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Phil Ivey Poker Room to Open with a Bang

Great as Phil Ivey’s achievements are, there are many in the poker fraternity who would feel that Ivey has not yet done enough to deserve a poker room named after him. But the Aria Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas thought otherwise and decided to open a private high-stakes poker room named after the iconic player.

The inauguration is set for May 21, 2010, and it promises to be a classy affair. The invitation reads “Aria Resort and Casino, the heart of CityCenter, is revealing our exclusive new high-limit poker room, The Ivey Room. To commemorate this special occasion, you are on the Dean’s List to compete in this prestigious event.” The prestigious event is a $1 million invitational freeroll. The festivities begin on May 21 with a cocktail reception. The tournament will be held on May 22. The highlight of the event will be a heads-up between the tournament winner and Ivey for $250,000, which will take place immediately after the tournament in The Ivey Room. Added attractions are bounties on special players. Ivey will have a bounty of $100,000 and other players will have bounties totaling $200,000.

Ivey is known as much for his off-the-tables achievements and perhaps those contribute more towards his popularity. He was recently on the cover of Cigar Aficionado. Ivey’s penchant for prop bets is well known and rumor has it that he has placed the biggest prop bet in the history of poker. He bet Howard Lederer $5 million that he will add two more WSOP bracelets to his tally of seven within two years. Those who think this is a tough ask would be reminded that Ivey won two bracelets last year itself. I am betting that Lederer will be down five million by July 2010.

What is better than an online freeroll tournament with a seat to the WSOP main event as a first prize? It is an online free roll tournament with a date with Tiffany Michelle as the first prize. 10 out of 10 guys will opt for the latter. Who can resist a chance to be with one of the Hottest Celebrity Poker Aces? Tiffany is beautiful, she is fun, she is intelligent and the invite comes personally from her.

In a video blog the UB poker pro says, “All you online grinders are always asking me all the time how you can score a date. Well this is now your one time shot.” Tiffany emphasizes that players do not pay to enter the tournament and the winner does not have to pay for the date. Everything is on the house. The prize includes air fare to LA and hotel accommodation. The Hollywood date is a dream come true. Since Tiffany is a “sporty kind of girl” the date begins with a Dodgers baseball game. Dodgers is the LA home team and with Tiffany along side it would be suicide to root for the opponent. This would be followed by a romantic dinner at one of Tiffany’s favorite spots. Tiffany does not use the word “romantic” in her invite, but else can a dinner date with her be. The date closes with live poker at the tables. The last woman standing at the WSOP 2008 Main Event modestly says that she hopes to pick up some tips from her date. Though Tiffany is inviting one and all, she hopes that for her sake the winner is someone cute.

The freeroll tournament takes place on April 28 at 8.30 PM Eastern time. Those who want to participate will need a password. Tiffany will tweet the password info from the UB Twitter shortly before the event. Players have to log on to the UB website at the time of the tournament, use that password to enter the freeroll event and pray for that extra bit of luck needed to win. Tiffany signs off by saying that she will see the winner soon “right here next to me”.

PokerStars, the premier online poker site, has announced this week a new battle of international proportions called AMERICAS CUP OF POKER. This event brings together 16 teams from different North and South American countries, as well as three ‘wildcard’ entries from other countries around the world, to battle it out to determine who is the BEST in the Americas. It all comes together in a live final to be held in Cerro Catedral Ski Resort in Argentia in the near future.

The 16 teams are split into four groups to start with

• Group A – USA, Mexico, Ecuador, and Wildcard1
• Group B – Canada, Columbia, Uruguay, and Wildcard2
• Group C – Chile, Venezula, Peru, and Costa Rica
• Group D – Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, and Wildcard3

What makes this challenge even more exciting is the buyin levels for each round. Daily freerolls are being offered, as well as $0.20 and $5.50 tournaments every day. Check out the PokerStars lobby under Tournaments/Regional to find which countries play against each other in the first round.

Group play will take about three weeks to complete in a round robin format. Players score points for their country by making the top 100 in the daily tournaments, and the two countries with the most points after all the matches are complete move on to a live final in Argentina. Each country for the live event will be made of five players who earned the most points during the group stage for their country as well as a PokerStars Pro to lead them in the final battle. First prize at the live event is $100,000!!

For more information, go to www.pokerstars.com/poker/promotions/americas-cup/

Good luck to all who participate…but GO CANADA GO!!

Hi Everyone,

The long anticipated freeroll is finally here! I know it took a while to get going, but we have finally worked out a nice deal with our friends at Cake Poker to have freeroll for the members of Fuzion Poker.

Here are the details:

Date: Sunday, March 2nd, 2008
Time: 3:00pm EST
Bonus: Use or special cake poker bonus code “FUZION” when signing up for 100% bonus up to $500 on your first deposit!
Game: Pot Limit Omaha
Prize: $50 FREE!
Starting Chips: 1000
Location: Cake Poker – Download the Cake Poker Software
Requirements: This freeroll is open to Fuzion Poker members ONLY. You must have an account in Fuzion’s Poker Forum with a minimum of 15 posts made in the last month (of 10 words or more). Once you have made the required posts, send a PM to Graham and I will send you the password 30 minutes before the tournament.

Good luck and see you there!

Fuzion Poker Team

I am happy to announce that we will be running the first ever BankrollBoost.com / FuzionPoker.com freeroll 3 weeks from today.

EDIT: Due to some issues the freeroll has been moved to December 16th.

Here are the details:

Date: Sunday December 16th, 2007
Time: 15:00 EST (19:00 GMT / 12:00 MST)
Registration: Send a PM to Graham on Fuzion Poker with your username at Carbon Poker. If you don’t have one, you can create one here. This will ensure that the password does not get leaked keeping the player field very small, and more money for the winners!
Registration Closes: Friday, December 15th, 2007 – Unfortunately late submissions will not be allowed to play in this event because I have to send them the player list 2 days before the tournament.
Requirements: You must make at least 10 new posts (of 20 words or more) in the Fuzion Poker Forum before the registration closes for the tournament.
Prizes: $200 Prize Pool + $25 bounty on me (I will send you the money to your player account). I am pushing to get some additional prizes for the top 3 players (ie some tournament entries, but I still need to confirm this with my contact).
The Game: No Limit Holdem. 2000 Starting Chips.

If you have never played at Carbon Poker before, it runs on the same network and is owned by Poker.com. Their software is really simple, clean looking and easy to use. I like it a lot. I am going to write a better review shortly, but for now, here is a screenshot of their software:

Any more questions?

Sign up now at Carbon Poker. Please use our link to help support the tournament so that we can continue to bring you great tournaments like this one!