WPT Sets All-Time High PokerParty

The poker industry continues to strive with main event after main event. The WPT Championship that is going on right now has broken all records with their being 605 players entering the event with a $25,000 dollar buy-in. What a PokerParty? This escalates the prize pool to be over $15 million dollars and the lucky winner will take home a nice pay cheque of $3.7 million dollars. Man oh man, these pots are getting astronomical and it seems that they are only going to continue to grow.

This tournament will pay out the top 100 players in the field, and the top three finishers will all earn over a million dollars. Obviously with the buy-in being set at such a huge ticket this event only garners the best of the best, and therefore has to be the hardest PokerParty to win, based on talent alone. Obviously the main event at the World Series has a boatload of players in it, but the caliber of players will not be as significant as this one. Especially since a large portion of the field in the Main Event are online qualifiers.

For those of you that are interested in seeing who is going to win the inaugural Daniel Negreanu protege sweepstakes, it all comes to an end on Sunday, April 30. This promotion has been a tremendous success and I'm sure this won't be the last one. You can watch the final table webcast at 9 o'clock eastern time at Full Contact Poker.

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World Poker Tour Championship Day 1

The action in the Bellagio poker room will begin today as it is Day one of the WPT Championship. This event is the grandaddy of all the WPT events. The buy-in for this bad boy is $25,000. This tourney brings out the best of the best and you can get all the action right here. I'm gonna have to pick a few of my favorites to do well at this event, and it starts with Phil Ivey. This guy is due for a big time win and I think this is gonna be his time to shine. Obviously, anyone can win a poker event but I've gotta put my money on Phil Ivey. I wish I was a railbird for this event, and see the action unfold before my eyes.

In other news, the online gaming giants PartyGaming unleashed their first quarter trading report, and some of the numbers that came out are astounding. PartyPoker averaged 155,000 players a day, and they averaged $2.9 million in revenue per day. That my friends is simply unbelievable. Obviously you know where the number one online PokerParty is at.

Speaking of a PokerParty, there was a bust in my hometown of Toronto on the weekend. A couple of bars downtown had been raided by the cops and they seized $12,000 and made five arrests. These guys had their PokerParty cut short and they will find themselves in some serious trouble in the coming days and weeks ahead. I'm sure this will not be the last bust we will hear about in the GTA.

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NBC Heads Up Championship

First off Happy Easter! For those of you are going to be sitting around this afternoon and looking for something to do before you diverge your body inot a mad feast you should check out the NBC Heads Up Poker Championship. Today is the first day that this PokerParty will be airing on national television. Most of you poker fans i'm sure already know who came out victorious in this event, but at least you can see the action unfold right in front of your eyes. In todays coverage you will see Phil Hellmuth, Chris "Jesus" Ferguson, Jennifer Tilly, Paul Phillips and many others.

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Gavin Griffin Exposed

Well its about time some poker gossip hit the airwaves. It has been a little quiet since the online kids JJprodigy and ZeeJustin got busted. Here is another story that is unfolding all over the internet about poker professional Gavin Griffin. This story is bizarre, embarassing, and outright hilarious. Check out why Gavin Griffin was found with his pants down.

The story was found in the NeverwinPoker forums and here are some of the excerpts:

I was playing in a mid-day 11 rebuy tournament on Stars. My avatar is/was a decently attractive blonde, hot but not hot enough to not be a real girl. Regardless, at my opening table, I see the screen name WSOP2004 and a picture of Gavin.

We started chatting it up, and he assumed I was a real girl. Of course, all the railbirds were saying stuff like "she's probably some 40 year old dude trying to scam money, etc." but I played it off very well. He ended up giving me his screen name (griff98199) and told me I should IM him sometime. Already having the scam in my head, I decided I would see if it was worth anything, being ecstatic if I even got a c-note off of him since I could tell the story to my friends.

