World Record: Player Plays 50,470 Hands in One Day
Gee, this sounds like fun. Just two weeks ago a Russian online poker player known as “innerspy” broke the existing record for most hands played online in a single 24-hour period when he managed to grind through a session that netted him 40,088 hands. The 22-year-old was not able to turn a profit during his session however, which devalued his accomplishment to many players seeing how pretty much anyone could break the record if they were just willing to play long enough.
Turns out it doesn’t matter though, as just five days later an American player with the handle “joeingram1” broke the record again by playing a huge 50,470 hands with stakes at $0.10-$0.25, and turning a profit by the time he logged off. Playing well in the marathon session was good for $800, though his biggest payout was in his side bets where he was given 2.5 – 1 that he could not only just break the record, but end the day with a profit. All in all the side bets paid off an additional $32,950.
The American actually started off the day losing and took 5,000 hands to break even before eventually turning a profit by the end. No one expects this record to stand for very long though, as most of the online poker community has caught wind that joeingram1 was able to accomplish his 50,470 hands in just 21 hours of play. So what’s to stop a group of friends all playing under one account to take 5-hour shifts in a run for the new title? So yeah, expect this one to be smashed by next week.
World Record: Player Plays 50,470 Hands in One Day
Gee, this sounds like fun. Just two weeks ago a Russian online poker player known as “innerspy” broke the existing record for most hands played online in a single 24-hour period when he managed to grind through a session that netted him 40,088 hands. The 22-year-old was not able to turn a profit during his session however, which devalued his accomplishment to many players seeing how pretty much anyone could break the record if they were just willing to play long enough.
Turns out it doesn’t matter though, as just five days later an American player with the handle “joeingram1” broke the record again by playing a huge 50,470 hands with stakes at $0.10-$0.25, and turning a profit by the time he logged off. Playing well in the marathon session was good for $800, though his biggest payout was in his side bets where he was given 2.5 – 1 that he could not only just break the record, but end the day with a profit. All in all the side bets paid off an additional $32,950.
The American actually started off the day losing and took 5,000 hands to break even before eventually turning a profit by the end. No one expects this record to stand for very long though, as most of the online poker community has caught wind that joeingram1 was able to accomplish his 50,470 hands in just 21 hours of play. So what’s to stop a group of friends all playing under one account to take 5-hour shifts in a run for the new title? So yeah, expect this one to be smashed by next week.
Another Las Vegas Bad Beat Story
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Rio Resort Las Vegas
Think your bad beat story belongs in the book? This might not be as bad as the time you went all-in within ten minutes of hitting town and came in third after two one-outers caught a miraculous river and chopped up your entire play bank; but, it's the biggest money bad beat. The spiral down lasted a year and cost Terrance Watanabe $127 million. The 52 years old Watanabe spent most of 2007 at Harrah's Caesars Palace and Rio casinos drinking and gambling and losing enough money to buy a couple of hundred condos at CityCenter.
When his sister finally came to town and rescued Mr. Wanatabe from himself he had gone through almost 127 million dollars. Apparently, he still has millions but not nearly as many. He's paid close to $112 million to Harrah's, but, has now decided to renege on the remaining $14.7 million in markers. The law here in Las Vegas considers unpaid markers to be the same as a bad check and if you don't pay you might be spending a few years in Nevada in a comped small room far away from the bright lights of the strip. In Mr. Watanabe's case the stay could drag out to 28 years.
In his defense, Mr. Wanatabe filed a civil suit in Clark County District that seeks to place some of the responsibility for his record setting loss on Harrah's. He is claiming he was supplied with alcohol, drugs, and encouraged to gamble in a drunken state for hours on end. Unfortunately for Mr. Watanabe, this line of reasoning hasn't worked well with Nevada juries. After all, the casino didn't make you drink the booze. His trial on the criminal charges is set for Summer 2010.
Read a detailed account of Mr. Watanabe's bad beat story according to Alexandra Berzon for the Wall Street Journal.
Next time you're in Las Vegas thinking about to go on tilt because some soccermom commandeered a case deuce to beat your quads!...just remember Mr. Watanabe's Vegas story.
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Caesars Palace Las Vegas
Binion’s To Close Down Hotel Operations
Here’s some rather unfortunate news. Binion’s, home to one of if not the most famous poker rooms in the world, has announced that they will be closing down the hotel side of their business due to the crummy Vegas economy. Binion’s was the birthplacle of the World Series of Poker and is where many of the legendary players of today got their poker careers started.
