Before the invention of the hole camera Texas Hold-em and other poker varients didn’t catch on because the TV viewer was only able to see cards when players showed them on the showdown. The landscape changed when viewers knew more then the players at the table and made it a much better game to watch.

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The merge network has great features that can’t be found at many of the top poker rooms including Poker Stars and Bodog. They allow players the option to rabbit a card, show one card and if you happen to get 4 aces in a real money hand you will receive 40x the BB!

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The VIP Aced program hasn’t gone live but I am sure the announcement will go along with the official release of the poker room.

He talks about how the government really shouldn’t have a part in this and brings up some great points.  Though, in the end there was a tie vote 32-32 which meant the legislation failed under committee rules. This won’t be the last bill that is brought to the committe and I feel there is a good chance eventually something will pass.

The 2008 World Series of Poker is just underway with the first event the  World Championship Pot-Limit Hold’em (Event 1)  won by Nenad Medic who took home $794,112 and Andy Bloch taking second. The second event a $1500 No Limit Hold-em tournament is still underway with 18 players left.

Many players have accepted the change and look for it to help poker because of the media attention the lead up to the final table will bring. Others argue that part of the WSOP main event is the grueling two weeks players have to stay focused and keep playing until one person is left standing. Another argument for professional players is that amateurs that make the final table can study for months and become solid players before the final table is played.

It will be interesting to see how the 2008 WSOP Main Event plays out but we know for certain we won’t have a champion until November.

Poker Star.com is looking to send the next champion to the WSOP and with this promotion they are giving 80 free seats. In other wsop satellite buy-in events they have already given 671 seats and counting! You can find more Poker Stars 2008 WSOP information at Poker Splendor.

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They have a 33R+ WSOP Qualifiers that runs multiple times a day and once a week run a $650 WSOP qualifier on sunday that usually qualifies around 20-30 players every time it runs.

Poker Stars also has their WSOP Steps satellites. This lets players play sit and go’s for as low as $7.50 for step 1 and make their way up to step 6 where it is a $2,100 buy-in and 1 players wins a seat to the wsop.  One great thing about the wsop steps program is second place usually gets the same prize as first or in the case of step 6 gets $2500. Third and forth get buy-ins to the same event.

The last way to qualify for the 2008 WSOP with Poker Stars is to use your fpp and cash them in to play satellite tournaments. If you are a frequent player then you have the chance to get your seat at Poker Stars for Free!

Find out more at the Poker Stars 2008 WSOP Satellite information.

376 players entered the tournament with Cantu taking home $1,000,000 dollars. Brandon Cantu had a large chip lead going into the final table and never looked back. He also won over $400,000 dollars in bounties and was able to dominate the table even with the small blinds.

The winning hand of the tournament was when Cantu won with pocket 5’s against Steve Sung’s pocket 4’s. 

Final Table Results 

1. Brandon Cantu – $1,000,000
2. Steve Sung – $585,000
3. Jennifer Harman – $330,000
4. Noah Jefferson – $265,000
5. Mike Baker – $200,000
6. John Phan - $135,000

The tournament will be aired on NBC on April 13, 2008.  The prize pool for the tournament is $500,000. Past heads up winners will compete: Paul Wasicka, Ted Forrest and Phil Hellmuth against celebrity players including Jason Alexander and Shannon Elizabeth.

Source: FoxBusiness