09 Feb 12
Daily Rewind: GPI Player of the Year, Betfair's Charity, WPT Venice
In today's Daily Rewind we bring you news of Betfair raising money for Thor Hansen. Meanwhile, the Global Poker Index is going yearly and the final table is set at WPT Venice.
The Daily Rewind is your one-stop-shop for a sharp review of the day in poker. Join us here for a mix of the latest news and a more irreverent insight into the poker world. Today we discovered the following topics for you:
Another Player of the Year race
Epic Poker's ranking system, the Global Poker Index, tracks consistent performance over three years divided into six six-month periods. Now, alongside this, Federated Sports & Gaming have announced a new Global Poker Index Player of the Year Award.This will track results, based on the same points system as the regular GPI, throughout the calendar year. As you can see from the table below, Jonathan Duhamel has stormed to an early lead after his $1.2 million PCA. Others in the top 10 include Faraz Jaka, Luca Pagano and Aussie Millions champion Oliver Speidel.
Global Poker Index
2012 Player of the Year |
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| Place | Name | Points | ||
| 1st | Jonathan Duhamel |
465.55 | ||
| 2nd | Jason Koon |
284.24 | ||
| 3rd | Ruben Visser |
258.03 | ||
| 4th | Samuel Chartier |
244.05 | ||
| 5th | Faraz Jaka |
242.17 | ||
| 6th | Oliver Speidel |
238.23 |
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| 7th | Daniel Chevalier |
228.35 | ||
| 8th | Corey Burbic |
228.03 | ||
| 9th | Luca Pagano |
227.52 | ||
| 10th | Erik Cajelais |
212.19 | ||
| Epic Poker League |
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"Sports betting requires more skill than poker"
An article on Covers.com caused some debate on poker forums when legendary sports bettor Billy Walters, who has supposedly made eight figures annually from betting sports, stated that it is a more skilful form of gambling than poker."I used to be a professional poker player,” Walters said, “and, they’re right, if you’re a good poker player, it’s a game of skill... sports betting is much more of a game of skill than poker. I’m living proof that betting sports is a game of skill. I’ve won 37 years in a row."
Betfair to host charity event for Thor Hansen
Last month, we sadly brought you news that Norwegian poker pro Thor Hansen had been diagnosed with terminal cancer. The poker community reacted with shock and sadness, now Betfair Poker will be hosting a charity tournament to benefit the Thor Hansen Fund.The tournament will be an $11 rebuy with $10 from every buy-in being donated towards the cost of Hansen's medical bills. Betfair will double the money raised up to $2,500. The winner of the event will receive a $1,400 Betfair Poker Live package.
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| The poker world is rallying to help Thor Hansen. |
WPT Venice final table set
Today saw the World Poker Tour Venice Grand Prix play down to a six-handed final table in a very short day that saw just three eliminations after they played to a field of 9 last night. Leading the six-handed final is Andrea Dato, with 1,591,000 chips. All six players are guaranteed €32,195 with the winner set to take home €229,800 plus a $25,000 seat to the WPT Championship.
WPT Venice Grand Prix
Day 3 standings - final table |
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| Place | Name | Chips | ||
| 1st | Andrea Dato |
1,591,000 | ||
| 2nd | Simon Ravnsbaek |
922,000 | ||
| 3rd | Rinat Bogdanov |
907,000 | ||
| 4th | Alessandro Longobardi |
558,000 | ||
| 5th | Andrea Carini |
347,000 | ||
| 6th | Gianluca Trebbi |
343,000 | ||
| Blinds: 8,000/16,000/2,000 | Average stack: 775,000 | Players: 6 | Prize Pool: €690,525 |
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The final table will crown a winner tomorrow and you can follow the action with the WPT live ticker:
World Poker Tour Live Updates
The Isildurcoaster rumbles on
Yesterday we reported on the six-figure swings experienced as Viktor "Isildur1" Blom battled the likes of Ilari Sahamies at the high stakes Omaha tables on PokerStars. Today, Blom hasn't taken a break and has jumped right back into the high stakes action. |
| Standard swings in the life of Viktor Blom. |
He and Sahamies are engaged in a $100/$200 Omaha battle at the time of writing, with "Ilari_FIN" up just over $100,000 in the past 24 hours. Meanwhile, Isildur1 has dropped around $150,000 in the same time period.
Meanwhile, Gus Hansen has reported that - after missing a flight or two - he has left the high stakes cash games in Macau.
#1
Toothless32, 09 Feb 12 18:42
imo the bluff was very sick, only failed because the guy with trips was a donkey#2
datsmahname, 09 Feb 12 18:54
..and if indeed thats the reason why it failed, then thats also the reason why its a bad play.#3
TheMoment, 09 Feb 12 19:18
definately very bad bluff#4
Toothless32, 09 Feb 12 19:26
the guy is repping nothing, who would valueraise maniac on driest board on the world...#5
datsmahname, 09 Feb 12 19:33
"who would valueraise maniac on driest board in the world""a donkey"
I wouldn't use all the same terms but it seems like you've got the answer.
#6
Alficor1, 09 Feb 12 19:45
The hand title should be more like "Two huge spewtards played a hand"#7
Alficor1, 09 Feb 12 20:40
Oh and Billy Walters is a gigantic ass#8
MJPerry, 09 Feb 12 20:54
I find it weird that Blom check-raised so huge on the flop.#9
andiperusko, 09 Feb 12 21:53
This was very bad play of Isildur.#10
Alficor1, 09 Feb 12 23:18
Esp when that donk 3bets the flop Isildur has to know that there's no way he's ever folding to a shove..#11
i5bet72o, 10 Feb 12 07:25
was the flop 3bet by Munns a string bet?#12
chenny8888, 10 Feb 12 08:28
no idea what Munns was doing, no idea what Blom was doing, heheh#13
Phoenix2104, 10 Feb 12 08:41
Whenever a pro makes a stupidly marginal call, it's a "great read". Whenever an amateur makes the same call, he's a "donk".Personally I always have a good lough whenever some "big shot" thinks he can win just about every pot and then some guy exposes him!
#14
taavi1337, 10 Feb 12 09:26
Munns was raising the flop knowing it would often induce a bluffshove from Blom, he knew it was a nice line to get a whole stack from Blom's likely air-type of holding. If Munns just called the flop, Blom would probably go for a c/f on the turn (haha! he would, really!)#15
Toothless32, 10 Feb 12 12:22
I think he would snapcall then,