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01 31st, 2010
Australian native Tyron Krost has taken home the title in the 2010 Aussie Millions Main Event, which emanated from the Crown Casino in Melbourne. Krost defeated a field of 746 players and earned AUD $2 million for his efforts.
Stephen Shelly was the first player eliminated from the eight-handed Aussie Millions Main Event final table. Shelly moved all-in over the top of a raise by Krost holding pocket sevens on a board of 8-5-3. However, Krost made the call and showed pocket jacks. Calling for running cards for a straight or a seven for a set, Shelly instead saw and eight and deuce come on the turn and river, respectively. He earned AUD $125,000 for his efforts.
Shortly afterwards, the Aussie Millions Main Event lost a heavy-hitter, as Betfair pro Annette “” Obrestad was ousted in seventh place, earning AUD $175,000. In her final hand, Obrestad open-shoved with A-J and received a call from Krost, who had a wired pair of sevens. The flop came K-Q-7, giving Obrestad a straight draw to a ten, and, as her rail chanted in earnest for one of her four outs to come, a five and king instead struck, sending Obrestad out. The 2007 () Europe Main Event winner will be a force to be reckoned with in her first WSOP on U.S. soil in 2010.
Steve Friedlander exited in sixth place, banking AUD $250,000. Friedlander committed his chips with pocket sevens pre-flop and was up against the A-K of Kosta Varoxis. Once again, pocket sevens would determine someone’s fate and, this time around, the board ran out K-9-2-K-J. The hand pushed Varoxis up the leaderboard and sent Friedlander packing. Peter Jetten was the next player to go. Jetten 4bet all-in pre-flop with K-5 and ran into Krost’s pocket tens. The board fell A-J-2-7-5 and Jetten earned AUD $350,000 for his efforts.
With Krost holding the chip lead, Kosta Varoxis hit the rails in fourth place. Varoxis called all-in on a flop of Q-9-7 holding A-6 for a prayer. Frederik Jensen held a wired pair of twos, which turned into a set when another deuce hit on the river. All was not lost for Varoxis, however, who earned AUD $450,000 for his fourth place showing.
Another Betfair pro at the final table, Sorel “Imper1um” Mizzi, was bounced in third place from the 2010 Aussie Millions Main Event. Mizzi called off his chips pre-flop with pocket sevens and was up against the A-K of Krost. The flop came king-high and Krost never looked back, sending the dangerous Mizzi to the rails. Mizzi earned AUD $715,000, adding to an already impressive live tournament resume that includes a runner-up showing to Theo Jorgensen in a £5,000 Pot Limit Omaha contest during the 2008 WSOP Europe for £132,000 and a chop in the 2007 Irish Poker Open for more than €500,000.
Krost entered heads-up play as a 2:1 chip leader over Jensen. In the final hand of the Aussie Millions Main Event, Jensen put his tournament life on the line with K-6 on a flop of K-3-2. However, Krost held K-9 and had his opponent out-kicked. The board ran out 7-2 and, according to coverage found on PokerNews, chants of “Aussie! Aussie! Aussie!” echoed through the venue in celebration. Jensen picked up a healthy AUD $1.1 million for second place. Here’s how the final table stacked up. All payouts are given in Australian Dollars:
1st Place: Tyron Krost - $2,000,000
2nd Place: Frederik Jensen - $1,100,000
3rd Place: Sorel “Imper1um” Mizzi - $715,000
4th Place: Kosta Varoxis - $450,000
5th Place: Peter Jetten - $350,000
6th Place: Steve Friedlander - $250,000
7th Place: Annette “Annette_15” Obrestad - $175,000
8th Place: Stephen Shelly - $125,000
This year’s attendance of 746 players marked a sizable 10% jump over 2009’s tally of 681. Last year, Australian Stewart Scott defeated the United States’ Peter Rho heads-up to earn AUD $2 million.
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According to a report that appeared in Capitol Weekly, the battle over whether California Indian tribes can provide online poker may soon come to a head. Many in the industry are anticipating a hearing on the issue next month, as the tribe behind an effort to create a state-sanctioned online poker site last year has apparently renewed its efforts to push a bill.
