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CarbonPoker’s New $100,000 Weekly Guaranteed
Posted by BungalowOfCards on 12th May 2011

Sundays just got twice as good.

CarbonPoker is proud to announce that the prize pool for this Sunday’s Deepstack Guaranteed tournament will be $100,000.  And not just this weekend either: $100,000 will now be the standard prize pool for the Sunday Deepstack every week going forward.  Take your seat this Sunday with a $109 entrance coupon, by buying in for $100 + $9, or by qualifying through our 100 Seats to $100K Freeroll.

That’s a lot of cash, and means the tournament will once again have plenty of overlay for your winning pleasure.

Don’t worry, the buy-ins and qualifications details haven’t changed a bit.  Even though the prize pool has doubled we still offer an affordable $109 buy-in and a variety of other ways to qualify.  You can satellite in from step-by-step tournaments starting at $2.20, or take a more direct route with the 100 Seats to $100K Freeroll.

Here are the basics for the big Sunday showdown:

The Sunday $100,000 Guaranteed

When: May 15th @ 15:00 CarbonPoker Time (16:00 EST)
Buy-in: $109, $109 coupon, 10,900 VIP Points
Prizes: $100,000
Where: Go to “Tournament” – “Scheduled” – “Special”

Here are some details on the big $100K and the qualifier freeroll:

100 Seats to $100K Freeroll

When: Saturday, May 14th @ 15:00 CarbonPoker Time (16:00 EST)
Buy-in: Earn 250 VIP Points before May 14th
Prizes: 100 free seats for $100k Guaranteed
Where: Go to “Tournament” – “Scheduled” – “Special”

Hit the tables and earn your 250 VIP points so you can freeroll the new weekly $100,000 Guaranteed at CarbonPoker!  For complete promotion details and terms and conditions, check out the info on the site’s promo page.

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All-New Sit ‘n’ Gos Added to CarbonPoker
Posted by BungalowOfCards on 20th April 2011

As new players roll in CarbonPoker continues to make additions and improvements to its tournaments.  Earlier today over $500,000 was added to the site’s monthly guaranteed and now tournament players will be happy to hear five new Sit ‘n’ Go rooms have been created to give players even more options.

The all-new Sit ‘n’ Go rooms:

Cape Hunting Dog Room (maximum 45 players) – $2.20
Emperor Penguin Room (90) – $2.20
Starling Room (180) – $2.20
Salmon Room (45) – $5.50
Snow Goose Room (45) – $11

With room names like this it won’t be long before CarbonPoker has a complete zoo!  Get into the action with these new Sit ‘n’ Go rooms today.

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CarbonPoker’s Daily Guaranteeds Just Got Bigger (Again)
Posted by BungalowOfCards on 20th April 2011

Spring has sprung and all sorts of new exciting things are popping up at CarbonPoker.  As more and more players join CarbonPoker the room continues to respond by cranking out additional prize pools and promotions, today announcing it has added over $15,000 in new daily guaranteed prize pools.

Yep, you read that right: $15,000 daily.  And that’s not all – a number of existing prize pools have been increased across the CarbonPoker schedule, for a total increase in monthly guaranteed prize pools of over $500,000.  This news comes only weeks after the site boosted its total guaranteed monthly prize pools from $3 million to $4 million.  The new cash brings that total to over $4.5 million, 50% than it was less than a month ago.  Not too shabby!

The bulk of the new tourneys are classic NL Texas Holdem Freezeouts, with entry fees ranging from $11 (1,100 VIP points) to $82 (8,200 VIP points), but cash has been added to a number of other guaranteed tournaments already on the schedule.

The new games are listed below and will continue to be actively added to as more players join Carbon so get into the action today!

