High Stakes Poker

2010 WSOP Event #8: No-Limit Hold’em chip update

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Saar Wilf 1,207,000
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2
Andrew Cohen 848,000
-177,000Las Vegas
NV
United States
3
Charles Lehr 653,000
-Shreveport
LA
United States
4
Scott Vener 576,000
-Los Angeles
CA
United States
5
Phil Hellmuth 556,000
-11,000Palo Alto
CA
United States
6
Joshua Brikis 547,000
-Murrysville
PA
United States
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Daniel Wjuniski 490,000
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Pascal LeFrancois 483,000
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David Aue 479,000
-Houston
TX
United States
10
Jared Michelizzi 479,000
-Blaine
MN
United States
11
Max Steinberg 478,000
-Fairfield
IA
United States
12
Looney Devin 447,000
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Swartz Creek
MI
United States
13
Kevin Howe 405,000
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Jose Gatmaitan 383,000
-9,000Philadelphia
PA
United States
15
Darin Utley 351,000
-Cedar Rapids
IA
United States
16
James Andersen 324,000
-West Pennant Hill
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Australia
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Raymond Geary 310,000
-Hoboken
NJ
United States
18
David Frazier 297,000
-1,000Homestead
FL
United States
19
Matthew Ezrol 266,000
-Coconut Creek
FL
United States
20
Ronald Eberhard 255,000
-York
PA
United States
21
Paul Fehlig 180,000
-Saint Louis
MO
United States
22
Kurt Disessa 176,000
-Oakland
CA
United States
23
Erich Kollmann 148,000
-St. Valentin
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Austria
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Vinny Pahuja 110,000
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Richard Geyer 94,000
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Austin
TX
United States
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for Daily WSOP updates go to WSOP chip counts

Annette Obrestad signed to Full Tilt Poker to represent the online poker site as a red pro. Annette Obrestad is one of a few poker pros that one could describe as being a “prodigy”. Annette not only dominates online poker tournaments but live poker tournaments as well.

Lets hope Annette has a great showing in her first World Series of Poker in the United States. She has already won the WSOPE Europe main event at the age of 19. Many good things are to come from this poker phenomenon.

Her main blog will soon be on AnnetteObrestad.com but for now you may follow her on Twitter.

Popularity of poker affiliate marketing.

One of the most interesting and popular card games in the world is poker. Since its inception, poker is known to be a thought provoking and a challenging game. The fascinating game of poker has millions of loyal fans across the world, this is clearly visible by the popularity, and the long list of players registered in the poker rooms.

Do you know how to join a poker room? It is very simple. You either can first do a comprehensive research on the internet and find out the best poker rooms in the world and are introduced by poker affiliate or join directly. The term rake needs to be understood well before we proceed. When you go online to play poker, most of the rooms listed on the internet accept five percent (mostly) of the game cash pot in the cash games. Therefore, if the pot were $15 then the poker room would keep 0.75 cents for itself and pass on $14.25 to the winner of the poker game. This is how poker rooms mint loads of money as hundreds of new members join everyday that results in increased traffic and the popularity of the room. The chances of making more money increase during tournaments as more members would join and attempt to win pots with their luck and expertise in the game that they have mastered. Poker rooms earn a lump sum with the participation fee that needs to be deposited so that players are eligible for tournaments.

How do so many players join poker rooms? How do players get to know about the various poker rooms? A poker affiliate helps in introducing new and active players to poker rooms which results in increase of traffic and we all know that the more the players the more chances of winning big money. In fact, you should know that the number of members measures the popularity of any poker room. Most of the poker rooms invest money by hiring poker affiliates as they generate business in the best possible manner.

How is a poker affiliate paid? Well two methods can be chosen by a poker affiliate. A poker affiliate gets a certain percentage (generally around 20-40%) of the rake that is generated by new players. This method is popularly known as MGR. The other method is popularly termed as CPA. In this method, a standard rate is given to a poker affiliate that is generally $100. This varies from one poker room to another. The rate oscillates between $70-$200 depending on the ranking and popularity of the online poker room.

A poker affiliate is specially given affiliate links that helps them to introduce new members to any online poker room. This is the best way of learning the number of new players introduced by each poker affiliate that helps them earn money every month in a fair manner. Poker affiliates are becoming popular with each passing day as new players help in increasing traffic and the eminence of online poker rooms. Undoubtedly, the increasing number of players rake more money and the better chances of winning small and big pots alike by players.

