Phil Hellmuths entrance WSOPE Main Event 2010

Another Phil Hellmuth entrance, just watch the video..

Phil Ivey almost reaches $20,000,000 online winnings

According to HighstakesDB.com Phil Ivey almost reaches $20,000,000 online winnings since January 2007.

On September 1st his total online winnings were $19,468,460 over 288,265 hands. This means Phil wins $67 every hand he plays!

PokerStars WCOOP 2010 starting tonight

Finally Pokerstars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) starts tonight with 62 events and a guarenteed prizepool of $50,000,000. The WCOOP starts with the $215 6-max No Limit Hold’em, the $10,300 No Limit Hold’em Highrollers and the $215 No Limit Hold’em 2 days event.

Pokerstars announced a reloadbonus, so if you allready have a Starsaccount go reload or create a new account (max bonus click here) if you are a newbie.

Tournement schedule:

Event	Datum	ET tijd	Buy in	Spel	Guarantee
1	5-Sep	13:00	$200	NL Hold'em [6-Max]	$1,250,000
2	5-Sep	15:00	$10,000	NL Hold'em [High Roller]	$2,000,000
3	5-Sep	17:00	$200	NL Hold'em	$2,000,000
4	6-Sep	14:00	$300	PL Omaha	$200,000
5	6-Sep	17:00	$300	NL Hold'em Shootout [6-Max]	$300,000
6	6-Sep	20:00	$200	NL Hold'em [Turbo, Rebuys]	$600,000
7	7-Sep	14:00	$200	PL Draw	$100,000
8	7-Sep	17:00	$200	TBD (Triple Stud)	$100,000
9	7-Sep	20:00	$1,000	NL Hold'em [2-Day]	$1,000,000
10	8-Sep	12:00	$250	PL Omaha [Knockout]	$200,000
11	8-Sep	14:00	$300	NL Hold'em [Ante Up]	$300,000
12	8-Sep	17:00	$200	NL Hold'em [Heads-Up, 2-Day]	$200,000
13	8-Sep	12:00	$200	PL Omaha Hi/Lo [6-Max, 1 Rebuy, 1 Add-On]	$200,000
14	9-Sep	14:00	$250	NL Hold'em [6-Max, Knockout]	$400,000
15	9-Sep	17:00	$200	Razz	$250,000
16	10-Sep	14:00	$200	PL Omaha [6-Max]	$500,000
17	10-Sep	17:00	$200	NL Single Draw	$50,000
18	10-Sep	20:00	$100	8-Game [10-Min Levels]	$100,000
19	11-Sep	13:00	$100	NL Hold'em [10-Min Levels]	$1,250,000
20	11-Sep	17:00	$200	FL Hold'em	$250,000
21	12-Sep	13:00	$200	NL Hold'em	$1,500,000
22	12-Sep	17:00	$500	NL Hold'em [2-Day]	$3,000,000
23	13-Sep	14:00	$200	NL Hold'em [4-Max]	$700,000
24	13-Sep	17:00	$300	Stud	$150,000
25	13-Sep	20:00	$200	PL Omaha [Turbo, 1 Rebuy, 1 Add-On]	$400,000
26	14-Sep	14:00	$300	Mixed Hold'em [6-Max]	$400,000
27	14-Sep	17:00	$300	FL Badugi	$100,000
28	14-Sep	20:00	$1,000	NL Hold'em [2-Day]	$1,000,000
29	15-Sep	12:00	$250	NL Omaha Hi/Lo [Knockout]	$150,000
30	15-Sep	14:00	$500	NL Hold'em Triple Shootout [10-Max, 2-Day]	$500,000
31	15-Sep	17:00	$300	8-Game	$250,000
32	16-Sep	12:00	$300	NL Hold'em [6-Max]	$300,000
33	16-Sep	14:00	$300	PL Omaha [6-Max, 1 Rebuy, 1 Add-On]	$500,000
34	16-Sep	17:00	$300	FL Triple Draw 2-7	$100,000
35	17-Sep	14:00	$200	NL Hold'em [Rebuys]	$1,000,000
36	17-Sep	17:00	$500	FL Omaha Hi/Lo	$400,000
37	17-Sep	20:00	$300	NL Hold'em [10-Min Levels]	$750,000
38	18-Sep	13:00	$500	NL Hold'em [Heads-Up, 2-Day]	$600,000
39	18-Sep	15:00	$25,000	NL Hold'em [High Roller Heads-Up, 2-Day]	$750,000
40	18-Sep	17:00	$300	HORSE	$300,000
41	19-Sep	13:00	$200	NL Hold'em	$1,500,000
42	19-Sep	17:00	$1,000	NL Hold'em [2-Day]	$3,000,000
43	20-Sep	14:00	$300	PL Omaha [6-Max, Rebuys]	$600,000
44	20-Sep	17:00	$300	NL Hold'em [2X Chance]	$750,000
45	20-Sep	20:00	$250	NL Hold'em [Turbo, Knockout]	$300,000
46	21-Sep	14:00	$300	Mixed [PLHE / PLO]	$400,000
47	21-Sep	17:00	$500	Stud Hi/Lo	$200,000
48	21-Sep	20:00	$1,000	NL Hold'em [2-Day]	$1,000,000
49	22-Sep	12:00	$200	NL Hold'em [1 Rebuy, 1 Add-On]	$250,000
50	22-Sep	14:00	$200	NL Hold'em [Big Antes]	$600,000
51	22-Sep	17:00	$300	PL Omaha Hi/Lo	$400,000
52	23-Sep	12:00	$300	NL Hold'em [Turbo]	$400,000
53	23-Sep	14:00	$500	NL Hold'em [Rebuys]	$1,000,000
54	23-Sep	17:00	$2,000	PL Omaha [6-Max, 2-Day]	$800,000
55	24-Sep	14:00	$500	NL Hold'em [1 Rebuy, 1 Add-On]	$1,000,000
56	24-Sep	17:00	$1,000	FL Hold'em [6-Max]	$400,000
57	24-Sep	20:00	$200	NL Omaha H/L [10-Min Levels]	$200,000
58	25-Sep	13:00	$500	PL Omaha [Heads-Up, 2-Day]	$200,000
59	25-Sep	17:00	$2,000	HORSE [2-Day]	$400,000
60	26-Sep	13:00	$200	NL Hold'em	$1,500,000
61	26-Sep	15:00	$10,000	8-Game [High-Roller, 2-Day]	$1,000,000
62	26-Sep	17:00	$5,000	NL Hold'em Main Event [2-Day]	$10,000,000

