Carbon Poker's Josekk at the WSOP

Back in January we held a Choose Your Own Seat Tournament. A unique type of event where the winner can choose which tournament they will win a seat to. Josekk managed to win that tournament and 7 months later was getting of to Vegas for the WSOP main event.

Unfortunately Josekk didn't manage through day 1, busting out 50 minutes before the close of play. Some tough beats - pocket aces and kings getting trumped,and a dry run of cards
didn't put much luck in Josekk's favor. However he did manage to play some marginal hands well to last out past the first break and earn some kudos from fellow players. Josekk, although busting out early, has reported that it was a great experience, and would certainly play again given the chance. Congratulations on making it there Josekk and I hope you do get that chance. You can all check out Josekk living the dream in the pic just above.

We are the champions

The finale to the Summer Champs series of events – the Tournament of Champions finally played out over the weekend. This event saw two unique features – varied starting chip stacks based upon leader board rankings, and a continually changing animated table design. Surprisingly only 231 of the 250 players turned up to compete for the $15,000 jackpot prize pool.

1^st place winner took in over 4,000 in cash winnings, and a cool new player accolade. Congratulations 420smoke. Congratulations also to JamesScou, the final two players went hard at it for a grueling 130 hands until Scou, chasing an inside straight from the flop, bet hard, only to be raised by smoke with two pair, Scou then forced all in. The turn saw another ten and a full house for Smoke.

Well done to all players who won cash in the tournament. If you have any comments of feedback about the unique chip stacks or the snazzy animated table, feel free to send me your thoughts - Jason@carbonpoker.com

Main Event Update

The World Series of Poker Main Event has certainly brought out the best and most interesting the poker world has to offer. Poker legend Phil Hellmuth made his typical flamboyant entrance, cavaliering in military style with a jeep and US army uniform (coincidently dressed as an 11-star general with a posse of 11 stunning ladies). This years WSOP is not surprisingly the largest in history with regards to prize money and number of players.

Some updates on the progress:

- The main event has completed four day 1 rounds so far, and busted plenty of pokers best.
- Close to 1000 players still remain in the $10,000 buy in event.
- Currently the leader board chip stacks range from over $100,000 to around $3,000

Several professional athletes joined the field including golfer Paul Azinger, pitcher David Wells and UFC hard ass Chuck Liddell, who sat opposite Doyle Brunson at the ESPN feature table.

More updates on the WSOP main event soon.

All Hail The Champs...

The Summer Champions Series of Tournaments saw an online poker first; unique starting chip stacks. This is wickedly cool (particularly for Makiman77) for several reasons as it rewards you for your good play and placings in the previous events, and gives you a comparative advantage come the final tournament. The starting stacks have been finalized and range from over 6000 to around 1200

Another wicked cool online poker first that the Tournament of Champions will introduce; an animated flash table. All month long you’ve been playing on the same old sandy beach table, and probably got bored of it. So we locked our designer away in a stingy little cell with only some coolaid and soggy bread for sustenance til he came up with a flash new table. This table will change over the course of the entire game, ending in a completely different final table.

For all of you who made the final 250, your player accounts have been credited with the coupons for the Tournament of Champions, and you can view you starting chip stacks here.

Check out the sped up version

WSOP Main Event Countdown

Weeks and days have gone and it’s now done to counting the hours till the annual WSOP Main Event kicks off. In case you didn’t know the Main Event pretty much determines who the world poker champion is for that year. More than several thousand players are expected to fork out the required $10,000 buy in and hit the felt.

Event #50 and #51 saw completion in the last several days, with some epic final tables. #50 was a mixed nationality affair, and #51 saw a record 12th bracelet go to Phil Hellmuth. #53, the final tournament before the Main Event, saw a rushed schedule in order to finish up in time. The first round of action saw the field drop from 832 down to 90. 75 players remain for a chance at the top prize of over $275, 000.

The main event is sure to televised, so if you have cable, tune into ESPN and catch some of the worlds best poker action.

Summer Champs to Summer Wind...But Diamonds Are Forever...

Shirley Bassey once chimed...
'Diamonds are forever...
They are all I need to please me...
They can stimulate and tease me...'

Now I know it's hard to believe, but she was actually singing about our Diamonds are Forever promotion, and if by the odd chance she wasn't...well it fits anyways so we stole it. This month's promo is based upon the comp points you earn when playing real money games. It's incredibly simple - earn comp points, reach the set increments, win cash and prizes. You can check your player admin, or here for more details

Summer Champs has gone with the wind today, with the final event finishing. The charity event managed to raise $440 for charity, which will go whichever charity the winner - Allnuts chooses. Nice Job Allnuts. Furthermore the leader board has been finalized, best of luck in the Tournament of Champions to all who made the cut.

Beginners Luck?

A few days ago fishboatace signed up with Carbon Poker and deposited a small amount of cash into his player account. A few days later, he won over $25k in the Caribbean 20c Jackpot. Congratulations fishboat, enjoy your winnings.

This is the 4th time that Caribbean Stud has paid out a jackpot of $20, 000 or more in the last three months. If your playing C-Stud, make sure you click the 20c Jackpot check box!

Im off to play C-Stud...laters