WSOP 2008 Winner
November 12, 2008
Nearly four months after the start of the WSOP the final table was finally played out. 9 players battled it out across the felt contesting a first prize worth over $9,000,000. After hours of play the action was heads up, Peter Eastgate Vs Ivan Demidov. Eastgate is only 22 years of age although don’t think be fooled in to thinking he is inexperienced as he his far from that although even he will admit he was out experienced by his Russian opponent, Demidov. Ivan Demidov is the only player to make the final table of both the WSOP and the WSOPE (and he did this in the same year!).
Peter Eastgate entered the heads up match with a small chip lead of $79.5 million to Demidov’s $57.725 million. After a lengthy heads up battle Peter Eastgate becomes the youngest wsop main event winner ever, beating Helmuth’s record.
WSOP 2008 Final 9
1. Peter Eastgate - $9,152,416
2. Ivan Demidov - $5,809,595
3. Dennis Phillips - $4,517,773
4. Ylon Schwartz - $3,774,974
5. Scott Montgomery - $3,096,768
6. Darus Suharto - $2,418,562
7. David Rheem - $1,772,650
8. Kelly Kim - $1,288,217
9. Craig Marquis - $900,670
EPT Hungary Results
November 5, 2008
UK poker player, Will Fry, won the PokerStars EPT event in Budapest. When his pocket Jack’s beat his Romanian opponent,Ciprian Hrisca’s, Ace-6 he was the proud winner of the event. Fry added
“They were the first good cards I’d had in ages. Up until then I’d been re-raising with rubbish but if I get good cards, I can be pretty dangerous.”
The 28 year old poker pro from Nottingham, beat of 531 other entrants to take the title, and with that won himself a €595,839 pay day. Fry has been playing poker since he was 5 years old, and for since he was 23 he has played poker professionally in online cash games.
EPT Hungary Top 8 Finishers
| 1 | Will Fry | UK | PokerStars player | 595,839 |
| 2 | Ciprian Hrisca | Romania | 342,608 | |
| 3 | Martin Jacobson | Sweden | PokerStars qualifier | 197,904 |
| 4 | Albert Iverson | Denmark | 153,216 | |
| 5 | Marino Serenelli | Italy | 127,680 | |
| 6 | Gino Alacqua | Italy | 100,016 | |
| 7 | Zoltan Toth | Hungary | PokerStars sponsored player | 78,736 |
| 8 | Johnny Lodden | Norway | PokerStars sponsored player | 53,200 |
If your looking to qualify for any Live Poker Tournaments check out our Poker Tournament page. Which is packed with tournament advice and other poker tournament information.
Find out more about the EPT (European Poker Tour) here.
Betfair Poker $10 Max Fee For All Tournaments
November 3, 2008
Betfair has continued their recent SNG $10 Max Fee promotion. And have now added Multi Table Tournaments to this promotion!
Starting 1st November through till the 31st December all tournaments will have a maximum entry fee of $10 regardless of the buy in!
This means you’ll get TONS more value from entering the larger poker tournaments, and you could save yourself $1000’s in tournament fees!
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Poker Rankings Tournament Guides
October 25, 2008
This is just a short post keeping all of your readers up to date with the latest poker rankings updates. We are currently working on producing the most comprehensive online poker tournament guide avaiable, to check this out view the poker tournament page or read our page on poker tournament rankings.
Anybody who has visited the poker tournament page before will notice we have added more articles on a variety of subjects including; the EPT, the Aussie Million and the WPT we are working on many more specific online and offline tournament guides.
Bookmark PokerRankings.Co.Uk soon to be the most comprehensive poker tournament guide on the web!
PokerStars.It To Launch
October 20, 2008
PokerStars recently had their application to launch a Italian poker site granted, by the AAMS (Amministrazione Autonoma dei Monopoli di Stato). The passing of the license means that Italians will be able to compete for real money in the PokerStars.It software, and play in exclusive Italian only poker tournaments ranging from 0.50 Euro’s up and through to 100 Euro’s.
“Players on PokerStars.it will have the opportunity to win their entry into famous international poker events – like the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour and the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. These competitions require players to have the right mix of skill, training, concentration and luck” - PokerStars Pro Dario Minieri.
Online poker in Italy has been growing rapidly recently, with the success of several Italian poker professionals. The market is set to be worth an estimated 400 million euro’s. Estimates show within a year 500,000 accounts will be created!
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PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Satellites
October 15, 2008
PokerStars are running online satellites for the prestigious “PokerStars Caribbean Adventure” event which is set to take place at the Atlantis Resort and Casino, located in the beautiful surroundings of the Bahamas.
The 2009 event takes place between Januray 5th and January 10th, and is set to be bigger then ever!
The event is part of the EPT (European Poker Tour) which means it’s bound to attract 1000’s of entrants. Last years Caribbean Adventure saw over 1,100 entrants do battle for a prizepool worth over $8,000,000.
Last years “PCA” winner, Bertrand ‘ElkY’ Grospellier, won over $2,000,000!