IPPA announces $250.000 buy-in tournement

The International Poker Players Association (IPPA) just announced a $250.000 buy-in tournement played between November 29th and December 2nd in Monte Carlo. Only 48 players can play this tournement which has a total prizepool of $12,000,000 and a first prize of $5,000,000.

Yosh Nakano of IPPA:
“We wanted to produce a high-end poker tournament that offered a big buy-in event with quality play. We felt that we could do a good job at putting an event together that would provide the best all-around player in the world.”

Players that are interested to play this tournement so far: Johnny Chan, Freddy Deeb, Tony G, Bruno Fitoussi, Tom Dwan, Patrik Antonius,Allen Cunningham, Gus Hansen, John Hennigan, Phil Ivey, Huck Seed, Robert Mizrachi and 2010 November Niner Michael Mizrachi.

Poker Hall of Fame 2010 nominees announced

Over the last 2 months people could vote at their nominee for the Poker Hall of Fame 2010. They could choose between 104 players and these are the top 10 (alphabetical) players:

- Chris Ferguson
- Barry Greenstein
- Jennifer Harman-Traniello
- Dan Harrington
- Phil Ivey
- Linda Johnson
- Tom McEvoy
- Daniel Negreanu
- Scotty Nguyen
- Erik Seidel

The become a nominee for this title you match the floowing criteria:
- A player must have played poker against acknowledged top competition
- Played for high stakes
- Played consistently well, gaining the respect of peers
- Stood the test of time
- Or, for non-players, contributed to the overall growth and success of the game of poker, with indelible positive and lasting results.

Poker Hall of Fame:
Johnny Moss – (1979)
Nicholas Dandolos – (1979)
Felton McCorquodale – (1979)
Red Winn – (1979)
Sid Wyman – (1979)
Wild Bill Hickok – (1979)
Edmond Hoyle – (1979)
Blondie Forbes – (1980)
Bill Boyd – (1981)
Tom Abdo – (1982)
Joe Bernstein – (1983)
Murph Harrold – (1984)
Red Hodges – (1985)
Henry Green – (1986)
Puggy Pearson – (1987)
Doyle Brunson – (1988)
Jack Straus – (1988)
Fred Ferris – (1989)
Benny Binion – (1990)
Chip Reese – (1991)
Amarillo Slim – (1992)
Jack Keller – (1993)
Julius Oral Popwell – (1996)
Roger Moore – (1997)
Stu Ungar – (2001)
Lyle Berman – (2002)
Johnny Chan – (2002)
Bobby Baldwin – (2003)
Berry Johnston – (2004)
Jack Binion – (2005)
Crandell Addington – (2005)
T.J. Cloutier – (2006)
Billy Baxter – (2006)
Barbara Enright – (2007)
Phil Hellmuth – (2007)
Dewey Tomko – (2008)
Henry Orenstein – (2008)
Mike Sexton – (2009)