When Palm Beachers Gamble, All is Well in the World: WSOP Comes to the Kennel Club
I spent quite a few years working in Palm Beach and West Palm Beach. And yes, I have even been inside Donald Trump’s Mar a Lago mansion, even though I am not rich. So I am happy to see this very cool event coming to the land of the rich and famous. The World Series [...]
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Posted on February 17, 2011 by doclotto | Filed Under Humor, Poker, Poker Players, Tournaments, TV
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Grandfather Pockets $2,000,000 in Australian Poker Tournamanet
From Melbourne, Australia comes this all too cool story about a grandfather who is a pretty damn good poker player. David Gorr a 68-year-old Malvern, Australia grandfather defeated a field of 721 to win $2 million in the world’s second-richest poker tournament,
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Posted on January 31, 2011 by doclotto | Filed Under Poker, Poker Players, Tournaments
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Full Tilt Poker Offers Up Multi-Player Tournament; Sounds Very Cool
This past wee Full Tilt Poker (one of my favorite sites) kicked off what they are calling its first Multi-Entry tournament. It’s a new feature presented by this very cool online poker site. What makes this new format unique is that players can use their buy-in options one at a time or simultaneously.
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Posted on January 19, 2011 by doclotto | Filed Under 2008 WSOP, Poker, Strategy, Tournaments
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Changes in WSOP Circuit Best Move of 2010 (Are You as Excited About the 2011 Championship as I am?)
I like what the World Series of Poker did this past summer to heighten interest in tournament play. Don’t you? Look, something had to be done. Â Interest in the circuit was in need of change. TV revenue was drying up, as were viewer ratings. I’m not talking about me. I always watch tournaments on TV. [...]
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Posted on December 24, 2010 by doclotto | Filed Under Online Poker, Poker, Tournaments
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Mediterranean Poker Club Main Event 2010 Crowns Dovzehnko; He Wins $136,485
He’s done it again. For the second time. Ukrainian poker pro Aleksandr Dovzhenko has won the Mediterranean Poker Cup Main Event 2010, taking out a worthy field of 153 players over three days.’ His winnings are €104,700 (or about $136,485 USD). Dovzhenko’s win in Cyprus represents his second biggest prize ever and he has now [...]
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Posted on December 2, 2010 by doclotto | Filed Under Poker, Poker Players, Tournaments
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World Poker Tour Finals at Foxwoods Crowns a Champion
All hail the champion. The final table of the 2010 World Poker Tour World Poker Finals $10,000 no-limit hold’em main event began on Tuesday at Foxwoods Resort Casino. A large number of draw outs took the final table past 200 hands, and past the midnight hour into Wednesday before crowning a champion. Players moved all in [...]
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Posted on November 4, 2010 by doclotto | Filed Under Poker, Poker Players, Tournaments
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Full Tilt Poker Scores A Knockout: Signs Up Heavyweight Boxing Contender
Don’t you just love it when celebrities are signed up to promote various gambling sites? I do. Nothing wrong with it at all. So kudos to Full Tilt Poker for signing up with a true heavyweight boxing contender, Audley Harrison. And he’s no fluke. No novice to poker tournaments. The dude is damned good. The [...]
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Posted on October 12, 2010 by doclotto | Filed Under Poker, Poker Players, Ring games, Tournaments
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