Bay 101 Shooting Star Tournament

March 8th, 2010 by PokaPaloma

Watching live streaming of the Bay 101 10K Main Event. Today (Monday Mar. 8th) is the first day. Tuesday is day 1B. Runs Wed – Fri. Final table Fri. at 4PM pacific time.

Bounties and end-of-day highest stack pay outs.

2010 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Champion

March 8th, 2010 by PokaPaloma

Annie Duke wins the 2010 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Champion in a best of 3 against Erik Seidel. Duke won the first and the last matches. Duke wins $500,000 and Seidel wins $250.000.

How’d they get to the finals? 

Clubs/Spades Bracket

Erik Seidel beat Peter Eastgate
Scotty Nguyen beat Jason Mercier

Hearts/Diamonds Bracket

Dennis Phillips beat Doyle Brunson
Annie Duke beat Jerry Yang

Semifinals

Erik Seidel beat Scotty Nguyen
Annike Duke beat Dennis Phillips

LA Poker Classic Online

February 27th, 2010 by PokaPaloma

Watching the LA Poker Classic being streamed. http://www.ustream.tv/channel/la-poker-classic-2010.  Featured table has Daniel Negreanu.  Not the best video, but, better than than not seeing it.

Winding up for today, but, expect that they will run Noon – 8:30 again tomorrow.

Poker Pros Playing at Ultimate Bet

February 10th, 2010 by PokaPaloma

Looking to face off against your favorite poker pro?  Think they play at Ultimate Bet?  Here’s a list of the Ultimate Bet Team.

  1. Eric Baldwin – “ERIC_BALDWIN“ on Ultimate Bet
  2. Michael Binger – “MICHAELBINGER“ on Ultimate Bet
  3. Liv Boeree -
  4. Brandon Cantu – “BRANDONCANTU“ on Ultimate Bet
  5. Gary Debernardi - “DEBO34“ on Ultimate Bet
  6. Bryan Devonshire – “BRYAN_DEVO” on Ultimate Bet
  7. Annie Duke – “AnnieDuke” on Ultimate Bet
  8. Matt Graham – “MattGraham” and “mattg1983” on Ultimate Bet
  9. Phil Hellmuth – “PHILHELLMUTH” on Ultimate Bet
  10. Scott Ian -
  11. Billy Kopp – “Ace10Clubz” on Ultimate Bet
  12. Mark Kroon – “P0ker H0” on Ultimate Bet
  13. Adam Levy – “Roothlus” on Ultimate Bet
  14. Tiffany Michelle – “TIFFANY M” on Ultimate Bet
  15. Shawn Rice – “Shawn Rice” on Ultimate Bet
  16. Joe Sebok -
  17. Dave Stann (Hollywood Dave) – “HollywoodDave“ on Ultimate Bet

 

Bernard Lee Named Foxwoods Spokesperson

February 9th, 2010 by PokaPaloma

Congrats to neighbor and poker pro, Bernard Lee of Wayland, Massachusetts who was named official spokesperson for Foxwoods Resort Casino today!

Bernard Lee will wear the Foxwoods logo at all official poker events and his radio show, The Bernard Lee Poker Show, which has been running since 2007 will now  be “Presented by Foxwoods Resort Casino”.  Mr. Lee’s radio show is aired on 1120am in the Boston area and at 7:00 pm on Tuesdays at www.roundersradio.com.

Lee and Foxwoods have history. Bernard started playing at Foxwoods way back in 1992 when it first opened. He played in his first poker tournament at Foxwoods, and during 2006 – 2008 won 3 tournament titles there.

From the press release…

A Wayland, Massachusetts resident, Lee has won more than $1.35 million and three titles on the tournament
circuit since becoming a professional poker player three years ago. The Harvard University and Babson College graduate worked as a senior marketing/new business development manager at a Fortune 500 company before finishing 13th — New England’s top finisher — in the 2005 World Series of Poker (WSOP).

Bernard Lee is co-host of ESPN.com’s weekly online poker show, “ESPN Inside Deal,” and is a poker columnist for the Boston Herald, ESPN.com, PokerNewsDaily.com, and other media outlets. He has released two books, The Final Table, Volume I and Volume II, which are compilations of his Sunday Herald poker columns. He is also an instructor for the WSOP Academy and a poker commentator for the WSOP and New England’s Eastern Poker Tour.

