Subscribe60 Minutes Expose about Online Poker
December 1, 2008
60 Minutes ran a story about online poker last night they talk about a small group of people managed to cheat players out of $20 million.
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Tagged: $250K guaranteed poker tournament, 60 minutes, Poker
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Junkies Poker Open 5 November 13 2008 Registration Opens on October 20
October 15, 2008
The Junkies a radio show in Washington DC on WJFK radio unofficially announced that their 5th poker tournament will be held on Nov 13th, 2008 at the Borgata in Atlantic City, NJ. The JPO5 will be a Texas Hold’em tournament. Noteworthy participants include Lee Childs who was a World Series of Poker contestant. Registration starts Monday October 20, 2008.
Here are the details:
- You need to get a My Borgata Rewards Card.
- $260 +$40 ($40 is paid at registraion, the remaining $260 is due in CASH at The Borgata for the tournament.)
- 150 Rooms will be allocated, $139 rooms will be available for Wednesday 11/12/2008 and Thursday 11/13/2008. You must be registered for the tournament before booking a room. Call 866-My-Borgata to reserve.
- Here is the link to details about the JPO5.
Here is a list of winners and payouts for past tournaments:
JPO1 - Derrick Childress - ??
JPO2 - Gary Heffner - $32,000
JPO3 - Andrew Phillips - $28,000
JPO4 - Al from Brooklyn - $29,934
JPO5 - ??
The entrance fee is usually around $300. Comeback for more details about the tournament.
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Junkies Poker Open 5 Announced Set for Nov 13 2008
September 30, 2008
The Junkies a radio show in Washington DC on WJFK radio unofficially announced that their 5th poker tournament will be held on Nov 13th, 2008 at the Borgata in Atlantic City, NJ. The JPO5 will be a Texas Hold’em tournament. Noteworthy participants include Lee Childs who was a World Series of Poker contestant.
Here are the details, registration will begin later this month (October 2008 for JPO5):
- You need to get a My Borgata Rewards Card.
- $260 +$40 ($40 is paid at registraion, the remaining $260 is due in CASH at The Borgata for the tournament.)
- 150 Rooms will be allocated, $139 rooms will be available for Wednesday 11/12/2008 and Thursday 11/13/2008. You must be registered for the tournament before booking a room. Call 866-My-Borgata to reserve.
- Here is the link to details about the JPO5.
Here is a list of winners and payouts for past tournaments:
JPO1 - Derrick Childress - ??
JPO2 - Gary Heffner - $32,000
JPO3 - Andrew Phillips - $28,000
JPO4 - Al from Brooklyn - $29,934
JPO5 - ??
The entrance fee is usually around $300-$350. Comeback for more details about the tournament.
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Tagged: JPO5, junkies, junkies poker open, poker tournamanent, sports junkies
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Best FPP - Frequent Player Points and Poker Rooms
September 10, 2008
We have updated our Poker Room Frequent Player Points (FPP) page. Check out The Sports Affiliate Poker Rooms and Frequent Player Points Page for more information.
How do I get FPPs ? Every time you play a hand of poker in these rooms you will earn points that can be redeemed for varous things, it can be from cash, special prizes, buy-ins for tournaments, freerolls, or other cool stuff.
This page will be updated frequently as we receive more promotions from poker rooms.
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Tagged: BP, FPP, frequent player points, poker bonus points, poker rooms
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Play Poker for Cash, Gift Certificates, and Prizes - How Poker Savvy Works
August 20, 2008
Poker Savvy is like a frequent flyer program for poker players.
Here is how it works:
1. Sign up for a poker account via Poker Savvy - Click Here to Open an account.
2. Earn Savvy Points when you play poker and make deposits.
3. Redeem Poker Savvy points for cash, gift certificates, and prizes.
Its probably easier than redeeming frequent flyer miles. Check the list of incentives that PokerSavvy has to offer - Click here to see the PokerSavvy offers.
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Tagged: online poker for prizes, play poker for cash, play texas holdem for prizes, poker savvy
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Poker Savvy now available through The Sports Affiliate
August 20, 2008
Readers of The Sports Affiliate can now play poker, earn points, and redeem the points for cash, gift certificates, and other prizes. Its like a frequent flyer program for poker players.
How Poker Savvy Works
Play poker and earn Savvy points. Its prett easy. Check out the incentives that PokerSavvy has to offer.
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Tagged: play poker for cash, play poker for gifts, play poker for prizes, poker frequent flier miles, poker savvy
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ChanPoker folds
August 19, 2008
Chanpoker has shutdown its operations. Is this the sign of the times ? Has poker lost its thunder ? Is the economy to blame ? I dont think so, its just an operation that couldnt sustain.
Check out their webpage for more details - http://www.chanpoker.com/closing/
Have no fear though for those who have accounts:
If you have a cash balance with us rest assured that all withdrawal requests will be honored and promptly processed. To facilitate timely withdrawals, limits for certain withdrawal methods have been increased. We will make every effort to accept withdrawal requests through our website for as long as necessary however we strongly advise submitting your request as soon as possible. To initiate a withdrawal now please follow this link to go to your account. Please note that once final withdrawals are processed your account will be automatically closed, no further action is necessary.
