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Ivey set to LOSE $1,000,000 if he WINS Main Event!

Dave Allan / 18 August 2009 / Leave a comment

Much has been made about the proposition bets between Phil Ivey and a number of his fellow professional players over the past few weeks, with rumours of Ivey being set to win over $10,000,000 from them should he win the...Read more »

Prop bets could net Ivey more than Main Event 1st Prize!

Matthew Pitt / 04 August 2009 / Leave a comment

Everyone knows poker players love to make proposition bets or prop bets are they are more commonly known. Players will bet on anything from who will last longer in a specific tournament to who can eat the most beef jerky...Read more »

Four month break for the November Nine

Matthew Pitt / 16 July 2009 / Leave a comment

Day 8 of the World Championship $10,000 No-limit Hold'em Event started at noon Las Vegas time and just 11 hours later the 27 players who started were whittled down until only the November Nine had chips remaining. With so much...Read more »

Phil Ivey in the hunt as Day 7 of $10k Main Event draws to a close

Matthew Pitt / 15 July 2009 / Leave a comment

There is just one more day of play until the 6,494 players who paid $10,000 to enter the 2009 World Championship No-limit Hold'em Event will have been whittled down to form the November Nine. Sixty-four players returned to unbag their...Read more »

Eighth bracelet within reach for Phil Ivey

Matthew Pitt / 14 July 2009 / Leave a comment

After five two-hour long levels, just 64 of the last 185 players still had chips remaining and with them the now real possibility of winning over $8,500,000. Amongst those returning for Day 7 of the World Championship No-limit Hold'em Main...Read more »

Tales of the Vegas Virgin -Trip Round-Up

Dave Allan / 14 July 2009 / Leave a comment

Betfair Poker blogger Simon Zammit reflects on his Vegas trip and signs off for one last time. Back home, re-packing my suitcase as I prepare for my holiday in Spain/ Ibiza starting tomorrow, I still cannot stop thinking about Sin...Read more »

Team Betfair at the WSOP: Day 5 of the $10k Main Event

Matthew Pitt / 13 July 2009 / Leave a comment

Of the 407 players who returned to The Rio for Day 5 of the $10,000 World Championship No-Limit Hold'em Event, just two were wearing the colours of Betfair Poker, Sorel Mizzi and tcmoriera. Mizzi started the day with a healthy...Read more »

Tales of the Vegas Virgin - Day 10 - The End is Near

Dave Allan / 12 July 2009 / Leave a comment

There is a certain sadness in Simon Zammit's last blog post about his time at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas with Team Betfair but for me it has been a fascinating insight into a world I knew...Read more »

Team Betfair at the WSOP: Day 4 of the $10k Main Event

Matthew Pitt / 12 July 2009 / Leave a comment

Five members of Team Betfair returned to do battle at the Rio but by the end of play just two of them managed to survive and keep alive dreams of a life changing sum of money and the title of...Read more »

Tales of the Vegas Virgin - Day 9 - Hypnotic Vegas

Dave Allan / 12 July 2009 / Leave a comment

Time is nearly up for our intrepid blogger Simon Zammit in Las Vegas but he still has a few last tales to tell about Vegas nightlife and, of course, the World Series of Poker. Team Betfair at WSOP 2009 started...Read more »

Team Betfair at the WSOP: Day 3 of the $10k Main Event

Matthew Pitt / 11 July 2009 / Leave a comment

Day 3 of the $10,000 World Championship No-limit Hold'em Main Event saw 2,044 players return to the Rio, nine of them part of Team Betfair, all with one goal, to win the tournament, the $8,500,000 and a coveted World Series...Read more »

Dealing With Dealers at the WSOP

Dave Allan / 10 July 2009 / Leave a comment

With a few horror stories coming out of the WSOP, including a dealer having his hand broken by a disgruntled punter, it seems a good time to look at etiquette around dealers. The vast majority of poker players treat dealers...Read more »

Team Betfair at the WSOP: Day 2b of $10k Main Event

Matthew Pitt / 10 July 2009 / Leave a comment

Day 2b saw a staggering 2,924 hopeful poker players return to The Rio to un-bag their chips and fight it out across the felt for a seat in Day 3 of the World's biggest poker tournament. By the close of...Read more »

Tales of the Vegas Virgin - Day 8 - Birds, Booze and Blackjack

Dave Allan / 10 July 2009 / Leave a comment

Vegas is starting to grow on me. (writes Simon Zammit) I am getting used to all the great things going on and can really imagine myself being on of the regular visitors to this great city. Last night was another...Read more »