Mexico LAPT PokerStars event Suspended

The PokerStars Latin American Poker Tour's Nuevo Vallarta main event has been suspended prematurely and indefinitely at the Marival Grand and Club Suites in Mexico this weekend.

Day 1 of the second event on the LAPT's second season was proceeding smoothly into the night, with 89 of the original 242 runners still in contention with 46 minutes left in the ninth and penultimate level of the evening when tournament director Mike Ward called an unscheduled stop to the action at about 10:30 p.m. CT on Friday evening.

A few minutes later, all players were asked in Spanish to leave the tournament room and shortly after that, the media, TV crews and dealers were evicted as well, sending the entirety of LAPT contingent out into the ante chambers of the Marival resort with little information as to why or for how long their play had been suspended.

Four hours later, the answers are still unclear as we await official comment from PokerStars.

Apparently PokerStars and LAPT officials still in heavy negotiations with local government and gaming officials and nothing as yet resolved, Ward instructed his players to return on Saturday at noon C.T. for word as to whether the tournament will continue as planned or whether alternate arrangements will have to be made. At the time of writing, no indication had been given as to what those alternate arrangements might be.

It was a bizarre and rather startling interruption in what had been up to that point a relatively exciting LAPT event. Team PokerStars pros Greg Raymer and Victor Ramdin were leading a contingent of survivors that included Maria "Maridu" Mayrinck, Alex Brenes, Gualter Salles and LAPT2 Costa Rica champ Ryan Fee, while fellow pros Andre Akkari, Alexandre Gomes and Humberto Brenes numbered among the ranks of those already eliminated.

Meanwhile stick with PokerListings.com for full coverage of this developing story as they get to the bottom of this extremely unusual situation.

We'll see what I fetch next time.....
Pack Leader

World Blogger Championship of Online Poker Again

I have registered to play in the PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker!

The WBCOOP is an online Poker tournament open to all Bloggers.

Registration code:
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We'll see what I fetch next time.....
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Bailout Solution for the Big 3 Automakers

I'm happy to see that congress is not bailing out the Big 3 Automakers for many reasons that I won't get into as my goal with this blog is to present a simple solution to fix this problem.....

The oil companies should provide the money to bail them out.....They are making record profits and they have the most to gain or loose by the success or failure of these companies.....

It's pretty simple actually......


We'll see what I fetch next time.....
Pack Leader

Obama it is

President-elect Barack Obama resigns from senate.

Obama's press office has just released the following (via email):

"It has been one of the highest honors and privileges of my life to have served the people of Illinois in the United States Senate. In a state that represents the crossroads of a nation, I have met so many men and women who've taken different journeys, but hold common hopes for their children's future. It is these Illinois families and their stories that will stay with me as I leave the United States Senate and begin the hard task of fulfilling the simple hopes and common dreams of all Americans as our nation's next President," said President-elect Barack Obama.

Lucky for him, he's already got another gig lined up.

Let's hope that he not only focus on the economy but that he gets behind the UIGEA.

Everybody should send an email to the Obama Transition team and tell President-elect Obama that once in office he should immediately turn back the UIGEA and other "midnight rules" issued by President Bush.






We'll see what I fetch next time.....
Pack Leader

MS Team PokerPadz in 5 days and counting

We are ONLY 5 days away to walking 50 miles in 3 days in order to support the cure for Multiple Sclerosis walk.

It's all about movement and we will be doing just that!

Our MS Team Pokerpadz is seeking donations, we have raised over $11,000 yet our goal is $100,000.

At the end of the day whatever we have all donated will go to a fantastic cause and hopefully a cure in the near future.

Our poker community is very generous and we are confident that we can meet this goal with your help and through friends of friends.

The direct link to a tax free donation is:

MS Team PokerPadz

Any help is greatly appreciated........

THANK YOU,
Kristin





We'll see what I fetch next time.....
Pack Leader

Poker Netcast has relaunched new site

We are happy to see that the old "Live at the Bike" site has relaunched "Poker Netcast"......

Poker Netcast is a global poker network featuring live and on demand cash and tournament poker, including instructional and special segment content, 24/7.

They offer some of the most informative and interesting poker content found on the web, all designed to make you a better, more informed player....

Poker Netcast is the first poker portal with a slant towards promoting LIVE gaming played in casinos from around the world with the most in-depth poker analysis via live commentary...

Here is one of the poker tournaments that I personally played at this final table against Jennifer Tilly, Gavin Smith, Lara Wilson, etc....



Everybody should check out their new site Poker Netcast

We'll see what I fetch next time.....
Pack Leader

MS Team Pokerpadz Bill Edler Kicks off MS Awareness Week and WPT Bay 101

Here we are on the eve of another major poker tournament, WPT Bay 101 and professional poker player Bill Edler made a generous donation to MS Team Pokerpadz.

This is a great way to kick off MS Awareness Week, March 10 - 17.

Last year Bill Edler came in 6th place at this World Poker Tour tournament -WPT Bay 101. There were 450 players and he finished in 6th place, the above photo is him sitting at this final table.

This year Bill is one of the "shooting stars" that other players will be trying to knock out. There are 50 "shooting stars" in this event, each with a $5,000 bounty on their head.

We wish Bill the best of lady luck and hope that he takes down this event.....

In the meantime we urge everybody to join our walking team or make a donation while we continue to find a cure for Multiple Sclerosis - MS Team Pokerpadz

We'll see what I fetch next time.....
Pack Leader