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NEWS
Joe Cada is the new 2009 WSOP Champion
All eyes were on the final table at the Rio All-Suites Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, last night as PokerStars sponsored player, 21-year-old Michigan native Joseph Cada went head’s up against Darvin Moon, a 46 year old logger from western Maryland. After just 2.5 hours of play, Cada emerged victorious with $8.5 million in winnings, the WSOP championship title and a new record as the youngest Main Event champion in the history of the World Series.
Two people walked away as champions on August 9th at the Gold Coast’s Conrad Jupiter’s casino two. Tony Hachem a member of Team PokerStars Pro Australia won the overall point’s race in the tour. Then there was Scott Kerr who outlasted 248 players to win the PokerStars.net ANZPT Queensland taking home $168,075.
Danny Chevalier crowned PokerStars.net ANZPT Queenstown Champion
Danny Chevalier out lasted 134 poker hopefuls to become the PokerStars.net Australia New Zealand Poker Tour (ANZPT) Queenstown Champion winning an impressive $87,435NZD.
This is the first time a poker event of this size has been held in Queenstown and the event was the largest on the South Island of New Zealand this year. The tournament started on Monday with four day ones.
PokerStars.net Team Asia Pro Celina Lin won nearly HKD $400,000 by winning the Red Dragon event on July 12th and is now ranked number one on the Macau Poker Cup Leaderboard for both points and 奖金 money.
Bryan Huang's Jacks crowned him the Charity Event Champion
Team Asia Pro Bryan Huang from Singapore won the Charity Event on July 9th and final tabled the $500 Rebuy Event as he moved an amazing 49 spots up the leaderboard where he is now ranked 14th.
Tabcorp’s Queensland Casinos to host final event of the ANZPT
Tabcorp’s South East Queensland Casinos (Conrad Jupiters and Conrad Treasury) and PokerStars.net announced that the first season of the PokerStars.net Australia and New Zealand Poker Tour will culminate in Queensland, Australia this August 5-9. This historic event will be the first time a major poker tournament has ever been held in the state of Queensland.
The world’s richest poker tour announces biggest season yet
John Duthie, Chief Executive of the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour (EPT), announced the first half of the schedule for EPT Season Six. The European Poker Tour is now the world’s richest poker tour in terms of both players and prize pools and is sponsored by PokerStars, the world’s largest online poker site with over 23 million registered players worldwide.
Our feautured Dealer of this month is Ka Ka Chan. Discover what she has to say about the thrilling world of dealing poker. Read her interview and feel free to post comments.
Dealer Profile
Name: Ka Ka Last Name: Chan Age: 19 Nickname: Ka Kaaak! Gender: Female Nationality: Hong Kong Chinese Hobbies: Drawing and Reading. Favorite Poker Movie: God Of Gambling. Favorite Poker Game: Big 2.
Ben Condit is an american poker player whose advertising work has brought him to Hong Kong. We decided to ask him a few questions. Here is what he had to say about Poker.
Birthday: December 17, 1980
All about the new Australia New Zealand Poker Tour
PokerStars.net announced the launch of an exciting new poker tour which will be played across Australia and New Zealand – the PokerStars.net ANZPT. The first event is in Adelaide on Wednesday 4th February 2009.
The growth of poker in Australia and New Zealand over the past few years has been astounding; with figures showing there are over 400,000 Australian’s regularly playing poker. There has also been the success of tournaments in region such as the PokerStars.net APPT events in Auckland and Sydney, as well as the upcoming Aussie Millions. Now antipodeans have their very own tour which will further develop poker talent in the region.
The 40th annual World Series of Poker® (WSOP®) -a set of poker tournaments open to anyone 21 years of age or older- will commence Wednesday, May 27 with the first of 57 gold bracelet events, and the next day a special $40,000 buy-in No Limit Hold'em tournament will commemorate the gaming industry's most illustrious event.
The annual poker extravaganza, which dates back to 1970, is televised exclusively on ESPN from the Rio All-Suites Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas and consists of a comprehensive slate of the game’s most popular variations.
The results are in. PokerStars – the world’s largest online poker site - has shattered the Guinness World Recordfor ‘Largest Online Poker Tournament’. On Sunday December 28, 2008, 35,000 players played the $11 buy-in world record tournament with PokerStars guaranteeing a $500,000 prize pool.
The tournament, which sold out well in advance, played for over 9.5 hours with and a record 8,750 players hitting the money. No deals were made and Stan34powa outlasted 34,999 players to win the world’s largest-ever tournament and $30,000. PokerStars had set the previous record with a field of 20,000 players in the Sunday Hundred Grand on July 29, 2007.
