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WINNERS BIRTHDAY PRESENT FOR ESFANDIARI
2010-12-09
"The Magician" wins 2010 WPT Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic
Victory Poker pro, Antonio Esfandiari (32) clinched his second WPT title when he took down the 2010 WPT Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic this week. Esfandiari took home a substantial paycheck of $ 870 124 bringing his total live tournament winnings to $4,300,000.
Leading the tournament from Day Two down to the final 15 players, Esfandiari lost the lead to Vanessa Rousso - Team PokerStars Pro on the penultimate day but finished up busting Rousso and entering heads-up play against online poker pro, Andrew "Good2cu" Robl.
"It doesn't feel good not to make a final table for seven years, but to make it and come back and win after the rollercoaster ride I had to go through tonight, feels pretty damn good," Esfandiari said.
438 players entered the event held at the Bellagio Hotel and Casino creating a $4 248 600 prize pool.
The final table cashed out as follows:
1 Antonio Esfandiari $ 870,124
2 Andrew Robl $ 549,003
3 Vanessa Rousso $ 358,964
4 John Racener $ 232,271
5 Kirk Morrison $ 168,924
6 Ted Lawson $ 126,693
GOOD TURNOUT FOR IRISH POKER
2010-10-04
Prize pool guarantee overtaken by large field
Ladbrokes Poker.com reports that the 633 player entry field for its 2010 Irish Poker Festival this weekend pushed the prize pool well beyond the guarantee and now stands at Euro 316 000.
When InfoPowa went to press the field had been reduced by half to 281 in the first day's action, which featured many international poker players as well as a host of internet aces.
The 2010 Festival, held in Killarney, Ireland, is in its third consecutive year and carries a buy-in of Euro 500. The first prize in the event, which has grown steadily in stature and popularity, is a useful Euro 75 000.
WSOP Event 48: Eskeland Excels
2010-07-26
The 48th Event at the 2010 World Series Of Poker was the $2,500 Mixed Game scheduled for the 26th June, 2010. Eight different games were played that began at 3:00 p.m. with 20 players at 3 tables. The game ended 14 hours later with Sigurd Eskeland emerging as the champion.
As the match got under way with the final two, Steve Sung & Sigurd Eskeland, Eskeland made a bet & the first three cards were dealt with by Sung. He had a Qc 9h 9d. Sung then declined to make a bet leading Eskeland to make a turn of his card which was the Kc, thus calling the current bet of zero by both the players. The final card was dealt with in the current poker hand, a 10c and Eskeland discarded his hand to a bet from Sung. Then Sung made a razz hand, which got him 1,200,000 however, Eskeland was still up ahead of him with 2,600,000.
A few minutes later Sung again made a razz hand with Eskeland having to make a forced bet in the stud game & requiring Sung to raise the amount of the bet to a normal-sized bet. There was the fourth street by Sung with Eskeland matching the bet. Eskeland bet on the fifth street & asked Sung to match the raise. Eskeland folded on sixth street when Eskeland checked and Sung bet. With this both players levelled against each other.
Next came in the stud, with Jh As 6s Ad of Eskeland & Qh Ah 5d 3d of Sung, putting Eskeland back in the lead. He opened the betting round and then called a completion from Sung on third street. When Sung bet nothing on the turn card, Eskeland bet and Sung matched with him. Sung check-raised on fifth street allowing Eskeland to call. On sixth street it was Eskeland who bet with Sung calling. Eskeland began a final round of betting & got Sung to fold.
The next hand showed Eskeland- 6d 2c 4h 10c, & Sung- 3s 10s 5s 3d. Sung opened the betting round but three-bet Eskeland after Eskeland increased the size of his bet. Fourth street was pretty simple with Sung betting and Eskeland matching the bet & it was the same till seventh street when Sung bet and Eskeland forfeited his interest in the current pot. Thereby, Sung was up by 200K, he had 1,800,000 to Eskeland's 1,600,000.
After this there was a flop of 10h 9s 3h. Sung check-called a bet of 640,000 from Eskeland and they both passed the 4d on fourth street. The river card was 5h, Sung bet out 200,000, and got Eskeland to fold.
Eskeland rose to 80,000 from the buck and got a situation of a three-bet to 260,000 from Sung. The cards were as such, Sung- Qd Qs & Eskeland- Ac 9s. The flop came 3d 9c 4c but it didn’t prove to be of much help to Sung. However, the Jc on the turn gave Eskeland a chance to draw for his flush in addition to his higher card. The final card was the 2c, giving Eskeland all the cards of the same suit as well as his victory, with which the event ended.
