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The Russian online poker community

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The Russian online poker community
1 February 2009 Betfair announced in a Wednesday press release that it has opened its online client to the Russian poker community.On Wednesday Betfair, which boasts of the world’s biggest sports betting exchange, opened it doors to the Russian online poker community. With the emergence of a myriad of Russian pros on tour, the Eurasian nation has become a hotbed for new poker talent.”Up until now, the clients could only view information on the poker client and promotions in English, Spanish, German, and Italian, ” said Bruce Stubbs Head of Betfair Poker. ”However, we are delighted to start offering updated information to our Russian clients.”As of yet Team Betfair doesn’t boast of any Russians, Team PokerStars Pro already had a couple from the Russian Federation in the stable; 2008 Aussie Millions winner Alex Kostritsyn and WSOP bracelet winner and 2007 final tabler Alex Kravchenko.This year, PokerStars added powerhouse Ivan Demidov, who became the first player to make both the WSOP and WSOPE Main Event final tables, finishing in 2nd and 3rd, respectively. Fellow Russian Stanislav Alekhin joined Demidov at the WSOPE final table, finishing as runner-up. The WSOPE was sponsored by Betfair.Full Tilt also has a couple red pros from Russia. Nikolay Evdakov burst onto the scene in 2008, setting a record at the WSOP with 10 cashes for the series. Breaking Humberto Brenes and Phil Hellmuth’s cashing record earned him a deal with Full Tilt.The WSOP women’s champ also plays on Full Tilt. Svetlana Gromenkova moved from Moscow to the U.S in 2002, went pro in 2005 and claimed her first bracelet in 2008, when she captured the Ladies Event title.”The Russian market is a fascinating one and one that continues to produced very talented individuals,” continued Stubbs. ”We saw a very strong showing from this region at this year’s WSOP Europe event which we currently sponsor. We hope that the new Russian client shows our commitment to developing and producing new offerings and hope to announce more in the coming year.”The Betfair announcement comes less than two months after PokerStars announced the formation of the Russian Poker Tour (RPT) The RPT just kicked off their inaugural event in St. Petersburg, a $5,000 that will wrap on Feb 1st. After St. Petersburg, it’s off to the $10K event in Moscow Feb.22-28. OPN Staff All trademarks and copyrighted information contained herein are the property of their respective owners.

Argentinian Player Wins Facebook Freeroll

admin — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:36:06 +0000

Argentinian Player Wins Facebook Freeroll
Posted by Bradley, October 23, 2011 Going into three-handed play in Titan Pokers $500 Facebook Freeroll on Thursday night, FuriaAzulgrana from Argentina was extremely short-stacked. Romanian 33u33biu and STANUA from the Ukraine, who had just knocked out fellow countryman 105653512, were ready to divide up the top honors. But a few hands later, the Argentinian made his way to the lead. A total of 2,050 players participated in the freeroll event, which was open exclusively to Titan Pokers Facebook fans. The tournament lasted over six hours and FuriaAzulgrana managed to fight off a late surge by 33u33biu. He turned things around when his A 8 found a second eight on the flop and the Romanian wasnt able to hit a diamond flush. On the final hand, the Argentinian repeated this formula, again making a pair of eights to claim the tournament victory. The previous Facebook Freerolls, celebrating Titan Pokers 6 Year Anniversary, attracted 1,895 players on September 6th and 2,004 players on September 21st. The final standings in the Facebook Freeroll tournament: 1) FuriaAzulgrana, Argentina, $150 2) 33u33biu, Romania, $100 3) STANUA, Ukraine, $62.50 4) 105653512, Ukraine, $47.50 5) DTSlayer, Romania, $37.50 6) Roshcshin64, Russia, $30 7) vgo2010, Portugal, $25 dkyd, Romania, $20 9) gubar, Russia, $15 10) poklesz, Hungary,$12.50

