Nick Won The 16,000 SNG Challenge.

Nick Rainey started the challenge 16,000 SNG´s and $10,000 profit in 1 month on March 18th, 2009.

And it was official yesterday, friday morning that SNG Nick won the challenge.

He was up around $11,500 when playing the 16,000th game.

A few days ago the Sit & Go specialist Nick Rainey broke the previous world record of number of Sit & Go's played online in one month.

He played more than 14,000 games in the first 20 days, but has now hit over 16,000 games in 1 month, and made a new world record.

The previous world record was 10,351 SNG played in one month.

Nick claims to hav won around $71,000 in poker winnings and prop bets in this challenge.

On the sharkscope leaderbord Nick got 1st place in total winnings for 2009 in the $16 to $35 games.

Nick will post graphs and do a full report as soon as he recover, check out he´s blog here: http://sngnick.blogspot.com/

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Challenge: 16,000 SNG’s in 31 days and $10,000 in Profits.

The Sit & Go specialist and Poker Pro Nick Rainey, broke the previous world record of number of Sit & Go's played online in one month.

Nick Rainey has allready played more than 14,000 games in about 20 days.
The previous world record was 10,351 SNG played in one month.

The goal of this challenge is to play 16,000 sit & go's in one month and make a profit of $10,000.

Nick Rainey started the challenge on March 18th, 2009. As of April 11th, he has earned $7,738 in profits and has played 14,000 sit & go's. He has been grinding through each day, playing sessions that last from 20 to 40 hours each.

Stinko_Mikko is the username Nick Rainey use on FullTilt Poker while playing, he is limited to sit & go's within a $6-$75 buy-in range, and he is required to play in a minimum of 9-man tournaments or larger.

You can check out Rainey and follow his progress on his blog http://sngnick.blogspot.com/



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Durrrr Challenge: Durrrr Back In The Lead.

Just a quick update on the Durrrr challenge.

In a short session between durrrr and Patrik Antonius last night durrrr won $55k.

With that win he is back in the lead, right now durrrr is in front with $30k.

Patrik Antonius was in front in the challenge last week, so it will be exiting to see who wins this challenge.

Patrik was the one calling it a night as he said he needed to sleep, but he said that they will play later tomorrow so keep your eyes open for more durrrr and Patrik action tonight.

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High Stakes Poker Season 5 Episode 3 And 4

Since everybody seems to be looking for the new episodes of high stakes poker, i will make this short post with the links to all the new high stakes poker episodes.

When i embed the videos from pokertube, it slows down my blog, so this time just click on the link and you will go right to the episode you want to see.

Again there is great action with the pros and big name poker players at the table having fun while playing high stakes poker.

In theese 2 episodes of high Stakes Poker you will see: Eli Elezra, David Benyamine, Peter Eastgate, Daniel Nagreanu, Ilari "Zigmund" Sahamies, Tom "Durr" Dwan, Barry Greenstein and Doyle Brunson at the poker table.

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Fulltilt Poker: Play For Real Money With The Pros.

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Durrrr Challenge: Patrik Antonius In Front.

Tom " Durrrr " Dwan has been in front most of this challenge VS. Patrik Antonius, but last night Patrik finaly got in front when he was the winner of the session.

Durrrr and Antonius has now played a little more than 5.500 poker hands on Fulltilt poker.

They have to play 50.000 hands in total at the Fulltilt poker real money tables, so there is still many hands to go before we will see the winner of the Durrrr VS. Antonius challenge.

After last nights session Patrik Antonius is up $110.000 in total.


You can find a results graph, big hands and current standings for the Durrrr challenge here at highstakesdb.com



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Doyle Brunson Is Willing To Play Anybody.

Some time ago Doyle Brunson made comments about how he would "swim a river" to play "the Internet stars" in a real cash game, and in Doyles new blog post he is now willing to challenge anybody.

Doyle brunson writes:
I’m getting old, there is nothing I can do about that, but I’m still willing to play anybody "Doyle Sez", where I can name the game and change to another game when I want to. If any of the internet stars, that don’t play live, want to play, I’ll give them half their money back if they lose if they play 8 hours a day for a week.

Doyle also defends him self and says, that only live poker counts.
So when Doyle said he never saw a poker game that he couldn’t beat, he meant 6 or more players sitting down at a live poker table, and not on the internet where players might be talking on the phone or sending IMs.

Doyle Brunson is a 10 time WSOP bracelet winner who has logged a tremendous amount of hours playing nearly every poker game under the sun.

