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Dwan Making Waves for a 2010 WSOP Bracelet

The bets are on the books and Dwan is playing poker! Rumor has it Tom “Durrrr” Dwan stands to win eight figures from various prop bets if he wins a 2010 WSOP gold bracelet.

At 23 years old, Dwan has already pocketed more than $530K in WSOP cashes since 2008. His first event at the 2008 WSOP landed him 7th place finisher and $67,000 in his pocket. Not a bad start considering the old pros he was playing with and his bright green youth. Five days later, Dwan made waves again finishing 8th in a second event at the 2008 WSOP where he took home an additional $45,000.

As with so many others, Dwan got his start playing poker online, but few have had the success or potential as he. Dwan is the 5th largest winner on Full Tilt Poker.com winning an estimated $3 million, a few dollars shy of famous pros Phil Ivey, David Benyamine, Di “Urindanger” Dang, and Niki “Kaibuxxe” Jedlicka. Dwan now has an estimated poker bankroll nearing the $10 million mark.

Dwan is halfway through the 2010 WSOP, and there’s no stopping Tom “Durrrr” Dwan from aggressively playing each event to win the prized gold bracelet at the final table. He needs to tighten up if he’s going to a bracelet ceremony, however.

Off to a not-so-promising start, 2010 WSOP Event #6 was Dwan’s first event where he landed 35th place and $16,000. His second event, Event #11, found Dwan 2nd place finisher and $381,000. Close, but no cigar. Dwan fell way behind in Event #31 landing 74th place and a measly $2,800.

If Dwan is going to win that coveted bracelet, he’s going to have to step up his game. With the likes of Dwan’s competition, namely Men “the Master” Nguyen, Phil Ivey, Michael Mizrachi, and James Dempsey, winning a 2010 WSOP bracelet isn’t going to be easy. And considering the eight-figure bets at stake, Dwan needs to get his head in the game-fast.

2010 WSOP Ladies Event Turned Co-Ed

A 30-year tradition to honor women in poker and encourage more women to play, the Ladies Poker Championship turned co-ed in 2010. About a dozen men cited discrimination, claiming that it’s an unfair event and decided to register and play in this year’s female only event.

The World Series of Poker can’t actually ban men from playing in the event; however, they strongly discourage men from participating. Regardless, a handful of men joined the event, and some even had the audacity to show up in drag, but men in drag did little to intimidate the 1,054 women who played the event. In fact, a man was the second person to be eliminated from the event on day one!

In the end, the final table was full of estrogen with Vanessa Hellebuyck of France taking the bracelet for this year’s event. She collected more than $192K in winnings and became the second ever non-American to win the WSOP Ladies Championship, and the third person from France to ever win a WSOP gold bracelet. Earlier this year, Hellebuyck final tabled three major events at the European Poker Tour with 5th place as her best finish until now.

“I’m in the clouds now,” said Hellebuyck after she won the event. “This is my first World Series of Poker. It means the world to me. I can’t describe it. Cashing in Europe was very exciting for me. But I don’t know what more I can do now, except maybe win another event that is not the Ladies event. That is the next step.”

Also at the Ladies Championship final table was runner-up Sidsel Boesen of Denmark, 3rd place finisher Timmi DeRosa of Los Angeles, California; 4th place finisher Allison Whalen-Lannel of Atlanta, Georgia; 5th place finisher Kami Chisholm of San Francisco, California; 6th place finisher Holly Hodge of Canada; and 7th place finisher La Sengphet of Dallas, Texas.

Instant Win Promo at Party Poker: Card Rush XL

Coming back June 28th, Party Poker’s Card Rush XL instant win promo promises to award players with 1.8 million prize cards in their massive scratch card event. For every 15 Party Points you collect playing real money poker online at Party Poker, you’ll earn a chance to scratch and win. Your first card will be awarded to you at only 5 points, though. You can earn up to 50 cards per day, which equates to 750 Party Points.

A spokesman for Party Poker says, “To get things started in style, we’ll be giving away the first Card Rush XL card on the 28th June for just five points. All you have to do is earn the points, visit your account and scratch the card to reveal your prize. You can collect up to 50 Card Rush XL cards on every day of the promotion, but once we’ve given away 1.8 million prizes, that’s it. At only 15 points per card, they’ll be snapped up fast so make sure you don’t miss out on your share.”

Possible prizes include more Party Points, entry into freerolls, and cash. You can also compete on the Card Rush XL Leaderboard that will award three top prizes—one of three $10K luxury travel packages to the Italian Grand Prix, the 2010 Ryder Cup, and the Major League Baseball World Series (or accept a cash alternative of $7,500). Leaderboard places 4 through 10 will win varying cash amounts from $2,000 up to $6,000. Leaderboard spots 11 through 2,000 will also have the chance to win major cash prizes.

The seven freeroll tournaments will run from August 5th through August 8th and will take place at 13:30 ET with guaranteed prize pools ranging from $2,000 to $50,000.

