I just wanted to give a quick heads up to any fellow poker students out there. A good friend of mine has been helping me out since day one and he’s organized some of his lessons and knowledge of the game into one tidy place for easy access. The Assistanc3Online Poker School is a great source for anyone working on their game; and we know we all are. From the basics of hand rankings and position, to more advanced lessons on topics such as controlling pot odds and the always fun and entertaining poker math, the A3 has what you’re looking for. Give it a look and let me know what you think.
Get ready for the greatest event held for online poker players. Holdem Poker Chat will host 24 tournaments in 24 hours, a.k.a. 24 Hours of Tilt, starting on November 22nd at 12:01pm and finishing November 23rd at 11:01am (all times Eastern). Participating in every event will earn you an Iron Man title on the forum along with the respect and admiration of other members. Players will be scored based on their finishing position in every event, and the leader board will have a total of $750 in cash and other prizes.
The tournaments during the marathon will be at many different poker sites, including Poker Stars, Full Tilt Poker, Absolute Poker, BetUS Poker, Carbon Poker, Reefer Poker, and Cake Poker. The third event of the marathon at 2:05 pm will be a special Bad Beat on Cancer tournament on Full Tilt Poker with a $5+$5 buy with $250 added, which will be scored as a $10 game. The $5 entry fee will be donated for Cancer research. Full Tilt Poker Pro Rafe Furst will be playing in this event and we hope more pros will join in as well.
Passwords will be posted approximately 15 minutes prior to each event using the poker league software. Please refer to the tutorial if you are a new member. In the case of a server crash, check for the passwords on MuckNuts. Be sure to get in on over $3500 in prize pools and leader board prizes during the best event held for online poker players.
On November 22nd at 2:05pm ET, Full Tilt Poker along with HoldemPokerChat will be running a charity tournament for the Bad Beat on Cancer Organization.
Cost for the tournament is $5 for the prize pool, plus an additional $5 for the charity. We have also added $150 to the prizepool. Full TIlt Poker pro Rafe Furst will be playing the tournament, and we hope many more of the Full Tilt pros will also be in attendance.
Details for the tournament are as follows:
November 22nd, 2:01pm ET
Full Tilt Poker
Private tournament tab: Bad Beat on Cancer
Password: charity
$5 plus $5 with $150 added to the prizepool
Tournament #64689765
(Under the Private Tournaments tab)
Even if you can’t make it, please consider registering anyway since all proceeds will go to the Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation. I hope to see you all there.
About the Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation:
The Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation was started in 1985 when Founder and President Carolyn Aldige first understood the power of prevention to defeat cancer — and recognized that too few of the country’s resources were used to promote cancer prevention research or education. Today, it is one of the nation’s leading health organizations and has catapulted cancer prevention to prominence. Since its inception the Foundation has provided more than $74 million in support of cancer prevention and early detection research and education programs. CRPF peer-reviewed grants have been awarded to more than 250 scientists from more than 150 of the leading academic medical centers nationwide. This research has been pivotal in developing a body of knowledge that is the basis for important cancer prevention and early detection strategies.
About Bad Beat on Cancer:
Bad Beat on Cancer was started a few years ago by Rafe Furst and Phil Gordon to help fund cancer research and prevention – by playing poker. They ask professionals and amateurs alike to donate 1% of whatever they win at the WSOP. They’ve been extraordinarily successful over the last few years, raising over $1 million for a very worthy cause. It’s a very fiscally responsible organization, nearly 86 cents from every dollar goes to the cancer research programs that they’re funding. It’s a great organization and they have most of the world’s greatest players signed up.
I just created and uploaded a PokerNews RSS feed widget for the Darn River blog. I think the two go hand in hand and the updates from PokerNews will only add to the blog.
Have a look and let me know what you think.
John Juanda was finally triumphant over Stanislav Alekhin in a WSOPE final table that lasted a record setting twenty-two hours. On the final four-hundred and eighty-fourth hand, Alekhin pushed all-in before the flop with an unsuited A-9 and was called by Juanda holding the K-6 of spades. The flop came 6-6-2 with Juanda flopping an almost perfect set. The turn brought a Q which left Alekhin drawing dead. And to cap an already mind boggling final table, the remaining 6 fell on the river giving Juanda quads and earning him his fourth WSOP bracelet.
Congratulations to both players.
My head’s just KILLING me this morning so this won’t be a long winded attempt at editorializing, but here it goes. The WSOPE’s final table is set up to be a great game all around. You have names like Juanda, Negreanu, Fischman, along with a member of the “November Nine”, the delayed final table of the WSOP. Negreanu, who missed out on making to the final table of this year’s WSOP should be looking for redemption as well as solidifying his name as one of the greatest poker players ever. Will this be his event?. Only time will tell as the battle gets underway over in Europe.
Here’s how the final table looks…
Seat 1: Robin Keston 849,000
Seat 2: Daniel Negreanu 1,002,000
Seat 3: Chris Elliott 281,000
Seat 4: Bengt Sonnert 385,000
Seat 5: John Juanda 1,349,000
Seat 6: Ivan Demidov 1,006,000
Seat 7: Toni Hiltunen 386,000
Seat 8: Scott Fischman 732,000
Seat 9: Stanislav Alekhin 1,278,000
Welcome to Darn River: A Poker Player’s Blog. I’m keeping this entry short, but I wanted to introduce you all to my new blog. If you’re curious as to why the introductory post is coming after a few others, it’s because I was fortunate enough to be able to transfer my blog over to an actual domain, hence the fresh start. I’m really looking forward to running with this and I hope to hear back from all of you out there checking it out.