Jonathan Aguiar

The 1^st day of the competition commenced with 9-handed play and further moved to 6-handed play on second day. The moment the final sixteen players were chosen, a bracket was randomly drawn following which matches were held until a champion was found.

The final group of sixteen players comprised strong players from the world of poker. The group included, Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier, Phil Hellmuth, Mike Watson, Joe Keuther, Paul Tedeschi, Jason Mercier, Jennifer Tilly and Vladimir Troyanovskiy were some of those players who contended for the heads-up part of the contest. But they were dismissed in round one and acquired a sum of 20,443 Euros, as part of their performance during the game.

In the second round, Martin Jacobson, Kristijonas Andrulis, Konstantin Puchkov and Marvin Rettenmaier exited with an amount of €42,094. Following this elimination, the final four players left in the game included, Roger Hairabedian, Brandon Cantu, Faraz Jaka and Jonathan Aguiar.

In the match that took place between Aguiar and Jaka, Aguiar performed exceptionally well to defeat Jaka quickly and manage enough for resting time for the final match. On the other hand, the match between Roger and Cantu was completely different as the match stretched for nearly 9 hours and involved a number of controversies. During their match, Jack Effel, Director of the competition had to be called twice to conduct an assessment of the issues that were raised by Cantu.

Baranov Ahead in 10,450 Euros No-Limit Hold’em Main Event Day 2

The second day of the 2012 World Series of Poker Europe €10,450 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event was held in at Cannes in France. The rest of the two hundred thirty players, from a total of four hundred twenty, came back for 6 levels of play. By the time the night came to an end Sergil Baranov led with his stack of 607,000 with eighty others following him.

According to the PokerNews, the tournament will be called as “The Magnificent 77.” No doubt, for Poker 770, the number ‘77’ is a lucky number, so the chance to win the share of $10,000 will be given to 77 people who will show their skills in poker.

If you are confident about your skills and excited to showcase your talent count yourself in the list of the magnificent 77, you can be part of the game on October 27 at 19:00 GMT. Every participant starts the game with 7,700 chips.

Let’s take a look at the pay-out structure of “The Magnificent 77”

Looking at this chart; you can get an idea that the winner of the new Magnificent 77 tournament will win a decent amount. To be part of this tournament, there are certain criteria laid down that the players have to meet.

New participants need to download the game first between September 27th and October 25th to enjoy the bonus code of the Poker770. It is to ensure that the deposit will automatically make them fit for the game. Existing players of the Poker770 are allowed to sign up for “The Magnificent 77” via PokerNews to earn 500 points during the same period the new players have. The existing player may be amazed with 500 bonus points, but it isn’t really like that It’s because 770 points are bestowed at a rate of 22 per $1 in tournament fees and 20 per $1 cash game rake.  It means you are going to play for the share of $10,000 prize pool with generating up to $23 in the scaled commission fee (rake). When players are looking for some exciting world series of Poker this could be one of the greatest opportunity.

The event and the tournament is being viewed as one of the best ever tournaments that could appeal to poker players who are waiting for some marvellous opportunity to showcase their potential and talent. The experts are of the opinion that viewing the stringent and complex rules of the tournament it is going to be one of the most interesting poker tournaments. Experts are also suggesting that those who are willing to participate in this tournament need to do a lot of practice and hard work to win the crown. At the same time they have advised novices and start-up players to be confident about their skills and experience as they would be competing with masterminds.

This is somewhat like a “once in a life time opportunity”, so grab it right now. Download the game to include your name in the magnificent 77

According to various reports the selection of these 10 candidates were based on WSOP.com public nomination process and were finally approved by the Governing Council of Poker Hall of Fame. Following are the criteria on the basis of which final selection of the candidates are done:

• The participant must be at-least 40 years of age
• Have played and challenged high stakes
• Must have gained the respect of peers by his consistent playing
• The player must have played poker against top competition
• Have faced the test of time
• The participant must have contributed to the growth and success of the game
• The participant must have shown some indelible positive and lasting results

According to various reports this year’s nomination includes 6 first-time nominees and 4 candidates who were nominated earlier also. 6 candidates who are newly nominated for the grand celebration includes Eric Drache, Thor Hansen, Chris Bjorin, David Chie, Brian Roberts and George Hardie. Rest of the names who were previously nominated includes Tom McEvoy, Jennifer Harman, Scotty Nguyen and John Juanda.