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High Stakes Poker Season 5 Episode 2

The 2nd episode of highstakes poker is now online on pokertube, see Peter Eastgate playing very active and a great battle with Durrrr and Berry Greenstein.


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$1,000,000 To Prove That Poker Is A Game Of Skill

On Phil Galfond´s blog you can read about a great challenge. Although Phil thinks it's unlikely they would get taken up on this, he would love to play to prove that poker is a game of skill.

Phil writes: " the fact that we're legitimately offering $1,000,000 to $1 should convince some people that there's more to this game than just luck. "

The challenge:
With Congressman Barney Frank preparing to introduce legislation this month addressing the ambiguities of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA), BluefirePoker.com is willing to put its money where it’s mouth is, to prove that Poker is a game of skill, not luck.

They are offering $1,000,000 to President Obama or any member of the U.S. Congress willing to play a Poker game against any of their poker pros, and the winnings can go to the charity of choice.

No one in their right mind would turn down this challenge if Poker were a game based on luck, because the odds are so far in their favor. Putting up $1 for a chance to win $1,000,000.

The specific terms of the game are to be announced but the format will include an equal number of chips at the start of the game. The length of the game must also be long enough to demonstrate the advantage of skill, in the long run the better player wins the game because the player’s skills increase the odds of success.

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High Stakes Poker Season 5 Full Episode.

The first full episode of high stakes poker season 5 can now be found on youtube.

In high stakes poker season 5 you can see some of the best poker players play high stakes poker, and see how lots of money change hands very fast.

In this episode you can see Daniel Negreanu, David Benyamine, Tom " Durrrr " Dwan, Eli Elezra, Doyle Brunson, Zigmund Sohamies, Berry Greenstien and the WSOP champion Peter Eastgate, play high stakes poker in the Golden Nugget casino in Las Vegas.

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The Most Winning Players On Fulltilt Poker In 2009 So Far.

The highstakes poker player Mark Vos, who has gotten alot of attention lately with his "Hit and Run" short stack poker strategy is very succesfull.

In the month of February MR. Vos has won more on FullTilt than Phil Ivey, Phil Galfond, Tom Dwan, Gus Hansen and Patrick Antonius.

He has realized, along with a few others that selective aggression works well at the highest stakes.

The year 2009 has started really good for Hac " Trex313 " Dang, Patrik Antonius and Gus Hansen as they have all managed to win several millions of dollars on Fulltilt Poker.

Since 2009 started 6 players has made more than $1million playing poker at Fulltilt according to the Highstakesdb.com

Here is a list of the biggest winners on Fulltilt Poker this year so far.
1. Hac " Trex313 " Dang: $2.677.233
2. Patrik Antonius: $2.279.366
3. Gus Hansen: $1.897.636
4. Ilari " Ziigmund " Sahemies: $1.543.927
5. Mark Vos: $1.403.993
6. 'tsarrest': $1.204.781

The biggest loser on fulltilt poker in 2009 right now is Tom 'durrr' Dwan, in only 56 days he has lost $3.526.948 according to Highstakesdb.com


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Annette15´s Blog.

A little update on Annette15´s blog, Anentte has played two big live tournaments this year so far The Aussie Millions and Pokerstars EPT Copenhagen, and she is disappointed not to go deeper in any of them.

Annette writes:

" There's nothing more annoying than having played sick poker for four days, not having been all-in a single time without having my opponent drawing dead postflop just to have someone call your 4-bet shove the first hand you sit down at the table..ah well....I still love poker.

Bubbled at the Copenhagen EPT...these things happen.

Best of luck to new Betfair sponsored Pro Peter Jepsen whose contract was announced on the opening day of that tourney.

I'm sure Peter is going to do well in both cash online at Betfair and in the live tournaments."


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Gus And Theo Battled It Out In The Boxing Ring.

On Saturday afternoon, the poker world was focused on an event that had nothing to do with the poker game. Fulltilt Poker pro Gus Hansen battled it out against Bet24 poker pro Theo Jorgensen inside a boxing ring.

The festivities kicked off at 2:00pm Eastern Time, with Jorgensen donning black shorts with white stripes and black headgear. Hansen wore solid black trunks and blue headgear. In the end, Hansen dropped the decision to Jorgensen by a judges’ vote.The match took place in Copenhagen, Denmark.

In order to prepare for Saturday’s boxing match, Hansen trained with former Olympic medalist Johnny De Lima.

But three rounds into the fight, the panel of judges ruled in favor of Theo Jorgensen. Gus Hansen stood in the ring after the match with his opponent, whom he is friends with outside of the poker tables, and did not appear to be badly injured.

