Online rankings for tournaments – a research protocol |

Hundreds of thousands of poker players with in that moment and play online at various online platforms. But who is successful, especially in comparison with other players with?
About the live range of poker tournaments, there are very good and concise statistics and rankings. In the online world is a somewhat difficult because, although there are some websites that cover every player and listen are the top-ranked differently. Why is that? On the currency, at the poker room? Rooms are all taken into account or just a selection? Or change the Top-Spieler/innen in the online world so fast that an informed Ranking is impossible? Who are the loosers and skim the net? Poker News, the Internet has to be trimmed and some statistics views.
Where best to start? Google – good idea! Laaange A list of sites which publish online player statistics such as … Internet Poker Rankings. The site exists since 2006 and are the results of the largest online tournaments with a buy-in of $ 100 and a prize pool of more than $ 100,000, – tracked. Since this year there is the list of "International Player of the Year." This title may sound a bit confusing, because it involves only players from the USA …? Nevertheless, the leader in international top players.
Currently occupied "Pearl Jammer" Platz 1 Internet poker rankings list. Behind this nickname hides Jon Turner – 26 years young, lives in Henderson, Nevada. Other nicknames are "Pearjammed", "Pearljams" or "asdfgher." The fact that the list of the most successful online tournament players are not surprised though, it is already since 2007 as one of the best online tournament players. More than 1.6 million dollar has he already won online. He plays mainly events with high buy-ins. His favorite game is No-Limit Hold'em and Pot-limit with buy-ins from $ 100 and more. His favorite poker rooms are PokerStars and FullTilt. According Internet Poker Rankings, he has this year alone has 139 times the money played. His total winnings so far in 2008: $ 435,761, –
Just behind Turner, ranked 2, is "USCphildo." He says with the correct name of Phil Collins. And NO, it is not about the musician, composer and drummer of Genesis, but a 23 years young Südstaatler of Columbia. For Bodog and AbsolutePoker he plays under the synonym "SuSSudi0". He also prefers to play No-Limit Hold'em and Pot-limit with buy-ins from $ 100 and higher. About his experiences in the poker world (online and live), he reported in his blog. He writes for example today that Bluff Magazine him as the author wants to hire – that is the blog where care. His total winnings so far this year is $ 523,381, -.
In the "Shark Scope" list dated 3 August in the "every game", "no matter what use" and "Total Profit 2008" leads "livb112" the list. Behind this online synonym hides Olivier Busquet. He is, as Turner, also only 26 years young and lives in New York City. In his entire online poker career, he has until now played 22,665 games and nearly 1 million U.S. dollars earned. Modifies you at "Shark Scope" the bet per tournament on $ 1000 +, it also appears "livb112" – the man clearly likes to play high-stakes tournaments, and especially in Holde'em heads-up. early 2007, he was a loud "Shark Scope" in the heads up / use any amount "the leader with a total profit of $ 540,025, -. In 2008 he leads this list – so far total $ 408,801 profit, -. That is him in the overall comparison of other variants, and also limits the total peak. His favorite poker room is FullTilt.
Under "Hold'em player 9 or more" leads "scossett" – also not unknown in online poker. His real name? Unknown. The fact is, however, that he is Canadian, and only 24 years young. The PokerStars Blog is an interesting story about him to find – but he has in just one year into a top player develops. He has more than 3 million "Frequent Player Points on PokerStars and then collected his Porsche Cayenne in the PokerStars VIP club deserves. His favorite tournaments are high" Sit n 'Go's "- because he plays like dozens of tables at the same time. PokerStars writes about him: "In the meantime he may be the illustrious circle of PokerStars Supernova Elite-count."
And goes on the search for the top online players …
  On the site "Official Poker Rankings are Online-Spieler/innen after the poker rooms listed. Take into account the results of the last 120 days. For Party Poker introduces" ganjasx "- mmmhhh, very interesting about this person in the network is no real name or a background story to be found. So in the private sense – online tournament results can be found on many … "Shark Scope" is this / r players in gelistet. Well, let's see whether it is after the publication of this article references to the identity of this / r player / in there … In any case he / she is in the last 120 days, exactly 11 times a tournament as the first ended. The Poker No Limit Hold'em variant may he / she prefers – the total prize money was $ 151,096, -. The buy-in amount to which he / they participate varies from $ 22 to $ 500 +.
Leading on PokerStars at the "Official Poker Rankings" is "JohnnyBax" – he is, as opposed to "ganjasx", not unknown in the network. For behind this nickname is hidden Cliff Josephy. Already since 2006 he is pushing his "mischief" in the network and has his job as a broker on the New York Stock Exchange against the poker game exchanged. Also in the live game, he is not unknown, but he has the $ 1,500 Seven-Card Stud in a WSOP bracelet won. More recently, in late July, he was the "Super Tuesday" tournament on PokerStars (Buy-in $ 1.050, -) and second has $ 59,917, – won. His favorite poker variants are Hold'em No Limit and Pot Limit multi-table -Tournaments. Even when he "Official Poker Rankings at PokerStars on # 1 is listed, so even if Bax plays AbsolutePoker, Fulltiltpoker and Party Poker.
Maximum mysterious when it is held "Halfrek" in the heading at FullTilt Official Poker Rankings. " Reading in the poker forums, will be behind this nickname Danish poker pro Phillip Hilmer suspects. An entry of an email transport negates this assumption, however, because an e-mail request, whether ER because "Halfrek" was Hilmer replied: "I'm not Halfrek, which is a friend of mine. He will prefer to remain anonymous, so I can not mention his name. I play but have been a few years poker with him. " So is "Halfrek" Den … but perhaps it is an evasive maneuvers by Hilmer, because he is in the network is not "outing" wants? Whatever – this "Halfrek" is really not "bad parents", because of the "Full Tilt Online Poker Series" in May this year, he has twice and in only 7 days, $ 850,000, – won. His total prize money in 2008 amounts previously saturated at $ 915,525, -, his favorite poker game is No Limit Hold'em with high buy-ins.
Also "PocketFives leads a worldwide online tournament ranking and have done so since 2005. The list is updated every Wednesday. The list is of" djk123 "above. Dan Kelly is behind this Nick. At Poker Stars Nightly Hundred Grand "he won at the" Full Tilt Online Poker Series "in May, he was third – the prize money was $ 55,636, -, his favorite versions are Hold'em No Limit or Pot Limit with buy-ins from $ 100, -.
The list of the top online players with a long, very long. For the poker player with the World Wide Web growing every day. Nevertheless crystallize the best of the best out. Even if the rankings are different – ultimately include the skills and a little luck cards.
 

