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Ted Forrest gagne le World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star et la somme de 1.1 Million avec son 1er titre du WPT.
Il s'adjuge la victoire fac à JJ Liu, encore une fois en table finale et encore une fois à deux doigts de devenir la première femme à remporter un WPT.
Cétait à suivre en direct ici mais sous peu ce sera chez Patriiiiiiiiiiick sur Canal +.
Voici les forces en présence avant la table finale...
Amir Shayesteh
Chips: 2,731,000
Lifetime Winnings: $0
WPT Final Tables: 0
Odds-to-win: 3.25/1
One of two rookies at the table, Shayesteh has nearly 31 per cent of the chips in play. His chip stack might be the only reason to bet on the WPT rookie. Since March Madness is underway and people like betting on Cinderella stories, maybe throwing down on Amir might not be a bad idea. Only thing he’s got to worry about is Ted Forrest pushing him around.
Ted Forrest
Chips: 2,006,000
Lifetime Winnings: $3,100,000
WPT Final Tables: 3
Odds-to-win: 4.5/1
Ted Forrest should be the favorite at this table. When playing his A game Forrest is one of the best players in the world and regularly plays in the Big Game. With a WPT rookie in directly in front of him and directly behind him he has to be drooling over the available chips. Forrest should be active and aggressive early. At the very least Forrest should get to heads-up and then have enough room to outplay his opponent.
Vincent Shaw
Chips: 1,518,000
Lifetime Winnings: $0
WPT Final Tables: 0
Odds-to-win: 6/1
Shaw is the other virgin at this table. He has a slight lead on James Van Alstyne, but has Ted Forrest to worry about. If Shaw can avoid tangling early with Forrest he may be able to navigate the rest of the table and accumlate some more chips. With Bill Edler as the short stack his opportunity to stack a player might comer earlier than expected, but with little or no experience it would be hard to bet on him to win it.
James Van Alstyne
Chips: 1,139,000
Lifetime Winnings: $2,200,00
WPT Final Tables: 1
Odds-to-win: 8/1
In 2006 Van Alstyne found himself at the WPT Championship final table, so he’s no stranger to the lights and cameras and distractions of the TV table. He’s not exactly rolling in it though with only 13 per cent of the available chips. He may look to take advantage of Shayesteh and Shaw, the two rookies, to increase his chip stack while doing everything he can to avoid Forrest and the increasingly-desperate JJ Liu and Bill Edler.
JJ Liu
Chips: 966,000
Lifetime Winnings: $800,000
WPT Final Tables: 1
Odds-to-win: 9.5/1
The guys might describe Liu as “hot enough to be the favorite on Jamie Gold’s soon to be developed Hottest Mom In America" but we’ll just describe her as a lady that married Dan Alspach and spent the better part of yesterday proudly wearing her “I eliminated David Williams” shirt that comes with the $5,000 bounty. Liu has been to a WPT final table and has absolutely no fear about putting her chips in the pot. As the short stack that’s not a bad mentality. She might be the dark horse here.
Bill Edler
Chips: 638,000
Lifetime Winnings: $1,150,000
WPT Final Tables: 0
Odds-to-win: 14/1
Bill Edler has yet to be at a WPT final table, but he’s certainly a well-accomplished and well-travelled rounder. This is his third consecutive World Poker Tour cash and he did just finish 7th at the LA Poker Classic last month. Unfortunately for Edler he starts the day as the short stack and will have to find a way to double up early. He’s known for patient play but that certainly won’t serve him well today. He may find a willing dance partner in JJ Liu who’s also looking for chips but he may be better served in attacking the rookies.
j'aimerai bien avoir son job à lui...
La conférence de Jeffrey Pollak (WSOP Commissioner) a amené quelques surprises ce mercredi. Tout d'abord le changement de fabricants de cartes du WSOP mais ensuite les chiffres de participation.
On attends plus de 10 000 entrants au WSOP 2007... irréel !
L'hôtel Rio a donc organisé des salles de 250 tables un truc gigantesque.
