The Poker-Playing Priest

Meet Father Andrew Trapp, the poker player priest from South Carolina.

Not only is he a good poker player, but he has also won $100,000 on the PokerStars Million Dollar Challenge, which is the newest reality show on Fox that is based around poker.  Aside from this, he has also earned a seat into the championship that will be held on December, giving himself the chance to win the $1,000,000 prize.

Getting Into the Show

An avid soccer and paintball player, Father Trapp also enjoys the game of poker.  He has been playing Texas Hold'Em poker for years now, but only for fun, so when he heard about the show last summer, he decided to play at the qualifier online tournaments in PokerStars. [Read][more...]

The $1M Challenge of PokerStars

Have you ever wanted to participate in a televised poker series where you can take advantage of the exposure it brings you as well as the amount of money that you can win? If you answered yes to this question, then grab the chance to audition now at what PokerStars, a major poker site known worldwide, has to offer you — the chance to win the money, the chance to play against poker pros, and the chance for your 15 minutes of fame. What is It about This new televised poker series, the format of which is that of a reality show, is an exclusive promotion that PokerStars gives poker players.  [Read][more...]

Heads Up Update and a Mish Mash

The NBC Heads Up Championship has eliminated more than half the field.  Some of the big name players have been turned out and some are still alive and playing.  The Miracle player Blandino Gines was eliminated the first day by Barry Greenstein and now Barry has joined him on the sidelines.  Others are still in the fight like the well-known Daniel Negreanu.  Skill is at a premium, but getting some good cards at the right time will go a long way.  The interesting story about this tournament is it will not be aired on TV until April of 2009.  By then it will be over and the new champion will be known for over a month.

Another news bit is the coverage of the latest lady poker player in the pro ranks doing so well playing in the tournaments and getting an offer to be in the Swimsuit Edition of Sports Illustrated.  Vanessa Rousso is hot in more ways than one as a poker player, still alive in the Heads Up Championship, as a very nice looking woman and as a Law Student at the University of Miami.  This lady has it all going in the right direction.  That is a lot of activity going on in one person's life male or female. [Read][more...]

High Stakes Poker Starts Again Sunday Night

Daniel Negreanu will again be one of the players seen on High Stakes Poker along with some other players who are all ways willing to be in the mix for high stakes.  Doyle Brunson will be there as well as Sam Farha during this season of play.  This is the fifth season of the popular TV show and the word is that the stakes will be even higher this year.  The season will have much bigger pots and there will be some new young players on the show from the Internet and trying to be aggressive against a pro like Doyle Brunson in a game that he plays as well as any of the players.

There have been memorable hands in other seasons like the Hand between Farha and Greenstein when Sammy called an $180,000 raise with a pair of Kings knowing that Barry probably had Aces.  OF course he catches a third king on the flop.  The toper hand was between Gus Hansen and Daniel when Gus made four of a kind to Daniels full house.  [Read][more...]