The World Of Poker

The world of poker has been relatively quiet recently with the completion of the long awaited final table of the WSOP. So what has been happening?

Well the Bad Beat jackpot has been booming and has reached the $650,000 mark. What this means is that some time very soon some lucky PDC Poker players are going to be excessively rich. Frankly I'm kinda jealous.

In other news, the APT hits Sydney next week and several PDC Poker team members will be down there doing their best to make the money. Good luck to those who are heading to the land down under!

Finally, don't forget the Aussie Millions Live Seat final is coming up next week. It will be a great experience for those who manage to find their way to Melbourne. Players can satellite in or buy in direct to the Live Seat final.

On a parting note - the new merch store items; the hat and the beanie have been huge hits with the bulk of stock practically flying out the comp point store. Get in quick before they all go!

Sit'n'Go Leaderboard!

By now everyone has well settled into the new Sit'n'Go leaderboard promo and the competition has been heating up. Not only has the main leaderboard seen some stiff competition, it might even be over shadowed by the close race for the top spot on the streaker leaderboard.

When the Carbon marketing team were sitting around discussing the Sit'n'Go leaderboard before its introduction, we were expecting maybe a few people would reach streak bonuses of 5. Maybe even a 6 if they were exceptionally lucky. But now a quick glance at the leaderboard shows that we were a little off in our predictions. Several players have managed to break past the 7 streak bonus mark with 2 players reaching 7.5. This means that these players have won 5X 10 seated Sit'n'Gos in a row. Quite a respectable feat. Well done guys!

If there is any confusion still lingering about how the leaderboard points work and how the streak bonus affects your points, we have created a few tools to assist you. Simply go visit the Sit'n'Go leaderboard promo page on the Carbon website and use the calculators to work out how many points you should have!

PDC Poker Photos

Hey all, Ive got a new feature on the Carbon website to tell you about. Here at PDC Poker we have been sending players to represent the room at live events for quite some time and as a result have accumulated quite a number of photos capturing the magic of the moments that these events deliver in droves.

http://www.carbonpoker.com/photos/

So click the link and have a look at all the good times that's been had at previous events. I highly recommend checking them out if your playing in any of our satellites, MTT or live seat finals as you may soon find yourself in the next lot of pictures to be uploaded. Remember its not just a buy in to a main event that your playing for. Its the entire experience - the travel, the city, the 5 star accomodation, the poker, the people you meet, the memories you take away....

$9M WSOP VICTORY!

If you had 9 million dollars what would you do? Well Im sure Peter Eastgate has had that question on his mind alot these last few months and now he actually has it. Picking up a cool $9 million dollar first place prize in the World Series Of Poker Main Event, Mr Eastgate has become the youngest ever to win the Main Event - breaking Hellmuths record that has stood for 20 years. He also joins the elite list of poker players and now ranks 5th on the list of money won in poker tournaments.

Previous to the WSOP Main Event, Eastgate, while a formidable online player was unknown to the rest of the poker world. That however has all changed since he busted Russian Ivan Demidov in heads up play to take the most prestigious poker event in the world.

Eastgate practically dominated the heads up period of the match with smart play and some dominating hands. The final hand was called all in by Demidov who sat nicely on two pair. Though like the rest of that game, Eastgate had him out classed and out gunned as he called and then laid down a 5 high straight. Id say congratulations, but I think he might be sick of hearing it!

MTT leaderboard Final

The first monthly MTT leaderboard final took place over the weekend and concluded the first monthly leaderboard with a smashing success. 1 lucky winner ended the day 1 massive live seat package better off, and a dozen or so others ended up with a nice pay packet to enjoy too.

100 players battled it out with unique starting stacks for near four hours before the field drew thin, and the curtains drew to a close on the event. The final hand of the day played out to a crowd of eliminated on lookers and went a little like this...

Ante'sa Posted - 300 chips
LooseSid Small Blind - 2,000 chips
mantaswim1 Big Blind - 4,000 chips
Dealing Cards
LooseSid All In
mantaswim1 Calls - 106,887 chips
Flop (J♣,5♦,8♠)
Turn (J♥)
River (7♣)
mantaswim1 Shows (A♦,J♦)
LooseSid Shows (6♥,A♣)
mantaswim1 Wins Pot 1 with : Three of a Kind, Jacks - 222,374 chips
Winning The MTT - $8,500 APPT Live Seat
Getting to wear the MTT Accolade - Priceless.

Dont forget the leaderboard for next months final is well underway. Novemebers final will pay out a massive seat to the Aussie Millions in January!

New Emoticons

So I have something special to leak to you - the design team have churned out another master piece for this month - Thanksgiving themed emoticons.

Trigger words are :

Eat Me

Turkey

Make My Day

Enjoy and Eat Chicken.

November Nine Cont.

Ylon Schwartz

A renowned gamer from New York, Schwartz is a ranked chess master and also a big back gammon player. Having played since the early 90's he went pro in 2000 after a few prominent finishes. Like other pros who have played chess and back gammon Schwartz claims that the skills cross over and have improved his poker game. Schwartz goes into the final table placed an equal 5th, though is still

 about half stacked against chip leader

 Dennis Phillips

Darus Suharto

This is the 39 year olds second run into the WSOP Main Event and also the second time he has made the money. Having cashed in the 06 Main Event to the tune of $26,389 after winning an online satellite. Having taken the same path again this year via an online satellite, his journey however has taken him much farther; 873,671 places further to be precise. However the journey isn't over yet for this accountant, despite being a self professed amateur who describes poker as his foremost hobby. He supposedly sticks to his accountant stereo type and plays a calculated tight game.

Craig Marquis

Another one of the young guns at the final table, Marquis has very little experience in the live arena though has plenty of experience online. He started out at smaller limits but quickly progressed to the high stakes. He has a few small cashes under his belt though and is not to be taken lightly at the final table. If Marquis wins he will become the youngest player ever to win the WSOP beating Hellumth's long standing record. If he does it will be an incredible achievement with just over a year and a half of poker experience to his name.

Left to right: Schwartz, Suharto, Marquis