Les structures de jeu vont être chagées aussi: par exemple le 1500$ buyin passera de 1500 jetons à 3000 ce qui permettra d'avoir des phases de jeu plus lentes et des parties plus vivantes car plus joueuses.
D'autres annonces vont être faites sous peu.
D'ici là voici le programme 2007 ici
Surprenant les chiffres publiés par World Poker Tour Enterprises (WPTE) lundi dernier. On s'attend à une entreprise fleurissante mais en fait on a des chiffres d'une entreprise qui se redresse de belle façon.
En effet les résultats annuels montrent un dernier trimestre 2006 en perte nette de 1.1 Million de $. Une baisse de .5 $ par action en bourse. Une amélioration par rapport au T4 2005 qui enregistrait une perte nette de 1.7 Million.
La différence entre 2005 / 2006 se fait sur la vente de 5 épisodes de PPT ma série favorite.
Par contre sur l'année 2006 la WPTE a généré un gain net de 7.8 Millions $ par rapport à une perte de 5 Millions $ de perte. De beaux résultats.
A suivre l'action ici si vous voulez investir quelques $ dans une tite entreprise pleine d'avenir...
Bel article ici en anglais.
Tout le profil de l'entreprise ici sur Reuters.
WPT Enterprises, Inc. (WPTE) creates branded entertainment and consumer products driven by the development, production and marketing of televised programming based on gaming themes. The Company develops and owns the World Poker Tour (WPT), television series, based on a series of high-stakes poker tournaments, airs in the United States on the Travel Channel and in more than 140 territories globally. The Company has four operating units: WPT Studios, WPT Consumer Products, WPT Corporate Alliances and WPT Online Gaming. The Company licenses its brand to companies in the business of poker equipment and instruction, apparel, publishing, electronic and wireless entertainment, DVD/home entertainment, casino games, and giftware. On February 3, 2005, the Company entered into an agreement with WagerWorks to develop a WPT-branded real-money gaming Website.
WPT Studios
WPTE's multi-media entertainment division generates revenue through the domestic and international licensing of broadcast and telecast rights and through casino host fees. The Company licenses the WPT series to the Travel Channel, L.L.C. (TRV) for telecast in the United States under an exclusive license agreement. The Company also has license agreements for the distribution of its World Poker Tour episodes in over 140 territories. In addition, the Company signed a license agreement with TRV to telecast its new Professional Poker Tour (PPT), series. The Company also collects annual host fees from the member casinos that host World Poker Tour events.
WPTE has entered into a series of agreements with TRV for the United States distribution of the WPT television series (the WPT Agreements). For each season covered by the WPT Agreements and related options, TRV has rights to exhibit the episodes in that season an unlimited number of times on its television network (or any other television network owned by Discovery Communications) in the United States for four years (three years for the episodes in Season One). The Company has produced three complete seasons of the World Poker Tour series under the WPT Agreements, and season four is in production. TRV also has options to license the three seasons (Seasons Five through Seven).
Under the WPT Agreements, TRV pays fixed license fees for each episode the Company produces, which are payable at various times during the pre-production, production and post-production process and are recognized upon TRV's receipt and acceptance of the completed episode.
WPTE has also entered into an agreement with TRV for the United States distribution of the PPT television series. Similar to the WPT Agreements and related options, TRV has rights to exhibit the PPT episodes in that season an unlimited number of times on its television network (or any other television network owned by Discovery Communications) in the United States for four years. The Company is in production on Season One of the PPT, and TRV has options to license the three seasons (Seasons Two through Four).
WPT Consumer Products
WPT Consumer Products, WPTE's branded consumer products division, generates revenues principally through royalties from the licensing of its brand to companies seeking to use the World Poker Tour brand and logo in the retail sales of their consumer products. In addition, this business unit generates revenue from direct sales of company-produced branded merchandise. The Company also generates revenues from existing licensees, including US Playing Card, mForma, Jakks Pacific, and MDI. The Company also has a number of licensees that are developing new licensed products including slot machines from IGT, and interactive television games from Pixel Play.