WSOP Updates – Event # 42, $ 1,500 PLO H / L – Lukasz Dumanski wins Omaha Bracelet |

Event # 42, $ 1,500 Pot Limit Omaha High / Low Split, presented us with 3 days at 8 hours as the biggest game Potlimit Live Omaha veneer of all time. The winner was Lukasz Dumanski and got the victory for his first WSOP bracelet, $ 227,454 as prize money and a Corum clock. At this final table was the beginning of the tournament to ensure that a player who still has not won the bracelet, this time a bracelet win, because none of the participants in the Final Table until now a bracelet won.
The chip counts at the start and the distribution of seats was as follows:
Seat 1: Mark Wilde – 96.000
Seat 2: Dario Alioto – 61.000
Seat 3: George Danzer – 116.000
Seat 4: Thomas Hant – 114.000
Seat 5: Chad Brown – 390.000
Seat 6: David Bach – 502.000
Seat 7: Lukasz Dumanski – 358.000
Seat 8: James Tolley – 282.000
Seat 9: Gene Timberlake – 143.000
Short Stack Dario Alioto wasted no time to make his game, he won a pot against ¾ genes Timberlake and had therefore not even a minute for almost a Double-Up. Alioto went to Timberlake by BigBlind All-In with. The Board met with and had Alioto won the high pot and had the low with Timberlake share, which 8-6-5-2-A was low. In the next hand Alioto ensured that Danzer had suffered severe losses, as he and the top set with the Set Top floppte, Danzer had. Neither of them had a low draw, the board came with, Alioto's Full House JJJ-3-3 was sufficient to Danzer's Full House 3-3-3-AA to beat.
Immediately thereafter Danzer had eliminated when he was with the Set Top floppte, but not against Thomas Hant's flopped flush off. The board came with, so Hant had a flush, as he was with mitgegangen. Georg Danzer for his 9.Platz got a prize in the amount of $ 13,597.
 