Here is the information about the nominees along with their accolades:

Chris Bjorin: Chris is one of the renowned names in the world of Poker and is a Swedish-born individual residing in the national capital of England, London. According to various reports Chris is a 64-year old Poker Player and has earned more than $5 million in his tenure.

Thor Hansen: After spending 30 years in the field of Poker and Thor is a distinguished Poker Player known for his competence and capacity. He started playing Poker in early 80’s and since then this Norwegian Poker fanatic has cashed more than $2.9 million after playing 175 tournaments.

 David Chiu: The Chinese born Poker Player is one of the renowned names in the arena of Poker and Poker tournaments. David moved to the United States when he was only 18 and started his career as a poker dealer. The 52-year-old is a four-time WSOP gold-bracelet winner with wins in, seven card stud, limit hold’em and Omaha and has cashed in 54 WSOP events.

John Juanda: The renowned Poker player has cashed almost more than $14 million in his long career of Poker. A residence of Indonesia he is a 41 year individual currently residing in the city of Las Vegas in the United States.

With so many talented and competent participants, the battle is going to be interesting  only time can tell who deserves the crown.

Chris Ferguson

In the eight-handed final table, Ferguson started in second place, but unfortunately lost few chips. Further, in the first orbit, Ferguson called an all-in by Anthony Shields for 445,000 chips. Though, with A-K, he was dominating Shields’ A-9, but a 9 on the flop allowed Shields to double-up.

Later after a few hands, Ferguson grabbed a huge pot to Jack Sambrook. Then he showed pre-flop to 48,000 and called Sambrook’s re-raise to 100,000. After the 3-9-J flop, Ferguson called against Sambrook’s 120,000 bet. Similarly, After the 5 on the turn for 220,000 chips, the King was dealt on the river. Sambrook bet 375,000 and forced Ferguson to fold after some thought. This resulted Ferguson to fall down under a million chips.

In heads-up play against Alex Jobling, Ferguson faced a 2-to-1 chip fall, 6.095 million to 2.975 million. He has to face several ups and downs in the first half-hour, but after he doubled through Jobling and pulled himself within a million chips. This was the turning point for the where they both decided to take a break to discuss a deal.

According to the payout structure, the prize money for winner was £105,900 while for the runner up it was £63,860. After the negotiation deal, Ferguson and Jobling settled on dividing the prize money equally: Jobling, the chip leader, got £82,120, Ferguson got £77,640, and for the UKIPT trophy and the remaining £10,000, they continued the play.

Soon after the deal was settled, Ferguson took a big chip lead and raised to 200,000 pre-flop, Jobling re-raised to 450,000, and Ferguson called. The duo got into raising war through their chips. And finally Ferguson raised his stack up to 6.72 million, while Jobling’s fell to 2.91 million.

Later after a few hands, the chips were all committed pre-flop, Jobling gave up on the line with A-Q of hearts and Ferguson held him with pocket 8’s. Jobling couldn’t pair either of his cards or make a flush, and finally agreed upon giving away the title and the remaining £10,000 to Chris Ferguson.

UK & Ireland Poker Tour Newcastle Main Event – Final Table Results

1. Christopher Ferguson – £87,640
2. Alexander Jobling – £82,120
3. Sam Holden – £39,030
4. David Knight – £28,780
5. Ewan Brown – £22,240
6. Anthony Shields – £17,880
7. Jack Sambrook – £13,520
8. Dan Hemingway – £10,250

It is well known fact that the ISPT is the brainchild of French businessmen Bernard and Laurent Tapie, and Prosper Masquelier. The Tapie name came from Groupe Bernard Tapie Company that attempted to purchase Full Tilt Poker before, while Masquelier was the president of Partouche Interactive before laying foundation stone for the ISPT.

