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Ivey against Durrr – half million dollars side bet that was the poker stake
According to Card Player, Phil Ivey might have accepted that challenge the famous Tom ‘ Durrr ‘ Dwan launched against the world last week .
However, everything is based on an interview on the radio, in which Phil Ivey not directly confirmed to be playing , and in any case and warns that you have enough respect the enormous variation that can have the game itself -50,000 hands NL400 Hold’Em and Omaha PL400 heads up – which can generate losses rather larger than one and a half million dollars side bet that is at stake.
On the other hand, Phil Ivey has acknowledged that Tom ‘ Durrr ‘ Dwan has the advantage over him , because among other things is much more accustomed to multitablear online — remember that the bet is not supposed to play in less than 4 tables, and for several hours a day. This has made the jump rumors, founded back in the interview Ivey gave radio that David Benyamin and Patrick Antonius may already have accepted the challenge and play against < > Durrr before the Phil Ivey do so.
Can be read here note Card Player, and
hear the phone interview this link (incidentally, that the interview was done )
Barry Greenstein
New edition of the FTOPS next month at Full Tilt Poker
The 4 to February 11 beginning of this year will be held in Full Tilt Poker the FTOPS (Full Tilt Online Poker Series), which are a series of tournaments with different buy -in-all with very high entries in any event.
The biggest event will be a buy-in $ 5,000 $ 200 with a jackpot prize of garanrizado 2000000 $. However, the tournament will be the largest guaranteed prize Main Event, which consists of $ 500 a ticket for $ 35 a pool total guaranteed 2500000 $.
Open tournaments many variations of poker, including Stud, Razz or the HORSE, but option will move more Hold’Em .
All those who reach the final table of one of the tournaments will get a jacket exclusive like the picture. In addition, winners will get a special avatar credited to them as winners of one of the events of the FTOPS .
Source: High Stakes News .
On the player of year award
Many habreís read that John The Razor Phan won this year’s Player of the Year Award that gives the magazine Card Player .
In addition, many would know the intentions of our well-known professional player, Raul Paéz of playing for next year’s tournament circuit for eligible American to win this award.
But … How do you decide who should receive the award?
The point of the prize is quite complicated and even aspires to be somewhat scientific . Input only takes into account tournaments or series of tournaments that exceed a certain threshold of cash prizes -a minimum of $ 250,000 per tournament, or any event which awards a total join more than $ 750,000 -. Furthermore, does not account for the final counting tournament with no fewer than 60 participants , for large end of their awards. Nor will any one buy-in with less than 300 $.
As for the points themselves, the depend inter alia on the mode . P.E. Stud tournament, just take the first eight points. Moreover, The distribution of points obviously depends on the positions , the first gets more points than the second and so on. etc .- and the buy-in and number of participants of the tournament in question.
In general, The system assigns a points basis depending on the participants’ to ‘and more or less equal to the number of participants-eg in a tournament between 95 and 120 players, the first prize will be 100 basis points. Then this base score is multiplied by various factors depending on the buy-in tournament each position behind the first point is reducing gradually, that is: If the tournament gives the first 5 points, and first player earns 100 points, won the second 80, third 60, fourth 40 and fifth 20 points. And if the buy in is very high, these points can be multiplied by two, three or relevant factor.
There are some stipulations, but
in general it all depends on the position in the tournament, the size of the awards and the number of participants , with some variations depending on each mode.
Podeís check all the rules of the prize at this link .
The other day I had dinner with a friend of the poker Pac8
My passion has always been the basket, but long ago I realized that what is really big sport, hobby or frikada is that puts you in touch with people I never would have known in your little world. People who normally do not have anything to do with you but then end up being great friends and you teach that the world is more than your small walnut.
This is even more valid because poker has not been the case that someone who knows what is taken seriously and not be a very interesting. There is only one tournament to go to live in for a whole litany of Craks, characters and figures.
… There’s everything from the master of middle-aged former client of the casino, the kid who came to the role play, those who live poker as a calculator or degenerate gambler played by instinct, past the ghost hooded, the one batter in advertising and web casinos bearing glasses that would replenish the moon for a pastry and think it intimidates the table … the list is long and interesting …
Of course not everything is rosy … we also have a long list of qualities not as fascinating as immense vanity, excessive ego, contempt for money, long service and a tendency to load judgments. But until the dry shit when people are behaving as one maleducados and / or sabelotodos … The only thing people here are no soda.