WCOOP Day 15: Ankush “pistons87″ Mandavia Claims $10,000 High Roller Heads-Up Title

admin — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:54:08 +0000

WCOOP Day 15: Ankush “pistons87″ Mandavia Claims $10,000 High Roller Heads-Up Title
September 19 2011, Brett Collson, Mickey Doft Related Articles The Sunday Briefing: Jonathan Karamalikis and Dani Stern Among Sunday’s Winners WCOOP Day 14: Steve “gboro780″ Gross Wins His First WCOOP Bracelet WCOOP Day 13: Dan “djk123″ Kelly Captures His Third WCOOP Bracelet Related Players Share It Tags PokerStars, WCOOP, Tournament Results, Online tournament results, Online Poker, Daniel Negreanu Print Day 15 of the 2011 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker brought one of the most anticipated events of the entire series. The $10,000 High Roller Heads-Up event crowned a champion late Sunday evening as heads-up specialist Ankush “pistons87″ Mandavia bested a field of 32 elite players to win his first WCOOP bracelet and a prize of $119,000. The other winner on Sunday was Sweden’s “bajskorven87,” who collected more than $95,000 by winning the $500 Heads-Up event. PokerStars WCOOP 38 – $500 No-Limit Holdem Heads-Up Two-Day ($350K Guaranteed) Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool $500+$30 765 $382,500 Day 2 of the $500 No-Limit Hold’em Heads-Up event began with 32 of the original 765 players competing for a first-place prize of $95,625. Among the notables still in contention were Grayson “gray31″ Ramage, Andras “probirs” Nemeth, Torsten jetkiss Brinkmann, Nick “caecilius” Petrangelo, and Team PokerStars pro Chad “ChadBrownPRO” Brown. Brown was looking to improve on an eighth-place result in Event #33, but his run ended on the very first hand of Day 2. With the blinds at 25/50, Brown opened with a min-raise and Russia’s “06E3b9HAaa” three-bet to 300. Brown put in a fourth bet to 1,300, and “06E3b9HAaa” moved all-in for the starting stack of 7,500. Brown called with , which was in a race against , but the board brought no help to the PokerStars pro and he exited with $3,060. Three of the aforementioned notables advance to the Elite 8, but none found any success from that point on. Grayson Ramage was the first to bow out when his pocket eights were run down by the pocket threes of Sweden’s “bajskorven87.” Nick Petrangelo had a chance to take a commanding lead in his match against Russia’s “yakimaki,” but his top pair, top kicker finished second-best when “yakimaki” made a flush after all the chips went in on the flop. In the last quarterfinal match to end, Torsten Brinkmann lost to fellow German “0PIGGYBANK” when he moved his short stack in preflop with and couldn’t improve against . That set up the semifinal round with all four players guaranteed at least $26,775. Final Four “bajskorven87″ defeats ” mtvdeuem” Sweden’s “bajskorven87″ broke out to an early lead and was able to put the Slovenian away after 77 hands. On the final hand of the match, “mtvdeuem” raised to 150 (blinds 30/60) and then called a three-bet from “bajskorven87.” The flop brought and “bajskorven87″ fired a bet of 525, which was called quickly by “mtvdeuem.” The hit the turn and “mtvdeuem” called a bet again, this time for 1,125. On the river, the Swede moved all-in and “mtvdeuem” called with for top pair, but he was out-kicked by “bajskorven87’s” . “0PIGGYBANK” defeats “yakimaki” A lengthy heads-up match ended after more than 250 hands with Germany’s “0PIGGYBANK” advancing to the championship round. The German leaned on his counterpart toward the end of the match and finished him off on a flop of . “Yakimaki” got his remaining chips in with , but he was out-kicked by the of “0PIGGYBANK,” who secured the win when the board filled out with the and . Championship “bajskorven87″ defeats “0PIGGYBANK” The final match of the tournament had a casual feel as the two players engaged in friendly conversation while playing for $95,625 and the WCOOP bracelet. That changed, however, when “bajskorven87″ won a massive pot to take a commanding lead. With the blinds at 50/100, the two players saw a coordinated flop of . “Bajskorven87″ check-called a bet of 200 and then checked again on the turn. “0PIGGYBANK” bet 400, and “bajskorven87″ check-raised to 1,125. His opponent called and the fell on the river, putting four to a straight on the board. “bajskorven87″ bet 2,150 and got a call from “0PIGGYBANK,” who mucked when his opponent revealed for a full house. “Bajskorven87″ increased his lead even further over the next level and then finally ended the tournament on the 120th hand of the match. “0PIGGYBANK” called a preflop raise and then checked on the flop. The action moved quickly