November Nine Are Set

It was a long 8 days, but the main event at the World Series of Poker has finally played down to the final table.  The remaining nine players will have to wait until November to continue their quest for the biggest title in poker.

The biggest name in this years November Nine would have to be Michael Mizrachi.  Mizrachi had many ups and downs in the last couple of days of the main event, but he was able to hold on and finish strong in order to head into the final table 7th in chips.  The biggest chip stack falls to Jonathon Duhamel who has just under 66 thousand chips, which is about 30% of all chips in play.  There is no doubt that Duhamel will enter the final table in November as the favourite.

The unlucky tenth place finisher ended up being Brandon Steven.  Steven got all of his chips in with (A,K) suited against Jarvis’ pocket queens.  The queens held up and the November Nine were set.

The last part of day 8 played out very slowly with no player wanting to make the mistake that would cost them their spot at the final table.  When the action finally came to a close the remaining nine players and the crowd in attendance rejoiced that the final stage was finally set and one of these players would become a new multi millionaire and have a place in poker history forever.

The final table will take place in Las Vegas in November so be ready to watch what goes down!

Sammy Farha wins Event 25 at WSOP

In a World Series where big names hadn’t been winning bracelets, Sammy Farha has started to turn things around for the big name professionals by winning event #25, the WSOP Omaha Hi-Low Championship.  outlasting 212 of the top poker players in the world to win his 3rd WSOP gold bracelet.

Farha had a tough heads up battle with young Brit James Dempsey, who had just won his first bracelet only two weeks earlier.  Farha takes home $488,421 for his efforts in this tournament and Dempsey doesn’t do too poorly either, taking home $302k for second place.

Farha won the event when each player finished with trip 10’s and a jack high, but Farha’s 5th card was a 9, which was just slightly higher than Dempsey’s 8, winning him the hand, and subsequently the tournament.

With the World Series almost half way finished I expect to see some more big names earn bracelets to add to their collection.  I read on another website that Mike Matusow has $20k down that Phil Ivey won’t make a final table at this World Series.  I’m interested to see how that bet pans out because Phil Ivey is widely regarded as the top poker player in the world, and if he can’t even manage to reach a final table in any of the several events at the World Series then it will once again bring into question how much skill plays a part in the outcome of poker tournaments.

I for one think Ivey will pull it off.  Another bet Matusow made was that only 1 or fewer of the 88 players Howard Lederer had in his pre-series fantasy draft would win a bracelet.  I’m not sure if Farha is included in the list, but if he is then there is a very good chance that Matusow will have made some poor bets the other day.

The World Series is heating up and you can still win your seat to the main event.

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Review of Online Poker Site PokerSite.org

Here at Poker Bankroll Tips we want to provide our visitors with the best information possible about online poker.  This includes outlining what other poker sites on the internet are worthwhile and provide unique interesting information that many of you may enjoy.  One site that we feel everyone should check out is PokerSite.org.  This site is rich in content and provides some of the best online poker reviews you can find.  You can also venture deeper into the site and find poker bonus details pages, as well as the poker downloads pages.  There are 17 online poker reviews and there are also this many unique pages dedicated just to the bonus and the download of these sites.  It is really surprising how much information you can find on these simple topics at PokerSite.org.

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The bonus pages outline the bonus details including how the bonus is earned, how big the bonus can be and how long until the bonus expires.  The page also outlines how you can go about receiving the bonus including which bonus codes you should use to receive the bonus described on the page.

Download Pages

The download pages explain the download options, such as downloading on a MAC or a PC.  The page then goes on to provide a step by step guide to successfully downloading the poker client.

Poker Reviews

The reviews on PokerSite.org are some of the best you will find anywhere on the internet.  The software is looked at in depth.  The poker room promotions are also looked at in detail with seperate sections for each of the big promotions offered by the poker room.  Also included are the tournaments, the reward plan, the support, the withdrawal and deposit options and any other interesting facts that set the room apart from all the other online poker rooms on the internet.

PokerSite.org is a great site with an amazing design.  You can really tell that the owner of the site has paid a great deal of attention to detail and this is what really makes the site stand out.  All of the content on the site is presented in a visually appealing way which allows you to spend a ton of time taking in the information that is presented!

Phil Ivey Gets a Divorce

It has been reported that Phil Ivey and now ex-wife Luciaetta were granted a divorce in a Nevada court room on December 22nd, 2009.  Phil Ivey is often considered the best poker player in the world and some even consider him the best player to ever sit down at the felt.  Ivey has accrued about $12M in tournament winnings over his career.  Add the many millions he has won playing the highest stake cash games in the world and the various endorsement deals he has and you can begin to understand the net worth of Phil Ivey.  The divorce files were sealed so it is still anyones guess how much Phil Ivey is really worth at this time.

Phil Ivey was often considered the “Tiger Woods” of poker so the divorce couldn’t have come at a more interesting time.  The differences between the two however are many and there is no evidence as to why Phil Ivey and his wife decided to call it quits.  Ivey, unlike Woods, will keep all of his endorsement deals and continue to be the face of poker in the world.

