Poker After Dark Moves to Golden Nugget
Poker After Dark is one of the most popular poker shows on television. Until now it has been filmed at the South Point Casino, but recent negotiations have found the show a new home at the Golden Nugget’s new center “The Grand”. They have agreed to do 60 episodes of the show there, and will feature some of the game’s most talented and entertaining players, battling each other for the $100,000 winner-take-all first prize. They will also offer different creative playing formats this season.
“The Golden Nugget is thrilled to host the fifth season of NBC’s exciting, late-night poker program, Poker After Dark. The Golden Nugget has been home to several big poker productions, as well as hosted many poker tournaments and events, so bringing a top-rated program like Poker After Dark to the property just seemed like a natural fit,” said Brett Kellerman, The Golden Nugget’s chief operating officer.
Airlines Go All-In for Poker
Last week Continental Airlines held its OnePass 21st Birthday Texas Hold’em Poker Tournament at the Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The tournament included customers that had outstanding benefits from frequent flier miles. Bill Shiver took home the grand prize of 21 million frequent flier miles, which he’ll be able to use for numerous trips around the world. He plans on taking friends to Italy, and on a Mediterranean cruise.
“It was a wonderful experience,” said Shiver, “I didn’t talk to anyone — win or lose — who didn’t have a great time. I feel very fortunate and really lucky to be the winner.”
The tournament had 243 entrants, with the top 40 receiving prizes and frequent flier miles. The second-place finisher, David Michaels, received one million OnePass miles. Total prizes added up to 25 million OnePass miles, with the top 40 getting at least 50,000 of them.
WSOP: Is Time Off from Final Table Play Good?
The time off for the final nine of the WSOP main event is the best thing that could have happened to them. It guarantees that each one of them will be able to make big dollars wearing advertiser’s logos; they have so much time to negotiate. Prior to this idea they only had a few hours to try and cash in.
This way they all get to become famous within the poker world. They all should be able to pick up a sponsorship that will allow them to play into the future for free, not to mention any other endorsement deals they may be able to secure.
You know that the ESPN coverage of the final table will be better than it has ever been before. They’ve had so much more time to set up interviews and player profiles, you just know it’s going to be great.
2008 Pechanga Poker Championships
Dates: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 to Sunday, August 24, 2008
Pechanga Resort & Casino
45000 Pechanga Parkway, Formerly Pala Road
Temecula, CA US
909-693-1819
Tue, Aug 19th Super Satellite - No Limit Hold’em - Buy In: $100
Wed, Aug 20th Event #1 - No Limit Hold’em - Buy In: $100
Thu, Aug 21st Event #2 - Ladies - No Limit Hold’em - Buy In: $100
Fri, Aug 22nd Event #3 - No Limit Hold’em - Buy In: $130
Sat, Aug 23rd Event #4 - No Limit Hold’em - Buy In: $250
Sun, Aug 24th Event #5 - Main Event - No Limit Hold’em - Buy In: $250
2008 Heartland Poker Tour - Mount Pleasant, Mi
Dates: Sunday, August 17, 2008 to Sunday, August 24, 20
Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort
6800 Soaring Eagle Boulevard
Mount Pleasant, Michigan 4885
Sun, Aug. 10 - Sat, Aug. 23 - HPT Main Event Qualifier - Buy In: $300
Sun, Aug. 24 - Mon, Aug. 25 - HPT Main Event - Buy In: $1500
Official Day 1d Chip Counts
The results for the fourth and final starting day of the 2008 Main Event are in. 1,352 players remain after 2,400 started the day. Steve Austin leads with 149,000 in chips. The top ten for Day 1d action is as follows:
Steve Austin 149,000
Mohamad Kowssarie 146,000
David Stucke 140,525
Sami Rustom 140,450
Dylan Linde 138,425
Nikolay Losev 127,225
Victor Ramdin 124,600
Samir Shakhtoor 122,875
Christian Choi 122,225
Charles Dolan 121,625
Official Day 1c Chip Counts
The WSOP has now released the official chip count for 1c. At the beginning of the day 1,928 where hopefull but by the end of the day only 1,026 remained in the tournament. Norway’s Henning Granstad leads the pack at 242,950. The rest of the top ten are as follows:
Curt Kohlberg 173,050
David Baker 163,450
Howard Berchowitz 160,075
Arnaud Mattern 157,650
Diren Yildiz 136,075
Josh Schiffman 133,000
Evan Woodington 127,125
Michael Souza 126,100
Serj Markarian 126,000
Day 1D action beginning at noon on Sunday.
Day 1a Official Chip Counts
Final overnight tallies from the WSOP show that 636 players survived Day 1a action in the Main Event. Complete chip counts for all but a handful of non-reporting players have now been posted.
The overnight Day 1a leader is Mark Garner at 194,900 in chips. The official top ten players are:
Mark Garner 194,900
Brandon Adams 176,450
Kellen Hunter 155,200
Stefan Mattsson 154,275
Patrick Fortin 145,275
Jeff Frerichs 138,025
Soren Peterson 135,475
Adam Hudson 127,750
Wayne Brown 124,575
Todd Rebello 123,925
Welcome to Playing the Flop
I guess this is a great opportunity to welcome you to Playing the Flop, the brand new blog dedicated to both online and offline poker. We at Playing the Flop will do our very best to cover all the major poker tournaments as well as any interesting poker news that comes across our desks.
With that said I hope you enjoy reading our take on the wonderfull world of poker!