from there: “bajskorven87″ bet 240, “0PIGGYBANK” raised to 480, “bajskorven87″ three-bet to 1,000, and “0PIGGYBANK” moved all-in for 3,020. “Bajskorven87″ called with for the ace-high flush draw and two over cards, and “0PIGGYBANK” showed for a straight-flush draw. “Bajskorven87″ was a 2-1 favorite with ace-high and that was all he needed as the turn and river secured the title and $95,625 for the Swede. “0PIGGYBANK” collected $49,725 for his runner-up finish. Place Player Prize 1 bajskorven87 $95,625 2 “0PIGGYBANK” $49,725 3 yakimaki $26,775 4 mtvdeuem $26,775 5 Torsten jektiss Brinkmann $12,240 6 Nick “caecilius” Petrangelo $12,240 7 Grayson “gray31″ Ramage $12,240 8 06E3b9HAaa $12,240 Notable Finishes: Andras “probirs” Nemeth (10th – $4,590), Elio “smokrokflock” Fox (15th – $4,590) PokerStars WCOOP 40 – $200 No-Limit Hold’em Two-Day ($1M Guaranteed) Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool $200+$15 8,332 $1,666,400 Only 57 of the 8,332 entrants advanced to Day 2 of the $200 No-Limit Hold’em event on Sunday, but a handful of well-known pros returned on Monday to play for a top prize of $250,000. Team PokerStars Pro Angel Guillen and Sandra Naujoks were both in great shape entering the day; Naujoks was among the leaders in the final levels of Day 1 and was 13th in chips heading into Day 2. Other notables in contention were Ryan “Daut44″ Daut, Artem “FaNjkEEE” Kobylynskyi, and Mike “goleafsgoeh” Leah, who already won a WCOOP event this year. Here’s a look at the 10 top stacks when play resumed at 1000 EST (1500 BST) on Monday: Place Player Chips 1 moreno007 3,986,982 2 pinduca iret 3,304,783 3 Artem “FaNjkEEE” Kobylynskyi 3,210,705 4 Igor Priva 2,980,859 5 luigy666 2,919,204 6 jambeyang 2,886,391 7 z81ima 2,732,251 8 AverageGreg 2,499,856 9 ggman2 2,380,020 10 bendeauville 2,337,848 PokerStars WCOOP 41 – $10,000 No-Limit Holdem High Roller Heads-Up ($150K Guaranteed) Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool $10,000+$300 32 $320,000 Always a given to attract big names, the $10,000 No-Limit Holdem High Roller Heads-Up drew a field of 32 players. Last year’s version boasted a $25,000 buy-in and was won by “RaiseOnce,”; however, he was not in the field to defend his title, meaning a new champion would emerge. Among those that participated but exited quickly were 2009 champion Jonathan Iftarii Jaffe, Dan “djk123″ Kelly, Jonathan Duhamel, Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier, Ben “Ben86″ Tollerene, Shawn “buck21″ Buchanan, and Brian “$tinger 88″ Hastings. Four players made the money, and left among the final eight players were Team PokerStars Pros Daniel “KidPoker” Negreanu and John Duthie. *(players begin each match with 10,000) Elite Eight Rachid “SkaiWalkurrr” Ben Cherif defeats John Duthie Rachid “SkaiWalkurrr” Ben Cherif jumped to a huge lead and took it down at the 25/50 level. Ben Cherif opened to 125 and John Duthie called to see the flop come down . Duthie check-raised Ben Cherif’s bet of 175 to 350, but saw Ben Cherif re-pop it to 935. Duthie called and immediately shoved for 2,124 when the hit the turn. Ben Cherif called and tabled , leading Duthie’s . The river brought the , locking up a final four spot for Ben Cherif. “akut” defeats “Fishenzon” Also advancing in the 25/50 level of the match was “akut.” On the button, “Fishenzon” min-raised to 100 and “akut” called to see a flop fall. A check-raise was on “akut’s” mind, making it 500 after “Fishenzon” bet 150. However, “Fishenzon” came back over the top to 1,500. “Akut” then moved all-in, getting “Fishenzon” to call all-in for another 3,200 with . It was bad news for “Fishenzon” as “akut” tabled an unbeatable to advance to the money. Daniel “KidPoker” Negreanu defeats “26071985″ Negreanu took it down at the 30/60 level. With about a 2:1 chip lead, he opened to 180. “26071985″ called and a flop hit the board. It was checked to Negreanu and he made a continuation bet of 300, but was raised to 876 by “26071985.” A call from Negreanu landed the on the turn. “26071985″ checked again, prompting Negreanu to fire 1,660 at the pot. “26071985″ then moved all-in for 5,582 and Negreanu called immediately with . He had “26071985’s” drawing thin and held through the river to guarantee himself a seat in the final four. Ankush “pistons87″ Mandavia defeats Maxim Lykov Trailing for much of the match, Ankush “pistons87″ Mandavia went on a heater to take the lead and win the match in four hands. At 40/80, Mandavia min-raised to 160, only to see Maxim Lykov pop it to 320. A call from Mandavia delivered a flop of to the board. Lykov’s bet of 450 was called by Mandavia, landing the on the turn. A check from Lykov