Online Gambling Roundup Aug-10-09

Hi to all, let’s crack straight on with Monday’s roundup post. Trust you all had a good weekend and here’s to a lucky week ahead. If you didn’t spend your Sunday

playing at Pokerstars in their Sunday Million Tournament

then you really missed out… but don’t worry, there’s another one next Sunday, and the Sunday after that, and the Sunday after that…

A little money here, a little there. For some players, an extra $100,000 in the prize pool isn’t anything to get excited about. For most, every extra buy-in contributing to a larger prize pool matters; not only do a few extra people receive a payout in the end, but each prize level is just a little bit sweeter.

That’s why it is always thrilling to see the registration number climb as the tournament begins. As the clock nears the end of the opportunity to jump in, that final number appears, and tonight it was 8,007. Any count of 8,000 players ensures the prize pool will surpass the $1.6 million mark, which is already $100,000 above the guarantee set by PokerStars. Every little contribution counts, and it all managed to set the total pool at $1,601,400, which would be shared by the final 1,170 players. Those are exciting numbers!

Exciting numbers indeed, and PokerStars keeps on getting bigger and bigger. You can read our full review over at our sister site, Golden Rule Of Poker - now also available in Spanish!

When it came down to the money bubble, money was the only thing on most players’ minds. For their $200 + $15 buy-in, they were looking for a bit of a profit with a cash. Timo Magic wasn’t able to get there, with a 1171st place finish on the bubble, but that exit made way for others like kvnok88 to make the minimum cash of $320.28, which is nothing to scoff at.

But speaking of cash, there was nearly $800,000 alone waiting for the final table nine, and there was certainly a mad scramble to get there.

We’ll leave the PS bloggers there, but if you want to know who won what then you can read the rest of Monday’s post at the PokerStars blog.

View Full PokerStars Blog Post Here

Related links :

Golden Rule Of Poker

Golden Rule Of Poker In Spanish / En espanol

PokerStars

A quick tip from the Betfair tipsters next

They’re not joking, they’re deadly serious…

“A tip from the Joker to get your betting day under way…“

View Full Betfair Blog Post Here

Related links :

Betfair

And that’s your lot for this roundup - a quiet start to the week as we recover from all the excitement of the weekend. See you next time for more updates - stay lucky!

Popular pages in July at Golden Rule Of Gambling & Golden Rule Of Poker :

Official Poker Rules