Monte Carlo Night at the House That “Bart” Built
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Nancy Cartwright is the voice of Bart Simpson
Make your plans now and get your tickets early for the poker social event of the year. Nancy Cartwright, alter-ego and voice of Bart Simpson, is opening her Northridge home October 3rd to all those poker players out there seeking a great time while contributing to a great charity. The 4th annual Monte Carlo Night hosted by the Devonshire Police Activity League Supporters will feature a Denim & Diamonds theme this year so dust off the jeans and grab the bling for an unforgettable evening that will leave you feeling good about yourself and with any luck a little richer.
Bring your "A" game for the no-limit hold'em poker tournament and maybe you'll walk away with one of the 2010 WSOP Satellite seats going to the top five finishers. Rub shoulders with the stars of the entertainment world and the professional poker circuit. Jamie Gold, 2006 WSOP Main Event Winner, will once again be the Poker Chairman and will be joined by poker pros Jerry Yang (WSOP 2007 Main Event Winner) along with Susie Isaacs, multi-tournament winner Kenna James, and TV star Brad Garrett.
Poker players are invited to take in all the festivities for a donation of $250 and that includes your buy-in into the tournament. Those guests wanting to attend but don't play poker only donate $125 for the dinner and dancing to the Cody Bryant Band. There will also be an auction, other casino style games, entertainment, raffle, and open bar. Use this link for complete details and to purchase your tickets now or call 818.882.7336. As always, your donations are tax deductible.
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Jamie Gold moments after winning $12 million at the 2006 WSOP Main Event
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ESPN's Norman Chad interviews Jerry Yang minutes after he won the 2007 WSOP Main Event Championship
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Susie Isaacs plays in the 2009 WSOP
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Brad Garrett plays during the 2009 NBC National Heads-Up Invitational Championship
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Kenna James plays the 2009 WSOP
Top Ten Poker Books: Part 1
I was going through my old poker book collection the other day and realized that I’ve read FAR too many poker books, some good some bad. To spare you having to sift through the mountains of poker literature that I’ve had to endure, here is my list of the best 10 poker books to read. Today we’ll go through the bottom five, starting with #6.
6. “Caro’s Book of Poker Tellsâ€
Mike Caro, the “Mad Genius of Pokerâ€, has had different incarnations of this book around for many, many years now, and its still as viable today as when it was first written. While most top level amateurs and pros provide almost no information (Tells) at the table, “Poker Tells†helps you easily identify hand moments, facial expressions, and even posture clues that you can use to your advantage to determine whether your opponents hand is strong or weak. While the book does discuss finding tells in other forms of poker such as Draw Poker and Stud, most Hold ‘em players fill find this a enjoyable read.
7. “Play Poker Like Johnny Chanâ€
If you’ve ever wanted to play like 10 WSOP Bracelet winner Johnny Chan, then your book has arrived. If you’re a strict Hold ‘Em player, you’ll have to flip passed the sections on Stud, Omaha (Both High and Low), to get to the Hold ‘Em sections. At 240 pages, it is not as thick a read as the monstrous Super System 2, yet Chan does manage to get his point and strategy across in fewer pages than most could. For the poker player that most own any decent instructional manual
8. Hold ‘Em Poker for Advanced Players
Well before poker hit it big on TV and everyone with glasses and headphones on signed book deals, David Sklansky was one of the foremost experts on poker instructional and teaching. “Hold ‘Em Poker for Advanced Playersâ€, when applied to the # of new players there are today, will actually benefit just about anyone looking to grind it out in the mid-level to high level limit games. Tournament players won’t find much help here (He wrote an entire book just on tournament play), but for the typical casino/online player that’s looking to make a profit, you can’t go wrong.