Steve Sung had won a bracelet last year in a $1000 event but could only gather a $160,952 & a 2nd place this year. Whereas, Sigurd Eskeland, from Oslo, Norway had previously cashed in two WSOP events, including the main event in 2008 but went all the way to win $260,497 & the coveted bracelet in this WSOP.
And the WSOP action isn’t over yet. www.sportsbook.com has the lines for the final table even held in November. The current longshot is Jason Senti at +2000. Are you ready to take a shot at the longshot, or maybe the favorite John Dolan at +250? Head over to Sportsbook.com today and get into the action!
MORE MEMBERS FOR ONGAME’S ITALIAN POKER NETWORK
2010-05-06
Three new sites sign up
Bwin subsidiary Ongame has added three new partners to its dedicated Italian regional online poker network, growing the roll call to 10 partners holding Italian operating licenses.
May 2010 sees the migration of MatchGames and TOBS to Ongame Network’s P5 Poker Engine, with Casino Italia following in June.
Ongame launched its 5-million player-strong dedicated Italian poker network in April, featuring BetPro.it, Bwin-Gioco Digitale, Casino de Venezia, Fast Poker and Sportingbet.it (see previous InfoPowa report).
The Italian network currently offers players Sit & Go, scheduled and multi-table poker tournaments on the P5 Poker Engine and other games currently allowed by Italian regulator AAMS such as bingo.
When permitted to do so, Ongame Network Italy plans to additionally provide poker cash games and online casino offerings, giving players more choice and further stimulating network growth.
“Ongame Network’s Italian operation is in an exciting expansion phase and demonstrates the business benefits of being a responsible supplier who works within legal jurisdictions,” says Martin Lerby, Head of Ongame Network.
The Italian network is monitored by the Italian authorities and is in full compliance with online gaming regulations. The license holder for Ongame Network Italy is Bwin SRL, Bwin Interactive Entertainment AG’s Italian subsidiary. The company recently reported that Italian online poker revenues had reached $12.8 million.
In related news, the European Commission issued a statement this week advising that it had abandoned its legal action against the Italian authorities, which had cited the country for protectionist laws at odds with EU principles of free movement of goods and services (see previous InfoPowa reports).
The statement noted that the Commission “…ensured that Italian citizens will have access to a wider choice of authorised online gambling services as a result of changes made to Italy’s laws on online gambling. The Commission has therefore closed a series of legal cases against Italy concerning this legislation.”
CHEEKY ONLINE POKER RECRUITING
2010-02-22
Party Poker singes the Australian government beard
Whilst it is true that the Australian government has not been exactly ferocious in enforced its laws against online gambling, the fact remains that the Interactive Gaming Act 2001 does make it an offence for any company in Australia or overseas to provide online casino games to any person who is ''physically present in Australia''.
The punitive fines attached to such activities are no joke, either - up to A$220 000 a day for individuals, and A$1.1 million a day for companies.
All the more surprising, therefore, that Gibraltar-based Party Poker.com has been so bold in its recruitment efforts and statements of intent on Australia.
Over the weekend the Sydney Morning Herald latched on to the story, reporting that Party Poker is "...setting up office in Australia and advertising for staff even though the business is prohibited, not taxed and subject to fines of up to $1.1 million a day."
This apparent singeing of the 'King of Australia's' beard apparently includes "...advertising for a head of marketing in Australia, based in Sydney, to 'leverage the brand at the forefront of the poker market in Australia and New Zealand'''.
The SMH claims that the Interactive Gaming Act 2001 has never been enforced, with the government Downunder making no attempt to restrict the activities of online poker games or online casinos.
And it notes the Productivity Commission's recent draft report into gambling, which estimated that A$790 million flowed offshore to illegal online sites in 2008, without any of it recouped in tax.
"Internet gambling is also the fastest-growing type of gaming and is estimated to have tripled its earnings from Australians between 2004 and 2008," the SMH report informs.
The commission's final report is due next week and industry players expect it will recommend the government overturn the online gaming ban.
The SMH article quotes from Party Poker's advertisement that it is a ''...growing online poker business in Europe with plans to enter the Australasian market''.
Perhaps wisely at this point, the parent Party Gaming group did not respond to a request for comment!