Mark was the next game, which had to be eliminated. He got on 8 Place prize money totaling $ 18,755, winning his third cash at the WSOP this year and its 15th WSOP cash profit overall. Once again, it was Dario Alioto, who for the elimination was responsible. Wild was pre-flop all-in with, with Alioto called. The board came with. Thus one of the pot and Alioto game was out.
The next player, who had to go, was Thomas Hant. Since the flop came with, was not against Thomas with Gene Timberlake to win. The Board was not the player for a further improvement and thus was Hant out, the prize money for No. 7 was $ 25,319.
After 3 hours at the Final Table play, had the run of Alioto an end. The chip leader from Day 1 succeeded with its excellent game until the final table and could thus have its first winning money at the WSOP look. Alioto had to place 6 when he was eliminated in Queens with David Bach's Kings ran, the Board was Jack-high. Alioto had no low draw with his and also met with no outs his (board).
In a "Battle of Draws" was Chad Brown from David Bach on the 5th place eliminated. The flop came with, Brown called Bach's Pot Sized Bet, as with the turn came, Brown went all-in. Bach thought for some minutes and then called with (Flush Draw, Open-Ended Straigth Draw, Two Pair and a modest low-Draw). Brown had (better two pair), on the River, however, Bach was one of his many hit outs and won the hand with a flush. Chad Brown, the "Player of the Year 2006", was to place 5 out and received the award in the amount of $ 43,606.
 
By this hand was David Bach the chip leader and the game was now Four-Handed. Gene Timberlake was at this time is relatively short-stacked.
David Bach – 915.000
Lukasz Dumanski – 555.000
James Tolley – 300,000
Gene Timberlake – 100,000
Timberlake was in the next hand well before a double-up through Bach to reach. He had, however, mistaken. Timer Lake's not enough to Bach's defeat. The flop came with, which Timberlake an Open-Ended Straight Draw had flopped, but on the turn and one on the River and Timberlake was in 4th out (60,485 $)
James Tolley took over the chip lead, after he was a Double-Up by David Bach had. But the blinds were high and the action was extreme, hence was not a chip-lead safe. Tolley lost a big pot against Lukasz Dumanski, when he in a bed in the amount of 240,000 on a flop, foldete. In one of the next hand, there was again a confrontation between Tolley and Dumanski, Tolley as pre-flop over the top of Dumanski All-In went. David Bach's original had Tolley Raise to 120,000 gecallt, but re-Dumanski Raiste to 480,000, Tolley went "Over the Top" All-In. Bach put forth his hand away, Dumanski pondered a long time and finally called with. Tolley had the flop came with, so had the top pair Tolley, Dumanski but had lots of outs. Dumanski was held at the Turn the set and had a 5-5-5, the river came with, so he had a Straigth and a 7-low, which is sufficient to Tolley's 8-low to beat. Tolley got for his 3rd place prize money totaling $ 91,900.
Even after 10 minutes of heads-up sent Lukasz Dumanski rivals David Bach's home and secured his first WSOP bracelet. Dumanski resulted in the ratio 2:1, as a stream with pre-flop all-in went. Dumanski called and showed, and had therefore a better pocket pair and better low-Draw. The flop came with and gave Dumanski in addition to his Overpair a low-draw and a flush Draw. The turn came and the river brought the, so Bach had lost that hand and the champion of this tournament was decided. Bach received his 2nd Place prize money totaling $ 139,725. Dumanski thus won for the third time prize money at the WSOP, all in Pot-Limit Omaha tournaments. He was always against the biggest field of participants in a live Omaha WSOP tournament and enforced as deservedly won his first bracelet.
Players – Prize Money:
1. Lukasz Dumanski – $ 227.454
2. David Bach – $ 139.725
3. James Tolley – $ 91.000
4. Gene Timberlake – $ 60.485
5. Chad Brown – $ 43.606
6. Dario Alioto – $ 33.759
7. Thomas Hant – $ 25.319
8. Mark Wild – $ 18.755
9. George Danzer – $ 13.597
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Why online gamers do not like Johnny Chan and more gossip & gossip from the poker scene |