PokerStars has hundreds of daily satellites being run, which includes “step” tournaments and many more smaller tournament to give everyone a chance at qualifying. The 2009 PokerStars prize package’s are worth $14,300 and this includes the Main Event buy-in, hotel accommodation and money for expenses.
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Betfair $100,000 Cash Celebration
October 13, 2008
As the WSOPE recently drew to an end, Betfair have there latest “big tournament” promotion up and running. The “$100,000 Guaranteed Cash Tournament” is taking place on the 9th November at 18:00 GMT. In typical betfair fashion everybody has a chance to qualify for this huge poker tournament.
Betfair players can buy in directly to the tournament for $550 ($520 + $30) although for players on a smaller budget numerous daily qualifiers can be found with a entry cost as low as $2.20.
$100,000 Guaranteed Satellites
$2.20 Daily Level 1 Tournament : These tournaments have 2 minute blind levels and offer unlimited rebuys for the first hour. The tournament runs 3 times a day at; 12:25, 14:25 and 16:25 GMT. For each $55 in the prize pool a seat is given to the “Daily Level 2“
$7.70 Daily Level 1 Tournament : This tournament is run daily at 17:25 GMT. Players have 2000 starting chips and blind levels increase every 10 minutes. For every $55 in the pool, a seat is awarded to the daily level 2 satellite.
$55 Daily Level 2 Satellite Tournament : This tournament offers a “direct route” to the $100,000 Guaranteed tournament. This tournament runs daily at 20:15 GMT, players are given 2,500 starting chips and blinds are increased every 15 minutes. For each 11 entrants one player wins a seat at the $100k Tournament.
For more large tournaments look at the “Sunday Poker Tournaments” page or the Sunday Million page.
Online Poker Traffic Growth
October 7, 2008
Despite the recent global economic crisis, online poker seems to be booming. In recent weeks more and more players have been putting in more hours, and playing more online poker then ever!
The recent WCOOP saw the largest online poker tournament in the history of online poker take place, poker scout has noted a worldwide increase of 25% in the poker market, and sites such as PokerStars, Titan Poker and Cake Poker have all seen significant (40%+) increases in player traffic.
Bodog Poker has seen a decrease in traffic as of late, and is down around 35% on last year’s traffic. although they still accept US players. It is possible that the domain name fiasco that hit Bodog in August of last year may have played a part. Also many players are choosing to migrate to “bigger” sites such as PokerStars and Titan Poker .
With the current global economic crisis are more players turning to poker as a way of making some easy money?
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2008 WSOPE Main Event Winner
October 6, 2008
The WSOPE (World Series Of Poker Europe) came to a close on the 3rd of October. The 362 entrants all paid £10,000 to enter Europe’s largest and most prestigious poker event which saw over 5 days of poker action take place!
Players and fans alike had high expectations of last years inaugural WSOPE win, Annete Obrestad, but she failed to make it into the money after busting out on day 4 of the 5 day event.
The final table saw the following players battle it out for 1st place which awards the coveted WSOPE Main Event bracelet as well as a cheque for over £860,000!
The final table consisted of Chris Elliot, Toni Hiltunen, Robin Keston, Scott Fischman, Daniel Negreanau, Bengt Sonnert, Ivan Demidov, Stanislav Alekhin and John Juanda.
At the final table, the final 2 players left battling it out for 1st and 2nd where Stanislav Alekhin and John Juanda, played for nearly 24 hours making it the longest final table in world series of poker history. John Juanda finally prevailed as the winner and 2008 WSOPE Champion!
The WSOPE payout structure saw 36 players “paid”, with the following prizes
28th-36th - £25,340
19th-27th - £28,960
16th-18th - £36,200
13th-15th - £45,250
10th-12th - £54,300
9th - £81,450 - Chris Elliot
8th - £108,600 - Toni Hiltunen
7th - £135,750 - Robin Keston
6th - £171,950 - Scott Fischman
5th - £217,200 - Daniel Negreanau
4th - £271,500 - Bengt Sonnert
3rd - £344,850 - Ivan Demidov
2nd - £533,950 - Stanislav Alekhin
1st - £868,800 - John Juanda
The WSOPE is sponsored by Betfair Poker read more about Betfair at our Betfair Poker Review.
Betfair Poker $10 Maximum Rake!
October 2, 2008
Betfair Poker have taken the extraordinary step of implementing a maximum rake of $10 on ANY sit and go tournament tournament played, regardless of the buy in size!est
From October 1st to December 31st 2008 all sit and go tournaments will see this reduced “fee” which makes becoming a winning poker player even easier! The standard 10% “fee” players have to pay for each sit and go tournament played, means that players have to not only beat the other players but also overcome the fee’s they have to pay.
The only players who’ll notice this change is players who play high stakes sit and go tournaments, as Betfair’s “fee” only creeps over the $10 mark at sit and go tournaments with a buy in of over $150.
Below is Betfair Poker’s Sit And Go rake table, along with the savings you’ll make!
Sign up at Betfair Poker today and you’ll soon see the difference the lowered rake makes to your pockets! Read The Betfair Poker Review.
