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Bleznick and Cates high stake poker action February 2011

Tuesday, February 15th, 2011 | Poker Articles, Poker News, Poker Pro | No Comments

High stake poker action during the second week of February 2011

Here’s a summary of the high stake poker action from the 2nd week of February 2011. During the week between February 6 and 13, the online poker action was yet again sizzling at both Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars. Jared Bleznick and Daniel Cates took center stage yet again, although not for the reasons they would’ve preferred. They both dropped serious amounts of money to players relatively unknown for the high stakes railbird community. Gus Hansen represented the other end of the spectrum as he kept his winning streak alive by taking down a $570k profit in only 651 hands spread over 8 sessions.

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Ironically, the largest pot of the week went down between the two losers, Bleznick and Cates, at the $300/$600 PLO tables at Full Tilt Poker. Following the usual preflop tussle which had already stuffed the pot nicely, the Kd, 7d, Qs flop ignited a little more give and take. The 9d on the turn was the last straw as both players shipped all their chips into the middle in its wake. Both players were right to shove all-in as they both had K-high straights. The river card was run twice, and the Kh on the first run split the pot between the players. The 9c on the second run though gave the win to Bleznich who thus ended up with three quarters of the $130k pot.

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Bleznick returned to action at PokerStars on Wednesday, only to drop around $114k to a guy named MrSweets28. Cates also saw action at Full Tilt Poker, locking horns with a Swedish player known under the moniker Lindqvro at the $25/$50 heads-up PLO tables. The affair turned into quite a bloodbath, with Cates filling the shoes of the harmed party. Both monster pots that developed ended up in Lindqvro’s possession. Gus Hansen and rumramper finished with the biggest profits, as Andreas Torbergsen joined the winners’ list too. UarePileous was the biggest loser, followed by Phil Galfond, Jared Bleznick and Daniel Cates.

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Blom and Bleznick high stake poker February 2011

Tuesday, February 8th, 2011 | Poker Articles, Poker News, Poker Pro | No Comments

Blom and Bleznick high stakes online action

Here’s a recap of the high stake poker action from the 1st week of February 2011. Viktor Blom, aka Isildur1 may have had his woes during January at PokerStars’ tables, but in the end he managed to lure Lady Luck to his side, finishing the month above the red line. Last week, his heater continued. In fact, his $332,904 profit – accumulated over about 8,200 hands – made him the biggest winner of the week. Another player who did extremely well was Jared “harrington25″ Bleznick. His $251k haul was enough to give him second place on the winners/losers list. Whenever there are winners there have to be losers too. Last week, Rychard Lyndaker headlined the part of the list which fell under the red line. Tom Dwan got stuck with a massive 6-figure loss as well.

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One of the most interesting confrontations of the week was the one between Viktor Blom and Brian Hastings. Those who follow the going-ons of the online poker world know about the history between these two, so they’ll understand why this shaped up as a perfect opportunity for vindication for the Swede. Unfortunately for him, Hastings still appeared to have his number at the $25/$50 PLO tables, and he ended up dropping a little over $150k to the player responsible for his 2009 Full Tilt Poker demise, yet again. Both significant pots that developed during the session ended up in Hastings’ pockets.

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While all this was happening at PokerStars, Jared Bleznick was busy over at Full Tilt Poker fleecing a player known as “UarePielous”. The $500/$1,000 Capped PLO tables represented the scene for the trouncing. Two maxed-out ($80k) pots were registered during the slaughter and obviously: both went to Bleznick. For the first one, he flopped a set of Ks, which steamrolled his opponent’s flopped two pair. For the second 80k pot, the two players ran the turn and the river cards twice. Both times, Bleznick made boats, so there wasn’t really a whole lot more anyone could add to that. When the line was drawn at the end of the week, Blom was the biggest winner, followed by Bleznick. Also above the red line were Benjamin Tollerene with a profit of $252k, and Gus Hansen. Scott Palmer joined the winners’ circle as well. Besides Lyndaker and Dwan, Andrew Lichtenberger and Cole South lost money too.

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UIGEA regulations and their influence on the poker industry

Monday, February 7th, 2011 | Poker Articles, Poker News | No Comments

UIGEA regulations and their influence on the poker industry

The poker industry continues to grow around the world (primarily fueled by poker online operators) but it continues to face headwinds in various areas. Government regulation continues to be a major factor in many markets, as does consolidation among some operators– including the planned merger of bwin and PartyGaming — as they try to scale up to challenge dominant players such as PokerStars and Full Tilt.

The effects of the US UIGEA legislation on the global poker industry are major. Despite hopes that the Reid poker bill and other legislation might pave the way for regulation of online poker in the US market the situation remains largely unchanged since the UIGEA was passed in 2006. While some operators continue to serve the lucrative US market, the majority have had to look for growth elsewhere in other regions of the world, unwilling to risk the wrath of US law enforcement agencies or to possibly jeopardize re-entry to the US market in the future if online poker is regulated and legalized.