“This is a result of this brutal economy that has affected Las Vegas," said Lisa Robinson, a spokesperson for the hotel. “We looked at every aspect of our operations, and the hotel rooms are no longer competitive in this market.”
Thankfully, it appears that the casino and the poker room will stay open with no sign that they’ll be closing anytime soon. The entire building, complete with hotel, opened up in downtown Las Vegas all the way back in 1951 and didn’t host the first ever WSOP until 19 years later in 1970. Every subsequent WSOP was held within the storied walls until both the hotel and the rights to the WSOP were bought up by Harrah’s Entertainment in 2004, with the WSOP then moved to the Rio to accommodate larger fields.
However, Binion’s is currently owned by TLC Casino Enterprises, which it acquired for $32 million back in January 2008. Anyone that’s booked a reservation in one of the 365 rooms at Binion’s before December 14th will still be able to stay at the hotel, however afterwards all room requests will be forwarded to another TLC property, the Four Queens.
It really is a shame to see a piece of Binion’s go under, heck, even I got my poker start there, back when the poker room looked like you’d expect a card shark’s paradise to look like before the poker boom. You can still enjoy the best parts of Binion’s though, namely the card room, and I highly recommend doing so during your next trip to Vegas.
WSOP Champion Scotty Nguyen at Five Diamond Poker Classic
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Scotty Nguyen
Scotty Nguyen, 1998 WSOP World Champion, was seen playing in the Five Diamond World Poker Classic Tuesday afternoon at the Bellagio Resort. A number of other poker professionals was in the crowd of 63 entrance for the $1,500 Limit Omaha Eight or Better event.
Stop by the Bellagio and try your luck in the daily satellites for a cheap seat into one of the Five Diamond tournament events.
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Bellagio Tournament Director, Jack McClelland, counts down an all-in at the final table
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Tournament room overlooks the famous Bellagio dancing fountains
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WSOP bracelet holder James van Alstyne
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Thor Hansen
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Barry Shulman
Five Diamond World Poker Classic 2009
The Bellagio Five Diamond World Poker Classic 2009 has arrived with a great schedule and tournaments as low as $540. From November 27 - December 16, tournaments will be running and will include Pot Limit Omaha, NL Texas Hold’em, HORSE, and Limit Hold’em (Eight or Better.) There will even be a seniors event open to anyone 50 years and older. Below is the schedule for the Five Diamond World Poker Classic 2009 held in Las Vegas at the Bellagio hotel:
November 27, 2009 NL Hold’em 12 p.m. $500 + $40
November 28, 2009 NL Hold’em 12 p.m. $1,000 + $80
November 29, 2009 NL Hold’em 12 p.m. $500 + $40
November 30, 2009 NL Hold’em 12 p.m. $1,000 + $80
December 1, 2009 Limit Omaha 8 or Better 12 p.m $1,000 + $80
December 2, 2009 NL Hold’em 12 p.m. $1,000 + $80
December 3, 2009 Pot Limit Omaha with Rebuys 12 p.m. $1,000 + $80
December 4, 2009 NL Hold’em 12 p.m $500 + $40
December 5, 2009 NL Hold’em with Rebuys 12 p.m. $1,500 + $90
December 6, 2009 Seniors NL Hold’em (3 Day) 12 p.m. $1,500 + $90
December 7, 2009 NL Hold’em 12 p.m. $1,000 + $80
December 8, 2009 HORSE (3 Day) 12 p.m. $5,000 + $180
December 9, 2009 NL Hold’em 12 p.m. $1,500 + $90
December 10, 2009 Pot Limit Omaha with Rebuys 12 p.m. $5,000 + $180
December 11, 2009 NL Hold’em with Rebuys 12 p.m. $1,000 + $80
December 12, 2009 NL Hold’em 12 p.m. $5,000 + $180
December 12, 2009 Super Satellite - NL Hold’em 5 p.m. $1,500 + $90
December 13, 2009 Super Satellite – NL Hold’em 12 p.m. $1,500 + $90
December 13, 2009 Super Satellite – NL Hold’em 5 p.m. $1,500 + $90
December 14, 2009 WPT Doyle Brunson Classic Day 1 $15,000 + $400
December 14, 2009 Super Satellite – NL Hold’em 9 p.m. $1,500 + $90
December 15, 2009 WPT Doyle Brunson Classic Day 2
December 16, 2009 WPT Doyle Brunson Classic Day 3
December 16, 2009 NL Hold’em 2 pm $500 + $40
December 17, 2009 WPT Doyle Brunson Classic Day 4
December 18, 2009 WPT Doyle Brunson Classic Day 5
December 19, 2009 TV Final Table 4 p.m.
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