PokerListings players make the grade at FTOPS VII
February 24, 2008
The Full Tilt Online Poker Series VII wrapped up Sunday with its $2 million guaranteed event hosted by Alan Cunningham. Over the series, millions of dollars was won by players as the guaranteed prize pools were surpassed with each event.
Among the money winners were a few PokerListings.com players. Several players cashed in the Main Event on Sunday, while one player even managed a second-place finish during the series.
The first PokerListings.com player to make an appearance in the money was jwerk, who made it to 52nd place in Event 9, the $300+$22 No-Limit Hold’em tournament hosted by Erick Lindgren.
Several Tips for Winning Sit-N-Go’s
February 24, 2008
If you play online poker there is no doubt you a familiar with sit-n-go tournaments. They have become very popular because they last a short time and give the tornament player a chance to gain valuable experience on how to play a final table.
If you are new poker player and have no idea what a sit-n-go is, it is simply a tournament that starts when all of the players are seated. They are usually 6-10 player tournaments. Sitngos are quick and easy tournaments, and many players earn a good income off of playing nothing but sitngos. There is a massive amount of sit n go strategy out there so I will give you several tips for winning sit n go’s and a brief synopsis of things to do while playing sit n go poker tournaments.
DDoS Attacks Hamper Online Poker Sites
February 22, 2008
A wave of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks targeting major online poker and gambling sites has at times impaired the functionality of several of those major sites in recent days. According to a report at the Shadowserver Foundation, the first tracking entity to report on the attacks, affected poker sites have included Full Tilt Poker, Titan Poker and CD Poker, with the casino-games portion of operations at PartyGaming and Virgin Games also affected.
A DDoS attack impairs a website’s capability by attacking its web servers, usually by flooding those servers with traffic from many thousands of different locations at once. One illicit method for implementing a DDoS attack involves the
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use of remote computers infected with a virus or other latent code; upon activation, these otherwise innocent computers are then incorporated into the “bot net” used in the attacks on the targeted site.
Several of the major sites were reported as being down or as suffering slow response times while the recent attacks were in process, though none of the affected sites have, to date, issued a release on the matter. An examination made by the group (which maintains its watchdog site at shadowserver.org) uncovered a total of 32 different online gambling domains which had been attacked from February 10-18, 2008. An unusual number of the sites were smaller Russian-based (.ru) gambling sites, despite the attacks on the larger entities such as Full Tilt and Titan Poker. All of the above-mentioned sites have, according to the research published by Shadowserver, taken countermeasures designed to combat the attacks being made upon them.
A later report also indicated that the “command and control” server orchestrating the attacks had been taken offline after its “upstream” service provider had been notified, thereby short-circuiting the attacks. Such a solution, of course, does not preclude new attacks from starting from a different, relocated web server.
The Shadowserver Foundation speculated on the purposes of the attack, writing this in their report: “Why are they doing this? That we do not really know. This could be a range of tests that precedes an extortion attempt. Perhaps someone is paying to have the websites of the competition brought down? We do not have any real way to tell at this point. What is clear though is that several gambling websites are being brought down.”
The episode is not the first time that DDoS attacks have been mentioned in connection with online-gambling websites. Anecdotal tales about extortion-based DDoS attacks or threats thereof have reached discussion boards in recent memory, including a threatened attack against one or more unnamed sports-betting sites in the weeks preceding last year’s Super Bowl.
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Mike Matusow joins instructor roster at PokerSavvy+
February 19, 2008
Online poker training service PokerSavvy+ announced a major addition to their coaching roster last week – none other than well-known poker professional Mike ‘The Mouth’ Matusow.
Matusow joins the already impressive roster over at PS+, including Ansky, WPTHero, Fisherman, Ike and Tribefan9. Matusow’s move marks one of the first instances of a so-called ‘live’ pro venturing into instructional video territory, which has largely been the province of ‘online’ pros to this point.
Are You Up on the Latest News in the World of Poker?
February 19, 2008
The future may not have personal jetpacks and flying cars, but we do have some pretty amazing technology. Every day the world is a little more connected, thanks to mobile phones, wireless internet, and other technology. Every day, the computers get faster, the signals get clearer, and the parts get smaller.
How do you keep up?
Sometimes, it seems like as soon as you get the latest and greatest thing, it is obsolete five minutes later. The Magic holdem calculator design team is working hard to make sure that they’re never obsolete!
Kentucky governor lays out plans for up to a dozen casinos
February 19, 2008
Recently elected Kentucky governor Steve Beshear unveiled his plans for bringing casino gambling to the state this week, presenting a proposal to the Kentucky General Assembly on Thursday.
If Beshear’s plan is accepted by the Assembly, casino construction would still hinge on approval by voters in areas where proposed casinos would be located.
Business First of Columbus ran an article that laid out the details of Breshear’s plan and possible hurdles to free-standing casinos in Kentucky. Excerpt:
Gambler sues William Hill over excessive losses
February 17, 2008
Graham Calvert has filed a 2 million pound lawsuit against bookmaker William Hill, claiming that the site didn’t follow through on its promise of excluding Calvert from placing wagers with the company after Calvert requested a ban.
William Hill, like most sites, offers players some form of self-initiated exclusion from wagering activities.
Excerpt from the Telegraph story on the lawsuit:
Graham Calvert, 28, asked William Hill to close his account and ban him because he was addicted and gambling over the telephone was “too easy”.
Eric ‘Rizen’ Lynch home from hospital, recovering
February 17, 2008
Popular professional poker player Eric ‘Rizen’ Lynch is back home after successful surgery to remove his gall bladder.
According to a post on his blog, Lynch, who is known by many as an instructor over at PokerXFactor, started experiencing pain late last week and eventually made his way to the hospital, where tests revealed that his gall bladder had essentially stopped functioning.
Lynch is now home and recovering. Excerpt from blog post:
300 points nets mike24788 a WPT seat
February 17, 2008
PokerListings.com and Full Tilt Poker just keep dishing out great prizes for free. The latest recipient is Michael “mike24788″ Eberle, who took down a freeroll last weekend to win a $12,000 World Poker Tour prize package.
To qualify for the freeroll, players had to have signed up at Full Tilt Poker through PokerListings.com, then earn 300 player points during the month-long qualifying period. A total of 138 qualifiers showed up to play the event last weekend, and Michael Eberle walked away the winner.
So many casinos on the internet!
February 17, 2008
There are more than three online casinos on the web. You may be question yourself “How do I choose the best?” Customer mass and reputation are, of enterprise, weighty. The big influence, on the other hand, is the expenditure. Every casino has rare gaming club outgoing percentages.
What is an real-time gambling den expenses? Many general public who experience bookmaking available are completely innocent of the full implication of the nightclub wages commission rate.
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