Macau Poker Cup sets new records during the Holiday Season!
Last Saturday, December 13th, 2008, Howard Stribble from Canada beat a pool of 51 players at the Deep Stack Event 50K Guarantee taking home the $27,540 prize. This tournament is part of the Macau Poker Cup presented by Pokerstars Macau. Howard Stibble wins the Deep Stack Event after placing 2nd at the same event in October
Macau Poker Cup sets new records during the Holiday Season!
PokerStars Macau defied the downwards trend in Asia’s gaming capitol as the December 2008 Macau Poker Cup surpassed the guaranteed prize pools that were already expected to set the bar at a new high. The signature Red Dragon Event was expanded as a two day tournament for the first time and shattered the HKD $400,000 guarantee as 57 players put their holiday shopping plans aside to compete for over HKD $535,000 in prize money.
A Red Dragon to remember
Another Macau Cup took place the second week of December at Pokerstars Macau. A pool of 57 players participated in the Red Dragon Event 400K Guarantee setting new records in terms of prize pool which was over $535,000 and a first prize value of $210,000. John Cheong took home the first prize after a hard battle against our HKPL member, Manish Sansi. John held the chip lead for the majority of the tournament. Manish was down to 400 chips at one point of the final table and amazingly went into heads up play as the chip leader.
Martin Lowe becomes Australia’s newest millionaire
Last Sunday December 7th, 34 year old Sydneysider Martin Rowe pocketed a massive $1 million to become the newest PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) Grand Final champion, outplaying 476 rivals over the past five days.
Cheered on in front of his by family, friends and a home crowd, Martin, a father of (almost) two from North Sydney commented directly following his win: “I cannot believe I have won tonight. I felt on edge but not out of control the entire tournament and now to have the title I am just ecstatic – this will be life changing for my family.”
Manish Sansi makes it to the final table at APPT Manila
Manish Sansi is a very talented poker player from India who is starting to build his way up in the Asian Poker Tournament Circuit. Last November 16, he came out in seventh place at the APPT Manila Main Event winning USD $16,285.70 after being eliminated on an all-in move by Filipino player Ramil Tandoc. Last November 22, he came out second at the Patron HK Poker League Final Championship and won a Sidney Package that included an APPT Sidney Satellite Buy In. We asked him a few questions about Poker and here is what he had to say.
Name: Manish Sansi Birthday: June 13, 1976. Place of Birth: Delhi, India Place of Residency: Hong Kong Marital Status: Single Occupation: Trader
How did you get started playing poker?
While I was in university, via home games playing .25/.50 usd no limit.
Justin Fung wins the Patron HK Poker League Season 3
Justin Fung, a 24 year old student from New York living in Hong Kong, is the new Patron Hong Kong’s Poker League Champion. Last November 22, when the Final Championship of season 3 was played at Pokerstars Macau Poker Room, he beat a pool of more than 40 players and got himself a seat to the APPT Sidney Finale, flight tickets and accommodation for two at the Star City Hotel and Casino in Australia. We asked him a few questions and here is what he had to say about his Poker experience.
Birthday: March 11, 1984 Place of Birth: New York, New York Place of Residency: Hong Kong Marital Status: Single Occupation: Student
Today Australian young gun Van Marcus triumphed at the PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) Manila tournament in spectacular fashion after a gruelling 16 hours of final table play – the longest final table in APPT history. He won USD $162,856.98.
The 25-year-old from Melbourne has an impressive track record when it comes to the APPT. This was his third APPT Final Table appearance in the last 15 months, including previously placing fifth in the 2007 APPT Manila, and ninth in the 2008 APPT Macau High Rollers Event. This year he returned to Manila determined to become a Champion and that became a reality after three days of solid play at the Hyatt Hotel when he made a straight on a turn to send runner-up Noh Tae Jun of Korea to the rail.
Pokerstars Macau introduces a new Weekly Tournament Schedule!
From Saturday, November 1st, Pokerstars Macau will host a $150,000 Guaranteed Tournament. This event will have a buy-in of $3,500 and will take place every Saturday at 6pm. Poker players at PokerStars Macau are also entitled to a special room rate at the luxurious Grand Waldo Hotel. For more details please visit www.pokerstarsmacau.com
If you want to get in this amazing tournament for free but don’t have enough cash to finance the buy-in, Pokerstars.net is giving you the opportunity to participate in the 40K and 150K GUARANTEE Entry Freeroll. All you have to do is register for membership for PokerStars Macau at pokerstars.net and join in the freerolls each Tuesday and Wednesday at 9:30 PM for an entry to the 40K & 150K Guarantee Tournaments.