Born in Vantaa, Finland in 1980, Patrik Antonius is one of the young stars of the major world poker circuits. Not only does he have the title of European Poker Tour Rookie of the Year from 2005, but he has also been making a big impact at the World Series of Poker and the ever-popular World Poker Tour. With a plethora of cashes in the high stakes multi-table poker tournaments, Antonius has earned a bankroll that is the envy of even the most accomplished players. It is estimated that he has made over $2.8 million dollars in tournament poker winnings since that rookie season of 2005.

The former Finnish tennis star now resides in Monte Carlo and pursues his poker career full-time. He has always been a major force at the internet poker rooms where his skills and reputation has earned him the distinct honor of being part of the Full Tilt Poker Team. Joining the likes of Jesus Ferguson and Howard Lederer, as well as many other great players, Patrik Antonius has arrived as one of the best players in the world.

He formerly played at Full Tilt Poker under a few different poker aliases and he also played many other websites before being welcomed onto the Full Tilt Team. He now plays with his real name and offers games to anyone willing to play some high stakes poker. He can be found playing online at the large cash games and he even plays in a few of the big tournaments held by the website. His reputation precedes him and players need to be ready for a great challenge if they want to go head to head with Antonius.

Apart from being a great cash game player and tournament standout, Patrik Antonius’ greatest passion is for heads up battles. He is ready and willing to play any person, any time and any place. He considers his heads up abilities to be the strength of his game and he is not afraid to put that on the line if there is an opponent that is ready. Patrik Antonius remains to be the only player that has accepted the challenge set forth by Tom Dwan to play a heads up match consisting of 50,000 hands for a total of $1 million. The match is ongoing through the internet and the winner is yet to be determined. This goes to show that Patrik Antonius is very serious about his heads up skills and very serious about putting them to the ultimate test.

Tom Dwan: Anything but Ordinary

Tom Dwan busted onto the poker scene with an uncanny ability to read his opponents. He has only been playing poker for 6 years, but his instincts and skills are that of a seasoned pro. Wise beyond his years is the best way to describe this upcoming force in the poker world. At only 23 years of age, this gutsy poker star has already won and lost more money than most people will make in their lifetimes.

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Tom Dwan has learned some important lessons early in his career about how to manage a bank roll. He has actually lost more than $1 million on two different occasions. Although this would be a huge setback for most players, the ability of Dwan to bounce back when adversity was staring him in the face shows the true characteristics of a world class poker player.

Dwan got his start playing internet poker under the name “Durrrr” The fearless youngster said he choose this nickname to put his opponents on tilt after losing a big pot to him. Now it has become his nickname at the live tournaments where he is quickly turning into a force to be reckoned with. He is unique from many other online poker prodigies because Dwan has brought his game to the live tables and has not lost a step.

He was once just another faceless dominator of the internet poker ranks, but ever since his 21st birthday, this poker whiz has been cleaning up in the world’s biggest tourneys. Dwan already has 2 cashes in the World Series of Poker and he is gearing up to have another big year in 2010. He considers his strength to be heads up Texas Hold’em and he is not scared to prove himself against the best players in the game.

The courageous Dwan has so much confidence in his heads up skills that he issued an open challenge to anyone in the world that wants to play heads up for $1 million dollars. His terms are simple, 50,000 hands of online poker with the stakes of $200/$400 blinds. He told his opponent that if they are winning after the 50,000 hands he will pay out $1.5 million and if he is winning, the other player is only responsible to pay $500,000. He has sparked a lot of interest from the likes of Phil Ivey and David Benyamine. The only person Dwan is not willing to play against is follow young poker star Phil Galfond.

With an ego like Tom Dwan possesses and the wiliness to back it up at anytime makes this young player a real threat at the poker table. There is no doubt that Dwan will be creating a lot of noise come the 2010 poker season and he might get some of the best players in the world shouting DURRRR!

Phil Ivey is one of the most talented poker players in the world, the best of the new generation. Often referred to as the “Tiger Woods” of poker, though he’s often responded that he is not worthy of the comparison (he may have a different response these days). Ivey is an American professional poker player who has seven World Series of Poker bracelets and one World Poker Tour title under his belt. He is currently listed as first in the world among all-time money winners in tournament poker.

