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Poker Tournaments for You This Week
There is never a dull moment in a poker player’s life. Obviously, the main reason for that is the constant existence of poker tournaments and poker events that one can participate in. These events are not just for making money, but also to have some fun and get better at the game in the process. Several live poker tourneys are lined up for this week and the coming weeks. Here is a note on some of the tournaments you can … Read the rest
2012 PokerStars Macau Poker Championships Announced
PokerStars is one online poker room that never takes a break from hosting tournaments. The poker room recently released details about its upcoming event, the PokerStars Macau Live Tournaments. The Macau tournaments hosted by PokerStars is one of the biggest and richest poker events held in Asia. It includes 4 major poker series – Macau Poker Cup (MPC) Red Dragon, Asia Championship of Poker, Macau Poker Cup Championship or MPCC and the yearly Asia Pacific Poker Tour event at Macau. … Read the rest
The $30,000 Winner Wednesday Dozen Unveiled
Winner Poker has partnered with pokernews.com to bring a new promotion to its new members. The online poker room announced its new promotion called Winner’s Wednesday Dozen Freerolls, which literally lets you win free money. The new promotion is open to all the new players who register with Winner Poker and make a deposit. The promo will run for three months, and all you need to do is play poker and earn as many Winner Points as you can. Here … Read the rest
Televised Poker News
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008 by Phil
The GSN television network announced last week that it will be producing a 5th season of it’s show; High Stakes Poker. This announcement came on the heels of speculation that the show would not continue for another season.
High Stakes Poker showcases one of the world’s largest cash games. In the previous seasons, some players have bought-in for as much as 1 million dollars.
The game is typically run with $300/$600 blinds and a $100 ante. Most hands also have a live straddle of $1200 and occasionally a 4th blind for $2400. The minimum buy-in has traditionally been $100K, but this past season GSN hosted a game with a minimum buy-in of 1/2 million dollars. I haven’t heard anything yet about the stakes for this year’s game, but I am gonna guess that the action will be just as crazy as it has been in previous years.
This isn’t tournament poker. It’s all real cash and these players can lose as much money as they can borrow. High Stakes Poker has provided us with a number of classic moments. GSN has been courteous enough to publish full length versions of all previous HSP episodes on their youtube page. Below is one of last season’s best episodes.
For those of you who read my blog of poker quotes and were intrigued by Gabe Kaplan saying “Phil Hellmuth has a strange look on his face like an ostridge looking to mate”…you can see what that looks like in this episode of High Stakes Poker.
The World Poker Tour also made a recent announcement regarding their broadcast future. After being cancelled on GSN, the WPT was temporarily being filmed without a broadcasting home. Last week it was announced that the WPT’s 7th season will be shown on the Fox Sports Network.