Posted by closing its poker room has to Johnny Chan is also a criticism.
On Wikipedia, the online players have 5 reasons chosen to make to Chan most abhor.
And here they are:
1. Has since 1998, the same ugly orange Card Protector.
2. His clothes looks like a mix of Versace, Pimp and Vanilla Ice – just awful.
3. Provide value is more than an expectant mother with a broken milk pump.
4. Chan Poker has been closed down without warning. Instead, only poor excuses excuses.
5. Will the DVD poker action movie the evil twin brother of Jackie Chan to play.
Well we must never say, right?
  Ben Affleck wins charity tournament
Poker fans know that actor Ben Affleck an avid poker player. Supposedly, he wanted no more poker games to allow more time for his child to have.
But at the Charity Poker Tournament in the PPA Coors Field in Denver, he not only participated but also won it yet.
With it were, among others, his fellow actor Sarah Silverman, Richard Dreyfuss and Montel Williams, as well as poker pros Andy Bloch and Barry Greenstein.
The buy-in for this charity tournament was $ 500 Had recorded the tournament about $ 60,000, the Paralyzed Veterans of America have been handed over.
  Mike Matusow Großmaul in Action
When FTOPS IX Event # 22, there were quarrels between Mike Matusow and 'DaEvils'.
Großmaul Matusow complained about players who think he would at first hand already bluff. "DaEvils" threw daraufin Matusow Trashtak game and his manner. A bad word, the next and so railed Matusow 'DaEvils an "idiot". 'DaEvils' Matusow described as a small child and so it went on.
Finally Matusow asked his opponents to live with him a head-up to play – but 'DaEvils' found excuses.
Poker players are sometimes like children!
And who wonder – as we know it Großmaul Mike Matusow!
Devilfish in Action
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Lifestyle Pur – you win with Purple Lounge Poker, the Apple iPhone! |

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PokerStars.net EPT Dortmund, Day 1A: Jam at Registration |

The first day of the Main Events of the PokerStars.net European Poker Tour in Dortmund started from a good reason to delay – too many participants. With a lot of long lines in front of the register as the organizers had expected, start the tournament one hour later. But as soon as the participants held their seats, ran 1A every day as lubricated. 198 international top players found themselves in the casino the day Hohensyburg 1A, among them Juha Helppi, Alex Kravchenko, Julian Thew and Team PokerStars member Katja Thater.
Due to the many players, there were some tough table combinations: as found on a table Juha Helppi, Alex Kravchenko and Gino Alacqua and the second at the EPT in Prague. At another table sat Katja Thater, Sorel 'Imper1um' Mizzi and Italian pro Dario Minieri, the early ausschied. Minieri had a hand against the Swiss Claudio Rinaldi many chips lost and resigned a short time later. Sorel Mizzi was in a large pot implicated when he ran against Rinaldi's. Rinaldi raised, Mizzi re-raised, raised again and Rinaldi Mizzi goes All-In. Rinaldi called, and since there is no ace on the board appeared, Mizzi was only a few more chips. He left a short time later the tournament.
Juha Helppi spent much time on a table with Rob Hollink and Alex Kravchenko, later, with Katja Thater, on his table was moved. After some ups and downs with his stack, he could at a later time doubled. Helppi went all-in with a flop with, and considered that he will gecalled by a player with. Helppi ignoring the tens and is also a day to be 2 again.
Thater held during the day 1A at a rather lower stack. Thater finished the day with around 19.500 in chips, after several pots in the last level won. Another significant pro, the Swede Mats Iremark, had a mountain and down behind him. Initially, he had a stack of 52.000, then fell down to 8.000 and was at the end of the day again with a chip stack of which 48.000.
Here are the complete chip counts at the end of the day 1A:
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PokerStars now available in Bella Italia |

