PokerIsland - the summer of your life

Interview with the winner 2009 - Michael (dacocor x)

2009-08-10T11:23:17Z

It was all or nothing at the final showdown on the island of paradise on PokerIsland. On the one hand, it was about claiming the title of the best player on PokerIsland 2009 and on the other, it was about winning an exclusive $25,000 Aussie Millions Package.

The online PokerIsland final took place – as the name suggests – on the online poker felt. And the master of the keyboard and mouse was: dacocor x!

The young German player got the better of his opposition and played his way to the top of the board on PokerIsland. He is now the new man in the bwin Poker team at the Aussie Millions. What does he think about his success? Will he climb to the top of the Aussie Millions tree? And the all-important question: what was it like on PokerIsland?

Congratulations on your win! You are now THE man from PokerIsland 2009. What was your first reaction after taking the win in the PokerIsland online final?
dacocor x: Actually, I didn’t make the winning click in the game at all. That was the most exciting part. I knew that I had the nuts in the final hand and had to hope that my opponent called. As soon as I saw “CALL” on the screen, I jumped up from my seat and started cheering – it’s not every day that you win $25,000.

You were on PokerIsland in week 4, the final week. If possible, describe the biggest, unlimited and best highlights.
dacocor x: That’s not that easy ... all of the people that I met, the trips, the poker girls, the nightlife – the list goes on and on. It was simply a fantastic week which was organised perfectly by bwin and the team on location.

Describe a “typical” day on PokerIsland. Why is it an absolute MUST for players to qualify for PokerIsland?
dacocor x: Because it is exactly how you could live as a professional poker player. Pretty girls, poker, private chef, pool, superb weather – what more could you want?

Your favourite poker player is Jon Juanda – he is a calm player, keeps his cool and makes good decisions. Do you see a little bit of him in dacocor x?
dacocor x: Of course, there are certain parallels between me and him, but I would limit that to the ability to make quite a few good decisions. I can’t stay as cool as he can when it comes to “bad beats”.

What are your expectations for the Aussie Millions 2010? Are you ready to join the bwin Poker team for the trip down under?
dacocor x: Of course I’m ready! It has been a dream of mine for a very long time to take part in such a massive tournament and now my chance has come. My aim is to cash in – if I make money, I’m happy. If more comes of it, I certainly won’t say no!

You said earlier that you wanted to claim a WSOP bracelet – is a win at the Aussie Millions enough as well?
dacocor x: It would certainly be enough to give me the bank balance to play in plenty of tournaments in July, which could give me a shot at a bracelet. An Aussie Millions ring is quite a nice little thing as well, though!

Have you already got any experience playing in offline tournaments?
dacocor x: I have played in casinos a couple of times and there were one or two big tournaments there, but you can’t compare that to a tournament like the Aussie Millions, that would be presumptuous. It will be by far the biggest tournament that I have ever played in during my career so far.

Does the winne r of PokerIsland 2009 have a message for the rest of the poker world?
dacocor x: Play, play, play! Preferably at my tables!!!

We have a PokerIsland 2009 winner!

2009-07-22T12:19:44Z

Finally we have a winner – after a breathtaking online final between our 4 weekly final winners: Denis, Paul, Charly and Michael.

Starting with 4.000 chips each and very slow blind raises Paul made a kind of semi aggressive approach and raised his stack up to app. 5.500.Charly was the first one who stepped into Pauls trap and had to leave the table as the first contestant.

Paul now as the massive chip leader left the remaining two almost no air to breath. Michael took his chances kicked out Denis and we watched a furious heads up between England and Germany.

So this time Germany wins the battle and Michael will join the next Aussie Millions!

Congratulations Michael!
Your PokerIsland Team

Ryan is commentator of the Grand PokerIsland Final!

2009-07-21T15:36:29Z

Last year everybody was talking about Ryan, today he’s the commentator of the PokerIsland Online Final! The winner of PokerIsland 2008 is the next big surprise on PokerIsland.

Since he grabbed his $100.000 sponsorship he’s traveling right from poker tournament highlight to highlight – as a member of the bwin Poker team. The highlights so far: WPT Venice powered by bwin, Aussie Millions and the WSOP.

Let’s look forward to the PokerIsland Online Final commentated from our congenial bwin Poker-Pro! Stay tuned, the stream will start soon!

The Grand PokerIsland Final – LIVE

2009-07-17T15:14:33Z

They’ve made their way through PokerIsland – and that’s the greatest qualification route. Each week, one poker player qualified for the Grand Final via the weekly finals – and on 21.07.2009, at 20:00 (CET), they will meet again – this time at the online poker table. Stay tuned!

Main prize: $25.000 Aussie Millions Package
Here’s what’s on offer: An all-expenses-paid trip Down Under and the title of best poker player on PokerIsland in 2009.

This coming Tuesday (21.07.2009) at 20:00 (CET), you can catch all the action as it happens on the online poker felt – don’t miss a hand in the PokerIsland LIVE STREAM!

Best of week IV

2009-07-13T10:05:25Z

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This was the last week of PokerIsland 2009! And like the others, it was the summer of our life... but watch yourself. And stay tuned to maybe qualify for next year? No promise, but PokerIsland could happen again!

The 4. finalist: Michael

2009-07-13T10:02:04Z

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Weekly Final winner of week 4

The 3. finalist: Charly

2009-07-13T09:59:13Z

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Weekly Final winner of week 3

The 2. finalist: Denis

2009-07-13T09:57:30Z

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Weekly Final winner of week 2

The 1. finalist: Paul

2009-07-13T09:53:22Z

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He won the first ticket for the big final! Get to know Paul and his opponents and stay tuned for the latest news about the big final!

Michael's on his way down under

2009-07-11T13:11:06Z

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It was the last Weekly Final of PokerIsland 2009. And the youngster of this weeks player crew won the ticket for the final table on the 14th of July. Good luck Michael!

Michael's now fighting for Oz

2009-07-11T11:11:52Z

This was the last Weekly Final of PokerIsland. The Weekly Final of week 4. Michael started with 6000 in the game, like Stefan and Illir, Alex and Pablo with 5000. Blinds at 20/40 and Alex, Illir and Pablo started quite strong and aggressive. Michael and Stefan waited and saw. But compared to our Morning Poker, this was a hot game and the players played a lot of hands! By blinds 100/200 Alex was chipleader with 8910, followed by Michael with 8300, Illir with 5130, Stefan 4150 and Pablo with 1510 left to play. And it was flush time. Two times in a row Illir hit the flush, a few hands later Alex did. Pablo kept fighting for his life but loosing with K/A vs Stefan’s As/4s (10/2s/3s/Q/Ks). And next hand, we had the first decision: Pablo went all in with 910 and Michael on the big blind called. So showdown: Micheal with K/7 and Pablo with Q/J in his hand. The board came down with 5/A/8/7/2 and the Spanish had to say goodbye to all his hopes!