Foxwoods is the first major casino to sponsor a poker pro. More about Foxwoods Resort Casino

More about Bernard Lee

Aloha from Maui

January 31st, 2010 by PokaPaloma

If you’ve been following me on Twitter, you already know that this past week I have been traveling Hawaii. Only one more week to go!

So far, I have been to Oahu, Lanai, and Maui. Hawaii is as beautiful as I had heard (my first time here) and I have enjoyed each island. Next island is the Big Island. Flying home on Thursday.

When you are visiting Hawaii, you MUST:

  1. Stay in ocean front room at the Royal Hawaiin in Waikiki
  2. Eat at Alan Wong’s on South King Street in Honolulu (Call weeks ahead for a reservation)

    “My friends thought I was nuts opening a restaurant in Hawaii on the 3rd floor of an office building with no parking and no ocean view.” (AW) Yet nearly 15 years later, the unique location of Alan Wong’s Restaurant Honolulu continues to be the heart of where it all started and where it all happens.

    Google Map to Alan Wong’s in Honolulu

  3. Stay at Four Seasons Manele Bay, Lana’i City, for 3+ nights. Watch dolphins and whales playing right in front of your ocean front room. Take the shuttle to the Four Seasons Lodge to do non-water sports activities like skeet shooting and horseback riding.
    Google Map to Four Seasons Manele Bay

Ooops, time to go… I’ll continue later. Aloha…

Poker Pros Playing at Full Tilt Poker

January 8th, 2010 by PokaPaloma

Looking to face off against your favorite poker pro online? Here’s a list of the poker pros playing at Full Tilt Poker.

The Pros’ names (on the left) link to their bio pages on Full Tilt Poker. Their screen names are listed on the right. I will continue to research those that are missing.

