Get The Red Carpet Treatment At Hollywood Poker
December 7, 2008
When you become a real money player at Hollywood Poker, you will receive a celebrity 
welcome complete with the red carpet treatment! Nowhere else but at Hollywood Poker can you get such all-star treatment!
That’s right! New players at Hollywood Poker receive an extra special welcome when they receive tickets to play in the Red Carpet Welcome Freeroll, hosted by none other than one of Hollywood Poker’s models!
The Red Carpet Welcome Freeroll takes place every Monday night, where you will have your chance to win money for free and get a head start on building your bankroll when you join in this $100 Freeroll! And, best of all, you will be playing against other new players just like you. With no pressure from the experts, you can use the competitive play to develop your skills and your own personal style! But wait, it doesn’t stop there! During your first month as a newcomer, Hollywood poker will give you a total of FOUR tickets to this exclusive $100 weekly Freeroll, giving you a great opportunity to win your share of a total of $400 in prize money! That will really boost your bankroll and you also get to socialize among the hottest poker hostess babes anywhere online!
All you have to do is Download Hollywood Poker and use the bonus code: PN500 to get a fantastic deposit bonus of 500% up to $500! Then when you make your first real money deposit, Hollywood Poker will place four Red Carpet Welcome Freeroll tickets into your account. It’s just that easy! Free bonus money and celebrity Red Carpet treatment just for opening a new account with Hollywood Poker, what could be better? Those Red Carpet Freerolls, that’s what! And, it is now more convenient than ever to play in the Red Carpet Welcome Freeroll. As Hollywood Poker enjoys a host of international players, the Red Carpet Welcome Freeroll schedule has been enhanced so that everyone has the opportunity to get in on the action no matter what your time zone.
In an effort to offer the best possible schedule for new players as well as for celebrities and hosts, Hollywood Poker has alternating start times for the tournament, making them available at more opportune times! The Red Carpet Welcome Freeroll will take place at 8pm EST one week but will then take place at 8 pm GMT the next week. The starting time alternates weekly, between EST and GMT time, offering everyone more convenient opportunities to join in on the fun!
What are you waiting for? Being special is a good thing, and being treated like a star is even better. See what the star treatment is all about when you start playing at Hollywood Poker and experience the indulgence of the red carpet treatment. Not only is it your chance to be pampered, but you can win your share of $400 cash and receive some great bonus money, just for playing at Hollywood Poker!
PokerStars.net APPT Sydney, Day 3: Antonio Fazzolari Heads Final
December 6, 2008
After a lengthy Day 2 to burst the money bubble, the remaining 48 players at the PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour Grand Final wasted no time in eliminating all but nine players to set the final table. Frank Saffioti took the chip lead into the day, but it was Antonio Fazzolari sitting on the big stack when the dust settled on Day 3 at the Star City Casino.
Jimmy Wong didn’t even get his seat warm before he became the first casualty of the day. On the first hand, he raised from under the gun with , and Antonio Fazzolari re-raised. Wong made the call, then moved all in on the flop. Fazzolari made the quick call with , and headed to the rail in 48th place (AU$8,400) when the turn and river ran out .
One thing that contributed to the speed of Day 3 play was the number of multiple eliminations. On two occasions, players were eliminated simultaneously on different tables just as the payouts were about to increase. In the first case, the prize money for 41st, 40th and 39th was added together and divided equally among George Lind, David Gorr and Graeme “Kiwi G” Putt. Each player took home AU$9,333 for his troubles. A short while later, the same thing happened again when Roel Pijpers and Anthony Rafter were both eliminated in 32nd place (AU$11,200).
The tournament became significantly less colorful when Jamie Pickering headed to the rail in 22nd place ($AU$15,400). Pickering, who showed up each day resplendent in his cowboy hat and tie-dyed shirts, lost a big pot to Jason Gray when his pocket kings couldn’t hold up against Gray’s . An ace on the river doubled Gray up and left Pickering on a short stack. He maneuvered his short stack through the field for a while before open-shoving with and being called — by Gray. Gray tabled , and the flop came down . Pickering needed a king or ten on the turn, but the left him drawing to just a king to stay alive. The on the river was no help, and Pickering headed to the rail as Gray padded his stack.