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Tom Dwan and Matthew Marafioti Prop Bet at WSOP Main Event

As we all know Tom ‘Durrrr’ Dwan is a baller and he loves to get action whenever he can to keep things interesting.  Apparently the 2009 WSOP main event was getting a little boring for him so he decided to make a prop bet with fellow internet high stakes player Matthew Marafioti.  The bet was that Marafioti couldn’t finish 10 shots of Patron (which is a baller form of tequila) in 15 minutes without puking.  If Mariofiti did it Dwan paid him $5K and vice versa.

The winner of the bet is unknown, but what is known is that Mariofiti got messed up from the Patron and was actually forced to go home and sober up before continuing with the tournament.  This was probably the best move for him because he actually has a lot of chips and could have quickly lost them in his drunken state.  Durrrr of course felt a little bad, so he tipped the tournament director a few hundred dollar bills to ensure that Mariofiti got home safely.

These kids are too baller to just be happy playing the Main Event of the World Series.  Instead they need to get completely trashed trying to win a prop bet!  Pretty insane in my opinion, but I like Durrrr spicing things up and actually removing his biggest competitior from the table even though that surely wasn’t his intention.

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Jeffrey Lisandro Wins 3rd 2009 WSOP Bracelet

Jeffrey Lisandro did the incredible last night when he won the $2.5K razz event at the 2009 World Series of Poker.  This is his 3rd bracelet of the series, each coming from playing a form of stud poker.  His first win was in the $1.5K seven card stud event and the second came in the $10K world championships of seven card stud eight or better.  Finally he finished the trifecta of stud variation victories winning the $2.5K razz event in commanding style.

Before this win Lisandro was already tied for first in the World Series of Poker player of year standings, but this win catapults Lisandro into a very commanding position.  One of the few men that still have a chance at catching him is Phil Ivey, who is actually the only other poker player to have won 3 bracelets in one World Series, which he did back in 2002.

Jeff said that he will be taking a break now because he’s a little burned out, but he did also mentioned he will likely play a couple more tournaments in the hopes of taking down the recording setting 4th WSOP bracelet.

Lisandro has been around poker for a long time, but this World Series has really made him a household name.

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Luke “FullFlush” Schwartz Wants in on the Durrrr Challenge

Luke aka FullFlush1 Schwartz recently wrote a blog on Blackbelt Poker saying that he is interested in playing the Durrrr Challenge, but would much prefer to play only around 20K hands or so after seeing how long Patrik Antonius and Tom Dwan are taking in this first Durrrr Challenge, taking about 4 months to complete just 20K hands.  FullFlush1 is willing to reduce the odds from 3:1 to just 2:1 if Tom Dwan will agree to shorten the required number of hands.

This matchup would be great for poker because there would definitely be more trash talking and much more excitement than the current Durrrr vs Patrik battle.  FullFlush would also likely choose to play no limit hold’em, which would also be more exciting to follow than the PLO that all the other entrants will likely be choosing.  FullFlush is known for saying what he thinks, no matter how rude or inappropriate that is, which has brought him a lot of press in the online poker community.

Before any new Durrrr Challenge can begin though, the first one has to finish.  Currently Durrrr is up just over $725K after a huge swing that saw Durrrr win $750,000 in a huge 15 hour session.  The two have now played slightly over 20,000 hands so there is still a lot of time for Patrik to make up the difference and get back in the challenge.

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Jamie Gold Leaves Aced Poker and Joins Poker Icons

A short while ago Jamie Gold signed what was said to be the biggest online poker sponsorship deal with new poker room Aced Poker.  Well a few months and Jamie Gold bounty tournaments later, it seems that Jamie Gold has left the emerging poker room.  Apparently, after the original press release the Aced Poker team was difficult to reach and Gold’s agent started to feel that the whole thing was just a publicity stunt.  Aced Poker implied that they may not be able to pay what they had agreed to and Gold’s agent instructed Jamie to pull out of the deal.  Gold did just that and after about 3 months the relationship between Jamie Gold and Aced has finished.  This is just the story from Jamie Gold’s agent though.  Aced Poker representatives say that they had every intention to continue with Jamie Gold, but he decided to pull out of the deal.

Some of the happier moments of Jamie Gold’s partnership with Aced included the initial announcement that took the poker world by storm and the Aced Poker team victory at the second Dream Team poker event where Jamie Gold led the team to victory.

Jamie Gold apparently didn’t like what was going on with his agent because it has been reported that Jamie split from her and joined a more popular poker pro agency, Poker Icons.  This move makes it seem like Jamie did not like the way his agent handled the whole Aced Poker fiasco.

Even after this unfortunate event Aced Poker is still a strong poker room in the online poker world.  Read a full Aced Poker review to learn more.

Kevin Smith Plays Poker at Full Tilt

Kevin Smith recently announced on his Twitter that he plays poker at Full Tilt under the username : askewsme.  His graph shows that he is not the greatest player, with him down almost $20K in less than 2000 sit and go’s, but I guess being loaded means you don’t have to worry as much about whether you are a top quality player.

Soon after his twitter Smith was found playing in a $22 Full Tilt sit and go with Andy Bloch, where Bloch asked him if he would be attending ante up for Africa.  Smith said he was busy in July shooting a movie so he wouldn’t be able to attend.

This just goes to show that you could be playing with celebrities at Full Tilt without even knowing it or without them being highlighted in red .

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