I found possibly one of the funniest forum threads of the year on a car forum today. It all started when some poker affiliate (NICHOLAS ADAM SITKO or Nick for short) started spamming his website accross several forums. Unfortunately for Nick, people decided that they did not like getting spammed, and decided to see if they could fight back. A WHOIS search was performed on his website revealing the following information:
They had found his address, and his real name. On further search some more information came about. It turns out that Nick is a pedophile and convicted sex offender.
People started posting more pictures of him, and the thread started spreading like wildfire on forums accross the Internet. It is still in the early stages, but hopefully this will teach Little Nicky why spamming is BAD!
People really need to learn that in the past you may have been able to hide behind your computer on the Internet, but nowadays people are much smarter so if you screw around and do unethical things, someone WILL find you!
As year is drawing to a close so did the Asian Pacific Poker Tour. The final game of the final table on the Poker Stars sponsored tournament was played at the Star City Casino, in Sydney Australia. What a competitive field of players seeking the title and the 1 million dollar first place award. Among the 561 players registered for the APPT were at least 4 well-known WSOP Champions, Chris Moneymaker, Scotty Nguyen, Greg Raymer and Joe Hachem. Even with such powerhouses in the world of poker, it was an underdog player who has only been competing in poker tournaments for 2.5 years who took home the first place.
The final nine were:
1 Grant Levy from Australia - $1,000,000
2 Jeremiah Vinsant from USA - $621,540
3 Lei Hei from Australia - $322,280
4 Sol Bergren from Canada - $230,200
5 Jai Kemp from Australia - $158,838
6 Barry Kohlhoff from USA - $115,100
7 John Matwey from USA - $92,080
8 Vijayan Nagarajan from Malaysia - $69,060
9 Larry Wright from USA - $46,040
The final table was dominated by poker professionals from the United States of America, however they may have arrived, none took first place, but none we home without a great pay out. There were 3 Australian poker professionals to make the final cut, and the phys’ed teacher from Kingswod, was the hometown favorite. He knocked out fellow Australian Jai Kemp in 5th place, who took home a generous 158,838 dollars after only investing 11 dollars in an online tournament, which awarded him the APPT Sydney Package.
The heads up play between 28-year-old Grant Levy and the Tennesse Native of the United States Jeremiah Visant continued for an incredible and dramatic 60 competitive hands. The final hand had the drama of an impressive finale. Levy raised preflop holding Q6 spades. Vinsant called holding a Q 10. The flop came down like a ton of bricks for Vinsant as it gave Levy 2 pair. The turn didn’t give Levey difficulty either, as he came up with a full house. Vinsant only had one card to hope for, and on the river the Ace of Hearts sealed his fate in second place. The culminating and dramatic win will put this new live poker tournament player in the history books as the first Australian to win such a huge pot at home, ever. Not to mention the title of champion of the Asian Pacific Poker Tour 2007.
Recently the MGM Grand Macao saw a rich reward from opening their doors on the island of Macau. Opening on December 18th, they found that by December 10th they had generated more than 6.6 million USD. Not a bad start for any casino online or brick and mortar. They are just topping off the already incredible revenue being generated by the gambling destination in Asia. For 2007 they are anticipated to surpass last years revenue generation with a record 10 billion USD, by the 31st of December. What an impressive statement.
You may wonder why it is impressive…
The current capitol of the gambling and gaming world, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA typically generates just more than 8 billion USD, annually. They were surpassed by total gaming revenue now 2 years in a row. Where will this leave the gaming capital that has held that position for so many years running? Only time will tell if they can design an incentive program or series of programs that will maximize their popularity, and improve on their status, before Macau takes over the title.
Found a great article about Norm MacDonald’s addiction to gambling. It discusses everything from how he throws a ton of money away playing Craps using his Pensioner’s System, to the countless number of dollars he has lost at the blackjack tables. It even has an element of poker to it talking about Norm’s time at the WSOP and how he continues to make money playing poker. It is definitely a great read, enjoy!
Norm Macdonald Bluff Magazine Article
Mark Vos had quite an amazing session vs. Sapster on Full Tilt Poker. He was clearly dominating Sapster and was up 10 buyins at $50/$100 Pot Limit Omaha. According to Vos Sapster may have been intoxicated during his play, “this guy challenged me to hu… i think he’s drunk”.
But just when we thought Sapster was done, he made a miraculous come-back and at one point had more chips than Vos:
Seat 1: Mark Vos ($87,074.50)
Seat 2: Sapster ($104,189)
Unfortunately, Sapster’s run did not last long. The match came to an end in a $160K pot where Sapster called a massive raise with only a nut heart flush draw. No heart came and Sapster was sent packing against Vos’ 2 pair.
Here is the final hand:
Full Tilt Poker Game #4638385427: Table Fiat (heads up) - $50/$100 - Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 2:14:17 ET - 2007/12/27
Seat 1: Mark Vos ($111,028.50)
Seat 2: Sapster ($80,229)
Sapster posts the small blind of $50
Mark Vos posts the big blind of $100
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Mark Vos: seems to work
Sapster raises to $300
Mark Vos raises to $900
Sapster raises to $2,700
Mark Vos calls $1,800
*** FLOP *** [8h Jd Kh]
Mark Vos checks
Sapster bets $5,400
Mark Vos raises to $21,600
Sapster raises to $70,200
Mark Vos raises to $108,328.50, and is all in
Sapster calls $7,329, and is all in
Mark Vos shows [Kd Qd Td 7s]
Mark Vos: no
Sapster shows [6s Ah 7h Js]
Uncalled bet of $30,799.50 returned to Mark Vos
*** TURN *** [8h Jd Kh] [6c]
*** RIVER *** [8h Jd Kh 6c] [7d]
Mark Vos shows two pair, Kings and Sevens
Sapster shows two pair, Jacks and Sevens
Mark Vos wins the pot ($160,457.50) with two pair, Kings and Sevens
Sapster is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $160,458 | Rake $0.50
Board: [8h Jd Kh 6c 7d]
Seat 1: Mark Vos (big blind) showed [Kd Qd Td 7s] and won ($160,457.50) with two pair, Kings and Sevens
Seat 2: Sapster (small blind) showed [6s Ah 7h Js] and lost with two pair, Jacks and Sevens
I have been a little lazy updating the blog the past few days because I have been very busy with Christmas shopping and spending time with the family (something I don’t do enough of). So I just wanted to take the time to wish everyone (and their families) a Merry Christmas / Happy Holidays. Check out this awsome vid from last xmas:
Found a great article about Norm MacDonald’s addiction to gambling. It discusses everything from how he throws a ton of money away playing Craps using his Pensioner’s System, to the countless number of dollars he has lost at the blackjack tables. It even has an element of poker to it talking about Norm’s time at the WSOP and how he continues to make money playing poker. It is definitely a great read, enjoy!
Mark Vos had quite an amazing session vs. Sapster on 
