Bid on WSOP History

The eBay auction for Peter Eastgate’s WSOP bracelet has created alot of buzz in the poker world. The bidding began @ 16k. As of right now the highest bid is 105k!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/World-Series-Poker-Main-Event-Bracelet-2008-/330496918404

The Canadian poker pro Jonathan Duhamel took down the World Series of Poker main event title and $8.94 MILLION Monday night in Las Vegas.

Duhamel took the last of the Florida pro John Racener’s chips in the no-limit Texas Hold ’em tournament with an ace high after 43 hands in which Racener was no better than a 4-1 underdog in chips.

Duhamel, an online cash game player who said poker has been his primary income for about two years, pushed Racener all-in, and Racener called with a suited king-eight of diamonds. But Duhamel had an unsuited ace-jack for the lead. A flop of two fours and a nine helped neither player; and Racener did not improve with a six on the turn and a five on the river.

It is rumored that the two-time world champion, ten-time WSOP bracelet winner Johnny Chan will feature in the upcoming season of the popular reality series Survivor.

The shooting for the 21st and 22nd seasons of Survivor has just wrapped up in Nicaragua. It has been rumored for some time that a well-known poker player will be part of the mix and the spotlight has turned to Chan.

Tags: Johnny Chan, Survivor

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PokerStars is getting ready to deal out their 50 BILLIONTH  hand sometime at the end of September, and to celebrate the milestone there’s more than one million dollars to be distributed to players in various campaigns.

Starting from hand #49,700,000,000 and then on every millionth hand there will be cash prizes for players who take part in the milestone hands. Every player gets $50 for every VPP they have earned in the previous 50 hands at the table with a minimum of $50. The prize is doubled for the winner of the hand.

In the 50 billionth hand, expected to be dealt out sometime late September, every player gets $500 per VPP earned in the previous 50 hands at the table and the winner of the hand gets $1,000 per VPP. On top of that, the winner gets $50,000 extra, and every player in the hand receives a $5,200 ticket to the WCOOP Main Event.

Sunday, September 5th
13:00 ET: $215 No Limit Hold’em Six-Max
15:00 ET: $10,300 No Limit Hold’em High Roller
17:00 ET: $215 No Limit Hold’em Two-Day

Monday, September 6th
14:00 ET: $320 Pot Limit Omaha
17:00 ET: $215 No Limit Hold’em Shootout Six-Max
20:00 ET: $215 No Limit Hold’em Turbo with Rebuys

Tuesday, September 7th
14:00 ET: $215 Pot Limit Five Card Draw
17:00 ET: $215 TBD
20:00 ET: $1,050 No Limit Hold’em 15-Minute Levels

Wednesday, September 8th
12:00 ET: $265 Pot Limit Omaha Knockout
14:00 ET: $320 No Limit Hold’em Ante Up
17:00 ET: $215 No Limit Hold’em Heads-Up Two-Day

Thursday, September 9th
12:00 ET: $215 No Limit Hold’em
14:00 ET: $265 No Limit Hold’em Six-Max Knockout
17:00 ET: $215 Razz

Friday, September 10th
14:00 ET: $215 Pot Limit Omaha Six-Max
17:00 ET: $215 No Limit Single Draw
20:00 ET: $109 Eight-Game 10-Minute Levels

Saturday, September 11th
13:00 ET: $109 No Limit Hold’em 10-Minute Levels
17:00 ET: $215 Limit Hold’em

Sunday, September 12th
13:00 ET: $215 No Limit Hold’em
17:00 ET: $530 No Limit Hold’em Two-Day

Monday, September 13th
14:00 ET: $215 No Limit Hold’em Four-Max
17:00 ET: $320 Stud
20:00 ET: $215 Pot Limit Omaha Turbo Cubed

Tuesday, September 14th
14:00 ET: $320 Mixed Hold’em Six-Max
17:00 ET: $320 Limit Badugi
20:00 ET: $1050 No Limit Hold’em 15-Minute Levels