Blinds at 200/400 and the Swiss Riverman was back winning a few hands just on the river. But next level, 300/600 the river luck was swept away by Alex. On the small blind, Illir raised 1200 and Alex called. So let’s see the flop: A/7/10. Alex bet 1000 and Illir reraised all in – Alex called with pocket 7 vs. Illir’s Q/10. On the turn, we got a deuce. And on the river: 10. Wow, Illir was out, smashed by Alex’ fullhouse! Lady luck had changed fronts!

Blinds 500/1000 and this time Michael made the move going all in pre flop. Small stack Stefan called with Route 66 vs. Michaels A/5. On the flop A/9/K, Michael hit the over pair. And turn Q, river 9 didn’t save Stefan’s life. Goodbye Stefan! It was nice having you here.

Heads up between Alex (5980) and Michael (22020). First all in by Alex 4980 and he doubled up with pocket 10 vs. Michael’s K/2 with 9/9/8/J/8 in the board. But next hand, he was gone. Alex went all in and Micheal called with A/A vs. Q/J. The flop came down with 4/2/Q. On the turn we got a 2 and on the river J! Michael won with two pairs aces and deuces against a pair of queens and jacks. So Michael, good work and good luck in the online final at 14^th of July! Stay tuned for more!

A trip to remember

2009-07-10T13:48:49Z

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It was our last boattrip for 2009. But this one really was spectacular fun. But watch yourself! And have fun.

Last man's upgrade 2009!

2009-07-09T12:28:03Z

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Watch the last PokerIsland Morning Poker of week 4! And get ready for the last Weekly Final tomorrow. Enjoy!

PokerIsland Pool Games part IV

2009-07-09T12:22:54Z

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It was the last Pool Game contest of 2009 and the PokerIsland Girls and Player really had a lot of fun!

Stefan Ace-Little

2009-07-09T12:10:45Z

3rd and last Morning Poker of week 4. And last Morning Poker of 2009 on PokerIsland. We had some serious raise races, a flush on the river and a lot of raise and fold. But at blind level 100/200, the game heated up. Illir on the small blind called, Pablo on the big blind reraised all in and Illir called. The Spanish with ace-little (A/4) against 8/9 by Illir. On the flop we got 2/9/10. The turn 8 brought another pair for the Swiss and river 7 didn’t help Pablo at all. So goodbye Pablo!

Blinds 200/400 and Alex went all in with K/9 called by Stefan with K/8. On the board we had 6/6/2/8/Q and Alex was washed away from the table. Next hand, next decision. Stefan raised 1200 pre flop, Michael called and Illir reraised all in 2410. Stefan and Michael called. So the flop came down with 5/K/A, Michael checked but Stefan raised all in – Michael folded with a heavy heart. So showdown! Stefan with A/6 vs Illir’s 4/5 suited of hearts. Turn 2 and river 8 now killed Illir’s hope for a upgrade for Friday’s final.

Head up between Michael (1900) and Stefan (13100) and first hand Michael went all in pre flop with 8d/10c and Stefan called with A/3. In the end on the board we had 6/K/5/Q/3. And Stefan was the lucky guy who won the chip upgrade for the final on Friday. So Michael, Illir and Stefan got the upgrade for tomorrow. But remember, it actually doesn’t matter if you watch the outcome of the last weekly finals. Last week, Charly was the winner with no upgrade. Like in the first week when Paul won the ticket for the big final! So good luck to all of you!

The Riverman from Switzerland

2009-07-08T15:51:51Z

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It was the 2nd PokerIsland Morning Poker of week 4. And the Swiss guy Illir made his game on the river. But watch it yourself. And enjoy!

The river guy

2009-07-08T15:47:09Z

2nd Morning Poker of week 4. And for once, it was quite cold and cloudy. It seemed that our player were mostly ectotherm beings because the game really started very sluggish. Only after the sun came out later on, the players started to act. Meanwhile the blinds were at 50/100. Michael bet 1200 on the flop: 4/J/10. It actually was the second hand he played! Illir reraised all in with J/9 and Michael called with King Kong. On the turn we got an ace so Michael was still in the lead. But on the river 9, Illir hit his second pair and kicked Michael – yesterday’s winner – first out!

Blinds 200/400. The flop came down with 8h/Jd/5h and Alex went all in with 1480, Pablo called. Showdown guys: Alex with 3h/Qh vs Pablo Js/3s. Already on the turn Jh, Pablo hit trips but Alex the flush. But Pablo was still alive and he came back. All in stays in – for Pablo’s three all ins coming up. Till Illir went all in on the button and Pablo called. Illir with pocket 9 and Pablo with J/Q. In the end, on the board, we had 5/6/6/5/6 and Pablo was finally smashed by Illir’s fullhouse.

Blinds 300/600 and Alex went all in pre flop with 2260. Only Stefan called with 1800. Stefan’s Q/10 vs Alex’s K/3. Now the flop: K/6/A. The turn: 6. And down the river we go: K. The next one kicked by fullhouse. Goodbye Stefan!

Heads up between Illir (11940) and Alex (3060). Blinds meanwhile at 1000/2000 and Alex doubled up twice. Then the game went on. Stealing blinds, back and forth till Illir went all in with 10d/Kd and Alex called with Ah/8h. After flop and turn 10/5/J/Q Alex still was in the lead. But then, on the river, the ace from space and Illir hit the straight! Congratulations Illir! You just won a 1000 chip upgrade for Friday’s final!

PokerIsland Heroes Part IV

2009-07-08T11:34:46Z

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Meet the five new player on PokerIsland.

They had joy, they had fun...

2009-07-08T11:30:40Z

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First Morning Poker Week IV

2009-07-07T15:02:12Z

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Watch the first match and Michaels sweet victory...

