2009 April 19 Poker News, Events and Happenings
Stories of bloody dresses, deadly poker games and a hastily buried body under the basement floor are the kind that may typically be heard over a round of beer at the famed Stone’s Public House.
With a $4,000/8,000 mixed game and a $1,000/2,000 NLHE/PLO game running in Bobby’s Room at the Bellagio, the online high-stakes tables were still a relative ghost town this week….
In last month’s column, I discussed strategies for the Bluff Poker Challenge. As of the end of March, anyone who wants to win has to go for broke and just play all of the biggest MTTs they can afford, hoping for a couple of sizable scores. Before I dig into my strategy, I want to discuss some of the things I had working for and against me when I started the Challenge that factored into my overall decision-making process.
Vadim Trincher won his way into the World Poker Tour (WPT) Championship by virtue of winning the Foxwoods Poker Classic earlier this month. He banked $731,000 in the tournament as well as a $25,000 seat into the end-of-season Championship, which kicked off on Saturday from the Bellagio in Las Vegas.
62 players returned to the Casino Central for Day 2 of the PokerStars Latin American Poker Tour Mar del Plata Main Event, with Robin Chesne taking the chip lead into the start of the day. When the dust settled…
Laughlin is now home to many casinos and poker rooms. And it’s all because of one man who had the courage to act on his vision. That man is Don Laughlin, the man who developed the Riverside Casino…
You don’t always need the best hand to win a pot. Many times it’s enough to figure out what your opponent is holding and then bet to represent a hand that’s better. Here’s how Barry Greenstein, one of the best players in the world, thought his way through it at the $25,000-buy-in World Poker Tour Championship at Bellagio in 2008.
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