Tonight WSOP Main Event Poker on ESPN
September 23, 2008
Another two hours of original programming from the ESPN crew from the Rio Resort in Las Vegas. The almost record field of 6,844 players is getting down to a manageable number as players bust out at a rapid pace. The growing chip stacks have become formidable weapons of mass elimination wielded by the lucky holders. Short stacked players are typically faced with an all-in when aggressively pursuing a pot. By the end of Day 2B 842 players will remain to join the 466 that survived Day 2A for a total of 1308 players returning to play Day 3.
Grab a seat, stack up the snacks, open a cool one and sit back for tonight’s offering on ESPN2. The show starts at 8:00 pm EST but you’ll want to check local listings for exact times in your area and of course, it’s in ESPN Hi-Def so you’ll have the best seat in the house.
More Flipchip photos captured during Day 2B of the 2008 WSOP Main Event after the jump.
South Point to expand poker room
September 22, 2008
With poker profits down (heck, with all casino profits down), we wouldn’t be surprised if we began seeing more poker room closings in Las Vegas (such as Las Vegas Hilton’s). Or conversions to e-tables (Excalibur, which if it’s a success, will mean more at MGM Mirage casinos and elsewhere).
Fortunately, no more of that is in the near horizon.
So when we hear of new poker rooms (e.g., Hard Rock’s Poker Lounge), our poker heart gets all a-flutter.
At long last, what was promised when they opened will soon be coming true, perhaps as soon as early 2010: South Point is getting a poker room!
‘Course, they’ve always had one since they opened in December 2005 (under the name South Coast), if you count the empty area downstairs from the movie theater. Nothing much has been done with the 11 tables, other than moving the floor desk around, adding plasmas, cordoning off tables, and offering up new tournaments and freerolls that cater to locals.
The spot was good for people watching, but let us tell you, people watching locals isn’t the most fun way to pass the time. We do enjoy playing there a couple times a month, particularly because the cocktail service is fast, and they don’t blink an eye when we order back-to-back Patron shots.
Ever since launch, South Point had been promising an actual room, and with South Point’s next phase of renovations will also be a brand new 25-table poker room.
Like the number of hotel rooms (2,163 to be exact), this will make the poker room the largest room catering to locals.
2008 WSOP Main Event Poker Faces III
September 21, 2008
Another selection of Flipchip Poker Face photos from the 2008 WSOP Main Event. All of these poker players were captured on day 2A. All had survived their Day 1 and were back for the second go-around. Most of them are not household names and you’ll probably never see them on the TV poker shows; but, they are all poker players and they are playing in the most famous poker tournament in the world, the World Series of Poker Main Event. The $10,000 buy-in grand daddy of all poker tournaments has grown from the few poker crazies that showed up in 1970 to the almost seven thousand that crowded the Rio Resort Pavilion this past summer.
Only one of today’s poker faces survived all of the rounds to make the final table. David Rheems will return in November to play the coveted final table that offers the winner incredible riches, fame, immortality and the most important prize of all, the WSOP World Poker Championship Bracelet.
More photos after the jump.
More 2008 WSOP Main Event Photos
September 19, 2008
Another batch of Flipchip photos from the 2008 WSOP held at the Rio resort in Las Vegas this past summer. Today’s offering features group photos from Day 2A. Some of the surviving players are beginning to amass large stacks of chips and many of the “poker faces” are starting to show the fatigue of long hours at the tables over the past five weeks.
Day two is a pivotal point that gives the survivors confidence and hope of making the money list. The fall out rate accelerates as the larger chip stacks come into play, especially late in the day when most of these photos were taken. Stop by over the weekend for more of Flipchip’s poker faces from the 2008 WSOP Main Event.
More photos after the jump.
Free $10,000 seats to Caesars Palace Classic in Las Vegas
September 15, 2008
Caesars Palace is running daily drawings in their poker room, giving away completely free entries to their Caesars Palace Classic poker tournament. Each seat is worth $10,000.
From now through Sept. 30, just play in the Caesars poker room. Every time any player gets quads or better, they receive a ticket. One ticket will be drawn the following day at 7 p.m. and awarded a seat. If you don’t live in town, no worries — you don’t even have to be present to win!
For the locals, however, there’s an extra benefit. If you play every day trying for those tickets, you’ll probably have accumulated enough hours to qualify for their freeroll. Play 40 hours of poker (live cash games only, tournaments excluded) between Oct. 1 and Oct. 26, and you’ll get entered into a freeroll on Oct. 27 that awards 10 seats to the Caesars Palace Classic.
The total value of all seats being given away is $400,000.
The Caesars Palace Classic begins Oct. 28.
Poker Faces at the 2008 WSOP Main Event
September 15, 2008
A selection of Flipchip poker face photos from the 2008 WSOP Main Event at the Rio Resort Las Vegas. All of the images were taken on Day 1D of the Main Event. A small sampling from the nearly seven thousand players that paid $10,000 for the privilege to play in the historic event, all hjoping to make a little history of their own.
More Flipchip poker faces after the jump.
Bodog’s 10 Reasons to Play Online Poker
September 15, 2008
Bodog’s 10 Reasons to Play Online Poker
1. You don’t have to go anywhere to play, just log in and start playing from home.
2. You can still watch television or be with someone special as you play.
3. You can get into free tournaments by buying-in or earning VIP points as you play.
4. There are lots of novice players that can’t play very well and are easy money.
5. You can play any time you want, you don’t have to wait for a poker room to open.
6. There’s lots of poker rooms to choose from, or you can play in more than one.
7. You can win a big tournament every week, and even bigger special events.
8. Play is faster and you get to play more hands with your time.
9. You can play players in time zones that are returning home from the bar.
10. You can meet interesting players in the chat rooms.
But don’t just take it from us. Head over to the Bodog online poker room and find out for yourself.
If you’re looking for the best online poker tournaments with the biggest overlays, head over to the Bodog poker room. Or if you’re looking to qualify for any major live poker tournament check out their Player’s Choice qualifiers.