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Ivey was born February 1, 1976 in Riverside, California. A few months later his family moved to Roselle, New Jersey which is on the east coast just a short distance away from Atlantic City. Ivey wasn’t like most kids growing up dreaming to be a professional athlete or movie star. All he ever wanted to be was a professional poker player. Mission accomplished. His grandfather supported his dreams and taught him how to play Five-Card Stud. Dealing from the bottom of the deck to teach little Phil the potential dangers of gambling, the lesson is meant to be warning. As you probably already guessed, the lesson didn’t work. As Phil was growing up, he watched numerous home games watching and learning. Watching and learning was not his thing, Phil’s an action man and by the age of 16 he was playing backroom games for money. At 18, he pays $50 for a phony ID from a co-worker at his telemarketing job named Jerome Graham. Phil then takes his new ID and heads to the live tables in Atlantic City, A LOT. He spent so much time there, his fellow players nicknamed him “No Home Jerome” (name coming from his fake ID) and stuck with him. Ivey wasn’t always the talent he is today. In the beginning, he lost most of the time but there’s something to be said for the poker education which accompanied these losses (and a win every now and then).

It only took a few years for the tables to turn in his favor, and boy did they turn.

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Tom Dwan has been sign by the online poker room Full Tilt Poker. This is surely to be a lucrative deal for the 23 year old professional poker player. Apparently the deal has been in the works for some time now and will be announced in a press conference soon. Look for Tom Dwan updates on Tom Dwan dot com or durrrr dot com very soon!

Tom Dwan started with $50.00 deposit and hasn’t looked back. He’s been playing online poker for over 3 years now and he’s
only 23 years old. Tom has some tournament poker success too with some final tables. Tom is up millions of dollars and his best game is NL Texas Holdem Poker. He is also very good at Pot Limit Omaha. He plays at the highest stakes at Full Tilt Poker and has a very large audience. Good luck to Tom Dwan, Full Tilt Poker’s newest member.

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Poker school is in session over at the Full Tilt Poker Academy. Building on its theme of “Play and Learn with the Pros,” Full Tilt has created its own interactive Poker Academy. The academy offers training materials for players of all skill levels and all disciplines. Full Tilt pros have come out in force to serve as instructors for this new project. Howard Lederer is serving as the “Dean,” with instructors including Jennifer Harman, Erick Lindgren, Andy Bloch, Allen Cunningham, and Phil Gordon.

Whether you are a cash game player or a tournament specialist, there are lessons at the Full Tilt Poker Academy that will improve your game. In the lessons section, you can find lessons on cash games, multi table tournaments, sit-n-go tournaments, and even full courses designed to cover specific subjects. Course offering are not just limited to Holdem. You can find material on Omaha, Omaha 8 or Better, and even H.O.R.S.E.

A feature that should prove to be popular are video sessions of various Full Tilt Pros playing live cash games online. In these sessions, you get the opportunity to watch pros play everything from NL Holdem to H.O.R.S.E. You will see how they play and get to hear why they make particular moves.

Once you have worked through various poker lessons and sharpened your game, you can take things to the next level and test yourself in a couple of different ways. First, you can take part in interactive Sit-N-Learn quizzes that test your knowledge on the material covered. You also have the option of taking part in Pro Challenges. Pro Challenges are sets of skill objectives that one must meet either in a cash game or in a tournament setting. Upon completion of challenges, members will receive Academy Points that can be used to purchase items from the Full Tilt Poker Academy store. At the store, members can purchase various items, including Full Tilt gear, tournament buy-ins, cash, and books.

Members will be able to use the My Academy feature of the site to track their progress through the lessons on the site. They can review which lessons they have completed, which Sit-N-Learn quizzes they have taken, and even their ranking among other quiz takers. Each month, the top scorers in the Sit-N-Learn quizzes will have the opportunity to play each other in a free roll setup for academy members.

There are two ways that one may signup for the Full Tilt Poker Academy. There is a free signup form at the site that new users may use. If you are already a member of Full Tilt Poker, then there is nothing you need to do to signup. You can use your login name and password for Full Tilt at the Full Tilt Poker Academy.

With the wide array of knowledge and experience brought to the table by the Full Tilt pros, the Full Tilt Poker Academy should prove a smashing success with poker players across the world. If you want to learn how to play poker, then signup or login to the Full Tilt Poker Academy.