Eric Assadourian’s run at the championship ended in 20th place (AU$15,400) when he got all his chips in preflop against Brendan Edmonds. Assadourian’s needed help against Edmonds’ , and didn’t find any on a board of . Marlon Goonawardana became the next big name to fall when he busted in 19th place (AU$15,400). After Daniel Kowalski raised preflop, Frank Saffioti and Hai Bo Chu both called, but then Goonawardana moved all in over the top. Saffioti was the lone caller with , and Goonawardana tabled live cards with . The board ran out , and Saffioti’s two pair was enough to send Goonawardana home in 19th.
As the field grew shorter, the confrontations between big stacks became more meaningful. No clash on Day 3 was as big as the late run-in between Tom Rafferty and Antonio Fazzolari, with the chip lead going into the final table potentially at stake. Rafferty raised big preflop, and Fazzolari called from the button. The flop came down , and Rafferty fired again. Fazzolari called, and the turn brought the . Rafferty led out once more, but Fazzolari put in a big raise, sending Rafferty into the tank. After a moment, Rafferty folded, as Fazzolari moved up to nearly two million chips and the secure chip lead.
After Lisa Delellis was eliminated in 11th place (AU$28,000) the final-table bubble began. In a tough series of hands, Michael “TheBigSiCkO” Guzzardi busted in 10th place (AU$28,000) to set the final table. First he lost a big coin flip to Tim English when his couldn’t improve on a board of . English’s pocket sevens held up, and Guzzardi was crippled. Guzzardi was all in from the small blind on the very next hand, and had action from Tom Rafferty and Timothy English. English and Rafferty checked down the board of , and Rafferty showed for a pair. Guzzardi hadn’t looked at his cards yet, and the first one he revealed was good – the . The second card was the , and Guzzardi tripled up with his two pair. It wasn’t enough to keep him alive for long, as a few hands later he found all his chips in the middle again, this time against Hai Bo Chu and Antonio Fazzolari. The board ran out , and Chu’s was enough to bust Guzzardi’s in 10th place (AU$28,000).
As Guzzardi headed to the rail, the final nine players bagged their chips and redrew for their final-table seats. The chip counts and seat assignments looked like this at heading into the final:
Seat 1: Martin Rowe – 995,000
Seat 2: Jason Gray – 1,188,000
Seat 3: Tony Basile – 863,000
Seat 4: Timothy English – 945,000
Seat 5: Daniel Kowalski – 959,000
Seat 6: Frank Saffioti – 790,000
Seat 7: Tom Rafferty – 1,101,000
Seat 8: Antonio Fazzolari – 1,775,000
Seat 9: Hai Bo Chu – 781,000
Join PokerNews at 1:30 PM Sydney time on Sunday (Saturday night in the Americas) as the final nine take their shot at the APPT Grand Final title and the guaranteed AU$1,000,000 top prize.
PokerStars.com APPT Sydney, Day 2: International Stars Fall
December 5, 2008
The 217 players who made it through three separate Day 1 flights at the PokerStars.com Asia Pacific Poker Tour Grand Final returned to the Star City Casino in Sydney for a grueling Day 2. Over a long day’s play, the field thinned down to the final 48 competitors, who made their weary way to bed with the comfort of a guaranteed cash to their credit. The star-studded field began with Chris Moneymaker, John Juanda, Van Marcus, Carter Gill, Wooka Kim and Gavin Griffin. By the end of Day 2, all of those players were on the sidelines while Frank Saffioti, Brendan Edmonds, Phil Willcocks and Marlon Goonawardana were among the top names on the leader board.
Among the early casualties was Terrence “Not Johnny” Chan, who busted on the first hand of the day. Tony Dunst and John Juanda joined him soon after, and Chris Moneymaker also busted in the first few levels. Van Marcus’ Manila magic didn’t carry over to Sydney, as the APPT champ busted early on Day 2. Marcus moved the last of his chips in preflop with , only to find himself facing John Mendel’s . Like so many times on the way to his APPT victory in Manila, Marcus caught his card on the flop, but this time the on the turn gave Mendel a bigger set. The on the river was not the out Marcus was looking for, and he was busted.
