SearchArchives for: July 2007World Poker Congress Announces November Gathering27th July 2007 Following in the success of last years inaugural World Poker Congress gathering, the WPC has once again scheduled Jeffrey Pollack and Steve Lipscomb as speakers for the keynote address for the second annual WPC event in late November...This article is co… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Poker Cheats Busted at the Borgata27th July 2007 This week the New Jersey Attorney Generals office released details on the arrests of four individuals involved in a poker-related cheating scam at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City on June 7, 2007. A noted casino-industry...This article is… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Second Life Bans Gambling27th July 2007 Big Brother no longer just virtual in Second Life â” or at least that was one members response to the popular virtual worlds latest change to its gaming policy. Second Lifes new policy effectively bans its virtual residents from participatingThis articl… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em $50,000 of PokerNews Cup Freerolls at Duplicate Poker Starts On Sunday â“ US Players welcome!27th July 2007 Duplicate Poker are giving ten lucky PokerNews players the chance to freeroll their way to Australia in October for the PokerNews Cup. And since Duplicate Poker is a skill game, most US players can play!This article is courtesy of Poker News | pokernews.… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Ramblings from a Rambler, Home26th July 2007 Justin West is finally back in the office... sorry, John.Read more....This article is courtesy of PokerPages.com Poker NewsMy Most Memorable Poker Hands Part 2 | The Goldstrike WPO in Tunica, MS | Online Poker Room Review: Absolute Poker more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Full Tilt Poker Strategy Guide (Tournament Edition)26th July 2007 Craigs Full Tilt poker book is the perfect tournament tutor!
Michael Craig hit a home run when he wrote The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King. (If the names familiar, its where he wrote about the super cash game in Las Vegas that became a mode… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Paper or Plastic?26th July 2007 Hakim stormed into our local poker room on a Wednesday afternoon in summer, spotted me and headed in my direction. I asked him why he seemed so upset. He replied that he had lost yet again in his own home game, and he wanted me to fix it. "If it werent f… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em When Sandbagging Isnt Profitable26th July 2007 Sandbagging is achieved when youre holding a fantastic hand and you check, hoping that your opponent will bet and then you can raise. It can be profitable against the right opponents. However, if you use it against the wrong opponents, it can devastate y… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em NETeller Shares Relisted on Londons AIM Board26th July 2007 With its prospects of returning to the U.S. market vanquished and subsequent bad news from other nations reducing its long-term viability, beleaguered online payment processor NETeller Plc nonetheless succeeded in having its shares...This article is cour… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Laak-Eslami Team Defeats Polaris in Man-Machine Poker Championship25th July 2007 Poker professionals Phil Laak and Ali Eslami have defeated a poker-playing computer program dubbed Polaris in the First Man-Machine Poker Championship. The two-day, four-session match took place at the annual meeting of the Association...This article is… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Poker News Bytes, July 25th25th July 2007 Annie Duke to raise money for charity in Hollywood, Josh Prager wins a tennis tournament, and big buy in tournaments are added to the online poker landscape, all in todays edition of Poker News Bytes....This article is courtesy of Poker News | pokernews.… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em National Poker League Set for London Debut25th July 2007 With its August 12th opening date approaching, the inaugural UK Open is poised to introduce its parent tour, the National Poker League, to the poker world. The UK Open will be held at Londons famous Loose Cannon Club, starting with several...This articl… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Danish Court Rules Competence Vital; Poker is Game of Skill25th July 2007 A municipal court in Denmark has ruled that poker tournaments are not a form of chance-based gambling, deciding that competence in the game is vital to success, a skill-based criterion. Late in 2006, charges of illegal gambling...This article is courtes… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em British Prime Minister Thwarts Gaming Reform24th July 2007 In the US, Bill Frist became the gambling prohibition poster boy, defined by his role as online gamblings personal escort into the Dark Ages.This article is courtesy of Poker News | pokernews.com450 players left at the LA Poker Classic | FTOPS Event #6 -… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Aggressive or Reckless?24th July 2007 Lets discuss aggressiveness in limit holdem. Aggressive play is a key element to winning poker, but can aggression cross the line and become recklessness? While everyone defines that line in his own context, based upon his individual playing style and mo… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em The Seniors World Championship24th July 2007 I was honored to be named the Grand Marshall of The Seniors World Championship of Poker and to host 1,882 senior players from all over the world at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas on June 25, 26, and 27. It was the largest senior event in history.… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em PECHANGA POKER PLAYER WINS 2007 WSOP CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE19th July 2007 July 18, 2007 - Temecula, CA - It was an exciting journey for the nine lucky players who made it to the final table of the 2007 World Series of Poker 10,000 No Limit Hold Em Main Event. After 16 long hours of play, Xao "Jerry" Yang claimed the 2007 WSOP… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em PokerStars World Cup of Poker IV Gearing Up19th July 2007 With some of the regional qualifying events already in the books, the fourth annual World Cup of Poker at PokerStars is building toward its September finale in Barcelona.This article is courtesy of Poker News | pokernews.com2007 WSOP Recap: Event #1 $500… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em NETeller Will Pay $136 Million to US Government; Players To Access Money by July 3019th July 2007 The NETeller saga came to at least a partial end today, as the company announced that it would pay the U.S. Government $136 Million in restitution. 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Truly a worldwide final table, Players with origins in Denmark, Russia...This article is courtesy of Poker News | p… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Jerry Yang Crowned Poker Champion at the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event - Wins $8,250,00018th July 2007 Seventeen hours of high stress poker in front of the ESPN cameras came down to the final hand of the final table of the final event of the 2007 World Series of Poker. Holding all of the chips and the only chair left Jerry Yang claimed the 2007 World Cha… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Jerry Yang - Sometimes, Nice Guys Finish First18th July 2007 We are about to set off on an interesting journey in the poker world. Whats it going to be like to have a soft-spoken, nice guy as our world champion? Although he has only been world champion for a few hours, Jerry Yang seems...This article is courtesy… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Poker to Return to India18th July 2007 It has been confirmed that the Asian Poker Classic will return to Goa, India in March of 2008. The tournament was a success the first time around, with 140 players going to the Indian resort town to whoop it up, and play some poker.This article is court… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Poker as Politics - Interview with Alfonse DAmato, Part Two17th July 2007 Yesterday, we ran part one of our interview with former Senator, and current Poker Players Alliance Chairman Alfonse DAmato. Today, Senator DAmato discusses what he thinks the future might hold for online poker, and when that future may...This article i… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Sextons Corner, Volume 1 - The Cab is Parked17th July 2007 This is my first article for PokerNews.com, so I would like to introduce myself to the readers. My name is Tom Sexton, and most people in the poker world have heard of my brother, Mike Sexton. Take it from me, Mike is the greatest brother in the world.… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Team PokerNews Members Shine in WSOP Main Event17th July 2007 For being a small scrappy bunch that barely made up 1% of the starting field of the Main Event of the World Series of Poker, Team PokerNews did quite alright for itself. With eight players cashing in the Main Event, and one player....This article is cou… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em High Stakes 5 Card No-Peeky...17th July 2007 ... with allllllll the rules. Read more....This article is courtesy of PokerPages.com Poker NewsPeppermill Inks Heavyweight Championship of Poker Pact | Dodge City Born of Gamblers n Gunslingers | The Poker Shrink, Vol 26 - Problem Poker: Part VI: The Pr… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Updates, $10,000 Main Event, Day 6 â“ Philip Hilm on Top as Final Table Set16th July 2007 6,358 players started the 2007 WSOP Main Event on July 6th. Nine days, countless hours and innumerable energy drinks later, 36 players remained in the field. Sundays Day Six required a grueling 16 hours of play to get from the 36 players...This article i… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Stories: The Pros on the Rail16th July 2007 As the players friends and family watched a long WSOP Day Six of play, finally resulting in the 2007 Championship final table, they rubbed shoulders with a couple of pokers well known names. Lee Watkinson had some Full Tilt peers sweating him...This art… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event - The Final Table16th July 2007 Seat 1: Jon Kalmar
Hometown: Chorly, Lancashire (UK )
Chip Count: 20,320,000
Jon Kalmar is a 34-year-old professional poker player, who plays mostly in clubs located in the north and the Midlands region of England. He is married with one child. A… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em North, To Alaska!16th July 2007 Now that Ive returned to Las Vegas from Card Player Cruises annual Alaska poker trip, I will have two weeks in which to compete in some World Series of Poker events, as well as tournaments at the Venetian and Bellagio, before hitting the road again.
My… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Poker and Intuition PART 116th July 2007 I bought a toaster oven the other day at Best Buy. $79.00 for the nice model. I took it home but I couldnt get it to work. Really! A toaster oven. It had so many special features, computer chips, buttons, timers, and even a hand-held remote control that… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Continuation Bets, PART 116th July 2007 A continuation bet is one of the most commonly employed tactical ploys in no-limit holdem, and its popularity is evidenced by the many players who use it above most other tactics in no-limit holdem games.