Only days after the licensing of the AAMS (Amministrazione Autonoma dei Monopoli di Stato) at PokerStars, the company launches an Italian, country-specific platform – the birth of www.pokerstars.it
This license allows Italian players to participate in domestic tournaments with real money. This requires strict conditions are met. The buy-in of only € 0.50 – up to a maximum of € 100, – is. And of course it will also re-qualification tournaments for international events, such as Poker Stars all users are already accustomed. E.g. the EPT or WSOP.
The Italian poker player Dario Minieri and Luca Pagano already play for poker stars, they are the team of pros. Of course, both on a platform in their native language.
In the blog on Poker Stars is the Italy manager Fabio Angeli Bufalini very pleased and looks in a landmark licensing trend: "There is a real breakthrough for the online poker industry, we are thrilled that the Italian market is the precursor for this new business play. This is the starting shot for a model based on an international market in the coming years could be implemented. "
According to current estimates, the company expects to in the first year alone about 500,000 user accounts. That would be a € 400 million more difficult market. According to its own figures of poker stars have already in the first few days at the 23,000 player / s on the platform found.
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Poker Year in Review: August 2008 |

After a short break from the strains of the WSOP, went to the World Poker elite again in August, more or less on travel and took part in the big live and online tournaments. In August was also aware that some companies are already starting to really hard times were – harbingers of the economic downturn, which is the end of 2008 to the entire poker industry should impact. Below are the main stories from the poker scene in the month of August 2008:
"Dubbeemin" wins FTOPS IX Main Event
At the ninth edition of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) was the beginning of August some of the known online stars participate. The Main Event took place on 17 August and 4880 players paid a buy-in amounting to $ 500 +35 to attend them. The total pool was $ 2,500,000. At the end secured "Dubbeemin" the title and the prize money totaling $ 432,400, took place 2 "Valleyho" ($ 262,500), 3rd place went to "TheTotalPkg" ($ 170,000).
Million dollar Bad Beat Jackpot at Party Poker cracked
Party Poker With rose bath Beat jackpot the first time at about one million U.S. dollars and was also briefly detained after crossing the border cracked magic. A German player named "Judith75" lost with four nines against "Hiyall", which is a Royal Flush had. This game was for both players but ultimately it is still very profitable. "Judith75" received from the Jackpott $ 354,683.57 and Hiyall "$ 177.341.79 (+ the $ 24 from the Fixed Limit Pot, which he won). Every other player at this table could be over $ 22,167.72 extra cash look.
Jose Miguel Espinar wins LAPT Punta del Este
In August, under the PokerStar.com Latain American tour for the first time an event in Punta del Este / Uruguay hosts. At the Final Table of this event were, among others Alexander Gomez and Alex Brenes (the brother of the Costa Rica-born Humberto Brenes), at the end was the title, however the unknown newcomer Jose Miquel Espinar. At the beginning of the Heads-Up's Espinar had only a small lead over Brenes, but he managed to steadily expand its lead and eventually defeated the poker veterans. For his victory Espinar won an award in the amount of $ 241,735, Brenes got space for 2 $ 241,735.
Yevgeniy Timoshenko triumphs at the APT Macau
The Asian Poker Tour, which nothing to do with the eponymous PokerStars Asia Pacific Poker Tour has to do, started their own small series of events in the Pacific growth market. The first event was held in Macao. On the APT event was attended by several renowned poker pros participating in total played in this tournament 257 players. The poker tournament veteran Casey Kastle had the long journey across the Pacific to be taken in order to start this tournament and went as the chip leader at the Final Table. Ultimately, however, Yevgeniy Timoshenko won the tournament by Joon Hee Yeoh in heads-up, defeated. He secured not only the title and the glory, but could also have a prize money amounting to $ 500,000 look.
Chan Poker closes the virtual doors
After the introduction of the UIGEA in 2006 in the U.S., many gambling providers are no longer able to continue to offer their services, since the revenue from this bill greatly decreased. Due to the losses, many providers went bankrupt. One of the poker rooms, which failed, was the poker room of 10-fold WSOP winner Johnny Chan. ChanPoker went in 2006 was opened in 2006 (shortly before the UIGEA) and was due to the new laws never really up in the profit zone. The poker room had to close in August 2008 – a victim of the political war against the online gambling scene.
 