A long long way to victory

2009-07-07T13:49:25Z

It was the first Morning Poker of week 4. And it turned out to be the longest one we had so far. Our five new player, Alex (Germany), Illir (Switzerland), Michael (Germany), Pablo (Spain) and Stefan (Germany) played very tight and cautious in the beginning. And it took about an hour till the game heated up. Blinds were 50/100 and all in a sudden weh ad our first decision. The flop came down with 4/6/6, Pablo bet 300, Stefan raised all in and Pablo called! So the Stefan with pocket Q vs pocket J by Pablo. On turn and river, we got aces – and Pablo was the first one leaving the table.

Blinds now 100/200. Michael doubled up nicely with crabs vs Alex’ American Airline (8/4/3/J/9). By now, Michael was chipleader with 8310 chips! Alex on the other hand had 780 left to play.

Blinds 200/400 and Alex kept on coming back. Illir called on the small blind and Alex raised all in 1060 and Illir called. So showdown! A/10 by Alex vs Illir K/3. The board came down with K/J/2/5/8 and Alex was smashed by King Kong on the flop.

Blinds 300/600 and Illirs time had come. Michael went all in pre flop and the swiss guy had to call with 2200. Michael with A/7 in his hands against Illir’s K/10. The board came down with 7/3/5/4 and on the river 2, Michael hit a straight and kicked Illir out of the game.

Heads up between Stefan (3420) and Michael with (11580). After a lot of back and forth, we had break even. Blinds were 1000/2000 by now and after a quite a slugfest we came to the final showdown: Stefan with Qd/8d and Michael with K/2. On the flop K/4/6, Michael hit the pair. Turn 10 and river 4 sealed Stefan’ s fate! Congratulations Michael! You have a 1000 chip upgrade for Friday’s final for sure!

The last crew for 2009

2009-07-07T12:58:49Z

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The last five PokerIsland players arrived on the island: Alex (Germany), Illis (Switzerland), Michael (Germany), Pablo (Spain) and Stefan (Germany). These five battle for the last ticket for the big final in the end of July. But their first game was about the rooms: The winner takes it all. And Stefan won the first game and got the noble master suite! But a heartly welcome to all of you! Let's have a great week.

Gallery week III 2009

2009-07-06T12:42:43Z

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Best of week III

2009-07-06T08:30:24Z

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"Au revoir", "Servus" and "Auf Wiedersehen"

2009-07-05T14:35:51Z

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After another great week on PokerIsland our 3rd group of guests had to leave the villa. But as shown by Antar - there is always a chance to come back...

Thank you guys - it was a pleasure to have you here!

Watch the Weekly Final

2009-07-04T18:05:59Z

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Enjoy the video of the 3rd Weekly Final.

Weekly Final III - "The French Connection"

2009-07-04T08:56:40Z

The “French Connection” has a winner!

What a week – what a final…the players started really relaxed after a week of fun, beach time and a lot of sunny, hot experiences. Every player got his 5.000 chips + the upgrades from morning poker (Antar 2.000 chips, Nadi 1.000 chips).

Blinds starting at 20/40, levels raising every 20 minutes the action came sooner as expected: In the 3rd hand Charly won a quiet big pot of over 2000 chips against Hannes caught in a total bluff with nothing against QQ.

Now Hannes was feeling the pressure and Antar raised the next hand after a Flop of 429 and the river of Q – Hannes went all inn – showed his AQ, Antar called with K10, got the J on the River and took Hannes out with a straight….after exactly 14 minutes.

Still in blind level 20/40 after one player out the chip count was: Antar: 10.530, Charly: 8.040, Nadi: 5.390, Martin: 4.850.

On top of that Antar got the 7/2 pot with the next hand and collected 100 from each of his opponents.

Blinds were raised to 40/80 – and Antar played his role of the chip leader slowly but with enough pressure to keep the others out of the pots and let no showdowns happen in this level.

After raising the blinds to 50/100 Martin entered the scene with winning a few small pots. Nadi hunted down the second 7/2 pot of this night with a great bet and the perfect pokerface. Seconds later Antar tried the same but got caught by Charly who took even more chips from Antar in the next two hands by reraising in the right moments.

All players decided to have a small dinner break before the next level of 100/200 did start and got back at the table with a chip count of: Antar 8.320, Charly 10.250, Nadi 4.330 and Martin with 5.100

Maybe powered up by the great “chilli con carne” the action came right away:

Antar bet over pot after a flop of 32dK on Martin. Martin called. Turn showed 5d, checkcheck, River 4d – Antar took his pot size bet on the river, Martin got all inn, Antar called and showed his JK suited of Diamonds for his flush against Martins A3 straight.

With that move Antar became the massive chip leader with 13.920 followed by Charly with 9.950 and Nadi with 4130.

From the observers view it seemed like Nadi felt a little trapped being so small stack in the claws of the “French connection. After a flop of 9Q9, a turn of 8 and a river of 6 with Nadi and Charly in that hand – Nadi raised on every chance, got called and went all inn directly after the river, got called by Charly who showed his 57 to a straight against Nadis K9.

So, after exactly 72minutes and 36seconds two players entered an almost balanced heads up with a chip count of Antar with 13.420 and Charly with 14.580 chips.

The two French guys reduced the extreme speed of the tournament so far by checking, folding and not taking high risks in the next blind levels of 100/200 and 200/400.

On blind level 300/600 Antar reraised massively after a min. bet of Charly on a flop of J33 – Charly answered with an all in, Antar called with KJ and had to face a pair of Queens…

Blinds raised to 400/800 and Antar, down to 3.480 chips against a massive lead of Charly with 24.520 chips, Antar had to act: After a double pot raise by Antar, Charly answered with an all inn, Antar called and showed his K7 against Charlys “Blind mens Aces” (A4)

The table showed a furious full house for Charly with 42A54 and ended the game with a great victory, won the 3rd ticket for the BIG FINAL and got a very special price: the personally signed soccer ball by Luca Toni .

Congratulations Charly!

LUCA TONI was here!

2009-07-04T08:43:27Z

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Europe's famous FC Bayern München soccer star Luca Toni just stopped by to meet and greet our poker player. But guys, don't get too excited! You have a final to win tonight!!!

Wake, poker and beaches

2009-07-03T08:40:57Z

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Antar takes the lead

2009-07-02T11:41:57Z

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Antar made it again! And he will be the chipleader for Friday's final. But good luck to all of you!

Antar on the road to success

2009-07-02T10:59:02Z

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Great hot day at the pool. Hot girls and 5 player still eager to win the 3rd PokerIsland Pool Game challenge! Enjoy!