Other eliminations on Day 2 included Lee “Final Table” Nelson, Masaaki Kagawa, Mark Vos and Gavin Griffin. Griffin lost a big pot to Eric Assadourian, then raised preflop with A-8. Michael Whibley re-raised, then quickly called Griffin’s all-in with A-Q. Griffin was behind preflop, but took the lead on the flop. The on the turn made a bigger two pair for Whibley, and Griffin needed help on the river. The wasn’t it, and the EPT, WPT and WSOP champ missed his shot to add an APPT trophy to his crowded mantle.
As the evening wore on and the bubble neared, Marlon Goonawardana continued to build a head of steam and a huge stack. In one key hand, Goonawardana re-raised Andrew Meldrum preflop with . Meldrum shipped the last of his chips in and Goonawardana made the call only to see Meldrum flip over for the bigger pocket pair. In a cruel way to end things, the board ran out , giving Goonawardana a set on the river to bust Meldrum and move him up near the top of the leader board. Other notable survivors included Day 1a chip leader Phil Willcocks and Jamie Pickering, who put on a late surge to move into the lead as play concluded.
After several all-in moments on the bubble, David Sanis was the bubble boy, leaving the event at the hands of Tim English. Sanis built his stack back up from tiny to merely short, but when he moved all in with , English quickly called with . The flop hit both players, coming down , but English’s set left Sanis needing to draw nearly perfect to survive. The on the turn left Sanis drawing dead, and the irrelevant came on the river as the remaining 48 players were in the money.
Join PokerNews at 12:30 PM Sydney time on Saturday as the remaining 48 players make their way to the final table and the AUD $1,000,000 top prize. Preliminary chip counts showed these players among the top ten chip stacks entering Day 3 play:
Frank Saffioti – 619,000
Brendan Edmonds – 508,000
Phil Willcocks – 390,000
Marlon Goonawardana – 370,000
Jamie Pickering – 360,000
Tony Basile – 355,000
Antonio Fazzolari – 342,000
Ray Lapitan – 330,000
Mamouni Smain – 320,000
Timothy English – 310,000
PokerStars Starts Russian Poker Tour
December 4, 2008
At one point, Russia might have been the, um, Siberia of poker. 
But thanks to Glasnost, a game that remains hot around the globe and a flock of players from Russia who are now some of the best in the game, poker is hot in the former Iron Curtain.
And now it's even hotter thanks to PokerStars.
Just as it did in Asia and Latin America, PokerStars is bringing a poker tour to Russia. And just like the other tours, PokerStars has your ticket to get there.
Starting Jan. 25, PokerStars will host its first Russian Poker Tour event in St. Petersburg, and a few weeks after that, it's on to Moscow.
Satellites are already running for the first event, so download PokerStars now and you'll get an exclusive PokerWorks bonus of $25 free in addition to a 100 percent matching bonus up to $50. You must enter the marketing code of POKERWORKS upon registration and the bonus code of FIRST2008 upon your first deposit.
Winners of the RPT tournament satellites get an $8,000 prize package that covers the buy-in, hotel and cash for traveling. You can qualify for as little as $2.22 or 111 Frequent Player Points.
Notable Russian players include Team PokerStars Pro Alexander Kravchenko and World Series runner up Ivan Demidov. Both are considered two of the top players in the world right now.
Satellites will run until Dec. 30 so try for your seat at PokerStars' first-ever foray into Russia.
PokerStars.com APPT Sydney, Day 1b: Jason Gray Enjoys Huge Opening Session
December 3, 2008
The field for Day 1b of the PokerStars.com Asia Pacific Poker Tour Grand Final at the Star City Casino in Sydney was larger than Day 1a, with 172 players joining the event. Among the big names on hand were Gavin Griffin, Raymond Rahme, Terrence Chan and Mark Vos, as well as local favorites Jeff Lisandro, Billy “The Croc” Argyros and 2007 champion Grant “Grunter” Levy. At the end of the day, it was Australian pro Jason Gray leading the pack, with Gavin Griffin his nearest competitor atop the leader board.
Billy “The Croc” Argyros was an early casualty, putting him on the bad end of a last-longer bet he was trying to set up with 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Peter Eastgate. Argyros put up $10,000 AUD that he would outlast Eastgate in the tournament, based on his assumption that the newly-minted world champ would be jetlagged from flying into Sydney the night before the tournament. Argyros busted early on Day 1b, leaving him the guaranteed loser if Eastgate makes the money. Argyros went bust in a brutal set-over-set hand against Terrence Chan when his was no good on a flop of against Chan’s .
