Regarding Poker

The 2007 World Series of Poker (WSOP) is only two months away and this year’s event has a number of changes in store.

This year’s event has been pushed up and to be started on June 1st. This way ESPN can televise the event prior to the chaotic and competitive fall sports TV schedule.

Along with the record 55 events slated for this year, there are other changes that will benefit the players. Now every higher buy-in event will also have a lower buy-in. So for those who could not afford the $50,000 HORSE event last year, can now play the same game for as little as $2,500.00.

Some of this year’s WSOP events will have special “World Champion” status for the winners along with the standard bracelet winners for the rest of the tournaments. It’s an attempt by Harrah’s to add prestige to the other poker games other than the overly popular Texas Hold’em game.

Another big change in this year’s tournament structure are the starting chips for each event. In the past your starting chips were matched with the buy-in of the tournament. So if you played in an event in the past and you paid $1,500.00 for the buy-in, you received 1,500 in starting chips. In past Main Events you received 10,000 starting chips for your $10,000.00 buy-in.

Now the starting chips for all the WSOP events are doubled from previous years. So now the Main Event will have all players start with 20,000 chips instead of 10,000. This is to allow more play before the increasing blind structures force players into decisions they wouldn’t usually make.

The blinds have also been adjusted for a slower pace. More starting chips and slower blinds are what make for good poker, in my opinion. The good tournament poker players will be licking their chops with these two changes alone.

Harrah’s are expecting 10,000 poker players to signup for this year’s Main Event, which would make it the largest of its kind in history. We’ll see if that many players actually signup. Me personally, I think there will be less than that. We’ll see though, I really do hope that they do indeed get 10,000 or more.

Get your seat to the 2007 World Series of Poker (WSOP) No LImit Texas Hold’em Main Event by playing WSOP satellite tournaments which are running every day at these online poker rooms: PokerStars, FullTilt Poker, and Absolute Poker.

Only two months away… I can’t wait!

Four times a year the PokerStars Sunday Million Tournament has a buy-in of $1,000 + $50.00, as it was last Sunday. Over 1,700 players forked out the cash for their chance at some big payouts from the over 1.7 million dollar prize pool.

PokerStars Sunday Million Final Table results:
(Based on finishing order and a two-way deal that left $50,000 for first place)

1. fouruhaters (United States) $291,472.80
2. hankat (United Kingdom) $241,472.80
3. Mr_BigQueso (United States) $125,318.40
4. mman_status (United States) $100,665.60
5. XTraCey (United States) $78,752.00
6. jordankickz (United States) $59,920.00
7. Econ Adager (United States) $42,457.60
8. pbdrunks (United States) $26,193.60
9. troy1979 (United Kingdom) $15,408.00

Sunday Million Tournament Facts:

Buy-in: $1,000 + $50.00
Entrants: 1,712
Starting Chips: 12,000
Blind Increments: 20 Minutes
Places Paid: 225
Duration: 10 Hours 50 Minutes
1st Place (if no deal was made): $353,185.60 (after deal: $291,472.80)
225th Place: $2,054.40

Congratulations to fouruhaters and the rest of the final table players for cashing in big!

Next week’s PokerStars Sunday Million will have a more affordable buy-in of $200 + $15.00. Satellite tournaments are running daily for as little as $3.00.

Use PokerStars Bonus Code: First2007 for a 100% deposit bonus up to $50.00.

Here is an entertaining Youtube video collection of the 1973 World Series of Poker.

It’s just amazing how it was back then compared to today. This is a great series and a wonderful history lesson of the WSOP.

The field in the 1973 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was only 13 players for the main event and the buy-in was still the same as today, $10,000!

1973 WSOP Videos:

Part One (9:43)

Part Two (9:55)

Part Three (9:53)

Part Four (9:51)

Part Five (8:03)

It is simply amazing how far the WSOP has come.

Wanna play some free no-download online strip poker? Check out two of the most popular free strip poker sites on the Net. Me personally, I am waiting for Texas Hold’em Strip Poker!

BunnyPoker is a top rated online strip poker game that lets you play for free. Meet stunning women in a glamorous ambience for free at Bunny Poker. No matter if you are a poker pro or beginner you will enjoy the game there. No download required, play strip poker at Bunnypoker.com.

StarPoker gives you the chance to play an online strip poker game against amateurs for free. Maybe you will find your neighbor there! Over 30,000 players a day with different strengths are waiting for a challenge there. Play free online strip poker at Starpoker.com (no download required).

So when you need a break from the regular poker you play online, then you may want to try some online strip poker to change things up.

Both sites are free to use and they both offer more to members. I’m not a member so I have no idea what membership includes.

Please note that Bunnypoker.com and StarPoker.com are intended for adults only, it is after all, strip poker!

Have fun and good luck!

If you are new to poker or even an experienced player; Pacific Poker (an 888.com company) has a great free feature on their website that can teach you a few things about poker.

