Phil Ivey Takes 5th WSOP Title

Phil Ivey plowed his way through a wall of gold bracelets Tuesday night en route to his fifth World Series of Poker (WSOP) championship and his first since 2002. When he finally dispatched of Robert Williamson III at 2:00am, Ivey pocketed $635,603 for his $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha victory.

Quarter Million Sub Qualifier

Quarter Million Sub Qualifier
***** Hand History for Game *****
200/400 TourneyTexasHTGameTable (NL) STT
Table Quarter Million Sub Qualifier (Real Money) --
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 1: lastdeu (1025)
Seat 2: sonoran (760)
Seat 5: moneymate (1730)
Seat 6: mjyoung321 (2830)
Seat 7: ralpal6 (1655)
sonoran posts small blind (100)
moneymate posts big blind (200)

** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to moneymate [ As, Qs ]
mjyoung321 raises (600) to 600
ralpal6 folds.
lastdeu folds.
sonoran folds.
moneymate calls (400)

** Dealing Flop ** : [ 8d, Qc, 9d ]
moneymate bets (200)
mjyoung321 calls (200)

** Dealing Turn ** : [ Qd ]
moneymate checks.
mjyoung321 checks.

** Dealing River ** : [ Tc ]
moneymate bets (425)
mjyoung321 raises (2030) to 2030
mjyoung321 is all-In.
moneymate calls (505)
moneymate is all-In.
Creating Main Pot with $3560 with moneymate
Creating Side Pot 1 with $1100 with mjyoung321

** Summary **
Main Pot: 3560 Side Pot 1: 1100 Board: [ 8d Qc 9d Qd Tc ]
lastdeu balance 1025, didn't bet (folded)
sonoran balance 660, lost 100 (folded)
moneymate balance 0, lost 1730 [ As Qs ] [ three of a kind, queens -- As,Qs,Qc,Qd,Tc ]
mjyoung321 balance 4660, bet 2830, collected 4660, net +1830 [ Jd Kh ] [ a straight, nine to king -- Kh,Qc,Jd,Tc,9d ]
ralpal6 balance 1655, didn't bet (folded)

Very bad play by moneymate from preflop to river. Very bad!

Online Series of Poker

Thousands of online poker tournaments are played across hundreds of online poker rooms everyday. However, this is the first time in history that the world’s largest and most respected online poker rooms have come together in one place to crown a champion. The Online Series of Poker is proud to play host to the world’s first online poker tournament series.

Over the next few months thousands of online poker players will compete at Party Poker, Ultimate Bet, Poker Room, Absolute Poker, and Golden Palace Poker, but only 10 will make the all expense paid journey to Atlantic City to compete for the right to be called the Online Series of Poker Champion!

The winner of each Online Series of Poker tournament gets an all expenses paid trip to Atlantic City for a weekend of poker fun in addition to the tournament prize money. Included in the package is airfare, Trump Taj Mahal accomodations, meal vouchers, and an entry into the Online Series of Poker $100,000 Championship.

While the Online Series of Poker champion will walk away with $30,000, everyone is a winner since even 10th place walks away with a cool $5,000!

Jokers Corner II

A blonde in Las Vegas

In Vegas, a blonde walks up to a Coke machine and puts in a coin. Out pops a coke. The blonde looks amazed and runs away to get some more coins. She returns and starts feeding the machine madly, and of course the machine keeps popping out the drinks. Another person walks up behind the blonde and watches her antics for a few minutes before stopping her and asking if someone else could have a go. The blonde spins around and shouts in her face: "Can't you see I'm winning?"

PartyGaming IPO Boosting Other Poker Companies

PartyGaming may have grabbed the headlines with the announcement last week of its impending IPO, but that doesn’t mean other poker-related companies are complaining. Shares of poker software maker, CryptoLogic, hit a five-year high Tuesday, after an analyst predicted PartyGaming’s IPO would help other poker firms.

In a note to clients, Paradigm Capital stated, “We believe a successful flotation of PartyGaming could help raise investor awareness of all online gambling related companies, including CryptoLogic.”

CryptoLogic shares (CRYP) rose to $36.81 on Nasdaq before actually closing down $1.37. The shares saw a similar rise and fall on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

No Limit $10 ~ a scary hand pays off

Game #8286xxxxx- (blinds $0.05/$0.10) No Limit Texas Hold'em -
Table "Kaukura" (real money) -- Seat 10 is the button
Seat 1: DW2005 ($9.65 in chips)
Seat 2: kitkanplay ($4.00 in chips)
Seat 3: Gold3nNugget ($16.45 in chips)
Seat 4: MODD-RED ($18.75 in chips)
Seat 5: rjryv ($11.10 in chips)
Seat 6: moneymate ($12.90 in chips)
Seat 7: four-legs ($16.58 in chips)
Seat 8: spider10 ($8.30 in chips)
Seat 9: macattack43 ($16.22 in chips)
Seat 10: glazzy ($8.95 in chips)
DW2005 : Post Small Blind ($0.05)
kitkanplay: Post Big Blind ($0.10)
Dealing...
Dealt to moneymate [ Ks ]
Dealt to moneymate [ Ts ]
Gold3nNugget: Call ($0.10)
MODD-RED: Call ($0.10)
rjryv : Fold
moneymate : Raise ($0.25)
four-legs: Fold
spider10: Call ($0.25)
macattack43: Call ($0.25)
glazzy : Fold
DW2005 : Fold
kitkanplay: Fold
Gold3nNugget: Call ($0.15)
MODD-RED: Call ($0.15)
*** FLOP *** : [ Kc Tc 2c ]
Gold3nNugget: Check
MODD-RED: Check
moneymate : Bet ($1.50)
spider10: Call ($1.50)
macattack43: Fold
Gold3nNugget: Call ($1.50)
MODD-RED: Fold
*** TURN *** : [ Kc Tc 2c ] [ Ah ]
Gold3nNugget: Bet ($1.10)
moneymate: Call ($1.10)
spider10: Raise ($6.55)
Gold3nNugget: Call ($5.45)
moneymate : Raise All-in ($10.05)
Gold3nNugget: Call ($4.60)
*** RIVER *** : [ Kc Tc 2c Ah ] [ 3h ]
*** SUMMARY ***
Pot: $23.85 Side pot 1: $9.20 Rake: $1.70
Board: [ Kc Tc 2c Ah 3h ]
DW2005 lost $0.05 (folded)
kitkanplay lost $0.10 (folded)
Gold3nNugget lost $12.90 (showed hand) [ Ac 8s ] (a pair of aces)
MODD-RED lost $0.25 (folded)
rjryv didn't bet (folded)
moneymate bet $12.90, collected $33.05, net +$20.15 (showed hand) [ Ks Ts ] (twopair, kings and tens)
four-legs didn't bet (folded)
spider10 lost $8.30 (showed hand) [ 6d Qc ] (high card ace)
macattack43 lost $0.25 (folded)
glazzy didn't bet (folded)