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Seinfeld star Jason Alexander still in the WSOP

Jason Alexander, celebrity actor in the Seinfeld series as George Costanza is competing in this year’s WSOP in Las Vegas. After 2 full days of action, he is still in the game tournament. This is not the first year Alexander is participating in the event as he has done so in the past years. He’s never won money at the event but he might this year if he is amongst the top 648 in order to get a money prize.

On Tuesday, the second day of playing, he was up by 73,700 chips, just below the average stack of 97,650 chips. The leader at the moment is Andrew Gaw from the Philippines with 386,000 chips. Nevertheless, Alexander is still in the running for the top prize of more than $8.5 million.

The Main tournament commenced on Monday with a total of 6,494 entrants. They were split in the four separate groups and will play over four days. Day two was then split into two groups with Jason Alexander among those 607 players out of 1,989 survivors of Day 2A Tuesday. His next day of play is Friday.

Day2b will see another 2,922 players.

2009 WSOP Main Event Registration Closed

More than 800 players were turned down a seat at day 1d which is the last opening day of the World Series of Poker Main Event.

It was close to choas at the start of day 1d when the organizers had to tell over 800 player that they would not be able to particpate in this years WSOP Main Event due to lack of space. The registration for day 1d was full but there were still around 800 players waiting around the tables hoping to take someones seat when they bust out, but that would not be an option and the organizers will not add another day 1 to the schedule.

Amongst those players who where turned down we could find Patrik Antonius which is a huge name in the poker world.

It must be a huge disappointment for those players who have be travelling from all over the world just to play in this event to get turned away when it comes to the start of the tournament. But on the other hand they should probably not have waited with the registration until the very last day.

Phil Hellmuth surprises all entering as Caesar

The latest amusing anecdote comes straight from the WSOP in Las Vegas. It involves the no-limit Texas Hold ‘em champion, Phil Hellmuth dressed as Julius Caesar and parading through the entrance to the World Series of Poker last Sunday. He arrived in a car outside the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas and was accompanied by dozens of women and trumpeters, which drove the fans into frenzy.

11-time gold bracelet winner Hellmuth had won the WSOP main event 20 years ago and now appears again at the event’s poker table. Female gladiators with body paint and muses carrying rose petals in bags accompanied him throughout. Hellmuth’s words when interviewed by The Associated Press were “When you dress as Caesar you actually feel more powerful. Kiss my ring!” and continued “Hail Caesar!”

The television cameras showed how Phil was rolled in, greeted Jeffrey Pollack, the World Series of Poker Commissioner and then had a quick change into the standard attire for the start of the tournament.

Already during last year’s WSOP, Hellmuth surprised everyone with his Gen. George S. Patton outfit attire, and this year it s Caesar so we are guessing this annual dress up will become tradition. “It’s kind of a fun spectacle. I think it’s great for poker” were his words. Compared to Hellmuth, the other players had the everyday attire without a bombastic entry but some players did have some gimmicks up their sleeve during the tournament of 2008, trying to draw attention to themselves and maybe distract their competition. Such as last year’s number three, Dennis Phillips, who won $4.5 million at the series’ final table and had a dozen supporters dressed in a white collared shirt and a St. Louis Cardinals hat.

Meanwhile the WSOP sell-outs are looking great this year with almost 1,700 players entering this year’s tournament last Sunday. Many are expecting a bigger sale by today, one to reach a record of 2,600 players. In fact, today (6th July) is the last day entries to the tournament are accepted with hopefuls guessing on an additional 800 new tournament applicants. Last year it was the turn of Peter Eastgate to win the event with a prize of $9.15 million. Eastgate had entered the event through a $10,000 buy-in tournament contested by another 6,844 players.

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PokerStars recruits Luske and Mercier

It has been reported that Jason Mercier and Marcel Luske are now the newest and latest recruits to the existing Team PokerStars.

Jason Mercier is the 22-year-old professional poker player who won his first bracelet at the $1500 pot-limit Omaha event during this year’s World Series of Poker. Before that he won the EPT San Remo event in 2008 for $1,372,893 and achieved sixth place at the PokerStars EPT Barcelona main event. He also won the PokerStars London EPT High Rollers event and has already staggered up over $3.2 million at this tender age.

Marcel Luske is a professional and smart looking Dutch player. In 2004 he finished second in the WSOP Stud event and then came 10th in the main event. Besides these wins, he founded the ‘Federation Internationale de Poker Association’ /FIDPA which works on improving and keeping up standards of poker regulations.

Proudly being the world’s largest online poker room at the moment, PokerStars was happy to announce this news as they added Luske and Mercier to the strong team profile. This profile already includes heavy weight pros such as Daniel Negreanu and Greg Raymer.

Gus Hansen Loses €1.4 Million Tennis Bet

Gus Hansen probably thought he had found a safe bet in Rafal Nadal the French Open. But Nadal got knocked out of the tournament by Swedish tennis pro Robin Söderling and that loss cost Gus a cool €1.4 Million.

Gus “The Great Dane” Hansen is one of the most famous poker players in the world when it comes to high stakes games. But it is not only when it comes to poker that he is betting big. He also likes to bet on various sports. When the French Open was played in June he places a €1.4 Million bet on Rafael Nadal to win the whole tournament.

Before the start of the tournament Nadal had not lost a game in the French Open for over 5 years but that all changed in his match against Robin Söderling from Sweden. Nadal got knocked out of the tournament and Gus lost his Million Euro bet.

Hopefully Gus Hansen will have a profitable run in this years WSOP to make up for that loss.

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Self-identified gambler gets arrested at Casino Resort

Latest casino news involves Michael Evan Roshkind, a 37-year-old Catasauqua man who has been accused of gambling at the Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem earlier in June. This was after he had categorised himself through the state’s self-exclusion list; a list which bans the said individuals from the gaming floors of casinos. The police reported that the named gambler was charged with two counts of illegal intrude after having played the slots on June 18 and 20th.

The self-exclusion list is quite a new and popular system nowadays which encompasses a self-identifying tool for the problem gamblers. In this way they can bar themselves from the state’s entertainment hubs for specific periods. These could be from 1 year to life. This means that a self-excluded person also is not permitted to enter, play or collect any winnings and make back losses. The self-excluded persons can still live at the hotel, eat at the restaurants or shop at these gambling facilities as the ban is only valid on the gaming floor.

According to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board / PGCB it states,

“After a person is placed on the self-exclusion list, a licensed facility must refuse to accept the person’s wagers, will ask the person to leave the gaming floor and the person may be arrested for trespass.”

In fact, the PGCB has dedicated an entire page to a detailed explanation about the self-exclusion program and its current regulation.

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