Absolute Poker is at it again with its great new poker playing opportunities for the players. The Absolute Poker College Challenge is back with a bang and students are getting ready to show off their playing strategy through pure competitiveness.  The Absolute Poker College Challenge Main Event is going to be held on November 30th and will award $10,000 dollars for tuition.

The game of poker is now being appreciated on a greater level. More colleges are starting to see that poker is not a game of chance but takes knowledge and skill in order to win the game. Harvard Law Professor Charles Nesson is bringing poker into the classroom and is an active supporter of the game.

According to him, online poker is among the best ways to teach people how to conduct negotiations, manage risks and develop tactical thinking and other skills that are essential to succeed in life.

Absolute Poker Pro and APCC consultant Matt Vengrin said, “Nesson’s concept that playing poker teaches students other life skills is on the money. Poker has taught me how to deal with a lot of different aspects of my life from business to my personal relationships. My life is where it is today due to learning what it takes to be a professional poker player”. More Absolute Poker Pros.

The Absolute Poker College Challenge offers daily qualifiers and freerolls starting at $0.25 to $5 dollars. Along with this, every week there will be a Main Event qualifier on Sunday at 9pm EST that awards seats.

The top six players at the Main Event will battle it out live in Los Angelas, California and be streamed online at Bluff. The winner will receive $10,000 dollars tuition money and an APCC Championship Ring. If you are not a player at Absolute Poker then create an account today to take advantage of this promotion and get a welcome bonus.

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Posted by Diana Sterling in Poker News, Poker Pro Players, Poker Tournaments | No Comments » November 4th, 2009

The World Poker Tour (WPT) Foxwoods Poker Classic has been officially launched from the Connecticut casino on Friday.  Players attendance has significantly dropped by 25%, the exact reason for this is still unknown, but it can either be because of the current economic crunch or the ongoing spring championships of online poker tournament series. A recent news on the WPT website about the drop in attendance stated that  “While some of the West Coast pros stayed in Las Vegas for the Bellagio prelims, it’s clear that the economy is playing a factor here in the Northeast, where only 259 players showed up for the WPT Foxwoods Poker Classic.”

In 2008, 346 players participated into the Foxwoods poker classic with Erik Seidel emerging as the winner by earning $992,000 from his victory. Erik seidel already own eight WSOP (World series of Poker) bracelets, but this was his first WCPT victory. The 2008 Foxwoods final table featured Ted Forrest who managed to earn $103,000 by grabbing sixth place.

Due to the low turn out the fox wood poker classic, which will go on air through Fox pro net is going to award less than three million dollars to the winner. Details of paydays are as follow.

1st Place: $731,079
2nd Place: $409,405
3rd Place: $214,449
4th Place: $138,905
5th Place: $106,007
6th Place: $85,292

Day one at the Connecticut casino featured 5 levels of 90 minutes each, which resulted in 165 players survival. Ken Adams paced the field who builds up a stack of 140,775 over three times the average of over three times the average of 46,500. The tournament champion will be crowned on Wednesday 8th of April, the winner apart from getting $731,000 in cash, will also grab $25,000 entry into the WPT Championship starting on April 18.

Posted by Diana Sterling in New Poker Sites, Poker Articles, Poker News, Poker Pro Players, Poker Tournaments, WPT, WSOP | No Comments » April 6th, 2009

Team Aced comprised of 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Jamie Gold, Ashley Nataupsky, and Houston Waldie, rejoiced heartily last weekend at the Dream Team Poker Tournament held at Caesars palace. Transforming themselves into the envy of the poker industry Team Aced was triumphant in claiming individual honors in the second running of the novel team-based format poker tournament the first for which the registration was allowed for everyone and not just  the invitees.

Entertaining a total of 148 three player teams the two day event at Caesars Palace showcased a total of 444 player’s altogether. The entry fee for this much awaited and grand event was $550 per player or $1650 for each team. The prize pool was places aside for individual players with the top 25 finishers cashing their cheques where as the rest of the featured amount was kept back for the top seven three player qualifying teams. The rules of the game were quite simple and unproblematic ,therefore when a player was eliminated his or her team were awarded the number of points matched the players finis for example, if  a player finished at 147th place his/her team would be awarded 147 points. A player was eliminated, his or her team received whatever number of points matched that player’s finish; for example, finishing 147th place netted one’s team 147 pts. Since Team Aced ended up with the lowest number of points they were awarded the first place team prize worth $59,940.