Veteran's day II

2009-07-02T10:53:00Z

3rd Morning Poker of week 3 – and the last chance to win a 1000 chip upgrade for tomorrows final. So far Antar and Nadi were able to gain one upgrade. Let’s see how Charly, Hannes and Martin acted today. It was a very calm and tight beginning. Till blinds rose up to 100/200 and all in a sudden, the first decision took place: Martin went all in 1600 with K/Q vs. Nadi who called with pocket 5. The board came down with 6/3/10/A/2 and Martin had to leave the table first. Again!

Same blind level, next bang. Hannes went all in 650 pre flop, Charly and Nadi called. The
flop showed 2/4/10, Charly and Nadi checked. Same on the turn 3. On the river J, Charly checked, Nadi bet 1000 and Charly folded – so showdown! Hannes with Q/10 but Nadi with A/5 hitting a straight on the river. Next man down. Goodbye Hannes.

By now, blinds were 300/600. This time, it was Charly going all in with K/J and Antar called with A/K. On the flop, A/8/J Antar hit the pair. Turn and river 2/7 finally ruined Charly’s hope for the chip upgrade.

Heads Up Nadi (7200) and Antar (7800) and blinds rose up to 500/1000. The game went back and forth for a while, till Antar raised pre flop 2000 and Nadi reraised all in. Antar called with 10d/Jd vs Nadi’s pocket 5. Lady Luck still was in love with the French as it seemed. Already on the flop J/3/6, Antar hit the over pair. Turn K and river 4 elevated Antar to Friday’s chipleader with two upgrades fort he final! Congratulations Antar and good luck to all of you.

Scandal! What happend to PokerIsland dealer???

2009-07-01T18:19:59Z

We just recieved the breaking news: Hesron the official PokerIsland dealer was part of a big poker scandal. Check out the latest news about that on PNNBC: http://www.pnnbc.com

We try to find out what happen in Vegas and keep you informed directly!

Germany: 1000 points

2009-07-01T15:13:16Z

Second Morning Poker of week 3 and second chance for the 1000 chips upgrade for Friday’s final. Hannes started quite strong earning some easy money stealing blinds, winning the first pot with trips A against Martin’s K trips (A/3/K/A/K). Meanwhile blinds were at 40/80 and Charly was the first this week winning a 7/2 pot. Let’s have a short look at this special PokerIsland rule: Whoever wins a hand – no matter how and what stage of game – with 7/2, he get’ s on top of the pot 100 extra by each player.

Blinds were 50/100 and we had the first decision. Nadi raised pre flop 300, Martin went all in with 1230 and Nadi called for the flop. So Nadi with J/Q vs a German Virgin (9/9) in Martin’s hand. Flop and turn came down with A/5/K/4. And on the river 10, Nadi hit the straight – and Martin went to bed again straight away.

Blinds at 100/200 and we had another 7/2 but this time with a quite big pot. Nadi raised pre flop 400 and Hannes called. On the flop 2/4/4 Nadi bet 400, Hannes raised 800 and Nadi called. So let’s see the turn: J – both checked. And the river: Q – again checked. Showdown: Hannes with A/10 but Nadi with 7/2!

Blinds 200/400. On the board we had 9/2/K/4 and Antar bet 500. Hannes raised 1000, Antar reraised all in and Hannes called with K/9 against Antar’s K/5. We got a 6 on the river and said goodbye to Antar! Next level 300/600 and the next decision took place. Charly went all in pre flop woth 1780, Nadi called, Hannes reraised all in and Nadi called again. Charly with pocket 10 vs Hannes ace-little A/2 and Nadi’s A/9. The board came down with 7/7/A/Q/3, Charly was kicked and the other’s splitted the pot.

Heads up Nadi (2700) Hannes (12300). Blinds by now 500/1000. Nadi came back and we had break even after a few hands. Then Hannes lost big time with pocket 8 against K/J by Nadi (3/K/3/4/A) - but he was still alive with 200 left to play. And now it was on Hannes. He won 5 times in a row his all in. Again he went all in and Nadi called. Hannes with K/7 vs Nadi’s A/7. The board came down with J/7/A/Q/Q and we finally had a winner: Congratulations Nadi!

The winner is: Nadi!

2009-07-01T13:24:48Z

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It was the second Morning Poker of week 3. And the German Nadi hit the stack! Congratulations Nadi and good luck for Friday's final.

A wild bunch rocks the beach

2009-07-01T11:13:43Z

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It was their first day on PokerIsland and we had a great time at the beach. Watch the players racing on their jetski and playing fun poker on the green.

The newcomer entered PokerIsland

2009-07-01T11:05:15Z

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Meet the new 5 players of week 3. Antar (France), Charly (France), Hannes (Austria), Martin (France) and Nadi (Germany). Welcome guys. Let's have a great week!

Antar: veni, vidi, vici!

2009-06-30T13:34:26Z

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The first Morning Poker of week 3 and therefore the first 1000 chips upgrade for Friday night went to the PokerIsland veteran: Antar! Congratulations!

Veteran's day!

2009-06-30T13:31:58Z

First Morning Poker of week 3 and five players were eager to win a chip upgrade of 1000 chips for Friday’s final. Already in the first blind level 10/20 Charles almost had to say Goodbye after loosing an all in with 10s/Qs against Antar’s 5/K who hit a straight.
Next level 20/40 it was on Martin to double up. Hannes raised pre flop 200, Martin reraised up to 600 and Hannes called for the flop: A/5/9. This time Martin bet 500, Hannes reraised 2000 and Martin went all in – Hannes called with 8/A vs Q/A. The turn 8 was in favour for Hannes. But the river 9 turned the tide! But Hannes was still alive with 310 left to play.

Blinds at 30/60. Pre flop Hannes took heart and went all in. Nadi and Antar called. Hannes with 6/J, Antar with J/7 and Nadi with Ducks (2/2) in his hands. Again, flop and turn 8/5/6/3 were in favor of the Austrian. But the 7 on the river killed his hopes. Goodbye Hannes! First player down.

Blinds 50/100 and we had the next decision. Charles went all in pre flop 790 and Martin called. Charle’s Ajax (A/J) vs Martin’s Maverick (Q/J). The board came down with 6/9/10/7/8 and the Maverick stroke with a Queen high straight kicking Charles off the table.

Meanwhile blinds were at 200/400. The flop showed 5/2/4 and Antar went all in. Another French battle, Martin called. Showdown! Antar with a Big Slick in his hands against J/8 by Martin. On the turn K, Antar hit the pair and the river five was the last nail in Martin’s coffin.

