Ladbrokes Poker Launches Anonymous Poker Tables

28 Oct, 2010  Poker News

Online poker enthusiasts who have somehow managed to get a bad reputation over the months or years that they have been playing poker online can now play incognito at Ladbrokes Poker, one of the biggest online gaming service providers in the UK. This poker site has recently introduced Anonymous Tables for this very purpose.

Anonymous Tables, which are available along with the usual poker tables, follow the same rules, regulations, and procedures of regular poker tables. The only difference is that players are no longer identified by user names, monikers or handles. Every time a player chooses to play anonymously at the anonymous table, the site gives him/her a tag, which is generated at random, for identification purposes. The popular variant of Texas Hold’em, governed by the same rules, is played at the Anonymous Tables.

Ladbrokes Poker Head Kate MacLennan informed the media and the poker gaming world that poker players could never play anonymously in the past because of the presence of identifying user names and avatars, but now thanks to Anonymous Tables, they can play without anybody guessing their identity. This means that poker professionals can play without the danger of opponents trying to adjust to their well-known style, while new players can experiment with various gaming styles and strategies without being identified and eliminated.

Players, however, aren’t as enthusiastic about the Anonymous Tables as Ladbrokes Poker might have hoped chiefly because of the ugly bot issue that has reared its head recently. Critics have also raised questions regarding the dangers of collusion and multi accounting; but Ladbrokes Poker has assured that the monitors of the Anonymous Tables will have access to players’ real identities despite the anonymity.

Ladbrokes Poker has made a move to patent Anonymous Tables; but if they become popular, rival poker sites will start offering them too.

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From Weeds To Whales – A New Poker TV Show Is On The Cards

18 Oct, 2010  Poker News

There is a new poker television show called “Whales” on the cards, to be created by Jenji Kohan and Matthew Salsberg, the producers of the popular TV series ‘Weeds.’ Both Kohan and Salsberg are known poker enthusiasts and are strong fans of the World Poker Tour (WPT) and the popular online poker website, PokerStars. This fact is evidenced by the references to the WPT and the PokerStars gaming site on the Weeds TV series, which is a noted and well acclaimed series that centres on a suburban mother who peddles marijuana to get some extra money for her family.
The new show called Whales will be a sort of poker comedy; the show will be the first of its kind to be released into the international poker community. “Whales” is a show that focuses on a group of young poker players who are graduates from the reputed universities of MIT and Harvard. The show follows these men and women on their poker journey which involves an attempt to win the first place prize of $10,000,000 at the World Series of poker (WSOP).
Since Weeds has been a big success in the United States, poker fans can expect to get a good television series from these two producers. However, there have been a few mixed opinions about the upcoming poker series which are based on the belief that unlike blackjack, poker is game that does not translate well on to the screen. So far, the only poker production to have disproved this belief was the popular Rounders; while other poker productions like Casino Royale, Lucky You and Deal have not really done very well for themselves, having managed to rake in a very small percentage of a viewing audience. As of now, the poker community can only wait and watch to see what this dynamic duo of Jenji Kohan and Matthew Salsbergcan produce.

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Poker Pro Phil Ivey Throws a “Crappy” Tantrum at the Las Vegas Wynn

24 Oct, 2010  Poker Gossip

The Two Plus Two Poker Forum has a lot to say about poker pro Phil Ivey this week and none of it involves poker. According to reports on the form, Ivey apparently threw quite the tantrum at the craps table at the Las Vegas Wynn casino. He also threatened to never return to the casino and walked off.

Several posters at the Two Plus Two Poker Forum have commented on the issue and many players have claimed seeing him play there. For instance, a poster ‘Check Check Lay’ claims to have spotted Phil Ivey at a craps table in the casino. The poster also reported that Ivey and the floor supervisor the got into a heated altercation over a craps ruling that over just would not agree to.
Check Check Lay reports: “Apparently, the dice rested on the back wall and was called against Ivey. He proceded to yell that hes been playing dice for a long time and has never seen anything that ridiculous. He drops a few F Bombs and strengthens his argument by saying he will never play there ever again. He closes by looking at the supervisor and says “If you see me playing dice here again I’ll Suck your D$@K” then points to another supervisor and says “Your’s too”.

Although, not everyone believes that Ivey would say something like this over a craps ruling, other posters claim to have seen Iveyas well. Josecuervos stated that “it was around 11:00, he (Ivey) was wearing dark sweatpants, black jacket and black designer sneakers.”

Adam W, yet another poster at the forum was also at the venue and stated that he had seen the incident. “I got to play with him for about an hour and we had a huge roll netting him over 3 mill plus!! He was drunk and cool and having a blast high fiving me and others,” he said.

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Seidel and Harrington to be Inducted into Poker Hall of Fame

The Poker Hall of Fame has announced Erik Seidel and Dan Harrington as the two finalists, who have been chosen to be honored at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Final Table celebrations.

The ten finalists for Poker Hall of Fame 2010 were Chris Ferguson, Jennifer Harman, Phil Ivey, Tom McEvoy, Scotty Nguyen, Barry Greenstein, Dan Harrigton, Linda Johnson, Daniel Negreanu, and Erik Seidel. They were selected because their fans voted online for them from July 1 to Aug 31, 2010.

A new system of voting was followed, according to which, each voter had to distribute 10 points among a maximum of three players of their choice. Voters had the freedom to give all the points to a single player or distribute the points among two or three players. The ten finalists were then judged by a jury of 16 Poker Hall of Fame members and a panel of 17 selected poker media members.

Erik Seidel, one of the founder members of the Full Tilt team and eight times winner of the WSOP gold bracelet, has been considered to be one of the greatest of poker players ever since he finished second in the 1988 WSOP Main Event, a tournament that was immortalized in “Rounders,” a feature film. Ever since 1992, when he obtained his first WSOP gold bracelet, he has been immensely popular. He is the first Full Tilt team member to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Dan Harrington, who made it to the WSOP final tables four times, is one of the highly respected of poker players. With over $6 million in tournament winnings, a World Poker Tour title, two WSOP gold bracelets, he is widely acclaimed for having authored the famous poker book “Harrington on Hold’em,” which is considered to be the best poker strategy books ever penned.

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