Archives for April 2008

In Your Sights
Posted: Wednesday, April 30 2008 10:22:56
By: Gene Bromberg
Poker legend T.J. Cloutier once said that he didn't care how many people he knocked out of a poker tournament--so long as he knocked out the last one. Rather a clever way of looking at [...]

Schedule Subject To Change
Posted: Monday, April 28 2008 2:06:15
By: Gene Bromberg
Of course you already know that UltimateBet has asked Annie Duke to revamp our tournament schedule. [...]

The Wonders of the Internet
Posted: Sunday, April 27 2008 4:07:13
By: Gene Bromberg
Over the last two days one of the greatest non-sporting sporting events in the world was held--the NFL Draft. Years ago the Draft was followed by a small cadre of die-hard fanatics, but these [...]

Let UltimateBet Send You To The Main Event
Posted: Friday, April 25 2008 11:34:41
By: Gene Bromberg
The story of how Chris Moneymaker won the 2003 World Series of Poker is the stuff of legend. Moneymaker was an amateur; before taking his seat in the Main Event he'd never played poker in a [...]

Consult With Annie
Posted: Thursday, April 24 2008 4:37:21
By: Gene Bromberg
UltimateBet has announced that it's hired Annie Duke as its new Cardroom Consultant. UB is rolling out a number of exciting new [...]

A Million Strong
Posted: Wednesday, April 23 2008 6:05:11
By: Gene Bromberg
Earlier this week the Poker Players Alliance announced that its membership had [...]

Deep-Run Debo
Posted: Monday, April 21 2008 10:32:02
By: Gene Bromberg
There's a different dynamic to a bounty tournament. When making your decisions there's another variable to account for--the value of that bounty. Not only are you fighting for the chips in [...]

Lock Up Your Seat
Posted: Saturday, April 19 2008 11:32:28
By: Gene Bromberg
The busiest part of the poker calendar is upon us. The European Poker Tour's Grand Final just wrapped up and the Bellagio Five Diamonds Classic is under way, culminating in the $25,000 WPT [...]

Best Damn, Take Two
Posted: Wednesday, April 16 2008 1:59:41
By: Gene Bromberg
The first season of The Best Damn Poker Show has come and gone, but if you missed out on your chance [...]

Marching Toward the World Series
Posted: Monday, April 14 2008 2:18:47
By: Gene Bromberg
Tomorrow is one of the darkest days on the calendar--April 15th. The day Americans have to pony up and pay their taxes. Some folks will be getting a tidy refund from the government. Some [...]

Snippy Snippy
Posted: Sunday, April 13 2008 1:30:36
By: Gene Bromberg
That WAS rather a testy exchange betwenn Phil Hellmuth and Tom Dwan, was it not? It's tough to get knocked out on the third hand of a big event, especially when your Aces get cracked, and so it's [...]

Heads Up!!
Posted: Sunday, April 13 2008 8:50:28
By: Gene Bromberg
A reminder that NBC's coverage of the National Heads-Up Poker Championships kicks off today at noon. My TV listings don't include it, but I think there's a good chance that we'll see the epic [...]

Retroactive Bling
Posted: Friday, April 11 2008 11:41:37
By: Gene Bromberg
Something of an odd story in the poker world this week--the World Poker Tour announced that it will award bracelets [...]

Our Shrinking World
Posted: Thursday, April 10 2008 1:32:36
By: Gene Bromberg
I just returned home after spending 9 days in Vietnam. I went as part of a humanitiarian group composed mostly of veterans and those who had family who served in the war. For all that I've read [...]