WSOP Stars

nospam@example.com (Poker Baron) — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 14:09:20 -0700

The World Series of Poker is know for creating superstars in the world of poker, and the 2006 WSOP is no exception. This year's WSOP thrown 21 year old Jeff Madsen hign into the spotlight.

Madsen became the youngest player ever to win a bracelet. He didn't just win a bracelet, however, he won two - and made it to 4 final tables in three different games.

Riding his recens success, Madsen has signed up as a pro with Full Tilt Poker, as well as being picked up by Poker Royalty, the talent agency that represents great poker players, such as Phil Hellmuth and Daniel Negreanu.

Not to be left out, late-night talk shows are clammoring to have the young poker player grace their stages. Jay Leno and David Letterman have invited Jeff Madsen to make appearances on their popular shows.

Certainly Jeff's success will keep other young poker players dreaming of riches themselves. Winning $1.5 million and achieving overnight fame is a dream many amateur poker players share.

Doyle's Room Bounty Tournament

nospam@example.com (Poker Baron) — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 17:59:25 -0800

At this week's Bounty Tournament at Doyle's Room Players will be joined by Mike Caro "the Mad Genius of Poker" and WSOP Champs Dewey Tomko and Todd Brunson. It's happening this thursday, Feb. 23rd at 9:00 P.M. EST.

Knock out all three and Doyle's Room will pay you a bounty bonus of $25,000.00. Knock out two, and you'll receive $10,000. Knocking out one Bounty will get you $250.00. If any of the three bounties wins the tournament, everybody gets their money back!

Another handy feature at Doye's Room has to be the huge range of buy-in amounts at their SNG tournaments. You can play in a SNG tournament for buy-ins ranging from $0.10 + .01 all the way up to $2000.00 + $60.00! I think that's the biggest range I've seen in any online poker room.

I'm sitting in one right now that had a buy-in of $.20 + .02! The reason I'm in a tourament that cheap is I've wittled my bankroll down to under a dollar, and, being an addict and a cheap one at that, I want to build it back up without making a deposit! The tournament just ended, and I came in 2nd winning a whopping 67 cents. WooHoo!!

Another thing I like about the tournaments at Doyle's Room are the choice of speeds. They have a ton of regular games, where the blinds increase every 10 minutes, and they also have Speed (faster) and Turbo, where the blinds increase every minute. In turbo, by the time you get to the heads-up stage, the blinds are so high, it's pretty much dump luck that determines the outcome. But it's a rush to play in these fast games.

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WSOP Stars

Doyle's Room Bounty Tournament