Poor financial results for the WPTE
Another company, which in 2008 under the heavy industry crisis suffered, was the World Poker Tour Inc. WPTE announced in August that the Bussinnes new plan had been drawn up. This announcement was made several days before the firm on the list of firms was that because of the poor exchange rate under the circumstances could be taken NASDQ (the announcement of the removal from the NASDAQ was later due to the general financial crisis repealed). Despite the manifold activities of WPTE throughout the poker industry (including, inter alia, a new deal with FOX Sports Net was one), many of the WPTE stock during the Augusts continue. The WPT Online Poker Room also brought no gains more (due to the impact of the UIGEA), so was a new venture named CLUB WPT created, which will replace the WPT online poker room sector.
 
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Arnaud Mattern wins EPT 2007 in Prague! |

In a nearly 90-minute Texas Hold'em No-Limit Heads-up duellierte the Frenchman Arnaud Mattern with the Italians Gino 'El Diablo' Alacgua and eventually won the final table at the EPT Prague in 2007.
2006, Arnaud Mattern times $ 51,000. Now he admits right off: it gets in the EPT Prague in 2007 the largest payout in his poker career with a prize money of € 708,400! Gino Alacgua goes with € 407,300 from the second table.
Although Gino has acted as a favorite and more chips to the final table brought the Frenchman kept calm and waited for the right moment. And many hands had long patience. But then there were the highlights in the heads-up: The first crucial situation: The Italian Gino Alacgua Raiste to 210,000. Mattern keep – and full – now or never – All-in! Gino: Call! The board brings nothing but the Italians, and therefore he must submit the chip lead! A new situation. Matt wanted to make no mistake and prematurely lose the lead. The Italians also played cautiously, he had the situation only seems processed. So many hands went there only to and fro, no one gets the Top Final hand in order to decide the tournament. The blinds were now at 30.000/60.000. But then it gets Mattern and Raiste from the small blind to 200,000. Alacgua is associated with all-in! Mattern called immediately. The flop brings. Alacgua moves to flush! At the turn enables even a street, three outs for Gino! But on the river sealed the end of Alacgua. This could not comprehend his bad luck – only 2nd place in Italy!
What happened previously in the course of the evening with the other players?
Kristian Kjondal (Norway) reached 3rd place He loses against Gino an all-in, this takes it with a pair of 5s on the table. € 235,300 prize for third place.
Lauttamus Juha (Finland) will receive € 182,200 for the fourth place. Another victim of Gino, the "El Diablo" is off the table.
The Austrian Markus Golser arrived with little more chips to the final table, but could still hold good and still achieve Platz 5! € 151,800 Christmas bonus! He was taken off the table Lauttamus.
Nedzib Suman is six with € 119,000 prize money. Again Lauttamus who took from the table.
Dag Palovic seventh with € 93,600. He was shot Kjondal from the table.
Mikael Norinder, as the chip leader at the final table was reached only 8th place The Swede is still quietly pleased: € 63,200 prize money! He was also Kjondal of the table referenced.
The German Johannes Strassmann had the final table is reached, but it ran not good. As a short stack, he came to the table and quickly he had to leave him again. "Retroactive I would probably play differently …" said Strassmann behind. Norinder took him as the first from the table. It is for the 9th Place but at least € 39,200 in prize money. We congratulate the winners!
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PokerStars EPT Budapest Day 3: Zoltan Toth as chip leader at final table |