Heads up between the newcomer Nadi (2510) and Antar (12490), the PokerIsland veteran. First Hand, Nadi raised 800, Antar reraised all in and Nadi called with Ace-little (A/3) vs Antar’s A/10. In the end, the board showed Q/K/2/4/Q and our veteran won the first upgrade! Congratulations Antar!

Welcome the new big five

2009-06-30T11:23:59Z

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Finally at night, all players had entered the villa. This week we welcome Antar (France), Charles (France), Hannes (Austria), Martin (France) and Nadi (Germany). In the first poker battle this same night they played for the master bedroom. And Charles in the end made the race. Congratulations! And welcome to all of you.

Back in the house: Antar!

2009-06-29T09:51:18Z

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Welcome Antar back on PokerIsland. Last years PokerIsland candidate Antar from France qualified again! So this is his second season. Good luck this year! Maybe he'll make it this time to the final! He'll be here tonight. So watch his profile video of 2008. Enjoy!

Best of week II

2009-06-29T09:43:52Z

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What a week! But we have to say goodbye

2009-06-28T22:45:45Z

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They're all gone. For now. And we're looking forward to meet the new ones tomorrow. Still, sad to say goodbye to five great guys.

Lady Luck loves the French

2009-06-27T13:50:48Z

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Final week 2. What a game, full of bad beats and a lucky French winner. So Congratulations Denis! And welcome to the big final end of July

The French takes it all!

2009-06-26T21:45:40Z

It was the final of week 2. Five players were battling for the final table end of July. Gregor, Harald and Jurij with 5000 chips, Denis with 6000 (+1000 chip upgrade) and Jorn with 7000 (+2000). It’s no surprise if i tell you, the game was really tight. Like the whole week. But I eat my hat, if these players kept on like this. To put a long 90 minutes short: we had four showdowns and three of them were straights.

Then finally, the game heated up and surprisingly we had the first decision. Blinds were 100/200. Flop and turn came down with 6/7/9/K and Jurij went all in with 1440. Gregor called. Jurij with King Kong (K/K) vs Gregor’s American Airline (A/A). The river 4 didn’t help Gregor and Jurij hit K trips. But Gregor was still alive with 1600. Next hand, next blind level 150/300. Gregor went all in and again he played again against the Slowanien guy. This time Jurij with pocket A and Gregor with the German Virgin (9/9). Already on the flop Jurij hit the trips (A/2/7 - /J - /6) and Gregor was the first to say Goodbye!

The players recovered. It took a while till the game speeded up again. Blinds were 300/600 and all in sudden we had the next decision. Jurij on the small blind went all in with 3030 and Jorn called. What a bluff: Jurij with 9/10 but Jorn with J/J. The cards weren’t on Jurij’s side. 4/8/3/K/2 and the Slowanien guy had to leave!

Meanwhile the blinds were 400/800 and Jorn (6/4) was smashed by trips of 6 with Q kicker by Denis. Next hand Jorn (J/10) went all in and this time Harald called with pocket 9. Trips again (A/4/6/7/9). Again against Jorn. And the former chipleader Jorn had to say adieu.

Heads up between Denis (16760) and Harald (11240). Blinds were at 500/1000. Harald raised pre flop 2500 and Denis called. On the flop K/5/6 both checked. Then on the turn 9, Denis bet 2000 and Harald called. Same story on the river 7. So showdown! Denis hit the straight with J/8 and Jorn just threw away. Blinds at 600/1200 and the final hand took place. Harald on the small blind went all in with A/4 and Denis called with Q/J. So let’s see the flop: Q/J/3. A flop from space for the French. The turn J almost killed the Austrian but the river 7 finally sealed his fate. Congratulations Denis! Good luck in the final!

Cartfun on the PokerIsland Autobahn

2009-06-26T16:41:18Z

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Hot summer experience

2009-06-26T14:02:34Z

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It was very stormy on the water and it was quite a ride to the next island. But when they reached the beach, the summer beach fun started!

French takeover now on video

2009-06-25T14:49:06Z

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Denis stopped the Swiss guy and earned a 1000 chip upgrade for tomorrow night!

French takeover

2009-06-25T13:21:11Z

It was the third and last Morning Poker of week 2. The guys were clubbing at night, maybe that’s why it was a very tight game. Jurij was the first one, winning a mentionable pot playing his hand. Then, blinds were at 20/40, Jorn’s time had come, winning with a fullhouse against Gregor and next hand beating Denis straight with a flush on the river.

Blinds at 30/60 and the French fought back. The flop came down with 5/4/3, Jorn raised 200 and Denis called. On the turn 2 Denis bet 200 and Jorn called. Let’s see the river: 7 and Denis bet 400, Jorn reraised 2000 and Denis went all in – Jorn called! So Denis with 8/6 hitting the 8 high straight while Jorn only had a 6 and got smashed.

Blinds were 40/80 and we had a first decision. The board showed 2h/3s/7d/5s and Gregor went all in. Jurij called! So showdown guys! Gregor with baby ace (A/4) in his hand but Jurij with 8/4 of spades. On the river Qs Jurij hit the flush and kicked Gregor out of the game!

Four players left: Blinds 100/200 and quite a while nothing really happend. Till Harald went all in pre flop with A/J and Jurij called with K/Q. In the end, the board showed 7/5/Q/3/7 and the Austrian had to say Goodbye.

Next blindlevel 100/200, next decision: Denis raising pre flop 3000 and Jorn took the bate and called. Denis with As/2s vs J/J by Jorn. Even if Jorn hit the triple on the river! He got smashed by Denis’s flush (Ah/9s/8s/Kc/Js) on the river! So the Swiss guy had to leave the table – for today.

Heads up between Denis (8100) and Jurij (6900). From blind level 300/600 till 1000/2000 the game just went back and forth – raise and fold for a very long time. Then Denis went all in again with 5820 and finally Jurij took heart and called. The French guy kicked his Q/7 with A/8 (J/J/5/10/A) and next hand he finally sealed Jurij’s fate. Jurij went all in with 7/2 vs Denis’ A/7. In the end the board came down with A/6/Q/3/7. And that was the end for Jurij! But a great start for Denis tomorrow! Congratulations Denis!

Pool games, girls and poker II

2009-06-25T11:20:01Z

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Second round of our PokerIsland Pool Games and the PokerIsland Girls and players really got into it. Fought gladiator style, jumped, battled themselves in Girls Holdem and as our users demanded in the online poll - we played dive in poker. But watch yourself.