New Daily Guaranteeds

14:00 – $1500 Guaranteed Freezeout – $60 buy-in
16:00 – $2000 Guaranteed Freezeout SH – $82
18:00 – $2000 Guaranteed Freezeout – $11
19:00 – $1500 Guaranteed Freezeout – $11
19:30 – $300 Guaranteed Freezeout – $5.50 (7 Card Stud)
20:00 – $2000 Guaranteed Freezeout – $60
20:15 – 2000 Guaranteed Freezeout Turbo – $11
20:30 – $2000 Guaranteed Freezeout SH – $27.50
22:00 – $3000 Guaranteed Freezeout – $44

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First Carbon Casualty For Day 3
Posted by BungalowOfCards on 12th July 2010

burgessUnfortunately the first of Carbon’s Day 3 hopefuls has bowed out after a valiant effort to battle through his short stack wows from Day 1C and 2B.  Corey Boggess–better known as AbrahamBinkin at Carbon’s tables–won his first ever $12,500 WSOP package via the monthly CarbonPoker MTT Leaderboard promotion.

After being down to as few as 4,000 chips going into the evening session on Day 1C, Corey (pictured here with Shannon Elizabeth at the CarbonPoker WSOP Party) managed to stay positive and come out blazing at the table. With a quick double up thanks to his AK holding steady against pocket 10′s, Corey managed to keep the stack growing even when he intelligently released his pocket King’s after an Ace came on the flop.

The double-ups continued into the evening and past the dinner break when Corey’s AK out flopped KK and left him with just over 46,000 in chips. After reaching as high as 132,000, Corey managed to hover around 66,000 for much of the night with blinds at 400/800. Unfortunately though it was his turn to get rivered by a 2-outer and so Corey was faced with the challenge of entering Day 3 with only 38,000 chips.

AbrahamBinkin Bust Out Hand Day 3:

• Blinds – 500 / 1,000
• Aggressive Player in early position makes it 3,500
• Action folds round to SB
• SB folds after some thinking
• Corey in the BB, pushes for final 29,000 chips
• Raiser snap calls Corey’s All-in
• Corey shows JJ and Raiser reveals AcKh
• Flop and turn is a rainbow, all low cards
• The a King on the dreaded river

Congratulations Corey on an outstanding performance to turn that chip’n'chair from Day 1 into 1 of 3 Carbon players surviving till Day 3.  Good luck in the next MTT Leaderboard grand final and look forward to seeing you Down Under for the Aussie Millions!

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CarbonPoker Champions Ride into Day 3 Shannon-less
Posted by BungalowOfCards on 12th July 2010

World Series of Poker stepsHeading into the Day 2s of the World Series of Poker’s Main Event, a couple things were clear about Carbon’s many players: a) they had done very well to get as far as they had; and b) they were not about to stop there.

True to form, several of CarbonPoker’s players stuck it out through another grueling day and will be looking to build on their success today as Day 3 starts.  The full list is:

Michael Reed 215k

Gabriel Diaz – 110k

Corey Boggess 38k

Michael continues to be Carbon’s brightest light, adding to his stack from Day 2 to leave him in a comfortable 85th spot going into the day.  Unfortunately, brand new signing Shannon Elizabeth was unable to find an opportunity to spin her 10,000 chips into a larger stack on Day 2B, and was busted out.

Another Carbon regular, Steve Goosen, is also still kicking after two tough days, and is sitting at a terrific 240,000.

Day 3 is the first day that all remaining players—a substantial 2,557 still have chips to their name—will be playing together.  Stay tuned for updates and some stories from our players as the day progresses.

All the best luck to our remaining CarbonPoker representatives – make us proud out there!

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CarbonPoker’s World-Class WSOP Party
Posted by BungalowOfCards on 5th July 2010

ShanPartyWhen you assemble 25 of the best CarbonPoker players in the world in one poker room for a freeroll and throw in our newest pro Shannon Elizabeth, you’re pretty well guaranteed a great time.

