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by **The Red Tornado** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 15:50:05

seke2 wrote:Kaplan has close to a million in lifetime winnings.

http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php_a=s&n=14510

He's a very solid player.

Whenever I see him on TV he always seems to bluff his chip offs. He does play aggressively and certainly can hold his own against the pros, he has played since the 70's and played against Brunson, Reese, and Ungar for years.

by **traderdave** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 16:11:55

seke2 wrote:Kaplan has close to a million in lifetime winnings.

http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php_a=s&n=14510

He's a very solid player.

My bad, I was looking at the wrong number. :oops:

No wonder I keep losing at tournaments :lol:

by **pacino** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 17:26:53

does anyone have a live audio/video feed?

by **The Red Tornado** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 19:43:54

pacino wrote:does anyone have a live audio/video feed?

video-only if youre willing to shell out 50 bucks at worldseriesofpoker.com (you get 12 tourneys, most of them are done)

audio-
http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/news/article.asp?newsid=943

by **The Red Tornado** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 07:11:50

The Horse event is still going!!

3 left and they're all within 2 million of chips of each other, Deeb has the lead.

by **pacino** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 07:51:07

DEEB DEEB DEEB

by **The Red Tornado** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 08:53:37

The Red Tornado wrote: If I had to bet on who wins I'd put my money on Deeb.

Damn Im good-

Deeb wins the 50K Horse event.

I noticed this year they didnt switch to NLHE for the final table- nice to see they kept it rotating.

by **Shore** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 13:12:40

Played at the Borgata last night - they rape you, at least on holiday weekend Saturdays, as the $100 NL SnG had a $20 vig. 10 players tourney, pays top 2 (700/300). The play was crazy early - at least 5 people went all-in in the first 10-12 hands. 3K chips to start, 15 minute betting rounds, but the jumps were big... 2 hours in, we were at 1200/2400 with a 400 ante, and 3 of us left, 1 big stack at about 18K, me at 7K, third at 5K. I knocked out the 5K, so it was ~18K to ~12K, and the big stack offered me a chop, and I took it.

I was ultra-conservative; I may have played 2 hands in the first 40. I folded hands I theoretically could/should have played (AK in the small blind), due to all-ins before me.

It was a blast, but I guess at least half of that is because I won.... Hope to go down again soon.

by **The Red Tornado** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 14:26:38

Shore wrote:Played at the Borgata last night - they rape you, at least on holiday weekend Saturdays, as the $100 NL SnG had a $20 vig. 10 players tourney, pays top 2 (700/300). The play was crazy early - at least 5 people went all-in in the first 10-12 hands. 3K chips to start, 15 minute betting rounds, but the jumps were big... 2 hours in, we were at 1200/2400 with a 400 ante, and 3 of us left, 1 big stack at about 18K, me at 7K, third at 5K. I knocked out the 5K, so it was ~18K to ~12K, and the big stack offered me a chop, and I took it.

I was ultra-conservative; I may have played 2 hands in the first 40. I folded hands I theoretically could/should have played (AK in the small blind), due to all-ins before me.

It was a blast, but I guess at least half of that is because I won.... Hope to go down again soon.

Casino SNG tourneys are always expensive, they have to pay a dealer and get their cut. Heck, the 1/2 cash table is $5/30 min.

by **pacino** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 15:09:18

1. It's almost Main Event time. LOL Donkaments, as seke might say.

2. Erick Lindgren's golf prop bet below:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9J8QlaJgWs[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_p3WtZABMo[/youtube]

by **seke2** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 15:40:22

thats awesome. go erick.

ME starts tomorrow, 4 days of day 1 this year. total count of people playing is supposedly a lot lower than last year. i've heard most guesses in the 5k-6k range. this is likely due to the fact that the WSOP is not accepting sat winners from poker sites this year, so when players win a WSOP sat online this year what is really happening is that they are just getting some amount of money ($10k buyin+travel expenses) put in their account, and it's up to the individual if they want to buy-in or not. many players opted not to buy in that would have played in the past if they were directly registered by their site.

by **The Red Tornado** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 19:38:37

Got back from the Borgata today, it was donk city at the 1/2 NLHE table. I won over 400 bucks and couldve won 300 more if I didnt get a semi bad beat and ended up with a chop. (I was BB and had 37:s:, no raises preflop and the flop was 3 7 3, by the turn I had a guy all in with a Q 3- the turn was an 8 and the river was an 8 so it was a chop- ugh)

by **pacino** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 21:53:08

The Red Tornado wrote:Got back from the Borgata today, it was donk city at the 1/2 NLHE table. I won over 400 bucks and couldve won 300 more if I didnt get a semi bad beat and ended up with a chop. (I was BB and had 37:s:, no raises preflop and the flop was 3 7 3, by the turn I had a guy all in with a Q 3- the turn was an 8 and the river was an 8 so it was a chop- ugh)

it's always donk city at 1/2 at the borgata

by **Irish Car Bomb** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 23:02:49

High Stakes Showdown!!

