Jim Collopy Bio

Jim Collopy, another remarkable poker player from Hungary, is showing everyone that his bracelet winning in the WSOP was not just a fluke. After taking home 63,000$ in the May high stakes tournament of the weekly Sunday 500, he is on his way of establishing his place in the hole of fame of Hungarian poker players.

Also known as Mr Bigqueso, this poker player is on the way to do great things for Hungarian poker players name in the eyes of the world. For anyone interested following him, this is his Twitter page: http://twitter.com/mr_bigqueso

Sit and Go tournament Strategy

I am not really going to go all over the Sit and Go strategies in details, but I am going to explain the basics and that will help any poker player entering a Sit and Go tournament to know, more or less, what to do and not to do in all the stages of the tournament.

It doesn't matters which game is played in the Sit and Go tournament, whether it's Texas Holdem poker, Omaha poker or 7 stud poker, the first thing to understand about Sit and Go tournaments is that they should be referred to by 3 different parts: The first stage, the middle stage and the last stage.

Each of these 3 stages requires different approaches and strategies and they are very different by the way of calculating odds and by the chances a player should take.

The most important thing to remember when playing in a sit and go tournament is that the winner takes it all, which means your chances of winning anything are best if you manage to stay in as long as possible. This of course requires being patient, avoiding risky moves and playing it low till the end.

Hungarian conquering online poker

Many online poker rooms are trying to get into the eastern European market for the last 3 years or so, but only recently there has been a significant rising in the Hungarian market.

Other than the fact that there are many poker players conquering the different poker tournaments including the WSOP with many bracelet winners, the EPT and others.

Maybe the success of so many Hungarian in the well known international poker tournaments is the reason, or maybe it’s the economy which has caused so many unemployed people looking for alternative ways of making money.

What are Sit and Go tournaments

Sit and Go tournaments, also known as SNG or Sit n Go tournaments, are poker tournaments which are played till one last player is left and he is the one that take all the pot.

In Sit and Go tournaments each player pays an entrance fee that is gathered together and is used as the prize the last player gets. Sit and Go tournaments are usually fast and are not recommended for new poker players.

Some poker room offers an option of creating custom Sit and Go tournaments organized by them.

About Satellites Poker tournaments

Satellites poker tournaments are tournaments that anyone can enter as long as he or she has an internet connection. These poker tournaments offer substantial prizes and great prestige, plus, any player has the chance to win a free entrance to the annual WSOP.

Satellites poker tournaments are offered by almost every big online poker room and entrance fee varies from one poker room to another. There are some online poker rooms that will even let a player enter by using a bonus.

Although poker is definitely the game of skills and strategy, satellite tournaments are a little bit different. Since these poker tournaments are usually free, so many players entering that the luck factor can not be excluded. So many hands need to be played that even inexperienced players could win important hands. Just like in scratch cards - you need to be lucky to be a winner.

About Peter Gelencser

Peter Gelencser is a young Hungarian player, new in the industry and in the mean time, showing great potential. 2008 was an exceptional good year from him and he is continuing his trail of winning in almost every poker tournament he has been participating till now.

His favorite games are: Omaha poker, Texas Holdem and 7 stud poker.

Peter Gelencser winning the last PartyPoker European challenge

Peter Gelencser, a young rising star in the world of poker. This 20 year old poker player took home first place with over 160,000 Euro in the European challenge held by Party Poker.

I was especially impressed by Gelencser’s quiet style, as opposed to his 2007 performance. While in the 2007 games he stood up throughout all the games but failed to reach the top, this year he was not even noticed till the few last rounds and ended up taking first place.

Big Disappointment for the WPT held in Slovakia

Big Disappointment for the WPT, (World poker tour) which took place in Slovakia. The event didn’t attract as many people as the organizer expected. Local participants say that there were only 100 players so far.

The winner of the first stage was the Hungarian poker player – Richard Toth. It’s not really a big surprise since Toth is an experienced poker player and has already won the forth position in the WPT that was held in the Bellagio.

Poker beginners? Start with free poker games

It is very tempting to immediately start playing with real money when you enter an online casino site. The bonuses are attracting and you start feeling lucky and suddenly you find your self with an open account and your money invested in it. The thing is beginners should never put them selves in a position where they gamble for money and are not sure about how to play. This is exactly why the free online poker games were created, to let beginners practice and start gambling with real money only after they have gained experience and confidence.