  1. Brandon Adams – “Brandon Adams” on Full Tilt Poker
  2. James Akenhead – “James Akenhead” on Full Tilt Poker
  3. Patrik Antonius – “Patrik Antonius” on Full Tilt Poker
  4. Billy Argyros -
  5. Josh Arieh – “Josh Arieh” on Full Tilt Poker
  6. Richard Ashby -
  7. Amanda Baker – “Mandy B” on Full Tilt Poker
  8. Praz Bansi -
  9. Joao Barbosa – “Joao Barbosa” on Full Tilt Poker
  10. Aaron Bartley – “Aaron Bartley” on Full Tilt Poker
  11. Steven Begleiter -
  12. David Benyamine -
  13. Thomas Bihl – “Thomas Bihl” on Full Tilt Poker
  14. Sascha Biorac -
  15. Andy Black – “Andrew Black” on Full Tilt Poker
  16. Andy Bloch – “Andy Bloch” on Full Tilt Poker
  17. Farzad Bonyadi -
  18. Brad Booth – “Brad Booth” on Full Tilt Poker
  19. Alan Boston – “Alan Boston” on Full Tilt Poker
  20. David Bradley -
  21. Steve Brecher – “Steve Brecher” on Full Tilt Poker
  22. Richard Brodie – “Quiet Lion” on Full Tilt Poker
  23. Erik Cajelais -
  24. John Cernuto -
  25. Lynette Chan – “Lynette Chan” on Full Tilt Poker
  26. David Chiu – “David Chiu” on Full Tilt Poker
  27. Scott Clements – “Scott Clements” on Full Tilt Poker
  28. Artie Cobb – “Artie Cobb” on Full Tilt Poker
  29. David Colclough – “Dave Colclough” on Full Tilt Poker
  30. Diego Cordovez – “Diego Codovez” on Full Tilt Poker
  31. Allen Cunningham – “AllenCunningham” on Full Tilt Poker (no space btwn. names)
  32. John D’Agostino – “John DAgostino” on Full Tilt Poker
  33. Roland de Wolfe – “Roland de Wolfe” on Full Tilt Poker
  34. Ryan Dreyer -
  35. Tom Dwan – “durrrr” on Full Tilt Poker
  36. Bill Edler – “Bill Edler” on Full Tilt Poker
  37. Trond Eidsvig -
  38. Eli Elezra -
  39. Nikolay Evdakov -
  40. Andrew Feldman – “Andrew Feldman” on Full Tilt Poker
  41. Peter Feldman – “Nordberg” on Full Tilt Poker
  42. Chris Ferguson – “Chris Ferguson” on Full Tilt Poker
  43. Scott Fischman – “Scott Fischman” on Full Tilt Poker
  44. Perry Friedman – “Perry Friedman” on Full Tilt Poker
  45. Eric Froehlich – “Eric Froehlich” on Full Tilt Poker
  46. Rafe Furst – “Rafe Furst” on Full Tilt Poker
  47. Julian Gardner -
  48. Bill Gazes – “Bill Gazes” on Full Tilt Poker
  49. Kristy Gazes – “Kristy Gazes” on Full Tilt Poker
  50. Markus Golser – “Markus Golser” on Full Tilt Poker
  51. Phil Gordon – “Phil Gordon” on Full Tilt Poker
  52. Michael Gracz -
  53. David Grey – “David Grey” on Full Tilt Poker
  54. Jared Hamby – “TheWacoKidd” on Full Tilt Poker
  55. Gus Hansen – “Gus Hansen” on Full Tilt Poker
  56. Jennifer Harman – “Jennifer Harman” on Full Tilt Poker
  57. Matt Hawrilenko – “Matt Hawrilenko” on Full Tilt Poker
  58. Rob Hollink – “rob hollink” on Full Tilt Poker (all small letters)
  59. Soraya Homam – “Soraya Homam” on Full Tilt Poker
  60. Alessio Isaia -
  61. Phil Ivey – “Phil Ivey” on Full Tilt Poker
  62. Niki Jedlicka – “Niki Jedlicka” on Full Tilt Poker
  63. Chip Jett – “Chip Jett” on Full Tilt Poker
  64. Karina Jett – “Karina Jett” on Full Tilt Poker
  65. Berry Johnston -
  66. John Juanda – “John Juanda” on Full Tilt Poker
  67. Kelly Kim -
  68. Martin Kläser – “Martin Klaeser” on Full Tilt Poker
  69. Christiane Klecz – “Chris Klecz” on Full Tilt Poker
  70. Erich Kollman – “Erich Kollman” on Full Tilt Poker
