Poker Satellite Blog

With the exception of the Main Event final table, the 2010 World Series of Poker has been complete for about a month.  The excitement will start to air on August 10th when ESPN begins to show main event footage.  You can expect the November final table to be exciting and fun to watch, since previous years with this format have proven to be a success.

The 2010 World Series of Poker schedule ran for over one full month ,beginning on May 28th of this year and ending July 5th.  With this long schedule, many die hard poker players that don’t already live in Las Vegas, generally relocate to Vegas for the length of the World Series.  Now that is taking your chosen profession seriously.

If you have been hosting a regular game for a while it may be time for a new set of poker chips.  Even if the old chips are doing just fine, you and your players will appreciate the fresh new poker chips.  Many options are available in today’s poker chip market.

A nice touch for a unique poker chip set is to customize the chips in a way that makes them one of a kind.  This can be accomplished in one of two basic ways.  The first way is with hot stamping.  This method allows for a single color customization by stamping a custom design into each poker chip.  However, you can stamp each side of the poker chips with a different design.  For example, a custom logo on one side of each chip and a denomination on the other side of each chip.

The other method of poker chip customization is labels.  Labels offer endless color options and more intricate designs.  Therefore if you have a multi color logo and you want to put it on a poker chip without sacrificing any of the colors, custom labeled poker chips will be the best solution.

After much talk and activity we finally decided to host another home poker game for our friends.  The guys were really anxious to play, since it had been a while.  Without much consideration at all it was decided to turn the event into a cookout also.  There is just something about the nice spring weather that makes you want to get together with friends and grill out.

This is where things begin to go sideways.  We had not used the gas grill in ages and it had been mostly outside, but under it’s vinyl cover.  We still had 2 weeks until the event, so I decided to test the grill and to get the propane bottles refilled.  Boy am I glad that there was plenty of time until the poker tournament.  The grill needed a couple of parts and it took about a week and a half to get them.  Finding the parts online was not too hard after finding a good gas grill parts website.  Sure is amazing what you can do with the internet these days.

Anyway, the cookout was a big success and the poker tournament was big fun.  So much fun, that we have another one scheduled for next month.

Jeff Shulman, the president of CardPlayer Magazine is a hot topic in the poker world. Jeff is not only the president of a popular “poker” limelight magazine, but he has managed to win a spot at this years final table at the World Series of Poker Main Event. This is not his first time in being among the Nine clan, as he also played in the 2000 Main Event. Falling short in the 2000 event, many feel that this time he will be a big threat at the table. We will soon find out, since November 7th is now here.

That’s right, once again November has rolled back around and for many November represents more than Thanksgiving. To poker enthusiasts this month marks the event they have waited for all year, the World Series of Poker Main Event final table. Nine players from all around the globe have won their way to the Main Event Final Table by out playing over 1,400 other entrants. The event starts on Nov. 7th and will likely end sometime in the early morning hours on Nov. 10th. There are lots of fresh faces this year among the veterans. Wishing them all luck at this exciting chance to win millions and the prestigious WSOP Bracelet.

Clay poker chips have been manufactured since the 1800’s and are still in great demand today. Many people who frequent casino table games are familiar with these magnificent poker chips. These chips are so popular because of their unique look, feel, and sound. Clay poker chips are made by an extremely time consuming process which can lead to a more expensive chip. The cost of clay chips is definitely worth it when you realize that they can last for a poker player’s lifetime.

According to a recent issue of Bluff magazine Joe Cada has recently been sponsored by the mega online site PokerStars.  Joe is one of the players known as the November Nine.  These are the nine finalists of the main event at the World Series of Poker.  This make the third person from the November Nine to sign with PokerStars.

A winner has been declared; Canadian Erik Cajelais won £104,677 and his first WSOP bracelet at the WSOP Europe Tour 2009 Final Table event. This was a tremendous victory for Cajelais, after coming in second in the 2007 World Series of Poker event where he was defeated by Burt Boutin. After the win Cajelais was all smiles “I had to do everything to win and today I played well and the cards came out my way.” I am sure we will be seeing more from this poker pro at future events.

Unfortunately, the all time poker legend and on-line poker entrepreneur, Howard Lederer finished in 9th place. Well, Howard has had his time with many wins and has two WSOP bracelets of his own to show for it. Congratulations to all the Final Table players that is quite an accomplishment.

Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta or better known by her stage name, Lady Gaga is an up and coming pop sensation. To date her most popular hit is a song called “Poker Face”, which was released in late 2008. The hit topped the charts in several countries and the video for the song has been nominated for the 2009 MTV video awards.

The video is very provocative and illustrates a connection between gambling and sexuality. Many scenes in the video show a strip poker game being played, while the players are flashing cool cards and unique poker chips . The lyrics of the song are of course about how men cannot read Gaga’s poker face. It is a little surprising that a song about poker has become such a huge success, but the music charts don’t lie.

Today is the start of the 13th tournament for the Full Tilt Online Poker Series which lasts until August 16. The prize pool for this series is over $16 million. This is a rather substantial leap from the prize pool in 2006 which was a mere $1 million. There will be 25 events in this series with a $2.5 million main event prize. Each tournament will be hosted by on of the Full Tilt Poker pros. So, if you enjoy online poker this is definitely worth checking out.