Posted May 12th, 2012
by Dominic Landseer
Event #22 on the SCOOP schedule offered a chance for players with skills in both of the “big-bet” flop games — no-limit hold’em and pot-limit Omaha — to test their mettle.
The “medium” version featured a $109 buy-in, and by the time late registration ended 1,903 players had joined the fray. That meant a prize pool of $190,300, more than twice the $75K guarantee. The top 252 finishers made the money, with $30,448.68 due the winner barring any final table deals.
It took about six hours to play down to that money bubble, with GermanBraine leading the way just after the bursting, followed by RoyalMacc, Rounder63, Kevin “ImaLuckSac” MacPhee, and Shuller_A1t.
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Tags: Scoop, Scoop 2012 Posted in Gambling Professional
Posted April 16th, 2012
by Dominic Landseer
“We need to double check our numbers. All media to the side, please,” announced tournament director Teresa Nousiainen.
Joining the notepads was Benas Molis. The Lithuanian stood by on the inside of the rail talking to friends while waiting to find out if he had bubbled in 89th, as was expected, or if he had just managed to sneak into 88th place for a €7,500 min-cash.
Molis had led into a 7♦7♣3♣ flop and was had been raised by Jannick Wrang to 42,500. Molis had come back over the top for 99,000 and Wrang had moved all-in over. Molis was left to slowly, hesitantly make the call for his remaining 130,000.
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Posted April 7th, 2012
by Dominic Landseer
In this article series we plan to make a top 10 list of casinos for poker in the USA
Caesars Atlantic City opened in 1979 and has expanded to become one the most prestigious and exciting gambling spots on the East coast. This magnificent complex is bigger and better than many other casinos; it boasts 3,400 slot machines alone.
The casino and gaming area as Caesars Atlantic City covers over 145,000 square feet and everyone from poker players to slots enthusiasts will be able to find their favorite game here.
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Tags: Atlantic City, Caesars Atlantic, Caesars Atlantic City, City Posted in Gambling Professional
Posted March 28th, 2012
by Dominic Landseer
The numbers have been crunched and the beads of the abacus have been flicked back and forth. We have the all-important final numbers for the first ever EPT Campione. The prize pool comes in at drumroll €2,764,500 and the winner will take home more dramatic drumroll €640,000.
In all some 88 players will see their tournament become a profitable one with a minimum pay day of €7,500. That is still a good couple of days away with the remaining field needing to navigate their way through six 75-minute levels tomorrow and, most likely, several more on Day 3 before the bubble pops.
1. €640,000 2. €430,000 3. €240,000 4. €157,000 5. €124,000 6. €92,000 7. €71,500 8. €54,000 9-10. €41,000 11-12. €30,000 13-14. €25,000 15-16. €20,000 17-24. €15,000 25-32. €13,000 33-48. €11,000 49-64. €9,000 65-88. €7,500
Tags: Pool, Prize Pool Posted in Gambling Professional
Posted March 17th, 2012
by Dominic Landseer
Following on from part 1 and in this article I want to discuss a very obvious but yet under-estimated part of no-limit hold’em. This is the fact that it is a two card game and not a four card or a six card game like at PLO. So what does this very obvious statement have to do with difficulty in playing the game?
Well only having two starting cards in your hand means one very important thing. It means that it is much more difficult to flop or to make a strong hand. Now
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Tags: Games Part, Part Posted in Gambling Professional