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HUNGARIAN PRO WINS L.A. POKER CLASSIC
2010-03-09
"I'm going to spend it all!" says winner of $1.78 million main prize
Andras Koroknai, a professional player from Hungary, is the latest WPT L.A. Poker Classic champion after besting a final table of six players at the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles this week.
The final table crowned five days of hectic action as the original field of 745 was narrowed down to just six survivors: Andras Koroknai, Raymond Dolan, Tri Huynh, Gevork Kasabyan, Jean-Claude Moussa and Michael Kamran.
In the end, it was Koroknai vs. Dolan, with the Hungarian holding a 13 to 1 chip advantage which ensured that the heads up was brief and decisive.
The Hungarian walked off with the main prize of $1 788 040, vowing cheerfully "I'm going to spend all of it!", whilst the runner up collected a check for $ 1 002 710.
LAST CHANCE SALOON FOR ONLINE POKER SITE
2010-03-05
Chance Room closes its virtual doors
With little notice and less fanfare, the Chance Room online poker site on GTechG2's IPN network closed its virtual doors this week after a mere 5 months in business.
Owned by LGH Limited, the company started French and English language online operations in October 2009, with Louis Harang, a director of LGH, announcing proudly: "We've assembled a management team with many years experience in i-gaming. We've designed unique incentives for regular players, and we've chosen one of the most innovative and reputable software providers to make sure our players enjoy the best experience possible."
Apparently these blandishments were not enough to secure success, because the company this week emailed players and affiliate marketers to give them the bad news at rather short notice.
The company's email said:
"ChanceRoom regrets to inform you that it is ceasing its Casino and Poker activities as of 4th of March 2010.
"After a review of the viability of the online Casino and Poker operations, the Board has concluded that due to numerous constraints, the online Casino and Poker can no longer remain competitive.
"Over the next few days, our Customer Support shall be effecting the remission of all funds deposited into your Casino and Poker wallet using the payment instruments registered on your account. Please note that due to legislation requirements you may be requested to submit documentation prior to the remission of your funds. Our Customer Support team will notify you accordingly.
"From all of us here, we hope you have enjoyed the ChanceRoom site as much as we have enjoyed delivering our games and services to you, and would like to take this opportunity to express our sincere gratitude for your loyalty over the past months."
PADDY POKER NEGOTIATING TIGER WOODS DEAL
2010-03-05
5 year, GBP 5 million sponsorship on the table
The land and online betting group Paddy Power.com has ambitious sponsorship plans for ace but disgraced international golf champ Tiger Woods - the company has entered negotiations through IMG to sponsor the world's best golfer in a five-year, GBP 5 million deal.
Woods, who is four titles short of equalling Jack Nicklaus's record of 18 majors, has not played since a car crash at his Florida home last November, reports The Guardian newspaper. In December he announced an indefinite break from the game after admitting marital infidelity. Last month he apologised for his behaviour but announced no date for his return to golf.
Paddy Power hopes to use Woods's images annually for its GBP 5 million, adding additional incentives of GBP 1 million for winning a US major and GBP 2 million for winning the Open.
Company spokesmen said: "We're in negotiations with IMG to sponsor Tiger. It's still in the early stage of the negotiations, really. It's going to be, if it all comes off, the biggest kind of sponsorship deal we have ever done by quite a way."
POKERSTARS TWEAKS SCOOP SCHEDULE
2010-03-05
Player feedback acknowledged
Pokerstars' 2010 Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) schedule has been tweaked following "constructive criticism" from players, according to the company's blog.
There is now a brand new SCOOP schedule with more events and a bigger guaranteed prize pool: 38 total events with a $45 million guaranteed prize pool.
Satellites for SCOOP should begin within the next couple of weeks.
Full details on the revision at http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2010/pokerstars-releases-revised-scoop-schedu-065024.html
POKERSTARS TWEAKS SCOOP SCHEDULE
2010-03-04
Player feedback acknowledged
Pokerstars' 2010 Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) schedule has been tweaked following "constructive criticism" from players, according to the company's blog.
There is now a brand new SCOOP schedule with more events and a bigger guaranteed prize pool: 38 total events with a $45 million guaranteed prize pool.
Satellites for SCOOP should begin within the next couple of weeks.
Full details on the revision at http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2010/pokerstars-releases-revised-scoop-schedu-065024.html
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SEIVER WINS HI-ROLLER EVENT
2010-03-03
$425 334 payday for poker pro
Scott Seiver, a 24-year-old poker pro from Cold Harbor, New York, is having a profitable year. Just five days after earning $215 000 for a fourth placing in the Pokerstars NAPT on Feb. 23rd he has triumphed in the $25 000 buy-in LA Classic High Roller competition.
In achieving his best yet win, worth $425 334, Seiver bested a star studded field of 41 top players that included Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Erick Lindgren Daniel Alaei and Ashton Griffin, along with a six man final table that culminated in an exciting heads up with Alaei at the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles.
To reach the heads up, Seiver and Daniel Alaei had to eliminate Will Molson, Tommy Vedes, Lee Markholt and finally Jason Mercier, who finished in third place.
Seiver started the heads up with a small chip advantage, in a clash that was intense but lasted only a few hands.
"I don't know if I can stand up here and say I'm the best at these, but I like to think of myself as one of the better players," Seiver said after the game. "It's always about walking a fine line between confidence and hubris."
The win brings Seiver's career earnings to $1 908 300.
GETTING THE POOP ON SCOOP
2010-02-25
Pokerstars releases information on its 2010 Spring Championship Of Online Poker
Online poker provider Pokerstars has released details of the next SCOOP (Spring Championship Of Online Poker) tournament, which is scheduled for May 3 and is to run for two weeks with guaranteed prize-pools totaling $36 million.
The 33 events planned will embrace almost every form of poker, and will each have a choice of three buy-in levels and guaranteed prize pools.
A NLHE six-max competition kicks off the tournament on May 3 with buy-ins of $5.50, $55 and $530. This will be followed three hours later by a fixed-limit Badugi event.
The big money will be in the main event, scheduled for the last two days of SCOOP and guaranteeing prize pools of one, three and five million dollars respectively.