The Tour is one-of-its-kind as it is considerably a single giant poker tournament which has been scheduled for May 2013, the ISPT at the famous Wembley Stadium in London.  Originally, 30,000 players will be participating in the €6,000 buy-in event. All the players will be playing on their laptops from seats throughout the stadium. On the final third day of the tournament, the final 3,000 players will move to a live game at poker tables which will be played on the stadium’s grass field. The players will be allowed to re-buy one time and pay for one double add-on to try, further they are allowed to grab their share of the €20,000,000 prize pool.

The first player who began his role as an ambassador was Patrik Antonius. He wore ISPT gear during the Partouche Poker Tour Main Event last week. Finn, however, has no World Series of Poker or World Poker Tour titles to his credit, but holds respectable image in the poker industry. He has some successes on the live tournament circuit. Earlier this year, he won almost $2 million with second place finish in the Aussie Millions $250,000 challenge, finished fourth in the PartyPoker.com Premier League IV, and also another fourth place finish in the €98,500 8-Max Super High Roller Reload at the European Poker Tour Grand Final. Antonius Patrick was another selected main draws for railbirds at Full Tilt Poker because of winning the highest stakes games online.

Well-known high stakes cash game player, French David Benyamine, like the ISPT’s founders, also made his mark in tournaments. Winning a big splash in 2003 at the WPT Grand Prix de Paris for over €350,000 earned him the real fame in the poker world. Further, in 2008, he won a bracelet in the $10,000 Omaha Hi/Low Split Championship, also made two more final tables, and a bubble at the World Series of Poker. His achievements include a couple more top four finishes on the World Poker Tour and third place finish in the same $250,000 tournament at the Aussie Millions where Antonius finished second.

Tony G is not a new name in the business of spotting a profitable investment. According to what he wrote in his blog, he was impressed with the form that Cates was displaying over the past couple of years and therefore he would be willing to back him at any stakes. Despite his short career so far, Cates has still managed to win more than $6 million in online poker. He is considered among the best heads-up no-limit cash game players in the world.

In his blog, Tony wrote, “I have talked before about how I wanted to stake Isildur1 – well I am back in the staking business now as I am backing Daniel ‘Jungleman’ Cates. I think this guy could turn $5 million into $100 million – he’s a genius. I started off by backing him for the WPT Grand Prix de Paris and intend to back him live but predominantly online.”

“He is a talent and has a good heart. He even marked his first day under my wing by coming to the Aviation Club in a suit and very smart he looked too. He’s coming to Tony Resort to meet Nordas and Zasko and explore the forest (a jungleman can surely adapt to Lithuanian forests). He has definitely had his ups and downs but his heart and head are in the right place. I was impressed by his Jungleman Challenge so now I am giving him a challenge!”

“I take this decision as a businessman – I have faith in him to do really big things and believe he will make me money. He just needs a little guiding hand along the way. While Daniel is a long term project I looked forward to seeing how my Hungarian Hellmuth assassin Andras gets on at WPT Malta next week. He’s going to make the brat look like the hot dog riding fool he is!”

Having busted on Day 1a of the WPT Grand Prix de Paris on Monday, Tony re-entered again on Day 1b. If he is knocked out again, he’ll at least have his hopes on Cates who has advanced in the tournament with a below-average stack.

The first day of the World Championship of Online Poker 2012 started off with event number 1 – $215 NL Hold’em (6-Max) which was entered by 7,322 poker aspirants who registered to create a whopping prize pool of $1.4 million. Some of the popular names that have entered this tournament include Johnny Lodden, Christian “el grillo” De Leon, Marcin “Goral” Horecki and Grzegorz “DaWarsaw” Mikielewicz. The tournament is to be played over a stretch of 21 days. By the end of September 2^nd, the first day of the event, a total number of 64 players are still remaining who carry forward to the next day to race for the first place prize which is a sum of $219,663. These 64 players include notable poker players such as Jim “Mr_BigQueso” Collopy, Clayton “slammedfire” Mozdzen and Marc-Andre “FrenchDawg” Ladocouceur.