9. “The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King: Inside the Richest Poker Game of All Timeâ€
While not a straightforward strategy guide on poker, this retelling by Michael Craig of the Richest Poker Game ever, when Billionaire Andy Beal took on the world’s best poker players, provides mental, emotional, and professional insight to the way these players think when there are literally millions of real dollars on the line. With top level pro’s including Johnny Chan, Jennifer Harman and the Godfather of Poker himself, Doyle Brunson each taking their turn against Beal, it provides a awe-inspiring read as you try to imagine what it would be like with $10,000,000 of your own money sitting on the table in front of you, all of it up for grabs.
10. 52 Tips for Texas Hold ‘em Poker
Published and written by Card Player Magazine founder and owner Barry Shulman, “52 Tips†is not just a bunch of one-liner poker tips that you can breeze through in 10 minutes. Each tip is thoroughly detailed and explained, and the way in which the book was complied makes it much easier to recall the information learned in as opposed to a giant 500 page poker book that’s hard to follow. As a gift for the aspiring poker player, this is a must.
Tip Of The Week- When Patience Goes, So Does the Money
There is nothing more frustrating than folding hand after hand hour after hour. Even more frustrating is the few good starting hands you get have to be folded after the flop. At some point in the session your patience will start to waver. Inevitably, you will have to decide to call it a night or frustration might get the best of you.
Recently, I had a session where I just wasn’t getting any cards. When I did get playable hands they were absolutely no good after the flop. My draws weren’t hitting. When I would bet my draws I was faced with a raise. When I did hit my draw I was behind. I sat around for over three hours just folding, and on the rare occasion I did connect with the flop I could only extract a minimal amount of chips from my opponents. At this point in my session I wasn’t winning much, but I wasn’t losing much either. It would have been a good time to just go home with a small loss and make it up the next day. However, the table was good and there were some really bad players. I thought to myself, “Well if I can just hit a hand I can make this a profitable night.â€
After about four hours of waiting for a good hand I began to lose my patience. I was calling with any two cards, and raising with any two cards. I didn’t care if I had to get lucky to win, but I just wanted to bring in a pot that would cover the cost of a Wendy’s value meal. There were a number of hands where I was calling bets when I knew I was beat just to try to hit two pair. It was a losing proposition. My cards didn’t change and I was still losing, but because my patience was gone I was losing more aggressively. Eventually, I became short stacked and stuck the rest of it in with a pair of aces only to lose to a flush draw.
The lesson is not that you have to leave when you’re not hitting cards. There are plenty of times when patience has paid off and I eventually hit a great hand that makes my night. The lesson is to leave when you’ve lost your patience. If you start to lose patience at the table, it is time to get up and call it a night. Frustration is no recipe for winning.
Poker News, Sports Betting Articles and NFL Football Betting at Bodog
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Bodog is celebrating 15 years in the online gaming industry and to commemorate the occasion with all of their new and old players they have added even MORE online poker news, sports betting articles and football betting promotions to their extensive collection of everyday extras.
Bodog poker news and articles covers the latest news in online poker and poker events from around the globe. With in-depth analysis of the WSOP, professional and amateur poker players, poker rules, poker strategy and poker tournaments, this is your one stop for everything poker.
In order for players to have the best online betting experience possible and to stay on top of the latest sports betting news, Bodog's online sportsbook now offers sports betting articles and tips on every sport you could ever imagine!
Bodog is committed to keeping players informed of new developments and trends in the sports betting industry and has made it a top priority to post informative articles on MLB baseball odds, NFL football lines, NBA basketball spreads, NHL hockey odds, college football, the UFC and much more.
With the NFL football season only weeks away, Bodog is now offering football betting promotions that will keep players coming back for more!
Right now, deposit $100 for kick-off and receive a free bet of $25 or deposit $250 for an even more impressive $75 free bet. New players betting on their favorite NFL teams will also receive a special 15% signup bonus on their initial deposit up until September 3, 2009.
Stay tuned throughout the football season for more great promotions at Bodog, where the celebration has only begun and there's plenty more excitement ahead in the weeks to come!