WPT Corporate Alliances
WPT Corporate Alliances, WPTE's sponsorship and event management division, generates revenue through corporate sponsorship and management of televised and live events. The Company's sponsorship program uses the professional sports model as a method to foster entitlement sponsorship opportunities and naming rights to major corporations. Anheuser-Busch has been the source of revenues through its sponsorship of Seasons Two and Three of the World Poker Tour series on TRV. During the fiscal year ended January 1, 2006, Anheuser-Busch announced that its sponsorship in Season Four will now feature its brand, Budweiser, as the official beer of the World Poker Tour on the Travel Channel.
WPT Online Gaming
WPT Online Gaming, WPTE's online poker and casino gaming division, generates revenue through its agreement with WagerWorks, Inc. (WagerWorks) pursuant to which the Company granted to WagerWorks a license to utilize the WPT brand to create a WPT-branded online gaming website, WPTonline.com, which features an online poker room and an online casino with a selection of slots and table games. Although any Internet user can access WPTonline.com via the World Wide Web, the website does not permit bets to be made from players in the United States and other restricted jurisdictions.
WPTE competes with Harrah and Fox.
Et oui les Copag se font remplacer par les Kem au WSOP...
Le "The United States Playing Card Company" ici est en effet devenu officiellement sponsor du WSOP et procurera donc de nouvelles cartes révolutionnaires de chez Kem.
Ca va couter plus cher à Harras mais bon on est plus à cela près!
Le site de Kem ici
U.S. Playing Card Named Official World Series Of Poker® Supplier
New “Poker Peek” To Be Official WSOP Playing Card
LAS VEGAS – March 14, 2007 – Harrah’s License Company LLC, an affiliate of Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:HET), has named the United States Playing Card Company and its historic Bicycle® brand an official supplier of the World Series of Poker and to make its revolutionary new Poker Peek™ card the official playing card of the World Series of Poker, subject to regulatory approval.
Under terms of the three year-agreement, USPC will introduce the Poker Peek face style and a special Bicycle-inspired card-back design printed on the company’s KEM® brand card stock – widely considered the world’s finest playing-card material – at the 2007 World Series of Poker Presented by Milwaukee’s Best Light.
“As part of this proposed agreement, every table of every World Series of Poker bracelet event will be supplied – every day – with a fresh setup of premier quality KEM cards from USPC,” said Jeffrey Pollack, commissioner of the WSOP. “Our players deserve the best and this is just one more example of how we are working hard to provide them with nothing less.
“We appreciate USPC’s support of the WSOP and welcome them to our family,” said Pollack.
“We’re excited to join forces with the World Series of Poker to bring this new product to the world’s premier gaming event,” said Kenny Robinson, vice president of global marketing for USPC. “The Poker Peek used during the WSOP will be the inspiration for a new deck that will be offered to the public later this year under our Bicycle brand.”
“This is a fun moment in history to bring the 120-year heritage of the Bicycle brand to the most prestigious poker tournament in the world,” said Rob Clendening, brand manager for the Bicycle brand. “The WSOP participants will appreciate the KEM cards on the table, and our millions of consumers worldwide will recognize and appreciate the Bicycle-inspired card-back design and innovative new Poker Peek face style.”
The United States Playing Card Company is a global leader in the production and marketing of playing cards and related products. The Bicycle brand has been the world’s leading playing-card brand for over 120 years, and other well-known USPC brands include KEM®, BEE®, AVIATOR® and HOYLE®. Founded in 1867 as Russell, Morgan and Co., and based in Cincinnati, Ohio, USPC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Jarden Corporation.
For more information on the U.S. Playing card Company, please visit www.usplayingcard.com.
BEE®, BICYCLE®, AVIATOR® and HOYLE® are registered trademarks of The United States Playing Card Company.
Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. is the world’s largest provider of branded casino entertainment through its operating subsidiaries. Since its beginning in Reno, Nevada, nearly 70 years ago, Harrah’s has grown through development of new properties, expansions and acquisitions, and now owns or manages casinos on four continents. The company’s properties operate primarily under the Harrah’s, Caesars and Horseshoe brand names; Harrah’s also owns the London Clubs International family of casinos. Harrah’s Entertainment is focused on building loyalty and value with its customers through a unique combination of great service, excellent products, unsurpassed distribution, operational excellence and technology leadership.