The day 1 of the World Championship of Online Poker also had in store another event, the event number 2 of the championship, which began at 14.30 EDT. Event number 2 – $215 NL Hold’em saw a whopping 10,608 players registering for the event, thus creating an overwhelming prize pool of a total of $2.1 million prizepool and an astounding figure of $302,969 set aside for first place position. This event is also to be carried forward to the next day. After the first day of the event, only 133 players, out of the initial 10,608, have managed to survive. These players included Sandra Naujoks, Ben “KidCardiff6” Warrington and Max Bracht amongst others. The chip count is led by German online player Muerte with 4,181,835 chips.

Looking forward, day 2 at the World Championship of Online Poker has in store three more exciting events that include event number 3 – $320 Pot Limit Omaha that will start at 11am EDT, event number 5 – $320 NL Hold’em (6-Max Shootout) that will start at 2 pm EDT and event number 5 – $215 NL Hold’em (Turbo w/ rebuys) that is scheduled to start at 5 pm EDT.

According to the tournament database of the TheHendonMob.com, Hale has made just six live cashes since 2007 for a total of $44,300, and this win (if he wins) would be a lifetime achievement for him. His earlier achievements include a fifth place finish in the $125 No Limit Hold’em $1,000,000 Guaranteed Event at 2011 Legends of Poker earning $35,000.

Hale reached the top on the leaderboard by filching the bulk of the chips on two hands. The first bulk he made before dinner when after a flop of J-T-8, Hale called check against David Marshall to see Marshall follow-up with an all-in, as a result Hale raised his chip count for another 2 million chips. Then Hale flipped over 8-8 for bottom set, forcing Marshall to need some sort of combination of running card but nothing worked for Marshall. But with just A-T for middle pair, top kicker, and two more 3’s on the turn on river, Marshall had to face the elimination from the WPT Legends of Poker Main Event in 11th place.

After eliminating Marshall, Josh Hale reached chip count up to 4.835 million chips.

The other big bulk came when Max Steinberg raised pre-flop to 150,000, and then Jim Willerson moved all-in for 1.025 million. Hale pushed over the top of Willerson that forced Steinberg to surrender finally. Willerson had two black Kings, but Hale surprised him by turning over Aces. Eventually, Willerson was back homel in 7th place.

This is how the final table’s composition was determined.

In the final table there will be blinds and antes at 30,000/60,000/10,000 and two players, Max Steinberg and Jeff Madsen who have chips over a million. Greg “FBT” Mueller and Raouf Malek have also maintained enough comfortable stacks of 3.49 million and 3.13 million, respectively. However, they are not at the vulnerable stage of being eliminated unless they commit any mistake in their moves. The final table of the WPT Legends of Poker Main Event will began at 4:00pm PT. The live tournament can also be enjoyed on WPT.com with just a 30 minute delay.

WPT Legends of Poker Main Event – Final Table Chip Counts

1. Josh Hale – 7,325,000
2. Greg Mueller – 3,490,000
3. Raouf Malek – 3,130,000
4. Ali Eslami – 2,900,000
5. Jeff Madsen – 1,030,000
6. Max Steinberg – 1,020,000

On Sunday, the play was a combined field, with 303 survivors from the two Day 1 flights. Stephen Graner was the only one player who began Day 2 in the top ten on Day 3. Well, it was Ali Eslami leading all players with 618,500 chips.

The race was absolutely tough with the top four players on the leaderboard – Joseph “subiime” Cheong (574,000), Jason Koon (567,000), Antonios Roungeris (551,000), and David Miscikowski (550,500).

