2011 Pokerstars SCOOP

2011 PokerStars Spring Championship
of Online Poker will run from May 8 to
May 22.

There are 38 events, with three levels
of buy-ins.   The Main Event buy-ins are
$109, $1,050, and $10,300 with guarantees
of $1M, $3M, and $5M.

PS Million $ Challenge

Had a chance to watch the PSM$C
on Sunday in between football games.

I thought it was pretty decent.
Certainly a couple steps above FT's Face the Ace.
I wasnt expecting quality poker like we get
to see on High Stakes Poker. It is after all
a game show thats based on poker.
Chris Rose did a fine job hosting. His
previous experience on other poker shows
was evident. Lesson learned from Face the Ace.
Daniel Negreanu, was the star of the show
as expected. His narration and commentary
were sharp and relevent. Basically what
Daniel does on every show he appears on.
All these things combined with a pretty sweet
time slot after NFL football, give PSM$C a shot
to actually catch on and gain a following of new
and existing casual poker players.

I'd be interested to know how many players they
got for the $20k freeroll they were advertising
during the show.

Mercier jumps to BetClick

The rumours are true. Isabelle Mercier
has ended her sponsorship with PokerStars
She has signed with BetClick which is trying to
grow its market across europe. Good luck to her.

Battle with Boris (Becker)

PokerStars marketers have come up with a
sideshow to the 2009 PokerStars Caribbean
Adventure scheduled for early January,
a chance for online players to take on former
tennis star Boris Becker, who plays as a
celebrity for the site.

The idea is for seven PokerStars players
to compete with Becker in a heads up match,
with the main prize being a$10K seat to the
main event of the Caribbean Adventure in
the Bahamas.

The match will be played in a Battleship format,
which means that participants play each other
heads up and online, using laptops instead of
in front of a live dealer.

In a company statement, Becker said:
"Battleship poker gives you all the fast play
luxuries of online poker, but also allows you
to look your opponent in the eye. It's an
exciting game to play and I'm really looking
forward to competing against these players."

Four North American players have so far
been chosen for the confrontation:
Itsik Oknin of Ottawa, Canada;
Joshua Miloy of Oley, Pa.;
Keith Anderson of Quebec, Canada
Michel Dion of Quebec, Canada.

I should pay more attention

Considering that observation is
one of the key skills of a good poker
player, I'm a bit embarrassed that
I missed this. I would have taken the
PS Blogger Championship tournaments
WAY more seriously if I knew there was
more at stake than just qualifiing for
the final event.

EVENT # 2 Final Results
1. malice51 (United States) -- Sunday Majors Platinum Package
2. Baba_Jin (Israel) -- Sunday Majors Gold Package
3. United113 (United Kingdom) -- Sunday Majors Gold Package
4. MemphisM0J0 (United States) -- Sunday Majors Gold Package
5. WMZeus (United States) -- Sunday Majors Gold Package
6. WILLdaHAMMER (Canada) -- Sunday Majors Gold Package
7. Joppa Rd (United Kingdom) -- Sunday Majors Gold Package
8. maka818 (Spain) -- Sunday Majors Gold Package
9. Would-Be83 (United Kingdom) -- Sunday Majors Gold Package

A "Sunday Majors Gold Package"
consists of TWO x $215 tournament tickets.

http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/2008/12/wbcoop-no-absence-of-of-malice51-in.html

WBCOOP Update

To quote Nelson from the Simpsons...
"I feel like such a tool".

I got caught up watching football on
Sunday afternoon and forgot about
the Blogger Championship finals on
PokerStars.

I finally remembered almost 2 hours in,
but I had been blinded down severely by
then. Only 137 (?) players left.
I shoved with AT in the cutoff and
the big blind woke up with AQ. No help
for me, Out. Not that I deserved to win
or make a big come back, its a fair result
considering my absent mindedness.
Oh well, its only another 12 months until
the next one.

PokerStars WBCOOP

I just qualified for the Championship Final

of the WBCOOP at pokerstars this sunday.

At the first break, I was in 2nd or 3rd and

decided to more or less just sit on my

chips and wait for about 400 more players

to bust out.

I figured the tourny would just stop when

we got to 72 players (top 72 received

entry to the final). It kept going, and so

did I, despite having nothing really to play for.

Finished 6th out of 559 horses.

I might play a couple of the other events

just for practice.

I'm a PokerStar

Because I'm so awesome, I have been invited to play in the

PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker !

Only bloggers can play in this exclusive online poker tournament.

Registration code: 978237