televised table. One out of the mo… more »

Party Poker Million V-Cash In The Caribbean


10th March 2006
What do you get when you mix over 500 poker players, over 100 Black Jack masters, 200 poker dealers, 600 decks of cards, 180,000 chips, the luscious Caribbean sun, two exotic ports of call and over $5 million of prize money? The Party Poker Million V, t… more »

Question to Isabelle Mercier


10th March 2006
Here is a good question that was asked to Isabelle Mercier Q.I am an online player who is looking to make the jump to live tournaments. What advice can you give me on the transition from online to live play? A. The best advice I can give you is to work… more »
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EPT 2006 end of day 2


10th March 2006
PLAYER CHIPS TABLE SEAT BILODEAU, ALAIN 62200 3 5 BOATMAN,ROSS 74400 3 3 BOLLIGER, MARK 79000 6 6 BOUBLI,JAN 6500 4 7 BUTAN, RADU 77200 6 8 CAZALS… more »

EPT 2006 chip counts update day 2


10th March 2006
Chip count with 54 players left (we play down until the last 27): Markus Golser 111K Karin Lundgren 52K Paul Jackson 39K Haim Kakoun 20K Kristian Ulriksen 86K Frode Fagerli 47K Marc Karam 85K Mark Teltscher 87K Rob Hollink 62K Arnaud Mimran 112K (has ju… more »

EPT 2006 day 2 update


10th March 2006
Abel Meijberg is out. The number three at the EPT Baden was in the 800 big blind, when Martin Wendt made it 2,400 to go from under the gun +1. Abel went for the resteal, coming over the top for 13,175 more all-in with a 6 3 . But Martin had a real hand a… more »

EPT 2006 start of day 2


10th March 2006
Here are the seating and chip counts of the start of day 2 at the European Poker Tournament 2006 PLAYER CHIPS TABLE SEAT CHESSA,TONY 8625 1 1… more »

EPT 2006 chip counts at end of flight 2


10th March 2006
Chip counts at the end of the second flight of the first day: GODDERSTAD,STIAN 5175 HOLDEN, ANTHONY 5250 FLURI, ANDREAS 5575 JORGENSEN,THEO 6325 NOWAK, ALEXANDRE 6500 GERRARD,COLIN 6600 SKAARUP,DENNIS 6850 HUSSAIN, ARSHAD 7000 BACKMAN,INGEMAR 7… more »

EPT 2006 chip counts flight 2


10th March 2006
Going into the last level of the day, 150-300 with a 25 ante, this what I have been able to come up with: Sverre Sundbo 39K Theo Jorgensen 6K Edgar Skjervold 34K Roy van der Locht 10K Mickey Wernick 30K Markus Golser 37K Henrik Olander OUT Josefine Kar… more »

EPT 2006 more updates


10th March 2006
A few recent developments: * Out of the 'stars' of this event, we still have Liz Lieu, Greg Raymer, Patrik Antonius & Rob Hollink in. Neither one of them has more than just an average stack though. * Rob has just, as he eloquently stated, "bluffed… more »

EPT 2006 press release


10th March 2006
An official press release: The PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final has kicked off at the Monte Carlo Bay Hotel with 298 players - generating a record-breaking top prize of €900,000. The high turnout has smashed the 2005 record by 87 players, making it the ri… more »
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EPT 2006 update after 4 hours


10th March 2006
After over four hours of play, this is how things look: (TV table) Liz Lieu 6K, Edgar Skjervold 25K Mickey Wernick 19K, Markus Golser 23K, Henrik Olander 4K, Ken Lennaard 3K Noah Boeken OUT (was down to 5K when with the T 8 he flopped a pair of tens a… more »

EPT 2006 chip counts


10th March 2006
The first chipcount after about 90 minutes of play: Mickey Wernick 14K, Markus Golser 9K, Henrik Olander 12K, Ken Lennaard 9K Peter Eichhardt 8K, Karin Kundgren 9K, Jan Sorensen 9K Rob Hollink 12K, John Kabbaj 3K, Barny Boatman 10K, Carlos Mortensen 6… more »

EPT 2006 Flight 2 day 1 update


10th March 2006
With no signs of Erik Seidel & Chris Moneymaker just yet, here are the big names that I have spotted - and their respecitive seats at the table. We have started with 10,000 in chips, blinds 25 and 50. Mickey Wernick (1/2), Markus Golser (1/4), Henri… more »

EPT 2006 Flight 2 day 1


10th March 2006
As I already wrote yesterday, the second flight of the first day will have many big names. They include: Patrik Antonius (the arguably best online player right now, and winner of the EPT Baden) Ben Grundy (the Milkybar Kid) Rob Hollink (the reignin… more »

EPT 2006 end of day 1


09th March 2006
Chip counts after day 1 - flight 1 at the European Poker Tournament 2006. GALINIE, LAURENT 2325 ABECASSIS, MICHEL 2400 HROUDA-RASMUSSEN, CLAUS 3275 KERRIGAN,TYRONE 4350 ESKILSSON,HANS 4975 VANELLI,OLIVIER 5250 BUENO, PATRICK 5900 MARTINSSON, TOMA… more »

EPT 2006 update


09th March 2006
With blinds of 150-300 and a 25 ante, this is the updated chip count. If you cannot find any of the names that were mentioned before in this report, you can assume they are out. Anyway, in random order: Alex Kravchenko 17K Cecilia Nordenstam 5K Ram Vasw… more »

EPT 2006


09th March 2006
Twenty tables with 8 players max., most of them having about 7 players seated - meaning my guess is about 130 to 140 players for this first flight. I have recognized at least the following name players: Torstein Iversen (1/1), Rumit Somaiya (1/3), Alex… more »

Book Smarts vs. Table Smarts


06th March 2006
These days, it seems like you can't walk through a bookstore without tripping over a poker strategy book. How do you play A-K in early position short-handed? Should you raise with suited connectors on the button after the big stack smooth calls? When is… more »
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$1 million Jackpot playing poker online


01st March 2006
How would you like to win $1 million playing poker. well now's your chance, Pokerstars have now raised the jackpot from $750,000 to $1,000,000 million. Every Sunday at 4:30pm ET someone will win the $1 million. Satellites to Sunday's event are always… more »
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