For the 42 players in the Main Event of Poker Stars. Com European Poker Tour in Budapest, it was a short day. Quick final eight were determined, including the Hungarian Zoltan Toth as chip leader.
George McKeever was the first player to ausschied on Day 3 (ranked 42, € 6834), followed by Szabolcs Attila Saskoy ranked 41 (€ 6834). He was with All-In and Alex Kravchenko called with. The Board launched the tournament at the end of Saskoy.
Mauro Corsetti – one of the former chip leader on Day 3 – had to place 28 (€ 8512) to beat, as he says with a pair of jacks against the pair of aces by Pantelis Pavlis ran. For Lukas Benkovic, Casey Kastle and Alex Kravchenko was the EPT Budapest Day 3 at the end. Sebastian Saffari resigned on place 10 (€ 32984) in one hand against Gino Alacqua from. Saffari floppte Two pairs in one board with K-8-7, but had Alacqua Pocket pair with a set of seven. Saffari put his remaining chips on Ks-6c and Zoltan Toth called with. The Board showed Saffari and was out.
After the last nine players had played an hour and a half, was the Bubbleboy stated: Ivo Donev Raiste Preflop and Ciprian Hrisca re-Raiste. Donev and called on the flop came. Donev went all-in and called with Hrisca. Donev met while at the turn one, but on the River ended for him the EPT Hungary. For Platz 9, he received a prize of € 32984th
  The final table:
Seat 1: Marino Serenelli (Italy) – 357.000
Seat 2: Will Fry (UK) – 572.000
Seat 3: Ciprian Hrisca (Romania) – 1,038,000
Seat 4: Gino Alacqua (Italy) – 466.000
Seat 5: Martin Jacobson (Sweden) – 306.000
Seat 6: Albert Iversen (Denmark) – 1,017,000
Seat 7: Johnny Capelin (Norway) – 500,000
Seat 8: Zoltan Toth (Hungary) – 1,059,000
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The Poker News interview: Barry Greenstein, Part 1 |

