Betfair and GSOP play from $ 100k sponsorship deal

to the online Grand Series of Poker (GSOP) can win the player of Betfair a sponsorship deal worth $ 100,000.

On 27 February begins on the Ongame network, the sixth edition of GSOP. Those who leave the online provider Betfair and where it is possible to achieve in the Series a hat-trick obtained access to some of the largest and most important live and online events.

What is Hattrick?

Buy-ins worth $ 100,000 are awarded. To win, you have three of the 15 events of GSOP VI to reach one of the podiums. The GSOP runs until 13 March. In addition, the first five players a $ 15,000 WSOP prize package including access to the main event, which reach three final tables of the GSOP VI.

The first ten players who come in three events in the money receive a $ 1500 Price per package including access to the Betfair Live! Event in Tallinn, Estonia. And last but not least, for this bonus can be reached most easily, anyone can register at Betfair for three GSOP events or qualified to participate in a $ 15,000 freeroll. The 30 best company in this freeroll on 20 March on the $ 525 Mini Grand Slam GSOP part.

Isildur1 wins 1.5 million U.S. dollars in Poker games

The two had CardRunners pros Cole South and Brian Hastings – “thanks” to cope Isildur1 – colossal losses. Your real money poker sites expert.

Overall, “donated” them about 1 million U.S. dollars to the bank account of the unknown Sweden.

Since Hastings had won in a single session to Isildur1 already 4.2 million U.S. dollars, and South just experienced the best year of his career, seemed the chances for Isildur1 are not really good if it actually should resolve to the biggest games To return to Full Tilt. However, what may have surprised many, he has already returned a few months back after his crushing defeat, and his arrest on his way back to the forefront now almost impossible.

The session began with a Isildur1 $ 200 / $ 400 Pot-Limit Omaha poker match in 1114 against South hands, which ended with the fact that Isildur1 could top up his account to $ 240,779 upwards. In hopes of promoting his comeback, chose South to the heads-up match to pass $ 300 / $ 600 PLO, but lost another $ 401,733 after 566 hands.

Since South’s account at a phenomenal rate was visibly smaller, Hastings jumped in and tried to turn things around for the CardRunners team again. After 811 hands at $ 300 / $ 600 PLO was Hastings’ record with a further loss of $ 250,000 but not marked by success.

Then the game began with stakes of $ 500 / $ 1.000 and after 1356 hands, wild action had finally arrived, that Hastings had to throw in the towel, with a loss of $ 581,954. The next step was for Isildur1 another re-match against Justin “ZeeJustin” Bonomo in the $ 200 / $ 400 No-Limit Hold’em. In two and a half hours of match time came after 2386 hands, that could reap Isildur1 additional $ 101,000, and Bonomo left the table.

After Isildur1 against NEKOTYAN $ 31,000 in just six hands at $ 200 / $ 400 PLO had lost, he went to the $ 200 / $ 400 PLO tables on cap, where he won more $ 154,000. But his day ended with a recession, having lost first at $ 100 / $ 200 PLO Skjervoy against $ 30,000, before he sat across South again, this time he lost $ 354,008 in 133 hands back to him at $ 500 / $ 1.000.

Total Isildur1 but posted a profit of 1.5 million U.S. dollars. This makes the popular and mysterious Sweden into one of the hottest candidate in the list of top earners 2010th In fact, amount to its income this year already legendary 2.8 million U.S. dollars, after which he was able to push forward ranks No. 2 behind Alexander “PostflopAction” Kostritsyn.

South’s losses were, thanks to its profit of $ 354,000 at the end “only” at $ 309,215, while HASTINGS suggested $ 832,000, with losses already to book.

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PokerStars profound changes in his VIP program

While celebrated all over the world, the beginning of the new decade, which has the world’s largest poker room, PokerStars profound changes in his VIP program announced.

The most important change you will immediately notice is the way his Pokerstars VIP points calculated. Until now, a player has a VPP when the rake was reached at the table a certain amount. Now it gets counted at least a portion of the rake as long as anything has been paid. At tables with at least eight seats, whether occupied or not they are awarded, PokerStars now six VPP for every dollar of the entire table. The total number of VPP for each hand are evenly distributed among all players have taken part in de hand. So for example if the pot with three U.S. dollars is geraked be awarded 18 points. If nine players who participated in the hand gets each player has two VPP. Even partial points will be deducted.

At shorthanded tables with fewer than eight seats it works basically the same, except that the VPP multiplier is five and a half, and not six.

In tournaments, players will receive five and a half VPP for every dollar in tournament fees for every dollar in tournament fees. The VPPs needed to reach the VIP level and keep, have also changed. The monthly requirements for Silver Star have been almost halved, from 1200 to 750 And remain a Supernova player if you abt the status once achieved, requires PokerStars VPPs now only 7500 per month instead of 10,000.

The cash-Milestones for supernovae have also been adjusted. The new values are as follows:

$ 1,000 at 100.000 VPPs
$ 3400 at 200,000 VPPs
$ 3600 at 300,000 VPPs
$ 3800 at 400,000 VPPs
$ 4000 500,000 VPPs
$ 4400 approximately 600.000 VPPs
$ 4600 for 700,000 VPPs
5000 at $ 800,000 VPPs

Are down from 300,000, the Cash Rewards increased, while the reduction has been lying about it. The $ 4600 reward for 700,000 is new and therefore there is at the milestone payouts now $ 1,000 more than before.

