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David Benyamine regains his ”Red Pro” status

Lately we have seen David Benyamine playing at Full Tilt Poker under his own name and with his own avatar which means that he is once again a member of the FullTilt Red Pro Team. It is still not clear if he is only a Red Pro player or if he is also a sponsored member of Team FullTilt.

In order to get one of these Red Pro sponsorships you usually have to be a member of Team FullTilt but Benyamine is yet to be listed on that section of FullTilt Poker.

Benyamine lost his Red Pro status at the end of last year and he was rumored to be in negotiations with several other poker sites. Most people thought he would show up as a sponsored player at PokerStars or Betfair but no such sponsorship was made. Benyamine continued to play online poker at Full Tilt Poker after he lost his Red Pro status but under the screen name ”MR B 2 U SON”. After the change to that account he went on a huge losing streak and when he stopped using that account in July it showed a total loss of $1.5 million.

But that is all in the past and he is now using the old account with screen name ”David Benyamine” when playing at Full Tilt Poker.

The reason behind Benyamine losing his Red Pro status was never made public. He was only spotted wearing Full Tilt Poker gear at the 2009 WSOP one time.

Whatever the problems have been between Benyamine and Full Tilt Poker it seems to have been solved now.

PokerStars signs Joe Cada

Joe Cada is one of the players that have been fortunate enough to become one of the final nine players in the 2009 WSOP Main Event. It was recently made public that PokerStars have managed to sign the November Nine player Joe Cada and he will be playing at the final table wearing PokerStars clothing. Joe Cada is the youngest player on the final table.

Four out of the last six Main Event winners have been sponsored by PokerStars and it will be very interesting to see if Joe Cada can make it five out of seven for PokerStars. After signing for PokerStars it will probably be a pretty good payday for Joe no matter what placement he gets at the final table considering they are the biggest poker site on the internet.

“I am proud to represent PokerStars and i look forward to being a part of their team“, said Joe Cada in an interview.

2009 November Nine Player Signs Sponsorship Deal

The French poker player Antoine Saout qualified for the 2009 WSOP at the online poker site EverestPoker.com and this November he is one of the final nine players who will return to the felt to battle it out for the Main Event bracelet.

Here at Online Poker News we have written about this player before when we reported about the million dollar payout to the Everest Poker qualifiers due to his final table placement.

Antoine is now a full feathered sponsored pro at Everest Poker which means that he will be playing tournaments wearing Everest Poker clothing and he will also be a part of the Team Everest Poker who are going to play in various tournaments on the poker tour.

On the seventh of November Antoine Saout will return to Las Vegas and the 2009 WSOP Main Event final table where he is going to face players like Phil Ivey and Jeff Shulman. Saout is one of the players with the least amount of chips at the final table.

Bet on 2009 WSOP Final Table

Betfair claims that over $20.000 have been placed on the outcome of the 2009 WSOP Main Event and over half of this money is on Phil Ivey to take down his first Main Event bracelet.

The favorite to win the tournament is the chipleader Darvin Moon who is currently paying the odds 4.3. The super celebrity Phil Ivey who is starting the final table with only a sixth of Darvin’s chip stack is also one of the bigger favorites to win with the odds 7.4.

James Akenhad is one of the short stacks with only 7 million in chips at the final table but more people are betting on him to win rather than the other short stack, Antoine Saout from France.

You can check out the latest prices for the 2009 WSOP at Betfair.com.

Betfair is based in England and does not accept US customers so if you want to place a bet on the 2009 WSOP Main Event we suggest you head over to a good US Bookmaker such as Bodog.com or PlayersOnly.com.

Truck Driver Wins $200.000 in the first episode of “Face the Ace”

The first episode of the new poker show “Face the Ace” was broadcasted last week and one of the two contestants knocked out Howard Lederer and Erick Lindgren in the same episode.

If he manages to win his third and final match this week he is going to leave the show with one million dollars in cold hard cash.

Each contestant has the chance to win $1.000.000 in prize money, but to get there is no walk in the park. If the contestant knocks out one player he will have won $40.000, for two wins he will get $200.000 and for three wins the maximum payout of $1 million is awarded to the contestant. All of the professional poker players that the contestants are up against are members of Team FullTilt Poker which means that they can at any point find themselves facing players like Phil Ivey or Patrick Antonius.