The chip leader, Ali Eslami, though, has reached close to the final table in many major tournaments, but last year in summer at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) he made to the top ten in two events, finishing third and eight. Last year also, he made three top ten finishes – sixth, seventh, and eighth, as well as a final table appearance at the WPT Hollywood Poker Open. Eslami has also achieved some big wins at the 2011 WSOP Circuit Regional Championship at Harrah’s Rincon, earning $282,242.

All the top players with chip counts in the group have experience of having big achievements in tournaments. Joseph Cheong finished third in the November Nine in the 2012 WSOP Main Event, and made a runner-up finish in the $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em Mixed Max event this summer. Lee Markholt had two wins – the 2008 WPT World Poker Challenge in Reno and the Professional Poker Tour’s Five-Star World Poker Classic in 2005. Jason Koon made a runner-up finish in a WSOP event this year and placed fourth in the 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $25,000 High Roller event. And Max Steinberg had a WSOP bracelet win this year in one of the $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em events and one close reach in 2010, finishing second in a $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em event.

The other players who were there in the tournament but out of the ten list – Todd Terry, Greg “FBT” Mueller, Jesse Martin, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, and Jeff Madsen. The prize money will be distributed among a total of 63 players. It is expected that the money bubble will burst in relatively short order on Monday. Day 3 has been scheduled for either six 90-minute levels or until there remains just 18 players still in the field.

World Poker Tour Legends of Poker – Day 2 Chip Leaders

1. Ali Eslami – 618,500
2. Joseph Cheong – 574,000
3. Jason Koon – 567,000
4. Antonios Roungeris – 551,000
5. David Miscikowski – 550,500
6. Max Steinberg – 511,500
7. Daniel Strelitz – 463,500
8. Lee Markholt – 449,500
9. Stephen Graner – 433,500
10. Jim Willerson – 431,500

Though, Everest Poker has not been at the forefront in the online poker industry, but has always challenged the industry leaders like PokerStars and PartyPoker. It has earned almost similar respect amongst poker players like these leaders.

Everest became famous in the poker world a few years ago when it positioned itself as one of the major sponsors of the 2008 and 2009 World Series of Poker with its logo appearing on every table in the tournaments and events.

Unfortunately, Everest’s fame did not last long and faded gradually. According to PokerScout.com, EverestPoker.com ranks 23rd in online poker competitor in the industry, with a seven day average of 570 cash game players, and its French site, EverestPoker.fr, is still doing well, ranking 15th with a seven day average of 650 cash game players. This incredibly is a great match for Playtech’s iPoker Network as PokerStars.com is the largest online poker network in the world with 2,800 cash games players per weeks.

This will significantly increase traffic of EverestPoker.com. At the same time, iPoker.fr is virtually inactive that may also bring the players from EverestPoker.fr back to their own poker room.

The announcement was made just before the iPoker Network is heading towards splitting into two. The first room, the upper tier “iPoker 2” has been created to get its member poker rooms to attract profitable customers, while the rest will remain on the old network to meet the requirements such as a minimum of 6,000 active players per month, plus add least 850 new players per month, each having to contribute at least $5 in rake or tournament fees. Some other requirements such as evaluation of deposit to cashout ratios will also be met.

Originally, the EverestPoker aimed at bringing all tables on iPoker 2 to house all players from the included skins, but that has since been reconsidered as a result the players will only be segregated at No-Limit Hold’em cash game tables up to $2/$4 and some Sit-and-Go tables. Now, every member poker room, irrespective of their tier, will share multi-table tournaments.

A representative of Poker770.com confirms that Two Plus Two, Titan Poker, Poker770, William Hill, Bet365, and Paddy Power Poker will be the founding members of iPoker 2 when it has been scheduled to launch on September 1st.

According to a report from eGaming Review, Titan Poker and fellow iPoker skin CelebPoker were about to merge ahead of the split, and the two rooms, Pokerhuis and Gutshot Poker, were all set to leave the network.

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