Team PokerStars Pros on the silver screen
April 25, 2008
This weekend in select theaters the new poker film Deal will hit the screens. Featuring the talents of Hollywood veteran Burt Reynolds and the always-watchable Shannon Elizabeth, Deal is the story of a young up-and-comer in the poker world, his…
Sick Day #2
April 25, 2008
Yo. Today marks the first time I have missed two straight days of work due to illness since my law firm days in Boston. In fact at this moment I am off to the doctor’s office to figure out what the fuck is wrong with me. So once again no proper post…
PokerStars to send players to Life Ball 2008
April 25, 2008
PokerStars is gearing up to send some of its players to Life Ball 2008. The largest annual charity event and fundraiser for AIDS research has been running since 1993. Life Ball has since become a gigantic and surreal celebration of…
NBC 2008 National Heads-Up Championship Airs Sunday
April 25, 2008
Sunday Noon crank up the Hi-Def and tune it to your local NBC affiliate for some of the best poker you’ll ever see on the tube. The third installment of NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship from Caesars Palace Las Vegas will keep you entertained for two hours while you mingle with the who’s who of poker players and a few poker playing celebrities. This week you’ll see a lot of baseball superstar Orel Hershiser as he rips his way through the ranks of the pro poker community.
Last year it was Shannon Elizabeth in the celebrity spotlight, this year it belonged to Orel Hershiser. The lanky baseball player is a natural born talent at most everything he does and that includes poker. Hershiser also entertained the players and crowd during breaks with his trademark stories and antics.
Don’t miss this Sunday’s episode at Noon ET. Check your local listings for exact times in your area. Three more installments remain after this Sunday with a total of seven hours of poker action leading to the 2008 heads-up poker champion.
For a FlipChip mini photo gallery from the 2008 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship click here.
Party to the Philippines
April 24, 2008
Party Poker is sending players to the Asian Poker Tour tournament in Manila. You read about all the places poker tournaments take place and all of the online qualifiers but Party is willing to send you to the Philippines. Now I have visited Las Vegas and London but the Philippines, man I am ready to go.
Here are the details.
PartyPoker.com is pleased to announce that online qualifiers have started for 2008’s inaugural Asian Poker Tour event in Manila , the Philippines. An estimated four hundred players will take part in this showpiece event with a guaranteed prize pool of $1 million and PartyPoker.com has 11 packages up for grabs. Qualifiers are already online, starting from $1, but you have to hurry as the event takes place from May 27th through to June 1st.
The package is worth $6,000 and includes the $2,500 main event buy-in, seven nights at the fantastic Dusit Thani Manila Hotel and $2,500 in spending money. There will be two main $300 +$20 satellites a week with routes into them starting at $1.
Sick Day
April 24, 2008
Ugh. I definitely have something wrong with me but I don’t know what it is. After feeling relatively fine in the mornings but getting increasingy uncomfortable and feverish in the evenings for three straight days, today I am home sick and as such I w…
Victoria Coren joins Team PokerStars Pro
April 24, 2008
In 2005, I was in the back of a London television studio, cramped into a sound booth, and watching the World Cup of Poker II play out on a closed stage. A few feet away, I saw the back of…