resulted in Mandavia betting 600. Lykov called and checked when the hit the river. Mandavia bet enough to cover Lykov’s stack. The Russian Pro called all-in and tabled for two pair, but was beat the entire way as Mandavia revealed for Broadway to round out the final four. Final Four Ankush “pistons87″ Mandavia defeats Daniel “KidPoker” Negreanu At 30/60, Negreanu opened to 150. Mandavia made it 420 to play, Negreanu called, and a flop appeared. Keeping up the heat, Mandavia bet 480. Negreanu called and when the hit the turn, Mandavia bet 1,680. Again Negreanu called, but was faced with a huge decision when Mandavia shoved the river. Negreanu tanked for a little while and ultimately called all-in for 5,589 with . He was dead on the turn as Mandavia tabled for a straight to advance to the championship match. “akut” defeats Rachid “SkaiWalkurrr” Ben Cherif In a match that lasted more than two hours, “akut” outlasted Ben Cherif. On the final hand with blinds at 50/100, Ben Cherif min-raised to 200 and “akut” shoved with the dominating stack. Ben Cherif called all-in for 1,795 with , racing with the of “akut.” The flop offered little help to Ben Cherif, but the turn did give him a flush draw. The river sealed the deal for “akut,” however, setting the stage for the championship match. Championship Ankush “pistons87″ Mandavia defeats “akut” A deal was worked out between “akut” and Mandavia, guaranteeing each $105,000 and leaving $14,000 to be played for. About an hour into the match, Mandavia found a huge double-up to grab the chip lead. With the blinds and antes at 30/60, Mandavia min-raised to 120 on the button, “Akut” popped it to 408, Mandavia called, and the flop came down . A bet of 595 came from “akut,” but Mandavia raised to 1,375. After a few moments, “akut” called to see the turn. A check from “akut” resulted in a bet of 2,780 from Mandavia, but “akut” decided to shove with the bigger stack. Mandavia called all-in with for two pair with a flush draw and needed to dodge a club as “akut” tabled . The river improved Mandavia to a flush and give him a 3:1 chip lead. Twenty-one hands later, Mandavia closed it out. After “akut” min-raised to 120 on the button, Mandavia shoved with the bigger stack. With 1,640 total, “akut” called all-in with and had Mandavia’s dominated. However, the board ran out to clinch the victory for Mandavia. For his effort, he earned $119,000 and the WCOOP bracelet. Place Player Prize *1 Ankush “pistons87″ Mandavia $119,000 *2 akut $104,000 3 Rachid “SkaiWalkurrr” Ben Cherif $48,000 4 Daniel “KidPoker” Negreanu $48,000 *denotes heads-up deal PokerStars WCOOP 42 – $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em Two-Day ($1.5M Guaranteed) Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool $1,000+$50 2,207 $2,207,000 After 22 levels of play on Day 1, Event #42, the $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em Two-Day, is left with just 111 players from the starting field of 2,207. Leading the way with 1,370,184 is “po77a.” Currently in second place is Nick “agriffrod” Mitchell, the victor in our hand of the day. The blinds and antes were at the 600/1,200/150 level. Under the gun, “rockstar2″ opened to 2,699 and was called by Mitchell on the button. Mick “BIGMICKG” Graydon called from the big blind, too, leading to a flop. Graydon checked it to “rockstar2″ who bet 3,999. Only Mitchell called to see the turn card where “rockstar2″ bet 10,800. Again Mitchell called, landing the river card. A bet of 13,200 came from “rockstar2,” but Mitchell popped it enough to cover his opponent. Instantly, “rockstar2″ called all-in for for 34,770 total with for aces full. Mitchell, though, held for quads. Here are the top ten chip counts heading into Day 2: Place Player Chips 1 po77a 1,370,184 2 Nick “agriffrod” Mitchell 933,090 3 royace1 831,675 4 Matthias “mattidm” De Meulder 698,497 5 Dishboy_SWE 659,677 6 Mximo46 647,500 7 99Jam.Mr 594,430 8 pvas2 593,865 9 Anh Van “Vandiesel” Nguyen 572,866 10 Mick “BIGMICKG” Graydon 564,452 Also still alive in the tournament are Brian “$tinger 88″ Hastings, Ryan “Daut44″ Daut, Tom “hitthehole” Middleton, Adam “squee451″ Sherman, Dylan “ImaLucSac” Linde, Jared “jvengrin” Vengrin, Jamie “pokerjamers” Armstrong, Dave “SexSeen” Sands, Andre “aakkari” Akkari, and Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier. We will be providing in-depth daily recaps of all WCOOP final tables, so be sure to keep it here at PokerNews to stay up to date on all of the exciting action as it occurs. For news, updates, and more, follow PokerNews on Twitter and Facebook. 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More No deposit poker bonuses