Swiss dynamite

2009-06-24T14:39:16Z

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2nd Morning Poker of week 2. And again, Jorn hit the stack winning another 1000 chip upgrade for Friday. Boys, watch out. It is gonna get tough on Friday. One of you better stop him tomorrow!

Swiss stock is rising on PokerIsland

2009-06-24T13:19:44Z

It was the second Morning Poker of week 2. And today, everybody was awake and eager to win. But nevertheless it was the tightest game we had so far. Blinds started at 10/20. Jurij caught a nice bluff by Harald and won the first big pot of the day. And Jurij kept on playing. On the river Qd, the board showed 10d/Qc/5d/10s, Gregor bet 300, Jurij reraised 1100 and Gregor called with Jd/4d hitting a flush! But Jurij with A/Q smashed him with a nice fullhouse!

So far, yesterday’s winner Jorn slept away the game. Blinds by now were 100/200, still five players in the game. Denis with 1200, Gregor 1540, Harald 4460, Jorn with 2100 and Jurij chip leader with 6700. And finally we had some action! First Denis doubled up against Harald. Next hand, again Denis played for the gain. The flop came down with J/2/6 and Gregor went all in with 9/A against the calling French with J/K. On the turn J Denis hit the triple. And the river 8 didn’t save Gregors soul. Goodbye Gregor! First player down.

Blinds were at 200/400. And finally Jorn started playing doubling up against Denis. Then Harald doubled up against Jorn with A/5 against A/8 by Jorn hitting a pair of 5s on the flop. On the next level 300/600 we had the next decision. Denis went all in with 1860 and Jorn called with 10h/8h vs Denis’ K/J. On the flop 8/3/Q Jorn hit the pair. Turn 3 and river A didn’t change a thing. So Denis had to leave the table.

Three players left in the game. Harald with 3020, Jurij 5640 and Jorn now chipleader with 6340. But not for long. The board showed 4/10/9/7/8 and „Double Up“ Harald doubled up again smashing Jurij’s 10/Q with 6/2 in his hand and a straight on the river. Next hand, blinds now at 400/800, Jurij’s fate was sealed. He lost with pocket 6 against Harald’s German virgin (9/9).

Heads Up Harald 8100 and Jorn with 6900 chips left to play. Blinds still were at 400/800 and Jorn again made the race. First doubling up against Harald and next hand going all in again with A/A against Haralds pocket 6. On the board, the lucky Swiss even hit another ace. Really, no chance for Harald today. And Jorn left the table with another chip upgrade for Friday. Congratulations!

16:30 Poolgames on livestream

2009-06-24T10:48:48Z

Check out the livestream today at 16:30 GMT. We show you the "Gladiator Game" live on PokerIsland.

Who will beat the other players?

Stay tuned...

Beach clubbing

2009-06-23T22:31:29Z

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It was their first day at PokerIsland. And the first time at the beach. Watch them enjoying the party beach lifestyle on the island.

Four at one blow

2009-06-23T19:56:12Z

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It was the first Morning Poker of week 2. And one Swiss guy kicked them all.

Meet the new PokerIsland guys

2009-06-23T18:59:30Z

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Denis (France), Gregor (Germany), Harald (Austria), Jorn (Switzerland) and Jurij (Slowenia) entered PokerIsland. Watch and learn more about our five heros of week 2.

Swiss hardcore

2009-06-23T11:51:18Z

Blinds 10/20. And nothing happened. It was a really tight game. The highest of highs was one turn - till last hand in this level. The board showed J/2/6/A. Denis raised 300, Jorn reraised 1300 and Denis called. On the river: 3, Jorn bet all in and Denis called. So showdown guys: Denis with J/A vs Jorn’s route 66 (6/6). What a early out for the French guy! And what a nice double up for the Swiss guy.

Jorn kept on playing strong, winning a nice hand with a flush against Jurij. But till blind level 50/100, the game crept on. But finally, we had the next decision. On the board 9/J/7/7 Juri went all in. And guess who took heart and called? Jorn with A/J against Jurij’s A/Q. So down the river we go: 10. And Jorn kicked the next player off the table.
Same level Jorn the Hellraiser went on. Gregor called on the small blind but Jorn raised 600. Gregor reraised 3230 going all in – and of course the Hellraiser called with Q/A in his hand against Gregor’s J/8. In the end on the board we had 7/9/K/K/2. And the next Player was smashed by Jorn.

Heads Up between Harald (2040) and Jorn (12960) and blinds were at 200/400. The game went back and forth for a while till finally Jorn called on of Harald’s all ins. Jorn with A/9 vs Harald’s Q/6. So dealer, show us the flop: 8/J/9. Now the turn: 3. And the river: K. Congratulations Jorn. What a massive start by Switzerland!

Here they are! Boys, let's go!

2009-06-22T22:27:19Z

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Finally all the boys are here. Denis from France, Gregor from Germany, Jorn from Switzerland, Jurij from Slowenia and Harald out of Austria. And they really got a hot welcome.

Harald, the lucky Austrian, won his first game on PokerIsland and therefore a whole week in the master bedroom. But please watch yourself. Enjoy!

New Wallpapers

2009-06-22T18:36:26Z

Just in time and to pimp your computer desktop, we developed some new desktop wallpapers for you. Adopted by the new PokerIsland logo, two of the wallpapers are just very very very (if not to say VERY) minimalistic! So the "Mirrored" and the "Stencil" wallpapers are just perfect to find your computer icons quickly, while the "darkstyle" certainly might suit those among us that like it dark while playing online poker.

The links beneath this text offer you ZIP files containing several images of each wallpaper offering different sizes to fit your screen resolutions.
The old wallpapers from 2008 can still be downloaded from the main navigation through the "PokerIsland 2008" link.

DOWNLOAD WALLPAPER "Stencil"
DOWNLOAD WALLPAPER "Mirrored"
DOWNLOAD WALLPAPER "Darkstyle"

Follow PokerIsland via twitter

2009-06-22T10:42:36Z

Just in case you haven't seen it yet, you are able to follow us on twitter to stay up to date about what's going on at PokerIsland.
Simply visit www.twitter.com/pokerisland for our profile and do not forget to follow us so that we can follow you ;)

PokerIsland treasures

2009-06-21T11:49:26Z

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They are hot. They have fun. And they rock PokerIsland: Here they are, the PokerIsland Girls!

Goodbye Boys!

