Hachem nearly gets in fight at EPT Grand Final
April 18, 2008
Former World Series of Poker main event champion Joe Hachem is nicknamed “Salty” for a reason, apparently.
With 82 players left in the European Poker Tour’s Grand Final, Hachem nearly got into fisticuffs with a player named Woody Deck. At the time, players were two away from the money bubble.
Here’s what happened, according to pokerkingblog.com:
Joe Hachem was involved in a hand with Peter Traply. On a board of A-6-J-A-3, Hachem bet out 80,000 and Traply called, showing A-10. Hachem tapped the table, said “nice call”, and mucked his hand. This is where things got heated.
WPT Ladies Championship down to final table
April 18, 2008
The ladies took over the Bellagio the last couple days to play out their inaugural World Poker Tour Ladies Championship. The 150-person field was whittled down to six on Monday, and now the ladies will have to wait 11 days to find out who the actual winner is.
Leading the pack into the final table will be Vanessa Selbst. With $182,200 in chips, Selbst has a considerable lead over the pack, with her nearest competitor being Nancy Todd Tyner with $107,400 in chips.
Sports Betting System: Be a Profitable Bettor
April 18, 2008
Sports betting industry is gradually increasing popularity, which explains why many sports betting systems become available nowadays. You must admit that not all sports bettor only gamble for the sake of fun. Most gamblers find sports betting as an effective way to earn money the easy way. Unfortunately, majority of these gamblers eventually lose huge sums of money due to many factors. While gambling is basically dependable on luck, you should not leave everything to stoke of luck. For every pursuit that you make, thereâs a possible way to get favorable outcomes and sports betting is not an exception.
PokerStars.net offering free seats to the WSOP
April 18, 2008
PokerStars kicked off their annual WSOP Million Dollar Giveaway freerolls this week and will be awarding a total of 80 seats to this summer’s Main Event.
“There’s nothing better than going to the World Series and playing for the biggest prize pool on earth, except getting there for free,” said Team PokerSars Pro Joe Hachem.
Players will have the chance to qualify from April 13 to June 27 with $1 million in WSOP prize packages up for grabs. The winning package includes:
Stock prices tumble for Vegas casinos
April 18, 2008
Tuesday was a bad day for the major Las Vegas casinos, as many of their stock prices took big hits.
The stock losses came a day after MGM Mirage said it was going to be laying off more than 400 workers.
According to a story at majorwager.com, printed in the Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Shares of MGM Mirage, traded on the New York Stock Exchange, closed at $49.58, down $2.24, or 4.32 percent. MGM Mirage was trading at $100.50 in October. Other casino operators also fell in value during trading Tuesday.
Telling the Truth
April 16, 2008
People don’t sneeze when they pick up Aces nor do they flare their nostrils and blink when they are bluffing. Despite Dr. Pavlov’s considerable research, human beings are just not so simple; especially not at the poker table.
But sometimes you pick something up. Sometimes there is just something odd about the way someone is behaving – sometimes something smells rotten. Here is some general advice on reading your opponent’s physical tells. Much of this will read as the Cliff Notes for Mike Caro’s “Book of Tells” and if you want to read as profound an investigation into physical tells as could ever be written, read this classic poker book.
MGM Mirage to lay off hundreds
April 16, 2008
MGM Mirage, which is the largest casino operator in Las Vegas, has reported that it will lay off about 440 employees.
The layoffs will occur mostly in management at the corporate level, MGM Mirage reported Monday.
According to a story at majorwager.com:
MGM Mirage President and COO Jim Murren said Monday that management and supervisory level staff reductions were part of a process that will save MGM Mirage about $75 million annually. Most of the local workers were told of the cutbacks Monday.
Debate flares over WPT Ladies Championship
April 16, 2008
When the World Poker Tour return to Las Vegas next week for its big finale, the $25,000 WPT Championship won’t be the only tournament taking place at Bellagio.
The WPT Ladies tour, which officially kicked off this January at Borgata in Atlantic City, will also conclude with a $1,500 championship event at the famed Las Vegas poker destination. What the event lacks in buy-in compared to the big tourney is already being made up for in controversy, thanks to a chunk of the prize pool being set aside up front for charity.
A weekend with Dan
April 16, 2008
Clubs, food and limos will be the icing on the cake during a full weekend of getting privately schooled in poker by Daniel Negreanu himself.
The best way to describe how amazing it will be to take part in this weekend is to look at its itinerary.
Aug. 8:
?:?? p.m. – Arrive in Las Vegas
?:?? p.m. – Take a limousine to the Venetian, and check in to your home for the weekend
6:00 p.m. – Board an SUV limousine to Negreanu’s Las Vegas home for a meet-and-greet BBQ
2+2/neverwin drama, ratcheted up a notch
April 16, 2008
The ongoing feud between twoplustwo.com and and neverwinpoker.com is pretty entertaining if you’re into online poker.
2+2’s Mason Malmuth has now gone on record as saying neverwin is a “ticking time bomb” and “damaging to the poker industry,” according to neverwin. Previously, Malmuth has banned 2+2 members associated with neverwin
If you’re playing catch up, here are some of the past stories on the issue, here and here.
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