Government regulation and taxation of online gaming is a growing trend, as more and more countries seek to emulate the path that Italy and France have taken, as far as not just regulating and taxing online gaming but restricting play to only citizens of those countries on regulated gaming sites. Whether or not this proves to facilitate long-term growth remains to be seen; the reality is that the lure of increased tax dollars and greater control over regulation and licensing has other countries contemplating implementing similar systems.

Despite these and other difficulties, Internet poker sites have continued to grow, albeit at a much-reduced pace as compared to grown from 2000-2006 prior to the UIGEA being passed. Much of that growth has come from Europe, with growth coming from areas including Greece, Hungary, Italy, France, and Spain. While Asia continues to hold much promise the reality is that it has been more difficult than expected to tap into that potential, with actual new player acquisitions lagging many of the expectations and forecasts.

As far as bright spots and potential future growth areas, mobile gaming remains one of the brightest, and poised to be a major revenue source once issues regarding security and regulation are settled. Smartphones and tablet devices continue to explode in popularity and are the perfect platform for mobile poker; the biggest impediment to growth is currently the reluctance of Apple and some other companies to support the distribution of gambling apps as well as hesitation on the part of online operators due to security concerns.

As the poker industry begins to mature, so too do some of the related services such as gaming consultancies and B2B divisions and arms of online firms that help third-party clients launch their own online gaming operations. Pressure to increase profit margins and expand revenues have also led many companies to re-examine their CRM operations, rake models, and affiliate programs, with much more focus placed on acquiring and retaining profitable players as opposed to simply picking up new customers at any cost.

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The PokerBRB league is taking a break in February

Thursday, February 4th, 2010 | Poker Freeroll, Poker News | No Comments

The PokerBRB tournament and freeroll league is taking a break in February. The reason is that we will be expecting some downtime while we change host from the awful UK2Net to our own dedicated server at EUKhost.

In addition we will come up with some new competitions for our relaunch in March.

Look forward to seeing you again at the tables (all 594 of you who have currently registered)

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Another Full Tilt Poker 50$ freeroll on Poker Bankroll Blog

Saturday, January 23rd, 2010 | Poker Freeroll, Poker News | No Comments

Our buddies from WOSB are hosting a 50$ freeroll on Fult Tilt tomorrow at 14 EST. Follow the link to learn more about how to get the password. The results from this tournament will count towards the PokerBRB freeroll league leaderboard.

If you do not have a Full Tilt Poker account you can read more about our great Full Tilt Poker sign-up bonus here.

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Rush Poker – will Full Tilt Poker’s new poker concept revolutionize online poker

Friday, January 22nd, 2010 | Poker Articles, Poker News, Poker Room | 5 Comments

Full Tilt Poker have invented an ingenious new poker concept fittingly named Rush Poker. The general idea of Rush Poker is to play as many hands as possible by minimizing the time you have to wait between hands. Rush Poker is extremely fast, enabling players to play in excess of 300 hands per hour on a single table.

Here’s how Full Tilt Poker’s Rush Poker works:

When you join a Rush Poker game you are placed in a pool of other Rush Poker players at your chosen limit and poker variant. These players are then distributed randomly on poker tables. The main difference between Rush Poker and regular poker appears once you fold your hand. In regular poker you have to wait until all the action has finished before a new hand starts – this is not the case in Full Tilt Poker’s Rush Poker. In Rush Poker, once you fold a hand you are immediately moved to a new table and a new hand is dealt to you. This is what enables you to play a massive amount of hands per hour. On the down side, you will have no time whatsoever to make reads on your opponents. Rush Poker is multi-tabling taken to the extreme.

I for one am looking forward to seeing what new poker strategies spawn from Full Tilt Poker’s Rush Poker concept. We might even see Rush Poker tournaments in the near future.

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PokerBRB Harman Tribute 50$ freeroll the 15th of January 2010

Friday, January 8th, 2010 | Poker Freeroll, Poker News | No Comments

We have decided to pay tribute to one of all time greatest female poker players by having the PokerBRB freeroll and tournament league host PokerBRB Harman Tribute 50$ freeroll on Full Tilt Poker the 15th of January 2010 14 EST.

Jennifer Harman, born November 29th 1964, started playing poker at the early age of 8. She is one of the few female players in poker history to earn more than 2.3 million $ in live tournaments. She is also the only woman to hold two bracelets in WSOP open events. Having overcome 2 kidney transplants, Harman founded the Creating Organ Donation Awareness (CODA), to raise awareness about organ donation.

