High stakes Golf High Stakes Poker

September 25th, 2011 by Brianna Cassell

Which Irish WSOP bracelet winner has lost over half of his Vintage car collection (he had 5 to start with) to another bracelet winning motor enthusiast?

The monthly high stakes golf games are played over two legs on both players home courses. The lowest gross score over the two days, is declared winner. The games have been going on for over six months and our hero has lost 4/6 meeting with the other two being ties.

So far, the winning player has added a Classic Merc, a 1951 Bentley VI and a 1950 Cadillac DeVille to his swelling car collection. He is currently driving his wife’s 6-year-old Opel Vectra. Full post…

Bobby Oboodi Wins WPT Borgata 2011

September 23rd, 2011 by Christian Cornish

Bobby Oboodi has won the WPT Borgata Poker Open, after overcoming a record field of 1,313 players over 6 days to lift the title, and collect the $922,441 first place prize.

As the final table of the $3,500 buy-in event in Atlantic City got underway, Bobby Oboodi was lying just behind the chip leader in second spot.

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$0.23 Per Hour Ain’t Good – Courtney Gee Poker Update

September 23rd, 2011 by Christian Cornish

Finally here with an update! It’s been a very busy month, mostly because I decided to make a volume prop bet with someone. The original purpose of the bet was to ensure that I would play a suitable number of hours per week, but I think I made my goal a bit too ambitious.

As a result, I’ve pretty much had no life because if I take too many days off, I’ll lose my bet.

I’m really looking forward to the end of September! Not only because I want a day off, but also because I am running terribly this month. Since I last wrote, I’ve played 13 or so days of online poker. Here’s ho

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Juices Wild Slot Live at Virgin Casino

September 21st, 2011 by Xavier Traeger

Juices Wild is the title of a new online slot game that recently went live at Virgin Casino and players will find the game highlighted on the home page of Virgin Casino’s new web site.

The new online slot game is very colorful and features main symbols which are fruits that have been crafted like faces. Included in the fruits are plums, bananas, watermelon, oranges, lemons and cherries that exhibit some teasing animations when they appear in winning combinations.

The usual high value card symbols are also featured in the Juices Wild online slot game. The Cash symbol is the wild symbol that is represented by a stack of cash and does not offer any winning payouts. T

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Making the case AGAINST the November Nine format

August 26th, 2011 by Xavier Traeger

In 2008 the World Series of poker decision-makers came up with the idea to delay the final table of the World Series of Poker Main Event for roughly three months, and for the past four years we have been subjected to the November Nine storyline.

The reasoning behind the November Nine was likely two-fold:

#1 – it allows for virtually live coverage of the Main Event final table

#2 – it allows ESPN and the WSOP to promote the final table and flesh-out storylines

However, having a three-month hiatus does more harm than good in my opinion.

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