2009-06-21T10:57:10Z

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It has been a great week! But one last word to all the girlsfriends out there: They all have been great gentlemen! To the PokerIsland Girls, to us, to everyone. Boys good luck and Goodbye!

UK Hero

2009-06-20T01:24:15Z

We had the first Weekly Final 2009. The players started with 5000 each. 1500 chip upgrade in total. That’s 26 500 chips on the table. So Patrice, Paul and Vilnis started with 5000. Marc 5500 and Pim with 6500.

The sun went down, the tension increased. Blinds started 20/40 and Vilnis started very aggressive in the game. But the others didn’t take part. So far. So he just kept on stealing the blinds. Then finally Pim woke up and played raising pre flop 120 and Vilnis called. The flop showed 9/5/9. Vilnis bet 200 and Pim called. On the turn 6 , Vilnis bet 400 and again, Pim called. This time, on the river 8 Pim raised 1200 and Vilnis took the bate and called with Q/8. But Pim smashed him with his pocket 7 hitting the straight!

Blinds 40/80 and still Vilnis was pushing going all in pre flop. And Patrice time had come calling him with pocket A against Vilnis K/J. Already on the flop 5/A/2 Patrice hit the triple. Turn and river 4/8 didn’t redeem Vilnis. What a early final goodbye for the Latvian youngster. And Patrice kept on playing dizzying aggressive.

After a small BBQ break, the game went on. Now here is an intermediate result: Marc 4170, Paul 6110, Pim 6190 and chipleader Patrice 10030. Meanwhile blinds were 100/200. On the Button, Marc went all in with 4070. Pim called with A/K vs Ad/10d! We got 5/4/6 on the flop. 2 on the turn and finally on the river: K. Marc was kicked from the table!

Next decision didn’t wait long. Pim called the blind, but Patrice raised all in – and Pim now was in real trouble thinking quite a while… in the end, he called! So showdown guys! Patrice with 8/Q and Pim with 10/10 in his hand. The flop showed K/9/2. J on the turn and 7 on the river. The former chipleader Patrice got kicked!

Heads up between Paul (11600) and Pim (14900). Blinds were 150/300 with 17 minutes to go in this level. We had some raise races, saw a few flops. But not more. Till break even after a while. Then Pim raised 750 on the button. Paul called. 6/7/10, both checked the flop. On the turn 9, Paul raised 750 and Pim called. Down the river we go: 6. Paul raised 2000 and Pim called! Paul hit the straight with J/8 in his hand.

Blinds 300/600 and Paul raised 1600 on the small blind. Pim (12000) reraised all in and Paul (14500) called with pocket 6 against Pim’s crabs (3/3). The board showed 10/5/8/8/J and finally we had a winner! Congratulations Paul! See you in July again!

Paul in heaven

2009-06-20T00:00:00Z

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It was the first Weekly Final of PokerIsland Season 09. And we have our first finalist for the big online final end of July: Congratulations Paul! He really needed a lot of patience, strong nerves and the unbreakable will to win. In the end, Paul made the race. But it was a long hard road.

The week is almost over. And we have to say goodbye to five awesome guys. We had a great time together, a lot of fun and some serious poker.

So stay tuned for the whole poker final story coming up!

Gallery update

2009-06-19T23:14:47Z

We have just updated the whole gallery section where you are able to find the images of the first PokerIsland 2009 week. Hope you like them and expect much more to come within the next days.

Visit the gallery by choosing the GALLERY link in the main navigation to the left, or simply by click this link

The boys just gonna have fun

2009-06-19T13:28:20Z

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Ocean Day on PokerIsland. And the PokerIsland Girls and Players had the time of their life!

The Dutch Hammer

2009-06-18T22:41:35Z

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3rd Morning Poker of week 1. And Pim, the Dutch Hammer, stroke again!

Pool games, girls and fun

2009-06-18T15:18:13Z

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Pool Games on PokerIsland. The Girls and Player enjoyed it big time. If you missed it on livestream. Watch the video. Enjoy!

Pim, he did it again

2009-06-18T15:07:10Z

3rd Morning Poker of week 1. And today we played it old school PokerIsland style. Let’s have a short look at the rules: 60 minutes tournament, chipleader after exactly 60 minutes wins upgrade for Friday’s final (500 chips).

Blinds 10/20. Paul seemed to have recovered from yesterday compared to others. He started quite aggressive. He stole some blinds and pots but no real action took place. It was a very tight game. So let’s skip level 20/40 and 30/60.

Blinds were 50/100 and Vilnis got better and better. It seemed that a tiny hangover made him stronger. Finally we had a mentionable hand – and a first early decision. Marc pre flop reraised all in with K/Q called by Patrice with pocket 3. The flop showed 7/J/9 – on the turn we had a 4. And on the river, another 4. Again an early out for the Canadian. He might save his luck for the final. Let’s hope for him.

By now Pim and Paul started their private battle. Pim went all in pre flop with pocket 10 and got called by Paul with 8/A. The flop Q/J/2 didn’t help Paul. On the turn 8, at least he hit the under pair – but the river 4 sealed his fate. Nice double up for Pim and Paul was still alive. Till a few hands later he went all in pre flop with 620 chips left. Blinds were at 100/200. And Pim called with K/7 against Paul’s Jackson Five (Jd/5d). The board showed A/10/6/4/3 and Paul left the table.

Blinds at 200/400. Time ran out and Vilnis had to make a move to keep his chance to win today. So he took heart and went all in with A/J. Patrice called with Q/J. Let’s see what’s on the board. The flop: 7/2/3. Turn: 2. Still Vilnis was up in front. But believe it or not, on the river the queen showed up. Again, Vilnis with no luck today. And another Goodbye for the Latvian.

Heads up between Patrice and Pim. Blinds at 300/600. Patrice was Chipleader by far with 9220 chips and Pim with 5780 left to play. So close before the end, Patrice probably could have folded it down to victory. But hats off. He played – Pim went all in. And Patrice called. Showdown guys! Pim with J/A and Patrice with 9/K suited of diamonds. Now the flop K/7/10. Patrice was celebrating big time! Till turn and river: A/2. Again, the Dutch guy made the race! Doubled up and folded down the last hands to victory.

Congratulations Pim!

The first big five at PokerIsland

2009-06-18T10:23:56Z

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Get to know the first five winner, guests and heros of PokerIsland's week 1: Marc from Canada, Patrice from Belgium, Paul from the UK, Pim out of the Netherlands and last but not least, Vilnis from Latvia.

Pim it up!