Hansen placed a handicap on himself in the match. Jorgensen’s win earned him $35,000. If Hansen had won, he would have paid his adversary $25,000.

During the fight, play was paused in the Durrrr challenge between Patrik Amtonius and Dwan. Saturday marked the second day of play in the promotion, which features a $1.5 million wager by Dwan if anyone can defeat him in 50,000 hands of $200/$400 Pot Limit Omaha or No Limit Hold’em.

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The Durrrr Challenge has started.

The first session in the "durrrr Challenge" kicked off with Tom "durrrr" Dwan taking on Patrik Antonius. Thus far, Antonius, Phil Ivey, and David Benyamine have all accepted Dwan's challenge.

Antonius and Dwan played 1,541 of the required 50,000 hands, with Dwan emerging a $134,911.50 winner over the course of the first session. The game was PLO and they played on four of the eight "durrrr Challenge" tables that are currently set up on Full Tilt poker.

When the $500-$1,000 action on Full Tilt broke Saturday afternoon, Tom "durrrr" Dwan and Patrik Antonius agreed to resume their "durrrr Challenge" match.

Dwan and Antonius sat down for their second session, where Dwan won $36,661 over the course of 92 hands before pausing to take a lunch break. Action resumed 2,5 hours later and they played 1288 hands.

As they started the second session of the day, Dwan was up $171,573 over the life of the challenge, but Antonius made a huge comeback, booking a $228,069 win to put him ahead of Dwan by a total of $56,178 over the 2,915 hands they have logged thus far on their way to a total of 50,000 hands.

Antonius quit the match at just after 9 pm EST, Dwan congratulating him on the win.

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Fulltilt Poker Getting Ready For The Durrrr Challenge.

The first "durrrr" challenge, which should be Patrik Antonius vs Tom Dwan is supposed to get underway at any moment at Fulltilt Poker.

Fulltilt Poker has accommodated Dwan and Antonius by opening up four "durrrr" Challenge $200/$400 Pot Limit Omaha tables. They are all heads-up tables, as this will be a heads-up challenge.

Dwan made headlines in the poker world earlier this year when he issued his challenge. Anyone was welcome to accept, except for Phil "OMGClayAiken" Galfond.


The challenge:

A heads-up battle that would consist of at least 50,000 hands. Four tables would be played at all times, with minimum stakes of $200/$400. Dwan would allow his opponent to choose the game of choice from Pot Limit Omaha, No Limit Hold'em or a mix of the two.

If Dwan's opponent was ahead (after rake) at the end of the challenge, then Dwan would pay out $1.5 million dollars on top of whatever he lost during the challenge.

If Dwan was ahead after rake, then his opponent would have to cough up an additional $500,000.

At least three players apparently accepted the terms of the challenge, including: Phil Ivey, Patrik Antonius and David Benyamine.

Antonius will be getting the first crack at "durrrr", and the challenge should get underway this week.



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Daniel Negreanu Will No Longer Play In Poker After Dark.

Daniel Negreanu writes on he´s blog that he will no longer be playing on any more sessions of Poker After Dark.

Pokerstars will no longer be allowing it's players to play on Poker After Dark, at first Daniel was a bit perplexed, but as Daniel says:

" Pokerstars didn't become the world's largest poker site by accident, there are smart people making key decisions as to what's best for the site, and this is another example of them getting it right. While it was fun to play on the show, I totally respect the decision to pull Pokerstars players from the show. "


Daniel Negreanu´s micro limit challenge has been going pretty good. He crushed the $0.02-$0.05 cent game and moved up quickly. After 209 hands played at $0.05-$0.10 he´s up $13.00 after getting coolered with KK versus AA pre-flop against a wild player and losing back $10.00. Daniel won't move up to the final micro limit level, $0.10-$0.25 cent, until he has a $125 bankroll.

Daniel Negreanu´s mom is also very sick and she´s in the hospital for a surgery, and Daniel has received tons of e-mails and want´s to thank all who have been praying for he´s mother to have a speedy recovery.

As for Daniel´s LA tournament plans, he might not make up he´s mind until the last minute.

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WSOP 2006 Winner Jamie Gold Signs With ACED Poker.

The champion of the 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event, Jamie Gold has signed with Aced poker, which makes its home on the Merge Gaming Network.

Jamie Gold won the largest WSOP tournament ever held, with a field of 8,773 players, and pocketed $12 million.

As part of his duties with Aced poker, Gold will be found playing on the site, representing the brand at major live poker tournaments, and working alongside our team to make sure each and every ACED player has the best possible experience.

Gold has appeared on a bevy of poker television shows, including NBC’s “Poker After Dark” and GSN’s “High Stakes Poker.”