Its simple to understand and use, and perhaps th… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Congressman Frank Appeals for People Power16th July 2007 Representative Barney Frank needs your help, and he needs it now. To coincide with recent hearings on HR 2046, which seeks to legalize, license, and regulate internet gambling operations, Frank has been on the interview circuit appealing to Americans to… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Todays Word is... Worse16th July 2007 Were about to examine three new concepts that you can take straight from the poker table and use for real-life success. Theres much similarity between poker and situations you face everyday beyond the cardrooms. Thats why when I founded MCU, I gave it a… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Poker as Politics - Interview with Alfonse DAmato, Part One16th July 2007 Senator Alfonse DAmato loves the game of poker. DAmato has been known to play poker with groups of friends in New York, including top radio personality Howard Stern. DAmato has been tapped as the Chairman of the Poker Players Alliance....This article i… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Poker as Politics - Interview with Alphonse DAmato, Part One16th July 2007 Senator Alphonse DAmato loves the game of poker. DAmato has been known to play poker with groups of friends in New York, including top radio personality Howard Stern. 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Thats what Denmarks Mikkel Madsen has been able to achieve for himself over the last week and a half. In May, Mikkel put $100 into play on Mansion Poker, and was able to turn that $100...This article is cou… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Updates, $10,000 Main Event, Day 5 â“ David Tran, Philip Hilm Lead15th July 2007 Day Five at the 2007 World Series of Poker saw the 112 remaining players continue in their pursuit of the custom Corum winners bracelet and $8.5 million in first-place money. 36 players survived the day, including one World Champion...This article is cou… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Stories: Past the Knee of the WSOP Payout Curve15th July 2007 Many of the 621 players who made the money in the 2007 WSOP Championship event had to sweat the money bubble. As the still-large field played hand-for-hand, short-stacked players stressed over each bustout announcement, marking their...This article is c… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em FTOPS V Set for August 8th Launch15th July 2007 The months following the World Series of Poker are a busy time for the online world, and Full Tilt has announced that FTOPS V [Full Tilt Online Poker Series V] will begin on August 8th. FTOPS V will include 14 events spread across 12 days...This article… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Updates, $10,000 Main Event, Day 4 â“ Dag Martin Mikkelson Returns to Lead14th July 2007 337 players started Day Four of the Main Event of the 2007 World Series of Poker; two thirds of them would exit by the end of the days action. Only 112 players remain, beginning Day Five, chasing the Main Event Championship and $8.5 million...This articl… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Stories: Two Golden State Women Remain in Main Event14th July 2007 As the Main Event field whittled its way down to 112 players at the end of Day Four play, two women remained. Kelly Jo McGlothlin and Maria Ho will start Day Five with 871,000 and 885,000 chips respectively...This article is courtesy of Poker News | pok… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Updates, $10,000 Main Event, Day 3 â“ Dario Minieri Surges as Cash Bubble Bursts13th July 2007 797 players survived the six days that made up Days 1A-D, Day 2A and Day 2B of the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event. 621 of them made the money in the highest-profile poker tournament of the year, and 337 of them survived to play...This article is c… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Stories: Former WSOP Champions Represent13th July 2007 In the movie Rounders, Matt Damons character asks, "Why do you think the same five guys make it to the final table of the World Series of Poker EVERY YEAR? What, are they the luckiest guys in Las Vegas?" With the huge expansion of the...This article is… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Updates, $10,000 Main Event, Day 1b â“ Dag Martin Mikkelsen Tops Pack08th July 2007 Day 1b of the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event started off with 1,545 players, a couple of television celebrities, five former World Champions, two top players moms, and a blind man. 14 hours later, the field had narrowed to less...This article is c… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Stories, Day 1B: Poker Rivers 15 Minutes of Fame08th July 2007 If a WSOP Day One had the potential to recapture the frivolity of past years, it would have been yesterday. The field was larger; we had 1545 players for Day 1B, compared to Fridays 1287. And it was believed that the Saturday starting...This article is… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Flying Away - by Aaron Hendrix08th July 2007 A Bit of Fiction...Read more....This article is courtesy of PokerPages.com Poker NewsThe Poker Shrink - Vol 31 - Absolute Threshold and Signal Detection Theory | NETeller Admit $55 Million in US Funds Seized by US Attorneys Office | Associated Press Repo… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Stories: Lessons From WSOP 200708th July 2007 When last I wrote about the World Series of Poker (WSOP) S.H.O.E. tournament held at the Rio on July 2, 2007, I was planning to play in the event. I discussed the many things I would and wouldnt do to get ready for the event...This article is courtesy o… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Updates, $10,000 Main Event, Day 1a â“ Tinten Olivier Leads07th July 2007 1,287 players started Day 1a in the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event, less than the 3,000 people tournament officials had allowed for, but still more than entered the Main Event altogether in any pre-Moneymaker year. Among...This article is