I told him my name was Ashley Rannebarger, from Columbus, OH. I told him that I was 22, and that I was an aspiring model at some agency here in Columbus. He asked me which one, so I google'd one up and told him. He asked me for more pics of me, so I started freaking out. I knew that if I didn't send more pictures this was basically a bust. Since I'd pulled my avatar pic off of some random porn site I was browsing, I just put it on there. I started frantically searching my roomate's hard drive for pictures of blonde girls, and lo and behold, the cocksucker got some girl to send him like 6 studio pictures of a blonde who had a striking resemblance to the one in my avatar. I sent him all the pics, and he really started to believe it was me.

I find it real amusing that somebody would actually fall for something like this. It's also real crazy that this guy had come up with this plan to screw Gavin Griffin.

I told him that I only had about $150 in my poker account and that the rent was overdue and I had no way of paying it. He asked about the modelling agency and why I wasn't getting paid from them, and I told him that during the summer the agency is completely booked and it's really hard to get a gig, and he fell for that one, too.

So after assuring him I wasn't into him for his money, telling him I'd pay him back as soon as possible, etc, he transferred me $1000, and told me it wasn't that big of a deal. Really fucking weird, but whatever. I played for another day and then transferred the entire $1000 back to him, knowing that this would instill confidence in me.

Here is the first of two emails that Gavin Griffin sent to this guy:

From: Gavin Griffin Mailed-By: yahoo.com
To: XXXXXX@gmail.com
Date: May 5, 2005 5:05 PM
Subject: hey
Reply | Reply to all | Forward | Print | Add sender to Contacts list | Delete this message | Report phishing | Show original | Message text garbled?

Hey sweetheart. Just wanted to write to say hi! I got your transfers, but I was thinking the backing deal would be going for longer... NBD though, hopefully you can do something with the money you have in there now. I'm not gonna be on tonight, but I'll talk to you soon. Write me back.

Gavin

Here is the best email

From: Gavin Griffin Mailed-By: yahoo.com
To: XXXXXX@gmail.com
Date: May 6, 2005 5:34 AM
Subject: I'm sick...
Reply | Reply to all | Forward | Print | Add sender to Contacts list | Delete this message | Report phishing | Show original | Message text garbled?

You better like these!

I don't have time to resize the images now, but I uploaded them, and should you DESIRE to look at another man's penis, here is the link to the photo album...If you DO go to the site, notice the file names. I didn't doctor these, and so it's apparent that those aren't the ONLY pictures he took of his beaster, and apparently didn't take them that night just for "Ashley." Sick fuck. ASDASD

Moving on...after he sent me those, what was I supposed to do? I played it off like I liked it. Once again, call me sick, but...I say fuck you, I was hustling. He then sent me $3000 in one fell swoop, saying that we would sign an "e-agreement." In this agreement, I was expected to pay him back when I could, I couldn't steal the money, I was liable for the money...a fucking e-agreement? HAHAHAHA. So, after he transferred me that, I quit talking to him for like 4 days.


Here is the link to the discussion over at NeverwinPoker

Can you believe this! Gavin Griffin sends this dude pictures of his penis. Hahaha. Man oh man what an embarassment. All in all this kid got $6500 out of Gavin
Griffin to continue is PokerParty and he has images that he is posting all over the internet. That is the worst, and I wonder how Gavin Griffin is feeling about having this story come out to the public.

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MansionPoker.net is coming soon

For those of you that have not heard of MansionPoker.net get ready to hear this name a lot throughout the online poker world starting in the next week. These giants are getting ready to unleash their new poker site and with the opening of this website will come some unbelievable promotions and opportunities to enhance your online poker experience.

If you haven't heard already the guys behind MansionPoker.net are putting together the biggest televised poker event to date. There will be six top poker players competing for a winner take all event; $60 million dollar prize pool. The players will put in $10 million dollars apiece and play for the biggest pot ever (Phil Ivey is one of the players confirmed for this event). This event will be broadcasted on Fox Sports Net, so make sure you don't miss it.

Also, MansionPoker is going to have qualifiers throughout the summer leading up to a huge online poker tournament. The final table will be televised and the prize pool is going to be astronomical. Stay tuned as more details are to follow on this exciting event.

Make sure you keep your ears peeled to for more news and the unveiling of MansionPoker.net. This is one online poker site that you are going to want to check out for your next online PokerParty.