Author: Scott fischman

Published on: 01:10:30 on Jul 04, 2007

OH BABY!!! online poker is getting sicker and sicker! Pokerstars just added a new and very exciting tourney to their sunday line-up. It is a 10k buyin Heads up match tourney.... The tournament is currently sold out at 16 players but that is not to say that there will not be anymore seats opening soon.... When the tournament lobby was first available there were only 8 spots open maximum... It was filled in no time and since then the maximum was increased to a 16 player cap, which was also sold out very shortly after becoming available! I have no inside information, but im guessing when its all said and done there will be 32 players...

The tourney begins this sunday the the 8th at 16:15 ET..... Players will recieve 10k in chips with 30 min levels and level 1 will be 25-50. This is by far and away the best structure for a HU tourney that i have ever seen, and there is no close second!!

AS it stands now with the 16 player cap...$160k total prizepool

1st = $72,000 2nd = $40,000 3rd/ 4th = $24,000

Gl to all those who will a part of this ground breaking event!

by **Disco Stu** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 01:28:58

The Red Tornado wrote:Got back from the Borgata today, it was donk city at the 1/2 NLHE table. I won over 400 bucks and couldve won 300 more if I didnt get a semi bad beat and ended up with a chop. (I was BB and had 37:s:, no raises preflop and the flop was 3 7 3, by the turn I had a guy all in with a Q 3- the turn was an 8 and the river was an 8 so it was a chop- ugh)

I donno if this is bad, more unlucky.

by **seke2** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 07:44:41

Irish Car Bomb wrote:
High Stakes Showdown!!

Author: Scott fischman

Published on: 01:10:30 on Jul 04, 2007

OH BABY!!! online poker is getting sicker and sicker! Pokerstars just added a new and very exciting tourney to their sunday line-up. It is a 10k buyin Heads up match tourney.... The tournament is currently sold out at 16 players but that is not to say that there will not be anymore seats opening soon.... When the tournament lobby was first available there were only 8 spots open maximum... It was filled in no time and since then the maximum was increased to a 16 player cap, which was also sold out very shortly after becoming available! I have no inside information, but im guessing when its all said and done there will be 32 players...

The tourney begins this sunday the the 8th at 16:15 ET..... Players will recieve 10k in chips with 30 min levels and level 1 will be 25-50. This is by far and away the best structure for a HU tourney that i have ever seen, and there is no close second!!

AS it stands now with the 16 player cap...$160k total prizepool

1st = $72,000 2nd = $40,000 3rd/ 4th = $24,000

Gl to all those who will a part of this ground breaking event!

whole bunch of guys from my forums are playing this. i think its pretty sick personally. almost everyone entered in this game is an amazing player. if you want to railbird a really awesome tournament, watch this one.

by **seke2** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 07:48:33

oh, also for everyone who aspires to get rich on $10, pokerstars is having a guaranteed $100k tournament with a $10 entry fee on sunday as well. yes, that's right, $10 entry fee with a first place prize somewhere in the neighborhood of $15k-$20k probably. the maximum number of entrants is 15000 and there are already 13000 registered, so if you want to play you need to register NOW...or even if you think you want to play, because registration will probably will tonight or tomorrow even though the tournament isn't until sunday.

it is a turbo tournament with 10 minute levels so you could expect about 6 hours, start to finish, even with a field of 15k entrants. it should be a crazy, insane donkfest ... but it's probably better than buying a lottery ticket.

by **pacino** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 11:44:08

Day 1A

by **The Red Tornado** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 11:48:39

seke2 wrote:oh, also for everyone who aspires to get rich on $10, pokerstars is having a guaranteed $100k tournament with a $10 entry fee on sunday as well. yes, that's right, $10 entry fee with a first place prize somewhere in the neighborhood of $15k-$20k probably. the maximum number of entrants is 15000 and there are already 13000 registered, so if you want to play you need to register NOW...or even if you think you want to play, because registration will probably will tonight or tomorrow even though the tournament isn't until sunday.

it is a turbo tournament with 10 minute levels so you could expect about 6 hours, start to finish, even with a field of 15k entrants. it should be a crazy, insane donkfest ... but it's probably better than buying a lottery ticket.

That sounds nutty- whats the best way to play? Push alot and hope for the best?

by **seke2** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 12:01:09

The Red Tornado wrote:
seke2 wrote:oh, also for everyone who aspires to get rich on $10, pokerstars is having a guaranteed $100k tournament with a $10 entry fee on sunday as well. yes, that's right, $10 entry fee with a first place prize somewhere in the neighborhood of $15k-$20k probably. the maximum number of entrants is 15000 and there are already 13000 registered, so if you want to play you need to register NOW...or even if you think you want to play, because registration will probably will tonight or tomorrow even though the tournament isn't until sunday.

it is a turbo tournament with 10 minute levels so you could expect about 6 hours, start to finish, even with a field of 15k entrants. it should be a crazy, insane donkfest ... but it's probably better than buying a lottery ticket.

That sounds nutty- whats the best way to play? Push alot and hope for the best?

yeah, gamble a LOT early on because you are going to need a monster stack to survive the mid-late stages. basically, it'll play like a rebuy for the first 30 mins in terms of people playing almost any 2 cards to double up a lot early on, i imagine.

you could probably spend 10 bucks, spend the first 40 mins folding anything other than TT+/AQ+, push anytime you have any of those hands, and end up doing allright. if you don;t catch a premium after 40 mins, just push whatever you get and cross your fingers.

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