For Supernova players will be interesting to see that they can participate from now on, no more of the $ 75,000 in weekly freerolls. Instead, quarterly $ 1,000,000 VIP Freerolls are organized. The access methods are the same as always: supernovas have their place in vain, while PlatinumStar and GoldStar VIP FPP can win a place via Satellite. And finally, PokerStars has added a brand new promotion for the VIP program, which bears the name of Stellar Rewards. It works very similarly to the milestones in the supernovae, except that the Stellar Milestones have lower thresholds. There are 19 Stellar Rewards for every player available in the year and they already start at $ 10 to the VPP will be allocated at 750. All in all, there are a total of $ 1000 for this program with the highest reward, $ 100, will be paid at 90,000 VPP. Interestingly PokerStars requires that each of the Rewards will be earned in the VIP FPP store for 1 each.

Concepts for the turn and river

On the flop can still play for a simple recipe, when we were before the flop, the aggressor, and have increased. We make a continuation bet or check if we have missed the flop and the situation of (dis) appear cheap, or we make a value bet to get money into the middle. As you can imagine, turn and river is difficult and not for a particular pattern to play. I would like to introduce some concepts and illustrate them with examples.

If we erstmal our previous line continues. Since we always play tight-aggressive, we tend to raise before the flop and keep this aggressive line on it. Let us now suppose that we have missed the flop, but to make a continuation bet, get called by an opponent on the turn and again no help. This happens very frequently, and many players just tend to check and give up the hand. Most can, however, the enemy until the turn off with a second increase!

Since we are not the only ones to have a continuation bet in our repertoire, our enemies know that the flop is the use of more or less compulsory, and expect that, regardless of whether we helped the flop or not. Our (e) opponents, therefore, make calls on the flop often loose on the grounds that this is just a continuation bet, and we have nothing anyway. With a check on the turn we give up the hand and can make an application either to turn if we are out of position, or on the river if we do not call position. A check on the turn after a C-Bet is an aggressive opponent to steal an invitation to the pot. Nevertheless, it is sometimes just better to give up the pot. This is the case when the turn card may have helped the enemy has brought us nothing and we have little chance of winning.

The whole is too complex and extensive to give simple tips. It belongs to a lot of experience and hands-Reading is very important here. It takes betting patterns to estimate the enemy’s good for him, and can decide whether a further application has prospects of success. A good example is the notorious check-raiser, who is out of position and a C-bet by waiting Preflopaggressor. He checks in principle, to be able to raise immediately if the flop helped him. Elects to call it an enemy of our continuation bet it is quite possible that he sits on a draw, or has a monster hand.
After a C-bet on the turn, one should ask themselves the following questions:

1. If these players hit the flop, or he elects to call for the reason “because we have nothing”?
If the latter is likely the case, and the results from Floptextur, player type, Tell, recent game then makes a bet on the turn meaning.
The former is probably the case, it should continue with question 3.

2. Helped turn the card to the opponent?
This is probably the case, then a bet makes sense only if Question 3 is applicable.

3. Can I use my opponent to get the better hand fold?
Flops, our opponents an average couple who elects to call our C-Bet, check on the turn, then won a further deployment of course, also depends on the player type, a good chance the pot.
On the river, everything is still a complicated piece, so that we simplify the two little questions:

1. Are there better hands, we bring an application to the fold?

2. There is weaker hands that can call our own efforts?

When it comes to a bet on the river’s calling, you should ask yourself the following two questions:

1. Is there enough hands with which he makes this application and against which we win?

2. Can we meet with an increase in the above-mentioned objectives (Callen weaker, fold a stronger hand?)

In the game before the flop, there are simple mathematical and game theoretic aspects, and therefore easy to explain good or bad decisions. After the flop, but everything is much more complicated and the best game depends on many factors. To estimate this to be able to play and even after the flop well, it is necessary to read many books and play the course themselves. It is also important to share with other players and discuss respective hands. With these concepts presented here you have a good guideline, but what you shall guide your decisions.

Floptextur

Under the texture of the flop is meant the totality and appearance. Sogut flop as everyone is different, but there are groups in which one can divide similar flops. Of course, there are overlaps, such as a paired flop with flush and straight draw.

1. Flop without texture

That is a flop, which can be classified not because he is so upset. There is no straight or flush possibilities, and this is paired not.
Examples are (c = cross, d = diamonds, s = spades, h) = heart;
2s8cKd
Qh7d2c
Ah9c3s

2. Flop with a certain connectivity

That is a flop, the cards are somehow connected to each other and allow Straightdraws:
7s4cAh
JsTd2c
9h8dKc

3. Flop with strong connectivity

A somewhat more pronounced form of flop number 2 All three cards are so interconnected that even a straight is possible:
2s3cAd
6h9sTc
AsJcTs

4. Flop of the same color

At least two cards must be of one color there. As long as there are only two, is just about one flush draw possible. When possible, the same three colors, a suited flop, is already a made flush:
3d8dAd
6h9cTh
4s7sJs

5. Paired flop

A flop, can boast of a couple who are paired as described (paired board). Even a triple on the flop – which is more than rare – one of the paired flops:
5s5dTh
AsAd9c
8c8s8d

6. Hybrids

The flop presented here are unlikely. Most of the different groups occur together with other groups. Thus, the flop is often a degree of connectivity and the same colors (2 + 4). Or is paired with two similar colors (4 + 5).

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