After every match the contestant has the option to leave the competition and take the money that has been won, this might be a good move for some players as they will walk away empty handed should they lose one of their matches.

Dan Tropel, the truck driver who beat both Howard Lederer and Erick Lindgren in the premiere episode will be back to play for the million dollar first prize this coming Saturday. It will be very interesting to see which one of the Team FullTilt members he will face in the final match.

New Poker Movie with Benicio del Toro

According to poker website Coinflip.com it seems like Hollywood are preparing for yet another poker movie and this time it is Benicio del Toro who will hold the lead character if the rumors are true.

Del Toro is born in Puerto Rico and this is where the movie is supposed to be filmed. Other than del Toro it is also rumored that rapper 50 Cent and Wisin & Yandel are going to take part in this production.

Benicio del Toro is mostly known for his excellent performance in the Hunter S. Thompson movie, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

The Founder of PokerListings Found Murdered

The man who was found murdered in Trollhattan, Sweden a couple of weeks ago was no other than one of the Swedish founders of the well known poker site PokerListings.com.

The 36-year old man who usually lives in New York was visiting his home town of Trollhattan in Sweden. He was found shot in his bed and the Swedish Police have been investigating this murder for the last few weeks with very limited results. With the man in the house was also his two-year old son who is assumed to have witnessed the murder.

The man was one of the founders of the huge poker resource site PokerListings.com and was previously the CEO of the company but recently changed over to a smaller role within the company.

PartyGaming Buys WPT

Peerless Media, a PartyGaming company, have bought the WPT brand. They managed to do this even though it had already been sold to another company, but that deal was cancelled after PartyGaming made their offer. The World Poker Tour was sold for the sum of $12.3 million plus 5% of the income that is being generated from now on.

PartyGaming, owner of PartyPoker.com, managed to buy the WPT brand even though Gaymynia Ltd, a private investment group earlier bought the WPT for $9 million. But that deal was cancelled as mentioned earlier in this article.

“PartyGaming has been a very important partner for several years and we are convinced that they are going to take good care of our brands in the future”, said Steve Lipscomb.

Since the poker boom in 2003 the WPT brand has been growing steadily but over the last year the interest for the tour have cooled off significantly. The WPT Legends of Poker which is being played right now have 25% less participants when compared to last year.

Baccarat Online for Real Money

Are you a Baccarat fan? Did you know that you can play Baccarat online? Online casinos offer players a chance to play Baccarat for real money online, just like you would at a live casino. The online casinos allow you to deposit your real money through a variety of different deposit options. Once your money is uploaded into your online casino account balance you will now be ready to play Baccarat for real money.

A lot of people are interested in playing Baccarat at the casino, but are a little shy to sit at the tables because they don’t exactly know how to play. Online Baccarat is perfect for people who aren’t fully aware of the Baccarat rules or strategies. Players can play for free or just make small bets and get comfortable with Baccarat so that next time they are at the casino they can join in on the fun!

If you sign up to play Baccarat at an online casino, such as Bodog casino, you will receive a bonus on your first real money deposit. The bonus the online casinos give are usually a percentage of the players deposit. Bodog casino gives new Baccarat players a 10% bonus on their first deposit. If you were to deposit $500 at Bodog you would receive $50 in free bonus money instantly. This free money is given by online casinos to thank players for choosing their casino over the other online casinos.

If you are using a mac computer you will need to make sure you sign up for an online casino that offers mac compatible casino games. Some online casinos don’t offer an instant play version, or software for mac users. It’s really strange that some online casinos aren’t mac friendly, but atleast the top casinos are. Bodog casino has instant play software that will allow you to play Baccarat on a mac!

Each country has different deposit options for the online casinos, but it should be pretty easy to find a way to get your money online to play Baccarat for real money. Some deposit methods include credit cards, moneybookers, wire transfers, neteller, online ewallets such as ewallet xpress, and more. After you win some money playing Baccarat online it isn’t hard to withdraw your winnings. My favorite method to withdraw my money is simply through a paper check. Okay so now you know how to play Baccarat online for real money, get started and win some money!

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