That’s just what happened on the anniversary of America’s independence as the best and brightest of Carbon’s players gathered at the Hard Rock Hotel’s poker room to play down for over $1,500 in cash, just as the players—many of whom won their buy-in from Carbon satellite—get set to play the Main Event at the World Series of Poker.

While the tournament was a casual affair, there was no mistaking the stakes of the game.  Shannon carried a $500 bounty, and the minimum a player would win at the freeroll’s final table was $100.  As the tournament started, even Shannon was looking to make moves.  “I’m just going to win my own bounty and the tournament.  Of course I am!”

Shannon had every reason to be confident.  Coming off a major win the night before—second place at the annual $5,000 Ante Up for Africa event—she was running hot.  And indeed, Shannon played her way through to the final table, knocking off more than one valiant challenger on the way.

In the end, it was Liam Daniels who brought home the $500 bounty for eliminating Shannon.  And with no shortage of drama.

Prior to the tournament’s start, Daniels had offered a side bet that Shannon would not be able to back up her claim and win her own bounty, and Shannon refused.  With six players left at the final table Shannon went all-in with Q-2 to Daniels’ Q-8 with the board at Qx-5s-3s.  No 2s were in the offing so Shannon bowed out 6th, beefing up her Carbon account an additional $100, while Daniels delivered on his claim and took the bounty to back up his challenge.

When it came right down to it it was Daniels and the wise Frank Lezar who showed down for the win, with Lezar blinding Daniels down to a desperate all-in that did not hit.  Thanks to all the players who came out and played and good luck to everyone in the main event!  We’ll be updating everyone’s progress along the way, so be sure to check back on the blog as the main event begins.

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Shannon Elizabeth Wins Second at WSOP Ante Up for Africa Event
Posted by BungalowOfCards on 4th July 2010

Shannon-ElizabethOnly days after joining CarbonPoker, Shannon Elizabeth has picked up a major win in the $5,000 Ante Up for Africa event at the World Series of Poker.

Shannon played her way through a final table that included Eric Seidel, Phil Gordon, and Jerome “the Bus” Bettis, and proceeded to take down second prize in the $5,000 charity event for a win of just shy of $80,000.

“People kept moving to my table so it never even really felt like final table.  Once I knew we were all in the money I was trying to let some of the bigger stacks knock out some of the smaller stacks,” Shannon reported after the win.

And knock out they did.  With three players remaining, Shannon was a distant third with 50,000 chips to leader Alex Filatov’s 270,000 and former World Poker Tour winner Phil Gordon’s 440,000.  Based on table talk Shannon had reason to believe that Gordon would be targeting Filatov based on his planned donation if he were to win.

“There was some conversation at the table that I knew made Phil want to knock [Filatov] out, and that’s what happened.”

After Gordon took out Filatov, it was down to our newest pro and Mr. Gordon.  Knowing the chances that she could surmount a 5-1 chip lead, Shannon nonetheless put herself in a position to compete by going all in with Kc-10h to Gordon’s Qh-3s.  After the Qs-6s-8d flop Shannon was officially in trouble and the rest didn’t help: Ah, 5d.

Ante Up for Africa—founded by actor Don Cheadle, Annie Duke, and Norman Epstein event raises “money and awareness for Africans in need.”  Shannon donated a substantial portion of her winnings to Ante Up for Africa in support of the event.

Talk about starting off with a bang!  This is obviously just the beginning for Shannon as she starts the World Series of Poker Main Event this coming week.  “I hope this is a good lead in to the Main Event – it’s a good way to into it, I’m really happy.”

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Zimbler Breaks Record For Longest Poker Session, Does Gumby Impression
Posted by BungalowOfCards on 25th September 2009

zimblerThe World Series Of Poker Europe isn’t all about tight hands and pressure betting, it turns out. Paul Zimbler proved that Thursday (or should I say on Tuesday through Thursday) by successfully breaking the world record for the longest recorded continuous poker session at London’s Casino at the Empire.