The issue arose last August, when one of California’s largest casino gaming tribes, the Morongo Band of Mission Indians, formed a group called the California Tribal Intrastate Internet Poker Consortium. The Morongo worked with the Commerce Casino and the Bicycle Club to pursue an exclusive deal to offer online poker in California.
That deal fell apart when the tribe and card rooms grew concerned that the issue was being rushed through the legislative process. However, the Morongo Tribe is continuing its efforts, according to spokesperson Patrick Dorinson: “We’re still reaching out to different tribes. We’re trying to take into account everyone’s issue.”
The California Tribal Business Alliance (Cal-TBA), another influential group, rallied to detract the first proposal and continues to offer some of the loudest opposition. The group’s executive director, Allison Harvey, has argued that it could violate the exclusivity clauses in gaming compacts with casino tribes and potentially throw the legal basis for gaming in California into chaos, a contention that Morongo representatives rejected. This could place in danger the $1 million per day the State receives as the proceeds from gaming compacts with numerous California casino tribes, Harvey said.
Harvey noted that the Morongo tribe has engaged in numerous meetings. These included a summit of the California Nations Indian Gaming Association (CNIGA) that took place earlier this month during the annual Western Indian Gaming Conference in Palm Springs. “We assume some others may well surface, just because they opened the door when they brought this up last summer,” Harvey said.
The Senate Governmental Organization Committee will take up the question of online poker when it meets on February 9th. While no new legislation has been introduced, the proposal seems to have some people talking about the potential revenue streams to the state from online poker. About 1.4 million Californians are already playing poker on the internet via offshore websites, said Sacramento-based gaming attorney Martin Owens, citing a 2008 PricewaterhouseCoopers study.
“You’ve got something like a billion dollars leaving the state every year that does nobody any good except the offshore operators,” Owens said. “Internet gambling is here to stay. The only rational thing to do is organize it, license it, supervise it - and by all means, get the benefits.”
While invitations have gone out to numerous speakers, a lineup for the February 9th hearing has not been finalized. However, speakers will reportedly focus on a number of issues, including compatibility with tribal compacts and with federal gaming laws. The federal Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIEGA) bans the use of credit cards and funds transfers for illegal internet gambling, although there is an exception for “intrastate” internet gambling - a clause that would appear to allow for online gambling within a state, as long as the location and identity of players could be verified.
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01 31st, 2010
The world’s largest online poker site is giving away tickets to the world’s premier football game, Super Bowl XLIV. On Sunday, two pairs of tickets to the “Big Game” in Miami will be up for grabs on .
Two Sunday Football Special tournaments will be held on PokerStars on Sunday, January 31st. One will begin at 19:00 ET, while the other will follow at 22:00 ET. Both events have buy-ins of $11 and their winners will be awarded with a pair of tickets to Super Bowl XLIV on top of the prize pool. In addition, each champion will take home $1,000 in spending money. The winners won’t have to wait long to use their prizes, as the 44th Super Bowl kicks off on Sunday, February 7th from Dolphin Stadium in Miami.
PokerStars isn’t stopping there, however. Players who opt to reload their online poker accounts using the code “FOOTBALL” before the events begin will be credited with a ticket to play in one of the $11 buy-in Sunday Football Special tournaments. For players who have not yet deposited on PokerStars, the site is offering seats into the Super Bowl XLIV giveaways as well. Just use the bonus code “SPECIAL” when you sign up and you could be jet-setting your way to sunny south Florida. Unlike the reload bonus, players who deposit for the first time will receive tickets into both Sunday Football Special events.
The tournaments can be found in the PokerStars lobby under “Tourney” and “Regional.” The promotion is only open to new and existing PokerStars members in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The 2010 Super Bowl features the NFC Champion New Orleans Saints squaring off against the AFC Champion Indianapolis Colts. Super Bowl XLIV marks the first appearance in the championship game for the Saints, a club that was founded back in 1967. The Saints last made the playoffs in 2006, but fell to the Chicago Bears in the NFC Championship by a final score of 39-14.