In order to get the password for the PokerBRB Harman Tribute 50$ freeroll on Full Tilt Poker here’s what you need to do:

1. Create a Full Tilt Poker account by clicking on this link: Full Tilt Poker
2. Remember to use the “POKERBRB” bonus code when you sign up
3. Create an active PokerBRB freeroll league account – active means that you register at least one poker site username in your account details.
4. Log into your “My league profile” page through the log in feature situated in the top right corner of the Pokerbrb front page. In order to log in you need to use the username and password you chose when you registered your PokerBRB account.
5. Go to your “My league profile” page at the top of the left menu.
6. Go to the “password” subpage to find the password for the PokerBRB Harman Tribute 50$ freeroll.
7. We will reveal the password for the PokerBRB Harman Tribute 50$ freeroll one hour before the freeroll starts at 14 EST

If you have any questions feel free to contact us on pokerbrb@gmail.com or find more information on the PokerBRB forum.

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PokerBRB Rousso Tribute 50$ freeroll the 29th of January 2010

Friday, January 8th, 2010 | Poker Freeroll, Poker News | No Comments

We have decided to pay tribute to one of the best (and hottest) female poker players by having the PokerBRB freeroll and tournament league host the PokerBRB Rousso Tribute 50$ freeroll on Full Tilt Poker the 29th of January 2010 14 EST.

Vanessa Ashley Rousso is also know as Lady Maverick from her PokerStars poker screen name. Born February 5th 1983 this former law student / brainiac started her poker career in 2005 and has since then won more than 2.3 million $ in live tournaments. This ranks her in the top 5 in history  when it comes to all-time money winnings of female poker players.

In order to get the password for the PokerBRB Rousso Tribute 50$ freeroll on Full Tilt Poker here’s what you need to do:

1. Create a Full Tilt Poker account by clicking on this link: Full Tilt Poker
2. Remember to use the “POKERBRB” bonus code when you sign up
3. Create an active PokerBRB freeroll league account – active means that you register at least one poker site username in your account details.
4. Log into your “My league profile” page through the log in feature situated in the top right corner of the Pokerbrb front page. In order to log in you need to use the username and password you chose when you registered your PokerBRB account.
5. Go to your “My league profile” page at the top of the left menu.
6. Go to the “password” subpage to find the password for the PokerBRB Brunson Tribute 50$ freeroll.
7. We will reveal the password for the PokerBRB Rousso Tribute 50$ freeroll one hour before the freeroll starts at 14 EST

Note that the results of this tournament will not count towards January’s PokerBRB competiton. They will however count towards the overall leaderboard on PokerBRB.

If you have any questions feel free to contact us on pokerbrb@gmail.com or find more information on the PokerBRB forum.

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GrinderSchool membership to be won in January’s PokerBRB tournament league competition

Saturday, January 2nd, 2010 | Poker Freeroll, Poker News | No Comments

We have big prizes in January’s PokerBRB freeroll and tournament league competition.

This month Sun Poker has joined our league and will be hosting a 125$ freeroll final as well as 3 25$ freerolls during the month. We also have identical freeroll programs on Power Poker and Poker Nordica.

This month we have also teamed up with the skilled people behind GrinderSchool (check out my recent review of GrinderSchool); the best online poker schools for low stakes players.

We are therefore able to give out a one month free GrinderSchool.com membership to the player who finishes in 1st place on our leaderboard in January.

If you haven’t already signed up to the PokerBRB freeroll league now is the time to do so!!

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PokerBRB Freeroll#BRB and Freeroll #BRBFINAL freerolls on PKR Poker in December

Sunday, November 29th, 2009 | Poker Freeroll, Poker News | No Comments

We are proud to announce that December’s PokerBRB freeroll league competition will include PKR freerolls.

Here’s our schedule:

• Friday the 4th of December 19 GMT: 25$ Freeroll#BRB Freeroll

• Friday the 11th of December 19 GMT: 25$ Freeroll#BRB Freeroll

• Friday the 18th of December 19 GMT: 25$ Freeroll#BRB Freeroll

• Monday the 28th of December 19 GMT: 125$ Monthly Freeroll #BRBFINAL

In order to get the passwords PKR freerolls here’s what you need to do:

1. Create a PKR Poker account by clicking on this link: PKR Poker
   
2. Remember to use the “POKERBRB” bonus code when you sign up
3. Create an active PokerBRB freeroll league account – active means that you register at least one poker site username in your account details.
4. Log into your “My league profile” page through the log in feature situated in the top right corner of the Pokerbrb front page. In order to log in you need to use the username and password you chose when you registered your PokerBRB account.
5. Go to your “My league profile” page at the top of the left menu.
6. Go to the “password” subpage to find the passwords for the PKR freerolls

If you have any questions feel free to contact us on pokerbrb@gmail.com or find more information on the PokerBRB forum.

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