Barry Greenstein takes in today's poker scene a unique, central position. Since he has been for decades with his money poker deserves, he is often compared with the older generation of poker players linked. So with those players with whom he has been for many years at the poker table and attaches to it has become a friendship. Where he is currently more associated with the young post-boom poker players. Responsible for this is more or less his son, the professional poker player Joe Sebok and his poker strategy and poker entertainment web Road.
Poker News talked with Green Stone about the past and the future of poker. The World Poker Tour Championship 2009 was held in Bellagio, and the interview was at an empty table in Bobby's Room, while the neighboring table Doyle Brunson, Phil Ivey, Eli Elezra, Sam Farha, and some other players the famous "Big Game" played . Greenstein talked with us about different topics – his own poker career, the status of poker in a contemporary culture, the future of poker Road, the upcoming WSOP and about whether math is idiotic or not.
Poker News: Many of us were at Berry Greenstein attention only when it became known that he had all of its profits for charitable purposes donates – the "Robin Hood of Poker". In think the charity is still an important issue for you – you have just the Jennifer Harman Charity Poker Tournament at Venetian participated …
Barry Greenstein: Yeah, that was me. Have some money donated.
PN: I know that it is not entirely correct, if it is alleged that all their poker winnings for charity donation.
Green Stone: No, this is currently not correct. When I initially donated money, many people thought that I would be super rich guy who his money with Symantec (the software company for which Greenstein works) would have done. What you did not know was the fact that my money is not deserved by Symantec, but I have only donated money to my poker profits derived. For me personally, the games, which I can win, no longer as before. Poker Tournament took me a lot of money, as well as online poker, there is no longer live so many good games in which I could participate. Moreover, the economic situation is not really good. How many of the other poker players I have in the stock market and investing in real estate, and as we all know, it ran in the last few years with these forms of investment are not so good. I've lost a few million.
I currently no longer bank roll, over which I had some years ago, when I made my tournament winnings yet so simple was able to donate. Also I did not play many tournaments. I was fortunate to have won some tournaments and a lot of money donated, but then my financial situation was also much better than today. I am still committed for Children Incorporated (an international relief organization for children) and do a lot for the organization. But it is more about the things that I do for charity, I no longer donate money, which I have a few years ago, had donated.
PN: You have in other interviews have indicated that your success in life is not to justify poker, you also have never really said how many tournaments you have won. You have three WSOP bracelet's, some WPT titles and won many other titles-What do you think was their biggest tournament success?
Green Stone: That was without question my first World Poker Tour earnings (at the Jack Binion World Poker Open in 2004). I have not played many tournaments. I was in the first year of the WPT is not how many other players, herumgereist. I was not right with it. Then I had the idea but with the donations for charitable purposes and this has given me the motivation. I knew that if I managed to win the million and then to give away, so for me would be a good thing and I also so a lot of people could help. I thought to myself that other people would follow my example. That is why I was highly motivated to implement my plan. When I look back now, I must say that I really had much luck. I think at this time, it happens very often in poker that you have a good feeling that you think would be the best player and could defeat each. I wanted to do something good, and I have achieved my personal goal, everything has just fit perfectly. You know, just because I had planned to do it, it is still a long way, so that it also comes in for special poker tournaments.
But it was the way I had planned it and I could with the money a lot of good things to do, what I was really proud. It was also for my family a good thing, because I am up to that time was just someone who has played poker and time wasted, in what other things I successfully could have been. After I had done this – and by that I do not win the poker tournament, but the fact that I do with my money a lot of people could help – my family was really proud of me. With my family, my sisters and my brothers, my father and my children. They were on the whole thing with all my heart with it.
PN: It is interesting to witness how the setting in relation to poker and poker players in the last year has changed. You need not go far in history to go back to a time to arrive at what the views on the topic of poker were still quite different. What is the status of poker in their opinion today in our culture?
Greenstein: I think the Gambler were always considered as a kind of "cool" guys on TV and in films shown. Today poker enjoys a much greater legitimacy. On television, we are now little celebrities. I think people now understand the negative aspects of gambling better – whether it's gambling at poker, at the stock exchange or in the business world. People can lose their money. But the successful gambler, I think, were before the poker boom respected. Previously, e.g. Omar Sharif played the Gambler or James Bond has played a gamble. Since people are now in the TV poker can see, this has the interest in poker increased and it has become one of our culture, since many people have finally understood that while poker is now all at a much higher level expires, as in earlier times. Viewers know the card values, they know when the players have a flush draw, whether they know the players in an all-in bluff or not.
Meanwhile I know a lot of people from the TV and nobody has said to me: "You are a poker player – this is not good." There are more such things as: "You are the model of my 8-year-old boy." I think poker is now fully recognized. The only negative comments come from the religious right or from the Congress and much of it is simply invented. The drive for the money. There are Members who receive this money, the people of the right to defend each and then tell it would be purely moral reasons. But it is not! Perhaps these MPs go home and play online poker at night after the daytime so they had acted as if they refuse poker.
PN: It is now 1.5 years since the website went online poker Road and the site continues to grow steadily. What do you think, how come?
Greenstein: Yes true, the site is constantly growing, and in any case, what the content is concerned. We believe that we have a real niche have. Poker News is up front with it on the news front and the boys of poker news do a super job. But our niche is the entertainment – our radio shows, our Web-TV-Shows, the whole thing with the comedy and our forums. For the things that we employ, we are certainly in relation to the internet poker with the best content. We believe that we are in our Red Pro forum with policy issues at the highest level employ. We sit here in BOBBYS Room. You see all my friends: Doyle Brunson, Phil Ivey, Eli Elezra, etc. If I say to my friends that during the WSOP Poker Road for something to do, they will do it. And no one has such friends as I do.