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Gus And Theo Inside The Boxing Ring.

On February 21st, three-time World Poker Tour Champion Gus Hansen will square off against World Series of Poker bracelet holder Theo Jorgensen.

The match won’t take place at the poker table, however. Instead, it will be inside a boxing ring. The two Danes will duel in the debut of Gus TV.

If Hansen beats Jorgensen in the boxing arena, Jorgensen will fork over $25,000. If Jorgensen wins, he’ll earn $35,000 from Hansen.

However, this match is far from being solely about the money, as Jorgensen quipped: “Forget about the money, this is all about the glory. The loser of this fight will definitely hear about it for many years to come.

Tickets to the event can be purchased online and currently run 249 DKK (approximately $40) and the spectacle kicks off at 21:00 local time.


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Doyle Brunson Is Pleased With The New Doyles room.

Doyle brunson has been getting a lot of questions about the article, “100 Most Likely to Die in 2009.” It has him listed as the number 16th celebrity most likely to die this year.
But Doyle is cool he´s plan is to reach at the least 102 years of age in honor to the poker hand 10-2 named after him.


Doyle Brunson also says "" i´m really pleased with the new DoylesRoom poker room. We moved to a new network and we have more players in U.S. primetime than we had at our other provider. There are lots of sportsbook customers that play, which makes for looser and better games.""


It’s Super Bowl time and Doyle is betting on Arizona +7 points. This is one of Doyle´s favorite times of the year and he´s going to the Super Bowl Party at the Bellagio in Las Vegas.



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Daniel Negreanu´s WSOP 2009 Plan.

Here is the list of events Daniel Negreanu plan on playing at the WSOP 2009.

Some events do overlap so it's highly unlikely that Daniel Negreanu will be playing all of them, but if an event is NOT on this list, Daniel guarantees you that he won't be playing it.

Daniel Negreanu´s WSOP 2009 schedule:

May 28th: $40,000 No Limit Hold'em
May 29th: $40,000 No Limit Hold'em (Day 2)
May 30th: $40,000 No Limit Hold'em (Day 3)
May 31st: $40,000 No Limit Hold'em (Final Table)

June 1st: 5pm $10,000 7 Card Stud
June 2nd: $10,000 7 Card Stud (Day 2)
June 3rd: $10,000 7 Card Stud (Final Table)

June 4th: 5pm $10,000 Mixed Games

June 5th: 5pm $2500 Limit Hold'em (6 handed)

June 6th: 12pm $5000 No Limit Hold'em

June 7th: 5pm $10,000 Omaha 8
June 8th: $10,000 Omaha 8 (Day 2)

June 9th: 5pm $3000 HORSE
June 10th: 5pm $10,000 2-7 NL Lowball
June 11th: 5pm $2500 Stud 8/Omaha 8
June 12th: 12pm $1500 Limit Hold'em
June 13th: 5pm $10,000 NLH Heads Up
June 14th: 12pm $2500 PLO/PLH

June 15th: 5pm $10,000 Limit Hold'em
June 16th: $10,000 Limit Hold'em (Day 2)

June 17th: 12pm $5000 Pot Limit Omaha
June 18th: 5pm $10,000 Stud 8
June 19th: 12pm $2000 Limit Hold'em
June 20th: 5pm $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha
June 21st: 12pm $5000 No Limit Hold'em Shootout
June 21st: 5pm $2500 Mixed Games

June 22nd: DAY OFF

June 23rd: 12pm $10,000 Pot Limit Hold'em
June 23rd: 5pm $2500 Omaha 8

June 24: DAY OFF
June 25: DAY OFF

June 26th: $50,000 HORSE
June 27th: $50,000 HORSE (Day 2)

June 28th: $3000 Triple Chance No Limit Hold'em
June 28th: $1500 Stud 8
June 29th: $2500 2-7 Triple Draw
June 30th: $5000 No Limit Hold'em (6 Max)

July 5th: $10,000 No Limit Hold'em (Day 1C)
July 8th: $10,000 No Limit Hold'em (Day 2)
July 10th: $10,000 No Limit Hold'em (Day 3)
July 11th: $10,000 No Limit Hold'em (Day 4)
July 12th: $10,000 No Limit Hold'em (Day 5)
July 13th: $10,000 No LImit Hold'em (Day 6)
July 14th: Play down to 27
July 15th: Play down to 9


Daniel Negreanu´s $10 to $10.000 project is going very well and he is only $7 away from graduating to next level $0.05-$0.10 cash games read more at Daniel Negreanu´s blog.


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