Kevin Song might be one of the most consistent tournament poker players in the world who you don’t know about. He has cashed consistently on the tournament trail since 1994 and accumulated more than $3 million in career winnings. Surprisingly, his largest cash is just $397,120, which he took home along with his World Series of Poker gold bracelet for a win he booked in a $2,000 limit hold’em event in 1997. Song is considered to be one of the best limit hold’em players in the world thanks to his robust results, and he still posts consistent results 15 years into his career. Song cashed four times at the 2009 L.A. Poker Classic, making three final tables in the process.
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Card Player Player of the Year Update
1: Poorya Nazari — 3,000
2: Cornel Cimpan — 2,730
3: Anthony Gregg — 2,500
4: Steve Brecher — 2,340
5: Chris Moore — 2,110
6: Kathy Liebert — 2,100
7: Benjamin Spindler — 2,000
7: Binh Nguyen — 2,000
9: Tristan Clemencon — 1,962
10: Mike Leah — 1,920
10: Jens Kyllonen — 1,920
10: Stewart Scott — 1,920
10: Moritz Kranich — 1,920
10: Sandra Naujoks — 1,920
POY Movement
The Bay 101 Shooting Star $10,000 championship event has introduced three new contenders into the top 10 of the Card Player Player of the Year race. Capturing fourth place on t
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How would you like to join Ultimate Bet Poker in Las Vegas for the 2009 WPT World Championship? Ultimate Bet Poker wants to give you the ultimate opportunity to play some serious poker for your chance at a wad of cool green cash! Of course in addition to taking part in one of the most prestigious live poker events found anywhere, you will also have the opportunity to enjoy fine restaurants as well as fabulous nightclubs and lavish 5-star luxury while you are there!
The 2009 WPT World Championship will take place at the beautiful Bellagio in Las Vegas and this year – you can be there! You could win your way for as little as $4 or just 400 Ultimate Points!
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Cigital, a software security and consulting firm based out of Virginia, released the findings of a study this week that gives poker supporters some statistical data in their efforts to convince skeptics that poker is a game of skill.
The report analyzed 103 million hands that were played in cash games at minimum stakes of $0.10-$0.20 on PokerStars in December 2008 and the first two days of January 2009. Citigal’s report concluded with two major findings:
a) The vast majority of hands (about 75 percent) played never reach a showdown, where one or more players had to show the contents of his holecards to win the pot.
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The PokerStars.com Latin American Poker Tour stop in Uruguay is fast becoming one of the most popular ones on the tour. After last year’s event in Punta del Este at the luxurious Mantra Resort and Casino, word spread about the combination of solid LAPT action and fabulous vacation spot, and that brought the players from far and wide to participate in the 2009 event.
The action began with the playdown of the LAPT Mexico final table that had been in limbo since December, and it seemed to get many of the arriving players for the Uruguay tournament excited to get in on the action. Though the tournament area was rather small, the staff quickly accommodated the growing crowd of players which totaled 327 when registration closed. T
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She is known for her intelligence in the poker community. Her background in game theory obtained from classes at Duke University brought a new perspective to the game, and it has helped her become an ever-present force on the worldwide tournament circuit. Now Vanessa Rousso will be taking her honors-level education to poker students in Florida with a seven-workshop series called the “Art of Poker” Strategy Tour.
There are poker instruction courses and seminars given on a regular basis, but Rousso’s endeavor brings a fresh and unique perspective to poker education. Partn
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Looking for a free way to head to Las Vegas for the 2009 World Series of Poker? Look no further.
During the next three months, more than $500,000 in cash and 2009 WSOP seats will be up for grabs in exclusive PokerListings.com freerolls.
Freerolls are currently open to PokerListings players at Titan Poker, UltimateBet, Absolute Poker and Pacific Poker.
If you’re not a registered PokerListings player at those sites, you can click the links below to read their reviews or get signed up with a world-best sign-up bonus.
This is your shot to win as much as a $20,000 WSOP prize package in a single freeroll.
Titan Poker
Titan Poker is offering $80,000 in WSOP Main Event packages exclusive to PokerListings players.
First event: April 19, 7 p.m.
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When the 667 players at the €5,000 buy in PokerStars.com European Poker Tour German Open were distilled down to a final table of eight there was quite a game in store with several unsurprising names at the final table and one very surprising one — last year’s champion.
The chip counts going into the final, and most crucial, phase of play were:
William Thorson: 829,000
Luca Pagano: 1,115,000
Johan Storakers: 1,615,000
Mike McDonald: 746,000
Holger Kanisch: 661,000
Sandra Naujoks: 586,000
Marc Gork: 540,000
Cengizcan Ulusu: 537,000
Cengizcan Ulusu Eliminated in Eighth Place (€83,500)
Shortly after being crippled by Mike McDonald’s pocket kings, Turk Cengizcan Ulusu moved all in for 256,000 and was called by Johan Storakers. Marc G
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With the durrrr Challenge on hold and games at $500/$1,000 sporadic at best, online railbirds have been scrambling to find some noteworthy high-stakes action lately.
Enter online giants Ilari “ziigmund” Sahamies and Cole South, who stepped in today and fired up a pre-noon, multi-table $100/$200 PLO session at Full Tilt to fill the void.
The result? Four of the five biggest pots online so far today, with several near-$100k pots changing hands.
Typically, a professional poker player will only sit at a table if they feel they have an edge on the game, which makes this match up very interesting.
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Most poker players dream of owning a World Series of Poker bracelet, and some have even been accused of “buying” a bracelet in re buy events, where deep pockets give you an advantage, but recently anyone could have bought a WSOP bracelet outright that was offered for sale on eBay. The bracelet was described as a 2008 bracelet, one of 55 designed by luxury watch maker Corum, but the owner of the bracelet or the event for which it was won remained a secret. Before the posting was deleted four bids had been made, but none approaching the $7,000 asking price.