All this comes to the other day I had dinner with a friend of poker. The story will sound (at least in the more normal). Two players led by a few glasses of wine and enjoying being in the company of another of the same species. Another combined the letters of the fruncirá not frown if you say that you take the laptop to the bathroom to make belly (we shit … a) if the AA come when we are working (so my grandmother said, What ?). If you still play on a desktop computer is equivalent to a hand-empty bottle of liquid Nestea for relief …
Batallitas, projects, gossip, tournaments punctured, bubbles and by Cash join with anecdotes and stories of little god bad beats (not because they do not have, but because we become civilized try not boredom with our weeping). We are going well, we got a laptop from the chops and salad for entries in blogs and memorable passage and proceed to put comments procaces …
As I said we are going well, but as being separated from your partner when you see it appropriate to ask the question … I was surprised by his response.
” Well the truth is that it should be much worse than I am … it’s just a bad beat more … ”
My first impression was thinking …
“Exaggerated joder … that we are all players who like to express letters … which is what next? ¿Assess satisfaction with sexual intercourse post moves?
“¿ You like the polvito baby …?
Pueesss … like a trout on a flop with four clubs too … ”
Back to the restaurant after his comment was very interesting …
It was something like:
” I’ve spent more times a similar situation, but the difference is that this time thanks to assume things better poker. Poker teaches you to assess the situation and be realistic. ”
I could not agree more. Sentimental breaks are particularly difficult because we know where it is complicated and almost impossible.
A poker player does not live in the worlds of yuppi. Life is hard. The boy does not always win and in the movies, and less is left with the horny. A trout colors are shattered by runner runner visionaries and nearly 20 projects are completed outs sometimes and sometimes not. This is not the first nor the last time you visited the failure (in every 100 hands).
The poker teaches you to take on the tragedy. Very often one of its two outs ugly detail will appear in the river … we must be flexible and bend like the reed not to break.
Our conversation went on for such courses, be in the poker player makes us more tolerant, more flexible, more diplomatic (no EV in order to take ass … anyone who gives life many laps ) less angry (Control tilt ) to despersonalizar things (not all that you have something to sack staff against you), and other top commercial …
That made me think … I’ve changed the game of poker? I’m more analytical, more realistic? What more suited to situations that I do not favor? I complain less of my bad luck? ¿Lloro less? Do I things in my life, “law” without expecting immediate results, but knowing that the EV sooner or later be presented ?…
I think the answer is a resounding yes … I am not going to pull the track that I’ve become a superman that Levite in self because my knuckles and the furniture of my room even say otherwise. But the ratio
punch / wardrobe / sore knuckle / tacos / thought “macho, no solution is that you peel over’re so stupid as to autolesionarte!” is not that it was last year … (I believe it or not … I this ratio down to the Tracker;)
The players always have our sword of Damocles over.
Let dominate the service, losing the bank and the shadow of gambling.
Those who attack us do not play with her at all times.
But you know what I mean? What if your sword is fat, ours is even more …
Is no doubt that poker as we improved. The more you play (well, of course) a lot more akin to positive qualities.
We must never fail to take this. … There is more put forward in defense of our sport as long as possible.
The poker should be compulsory in school because it is an inexhaustible source of self-knowledge and personal improvement.
Obviously I’m not finding anything. Sklansky it beautifully in his article recounts
“The poker is good for you “.
For those who do not leyerais is an article which sets out all the positive things that we play poker generates. But if you have read is the same. Re-read because in poker as in life if the text is a quality we should releerlos often. With each new reading of the classics, is the Don Quixote, Delibes, Sklansky Caro or find new levels and nuances …
The article Sklansky is large, very long and would comment on each item, so I just dismiss you listed.
- The poker is a great teacher.
- The poker develops your study habits.
- The poker develop your math skills.
- The poker develops your logical thinking.
- The poker develop your concentration.
- The poker develop your patience.
- The poker develops your discipline.
- The poker teaches you to appreciate the importance of the long term.
- The poker teaches you to give up a benefit is the same as accepting a loss (and vice versa).
- The poker makes you more realistic.
- The poker teaches you to adjust to changing situations.
- The poker teaches you to deal with people differently.
- The poker teaches you to avoid racial prejudices, sexual and otherwise.
- The poker teaches you to face the failures.
- The poker teaches you to despersonalizar conflict.
- The poker teaches you to plan ahead.
- The poker teaches you to deal with smart people.
- The poker teaches you to choose the best “line.”
- The poker teaches you the benefits of the last word.
- The poker teaches
you to focus on what really matters. - The poker teaches you how to apply probability theory.
- The poker teaches you how to conduct risk-reward analysis.
- The poker teaches you to put things in context and assess all the variables.
- The poker teaches you how to “get into people’s minds.”
PokerStars.com Caribbean Adventure 2009. Summary of day 2
Yesterday was played the day 2 from PokerStars Caribbean Adventure 2009 sponsored by PokerStars.
Of the 1,336 participants initials, a total 380 players arrived to begin the second day. And among them 6 Spanish, a success, with 30% of the original participants.
The success was even greater when five of them (shame on miragino enter ) get prizes, which, together with memory, I think we had never before achieved.