Looks like they are looking to transfer player accounts to another company. Im not sure what their user base is or how much revenue they were generating through poker rooms. I’d be intersted in seeing who picks their players up. Im pretty sure ChanPoker made money, how can you not cash in on the poker business.
Looking for a poker rakeback ? Check out my rake back site - The Sports Affiliate Rake Back Site.
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High Heels Poker Tour the next big thing
August 18, 2008
I just heard about the High Heels Poker Tour - HHPT.
Here is their mission statement from their homepage:
Our Mission at the HHPT is to empower women who want to become champions in the growing world of poker. The HHPT wants to provide the best competitive environment where women can explore, develop, and continue growing and learning top strategies and their “A” game. Opportunities and Recognition are what the HHPT is all about.
Could this be the next craze in Poker ? It was founded by Lauren Failla. Women have been playing a big part in poker over the last couple of years. With movie starts such as Jennifer Tilly and Shannon Elizabeth making it more prominent. This year’s tournament we saw quit a few women make it to the final tables but not the final table. There is definitely an audience for women in poker, im tired of see those dudes in the jump suits on TV. Bring more women to the tables ! Looking at their poker tournament schedule it looks pretty strong.
Check out web page:
High Heels of Poker Tour
Kind of a clever name I must say as opposed to a name like Woman of Poker (WOP) ! HHTP is much cooler.
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Poker Players and their educational background
July 31, 2008
I stumbled upon this article comparing poker players and fund managers. It is published by Netgroup Investors, Matthew de Witt.
Interestingly, like top fund managers, good professional poker players generate significant profits over longer periods, but have mixed results over shorter periods as there is a random element (or luck) to the cards dealt.
So I decided to do some reasearch on past winners of the World Series of Poker Main Event winners.
Chris Ferguson - 2000 - PhD Computer Science
Robert Varkonyi - 2002 - MIT Graduate - EE CS
Chris Moneymaker - 2003 - Accountant (Masters in Accounting)
Greg Raymer - 2004 - Patent Lawyer
Joe Hachem - 2005 - Chiropractor
Jaime Gold - 2006 - Entertainment Law
Jerry Yang - 2007 - Health Psychology (Masters)
These winners do not validate the fund manager theory but the trend is that your chances are better if you are highly educated. With the exception of a few players who win, but the majority are extremely educated with advanced degrees. It shows how poker is a game of critical thinking and how the mind is in play at all time, but you cant count out luck and chance of course.
For the November Nine, here are their bios:
Dennis Philips - Account Manager for Commercial Trucking Company
Ivan Demidov - no occupation listed - Professional Poker Player
Scott Montgomery - no occupation listed - Professional Poker Player
Peter Eastgate - no occupation listed - Professional Poker Player
Ylon Schwartz - NYC Chess Hustler - Professional Poker Player
Darus Suharto - MBA Indiana University - Accountant
David Rheem - no occupation listed - Professional Poker Player
Craig Marquis - College Student
Kelly Kim - UC San Diego - Busines Analyst - Professional Poker Player
Subscribing to this theory Darus Suharto (17/2) should have the best chances if you take into account of occupation and education. Not to doubt the professional poker players. Im sure they are all smart people. Dennis Philips (3/1) the chip leader has the best chances because he is the chip leader, but I would put him at #2 for this theory. The next two Kelly Kim (25/1) and Craig Marquis (10/1) are at the bottom of the chip lead, it will be tough for them to come back. But if the theory proves to be true they will make a come back. The would be the #3 and #4 seed for the theory rating.
Looking for a online texas holdem game ? Check out The Sports Affiliate Online Poker Tournament - click here for details. Its a $10+$1 buy-in, NL Hold’em and happens every Wednesday, starting July 30th @ 9:30 EST (21:30).
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Betus releases WSOP Player Odds and Prop Bets
July 24, 2008
Betus has released 2008 World Series of Poker Main event Player odds and Prop Bets. An interested bet is who will be the first person out?
Kelly Kim Ev
Craig Marquis +700
David Rheem +800
Darus Suharto +900
Ylon Schwartz +900
Peter Eastgate +1400
Scott Montgomery +1600
Ivan Demidov +1800
Dennis Phillips +2000
Kelly Kim is leading the odds to who will be knocked out first while Dennis Phillips is +2000. In Bodog WSOP Player Odds. Phillips is 3/1 and Kelly Kim is 25/1.Phillips is again the favorite to win in Betus odds at +350. Kelly Kim is +2800. Phillips has 26,295,000 in chips while Kim only has 2,620,000. It would be an incredible run for Kim if he can make it out of the low chip count, but I doubt it.
Looking for a online texas holdem game ? Check out The Sports Affiliate Online Poker Tournament - click here for details. Its a $24+$2 buy-in, NL Hold’em and happens every Wednesday, starting July 30th @ 9:30 EST (21:30).
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