More information about Harrah’s is available at www.harrahs.com. Information about the WSOP is available at www.worldseriesofpoker.com.
And the winner is Paul Wasicka
qui a battu Eli Elezra, Joe Hachem, T.J. Cloutier, Nam Le (rien que ça) puis en finale Shannon Elizabeth...
Paul Wasicka est dans les nouveaux épisodes des high stakes...
Shannen elle a quitté American Pie (vous vous souvenez l'étudiante étrangère ?)
pour les tables vertes.
Encore ? allez... mais chut j'ai rien dit et mille excuses aux Demoiselles
ici (warning photo ultra sexy)
Voici le tableau final... ici
Shannon Elizabeth vs. Humberto Brenes
Paul Wasicka vs. Nam Le
Andy Bloch vs. Gavin Smith
Kristy Gazes vs. Chad Brown
Que des beaux noms du poker... je cherche les vidéos qui suivront.
Bon disons que vous avez 2,999$ à dépenser... en fait 3,499$ ce serait encore mieux car vous aurez l'hôtel en plus + 100$ pour l'invitée surprise au banquet... et pas mal de billets de 20$ pour les pourboires...
Bon vous avez cette somme et bien vous pouvez aller au Lederer Family No Limit Holdem Camp à Las Vegas pour devenir the futur poker star !
Je viens de lire que le 31 mars commence le deuxième camp de poker du frère et soeur du poker. En plus de ces deux comme professeurs vous aurez le plaisir de jouer avec Chris Ferguson, Erik Seidel, Andy Bloch, Layne Flack, Robert Williamson, Paul Phillips et Phil Gordon.
Ca se passera au MGM et voici le programme:
THURSDAY
2:00 p.m. Hotel Check-In Begins
6:15 p.m. Check-in begins for opening Fantasy Camp session at Casino Baden
7:00 p.m. Dinner in Casino Baden
7:30 p.m. Opening remarks from Howard and Annie
8:00 p.m. -11:00 p.m. Sit N Go sessions with the Pros
FRIDAY
8:30am - 9:15am ¤ Continental Breakfast
9:30am - 12:30pm ¤ Poker Seminars conducted by Marcel Luske and Thomas Bihl
12:40pm - 1:30pm ¤ Lunch
1:45pm - 6:00pm ¤ Commencement of 20,550 Euros No-Limit Hold ‘
8:00pm - 11:00pm ¤ Sit N Gos
SATURDAY
8:30am - 9:15am ¤ Continental Breakfast
9:30am - 12:30pm ¤ Poker Seminars conducted by Howard and Annie
12:40pm - 1:30pm ¤ Lunch
1:30pm - 6:00pm ¤ Conclusion of First No-Limit Tournament and commencement of Second No-Limit Tournament with 13,700 Euros prize pool (Sit N Gos with the Pros ranging from $10-$100 buy-ins will be available for players who are knocked out of both tournaments
7:30pm ¤ Banquet of the Stars
SUNDAY
8:00am - 9:15am ¤ Breakfast buffet
9:30am - 10:00am ¤ Question and Answer session by Howard, Annie, Marcel and Thomas.
10:15am - 1:00pm ¤ Sit N Gos with all of the Pros in attendance to play and instruct
Ca me laisse rêveur... Que du bonheur !!!!
Après les acteurs voici une brochette de légendes du rock n roll qui vont tater du tapis vert de holdem... Ils vont participer le 14 mars 2007 à un tournoi de poker : le VH1 Classic Rock Celebrity Poker Tournament.
VH1.com est un network tv site internet etc... spécialisé en rock, soul et pop des années 60, 70 et 80... Fan comme moi de Led Zep c'est ici.
