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PokerStars, the biggest online poker room in the world has revealed details surrounding the biggest poker tournament within the Asian poker calender.
The Macau Poker Cup is now set for its third year and this years venue has finally been named by PokerStars, the organisers of the tournament, naming the Grand Casino, Lisboa as the venue.
The tournament is set to take place from 3rd March 2010 until 7th March 2010 and will consist of 6 events within its main body of the series but it will also feature a number of poker satellite tournaments that will reward the winning players with a free buy in for the Red Dragon tournament.
With the tournament series now been given a date, excitement is growing consistantly with the news that there will be a total of $1 million in poker prize pools up for grabs.
Offering a little more excitement to the players who will be looking to take part in the tournament, the site will be making the HKD $10,000 Red Dragon tournament into a bounty tournament, meaning that players will be rewarded financially for eliminating a player from the field.
Qualifiers are now being offered by PokerStars on their site, so if you want to be included, head over to PokerStars now.
Chad Batista’s love for loud hip hip music has seen him being placed within the poker industry spotlight after the player failed to hear that his opponent had moved all in during a tournament.
Batista failed to hear the call and so engaged into the hand making the call with nothing but a lowly pair of pocket two’s, costing him his tournament life and the chance to take the tournament first place finish.
Gathering himself from the mishap the player bought into the $300 + $22 No Limit Holdem FTOPS event, managing to outlast the 4,682 player strong field to take the victory and a cool $225,000 first prize fund.
Batista who plays on Full Tilt Poker under the name ‘jse81′ battled through the large player field to secure the victory after clearing the final table.
The heads up section of the tournament was played out between Batista and ‘Lilly79′, both players agreeing to a deal that saw an additional $15,000 been added to the first place prize up for grabs.
The tournament offered a number of upsets for a large number of players, with players failing foul to a number of river card catches and bad beats but that what we all love to see in a tournament situation, well unless you are on the receiving end.
Dusting himself off from the mishap that haunted him, Batista was only too happy to take the top spot of the tournament, winning himself a gold FTOPS jersey as well as the prize money.
Poker Royalty, the leading poker player management agency, has appointed Daniel Vogel as Director of Business Development. Poker Royalty represents many of the top players of the world, including World Series of Poker Player of the Year recipients like Doyle Brunson, Patrick Antonius, Phil Hellmuth and Daniel Negreanu. The company offers varied services, ranging from product and brand licensing and event management to consulting services and client representation.
Daniel Vogel has quite an impressive resume. Formerly employed as Operations Manager at WSOP, he used to be in charge of coordinating the activities and supervising registration and payouts at the tournaments in London and Las Vegas. During this stage of his career, he has gained an in-depth knowledge of the poker industry and his social networking skills have brought him numerous contacts that will of crucial importance in his activity at Poker Royalty.
Brian Balsbaugh, CEO of Poker Royalty, is excited about Daniels decision to join the team and praises his skills, regarding him as hard working, intelligent and very charismatic, an overall highly valued asset for the company. In the press release announcing the new position, Daniel Vogel mentions his excitement of working for one of the industry leaders and that he had always admired Poker Royalty from back when he was a WSOP employee. He sees Poker Royalty as a natural stage in his career and stated that the opportunities this company offers him are virtually limitless and that the future looks very bright. Online poker bonus codes got the latest poker news featured on the main page.