courtesy… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Attorney Sues Washington State Over Anti Online-Poker Law07th July 2007 The Washington State law passed last year proclaiming online gambling to be a Class C felony has been challenged by an attorney seeking to have that law overthrown. Lee Rousso, an attorney in Renton, WA, filed suit against the State...This article is co… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Stories: Subdued Day 1A: New Trend or Anomaly?07th July 2007 There were no funny hats. No one jumped up on his chair screaming when he won his first hand. And the only funny costume was Jeff Madsen living up to the losing end of a prop bet. Could this really be a Day One of the WSOP Main...This article is court… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Stories: Jeff Madsen Gracious in Prop Bet Loss07th July 2007 Jeff Madsen, the 2006 WSOP double bracelet winner, has demonstrated he is a gracious winner. On Friday, Madsen proved he is equally gracious when it comes to a loss. No, Madsen didnt bust out of his Day One of the Main Event; he survived...This article… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Florida Poker Room Temporarily Shut Down Over Stakes Issue07th July 2007 Ultra high-stakes poker at Florida casinos enjoyed a short-lived, five-day run before authorities stepped in and applied a stricter interpretation of that states new law allowing for an increase in legal poker stakes...This article is courtesy of Poker N… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Updates, Event 54, $5,000 NL 2-7 Single Draw â“ Erik Seidel Wins Title; Schneider Seals ...07th July 2007 Erik Seidel grabbed his last opportunity for WSOP gold before the Main Event, outlasting a field of 78 top pros in the No Limit 2-7 Single Draw Lowball World Championship. There werent many tougher fields in the entire series, with...This article is cour… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Stories: Split Winners Mean Big Bucks for WSOP Darfur Fundraiser06th July 2007 Ante Up for Africa, the WSOP fundraiser headlined by Don Cheadle and Annie Duke designed to raise funds for Darfur relief efforts, succeeded beyond its expectations when the final two players in the field, Dan Shak and Brandon Moran...This article is cou… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Changing Times05th July 2007 Nothing stays the same, except some poker players. You can always tell a poker player; but, you cant tell some of them very much. You can go back in six months to your favorite brick and mortar poker room or online room and find some players that are pla… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em 2007 World Series of Poker: Event 51 - $1,000 S.H.O.E. - Final03rd July 2007 LIVE Coverage of the Final Table of the $1,000 S.H.O.E. 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The starting field of 209 players included many big names...This article is courtesy o… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Updates, Event 47, $2,000 NLHE â“ Double Comeback Gives Blair Rodman Title02nd July 2007 Blair Rodman surged from the middle of the pack at a powerful final table on Sunday, to beat out Amato Galasso for first place in Event #47, $2,000 No Limit Hold Em. Rodman is no stranger to WSOP final tables â” this was his twelfth...This article is co… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Updates, Event 51, $1,000 S.H.O.E â“ Susie Genard Leads Day One02nd July 2007 The mixed-game events at the World Series of Poker have drawn big fields and big names, and Event #51, $1,000 S.H.O.E. (Stud Hi, Hold Em, Omaha Hi/Lo, Stud Hi/Lo), was no exception. The field of 730 players included Daniel Negreanu...This article is cour… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em 2007 WSOP Overview, July 1st â” Bracelets for Rodman, Amit02nd July 2007 The July portion of the 2007 WSOP schedule began with action in five events, including two final tables. Blair Rodman and Rafi Afit were the days victors, with Rodman capturing the $2,000 No Limit Hold Em title while Amit took down the...This article is… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Updates â“ Event 50 - $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha Brings Out the Brightest02nd July 2007 The World Series of Poker may be most famous for its No Limit Holdem World Championship, but its reputation for hosting the World Championship of Pot-limit Omaha continues to grow. To satisfy the games Omaha-playing elite...This article is courtesy of Po… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Updates â“ Event 49 â“ Greg FBT Mueller Marquee Name at Final Table02nd July 2007 The start of Day Two action in the biggest non-Main Event tournament in World Series of Poker history began at 2:00 P.M. Sunday. Starting with a monstrous field of 3,151 players and generating a $4,301,115 prize pool...This article is courtesy of Poker… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Updates â“ Event 47 â“ Crawford Leads; Wroblewski, de Wolfe, Rodman Make Final01st July 2007 The final table is set for Event #47, $2,000 No Limit Hold Em. In quest of the bracelet and first prize of $707,898, four of the final nine players start Sunday with stacks of more than a million. Stan Crawford leads the pack at...This article is court… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Updates â“ Event 46, $1,000 7CS Hi-Lo â“ Tom Schneider Becomes First 2007 Double ...01st July 2007 Tom Schneider became the first double bracelet winner of the 2007 World Series of Poker as he won his second event Saturday, the $1,000 Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo tournament, Event #46. Schneider outlasted a field of 668 players to take home...This article is… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Updates â“ Event 45, $5,000 NLHE (6H) â“ Bill Edler Triumphs in Short-Handed Final01st July 2007 Bill Edler came from the being the shortest of the six starting chip stacks to claim the winners bracelet and a first-place check of $904,672 in Event #45, $5,000 No Limit Hold Em (Six-Handed). Edler triumphed over Alex Bolotin...This article is courtes… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em |
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