The Colts won the Super Bowl in 2006, defeating the aforementioned Chicago Bears. The club has made the NFL playoffs ever year save one since 1999 and plays its home games at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The teams feature two of the NFL’s elite quarterbacks, Peyton Manning and Drew Brees. The pair finished third and first in the NFL in touchdowns during the 2009 regular season with 34 and 33, respectively. Brees owned the second highest yards per game tally at 292 this season, while Manning had the second most completions in the NFL at 393, trailing only Houston’s Matt Schaub.
Online poker players who win their way to Super Bowl XLIV should be on-hand in Miami no later than 6:25pm ET on Sunday, February 7th, when the game will kick off. The contest will be carried on CBS and beamed into hundreds of millions of households around the world. The rock band The Who will perform at halftime in what will surely be a rowdy spectacle. As it currently stands, the online poker room and sports book has the Colts as a six point favorite to win, with an over/under of 56.5.
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The Weekly Turbo is bringing you the week’s top poker news stories including how Phil Ivey got to the top spot, a new WSOP bracelet owner and what they plan on doing with it, and more.
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01 31st, 2010
With all that poker news coming from the WPT, EPT and Aussie Millions it was almost inevitable that some stories wouldn’t make it to the front page of PokerListings.com.
Fortunately, as part of our ongoing Poker News in Brief Feature, we’ve compiled a list of smaller stories below.
This week we’ll take a look at Doyle Brunson joining an elite lineup, vietcong01 winning his second Sunday Million, Michael Phelps hitting the felt at Borgata and more.
Brunson Fills Out Premier League Lineup
Doyle Brunson is the final poker player to grab a spot in the elite PartyPoker.com Premier League IV.
“I’m very happy to have the challenge of playing against all these great players,” said Brunson.
Brunson will join Daniel Negreanu, Vanessa Rousso, David Benyamine, Phil Hellmuth, J.C. Tran, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Roland de Wolfe, Luke Schwartz and Tony G at the Premier League IV.
There are two remaining seats with one of them going to an online qualifier and the other going to the winner of a mini Premier League playoff between Team Party members.
The Premier League IV is set to take place Feb. 12-18 in Las Vegas.
vietcong01 Wins Second PokerStars Sunday Million
Juan Antonio Maceiras Barros, known online as vietcong01, outlasted 8,699 players to win the PokerStars Sunday Million and $255,954 cash last Sunday.
It wasn’t the easiest final table either as Ben “benba” Lamb, who finished 14th in the 2009 WSOP Main Event, was one of the chip leaders heading into the final nine. Lamb finished in sixth place.
Barros, who first won the Sunday Million in 2007, joins Jesper Hougaaard as the only players to ever win multiple Sunday Million titles.
Barros came very close to performing the feat at the final table of a Sunday Million in March, but eventually bombed out in sixth.
Bodog Recruiting Female Pros
Bodog Poker is looking for female players to sponsor in various poker tournaments around the world.
The announcement comes just a couple weeks after the online room did not opt to re-sign Justin Bonomo to its pro team.
The site also let Jean-Robert Bellande walk several months earlier leaving David Williams and Evelyn Ng as the only members of Team Bodog.
Bodog is requesting that all applicants send a recent a photograph and a short biography in an email with the subject: Female Pro Submission.
To learn more check out the Bodog website .
Phelps Goes to Borgata
Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps made another splash in the poker world this week at the Borgata Winter Open.
Phelps played the double elimination heads-up event and beat noted pros Paul Wasicka and Adam Gerber before being eliminated by Basilios Diakokomninos.
During the Summer Olympics in Beijing, Phelps mentioned one of his favorite hobbies was playing online poker and in 2008 he made the final table of a $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em event at Caesars.
PartyPoker Encourages Players to Hit or Run
PartyPoker started a new promotion this week, which gives players a chance to hit or run.
“Simply collect 20 PartyPoints and we’ll give you $1 to bet on our special Hit or Run heads-up game,” said a PartyPoker spokesperson.
“Win and we’ll double your money. You can then choose to hit for another hand and the chance to double your cash or take the money and run. Lose at any point though and the game is over.”