Launched in May 2000, VH1 Classic is a 24-hour network that present videos, concerts and music specials all day long, featuring the best of rock, soul and pop artists from the 60?s, 70?s and 80?s, including The Beatles, The Stones, Tina Turner, Led Zeppelin, Marvin Gaye, The Who, Stevie Wonder, The Police and many more. Learn more at www.vh1classic.com
Ca va se passer au Flamingo Hotel avec des stars du poker tel que Phil Hellmuth, Antonio Esfandiari et Phil Laak entre autres qui commenteront certaines parties.
Ce tournoi donnera au vainqueur une place pour le 2007 Aruba Poker Classics mais le but de cette épreuve est surtout un gala de charité. Voici les participants et les ?uvres pour laquelle ils joueront ?
Vinny Paul (The National Children Cancer Society),
Ace Frehley (The Alzheimer Foundation of America),
Dusty Hill (Hepatitis Research Center at Baylor College of Medicine),
Sully Erna (Tikkanen Fund, Community Alliance for Teen Safety),
Scott Ian (LifeBeat, Incorporated),
Ian Hamilton (Nevada Cancer Institute),
Robb Cross (Doctors without Borders),
and Steve Thomas (TenderLife).
Pour ceux qui veulent creuser cette information voici le nom des organisateurs, une boite pour laquelle je bosserai bien : Tenner and Associates www.tennerandassoc.com Plus d'infos ici aussi...
Ca va être chaud en tout cas... ça va sentir le torride et la transpiration d'hommes... rock n roll baby !
Mardi dernier, un communiqué de l'Associated Press déclare que Jamie Gold a décidé de négocier avec son ex "ami"de Bodog Bruce Crispin Leyser et de lui donner 6 M$ comme convenu.
Jamie Gold, l'agent de Holywood, avait déjà récupéré 6 M$ de cash en août mais s'était vu bloqué le reste en banque par un juge.
Il semble que la décision du district attorney a décidé Gold a évité le procès qu'il aurait perdu...
Jackpot Leyser !!!!
Article du 29/08/06
Bon, Jamie Gold a réussi à battre 8 773 joueurs et a gagné
12 000 000$...
OK gagné mais pas empoché... car ces 12M$ ont été saisi par une cour de justice sur une plainte d'un certain Crispin Leyser, producteur comme Gold mais aussi instructeur de poker pour le WPT Boot Camp...
Pouquoi lui réclame t il 50% soit 6M$ ? car il prétend...
(bon j'ouvre une parenthèse... il parait que Gold l'a appelé et lui a laissé un message juste avant la table finale... en lui disant que pour sa part il n'y avait pas souci... un message à 6M$... je referme la parenthèse)
qu'un arrangement avait été fait avant le début du tournoi entre Gold et lui... une sombre histoire de droits d'entrée au tournoi payé par son site internet... Gold lui présentait des célébrités qui porteraient le nom du site internet en échange des 10000$ de droits d'entrée ou bien 50% des gains...
Bref ce Leyser a en tout cas convaincu un juge de Californie... Vegas ton univers impitoyable...
Les 6 dernières heures du tournoi ici
J'ai enfin trouvé le temps de regarder un bout des High Stakes...
On retrouve les mêmes joueurs de la saison I avec un Barry Greinstein qui m'a fait plaisir (pour une fois) avec son monstrueux bluff en allin dès sa première main quand son adveraire le poussait relance sur relance avec un flush draw.
Mais est apparu aussi de nouveaux loups dont un certain Brian Towsend qui est un vrai inconnu.
A se demander ce qu'il fait là...
Voici son "palmarès"
Bluff Power Ranking: 722
Earnings: $35,135
Event Date Place Winnings
2006 Festa Al Lago V
WPT Championship No-Limit Hold'em
$10,000 buy-in 10/15/2006 66th $12,525
2005/2006 WSOP Circuit Event - Harrah's New Orleans
No-Limit Hold'em Championship
$10,000 buy-in
Il a pas peur le garçon... ou est ce qu'ils mettraient des beaux gosses pour cibler la gente féminine ?
En attendant vive les nouveaux comme notre co national David Benyamine que j'ai hâte de voir à la table...
