Archives for August 2007

Heads Up!
Posted: Friday, August 31 2007 5:58:17
By: Gene Bromberg
Heads-up matches have become the latest craze in the poker world, and tomorrow is a big one-on-one day here at UltimateBet. The second [...]

One Week Until The World Series of Poker!
Posted: Thursday, August 30 2007 3:47:00
By: Gene Bromberg
Yes, we're one month away from the Aruba Poker Classic, and just one week from the World Series of Poker. I know what you're thinking--didn't they just have a World Series of Poker last month? [...]

Countdown to Aruba
Posted: Wednesday, August 29 2007 9:46:57
By: Gene Bromberg
It seems hard to believe, but we're just one month away from the start of the Aruba Poker Classic. A $2.5 [...]

Phil Hellmuth Wins The Greatest Hand In Poker History
Posted: Tuesday, August 28 2007 8:02:20
By: Gene Bromberg
OK, maybe this is just my opinion, but the second hand of last night's episode was The Greatest in poker history. I don't want to spoil it for you (though [...]

Tonight's The Night!
Posted: Monday, August 27 2007 6:44:13
By: Gene Bromberg
Yes, tonight is the premiere of High Stakes Poker's fourth season. The greatest poker show of them all, featuring the greatest poker players in the [...]

A Good Day For Georgia
Posted: Monday, August 27 2007 1:46:51
By: Gene Bromberg
Folks from the Peach State had reason to cheer yesterday as a team from Warner Robins, GA won the Little League World Series, thanks to a game-winning home run in extra innings. And if any [...]

Your Sunday Afternoon Is Booked
Posted: Sunday, August 26 2007 12:10:14
By: Gene Bromberg
Put the lawnmower back in the garage. Leave those weeds alone--they're just gonna grow back anyway. And isn't barbecuing more work than it's worth? That's why God invented McDonalds.

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In Da Club With Phil Hellmuth
Posted: Friday, August 24 2007 6:37:58
By: Gene Bromberg
If it's ever been your dream to see Phil Hellmuth, Johnny Chan and Layne Flack in a rap video (and who among us hasn't had that dream, and then woken up screaming) then you're in luck! You can [...]

Playing For Big Stakes
Posted: Thursday, August 23 2007 2:41:31
By: Gene Bromberg
So what's your idea of high-stakes gambling? Feeding a hundred-dollar bill into a slot machine? Sitting down with a thousand bucks in chips at a $5-10 No-Limit Game? Or is dropping ten [...]

These Ain't Summer Reruns
Posted: Tuesday, August 21 2007 9:59:42
By: Gene Bromberg
You are no doubt watching the opening episodes of the World Series of Poker Main Event tonight. And, no doubt, you've been looking to see if I actually appear on the broadcast. OK, maybe you haven't, [...]

A Star-Studded Affair
Posted: Monday, August 20 2007 12:09:29
By: Gene Bromberg
Last night saw 909 runners in our $200,000 Sunday Guarantee Tournament, short of the record number of players we saw a few weeks ago. What the event lacked in quantity (and we would like our [...]

Potential Darwin Award Nominees
Posted: Sunday, August 19 2007 7:07:02
By: Gene Bromberg
If you decide that there's someone out there who you really, really need to kill, you would do well to come up with a better plan than the [...]

Do We Agree With Norman Chad?
Posted: Friday, August 17 2007 9:17:46
By: Gene Bromberg
The knee-jerk answer to this question--NO--requires a bit more thought this time around. In an [...]

When Is Gambling Not Gambling?
Posted: Wednesday, August 15 2007 12:45:25
By: Gene Bromberg
Usually it's the government who gets to decide what the definition of "gambling" is. Which makes sense, as they're the ones who make the laws. And they're also the folks who can sic the cops on you [...]

Edging Closer To Home
Posted: Tuesday, August 14 2007 3:06:20
By: Gene Bromberg
It seems like this happens with every election these days, but after West Virginia held a referendum this past weekend about whether to allow table games at their racetrack casinos it looks like [...]

Early Day, Late Night
Posted: Monday, August 13 2007 11:29:36
By: Gene Bromberg
As we often do during our $200,000 Sunday Guaranteed Tournaments, several of our Team UltimateBet pros played with bounties on their heads. Knock out one of our big-name players and you win your [...]

Media Isn't a Four-Letter Word
Posted: Friday, August 10 2007 1:04:49
By: Gene Bromberg
Yesterday Card Player magazine announced that they have signed [...]

Reload Bonuses Are For Everyone
Posted: Wednesday, August 08 2007 4:46:03
By: Gene Bromberg
So how's the bankroll these days? You haven't had a losing session in six weeks? Really? Well that's just great. I mean, I heard a rumor the other day that you've bubbled 27 sit-n-goes in a row and [...]

Why Buy When You Can...Win?
Posted: Tuesday, August 07 2007 7:03:55
By: Gene Bromberg
It's about time I start thinking about buying a new car, what with my current ride closing in on 110,000 miles and it's sudden reluctance to start when the temperature falls below 50 [...]

A Bit of Good News
Posted: Saturday, August 04 2007 11:33:23
By: Gene Bromberg
Thousands of poker players endured over six months of uncertainty when Neteller froze the accounts of its U.S. customers. If you had a few hundred bucks [...]

The Coming War Between Man and Machine
Posted: Thursday, August 02 2007 11:01:09
By: Gene Bromberg
If you've ever seen James Cameron's documentary The Terminator or the Wachowski Brothers exposé The Matrix you know that a genocidal conflict between Man and Machine is inevitable. [...]