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• Canadian Jack Hinchey Wins 888.com Poker $3 Million Guaranteed World Poker
Canadian plumber Jack Hinchey this morning won the $3 million guaranteed 888.com World Poker Crown in Peralada Castle, Spain defeating his fellow countryman Michael Lawson to take down the $1 million first prize.Heads-up, Hinchey started with a more than 3:1 chip lead over Lawson, who won his seat for $20 on Pacific Poker. The 21-year-old internet pro clawed his way back to a 1.5:1 underdog in chips but a grimly determined Hinchey dug in. The final hand saw Hinchey limp on the button with Ks-Qc and the flop fell a favourable Kh-Jh-6h. Lawson pushed all-in with pair of 10s and Hinchey call ed. The turn was a jack and the river a third king and the Canadian grandfather was awarded the World Poker Crown.Hinchey, who has been playing poker and hustling pool for over 30 years, started the final table as chip leader and while it was not all plain sailing en route to the title, his victory left him ecstatic."This is a lot better than being in a sewage pit!" he grinned after his victory. "My strategy was to keep the pressure on everybody, I flubbed a few times in the middle but it worked out in the end. They call Michael an internet pro but I think he's proved to everybody here that he's a poker professional, so thank you. Victoria, my granddaughter is off to uni, she might not like the idea yet but this money is going towards that!"Eight players competed at the final table after battling through a field of over 2,214 players online on April 26 in the $1,050 buy-in event which was streamed live on the internet yesterday at worldpokercrown.com.
The innovative event was the first in the world be streamed live on the web with graphics and holecards.
• Irish Poker Classic
Betfair and Green Joker Poker qualifying players for €150,000 guaranteed main event as part of popular week long summer festivalOnline satellites have been announced for the Macau Sporting Club's sixth annual Irish Poker Classic Festival in Cork from Aug. 11 – 17, 2008 . The main event is a €150,000 guaranteed €1500 + €100 no limit hold'em tournament taking place over three days from Aug. 15.Sponsors of the event, Betfair Poker, will be hosting qualifiers in the coming weeks with an additional bonus for the winners. A spokesperson for the company said, "We are pleased to announce that once again Betfair Poker will be running a series of satellites starting in July. There will be min of 10 seats up for grabs into this year's main event and anybody who qualifies through Betfair and reaches the final table will gain entry for the next three years".Players can also qualify for one of 13 €1600 main event packages at GreenJokerPoker.com with weekly Sunday satellites for $109 running at 9.30 p.m. BST on Sunday nights.The main event has a 15,000 chip starting stack with 75 minute blinds and the Macau is guaranteeing eight tickets at the mega bonus satellite on Thursday Aug. 14th. Already confirmed for the event are Annette Obrestad, Rumit Somaiya, Dara Kearney, Roy "The Boy" Brindley, Mick McCloskey, Sylvester Geoghegan, Marty Smyth , Fintan Gavin, Paul Lecky, Nicky Power, Kevin O'Leary, Michael Dolan, and John Keown.
The full line up for the festival is:
• Aug. 11 - Mega super satellite no-limit hold'em one rebuy or add-on €100 + €10
• Aug. 12 - Short-handed no-l imit hold'em freezeout €200 + €20
• Aug. 13 - Ladies event no-limit hold'em freezeout €150 + €15
• Aug. 13 - Pot-limit Omaha – 1 rebuy or add-on during levels 1/2/3 €300 + €30
• Aug. 14 - Mega bonus super satellite Irish Poker Classic freezeout €200 + €20
• Aug. 15 - €150,000 guaranteed main event freezeout €1500 + €100
• Aug. 16 - WSOP Europe satellite -1 rebuy/add-on 1 seat guaranteed €500 + €50
• Aug. 17 - No-limit hold'em scalp freezeout - 1 rebuy or 1 add-on €270 + €30 + €30
The Macau Sporting Club will be holding weekly satellites for €75 + €5 entry with one rebuy or add-on with one seat guaranteed and the bubble given a ticket for €75 on weekly events. €200 freezeout satellites start in May and continue through June and July after the Friday monthly €250 game.
• Ladbrokes Poker signs 'skalie' before the 2008 WSOP
Ladbrokes Poker has revealed its newest pro signing, Jonathan Kalmar. Known as skalie online, Kalmar came fifth in last years WSOP Main Event, cashing for $1.25m, and was the only Brit to make the final table. The sponsorship deal, which has been on the table since the beginning of 2008, was finally agreed on Tuesday night in Vegas. Jon, however had no time to celebrate as he was playing in the WPT World Championship signing the contract in his break!skalie said: "I'm thrilled, I can't wait to take up my role of Ladbrokes Poker pro in an official capacity! I'm raring to go. As part of Team Ladbrokes in 2006 I came 82nd in the main event and then finished in 5th last year let's hope I continue to improve upon my performance."skalie will join a core group of four sponsored players, within a 110 strong Ladbrokes Poker Team. The team will descend on Las Vegas on July 2nd ready to celebrate at the exclusive Ladbrokespoker.com party held at the Voodoo Lounge on the 3rd July. Ladbrokes Poker is allowing players one day for recovery and has booked everyone to play in the $10,000 main event on day 1C (July 5th).Edward Ihre, Ladbrokes Poker MD commented: "The signing is a formality really, Ladbrokespoker.com already considers skalie a member of the team and Laddies has been skalie's online home for the past few years. It was only a matter of time before he joined our poker pro stable" He continued: "skalie's multi table expertise in tournaments will be a great asset to our team."The Ladbrokes Poker contract will see skalie contribute to the site by way of insightful blogs and reports from major poker events worldwide, including this year's WSOP. In addition to this, he will be introducing a poker promotion named after him on the site in the near future. Offline he will be one of our ambassadors and will host some of our key events and head tutorials for some of our more inexperienced players.
• Liv Boeree Wins Laddies' Ladies
Ladbrokes Poker European Ladies Championship is won by Liv Boeree
The Ladbrokes Poker European Ladies Championship enjoyed its biggest field ever this weekend with 52 runners. The women's only tournament was a veritable list of who's who in European ladies poker. Runners included a number of top European female players including Annette Obrestad, Bev Pace, Michelle Orpe, Katherine Hartree, Liv Boeree and poker journalist Shelley Rubenstein to name but a few. All were playing for a first prize of $30,000 and a WSOP main event package, having either qualified online at Ladbrokes for $5 or 'buying-in' to the event for $2,000.
As fifty-two was whittled down to ten, Ladbrokes Poker increased the prize pool payout to ten rather than eight, as the field increased at the last minute exceeding the 50 seats originally allocated. Ladbrokes is now seriously considering increasing the number of places for the 2009 event to fulfill the surge in demand and hopes to see many new faces playing in next year's live tournament.
After two days of poker play, the tournament, was won by Liv Boeree of Absolute Poker. In a matter of what seemed like minutes, she put paid to Lenna Martyak's efforts to secure first place.
Liv said: "I'm over the moon with my win. We've all been treated really well by Ladbrokes Poker and the final table was fantastic. Coincidentally, I was recently in a debate about female only tournaments and although I did say I thought they were unnecessary this tourney has exceeded my expectations. The standard of play, the sense of camaraderie, community over the last couple of days has made this an event to remember!"
Results of the Ladbrokes Poker European Ladies 2008
• Liv Boeree $30,000
• Lenna Martyak $20,000
• Shelley Rubenstein $16,000
• Lise Moller $12,000
• Jacqui Terry $10,000
• Karen Muir $6,000
• Bev Pace $4,0000
• Karen Holland $2,000
• Cheryl Holden $2,000
• Michelle Orpe $2,000