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World Poker Exchange is Rake Free

Its about time an online poker site has come through for us online poker players. The crew at World Poker Exchange is offering Rake Free Poker. They are eliminating all rake fees across the board for all cash games and tournaments. World Poker Exchange will refund all rake fees into your account that are induced from your play at the completion of each week. This is tremendous news for all those looking to save some extra bucks. Now you can use that money to continue to establish your bankroll.

The reason why this site is able to afford to do this, is because with the primary resources coming from their online sports betting, they hope that the players will take advantage of the savings on poker and hop on board into the world of sports betting. It's up to you now to take advantage of this great opportunity and start your PokerParty experience at the World Poker Exchange.

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Joe Sebok vs. Gavin Smith

Alright the first big bet of the 2006 WSOP has been announced between Joe Sebok and Canada's own Gavin Smith. Obviously there are a lot of side bets that go on between players not only at the WSOP, but at all major events and cash games. However, this particular bet looks to be a solid one, with some major humiliation thrown in the mix.

Here's the deal: The two players (Sebok and Smith) will add up the total amount of points that they accumulate during all of the events at the World Series of Poker leading up to the Main Event. Trust me, the money that will be at stake will be fairly substantial, but you don't want to lose this bet because of the money, its because of the humiliation that they will endure. Check it out, for each day the loser of this bet is alive in the Main Event, that player will have to dress up as a different superhero for the entire day of play. Each day you remain in the tournament you will represent a different superhero. Now, for the very first day of the Main Event, the losing player will have to dress up as anything the other player picks out. That's right, anything. I can envision some crazy costumes being brought into play for this bet. I'd love to see it.

Obviously these players do not want to lose this PokerParty. At least these guys are having some fun with all of this. It is a rivalry, and it will only continue to gain further momentum as the World Series of Poker moves along. Stay tuned for the results of this string bet.

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PokerStars World Cup of Poker

Well it's time for PokerStars to run another one of their major online poker tournaments. This event is the PokerStars World Cup of Poker, and this event is different from all the rest because it is a team competition with representatives covering the globe. This tournament is a Heads Up No Limit Hold'em tourney where you will see countries battling it out against one another to become the World Cup of Poker Champions.

The field of this tournament will be represented by 39 countries and a total of 46 teams. The prize pool is fairly substantial for this event, but it all comes down to national pride. Who wants it? These kinds of events are great to be a part of as you get to represent your country, and hopefully bring the title to your native homeland. Once the field has been cut down to the elite eight, those teams lucky enough to still be in it will be flown to Barclona, Spain to complete the tournament and see who is going home with the title.

Are you looking for a spot into this elite field? Well, if you are you need to start playing at PokerStars and earn your spot in this field. Each country will hold two, 50 frequent player point buy-in heads up qualifiers on PokerStars. The winner of each of these will earn themselves a spot onto their national team. If you are players in the United States or Canada, there will be additional qualifying rounds to get your seat on the team (Click here for US and Canada).

Players who finished in the top two of the Tournament Leaderboard in each of the qualifying countries in 2005, also receive an automatic invite to the event. This is a big time event, so if you do not have an automatic invite you need to get into some of these qualifiers to get a chance at becoming a national poker hero.

This type of event is fantastic and exciting for all of those involved. I'm so glad that there is this type of event in poker nowadays, and there definitely should be a live poker event with this same format, for the poker professionals. You tell me that wouldn't be a tremendous event to see live on television. An event like this would generate so much interest all over the poker world, and not to mention what kind of an outstanding
PokerParty this would turn out to be. Could you imagine the teams that would be represented in this field. Obviously the US would be stacked, but so would a lot of other nations. It has to happen!

I'd have to have Chris "Jesus" Ferguson and Phil Ivey as Team USA, Daniel Negreanu and Steve Paul-Ambrose representing Canada, the Danes would be led by Gus Hansen and Rehne Pederson, the Aussies would have Joseph Hachem and Mel Judah, the English would be represented by the Devilfish David Ulliott and Surinder Sunar.

Leave some comments and let me know who your dream teams would be.


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