Poker News, Sports Betting Articles and NFL Football Betting at Bodog
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Bodog is celebrating 15 years in the online gaming industry and to commemorate the occasion with all of their new and old players they have added even MORE online poker news, sports betting articles and football betting promotions to their extensive collection of everyday extras.
Bodog poker news and articles covers the latest news in online poker and poker events from around the globe. With in-depth analysis of the WSOP, professional and amateur poker players, poker rules, poker strategy and poker tournaments, this is your one stop for everything poker.
In order for players to have the best online betting experience possible and to stay on top of the latest sports betting news, Bodog's online sportsbook now offers sports betting articles and tips on every sport you could ever imagine!
Bodog is committed to keeping players informed of new developments and trends in the sports betting industry and has made it a top priority to post informative articles on MLB baseball odds, NFL football lines, NBA basketball spreads, NHL hockey odds, college football, the UFC and much more.
With the NFL football season only weeks away, Bodog is now offering football betting promotions that will keep players coming back for more!
Right now, deposit $100 for kick-off and receive a free bet of $25 or deposit $250 for an even more impressive $75 free bet. New players betting on their favorite NFL teams will also receive a special 15% signup bonus on their initial deposit up until September 3, 2009.
Stay tuned throughout the football season for more great promotions at Bodog, where the celebration has only begun and there's plenty more excitement ahead in the weeks to come!
PartyGaming to Purchase World Poker Tour Assets
Just two weeks ago I talked about a story that involved World Poker Tour Enterprises (WPTE) selling off the majority of its assets to Gamynia Limited for approx. $9.1 million, but already that deal as fallen through to a higher bid from another company. Now, WPTE has announced that it will instead be selling the bulk of its assets to Peerless Media, a subsidiary of PartyGaming. The deal will reportedly be for $12.3 million.
On top of the $12.3 million payment, Peerless Media will also provide WPTE with 5% of the company’s future gaming revenues, with the WPTE agreeing to pay a $1 million termination fee to Gamynia in order to opt out of the original contract.
“PartyGaming has been an important partner for a number of years, and we are confident that they will be an excellent manager of our brands in the future,†said WPTE President Steven Lipscomb. “The Board of Directors has determined that PartyGaming’s acquisition proposal is financially superior. We look forward to working with one of the pioneers and leaders in the poker and online gaming markets to provide a strong vehicle for the WPT brand to continue its global expansion and return to online gaming.â€
However, like the deal first proposed by Gamynia, this current agreement between WPTE and PartyGaming is not set in stone. Either side can decide to opt out of the deal by Feb. 24th, 2010 if they choose to do so. No plans have been announced yet by PartyGaming as to how they will best utilize having the majority of WPTE’s assets at their disposal, but you would imagine that a number of PartyGaming brands, most notably PartyPoker, would begin to make numerous appearances on the World Poker Tour television show in one form or another.
World Series of Poker Tuesday Night ESPN 8 PM
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Liz Lieu plays the 2009 WSOP Main Event
ESPN coverage of the 2009 World Series of Poker continues Tuesday night at 8 PM. Two more hours of the play from Day 1. Four days of Day 1 was required to accommodate the 6,494 entrants taking a $10,000 shot at a prize pool totaling more than $61 million. Tonight's two hours of 2009 WSOP poker offers a look into the many poker faces that have come to Las Vegas to play in the big poker show during the summer of 2009 at the Rio Resort.
More of Flipchip's WSOP First Day photos after the jump.