Playing in online poker rooms

Online poker games have their advantages and disadvantages. It really depends on how you look on it. The fact that online poker room are a more convenient solution because of the geography is accepted by all but there is a controversy regarding the matter of not being able to see your opponents. Some find it more comfortable but those who are depending on reading the opponents gestures find it very disturbing. There is also the advantage of being able to use calculating tools and not having to calculate odds with your head. In any case, Online poker rooms are gaining popularity every day and are definitely here to stay.

Poker is popular all over the world and there are many online poker sites offering elaborated information about poker and how to play it. Here are some local poker school sites in different languyages” See for example: pokeris, (Lithuanian for poker), póker játék, (Poker game in Hungarian), Jocuri Poker gratis, (Play poker game in Romanian).

Casino games at home

There are many countries that do not allow land casinos but do legalize online casino. For those countries online casino sites are the perfect answer. Other then that, even if land casino is legal in your place of residence, you might still be living too far from a good casino. Again, online casino solves this problem and provide any internet user who are interested with any casino game they'd like with a click of a mouse. As technology is evolving we get more and more graphic and sound effects which make the online gambling experience real and exiting.

How to choose a good online casino

Choosing the right online casino for you is probably one of the most important decisions a person can make. Once you've found an online casino in which you can feel at home you will not replace it easily. On the other side, if you choose an online casino that doesn't match your needs and taste it might leave you with a bad impression regarding online casinos. It is important to check which languages are available, which casino games are offered and in which platform, what are the bonuses, if the support team is working to your satisfaction and so on. You can find a complete list of online casino reviews here. Don't be too hasty in choosing you online casino, even if you choose more then one casino to play in, they all should still be the best ones for you. Remember that you have you money and valuable time invested in them.

Online gambling in Online casinos

Virtual casinos are well established for many years now. You can find almost any casino game you can think of available online. Some of the more popular games that you can find in online casinos / virtual casinos are: online roulette, online Craps, online Blackjack, and off course online poker. You can find versions of these casino games in simple flash formats, 3d formats and with different sound and visibility quality. Click here for reading about the different casino games platforms in some of the more known and trusted online casino sites.

Love in the WSOP

Call me sentimental, call this post a terrible cliché that needs to be erased upon release, I don’t care, I am still going to right it. ‘And what am I going to write about?’ You ask, well I am going to write about love. ‘But this is a poker blog’ you say, and yes I can hear you and I see you hand moving toward the back button, but WAIT! I am going to right about love in the poker world.

This is an important issue for me to right about since poker players has a reputation of being loners, detached poker faced sunglasses people and although it’s completely true in most cases, there are still parts of us which are same as regular humans. We fall in love too and we marry, yes I wrote Marry. To prove my point I will bring here 2 beautiful love stories that started in the WSOP environment and are, till this post date of issue any way, still leaving happily ever after.

I am referring to Jennifer Harman & Marco Traniello and the newlyweds Chad Brown & Vanessa Rousso. Their relationship is an example for all of you cynical out there claiming poker player, like artists, must die alone in a dark corner with a whiskey bottle half empty, a pack of cards and some poker chips in our pockets.
So here’s to you poker couples, hang on and keep inspiring us all.

Free poker money with no deposit

While land casino offer players in their poker rooms free drinks or an open buffet, the online casino sites offer free poker money with no deposit. There's no catch, no hidden agenda. It's well known to all sides that this is a promotional gift and both casino and player are enjoying it. The online casino will have a good chance in getting a returning customer and the poker player will have the chance to win without risking his or her own money are if not winning then at least getting a glance in a real online poker room game and testing personal abilities.

Free Online Poker Games on the Internet

Before you start gambling with real money, it is strongly recommended to play some free online poker games to gain a bit of experience in each of the poker games available online. Free poker games are without any risk of loosing money. It's the perfect way to get familiar with online gaming, with poker, with the different types of poker with your personal gaming level. You can find free online poker games for Texas Hold Em, Omaha poker, five card draw and Caribbean stud poker. You can click on each of the above poker games to learn more about them or click here for playing free online poker with no registration or deposit required.

New Cool gambling links site

I bumped into this site that I personally define as heaven for gamblers. This site offers all gambling links in visual logos that are located all on the same page.
The fact that they are all on the same page is what make this simple one page site so genius. Think about it as an easy gate way for all your favorite gambling sites including casinos, news, leading blogs, gambling forums, free and real money casino games and anything you can think of related to online gambling and sports betting.
The name is - ItIsAllIn.com and I already have it defined as my home page.
Check it out and decide for your self: http://www.itisallin.com

Gus Hansen - WSOP 2009

My Money is on Phil Ivey

There is still some time to pass between now and November 11th and since betting is something that we enjoy very much I am going to start a bet on this year's WSOP winner. The betting is not on real money but on honor. You are all welcome to place you personal opinions and the winner will get his comment converted into a post and an option to add a picture, (if she or he would want to).