  71. Søren Kongsgaard – “SorenKongsgaard” on Full Tilt Poker
  72. Christian Kruel – “Christian Kruel” on Full Tilt Poker
  73. Howard Lederer – “Howard Lederer” on Full Tilt Poker
  74. Markus Lehman -
  75. Alfredo Leonidas -
  76. Marco Liesy – “Marco Liesy” on Full Tilt Poker
  77. Erick Lindgren – “Erick Lindgren” on Full Tilt Poker
  78. Hal Lubarsky -
  79. Vitaly Lunkin – “Vitaly Lunkin” on Full Tilt Poker
  80. Jeff Madsen – “Jeff Madsen” on Full Tilt Poker
  81. Lee Markholt -
  82. Craig Marquis – “Craig Marquis” on Full Tilt Poker
  83. Greg Mascio -
  84. Mike Matusow – “Mike Matusow” on Full Tilt Poker
  85. Danielle Mazzia – “Danielle Mazzia” on Full Tilt Poker
  86. Dag Mikkelsen – “dmmikkel” on Full Tilt Poker
  87. Scott Montgomery – “ScottMontgomery” on Full Tilt Poker
  88. Jordan Morgan – “Jordan Morgan” on Full Tilt Poker
  89. Greg Mueller – “GregFBTMueller” on Full Tilt Poker
  90. Adam Noone – “Adam Noone” on Full Tilt Poker
  91. Raul Oliveira -
  92. David Oppenheim – “David Oppenheim” on Full Tilt Poker
  93. Raul Paez -
  94. Stuart Paterson – “Stuart Paterson” on Full Tilt Poker
  95. David Pham – “David Pham” on Full Tilt Poker
  96. John Phan -
  97. Leandro Pimentel -
  98. Vivek Rajkumar -
  99. Stefan Rapp -
  100. Claudio Rinaldi – “Claudio Rinaldi” on Full Tilt Poker
  101. Ben Roberts – “Ben Roberts” on Full Tilt Poker
  102. Roberto Romanello – “R Romanello” on Full Tilt Poker
  103. Esther Rossi – “Esther Rossi” on Full Tilt Poker
  104. Damian Salas -
  105. Ali Sarkeshik -
  106. Eddy Scharf – “Eddy Scharf” on Full Tilt Poker
  107. Erica Schoenberg – “EricaSchoenberg” on Full Tilt Poker
  108. Adam Schoenfeld – “Adam Schoenfeld” on Full Tilt Poker
  109. Nick Schulman – “Nick Schulman” on Full Tilt Poker
  110. Alexander Schwab -
  111. Huckleberry Seed – “HuckleberrySeed” on Full Tilt Poker
  112. Erik Seidel – “Erik Seidel” on Full Tilt Poker
  113. Keith Sexton – “Keith Sexton” on Full Tilt Poker
  114. Matt Sexton -
  115. Paul Sexton – “Paul Sexton” on Full Tilt Poker
  116. Beth Shak -
  117. Bruno Stefanelli – “BrunoStefanelli” on Full Tilt Poker
  118. Johan Storakers – “Johan Storakers” on Full Tilt Poker
  119. David Singer – “David Singer” on Full Tilt Poker
  120. Gavin Smith – “Gavin Smith” on Full Tilt Poker
  121. Justin Smith -
  122. Roland Specht -
  123. Sigi Stockinger – “Sigi Stockinger” on Full Tilt Poker
  124. Frank Thompson -
  125. Kenny Tran -
  126. Marco Traniello – “Marco Traniello” on Full Tilt Poker
  127. Michael Tureniec – “MichaelTureniec” on Full Tilt Poker
  128. Jon Turner – “PearlJammed” on Full Tilt Poker
  129. Jose Luis Velador -
  130. Jani Vilmunen -
  131. Cyndy Violette -
  132. Jens Voertmann -
  133. Hans Martin Vogl – “Hans Vogl” on Full Tilt Poker
  134. Mark Vos – “Mark Vos” on Full Tilt Poker
  135. Lee Watkinson – “Lee Watkinson” on Full Tilt Poker
  136. Robert Williamson III – “R WilliamsonIII” on Full Tilt Poker
  137. Roy Winston – “Roy Winston” on Full Tilt Poker
  138. Paul Wolfe – “Paul Wolfe” on Full Tilt Poker
  139. Christoph Wolters -
  140. Steve Wong – “Steve Wong” on Full Tilt Poker
  141. Steve Yea -
  142. Steve Zolotow – “Steve Zolotow” on Full Tilt Poker