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Scotty Nguyen, 1998 WSOP Main Event champion
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2009 WSOP Main Event championship bracelet stands watch over the ESPN TV feature table
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Phil Hellmuth, 1998 WSOP Main Event champion, holds court at the outside feature table
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Pernille Ravn plays in the 2009 WSOP Main Event
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Q plays in the 2009 WSOP Main Event
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Marlon Wayans tries his luck at the 2009 WSOP Main Event
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Jeffrey Lisandro, 2009 WSOP Player of the Year
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Cyndy Violette, 2004 WSOP seven-card stud high-low split bracelet winner
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Peter Eastgate, 2008 WSOP Main Event Winner and defending champion at play in the 2009 Main Event
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Audley Harrison, UK boxer
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David Singer playing the 2009 WSOP Main Event
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Vanessa Rousso, latest GoDaddy girl
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Jordan Farmer, LA Laker seen playing the 2009 WSOP Main Event
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Valeria Ross shows her stuff at the 2009 WSOP Main Event
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Marcel Luske, the Singing & Flying Dutchman
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Tom McEvoy, 1983 WSOP Main Event champion
ESPN’s WSOP Main Event Coverage Begins
The wait is finally over, as this week ESPN finally began to air their coverage of the 2009 WSOP Main Event. For the last three weeks, ESPN has been showing three of the WSOP preliminary events, but at least two of those (The Champion Invitational and Ante Up for Africa) felt like tacked-on tournaments that were designed specifically for television and not necessarily as interesting events that could stand on their own sans media coverage. The $40,000 Anniversary Tournament was more on track with what we would expect out of the normally outstanding ESPN WSOP coverage, but really it’s all meant as an appetizer for the always entertaining main event coverage.
Now, every Tuesday night for two one-hour segments, the WSOP main event will be broadcast until we get to the final table and this years November Nine, which will be filmed and shown on Tuesday, November 10th. This year, ESPN seems apt to focus even more on non-card related aspects of the main event, such as identifying a villain, celebrity player coverage and possibly even discussing the circumstances surrounding the hundreds of players that were shutout from playing the main event due to overfilled registration.
No official storylines have been leaked, but it is known that each of the four starting days will be given their own full days worth of coverage (two hours each). And while there are still a number of viewers that are quick to complain about the televised delay of the series that began last year, don’t expect much to change, as the delay resulted in a more than 50 percent increase in viewership for 2008, with similar interest expected this year thanks to the inclusion of poker superstar Phil Ivey in the November Nine.
“This is the most excited I’ve ever been for a season of the World Series of Poker,†said Jamie Horowitz, the coordinating producer for ESPN. “It’s long been discussed in poker — could a pro ever win the main event [again]? Having Phil Ivey as part of our November Nine has just added a new level of interest in poker, not just on the blogs but even within ESPN … There is just an elevated sense of excitement for this season.â€
Ready to watch? Episodes air at 8:00pm EST.
Another Phil Ivey Prop Bet
The summer was filled with tons of prop bets during the World Series of Poker, and they aren’t over yet. Gus Hansen has another bet laying 55:1 for $20,000 that Phil Ivey will win the Main Event in November. No one is sure at what point the bet was made in the tournament. Perhaps the bet was made when there were 200 players left, or maybe it was made when there were 40 players left. Whatever the case, Hansen stands to make a million dollars if Ivey is able to pull through and take home a main event bracelet.
Of course there are plenty of bets going around on whether or not Phil Ivey is going to be able to pull out a win at the final table. He isn’t the only pro at this year’s November Nine, but he is certainly the most notable face still in the game. Aside from Gus Hansen rooting his buddy on, there will likely be a large crowd of other notable pros sweating the final table and looking for big payouts from their prop bets as well.
Bobby Baldwin WSOP Main Event Winner Named in Lawsuit
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Bobby Baldwin plays in the 2009 WSOP Main Event
The Las Vegas Sun is reporting the MGM Mirage based in Las Vegas is being sued by stockholders claiming they were provided false information about the company's financial health in an effort to mislead investors. Multiple law firms announced they were seeking legal action to provide relief to stock purchasers during a period between August, 2007 and March, 2009.
Also named in the suit are former MGM Mirage CEO Terry Lanni, current CEO Jim Murrem, CFO Dan D'Arrigo, and CityCenter Chief Bobby Baldwin. Bobby Baldwin is thew 1978 World Series of Poker Main Event champion and regular in the "Big Game." The high limit poker salon located in the poker room at the Bellagio Resort is named Bobby's Room.
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