Archive for November, 2008

Ladbrokes Poker – WSOP Main Event Champion

Posted by admin @ 12:00 AM, Thursday Nov 20th, 2008

ladbrokespoker – After much waiting and wondering, we finally got to find out who our WSOP main event champion would be, as the game played out over November the 9th and 10th. Peter Eastgate was the man who emerged victor after a heads up battle with WSOPE main event 3rd place finisher Ivan Demidov. His achievement was remarkable seeing as nobody had ever made the final table of both these major events.

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Ivan finished in the top 3 in both, and in the same year. Peter Eastgate, as champion at 22 years old, breaks Phil Hellmuths 19 year record of the youngest ever WSOP main event champion.

Craig Marquis was the first to fall, finishing 9th place. Kelly Kim followed in 8th, each picking up $900,670 and $1,288,217 respectively. David ‘chino’ Rheem was 7th, and picked up $1,772,650 for his troubles. 6th place was Darus Suharto for a prize of $2,418,562. Scott Montgomery was the final non Pokerstars sponsored player to finish, with a prize of $3,096,768 for 5th. 4th place was Ylon Scwartz for a payday of $3,774,974, and 3rd place was Dennis Phillips who took home $4,517,773.

After a total 274 hands at this final table, Demidov managed to turn a (2,4) into two pair on the turn of the final hand. Little did he know that Eastgate holding (A,5) had made a wheel on the same card and as you would imagine, there was no getting away for a short stacked Demidov. He picked up $5,809 595 for 2nd place, and by anyones stanards, has had a great year. It was Eastgates day however, and he will be written into the history books after an intrueging final table, walking away with a fabulous $9,152,416 for 1st place. Roll on next year.

Celebpocker Review

Posted by admin @ 12:00 AM, Thursday Nov 20th, 2008

The 200% first time deposit bonus offered at Celeb Pocker is a very generous one, and is the best online that I know of. This should help to keep new players joining the site, and ensure they start out with a decent amount of money.

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Help and Support options are good at celebpocker too, with live support being available. I always prefer a site with live support, as it is easier to explain the exact nature of your problem and then communicate quickly with personel to resolve the issue. Visually, I think www.celebpocker.com looks very good too. The tables are professional looking, and although avatars are not interactive and 3D, but they certainly do look good. There is also a well functioning points system in place here, with an online shop which you can purchase merchandise from.

The refer a friend bonuses at Celeb poker are also top notch, with up to 500 Euros possible as a bonus per friend, although this is based largely on the points earned by the new player when they start out.

The ‘Blackjack Bad Beat’ tournament coming up on the 4th of December looks an interesting one. Wager 100 Euros on Blackjack, and gain automatic entry into a 1 million Euro tournament, and remember that wagering means betting with, not necessarily losing. As well as a poker league, and packed tournament schedule, www.celebpocker.com has many plus points. I personally think it possible for them to become quite big as a site, and improvements over the past 6 months have been many.

Poker.com Review

Posted by admin @ 12:00 AM, Thursday Nov 20th, 2008

www.poker.co.uk is in my opinion one of the finest informitive sites around on the web. The information is regularly updated and gives details of almost everything to do with poker. Included in this, regular updates from the professional circuit and all the recently played, as well as upcoming events.

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The poker news and blog sections of the site offer an excellent insight into the current goings on within the poker world.
Any players who are new to the game and unsure of the way games are played, will find www.poker.co.uk a goldmine of information. Details of how to play all the most popular poker variants are available, along with reviews of all the bets online sites. This means if you are also unsure of which site to play on in order to practice your game, you can find all the information you need.

Anyone looking to purchase poker equipment of any sort will find a good selection of merchandise on offer, all of which looks of a fine standard. If you have an interest in finding out just who the big poker players are in the game, you will find detailed profiles of all the best players in the world, along with their wins and achievements during their career.

Tutorials and forums onsite also give the chance for players to exchange and learn knowledge about the game on a tactical basis, and there is far more information about many aspects of the game which I do not have room enough to detail here. Feel free to take a look at poker.co.uk, because if you like poker, you are sure to find something of interest there.