World Series of Poker Starts Today

Article via Cardplayer.com

Today, the 39th-Annual World Series of Poker starts its six-and-a-half-week long schedule of events with the three-day $10,000 World Championship of Pot-Limit Hold’em, and it will be interesting to see how many players show up for this big buy-in tourney, which is the most expensive one ever to kick-off of a WSOP.

Talk about starting with a bang.

From now until July 15 — and into November now that the main event’s final table won’t take place until then — the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas becomes Poker Central. Likely more than 50,000 entries will be collected through the 55 events, and thousands of other poker fans will flood the Amazon Room for a peek at the players they have followed through Card Player and television. It will be a poker madhouse.

AOL Qualifier for WSOP Main Event

Just letting anyone who is interested, I played in a (freeroll) qualifier (for June 1st WSOP Main Event Buy-in tourney, including air fare and hotel) today, in reference to my previous post.

Didn't finish as well as I would have liked. There were 4800 people that signed up and I finished around 800th.

You get 1500 in chips and blinds start out at 25 each, every ten minutes they double, (first increase is 50/100), so another words, blinds go up fast!

Within 50 minutes of the tournament I was eliminated, so the 5k players decreases extremely rapidly, I was eliminated on my big blind of 800 and pushed all in with big slick pre-flop.

I liked the pace of the tourney, but I got the impression you have too take some early risks to have a stack big enough for the fast blind increases!

They run them all day long leading up to June 1st and top 100 of each qualifier makes the tourney!

You can play/sign up at Games.com, and it is owned by AOL.

Welcome

This blog is intended to keep Harrisburg area poker players apprised of the poker happenings at Johnny Joe's and the surrounding poker scene in Harrisburg.

We will keep the Johnny Joe's point list online for easy viewing and will update the list when possible..

We invite anyone to comment on an article and post your opinions or comments, or just say hello....

And oh yeah, when you see any of us at your table, go ahead and fold those pocket Kings, because we will river the hell out of you ;)

Sunday HPT

Ahhhh the sunday Harrisburg Poker Tour. I found the best schedule that allows you to take your time goes like this: Johnny Joes 1 & 3:30, stadium club 6:00, brew house for the donkey fest at 9:30.

Here is a list for the week of where to play, feel free to add games not listed.

Poker Players Alliance

Fellow poker players, please take a minute and check out Poker Players Alliance, it is a non-profit group trying to gain rights for poker, both live and online games. You can join for free, but for $20 a year, you can help do your part for the game we love!

Mission Statement

The Poker Players Alliance (PPA) is a non-profit membership organization comprised of online and offline poker players. Our membership consists of enthusiasts from around the United States who have joined together to speak with one voice to promote the game and protect the right to play poker in all its forms.

The PPA’s mission is to establish favorable laws that provide poker players with a secure, safe and regulated place to play. Through education and awareness the PPA will keep this game of skill, one of America’s oldest recreational activities, free from egregious government intervention and misguided laws.



The Threat Is Real

Even as public support for poker grows and interest in the game expands through televised celebrity matches and other events, several states and localities are making changes to laws that encroach on poker players’ abilities to play online, at home, in bars or taverns, and even at charity events across the country. Moreover, some at the federal level have dedicated themselves to putting an end to interactive poker. Last year, in the dark of night, Congress passed legislation which seeks to keep you from playing poker over the Internet. This misguided law can be curtailed, and the PPA is working right now with Congress to establish new laws that clarify the legal status of poker and establish licensed and regulated Internet poker in the U.S.

The PPA understands that over-zealous, big government policies start out as seemingly small, insignificant steps. But if left unchallenged, such policies would guarantee that poker players from Bakersfield, California to Bangor, Maine, would be at risk of losing their freedom to play poker.

Playing Our Best Hand

The Poker Players Alliance is committed to defending the rights of poker players. On behalf of our broad membership, we will promote and protect poker through advocacy work in Washington, D.C., and throughout the nation. The Poker Players Alliance will work with key lawmakers to ensure a thoughtful and productive dialogue that represents everyone who enjoys and wants to protect the game.

But the Poker Players Alliance’s most powerful resource is its membership base, the players. Through our Web site, www.pokerplayersalliance.org, and through direct contact with our members, the Poker Players Alliance is empowering poker players and enthusiasts to deliver positive messages about the game and why it should be protected to federal, state, and local elected representatives.

Chip Trick #2: Compilation

You won't learn from this video, however, it is impressive to watch!

AOL to Award Six WSOP Seats

Free on AOL's games.com

For the third year in a row, America Online, the country's leading internet service provider, has joined with Harrah's Entertainment to award seats to the WSOP Main Event through AOL's Games.com service. Having begun on May 4 and now running through June 15, players can compete in free, daily qualifying tournaments, with a total of six Main Event seats up for grabs. At the end of each week, the daily qualifiers will compete in a Sunday winner-take-all tournament. The winner of each weekly tournament will receive not only an entry into the $10,000 buy-in Main Event to be held on July 3, 2008, but also travel accommodations from anywhere within the U.S. to Las Vegas.

"Free-play online poker continues to be one of our most popular categories on Games.com," according to Greg Mills, Director of AOL Games. "We are thrilled to continue our exclusive agreement with Harrah's License Company LLC, the owner of the World Series of Poker, to provide a chance for users to win a poker player's dream come true -- a seat at the table with poker professionals. And if they play their cards right, they could walk away with millions."

Phil Hellmuth to Appear on Milwaukee's Best Light Cans

Why I find this hilarious I am not sure....

The official beer of the WSOP will launch the new design on May 28, the day of the first 2008 WSOP event. Each can will have an official entry code inside specially marked packages of Milwaukee’s Best Light, Milwaukee’s Best, and Milwaukee’s Best Ice. By entering the code at www.MilBest.com, participants can win poker-themed prizes. There will be hundreds of winners, but only one will receive the grand prize, a trip for four to the 2009 WSOP, along with private lessons from Hellmuth. Other prizes include poker sets, Hellmuth hats, and “Poker Brat” T-shirts.