New 2010 WSOP Poker App for iPhone

The 2010 WSOP iPhone App is out for the 2010 WSOP season. Developed by Pokulator LLC and Applicorp, this new and innovative application for the iPhone features WSOP event schedules, structures, and customized results for mobile platforms. You’ll find that the schedule is easily accessible and can be viewed in full or filtered to show events by buy-ins, types of games, or dates.

This new technology eliminates the players’ need for a structure sheet during tournaments and the confusion surrounding when the next affordable event will be held, etc. After the events finish, the app will swiftly and accurately present tournament results and update often with information that WSOP players and spectators alike can use.

The 2010 WSOP iPhone App can be downloaded on all versions of iPhone, iPod Touch, and the recently introduced iPad via the iTunes Store.
This technology will no doubt open doors to more innovative and unique poker-related applications, adding even more poker-useful applications to the growing arsenal of gambling apps out there already, and this isn’t the first time Pokulator LLC and Applicorp have teamed up to offer apps to the poker community. The two companies previously joined forces on the Women of Poker iPhone App, which was also an instant success, and plans for future applications are already in the works.

And while it is not currently possible to actually play online poker via iPhone and related technologies, it might not be an impossible dream. Though poker sites have expressed concern over security related issues with the iPhone platform, there is a way to rig your iPhone to access online poker by accessing the poker game on your PC via your iPhone. While this still seems pretty farfetched, perhaps the ability to gamble via the iPhone for real money is in the future, whether it be near or far.

A Killer Among Us

Joran van der Sloot, accused murderer of college student from Peru, 21-year-old Stephany Flores and suspected murderer of Natalee Holloway, who went missing in 2005, has further confessed details of the recent murder of Flores. According to his statement, he and Flores were playing online poker when the murder took place.

While playing poker on van der Sloot’s laptop in his hotel room, he claims that an insulting message appeared on the screen regarding Holloway. The message reportedly mentioned the Holloway case and said, “I’m going to kill you, you little Mongoloid.”

Van der Sloot claims that Flores, a fellow poker player whom he met at the Latin American Poker Tour in Lima, Peru, threw the first blow and he then elbowed her in the face, strangled her for an entire minute, and then suffocated her with his shirt.

What makes this really hit home to the poker community is that this killer had played online poker on at least two online poker rooms, UB.com being one of them. He played there using the name “AngryShark68.” Van der Sloot also competed in live poker events such as the Latin American Poker Tour, though he never made any big wins or cashes.

While the graphic and bloody details of Flores’ murder recently released are chilling and gruesome, the fact that this killer sat at the felt, played cards, and swapped chips with respectable members of the poker community and then murdered a fellow poker player in cold blood is just as disturbing. An “Angry Shark” in more than one sense, van der Sloot’s seemingly calm demeanor about everything including past recollections of the Natalee Holloway case five years ago gives a whole new meaning to the term “poker face,” as he apparently has used his to bluff his way out of more than just a bad hand.

Daniel Negreanu Challenged by Jealous Poker Player

Online poker player, Matt “ADZ124” Marafioti is stirring up buzz with a recent poker challenge he’s issued towards Daniel Negreanu. The challenge stems from Marafioti’s claims that if he had as much income as Negreanu, he would be a better poker players.

On his blog, Marafioti explained that he believes he is a more marketable poker player than Negreanu, living “a better life off poker” than the world famous poker pro who gets paid $2 million from PokerStars every year to keep him out of the hole. To prove his theory, he’s challenged Negreanu that he would pay him $500 per hour per table to sit opposite him. In addition, he issued a $100K prop bet that is dependent on the player who cashes more at the next 10 live events that both are participants of.

Matt said, “So in the future, unless you’re going to back it up, do not open your mouth in the 100/200 game on stars, because you’re awfully quiet when I see you in person. Just come speak with me face to face.”

Negreanu’s response earlier this week on his Poker Listings blog to Marafioti’s follows: “If I wasted my time responding to all the completely insane nut jobs on the Internet, I wouldn’t have enough hours in the day. He falls directly into that category of social misfit.”

Marafioti’s blog says that the challenge stands and that he would be interested in a $100K cage fight match. Negreanu is obviously not taking the comments seriously, as he doesn’t want to provoke him. Obviously Marafioti is a hater and a wannabe and in the words of Negreanu, a “nut job.”

Full Tilt Poker Presents Steps to 2010 WSOP

The long awaited Full Tilt Poker Steps to the 2010 WSOP promo is well underway. This promo will give Full Tilt players with the opportunity to secure a $12,000 prize package to the 2010 WSOP for as little as $3.30.