Young Danish Pro Takes Home $9.1 Million In The 2008 WORLD SERIES OF POKER
PokerStars player Peter Eastgate has became the youngest main event champion after winning the 2008 World Series of Poker (WSOP) earning him $9,152,416 million. The 22-year-old professional poker player from Odense, Denmark broke Phil Helmuth’s 19 year record for youngest main event champion that he set in 1989 at the age of 24. Eastgate also made history by playing in the first ever all European heads up WSOP main event showdown.
Ivan “SOUL” Demidov Finishes Second In The 2008 WORLD SERIES OF POKER
PokerStars player Ivan Demidov, a professional poker player from Moscow, Russia finished second at the 2008 World Series of Poker (WSOP) earning him $5,809,595 million. Demidov raised the money to enter the main event with the help of a friend, who “invested” in the young Russian poker sensation. He was bested by PokerStars player Peter Eastgate from Denmark, in the first ever all European heads up WSOP main event showdown.
“When the field is as tough as this, it really comes down to who has the best cards, but I’m happy with how I played,” said Demidov. “This experience will change my life and my career in poker. I look forward to getting to play in all of the biggest tournaments in the world now and spreading the popularity of poker back home. Win or lose, it’s the best game in the world!”
Christophe Baleyte
wins Patron HK Poker League Final Event
Christophe Baleyte wins Patron HK Poker League Final Event (presented
by Pokestars.net) and takes home the Seat and Travel Package to the Asia Pacific
Poker Tour (APPT).
The final table consisted of the following 10 players.
1st Christophe Baleyte
2nd Eve Lin
3rd Jon Coombs
4th Kwan Chi Man
5th Jonathan Yip
6th Steven Chen
7th Sylvan Gingras
8th Some Guy (preferred to be anonymous)
9th James Johnson
10th Simon Laveau
MACAU TO HOST CHINA’S FIRST EVER INTERNATIONAL
POKER TOURNAMENT PokerStars.net
Asia Pacific Poker Tour brings poker to Macau
PokerStars (www.PokerStars.net), the world’s largest online poker
site, today announced the first ever real money No-Limit Texas Hold’em
poker tournament to be held in the People’s Republic of China. The
‘PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour Macau: Asian Poker Open’ USD
$2,500 buy-in Main Event, which is being run in conjunction with the
Galaxy Entertainment/Grand Waldo Casino group and First Impression
Ltd., takes place from November 22-27 at the Grand Waldo Hotel and
Casino on the historic Chinese island of Macau.
We had 3 days lasted out and 186 entrants for the Asia Pacific Poker
Tour, the stop of Korea. 9 players have been televised for the final
table on 30th Sep. Ziv Bachar eventually overplayed and crowned the
Champion title of APPT and the trophy of USD$139,872. let’s review
together for the Final Table.
We had the tournament resumed at 2:00 pm local time
and concluded at 1am on the following day with the elimination of
Ulf Martensson . We are looking forward to having glamorous performance
by TV final table tomorrow.
Asia Pacific Poker Tour, the stop of Seoul
is launched at local time 2:00pm 28th, Sep.
With Asia Pacific Poker Tour done in Manila last month, Black horse
Brett Parise crowned the champion and trophy $179,775, we have the
stop of Seoul started.
Brett Parise crowned the champion of Asia Pacific Poker Tour
For 22-year-old Brett Parise, the roller coaster ride to the APPT
championship began before he even left home. The California college
student received his passport a mere two hours before boarding the
plane for the Philippines after winning his seat in the APPT Manila
Main Event in a PokerStars
freeroll. After three days of play and a nearly three-hour-long heads-up
match, the young American prevailed over a global final table to take
down the PokerStars Asia Pacific Poker Tour trophy and the $179,775
first-place prize money.
Poker legend and all-time great, Johnny Chan, is partnering with Las
Vegas hotelier, Liko Smith, to create 5th Street, "The World's
First Poker Hotel." The first location will open in 2007. A site
has been selected in Los Angeles county, other sites in California,
Illinois, New York, Florida and Macau are under development.
Lucky You: The hottest Poker Movie of the millennium
A professional poker player whose astounding luck at the felt
fails to translate into his love life attempts to win the World
Series of Poker (WSOP) while simultaneously earning the affections
of a Vegas singer is the story behind "Lucky You",
the latest movie from L.A. Confidential director Curtis Hanson
and Munich screenwriter Eric Roth.
"Lucky You,"
which opened in theaters nationwide last weekend, is the first
true poker film since "Rounders" (1998) -- and that
makes it the first true poker film since televised poker exploded
in 2003.
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