Zimbler played 183 heads up sessions over more than 74 hours, winning a remarkable 102 of those and altogether raising an impressive £35,000 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Some of that total was donated by the substantial lineup of pros Zimbler faced, including Doyle Bruson, Annette Obrestad, Phil Hellmuth, and Mike Matusow.  Matusow had by far the toughest match, playing Zimbler in the 74th hour and through the threshold of the record, which now stands at 74 hours, 20 minutes and 21 seconds.

Matusow employed a mock-him-so-he-keeps-playing strategy, which—combined with the large crowd of people hollering support at him—might have been the main reason Zimbler was in visibly rough shape by the time he broke the record.  Or maybe it was that he hadn’t slept in three calendar days.

It should go without saying that you should not attempt a record like this yourself.  That said, if you were thinking about it, let that dream go.  I get that you have played some epic sessions, but Zimbler was playing in a substantially more draining environment than your den, and was wearing clothes, not a robe.  And let’s not forget he was doing it for the children.

Good work, Paul.  Now get some sleep.

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Made-For-TV Caesars Cup Makes for Great TV
Posted by BungalowOfCards on 24th September 2009

Caesars CupOn Friday morning pros attending the World Series of Poker Europe will wake up and rip the wrapping off a brand-new event in the poker world, the Caesars Cup.

The Caesars Cup is essentially a carbon copy of the PGA’s Ryder Cup, which has successfully attracted a substantial fanbase to golf’s fifty billionth event of the year. Young, popular pros have been conscripted to 8-player teams captained by Annette Obrestad (Europeans) and Daniel Negreanu (Americas).

The awkwardly-named teams will play through a variety of different permutations of doubles No-Limit Hold’em, with a bit of heads up thrown into the mix to guarantee lively action.  The format is—not unlike the Ryder Cup—somewhat hard to grasp at first, but the appeal is simple: it’s us vs them (you decide which team “us” is for you).

Here’s why I love the idea: poker, like golf, tennis, and other individual sports, is limited to the extent to which it can tell a compelling story by the success of the major names that are playing in that particular event.  In other words, a classic case of the No Tiger Woods, No Interest Syndrome.  Just ask any of the qualifiers for the final table at the Borgata Poker Open (you’ll need to look them up), also going on this week.

By assembling teams made up of well-known pros around inclusive international labels, the event cashes in on fans who have been trained on years of cheering for their favorite sports team, and who will love to see the players work together to win bragging rights, and play entertaining poker.  And if the first Ryder Cup was any indication, they’ll be playing hard.

In case you’re interested, the players involved include heavy hitters Phil Ivey, Phil Hellmuth, Jennifer Harmer, Doyle Brunson (Americas), Peter Eastgate, Patrick Antonius, and Dario Minieri (Europeans).

ESPN will be broadcasting all the action as part of their World Series of Poker Europe coverage.  Be sure to tune in to watch history unfold, and because you know you want to.

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This Just In: Poker is Super Duper
Posted by BungalowOfCards on 23rd September 2009

Let’s just take a second to celebrate what makes poker great.  A reminder of why we love this game.

In the midst of all the news we hear and read about flashy international tournaments, sometimes-hot sometimes-not television coverage, and the drama of celebrity players deciding which hat to wear to a particular event, it can easy to forget the appeal of poker itself.

So let’s celebrate what we love about the core of it all: simple card games made infinitely complex by the nuances of the human beings playing them.  From the rush of that rocket-ship-taking-off-inside-you feeling of catching a huge river, to the doubt of never knowing what your opponent has, to the dry heave sensation that comes with getting caught on a bluff, the physical and emotional thrill of poker is what keeps us coming back.  Right?

Check out the video below for an example of poker at its best.  Two players at the top of their game playing beyond the cards–ignoring what the strategy books would say, leaving statistics behind, and bluffing like a former president–indeed, playing off each other.  This is what it’s all about, right?  Go get ‘em Phil Ivey.  Thanks for the reminder.

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