The Full Tilt Poker Steps Tournament will play like any other competition; however, players will be competing for their spot in the subsequent level. Up for grabs are seats for an array of satellite tourneys including main event satellites and seats in the same or lower levels if they do not progress to the next level. There are 7 steps, and the 7th step features a $2,100 buy-in in which 1st place will earn the $12K WSOP package and places 2nd and 3rd will win another Step 7 ticket. Places 4th through 6th will get a Step 6 ticket. All previous levels work in the same fashion.

You may buy in directly to any step in the competition or buy tourney tickets at a wide range of denominations at Full Tilt Poker. Each tournament ticket will be worth the value of a buy-in and can then be used in any tournament.

To find these events at Full Tilt Poker, see the Standard View of the FTP game lobby. Click “Sit & Go” and then “Steps.”

The 2010 WSOP Main Event will take place at the Rio All Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 5th. Buy-in will cost $10,000 and the format will feature no limit hold ‘em. By July 17th, the Final 9 will have been determined, who will return in November to play out the final table and decide the 2010 WSOP World Champion. It could be you!

Sydney’s Rugby Team, The Roosters, In Danger of Losing Full Tilt Poker Sponsorship

Australian rugby team, the Sydney Roosters, is in quite a pickle. They may be forced by federal law to break ties with their biggest sponsor, online poker giant, Full Tilt Poker. While the team has sought legal advice concerning the matter, as Full Tilt is their largest benefactor, it may not be enough.

It seems as Australia, who foresaw the potential of the booming online gambling industry, does permit Internet gambling to take place within their country, but is only marketed towards foreigners. The law does not allow Australian citizens to partake in Internet gambling whether it be online poker or online casino related activity. While the country of Australia is a gambling nation, and more of the population gambles then doesn’t, spending more of their income on gambling related activities than fuel for their cars, federal law prevents Australian citizens from participating in online gambling.

The problem is that the Australian Interactive Gambling Act of 2001 does not allow unregulated offshore gambling institutions (Full Tilt Poker) to provide services to Aussie players (the Roosters). Because of this issue, online gambling providers have gained quite a bit of attention in the Australian news recently. While the Sydney Roosters do heavily rely on the Full Tilt sponsorship, they may be unable to continue any financial relationship with the online poker club due to the national laws governing online gambling associations. Perhaps there will be some loophole or way around this, as it would be unfortunate for the loyal fans of the rugby team, and the team as well, should there be no way around these laws.

Co-Captains Doyle Brunson and Phil Hellmuth Announce Team USA Players for World Team Poker

The Team USA lineup has been formed for the first ever World Team Poker, which will take place May 19th, 2010 at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas, Nevada. Doyle Brunson and Phil Hellmuth have chosen the nine players who will represent the United States at the one-day event. The tournament will feature a $50K buy-in and 40 of the best poker professionals in the world from eight countries.

Eleven WSOP bracelet winner, Hellmuth, was named the Team USA captain, but deferred his position to Brunson. Hellmuth explains, “If (Brunson) accepts, I’m going to give him the captain jersey because he deserves it, and I’ll play the number two spot.” Ten WSOP bracelet winner, Brunson, was happy to serve as team captain.

Brunson announced his team: Howard Lederer, Annie Duke, Allen Cunningham, Chris “Jesus” Ferguson, Mike “The Mouth” Matusow, Erik Seidel, and Jennifer Harman. With Brunson and Hellmuth, that makes nine, six of them being members of Team Full Tilt Poker (all but Hellmuth and Duke who represent Ultimate Bet and Brunson, who is obviously with Doyle’s Room, his own self-named online poker room).

Other teams consist of Johnny Chan (co-captain with David Chiu) representing China, Captain Men “The Master” Nguyen representing Vietnam, George Kapalas (co-captain with George Theofanopoulos) representing Greece, Captain Eli Elezra representing Isreal, Jeff Lisandro (co-captains with Tony G) representing Australia, Captain Ben Roberts representing England, and Captain Juliano Maesano representing Brazil.

The World Team Poker tournament will be a 5-table shootout with Limit Hold ‘em, Pot Limit Omaha, and No Limit Hold ‘em rounds. The final two players to survive each shootout will go on to participate in the final table showdown. What makes this all the more interesting though, is that the team captains will have the ability to switch out players throughout the event, which will make for a more developed team strategy that is new to poker. Captains will most likely match up their players based on expertise and experience in different game types. This twist should make for some exciting poker, which will be aired on television.

Casino robbery in France

Just last week, an armed robbery happened at the Le Pharaon Casino in France when a group of four masked men burst into a crowded casino. They were geared with Kalashnikov assault rifles and even fired two shots at the ceiling.

All this happened in a mere 3 minutes, by the end of which the thieves stole a hefty 28,000 euro. This was reported by the police who are investigating the casino location in the central city of Lyon. The casino also happens to be close to the Interpol headquarters which is also the international police agency.

It seems the armed men made use of an angle grinder to break into the cashiers’ area while a fifth person was waiting outside in a black BMW.

Luckily no one in the crowd was hurt but two of the security guards on attendance suffered minor injuries.a

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