I am going to start with my personal bet – Phil Ivey. So here goes:


Five reasons why Phil Ivey has a good chance of taking this year's WSOP no limit hold'em:

• First of all, he is the youngest poker player to have won 7 WSOP bracelets.
• He's already won 2 bracelets this year.
• He never won a no limit Hold'em bracelets and the rumors are he is eager to make this year the first one to get it.
• He demonstrated a hell of gaming technique and coolness in the events so far.
• He has a lot of experience in high pressured events such as the final table in this WSOP.

WSOP 2009 Updates

The end is approaching and now we are left with the last 9 players in this years final WSOP event. ESPN are going to cover all of the last four sittings. The first is going to be this Tuesday, at 9pm, (New York City time). They will be playing no limit Hold'em. The next one will be next Tuesday, same hour, on the 4th of August. Next one after that is on the 11th of August. The final event will be held on the 10th of November.


The players still standing now are:
Darvin Moon with 58,930,000 chip counts
Eric Buchman with 34,800,000 chip counts
Steven Begleiter with 29,885,000 chip counts
Jeff Shulman with 19,580,000 chip counts
Joseph Cada with 13,215,000 chip counts
Kevin Schaffel with 12,390,000 chip counts
Phil Ivey with 9,765,000 chip counts
Antoine Saout with 9,500,000 chip counts
James Akenhead with 6,800,000 chip counts

Phil Ivey is still standing and the end of the WSOP is closing in

The world series of poker 2009 is getting close to the final run and it has been very entertaining so far. Not surprising but still worth mentioning is the finalists in this year's tournament: We have the great Phil Ivey, Antonio Esfandiari, Dennis Philips and many other good and well known poker players. This year, like every year, I was keeping my eyes out for new talents and actually found a refreshing discovery – People please meet Leo Margets. She is the last woman still standing at this point and from the way she has been playing so far I can see how she is not going to make it easy on the other sharks competing against.

2009 EPT San Remo

The 2009 EPT San Remo annual event took place on April 11-23.
All the seats were sold out and there were 701 players that has put up to 5,000 Euro.
The biggest player in this year's EPT San Remo event was Jason Mercier rose while taking home 869,000 Euro in earning money. He won this tournament while calling Eric Koskas big bluff and getting the crowd up on their fit amazed by the brave and unbelievable move.

About WSOP 2009

WSOP 2009 is the 40th WSOP since it first started running in 1970.
Every year there are more players attending the different events and there is always a big drama around the winners and losers. This year there are 58,000 poker players and 55 events which varies in the type of poker, the game level and, in some cases, the gender.

The World Series of Poker inspires many poker players and poker fans around the world and for me, an online poker player, is something I've been dreaming about for along time now.

Joe Hachem Biography

This particular poker player is so well promoted that he has it's own official site:
http://www.joehachem.com

A few quick facts about Joe Hachem:
• Joe Hachem was born on Lebanon on 1966
• He moved to Australia with his family in 1972
• His official profession in chiropractics
• On 2000 he had to stop practicing as a chiropractic due to a disease he suffered from
• Having always been an amateur poker player is dream for many years was to play in the WSOP
• On 2005 he made this dream come trough while entering in relatively small WSOP poker events. He won and continued on to the bigger WSOP poker events.
• Since then he played in all of the WSOP annual tournaments and defeated some of the biggest poker players in the world winning to him self his own big poker player reputation.

WSOP 2009 upcoming events

WSOP 2009 is the 40th in this successful worldwide event that brings together the top poker players in the world and off course us poker fans.
The event is taking place, like every year, in Las Vegas.
The main event that is actually concluding the WSOP is the no-limit Texas hold Em main event. This year is very much the same as last year when it comes to tournaments and players:
With about 58,000 poker players and 55 events we are going to see a lot of excitement, Drama and generally memorable moments.
So tune in and to this WSOP blog while I keep you posted with all the World Series of Poker 2009 great moments, the cool videos and the embarrassing scenes created by losers.

Jennifer Harman vs Corey Zeidman at the WSOP 2005 Main Event

For those of you who watch the WSOP 2005, you'll probably remember this moment when the lady of Poker - Jennifer Harman gets a little upset in a head to head with Corey Zeidman.

Opening page

This is the place to get updated with latest poker events and upcoming tournaments.
In here you will find news, gossip, statistics, and you can add your own guess about who's going to take first place.