It’s possible to hit up to 10 times per game making each one worth $1,024. If a player collects enough points they could potentially play 10 games a day, which would give them $10,240.
To learn more or sign up for a PartyPoker account click .
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The 2010 Aussie Millions Main Event has a champion. Tyron Krost is keeping the title in Australia for the second straight year. The 23 year-old battled 746 players over five days to take the title back home to Sydney, along with the $2 million AUD…
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01 30th, 2010
The outpouring of support to the millions of people affected by the devastating earthquake in Haiti continues, as online poker room Mansion Poker is the latest site organizing an event to raise money for the cause.
Mansion Poker is partnering with Casino.com to host a charity online poker tournament on Sunday, January 31st in which all of the profits will be donated to the Red Cross. Additionally, Mansion Poker and Casino.com plan to match all donations. The tournament is scheduled to take place at 6:00pm GMT and will feature a $10 buy-in. The top ten finishers will all make the money, with the winner of the event earning a $1,000 prize and fourth through tenth places each receiving $100. The tournament will not include any additional registration fees and all of the residual prize pool after the top ten are paid will go to charity.
Should players on Mansion Poker not have time to play on Sunday, but still want to make a contribution, the site has set up a series of eight “Holding Tank” lobbies in which players can donate sums of money ranging from $1 to $500. Like similar tournament lobbies set up on other online poker sites, players will register for a dummy poker tournament and the buy-in will go straight to the Red Cross. Mansion Poker will also match donations to these Holding Tank lobbies.
Jeff Turner, Marketing Director for Mansion Poker and Casino.com, encouraged users to reach into their wallets and help out a worthy cause. “Players can be confident that the donations generated from the online poker tournament will be used to the maximum benefit,” Turner explained in the official announcement of the event. “Be sure to register for the tournament and help the victims of Haiti!”
The Aid For Haiti tournament is a network-wide event, so players on other iPoker Network rooms like Poker, , Paddy Power Poker, Blue Square Poker, and can also take part. The Holding Tank tournament lobbies will also be available on the various iPoker sites. All of the rooms on the iPoker network do not accept customers from the United States.
So far, the online poker world has generated an impressive $1.5 million in donations thanks to similar charity tournaments at , Poker, the Network, and UB.com. The players themselves have also organized fundraising efforts, including pledging a percentage of their online tournament winnings and donating pieces of their live tournament scores at events like the Borgata Poker Open.
According to The Chronicle of Philanthropy, since the January 12th quake, more than $560 million has been raised worldwide to go towards the relief efforts. Over $66 million was raised during the telethon hosted by actor George Clooney last week and another $6 million came from the text message campaign put on by the Red Cross. Even though it has been over two weeks since the earthquake hit, Haiti still appears to be on the hearts and minds of people worldwide as the donations continue to pour in.
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01 30th, 2010
After nearly 32,000 hands in the Tom “” Dwan Million Dollar Challenge, the youngster leads rival by well over $1 million. Dwan ended the latest session up $199,000 after a quick 892-hand encounter. Let’s take a look at a few recent hands during January’s play.
In a sizable pot, Antonius raised to $1,200 pre-flop with Ac-Kc-2h-Qc and Dwan came over the top with 5d-Js-8s-6d. Antonius made the call and the flop came 9-7-A with two spades, giving Antonius top pair and Dwan flush and straight draws. Dwan check-raised to $22,000 at the $200/$400 Pot Limit Omaha table on Poker and Antonius called to bring the queen of hearts on the turn. Dwan bet $51,600, Antonius shoved all-in for another $19,000, and Dwan called. The river was a five, filling Dwan’s straight and trumping Antonius’ two pair. The high-stakes pot was worth $193,000.
In another $193,000 pot, Antonius raised to $1,200 pre-flop with Ks-Qs-6h-Kh and Dwan raised to $3,600 with As-7d-9d-Ad. Antonius re-raised to $10,800 and Dwan called. The flop came 3h-2h-7s and fireworks went off. With Dwan both players holding overpairs to the board, Dwan checked, Antonius bet $14,000, Dwan raised to $63,600, Antonius raised all-in to $85,600, and Dwan called the remaining $22,000. Antonius hit lightning in a bottle on the turn, as a king gave him trips. Needing help on the river, Dwan watched as a 10 hit.