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More No deposit poker bonuses
There haven’t been very many changes in the world of free bonuses lately. There is a new offer from PokerSource at RedKings poker room. You can find all the details of this and many other bonuses on the new site at No Deposit Poker Bonuses. This site has more than twenty of these no deposit [...] Related posts:Players from US No deposit bonus at Bodog Free Poker Money Offers Free Party Poker Money

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Winner poker Free Money $75

Winner Poker is the latest free money bankroll on offer from PokerSource. This bonus is twenty five dollars free upfront with a further fifty dollars free when you earn 2500 player points at Winner Poker. This bonus is NOT available to players from the United States. Players must be over 21 years old in order [...] Related posts:Players from US No deposit bonus at Bodog Free Full Tilt Poker Money update 22 sept FullTilt free money update – July 17th.

Poker Endurance Record Attempt by Phil Laak

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Poker Endurance Record Attempt by Phil Laak
Set your calendar for June 2 as Phil Laak is going to attempt to break the record for playing consecutive hours of poker, which now stands at 78. He'll be at the Bellagio in Las Vegas trying to break Paul Zimbler's record for playing poker that was set in 2009. read more

“MrElPaso” is the new Bodog Poker Open IV Champion

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“MrElPaso” is the new Bodog Poker Open IV Champion
“MrElPaso” Wins Bodog Poker Open IV Championship Event and takes home top prize of $36,447.50, lands feature in international poker publication. Read the full story at http://www.classicasinos.com/PokerNews/ns_10112009_369.html

Joint Online Poker from Loto Quebec and BCLC
A new joint platform from BCLC and Loto Quebec will offer online poker near the beginning of 2011. Read the full story at http://www.classicasinos.com/PokerNews/ns_22112010_757.html

Martonas – The Rise And Instant Fall

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Martonas – The Rise And Instant Fall
A new poker player bursts onto the scene and shakes things up. Read the full story at http://www.classicasinos.com/PokerNews/ns_23082009_293.html

US Online Poker Players Expected to Pay Tax on Winnings
Poker players in the United States are expected to pay taxes on their online poker winnings, even though the federal government has not regulated online poker. Read the full story at http://www.classicasinos.com/PokerNews/ns_19012011_825.html

888 Pacific Poker Welcomes Shane Warne
Australian sports star, Shane Warne, has joined 888 as captain of the Australian poker team. Read the full story at http://www.classicasinos.com/PokerNews/ns_13022008_36.html

Players from US No deposit bonus at Bodog

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Players from US No deposit bonus at Bodog
PokerSource have launched a new free poker money bonus offer at Bodog Poker but this offer is exclusively for players from the US. This bonus is a straight $25 free no deposit required bonus. It is only available to American players. You will need to earn 150 Bodog player points in order to be able [...] Related posts:Winner Poker Free Money – $75 More No deposit poker bonuses Free Poker Money at Titan Poker

New Free Bankroll at FullTilt Poker
There is a new free bankroll site called FreePoker.info that is offering a $50 free bankroll at FullTilt Poker. The sign-up procedure seems fairly straight-forward. There is no quiz to take or other requirement, other than you must not already have an account at Full Tilt Poker. The bonus is available to most countries, including [...] Related posts:Free $50 at Absolute Poker Doyles Room Free Poker Bankroll New rooms at PokerStrategy

Winner Poker Free Money $75
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The Correct Way To Utilize The All-In Bet In a Tournament

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The Correct Way To Utilize The All-In Bet In a Tournament
It’s hard to talk about no limit poker and not discuss the All-In bet in detail. This is what sets this game apart from all other games. The ability to put someones entire stack at risk at any given moment. This is a very powerful tool and, utilized effectively, can really help a player control [...]

Poker Professional Reality
With the huge increase of people playing poker online and in casinos, the thought of becoming a poker professional always enters peoples minds. As appealing as becoming a poker professional might be to you, it is not easy to become a poker pro.