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The much anticipated PokerStars WCOOP is here again with $30,000,000 in guaranteed prizes. The 10th annual running of the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker kicked off this past Sunday with a $1 million guaranteed 6-max No Limit Hold'em event, with a $215 buy-in. Events run until the $5 million Main Event on September 25th, where the first place winner will be guaranteed $1 million! The complete WCOOP 2011 schedule can be found posted in our poker calendar and forum. So far, the tournament doesn't appear to be suffering from the infamous Black Friday. Numbers are high and the action is hot. To help you keep up with all that is WCOOP, you can follow the action on PokerStars' WCOOP Radio Show. You can listen to the radio show at either FlopTurnRiver or PokerStars. The show will be hosted by Joe Stapleton and Nick Wealthall. Stapleton recently made quite a name for himself co-hosting The Big Game. Wealthall is also no stranger to poker as he is the official host of the UK & Ireland Poker Tour. With "Stapes" and Wealthall and all the action of the WCOOP, the radio show is sure to be a hit. And there's still plenty of time for you yourself to get in on the action. Satellites are running around the clock and you can qualify for as little as $1!
As of now, nothing has really changed in the ongoing legal battle against Full Tilt Poker, but they could. Lawyers Jeff Ifrah and David Deitch of Ifrah Law PLLC made a motion on Wednesday, August 31st to withdraw themselves as "Attorneys of Record." Currently, Ifrah and Deitch represent the companies Tiltware LLC, Vantage Ltd, Filco Ltd, Pocket Kings Ltd, and Pocket Kings Consulting Ltd, along with individuals Allen Cunningham, Andrew Bloch, Chris Ferguson, Erick Lindgren, Erik Seidel, Howard Lederer, Jennifer Harman, and Mike Matusow. The motion to withdraw came just 15 days before the deadline for their rescheduled court appearance with the Alderney Gambling Control Commission and shortly after Ifrah had been extensively and openly communicating with the poker community on 2+2. A clear reason for the motion is not known, but the motion stated, "[C]ontinued representation of Defendants would create unreasonable difficulty for us to carry out our employment effectively and would result in an unreasonable financial burden to our law firm." Until the motion is heard next month, and until new legal council can be found if the withdrawal is granted, Ifrah and Deitch will remain as the representing attorneys.
While California and Nevada are gathering their efforts to get legislation in place to legalize and regulate online poker within their borders, Washington D.C. has already done so. One would expect citizens should be able to start playing online poker then, right? Maybe not. The temporary trial that was set in place to test out the online poker bill within D.C. has been halted until further notice. Originally planned to begin September 1st, about 30 locations were going to be able to offer the service to local adult citizens on a trial basis. Council members have expressed concern about how the bill was introduced and pushed through though, causing the delay. They cited a disturbing lack of public discussion and concerns that the bill's originator, Michael Brown, was motivated by personal financial gain. Council members are investigating the matter.
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Which poker pro just had a $5k chip stolen from him at the Aria in Las Vegas?Post your answers on our Facebook page! Forum Fanatic | Flopped straight after steal, trouble on river ($5NL FR) 
PKKFW presents a hand that he thinks he could have gotten a lot more value from in the Beginners Circle Forum.Villain is 48/14 fish who min donk bets the flop constantly and then often slows down. 43 hand sample. Hand sort of played itself........wondering about turn and river sizing? PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (7 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com UTG ($8.24) MP1 ($4.96) MP2 ($3.70) CO ($7.52) Hero (Button) ($10.15) SB ($8.99) BB ($10) Preflop: Hero is Button with Jd, Qc 4 folds, Hero bets $0.30, SB calls $0.25, 1 fold Flop: ($0.70) 9h, 10c, 2d (2 players) SB bets $0.10, Hero raises to $0.50, SB calls $0.40 Turn: ($1.70) Kh (2 players) SB checks, Hero bets $1, SB calls $1 River: ($3.70) Qs (2 players) SB checks, Hero bets $2.60, SB calls $2.60 Total pot: $8.90 | Rake: $0.43 daviddem: Raise flop bigger for fold equity (if you think you have any, otherwise don't raise): a pot sized raise is $1. Your raise is less than half pot. Bet pot on turn to set up stacks for a river shove (actually better overbet because if he is drawing and he misses he won't pay on the river) As played, shove the river because he is a fish. rpm: $0.9 on flop $2.1 on turn (into $2.5) jam river edit: that seems close to pot on river. if you dont' want an SPR of ~1 on the river you could probably overbet the turn because his calling range will be a lot of pair+draw or two pair hands which won't fold and it sets up an easier river shove. i'd just do the $0.9, $2.1, jam though Carroters: Sizing is too small on all streets. Click here to read more from this topic in our Poker Forum. Poker News | Daniel Negreanu Encourages American Players to Relocate 
Poker players in America have been up the creek since the FBI�s crackdown on April 15, 2011, finding it difficult to find a reliable internet poker home. There has been talk of American players moving overseas to be able to play again, but until recently, much of that has been half hearted at best. With the World Series of Poker (WSOP) to play in the summer, many players had strong reasons to stay put. The WSOP has since finished, however, and some players are feeling the pressure to relocate.Immediately after the 2011 WSOP finished, popular high stakes pro Phil �OMGClayAiken� Galfond announced his move to Canada. The pro has been living there for more than a month now, while grinding the nosebleed tables on PokerStars. Galfond joins Cole South and Olivier �livb112′ Busquet as a few of the big name players who have moved north to take advantage of Canada�s more accessible online poker laws. Click here to read more of this news. Poker Article | Bluffing In Omaha Poker 
By spendaAfter educating yourself on pre-flop strategy, positional awareness, and other basic poker fundamentals, it is time to move onto more complex strategies. One of which is the oldest form of winning a pot, bluffing. There are a few different types of bluffs including semi-bluffs where we bet while on a draw, blocker bluffing where we hold cards that remove nut hands from our opponent�s range, and finally, just regular old bluffing. Typically a bluff is defined as a bet which can only be called by better hands. This is regularly the case in two-card games such as No-Limit Texas Hold�em but in Omaha our draws can be so strong they actually are ahead of made hands. This is where our first type of bluffing comes into play, semi-bluffing. Click here to read more from this article. Or click here to submit your own thoughts on a poker topic and you may get published in our Poker Articles library! Poker Dictionary | Sandbagging 
Also known as check-raising. Sometimes this is frowned upon because it is being 'dishonest' as you are not betting the hand like you should. In modern times, it is rare to be berated for sand-bagging/check-raising as it has become a crucial component of poker strategy.
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