Pacific Poker’s free Flash Poker School has tutorials on: Getting Started, New to Poker, Experienced Players, and tournament strategy, including multi-table tournaments and sit and go tournaments.

You don’t need to be a member, all you need to do is go to the Pacfic Poker website and click on the Poker School link on the main page. Although it is mostly intended for beginners, there are some tips that will be beneficial even for the seasoned player.

Click here to check out Pacific Poker.

After repeatedly trying numerous different passwords, a persistent password hacker was able to login into Greg “Fossilman” Raymer’s PokerStars account.

Once this hacker had access to Greg Raymer’s PokerStars bankroll, the hacker quickly opened multiple heads-up, sit and go tables and started chip dumping Greg Raymer’s money into a relatively new PokerStars account by the name of “Ikeyrson“.

Greg Raymer is a very popular player on PokerStars and whenever he sits down to play, there are always Railbirds watching him. These Railbirds found Greg Raymer’s play suspicious and quickly informed PokerStars Support about the activity.

PokerStars quickly notified Greg Raymer and suspended both accounts before any money could be transferred to a third party account.

Greg Raymer even admitted that his password was not as good as it should have been. Let’s all take that as a lesson, make your password strong.

Click here to test the strength of your password, you may be surprised!

Click here to see some great tips on making strong passwords.

Close to 7,000 online poker players fought it out for nearly 1.4 million dollars in prize pool cash in the last PokerStars Sunday Million Tournament.

PokerStars Sunday Million Final Table Results:
(Based on finishing order and two-way deal that left $30,000 for first)

1. power2prut (United States) $180,000.00
2. kuparinen (Sweden) $115,273.60
3. Vorcirion (Finland) $69,640.00
4. renassence (Brazil) $55,712.00
5. Round42 (United States) $41,784.00
6. geotico (United States) $30,641.60
7. matlik (France) $21,588.40
8. espnman (United States) $12,535.20
9. dontriverme2 (Canada) $8,217.52

Next week’s PokerStars Sunday Million will have a buy-in of $1,000.00 + $50. Satellite tournaments are running daily for as little as $5.50.

Don’t have a PokerStars account yet? Open one up today and get free poker cash with PokerStars 100% match bonus, up to $50.00! Use PokerStars Bonus Code: First2007

I’ve noticed that a lot of my blog visitors were checking out the Shana Hiatt sexy video I posted the other day. So I decided to give you guys a little more, Shana Hiatt nude!

Shana Hiatt in Playboy Magazine: April, 1995 Issue:

Disclaimer: You must be of legal age to view these pictures; by viewing these pictures from the links below you are stating that you are of legal age in your jurisdiction to view these nude pictures of Shana Hiatt.

The Shana Hiatt Nude Pictures:

Shana Hiatt Nude Picture 1: Nice back shot of Shana Hiatt

Shana Hiatt Nude Picture 2: A stunning and tanned Shana Hiatt

Shana Hiatt Nude Picture 3: She is so cute!

Shana Hiatt Nude Picture 4: Picture is grainy, but still a nice picture of Shana

Shana Hiatt Nude Picture 5: From the same series as above

Shana Hiatt Nude Picture 6: Another great back shot of Shana Hiatt

Shana Hiatt Nude Picture 7: Great body profile shot of Shana

Is it just camera trickery or the other “thing”: Her breasts seem to be different sizes in these pictures?

Not that I really care… ‘nuf said.

Crazy Pineapple is gaining popularity quickly as more Texas Hold’em players are looking for more action. Although Texas Hold’em is still the game of choice for most online poker players; Crazy Pineapple offers almost the same game, but entices much more action.

Playing Texas Hold’em smartly requires the player to fold many hands pre-Flop. Some professional poker players even fold up to 90%+ of the cards dealt to them when playing Texas Hold’em. This requires a lot of patience and can induce boredom for some.

This is where Crazy Pineapple can help make things more interesting. Crazy Pineapple is identical to Texas Hold’em but with a twist. You are dealt three cards instead of two and you must fold one of the three cards dealt to you after the Flop. Crazy Pineapple will encourage players to see many more Flops compared to Texas Hold’em, which in turn will create much more action and bigger pots.

Extra strategy is involved in playing Crazy Pineapple. For example, you must sometimes decide whether to discard your current “best hand” after the flop in order to potentially draw to an even better hand such as a flush or a straight.

So if you want to try something different and that offers more action than Hold’em, then I recommend you try playing Crazy Pineapple at Paradise Poker.

It won’t be too long before we see more online poker rooms offering Crazy Pineapple. For now though, I recommend playing Crazy Pineapple at ParadisePoker.

Playing different poker games not only keeps poker interesting, but also expands your knowledge of poker which will make you an overall better poker player. Who knows, maybe Crazy Pineapple will be your best and most profitable poker game.

Click here to check out Crazy Pineapple at Paradise Poker (100% First Purchase Bonus).