In a $160,000 pot, Antonius raised to $1,200 before the flop with Kc-5c-5s-8s and Dwan made it $3,600 to go with Qd-Ac-Jc-10h. Antonius called and the flop came Ah-10c-6s. The action went an uncharacteristic check-check despite Dwan holding top two pair and a straight draw and the five of hearts hit on the turn. Dwan checked, Antonius bet $6,000 with trips, Dwan pushed the price of poker to $25,200, and Antonius called. The river was the six of diamonds, giving Antonius a full house against Dwan’s two pair. Dwan pushed for $53,000 and Antonius called all-in for $51,400, scooping the pot.
Dwan has taken down 17,041 of the 31,912 hands required for completion of the Durrrr Challenge, or 53%. Dwan has reigned supreme over his foe in the last 8,000 hands and the latest burst over the $1 million mark was his second seven-figure lead during that span. If Dwan is up by at least $1 at the end of 50,000 hands, Antonius will owe $500,000. Contrastingly, if Antonius is up by at least $1 at the end of 50,000 hands, Dwan will fork over a colossal $1.5 million. In either case, the victor keeps the spoils of the 50,000 hands of play.
Dwan has won all but two of the challenge’s 10 largest pots. However, Antonius has scooped the competition’s largest, a $477,000 pot that came back on June 19th. Despite the nosebleed-stakes action, some members of the online poker community have grown frustrated with the lack of action in the Durrrr Challenge. On PocketFives.com, one poster claimed, “Who cares about the durrrr challenge anymore! Is this the 3rd year its been going on now?”
Others on PocketFives.com questioned why Dwan, who dropped more than $5 million to mystery Swedish pro , receives so much attention in the poker world: “durrrr is a losing player and he is still getting attention. after losing millions there is no reason for him to ever been acknowledged until he somehow accomplishes something in the poker world.” Despite his misfortunes against Isildur1, Dwan has largely had a stranglehold on the Durrrr Challenge, leading for all but a few thousands hands.
The action in the Million Dollar Challenge takes place across four $200/$400 Pot Limit Omaha tables. Stay tuned to Poker News Daily for the latest challenge headlines.
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01 30th, 2010
The field for the $10,000 buy-in Pot Limit Omaha event at the Aussie Millions may have been small at only 26-runners but it was one packed full of quality and in the end it was a big name who emerged victorious.
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01 30th, 2010
The following freerolls are open to all PokerListings.com players. Qualify in the specified qualification period, then take your seat to win a boatload of free cash.
If you’re not a PL.com registered player on any of the following sites, click on the site’s name in the list to sign up. Getting your free seat in the tournament can be just as simple as that.
William Hill Poker offers a monthly $2,500 freeroll for PokerListings players. You need to collect just 100 points this month to qualify
- Date: Feb. 4
- Value: $2,500
- Qualify with: 100 points in January
Full Tilt offers weekly freerolls to all PokerListings players. Qualify with 100 points earned the week before the event to grab your seat.
- Date: Feb. 6
- Value: $1,500
- Qualify with: 100 points
- Qualify between: Jan. 31- Feb. 5
The next $5,000 Monthly freeroll is almost here, buy in with just 25 points.
- Date: Feb. 7
- Value: $5,000
- Qualify with: 25 points
Just two days left to earn your seat in February’s montly freeroll.
- Date: Feb. 7
- Value: $1,000
- Qualify with: 100 points
- Qualify between: Jan. 1-31
With your final two days to earn your points and qualify, be sure to have collected 100 points in January for your seat in the next $2,000 Party Poker freeroll.
- Date: Feb. 13
- Value: $2,000
- Qualify with: 100 points
- Qualify between: Jan. 1-31
The next massive freeroll from PokerStars comes as a $25k event awarding $24k worth of “turbo takedown tickets” plus $1k cash for the final table. Collect 100 points in January as a PokerListings player to earn your seat.
- Date: Feb. 21
- Value: $25,000
- Qualify with: 100 points
- Qualify between: Jan. 1-31
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