5 Bright Events in the World of Poker 2009
1. Phil Ivey wins two bracelets and takes the 7th place at WSOP
Before the beginning of the World Series of Poker many people had been forecasting that Phil Ivey would be one of the winners . And it turned out to be the truth. Phil Ivey, who is considered to be the best poker player according to the opinions of other professional players, took part in many WSOP tournaments and made them more exciting in 2009.
Daniel Negreanu and Erick Lindgren were so sure that Phil Ivey would become a poker star of this tournament, that they even didn’t allow anybody to choose him as an opponent as wanted to fight with him themselves. Ivey in his turn added to his collection of bracelets two more. He is still 32 and has already won 7 WSOP championships. In 2009 he managed to take place at the final poker table of the main tournament, but he didn’t succeed and took only the 7th place.
2. Russ Hamilton is gilty of a scandal at UltimateBet
There were a lot of gossips that Russ Hamilton, a champion of WSOP-2004, had a direct attitude to the deception of UltimateBet and Absolute Poker users, who could use the possibilities of poker leak buster, analyze their game and took part in tournaments. This event caused great harm to online poker industry. Two years passed after the deception was revealed and Kahnawake Gaming Commission made a verdict. After detailed investigation it has become known that 23 accounts were used by a man or a group of people to deceive the site clients. The names of these people were not announced but Russ Hamilton and 31 men were involved in the site management.
3. The success of mysterious Isildur1 from Sweden
Recently, Isildur1 has won the biggest sums of money, playing at poker tables with the highest rates at Full Tilt Poker. Everybody, envolved in the world of poker was greatly surprised. 12 poker banks were played for the last 2 months and this unknown player took part in all these tournaments, where the biggest sums of money were won. Probably, he improved his skills with the help of poker leak buster, which helped him to become such experienced player and make his game perfect. His agressive style of playing and his readiness to fight with anybody at the table with the highest rates made him a real online poker star. He played with the most proffesional players, won and outgamed them, but also lost. Nevertheless, his appearance has become the brigtest event in the world of poker 2009.
4. Father and son at the final tables of WSOP
It is the first case in poker history when father and son achieved such results. For Jeff and Barry Shulman last year was rather profitable. This family takes rather significant place in the world of poker. Jeff reached the final of WSOP and Barry won the Series of Poker Europe with the prize of $1,3m. Jeff took the 5th place, winning $1,95m.
5. Joe Cada becomes the youngest WSOP champion
The record, set by Joe Cada, will be remembered by everybody, interested in poker. He managed to get a champion title at 21. He put his chips in the centre of the table, which had been rather risky for him many times, but he won and luck took his side. His magnificent victory has proved that poker is a game of skills, which can be improved by analyzing your own leaks thanks to poker leak buster.
15 Interesting facts about poker
Poker is a popular game with a rich history. There are a lot of legends and superstitions, records and interesting facts about this game. The most exciting are awaiting for you. Read them!
1. With 52 cards of standard pack of cards you can make 2.598.960 possible combinations.
2. Richard Nixon, 37th president of the USA was fond of playing poker. Just thanks to this card game he managed to gather enough money for his electoral campaign.
3. 19 from 43 presidents of the USA played poker.
4. Phillip Helmut , the youngest poker player, who has become the winner of WSOP, shaved his hair clean after the failure in forecasting the results of WSOP.
5. Jonny Moss has become the only winner of WSOP, without winning one event of the tournament. If he played online with the help Poker Leak Buster, this mistake would be noticed by other players.
6. The main reason how becomme the winner of a poker game is not a good technics of playing, but a possibility to induce your opponents to make mistakes. Poker Leak Buster – is a program, where you can learn how to play this way.
7. The replacement of a card pack happens after 15 minutes of ceaseless game in a casino.
8. Every from four kings in a card pack symbolizes 1 of the historical rulers: the king of clubs means Alexander Makedonski, the king of hearts means Karl I, the king of spades means King David, the king of diamonds – Julius Ceasar.
9. The biggest sum of money – 9 152 416$ was received by Peter Eastgate, Danish poker player of 22 years, in 2008 at WSOP. And the biggest online bank with the sum of 1 356 947$ was divided between Patric Antonius and a Swedish man under the nickname Isildurl, who used Poker Leak Buster for playing online.
10. In ancient times the most important card in a pack was not an ace, it was a … king. And an ace was the lowest card.
11.Dead Mans Hand is a combination of cards AA88, which got such a name after the “Wild Bill” Hikok was shot with these cards in his hands. The meaning of the 5th card is unknown.
12. In 1937 cards manufacteres added the 5th suit to a standard pack. New suit had differnt colors and names in the USA it was Eagles of green color, in the UK – Royals of blue color. Soon, the manufacteres realized that it had been a bad idea to add the 5th card and the production of it was stopped.
13. There is an opinion that a card pack has a mysterious metaphisical meaning: 52 cards symbolize 52 weeks of the year, 4 suits – the seasons of the year, 13 cards of one suit -13 phases of the moon.
14. Phillip Helmut is a recordsman if to speak abot the number of bracelets he has won at WSOP. He has 11 of them.
15. It’s a bad sign to play poker in a room, where there is a dog. So, it’s better to play online and use a poker software Poker Leak Buster to improve your skills.