Other notable eliminations on Day 1b included 2007 champ Grant Levy. He never got anything going in the event, and busted when he put the last of his chips in the middle with and was called by a player with . The board ran out , and Levy headed to the rail. Jeff Lisandro, Gary Benson, Raymond Rahme and Peter Aristidou were among the bustouts on Day 1b.
Several big names performed well on Day 1b, as Mark Vos picked up aces twice in short order and doubled up both times with them. Vos lost some chips late in the day but finished in the middle of the pack. Finishing up somewhat better was Gavin Griffin, who came to Sydney to add a fourth notch on his belt. Griffin already has titles from the World Series of Poker, European Poker Tour and World Poker Tour to his credit, and he finished Day 1b second in chips as he looks to add an APPT trophy to his mantle.
By far the biggest stack in the field at the end of the day belonged to Jason Gray, and he moved into the lead early with a huge pot against Nathanael Seet. Gray raised preflop and was reraised by Seet. Gray called, and the flop came down . Seet led out, and Gray called once more to see the come on the turn. Seet checked, and Gray fired a bet. Seet check-raised all in, and Gray called with for the straight. Seet tabled for an overpair and a straight draw, but the on the river was no help as he headed to the rail and Gray dragged a massive pot. Gray never relinquished his chip lead, finishing the day with a huge edge over Griffin and the rest of the field. Other notable survivors included Lee Nelson, Eric Assadourian, Mark Vos and Jamie Pickering.
Join Pokernews at 12:30 PM local time as Thursday’s Day 1c starting session kicks off. The top ten chip counts from Day 1b play were as follows:
Jason Gray – 185,000
Gavin Griffin – 130,000
Andy Meldrum – 78,000
Mark Vos – 74,000
Sam Korman – 73,000
Marlon Goonawardana – 68,000
Andrew Scott – 61,000
Suzy Khoueis – 45,000
Assadour Assadourian – 45,000
Jamie Pickering – 42,000
DeLuze picks up de win in ECOOP
December 2, 2008
Two hundred players got their holiday season off to a start on Monday by entering the latest European Championship of Online Poker event.
The $2,500+$100 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em event on Monday had a $250,000 guarantee. Christmas came early for the 200 players who showed up to play, as the prize pool ramped up to $500,000 and the top 20 players each took a piece of it.
On familiar name among the cashers was miffy444. On Day 3, miffy444 posted a win in a No-Limit Hold’em Turbo event for $46,599, and this time miffy444 took 20th place to earn another $6,000.
The biggest score went to DeLuze, however. Taking the top spot in the event, DeLuze earned a $135,000 payday. The final-table results were:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | DeLuze | $135,000 |
| 2nd | franzferl | $80,000 |
| 3rd | FcukMyLuck1 | $50,000 |
| 4th | helgul | $40,000 |
| 5th | redstar99 | $35,000 |
| 6th | imsoluckylol | $30,000 |
| 7th | dingding123 | $25,000 |
| 8th | Pabb | $20,000 |
| 9th | warringtonchamp | $15,000 |
The ECOOP III is hosted by the iPoker Network and is offering up more than $4 million in guaranteed prize pools spread through 14 events. Poker players can take advantage of this guaranteed money at poker sites such as Titan Poker, CD Poker, Mansion Poker and more.
The action continues today with a $250+$18 Limit Seven-Card Stud event with a $50,000 guarantee. The series will culminate with a $1.5 million guaranteed No-Limit Hold’em event with a $1,000+$60 buy-in on Sunday.
60 Minutes online poker feature bumped back to November
November 2, 2008
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Final table play of the WSOP Main Event to begin soon
November 2, 2008
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Kentucky to online sites: Pay $1 billion
November 2, 2008
Kentucky’s latest gambit in its encase close up to to a greater degree than 100 online playing for money and poker sites: Salary $1 billion.
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PartyPoker: BBJ Almost $1 Million
August 16, 2008
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The PokerStrategists be sure the BBJ upon the body PartyPoker remarkably hearty. Before that time different general condition of affairs you possess busted the jackpot. After this the BBJ is nearing excellently seen heights furthermore. Read more
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