Poker Blog and Poker Gossip

Maybe in 3d? Probably not in 3D!

Pokerstars was first in the
race to announce their new show, calling it “The Big Game.”  It will
air on Fox, and looks to be a competitor and or out and out copy of
GSN’s High Stakes Poker.  Fox’s “The Big Game” will have a $200/$400
NLHE cash game with a $100,000 minimum buy in.  So far, Pokerstars and
Fox have only signed Daniel Negreanu to sit in on this game, and i’m
sure that we’ll be seeing a lot of big push advertising with him as the
main face.  This is kind of strange, because i could have sworn that
Negreanu had his own brand of poker to promote (he does, Full Contact
Poker…).  It also appears that “The Big Game” will not be a strictly
pro player paradise, instead, it will allow online qualifiers. 
Pokerstars (as it’s Pokerstar’s show) will be holding daily free rolls
until June 25th, and then the winners will move on to the Big Game
Final Round.  But it doesn’t end there!  If you make it to the top 200,
you then have the chance to send in a casting video, and make your
pitch directly to pokerstars as to why you should be on the show.  I’m
not sure i like that final twist, it seems like it takes the purity of
poker, and cheapens it with “hey, you don’t get to actually win
anything, just the CHANCE to send us a video about yourself!”  But,
hey, i’m sure it will appeal to some people.  Oh, and one final turn of
the knife from pokerstars?  If they do choose you to sit down at the
table, they’ll stake you $100,000, and you can even bring your own
money to the table (lucky us eh?), and get this? if you earn any profit
above the $100,000, you even get to keep it! If you turn a profit,
you’ll also be invited back the next episode.  Great.

When
Pokerstars announced their show, Full Tilt also announced their show. 
It is called “The Poker Lounge” and is a series of ten 6 handed sit n
go tourneys.  Each one has a $20,000 buy in, and the winner will walk
away with $120,000.  Full Tilt will also be allowing it’s players a
chance, although not through freeroll.  You will be able to win in a
$600+40 direct qualifier (next one is April 11).  Of course, you can
satellite into the $600 game.  Winners get $22,000…$20,000 for the
buy in to the tourney, and $2000 travel expenses (you have to get to
the tourney yourself!)  The Poker Lounge will be broadcast primarily in
Britain on Channel 4, and will likely make it’s way to GSN in the near
future.

Neither show is perfect, and me?  I’ll probably stick to High Stakes Poker.

So, the European Poker Tournament was live streaming to the internets, when 6 armed men showed up and robbed the place.

Here is the link to the youtube video, i will try to embed it, but it hasn’t worked for me in the past.

Long story short..it’s not just home games that can be robbed when there is a lot of money and very little security. 

… because the site is full of retarded players.  Sky Poker must attract some of the biggest online poker donks out there.  Basically people sign-up and play here because they want to be on TV.  They obviously don’t care about the money or else you wouldn’t see this kind of stuff:

*** Special Offer *** Sky Poker has provided us with a special promotion for non-us players.  Instead of the standard bonus of just 500 player points, players that sign-up through BankrollBoost.com will receive a bonus up to £500 based on how many points they accumulate.  So potentially you could deposit just £10 and receive £500 for FREE!  For all details visit SkyPoker.com by clicking the banner below:

One of the things I think a lot of the poker shows are laking in is solid humour and players just having a great time.  So, why not throw a bunch of comedians and poker players at the same table, stick a few hot girls in the background?  Well, that is the concept behind the newest poker show called Sam’s Game.  Playboy TV will be lauching their new poker show in June with such celebrities as: Norm MacDonald, Artie Lange, Jennifer Tilly, Jennifer “Jennicide” Leigh, Dave Attell and several others.

This show looks like it will be a good mix of poker and comedy with that sexyness expected from Playboy.  I hope this show does well and look forward to catching some of the episodes when they air.

Here is a preview of Sam’s Game:

Thought this would make for a good post.  Found this video on RawVegas.TV of strippers playing some poker.  The girls of Rick’s Cabaret in Vegas take over the Hard Rock to play in a poker tournament with $10k on the line.  Here is the video:

I came accross this video about some poker players that are living in Phuket, Thailand on Bill Rini’s blog and thought it was pretty funny and worth sharing.  Over the past few years many poker players have started moving to various inexpensive places around the world for the better life.  The two most popular are probably Thailand and Argentina.

I spent last winter in Buenos Aires, Argentina and have to say that it was an AMAZING place and if you are a poker player looking to relocate, I would go there.  The girls are wayyyyyy better looking than the thai ones and its just an all around fun place with people from all over the world.

Anyway, here is a video that a couple poker players living in Thailand made about their daily routine.  It takes a while to get to the point, but its still a cool watch with a nice soundtrack.