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

Armed robbers stormed the European Poker Tour’s tournament in Berlin, Germany, on Saturday, reportedly making off with $1.1m.

At 2:15pm, four men believed to brandishing a handgun and a machete burst into the Grand Hyatt Hotel where the tournament was being hosted in partnership with Spielbank Berlin Casino. No shots were fired and nobody was seriously injured.

Tournament organisers EPT denied reports that the suspects had been carrying assault rifles and hand grenades and stated that the money stolen was considerably less than had been reported by the media.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFn3XxRWcO0

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pdMi43yK30

“I’m having a really shitty run,” Lodden said to the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet. He’s been losing at poker and sports betting.

“I’m worse off now than two years ago when I was broke,” he says.

“It pisses me off that I didn’t win,” he says about Sunday Million. “When you make such a deep run in a big event you just want to win.”

Johnny Lodden

King LeBron James

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rym6rGHAJg

Fatima Moreira De Melo

Fatima Moreira de Melo LL.M. (born 4 July 1978 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland) is a Dutch field hockey player. She has played 191[1] international matches for the Dutch national team, where she has scored 30 times. Her debut match was on 21 October 1997 against Germany which ended in a 2-1 victory for The Netherlands. She plays on the position of striker. In the Dutch national competition she has played for Tempo ’34, HGC and HC Rotterdam. She was part of the Dutch squad that became World Champion at the 2006 Women’s Hockey World Cup and which won the 2007 Champions Trophy.

Besides playing field hockey she also studied law and has presented tv programs for both local and national tv stations. She also has a career as a singer. She performed the theme song for the International Hockey Federation’s International Year of the Youth at the closing of the 2001 Men’s World Cup Hockey Qualifier in Edinburgh. Her father is a Portuguese diplomat for Holland. Her boyfriend is pro-tennis player Raemon Sluiter. She obtained a Masters Degree in Law in 2006. In December 2006 she became Rotterdam Sportswoman of the Year and became the new face of the Rabobank in their Dutch tv-advertisements.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2jQjDVlsFw

Complete WCOOP Schedule

Thursday, Sept. 3, 14:30 -- $215 No Limit Hold’em Six-Max ($1.25 million)
Thursday, Sept. 3, 16:30 -- $215 Razz ($200,000)
Friday, Sept. 4, 14:30 -- $215 Pot Limit Omaha Six-Max ($500,000)
Friday, Sept. 4, 16:30 -- $215 No Limit Single Draw 2-7 with Rebuys ($200,000)
Friday, Sept. 4, 20:00 -- $109 8-game ($50,000)
Saturday, Sept. 5, 12:45 -- $109 No Limit Hold’em ($1 million)
Saturday, Sept. 5, 14:30 -- $215 No Limit 5 Card Draw ($200,000)
Saturday, Sept. 5, 16:30 -- $215 Limit Hold’em ($400,000)
Sunday, Sept. 6, 12:45 -- $215 $215 No Limit Hold ‘em ($1 million)
Sunday, Sept. 6, 14:30 -- $10,300 No Limit Hold’em ($2 million)
Sunday, Sept. 6, 16:30 -- $530 No Limit Hold’em ($3 million)
Monday, Sept. 7, 14:30 -- $320 Mixed Hold’em Six-Max ($350,000)
Monday, Sept. 7, 16:30 -- $215 Pot Limit Omaha Cubed Six-Max ($500,000)
Tuesday, Sept. 8, 14:30 -- $320 Stud ($150,000)
Tuesday, Sept. 8, 16:30 -- $320 Badugi ($100,000)
Tuesday, Sept. 8, 20:00 -- $1,050 No Limit Hold’em ($500,000)
Wednesday, Sept. 9, 14:30 -- $530 No Limit Hold’em Triple Shootout ($500,000)
Wednesday, Sept. 9, 16:30 -- $320 Eight Game Mixed Event ($300,000)
Thursday, Sept. 10, 14:30 -- $530 Pot Limit Hold’em Six-Max ($400,000)
Thursday, Sept. 10, 16:30 -- $320 2-7 Triple Draw ($100,000)
Friday, Sept. 11, 14:30 -- $215 No Limit Hold’em with Rebuys ($1.25 million)
Friday, Sept. 11, 16:30 -- $530 Limit Omaha H/L ($400,000)
Friday, Sept. 11, 20:00 -- $320 No Limit Hold ‘em ($300,000)
Saturday, Sept. 12, 14:30 -- $530 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em ($1 million)
Saturday, Sept. 12, 16:30 -- $320 HORSE ($400,000)
Sunday, Sept. 13, 12:45 -- $215 Special Sunday Warm-Up ($1 million)
Sunday, Sept. 13, 14:30 -- $25,500 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em ($800,000)
Sunday, Sept. 13, 16:30 -- $1,050 No Limit Hold’em ($3 million)
Monday, Sept. 14, 14:30 -- $320 Half PLHE, Half PLO ($400,000)
Monday, Sept. 14, 16:30 -- $320 No Limit Hold’em 2X Chance ($800,000)
Tuesday, Sept. 15, 14:30 -- $320 Pot Limit Omaha with Rebuys ($700,000)
Tuesday, Sept. 15, 16:30 -- $530 Stud H/L ($200,000)
Tuesday, Sept. 15, 20:00 -- $1,050 No Limit Hold’em ($500,000)
Wednesday Sept. 16, 14:30 -- $215 No Limit Hold’em Big Antes ($500,000)
Wednesday Sept. 16, 16:30 -- $320 Pot Limit Omaha H/L ($500,000)
Thursday, Sept. 17, 14:30 -- $530 No Limit Hold’em with Rebuys Six-Max ($1 million)
Thursday, Sept. 17, 16:30 -- $2,100 Pot Limit Omaha Six-Max ($600,000)
Friday, Sept. 18, 14:30 -- $530 No Limit Hold’em Cubed ($1 million)
Friday, Sept. 18, 16:30 -- $1,050 Limit Hold’em Six-Max ($400,000)
Friday, Sept. 18, 20:00 -- $215 No Limit Omaha Hi/Lo ($200,000)
Saturday, Sept. 19, 14:30 -- $530 Heads-Up Pot Limit Omaha ($500,000)
Saturday, Sept. 19, 16:30 -- $2,100 Eight Game Mixed Event ($400,000)
Sunday, Sept. 20, 12:45 -- $215 Special Sunday Warm-Up ($1 million)
Sunday, Sept. 20, 14:30 -- $10,300 HORSE ($1 million)
Sunday, Sept. 20, 16:30 -- $5,200 Main Event ($10 million)

USA still # 1

According to study done by Poker Players Research (PPR), America is still the # 1 online poker market despite the UIGEA being passed in 2006. There are currently more than 10 million Americans with real money accounts.

I guess we can all thank  Full Tilt and Poker Stars for making us # 1

Runner ups

UK 1.9 million
Germany 1.6 million
Nordic countries 1.4 million
France 1.3 million

www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOoSGR_1qSk

Full Tilt Poker tried to set a new Guinness record for the largest online tournament on this past Sunday. However, their rival and online powerhouse PokerStars decided to show why they are still the number 1 poker room by throwing a $1.00 buy-in record breaking tournament on the same day. Talk about a glass of shut the hell up.