Make the WSOP FT via PStars, great!

Just read this over from a post @ 2+2, pretty interesting stipulations in the fine print here. It makes you think you should read the fine print of any poker site before you attempt to qualify for the ME.

http://www.pokerstars.com/wsop/terms/

According to their terms, they pay for the entry, plane ticket, and hotel stay at the Rio (unless Harrah's picks up the tab), but you can't negotiate your endorsement with them. No opportunity to go elsewhere to any other company if you win for another year, and another 2 years for other gaming companies. You cannot wear any other logos of any other company throughout the tournament, including through the final table (the term of the agreement ends when you bust out).

Considering the huge "benefit" Harrah's touts of being one of the November Nine is that you have more time to market yourself and make more endorsement money, one can argue this opportunity is completely taken away by Stars. Although I am sure for 90% of poker players, it wouldn't matter much in terms of money making potential as they aren't marketable enough, it does limit the slightest of chances of making extra dough on the side. I know as a 20-something male, if I ever got lucky enough to get in via PStars, and THEN made the FT of the WSOP, I could argue that I potentially could get endorsements from alcohol companies, clothing, and sports/poker media sites.

Now this would be fine if they gave you some compensation, but they don't. You get no additional compensation whatsoever for making the final table UNLESS you win the whole thing. You DO get another 1 million dollar package deal if you do. 500K in live event entries, 100k in PS tournment entries, and 400k in cash.........however, there are stipulations if you win. Some of which I wouldn't mind, like having to play a minimum of 15 hrs per week on the site, blogging twice a week, and promotional appearances on at least 40 days

BUT the winner doesn't get to select the live events, PokerStars selects them. The winner must give Pokerstars access to his official website so Pokerstars can advertising how much they want on said site, and if the winner has no such site, he or she must set one up so Pokerstars can advertise on it.

Here's to rooting that the owner of consumptionjunction.com wins via PStars this year.

PLO games are pretty good on Stars

PokerStars Game #27411268654: Omaha Pot Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2009/04/23 14:57:27 ET
Table 'Venus III' 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: novatillo ($13 in chips)
Seat 4: SJS_RBG ($28.40 in chips)
Seat 5: Tadao ($35.40 in chips)
Seat 6: Shizzmoney ($17.85 in chips)
Shizzmoney: posts small blind $0.10
novatillo: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Shizzmoney [Ah Jc Ac Th]
SJS_RBG: folds
Tadao: folds
Shizzmoney: calls $0.15
novatillo: checks
*** FLOP *** [9h 9c 5h]
Ellorent joins the table at seat #2
Shizzmoney: checks
novatillo: bets $0.25
Shizzmoney: calls $0.25
*** TURN *** [9h 9c 5h] [9s]
Shizzmoney: checks
novatillo: checks
*** RIVER *** [9h 9c 5h 9s] [6d]
Shizzmoney: bets $0.50
novatillo: calls $0.50
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Shizzmoney: shows [Ah Jc Ac Th] (a full house, Nines full of Aces)
novatillo: shows [5s 9d Jh 5c] (four of a kind, Nines)
novatillo collected $1.95 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $2 | Rake $0.05
Board [9h 9c 5h 9s 6d]
Seat 1: novatillo (big blind) showed [5s 9d Jh 5c] and won ($1.95) with four of a kind, Nines
Seat 4: SJS_RBG folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Tadao (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Shizzmoney (small blind) showed [Ah Jc Ac Th] and lost with a full house, Nines full of Aces

Matt Flynn gives details of banning by Mason on 2p2

The Matt Flynn/Ed Miller rift with Mason obv a moonlanding for users here, but Flynn recently on Bart Hanson's podcast deucescracked.com went into more detail about Mason's lifetilt as well as commenting on Mason making comments on Miller's wife during the process of the book's separation as well as on the 2p2 forums.

I loved the first book, def helped my game. The guys started their own thing and will release another book on Small Stakes NLHE soon.

Comments around the 29 min mark

http://podcasts.deucescracked.com/deucepla..._Matt_Flynn.mp3

*****SCOOP THREAD 4/10/09*****

@ 14:30:

$22/$215/$2100 NLHE 1R/1A

@ 16:30:

$55/$530/$5200 Omaha 8/B FL

GL NWPers

Ganster Bros.

Bust a cap in some koopas. I recommend the shotgun.

http://www.ponged.com/actiongames/gangsterbros.1.1-3834