Poker pro Chris ‘Jesus’ Ferguson is the chip leader at the WPT LA Poker Classic
February 26, 2009
The WPT LA Poker Classic is getting down to its final days at the Commerce Casino, and with only 20 players remaining, poker pro Chris “Jesus” Ferguson is leading the way.
Ferguson started Day 4 outside of the top ten chip counts, but as he’s diplayed many, many times, he’s one of the best No Limit Holdem tournament players out there. He finished the day almost 300k in chips clear of second place’s Payman Arjang. The man who would be Jesus has cashed in eight different WPT events and has reached one televised final table, which on the World Poker Tour is the last six players.
Unfortunately, we lost some good people during the first few levels of the day. The field got a whole lot less attractive when Maria Ho and Erica Schoenberg busted out in 43rd and 37th, resepctively. Then, it went on to get a whole lot less talented with the loss of David “The Dragon” Pham, Nick Binger, Nenad Medic and Men “The Master” Nguyen.
Surviving the carnage in these late stages to go forward to Day 5 were Teddy “Iceman” Monroe, Blake Cahail, Zach Hyman, Peter Feldman, Mike Sowers and Nick Schulman. The players will get back down to business later on today and will play down to the last six who will make up that televised final table. Up for grabs is the $1,686,760 first-place prize and eternal glory as a WPT champion, or that WPT-Made Millionaire thing that was big last year.
Tips for Online Poker Success
February 9, 2009
I have enjoyed playing poker online successfully for a few years now, and so I have decided to share some tips with you that will hopefully help you in turn to share some of my successes.
You need to ask yourself a simple question before you begin to play poker online for money – do you enjoy it? Could you realistically see yourself playing it for several hours every day and not getting bored? If this is not the case, you should stop reading right now; poker is not the game for you. I personally feel it is great to meet people from such a vast variety of cultures and walks of life, people who I would never have even dreamed of meeting had I not played poker. However, some arrogant players will take any opportunity they can to be rude and impolite to those around them. Try to ignore these comments as best you can. Read more
Online Casino Revamps for the Holiday Season
December 17, 2008
The holiday season is a time for decorating, dressing up and making all things festive! And that’s just what online casino Paddy Power has done! Online casino, Paddy Power has redesigned their popular online bingo site, Bingo.PaddyPower.com with some great new features. Read more
Canadian Casino News November 22, 2008
November 22, 2008
B.C.’s casino operators choose to play it safe in a risky economy
If Las Vegas is any kind of barometer, B.C. gambling operators should brace themselves for slower growth.
The U.S. recession has cut visitation to Sin City by an estimated 15 to 20 per cent and the fire sales are on. Rooms at the ultra-luxurious Bellagio — normally $300 and up — have been slashed to $149.
Harrah’s recently scrapped plans to build a $500-million resort in Kansas and casino operator Las Vegas Sands Corp. avoided bankruptcy this month with a share offering that raised $2.1 billion in badly needed capital. Read more
CryptoLogic Licenses Top Branded Casino Games to Party Gaming
October 21, 2008
CryptoLogic Limited, a leading software developer to the internet gaming market announced today that they have signed a five year licensing agreement with partygaming plc. one of the largest online gaming operators.
Included in the deal Party Gaming will have the option to add any other Cryptologic powered casino game in the future.
“We are delighted to welcome PartyGaming as our latest partner. This is one of CryptoLogic’s biggest customer wins of the year and an endorsement of the branded games element of our new strategy. It proves that when you combine great innovation and excellent execution, you get expansion,” said Brian Hadfield, CryptoLogic’s President and CEO. “PartyGaming has chosen six CryptoLogic games that represent four different partnerships with world-famous entertainment brands. It is a clear validation of CryptoLogic’s branded gaming strategy - and our success in delivering a superior customer experience.” Read more
Frank ‘Lefty’ Rosenthal dies at 79; sports betting expert inspired movie ‘Casino’
October 16, 2008
Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal, the onetime Chicago bookmaker who ran four Las Vegas casinos in the 1970s and whose turbulent life and near-death experience with a car bomb inspired the movie “Casino,” has died. He was 79.
Rosenthal, who was barred from casinos because of alleged mob ties, died of a heart attack Monday at his home in Miami Beach, a Fire-Rescue spokeswoman told the Associated Press.
Rosenthal, who was once called “the greatest living expert on sports gambling” by Sports Illustrated, is credited with bringing sports betting to Las Vegas casinos in the ’70s.
“He really brought the glitz and glamour to what we now know as sports books,” Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman said at a news conference Wednesday.
As a casino boss, Rosenthal was a demanding perfectionist who “wouldn’t tolerate anything except the very best in customer service,” said Goodman, who first represented Rosenthal as a young attorney in 1972.
Poker’s first Million Dollar Dress?
October 8, 2008
Have you ever heard the phrase “She looks like a million bucks”? Well I am sure that is not the first time that former Miss New Zealand Amber Peebles has heard that but last night she literally did!
The now MTV hostess is a stunning beauty on her own but wrap her up in a million dollar dress made from two hundered $5,000.00 Casino chips and we have a winner. Amber had her own security detail for the event well wearing this one of a kind dress that will never be worn again.
Amber adorned the dress to host the celebrity invitational poker tournament, being held to launch the opening of Auckland’s SkyCity Festival of Poker this week. The week of poker tournaments will feature poker superstars such as Joe Hachem and Chris Moneymaker both winners of the World Series of Poker main event.
Good luck to all the contentants and to SkyCity Casino on getting that dress back.
4 indicted in alleged poker scam at Borgata
October 4, 2008
Four men have been indicted in what New Jersey authorities say was a high-tech poker scam in Atlantic City.
The four _ James Harrison of Duluth, Minn., and Las Vegas residents Joseph Ingargiola, Stephen Phillips and Steven Forte _ each face a charge of second-degree attempted theft by deception. The indictment was handed up Thursday by a grand jury in Atlantic County.
Forte is a well-known gambling consultant who once hosted his own television show.
Authorities said the four rigged two hotel rooms at the Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa with surveillance cameras and computers, then invited another man to play in high-stakes games of Chinese poker, backgammon and chess.
Before the intended target of the scam arrived, New Jersey State Police seized the equipment and arrested the four men. They remain free on bail.
A person answering the phone at a Las Vegas number listed in Forte’s name would not take a message for him. Listings for the others could not be located.