The pity is that the joy was not complete and therefore Rafa as Carlos and Simon were removed once in prizes, while the latter was even among the leaders Tournament.
But we still have two players, so all is not lost, much less when only remaining 103 participants .
Rubén Pérez ‘ Tommy1000 ‘ is doing a tremendous tournament and soon recovered the chips it had lost at the end of day one. Thus, between 150 and 200,000 points was until the bubble burst. In the fateful thirteenth level down to 100,000 in the past but has recovered enough to take chances for the 3 days starting with 155,000 points .
Alex Sanchez ‘ Al3×4ever ‘ is the second of us. Albacete player reached with 433,000 and not for a jackpot of more than 700,000 items lost when a rival was a trio of five could have ended the day among the leaders. In any case recovered from the 75,000 points and ended the day with about half of the 223,000 points .
So we have two Spaniards and three days in the fight to come last among the 32 players with options to take the $ 3,000,000 first prize .
Poker Stars and its proscribed programs
Recently found an interesting note in the wheel Coding on Poker Stars and programs prohibited by the room.
Policy Poker Stars Software banned because more discussions found in the poker forums, for those who do not know how it works, basically Poker Stars divides its list of proscribed programs into two types: you use the time the customer-poker game, and it is not use the computer at any time .
The programs that make calculations for you or to disclose information about other players, such as SnG wizard or web Poker Table Ratings and Sharkscope- can be used only outside tables . In addition, there are programs such as Xpokerbot , a poker bot that the user can configure to your liking, that are prohibited at any time .
This obviously creates some problems legal / moral, which are covered by the note of which I speak today, the blog is precisely Creator Xpokerbot , which account Poker Stars has been blocked recently.
The author argues that the tools we use Poker Stars to our computer monitor and detect fraudulent use of software even when we have opened the Poker Stars client , are completely illegal and violate our privacy.
How many sabreís, when a user is registered in a poker room, accepts a number of conditions , which they usually reserve, said that it is more gentle, Option spy on our computer search of illegal software and any room or trap the other players . This is something that makes a lot of players feel safe, but many others outraged by the violation of privacy that this implies.
The blogger Coding of the wheel is the latter view, and quite summarizing argues that the terms of the Poker Stars are not sufficiently clear as to Poker Stars is entitled to spy on our computer completely destroying privacy , since it really does not inform the user of the threat to privacy posed by the client to download poker Poker Stars .
Personally, I do not have sufficient knowledge about information technology and legal issues as to give an opinion formed about this, but since then I am convinced that the issue will face more than one.
In any case, I recommend reading the original entry seriously, really full .
Entraction iPoker and migration after NoiQ
Although it may be too early to draw conclusions, it is interesting to see how varied the mass of network users iPoker Entraction and after the expulsion of NoiQ Poker to iPoker , and its placement on the network hasty Entraction , which shares our well-known -.
Poker Face
I read a thread in the forums Hold’em Manager, which came to say that NoiQ had a mass of active users reaching 10,000 players-which are largely exaggerated, as they are twice the playing daily across the network iPoker. Beyond this in particular, the tone of the post was to say that NoiQ was a massive room which would impact on Entraction brutal, so manager Hold’em Poker Tracker 3 and it would soon give support to this network .
At least this first week, the reality seems to have gone a different path. Basically, as we see in Poker Scout, , the impact on iPoker has been no , the network used to average a little more than 5,000 players a day on average during the week, while Poker Scout shows that this week has nailed 5000.
Entraction , by contrast, have seen, it is true, increased flow of users, as players used to average 900 per day, while this week has reached the limit of a thousand ; but certainly not the impact that many expected.
It should also be remembered that, even if it seems too early to draw conclusions, career special rake in $ 100,000 NoiQ Poker from 5 to January 13 has already begun , for it is assumed that most players who want to stay in NoiQ the new network should be fully active and if they want to participate in the race rake, very juicy grinder for almost all of NL50 hereafter as equally distributed 100 prizes $ 1000 for what remains of the past gives both advantages and win.
How much do you know the live for?
Surfing the net I found this interesting blog entry About Poker.
Is resolved a little quiz on famous players presenciales poker tournaments as Daniel Negreanu or Phil Helmuth . Not very long, but surely you learn something new and completely useless on any of them 
The test podeís it begin here .
PokerStars.com Caribbean Adventure 2009. Summary of day 1B
Yesterday began the day 1B in the 2009 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure sponsored by PokerStars.
For the 660 players who participated in the day 1A joined 676 players for a total of 1336 participants here PokerStars.com Caribbean Adventure in the Atlantis Resort
PokerStars.com Caribbean Adventure 2009. Summary of day 1A
Yesterday began the day 1A in the 2009 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure sponsored by PokerStars.
No less than 660 players met at the Atlantis Resort