Wednesday, September 15th
12:00 ET: $215 No Limit Hold’em Cubed
14:00 ET: $530 No Limit Hold’em Triple Shootout 10-Max
17:00 ET: $320 Eight-Game

Thursday, September 16th
12:00 ET: $215 No Limit Hold’em Six-Max
14:00 ET: $320 Pot Limit Omaha Six-Max Cubed
17:00 ET: $320 Limit Triple Draw 2-7

Friday, September 17th
14:00 ET: $215 No Limit Hold’em with Rebuys
17:00 ET: $530 Limit Omaha High/Low
20:00 ET: $320 No Limit Hold’em 10-Minute Levels

Saturday, September 18th
13:00 ET: $530 No Limit Hold’em Heads-Up Two-Day
15:00 ET: $25,500 No Limit Hold’em High Roller Heads-Up Two-Day
17:00 ET: $320 HORSE

Sunday, September 19th
13:00 ET: $215 No Limit Hold’em
17:00 ET: $1,050 No Limit Hold’em Two-Day

Monday, September 20th
14:00 ET: $320 Pot Limit Omaha Six-Max with Rebuys
17:00 ET: $320 No Limit Hold’em 2X Chance
20:00 ET: $265 No Limit Hold’em Turbo Knockout

Tuesday, September 21st
14:00 ET: $320 Pot Limit Hold’em/Omaha
17:00 ET: $530 Stud High/Low
20:00 ET: $1,050 No Limit Hold’em 15-Minute Levels

Wednesday, September 22nd
12:00 ET: $215 Pot Limit Omaha Six-Max [1 Rebuy, 1 Addon]
14:00 ET: $215 No Limit Hold’em Big Antes
17:00 ET: $320 Pot Limit Omaha High/Low

Thursday, September 23rd
12:00 ET: $215 No Limit Hold’em Turbo
14:00 ET: $530 No Limit Hold’em with Rebuys
17:00 ET: $2,100 Pot Limit Omaha Six-Max

Friday, September 24th
14:00 ET: $530 No Limit Hold’em Cubed
17:00 ET: $1,050 Limit Hold’em Six-Max
20:00 ET: $215 No Limit Omaha High/Low 10-Minute Levels

Saturday, September 25th
13:00 ET: $530 Pot Limit Omaha Heads-Up Match Play
17:00 ET: $2,100 HORSE

Sunday, September 26th
13:00 ET: $215 No Limit Hold’em
15:00 ET: $10,300 Eight-Game High Roller
17:00 ET: $5,200 Main Event Two-Day

TOTAL GUARANTEED PRIZE POOL: $50,000,000

This year’s WSOP  broadcasts started yesterday on ESPN, and now there will be 2 hours of poker entertainment every Tuesday until the Main Event final table broadcast on November 9th.

The November 9

ONLINE POKER GIANT

Party Gaming and Bwin have finally settled on an merger agreement yesterday. Bwin will now own the majority share.

Bwin will receive 51.6% of the new company while PartyGaming’s share is 48.4%. The combined market cap of the two companies is approximately €2.7 billion. Total revenue in 2009 was €682 million for the two companies and earnings €196 million.

Phil Ivey Capures His 8th WSOP Bracelet

Phil Ivey has won his 8th WSOP bracelet in Event #37: the $3k H.O.R.S.E event.  Phil battled William”the poker mathematician” Chen heads up for the victory. Mr. Ivey took home just a little over 329k (chump change)for his victory. That now puts him ahead of Daniel Negreanu for all time tournament earnings with 13,182,309.

Phil Ivey’s WSOP Wins

2000     $2,500 Pot Limit Omaha ($195.000)
2002     $2,500 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo ($118.440)
2002     $2,000 S.H.O.E. ($107.540)
2002     $1,500 7 Card Stud ($132.000)
2005     $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha ($635.603)
2009     $2,500 No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball ($96.367)
2009     $2,500 Omaha Hi/Lo / 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo ($220.538)
2010     $3.000 H.O.R.S.E. ($329.840)