Online Gambling Roundup Sep-07-09

Welcome to Monday’s roundup at Golden Rule Of Gambling. Do trust all our readers had a very enjoyable weekend and here’s to a luck-luck-lucky week in front of all of us.

The UltimateBet folks suffer Aruba Storms

first up this morning. Here’s an extract from their latest post:

Unlike many Caribbean islands Aruba has an arid climate–you see cacti as well as palm trees. Hurricanes almost always give Aruba a miss, and it doesn’t rain too often. That’s one of the reasons why its one of the world’s great vacation getaways, you know that 95% of the time the weather is going to be close to perfect. Temps in the low nineties, blue skies, cool ocean breezes.

That said, even Aruba sees the occasional sprinkle. And perhaps that’s a good thing, because even perfection can become monotonous over time. Back in 2007 I was covering the late stages of the tournament when some big BOOMS could be heard through the Radisson’s thick walls. They were really loud and came with some regularity and I remembered that there was going to be a wedding and reception on the beach that night. “Must be fireworks,” I thought as I returned to my task.

Uh, no–the booms were indeed thunder, as a massive storm passed over the island while I sat inside blissfully unawares. When the dinner break came I went outside to find everything was soaking wet, especially the air–the humidity was probably around 170%. Occasionally the sky lit up with lightning flashes but the thunder was a long time coming, as the storm had moved off. But it was still over the island, and after some deduction I figured out that the boomers were still over Oranjestad, and I raced up the stairs outside my building to find a perch to take some pics. I raced up six flights, aimed my camera, and waited. And waited. And waited.

..And what happened? You’ll just have to read the rest of Monday’s post at the UltimateBet blog.

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The PokerStars folks are chatting about poker

all through the late summer. Here’s their latest contribution:

It’s hardly unusual for players to bust on the very first hand of day two, but for long stretches today it seemed a player was sent packing on every hand, adding to what became a large and disappointed rail. We played five and a half levels today, more than six hours of poker, turning 240 players into 72.

That sounds kinda painful for all but the remaining 72!

At the end of the day Matt Lapossie, a PokerStars qualifier from Canada, topped the lot with 700,300, a full hundred grand ahead of Tobias Reinkenmeier on 596,000. As well Lapossie might smile.

They were among several players who strapped themselves in today and felt the tournament Gs. ElkY went up, up and away, bagging 454,000 at the close, grin still firmly in place. The PokerStars qualifier Carter Philips went the same way, at one point reaching 600,000 until the wings fell off. It was still a good day; Phillips settles for 399,800 tonight.

Also returning will be Thierry van den Berg as well as the chip leader this morning Diego Arias.

Always a shame to chop PokerStars post off, but you can read the rest of Monday’s post at the PokerStars blog.

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A Lament For Punters From Betfair

next up, group hug everybody :

It’s been a poor weekend for the Punter and it doesn’t look like things will improve much tonight…

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And they are none too impressed by

Soccer Authorities

either - did someone at Betfair wake up in a bad mood we wonder..?

Feizal Rahman is unimpressed by the posturing in the corridors of power

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That’s your lot folks, see you again next time for more news and offers, stay on the lucky side of the street now…

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