 

Poker Pros Playing at PokerStars

January 5th, 2010 by PokaPaloma

You’re jazzed about poker and you want to know where you can face off against your favorite poker pro online…I know the feeling. Here’s a list of poker pros who play at PokerStars and their screen names.

Remember that PokerStars Find a Player… is case sensitive! PokerStars Find a Team PokerStars Player displays a drop-down list. You can see who is online and select from the list.

  1. Jude Ainsworth – “j.thaddeus” on PokerStars
  2. Andre Akkari – “AAkkari” on PokerStars
  3. Anton Allemann – “A.Allemann” on PokerStars
  4. Juan Carlos Alvarado – “JC Alvarado” on PokerStars (space before last name)
  5. Eric Assadourian – “assadourian” on PokerStars
  6. Jose Ignacio Barbero – “nachobarbero” on PokerStars
  7. Noah Boeken – “Exclusive” on PokerStars
  8. Humberto Brenes – “HumbertoB” on PokerStars
  9. Chad Brown – “ChadBrownPRO” on PokerStars
  10. Joe Cada – “jcada99” on PokerStars
  11. Nuno Coelho – “nuno coelho” on PokerStars (space before last name)
  12. Victoria Coren – “Vicky Coren” on PokerStars (space before last name)
  13. Veronica Dabul – “princesa” on PokerStars
  14. Ivan Demidov – “Ivan Demidov” on PokerStars (space before last name)
  15. John Duthie – “JohnDuthie” on PokerStars
  16. Peter Eastgate – “PeteEastgate” on PokerStars
  17. Pier Paolo Fabretti – “P.Fabretti” on PokerStars
  18. Nicola Fedeli – “N.Fedeli” on PokerStars
  19. Leo Fernandez – “LeoFernandez” on PokerStars
  20. Alexandre Gomes – “Allingomes” on PokerStars
  21. Barry Greenstein – “barryg1” on PokerStars
  22. Gavin Griffin – “GavinGriffin” on PokerStars
  23. Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier – “ElkY” on PokerStars
  24. Angel Guillén – “angelguillen” on PokerStars
  25. Joe Hachem – “JoeHachem” on PokerStars
  26. Tony Hachem – “tony hachem” on PokerStars (space before last name)
  27. Marcin Horecki – “Goral” on PokerStars
  28. Elena Ichim – “E.Ichim” on PokerStars
  29. JP Kelly – “jp Kelly” on PokerStars (space before last name)
  30. Hevad Khan – “RaiNKhaN” on PokerStars
  31. Pieter De Korver – “PeteDeKorver” on PokerStars
  32. Alexander Kravchenko – “Kravchenko” on PokerStars
  33. Grant Levy – “Grant Levy” on PokerStars (space before last name)
  34. Johnny Lodden – “johnnylodden” on PokerStars
  35. Marcel Luske – “Marcel Luske” on PokerStars (space before last name)
  36. Juan Macieras – “juanmaceiras” on PokerStars
  37. Rino Mathis – “Rino Mathis” on PokerStars (space before last name)
  38. Arnaud Mattern – “FrenchKiss” on PokerStars
  39. Maridu Mayrinck – “Maridu” on PokerStars
  40. Tom McEvoy – “TomMcEvoy” on PokerStars
  41. Luis Medina – “luismedina” on PokerStars
  42. Jason Mercier – “JasonMercier” on PokerStars
  43. Dario Minieri – “Dariominieri” on PokerStars
  44. Chris Moneymaker – “Money800” on PokerStars
  45. Daniel Negreanu – “KidPoker” on PokerStars
  46. Lee Nelson – “LeeNelsonP*” on PokerStars
  47. Luca Pagano – “LucaPagano” on PokerStars
  48. Juan Manuel Pastor – “Juan Manuel” on PokerStars
  49. Steve Paul-Ambrose – “Stevejpa” on PokerStars
  50. Dennis Phillips – “D. Phillips” on PokerStars (space before last name)
  51. Henrique Pinho – “Henrique.P” on PokerStars
  52. Victor Ramdin – “VictorRamdin” on PokerStars
  53. Greg Raymer – “fossilMan” on PokerStars
  54. Vanessa Rousso – “LadyMaverick” on PokerStars
  55. Simone Ruggeri – “S.Ruggeri” on PokerStars
  56. Gualter Salles – “stockcar99” on PokerStars
  57. Johannes Steindl – “J. Steindl” on PokerStars (space before last name)
  58. Emad Tahtouh – “Emad Tahtouh” on PokerStars (space before last name)
  59. William Thorson – “William” on PokerStars
  60. Joep van den Bijgaart – “Pappe_ruk” on PokerStars
  61. Lex Veldhuis – “Raszi” on PokerStars
  62. Ruben Visser – “rubenrtv” on PokerStars
  63. Vlad Zguba – “Vlad Zguba” on PokerStars (space before last name)

 

Phil Ivey Divorced

December 29th, 2009 by PokaPaloma

Sad news to report today… Phil Ivey and his wife Luciaetta were granted a divorce today, Tuesday, December 29. The two filed a joint petition in a Nevada court three days before Christmas.  They were high school sweethearts and married since 2002.

Best of luck to Phil and Luciaetta as they start the New Year on their new journeys.

Hold em for Heroes Website Blooper

December 27th, 2009 by PokaPaloma

As usual, I have been spending the morning reading up on the poker news and events. I came across a new organization that I had not heard of before (Taser Foundation’s) Hold’em for Heroes. It is a non-profit that provides for families of our fallen law enforcement officers.

While perusing the website, I came across a list of celebrities and poker pros who where scheduled to play in their latest charity event – and – found this blooper.

This is former Dallas Cowboy, Dale Hellestrae


This is former Dallas Cowboy Dale Hellestrae

 

Thanks to the Taser Foundation for providing a chuckle. (I get fatigued going through the poker blogs… and this made me crack a big smile. :-) )

Learn more about Dale Hellestrae

Learn more about the Taser Foundation and Hold’em for Heroes

 

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