On Sunday the showdown began between the last two remaining teams, Team Aced had already secured the title obliged to the fact that there’s was the only team with two of its players still alive and kicking namely Gold and Nataupsky. Gold departed in ninth place whereas Nataupsky managed to cling on till the fourth place giving their teams a total winning score of 13 points.

Right behind Team Aced were the Claddaghs,the clones, party at the mansion and the Hellmuth Busters. Attracting a large number of renowned players the participants enjoyed the novel format of the tournament especially the chance to strongly root their fellow team mates after they had been eradicated.

Dream Team Poker CEO Daniel Delshad stated that the room was filled with a rush of adrenaline and heart pumping excitement as these tournaments are not  something you see everyday. He also hinted at the fact that it is quite likely that similar tournaments will be held at Caesars palace in the near future.

Posted by Diana Sterling in Poker Articles, Poker News, Poker Pro Players, Poker Tournaments | No Comments » March 31st, 2009

This is a shocking news story. Texas poker great Amarillo Slim was beaten and robbed while trying to take collateral on a $3,000 gambling debt he was owed, police said Thursday.

Amarillo Police Lt. Jim McKenny said the 80-year-old former world champion poker player, whose real name is Thomas Preston, was beaten after being lured to a field Tuesday night expecting to receiver a four-wheeler as collateral. Preston went to the hospital with a broken jaw, hand and thumb, he told the Amarillo Globe-News.

He said he was robbed of $8,000 cash and a diamond ring worth $85,000, McKenny said.

“That would not be that unusual for him to have that kind of money,” he said.

It wasn’t the first time he’s been robbed either, McKenny said.

“I think it probably has to do with the clientele and people he tends to hang with in the gambling circles,” he said.

Amarillo Slim won the 1972 World Series of Poker and has been a member of the Poker Hall of Fame since 1992.

Posted by Susan George in Poker News, Poker Pro Players | No Comments » January 22nd, 2009

The industry pioneers also commonly known as PokerTek, Inc. are worldwide leaders in running automated poker tables and related software. Recently Poker Tek announced the launch of its new installation onboard, the Norwegian Cruise Line’s award winning Norwegian Pearl. Organizing a recent ninety day field trial in hopes of adding further tables to the Norwegian Cruise Lines fleet of eleven cruise ships.

The vice President of Casino Operations for Norwegian Cruise line was quite thrilled to have gone through this merger with pokertek and recently commented that they are eager to showcase the successful pokerpro on one of their newest cruise liners, The Norwegian Peral.He also commented that the ship is offering tremendous options of entertainment and fun such as Bowling, rock climbing and automated poker which is of course one of the more exciting selection. Recently installed with in the ships Casino, Poker pro offers an array of traditional table games including a wide range of slots which are not currently being offered by any of their competitors. Previously the installations that were used on other Norwegian cruise ships proved to be a great success therefore they are expecting an even higher rate of success and salutations by the customers onboard the Norwegian Cruise line.

Pokerteks vice president of Sales Robert Perry commented that Poker pro is a tool used to provide customers of cruise ships with that extra added touch of glamour and new technological facilities in a cost effective manner. Automated poker table related software’s help to efficiently increase casino revenues by plummeting expenses and drawing new players into poker rooms.

PokerPro offers fun, fast and error free interactive poker games. Basically Poker Pro is an electronic poker game that is played without a dealer. Seated around a table the players have screens in front of them and they play the same way they do wait a live dealer. Everything from the dealer to the chips is computerized in poker pro which leads to its unacceptability with certain players. This computerized version of poker is ten times faster than a live dealer as it can deal more hands per hour .Though players prefer to see the cards being dealt in front of their own eyes the response is quite strong towards Poker pro as other casinos are also buying into this idea.

The financial figures of the deal have been kept confidential so far, the cruise line is expected to be a great success among the poker players.

Posted by Diana Sterling in Poker Articles, Poker News | No Comments » January 5th, 2009