PokerStars release Mac download
December 10, 2007
After a long wait, PokerStars have finally pleased Mac users everywhere by confirming that a Mac version of their poker room client is now available for download.
The Mac poker software is still in Beta version but offers practically all of the same features as the regular version of PokerStars. The only current exceptions are that the PokerStars Mac software does not support the Layout Manager or Preferred Seat features at the moment although that is expected to change in the future.
The basics of poker
December 7, 2007
We will shortly be providing you with some thoughts on how you can extend that bank-role, no matter what site you’re playing at.
PKR on the road to LA
December 7, 2007
Time to blow the dust off your suitcase, wash your socks and buy yourself a new toothbrush. The PKR LA Poker Classic is back.
Three packages worth $12,500 are up for grabs. Each pack contains a $10,000 buy-in to the WPT LA Poker Classic and $2,500 to spend on whatever you feel like while you’re out there. Qualifiers for the tournament start today and you can buy into them for as little as $1.28, or if you’ve got PKR points burning a hole in your pocket, then you can enter them for absolutely nothing.
Even if you don’t manage to make it all the way to LA, PKR have made a $2 million prize pool available for you to grab a share of!
Chan Poker
December 6, 2007
One of the world’s most famous poker players, Johnny Chan has an impressive 10 World Series bracelets to his name. Now he’s put his name to a poker site which offers new players some of the most attractive bonuses on the internet.
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Chip Reese passes on in his sleep
December 6, 2007
The poker world was in mourning last night at the loss of arguably the world’s greatest cash player.
David “Chip” Reese, 56, had been taken into hospital with pneumonia symptoms but had later been allowed to return home. He died in his sleep later that evening. It’s still unclear whether the exact cause of death was related to his earlier symptoms.
Reese first arrived in Vegas in 1974 for a holiday on his way to graduate business school and ended up turning the $400 in his pocket into $50,000. Over 30 years later, he had made himself into a living legend there winning WSOP bracelets in 1982 and 1978 for $5,000 limit stud and $1,000 stud split and the inaugral $50,000 WSOP H.O.R.S.E. event in 2006 following a heads up match with Andy Bloch lasting over six hours.
He was considered a master of stud winning over $2million during the mid-70s. So much so that he was asked to write the chapter on that game for Doyle Brunson’s ground-breaking book “Super System.”
“I have lost one of my oldest and dearest friends today,” Brunson said. “He was one of the most unique individuals I have ever known, and poker has lost one of the greats today.”
Other tributes have continued to pour in for the man who Gus Hansen described as “the kind of gambler we should all strive to be.”
Close friend and author Barry Greenstein has recorded a moving audio blog describing his regular partner as “the greatest player in poker … when it comes to respect, Chip was number one.”
Reese’s funeral is thought to be arranged for Friday, although details have not been released to the public.
Tony G looks out for the kids
December 3, 2007
Outspoken Aussie, Tony “G” Gugoa won the first ever Moscow Millions and then donated the $205,000 winners cheque to various Russian orphanges.
“I feel good just being in a position where I can give away money that I win in poker tourneys,” Tony said afterwards.
There had been doubts over whether the tournament would ever happen after its primary sponsor Full Tilt withdrew its sponsorhip to focus on its own tournament commitments. However things proceeded as planned at the Kosmos Casino and Hotel in Moscow and attracted over 50 competitors from around the world. Proker Professionals spokersperson Anastasia Bauer said that she was very pleased with both the organisation and the turnout for the event considering that there had been no satellite tournaments.
It was a sentiment that Tony G echoed:
“I must congratulate everyone from Poker Professionals,” he said. “The management was great. The structure was better than the WSOP main event. We had two dealers at the final table so that the next hand was shuffled and ready to go and we had tons of hands at the final table.”
Home favourite Alex Kravchenko who had won a bracelet at the World Series of Poker this year finished in third place and collected $77,000 in prize money.
Titan Poker offering a Porsche to its World Champion
December 1, 2007
Titan Poker have announced that they’re putting a Porsche Cayman up for grabs.
All through December, players competing in the Titan Poker World Challenge will be hoping for a seat at an exclusive, 50-player Main Event tournament to be held at the end of the year.
Twelve weeks of qualifying tournaments are open to all members of the poker room and players will find themselves competing with their fellow country men. The top players from each country will then be advanced into the regional files from which the 50 final players will be chosen.
The overall winner will be presented with the keys to a Porsche Cayman S sports car, while 49 players will share in a $50,000 prize pool.
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