Law Student Wins Bracelet at 2009 WSOP

I guess I should have studied law, and been born about 10 years later than I was. If so, I would have time to travel to the WSOP and win $650k. Jealous. :-)

And this week, between writing memos about civil liberties, he borrowed a few thousand dollars from a poker-playing friend, entered a World Series of Poker event, made it to the final pairing of the heads-up no-limit Texas hold 'em event, endured a final match that lasted more than eight hours, and won a WSOP bracelet, walking away with more than $650,000.

At Poker a Nice Fallback for Law Student - washingtonpost.com

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Texas Hold 'em with $40,000 buy-in set for 40th WSOP

That's right - it's triple the number of chips and it's starting. I can't wait to watch this on ESPN again this year.

Players in all 57 events at this year's World Series of Poker will start out with significantly larger stacks of chips. Whether they have any left at the finish is up to their skills and luck.

Event No. 2 set for Thursday through Sunday at the Rio hotel and casino in Las Vegas is a new Texas Hold 'em tournament with a buy-in price of $40,000 to commemorate the 40th annual World Series. For the $40,000, each player will get 120,000 chips.

That 3-1 ratio of chips to buy-in price will apply in every event. The ratio had been 2-1 since 2007. Before that it was 1-1.

"We did triple the starting chips this year, allowing players more opportunities to have their strategies, learn their players at the table, last longer in the tournament and really give them an opportunity to play," says tournament director Jack Effel.

At Triple the chips: Texas Hold 'em with $40,000 buy-in set for 40th WSOP

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21 Year Old Yevgeniy Timoshenko Wins 2009 WPT Championship

Another 21 year old wonder has taken yet another WPT title. Hmmm...how do I get some of that cash?

It took awhile, but 21-year-old online phenom Yevgeniy "Jovial Gent" Timoshenko won the 2009 Five-Star World Poker Classic WPT Championship late Saturday night. The feat took eight days and thousands of hands, but in the end, the young gun got it done, besting a stacked final table that included Scotty Nguyen, Shannon Shorr, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Christian Harder and eventual runner-up, Ran Azor.

At Yevgeniy Timoshenko Wins 2009 WPT Championship - Poker News - CardPlayer.com

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Huckleberry Seed - Poker Pro and Prop Bet King

I really had no idea that Huck Seed was a prop bet king. Yep - apparently prop bets abound while golfing etc. This is a great read over at Poker News - and I also had no idea he was 6'7" tall.

Not only has Huckleberry Seed won the WSOP Main Event, four gold bracelets, and over $4.5 million in poker tournaments, he is regarded as one of the greatest proposition gamblers of all time. Seed has taken on challenges to do a standing back flip (successful), float in the ocean for a 24-hour period (unsuccessful), and break 100 on a Las Vegas golf course four times in one day using only three clubs (successful — and he did it in 100-degree heat). Standing a lanky 6'7" tall, Seed is a quiet, introspective presence at the table, preferring to let his skills do the talking rather than running off at the mouth. Though he'll never be the showiest player in the room or actively seek the spotlight like

At The PokerNews Profile: Huckleberry Seed

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PokerStars Creating Large Latin American Poker Team

PokerStars has been busy in the Latin American market the last few days recruiting lots of latin american players. They've also recently crowned a poker champion after a failed event last year.

The PokerStars-sponsored Latin American Poker Tour’s cancelled Season 2 Mexico event has finally crowned a champion. If you missed the story the first time around, that tournament was shut down last December by local government authorities on the second day of a planned three-day event and the prize pool was distributed among the 89 players who still had chips.

At PokerStars Concludes LAPT Mexico, Signs Maridu

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2009 World Series of Poker Registration Begins - 30,000 Chips for Each Player

I can't tell you how excited I am for the 2009 World Series of Poker. It's down year for the economy, and I think that's going to bring out some real focus in the players in the main event. I also think this may be the year the side events get some real competition. Big news is the fact the main event is going to give each player 30,000 chips instead of less than half that - to make it interesting. Let's see what happens - SHUFFLE UP AND DEAL ME IN!

Those four words will be music to the ears of many poker players who have criticized the World Series of Poker in the past for not providing enough starting chips and for not allowing enough play in the later stages of its tournaments.

At CardPlayer.com

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Pocket Aces Can Get You Into Poker Chip Trouble

Why? Because you'll lose all your chips in a multi-way pot if you're not careful. :-)

Pocket aces might make up the best starting hand in Texas hold' em, but the old line remains a welcome caveat: You can win a small pot with aces, but you can lose a big one.

Ideally, you want to play your aces heads-up against a single opponent because you are at least a 4-1 favorite against another pocket pair. But if you get involved in a multi-way pot, you can find yourself in a lot of trouble if you aren't disciplined enough to lay them down.

"You just have to let it go sometimes," said Johnny Chan, the 1987 and '88 World Series of Poker main event champion.

Full Read At Steve Rosenbloom on poker

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Judge Says Poker is a Game of Skill

Nice to see this trend continues, and why don't we have legal online poker in the US? Hmmm....

A South Carolina judge may have just dealt poker players a royal flush.

Mount Pleasant Municipal Judge Larry Duffy ruled Thursday that there is "overwhelming" evidence that Texas Hold 'em poker is a game of skill, not chance, the Associated Press reports.

Read at Judge says poker is game of skill, not chance - On Deadline - USATODAY.com

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Three-card poker Versus Pai Gow - Betting Advice

Pretty interesting article at the Detroit Free Press:

My buddy Tom plays three-card poker, with the ante only bet, no pair plus. He says he wins more than loses. Well to me, if he puts down 10 bucks and has low three cards, he just folds without knowing what the dealer was holding. That's 10 bucks gone! Who gets to buy the beer next time at the casino? -- Myron A.

Click on through for the full answer at the Detroit Free Press

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Online Poker News and Reviews - Poker News

We haven't been to Poker News in awhile - and since our last visit has it grown! They've got player profiles, tourney news, and just about anything poker news related you could want.

At Poker News

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