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WSOP 2008 Main Event, Day 6: Saab Eliminated

Posted by Nick on Mon, 14th July, 2008

On Day 6 of the 2008 WSOP Main Event David Saab has been eliminated. He can feel slightly aggrieved in the way he was knocked out after he had built a nice chip stack. He started his decline when he flopped a straight, only for his opponent to turn a flush. He was knocked out [...]

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Online Poker Room of the Month

PokerStars

Posted by Admin on Fri, 4th July, 2008

The month of June is now over and we have seen a frenzy of satellites to the 2008 WSOP Main Event. PokerStars wins the Poker Room of the Month award after their exceptional effort at providing a huge amount of seats to the Main Event. In fact, PokerStars sent more people to the Main Event than every other online poker room combined!

In a month that included the super satellite with 200 entries guaranteed to the Main Event, PokerStars sent over 2000 players to the Main Event through their satellites. The sheer amount of players that PokerStars sends to the WSOP outlines their reputation as the best online poker room. This was PokerStars’ best year in terms of players sent to the WSOP as they continue to improve and expand their poker room.

Aside from their WSOP satellites, PokerStars has continued to provide their players with plenty of opportunities to win big with massive prize pools in their weekly tournaments. The Sunday Warm-up, Million and Second-Chance continue to be very popular amongst players along with the hefty guaranteed prize pools they offer each week.

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Full Tilt Daily 65k guaranteed

Posted by Admin on Fri, 27th June, 2008

The $65 000 Guaranteed tournament on Full Tilt is great for online poker players in Australia. With a starting time of 10am AEST it is almost perfect for those that don’t have to go to work. This tournament has a $150 + $13 buy-in and offers a great chance for some serious money to be made. If you can’t wait until the early hours of Monday morning for a big tourney, than this one is for you. 1st place gets paid over 16k, make it to the final three and you won’t leave with less than 7.4k.

The tournament gives you 3000 chips to start with, double the normal 1500. There is a regular blind structure of 15 minute blinds. The tournament has a mixed variety of skill levels and you have every opportunity to do well. A must see for the serious tourney player.

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