Prevalence of Energy Drinks and the World Series of Poker

With a major poker tournament like the World Series of Poker, competitors in the said tournament must have endurance and the power to stay alert and focused to get to the final table.  They would also need all their concentration to not only focus on the hands they hold but to also study their opponents to get a good read on them.  Due to stress, players sometimes lose their concentration and not play their optimum best.

There was a noticeable trend among poker players at the WSOP tournament to beat this, and that was to guzzle down lots of energy drinks at the table.  The question now is, is the energy drink doing more harm than good?

Advantages of Energy Drinks at the World Series of Poker

WSOP asks a lot from poker players.  Those who are aiming for the final table have to sit at their tables for almost 12 hours, and this routine gets repeated every day for five to six days.  [Read][more][...]

The Fighter Gus Hansen New London Tournaments Mish Mash News

Gus Hansen the poker pro, who never saw a starting hand he could not try to play, was the loser in an exhibition fight.  He staged a three round event with his friend Theo Jorgensen who is also a poker pro.  The panel of boxing judges awarded the fight to Theo on points.  Both fighters wore boxing headgear to protect their poker brains.  The fight was held in Copenhagen, Denmark and was worth $35,000 to the winner Jorgensen.

All in all this has little to do with poker except these two friends had fun at the expense of some fans who paid $40 dollars to watch the fight.  The next fan proposed fight without headgear should be between some other bad boys of poker.  Some fans would like to see some of these players get their clock rung.

On a more serious and lucrative front, the London Poker Circuit, LPC, has announced that a series of three poker tournaments will be held between March 16th and November 11th, 2009.  These events will be held at three very fine London hotels in Mayfair, Convent Garden and Kensington.   [Read][more][...]

Mish Mash of current poker news bits

William Hill Poker has joined in the pushing of the London Pub Poker Tourneys.  This big name online casino and poker name will help to make this London group of Tournaments a bigger event, as it will catch more news cycles.  The fact that William Hill lends its prestige to this local tournament is good news for the small entry fee poker player.

There is a move afoot to make the WSOPE as important as the WSOP.  The argument is that the same players play and it is very difficult to win.  As a traditionalist in life, this seems a little like the Masters golf tournament being compared to any other golf tournament.  Every good golfer that has ever lived wanted to win this tournament.   Every good poker player wants to do the same and win the WSOP.  The standing and the prestige are just not the same.   Sometime in the future, when the WSOPE has acquired some history, it may be spoken of in the same sentence.  It is a little early for this rise in standing, even though it is a great poker event. [Read][more][...]

Professional Poker Players Still Seeking the WSOP Bracelet

While there are plenty of professional poker players that have won at least one World Series of Poker Bracelet, there are just as many that have not.  Winners of the WSOP bracelet include pros like Doyle Brunson, Bobby Baldwin, Hal Fowler, Stu Ungar, Jack Straus, Tom McEvoy, Jack Keller, Bill Smith, Berry Johnston, Johnny Chan, Phil Hellmuth Jr, Mansour Matloubi, Brad Daugherty, and Jim Bechtel.  Additional winners include Russ Hamilton, Dan Harrigan, Huck Seed, Scotty Nguyen, Noel Furlong, Chris Ferguson, Juan Carlos Mortensen, Robert Varkonyi, Chris Moneymaker, Greg Raymer, Joe Hachem, Jamie Gold, Jerry Yang, and Peter Eastgate.

Winners have been receiving a bracelet along with monetary winnings from the WSOP tournament since 1976 when Doyle Brunson won the tournament; a winner who has earned himself as many as ten of the coveted WSOP bracelets.  The only other person that has won more bracelets than Brunson is Phil Hellmuth who has taken home eleven of the WSOP bracelets.  Johnny Chan has also won ten WSOP bracelets, Johnny Moss has won nine, and Erik Seidel has won eight thus far.  Yet, what of the players that have won huge amounts of cash but have not brought home a WSOP bracelet?  What pros still have yet to get their hands on the coveted WSOP bracelet? [Read][more][...]

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