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November kicked off with quite a bit of excitement in the form of an online poker bang. A few hours after the New York Yankees locked up Game 4 of the World Series, Sam “siola” Iola locked up the biggest payday of the Sunday Majors, collecting $186,860.54 for his win in the PokerStars Sunday Million. The final table combatants struck a deal with six players remaining, locking up at least $100k for four of them.
I have a funny feeling this entire month will be one big online poker bonanza.
Tom Dwan is well-respected among the poker community, particularly online casino poker players, for his prodigious skills at the game as well as his lavish lifestyle and unthinkable riches in his early twenties.
Poker legend Phil Ivey, often considered the best player of all time, has stated that Dwan (who plays as ‘durrrr’ on Full Tilt Poker) is one player likely to succeed him. Now Dwan is apparently sharing those sentiments as he has issued a challenge to all comers.
“I’m making this heads-up challenge to the world. Anyone can accept. Four tables, minimum of $200/$400, and I’ll put up $1.5 million to their $500,000,” the young poker expert said in an interview with Bluff magazine. “We play 50,000 hands minimum and if they end up a dollar after rake they keep the side money or whatever. So basically, if you and I played and you won a dollar, you would get my $1.5 million and if I won a dollar I would win your $500,000.”
It’s unlikely that the average OCN reader will have the bankroll to take up Dwan on his challenge but a wealth of contenders have been suggested, the most popular choice seeming to be Patrik Antonius. I would love to challenge this guy, he is pretty good but also very cocky!
Cool Hand Poker is a newly-established online poker room, launched about a month ago by Belle Rock Entertainment and powered by Microgaming. As well as welcome bonuses, Cool Hand Poker is using a leader board campaign to attract new players to the site. The welcome bonus, however, is not to be sniffed at – 100% up to $350. Still not better than a couple of established rooms, so we will have to see if they can gain the liquidity needed.
The leader boards are well worth your time, though, as they can earn you far more than $350. In most Leader Board races, it is only the top point collectors who receive perks and prizes from their efforts. At Cool Hand Poker, virtually anyone can win big. Those who don’t have the time to play 100,000 hands a week to make the top spots usually suffer in these competitions but Cool Hand Poker offers $25 to anyone who can make a significant jump in points. There are also weekly and monthly Leader Board competitions. The top weekly leader board competitors can win one of 16 MP3 players, while the top 100 in the monthly leader boards earn a piece of $5,000. MP3 players are so 5 years ago as prizes.
The world’s largest online poker room has been busted by the Advertising Standards Authority out of Great Britain. PokerStars.com has been criticized by the advertising watchdog for implying that gambling could make a person more confident and courageous, according to the Guardian newspaper.
A PokerStars.com poster campaign ran with the headline “play mind games” and featured world poker champion Daniel Negreanu holding an ice hockey stick with the line “Poker is a sport of courage, conviction and confidence”.
Under the advertising code, ads are not allowed to link gambling with sexual success, an improved self-image or appeal to children or young people.
In the past a number of online gambling firms have been cited by the ATS for failing to comply with its strict advertising standards. I agree that all gambling companies should adhere to tight advertising laws so as not to further incidents of addiction.
I was playing a $7.25 NL HE tourney and I had the biggest, fattest, dumbest donkey I have ever seen at my table. I wish I remembered his screen name, I think I did make notes on him so if we get sat at the same table I will just go AFK till he is out or one of us is moved. He went all-in on almost every hand….and just kept re-buying. He must have re-bought around 15 times just at my table.
Finally I was moved but not before I lost a huge all-in pot to him. I had A Q suited and he went all-in pre-flop and had 7 5 offsuite. Can you believe that??? This guy was just really stupid, and of course he won that hand when the river came a 5 and I did not match up with anything. It was very frustrating and the guy just kept going bust and reloading.