2009-06-17T18:42:53Z

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2nd Morning Poker of the week an Pim hit the stack!

Dutch Master’s Day

2009-06-17T14:27:20Z

2nd Morning Poker of week 1. It seemed, the guys had a really nice night. A little bit bleary-eyed, but eager to win the chip upgrade for Friday. Well, except one. Paul tried everything to get back to sleep – or maybe it was his new tactic...

Blinds at 10/20. First hand, Paul went all in. The others folded. 2nd and 3rd hand: same scenario. Finally, forth hand, Patrice took the challenge and called. Paul with 7/2 and Patrice with 6/Q in his hand. The board showed J/3/Q/8/3. And Patrice doubled up quite easily. Still Paul was more alive than he had hoped. So next hand again, All in Paul made his move. This time Pim earned some chips and Paul legged it to bed.

Blind level 30/60, we had the next decision. After a tough raise battle Marc and Pim both went all in. Marc showing J/A but Pim in favor with pocket Q. Already on the flop: A/J/Q, Pim hit the triple. Turn and River 2/6 didn’t help yesterdays winner! Goodbye Marc!

Meanwhile, blinds were 50/100. Pim with 8000 chips, Patrice 5000 and Vilnis 2000. Lady Luck really wasn’t on Vilnis side today. He kept on folding and folding. But then he took heart and called. Pim raised 350 putting Vilnis all in. The Latvian with K/7 against Pim’s Q/K. The flop showed J/A/K. The turn: 3. And on the river: 10, Vilnis was smashed by Pim’s beautiful straight!

Heads up between Pim (10000) and Patrice (5000). Blinds at 100/200. In the beginning, the game went back and forth. Stealing blinds, raise and fold. Till Pim bet 500 pre flop and Patrice went all in. No question, Pim called with pocket 7 against Patrice 5/K of diamonds. The board showed 6/K/5/2/K – and Patrice hit a Fullhouse and doubled up. But Pim was still alive. And came back big time. Pim raised pre flop 1000, Patrice reraised all in and Pim called. So guys, show your hands: Patrice with J/7 and Pim with A/Q. On the flop, 4/5/7, Patrice hit a pair. But on the turn: Q, Pim made the race. So down the river we go: Q. A triple for Pim!

And a chip upgrade for Fridays final! Congratulations Pim.

Summer Sunny Beach Day

2009-06-17T13:37:27Z

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First day at the beach. And watch the girls and them enjoying it!

Poll - it`s up to you!

2009-06-16T22:33:06Z

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The first Morning Poker of the year

2009-06-16T20:53:54Z

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It was the first Morning Poker of their life. In the end Marc, the Canadian Shark, made the race.

Again, a Canadian took it all

2009-06-16T15:57:55Z

We had our first Morning Poker of season 09. All of us were quite excited. The tension was high and the five players gathered around the big bwin pokertable. Hes, our PokerIsland Dealer, opened up the pokerchallenge.

Five Player: Paul (UK), Pim (Netherlands), Vilnis (Latvia), Marc (Canada) and Patrice (Belgium). 3000 Chips each and the winner of the game gets a 500 chips upgrade for the final on Friday.
We had a real cautious start here today. Blinds started with 10/20. It took a while till Marc started playing quite aggressive. But nobody accepted the challenge till Vilnis took heart. The flop showed 10/2/5 and Marc did bet 100, Vilnis called. On the turn we got an A, Marc again placed a 200 bet – Vilnis called. So down the river we go: 9. 400 bet by Marc, Vilnis raised to 1000 and Marc reraised all-in. Vilnis called! So showdown guys: Vilnis with A/9 – two pair! But Marc with 3/4 hit the straight! Still Vilnis was alive with 180 left – and kicking. Another all-in later he smashed Marc with a nice Fullhouse in return.

Blinds were at 20/40 and we had the first decision. On the flop: J/J/7. Pim raised 220, Paul on the other hand reraised up to 600 and Pim went all-in – Paul called with J/Q against Pim’s 7/10. The Q on the turn killed Pim’s last chance and the dutch guy was first to leave the table.
Meanwhile the blinds were at 50/100 and Vilnis was the next victim. Patrice ruined his pair of Queens by a Fullhouse. Goodbye Vilnis!

By now Marc was chipleader with 8000 followed by Paul with 5000 and Patrice with 2000 Chips. And Patrice final hand really came fast. Marc raised pre flop 600. Patrice reraised 1000 and Marc went all in. Patrice didn’t hesitate and called with Ks/6c against Marc’s pocket 8 (c/h). The flop showed 2s/5h/Jh. Turn: 3h. And the river: 6h. Marc hit the flush and Patrice took off.
Heads up between Marc and Paul. And both were about stack even. Paul started very aggressive, going all in 6 times in a row. But Marc just folded and folded.

Blinds were 200/400 and finally, we got action. Pre flop now Marc went all-in with 6330 chips left. And Paul called with Q/3 against Marc’s A/5. Now gentlemen, here is the flop: 5/8/8. The King on the turn didn’t help Paul at all. And the river: 9, sealed his fate. Next hand, next all in. Marc with 10/K and Paul with 2/J. In the end, we had 7/4/3/6/A on the table. Congratulations Marc! Remember Ryan? The Canadian? Winner of last years PokerIsland? It seems the Canadians are hard to beat on PokerIsland!

Impressions from 15th of June

2009-06-16T14:26:57Z

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Finally, the first five players arrived

2009-06-16T01:13:05Z

It took the whole day for the five players to arrive at the villa. As the PokerIsland shuttle drove back and forth to the airport, our PokerIsland Girls already enjoyed the luxury of PokerIsland - and by the time all players landed at the villa, we had a nice pokerparty going on.

While a short poker game, the player sorted out in which room they will enjoy the next days. The winner of course, our youngster Vilnis – also known as Vilnisvilnis from Latvia, rocks the table while relaxing at the master bedroom.

The other player: Patrice (Belgium), Marc (Canada), Pim (Netherlands) and Paul (UK), not less excited about their rooms, weren’t really disappointed. They just had a great time meeting each other, the girls – and exploring the PokerIsland villa.

Tomorrow, the PokerIsland Season 09 truly starts with some serious poker in the morning and a great day at the beach. So stay tuned for more!

A big excuse to everybody trying to watch the live stream today. We had serious problems with the cable connection coming from the mainland. But don’t worry, we will sort it out. Enjoy!

The ladies stranded on PokerIsland

2009-06-15T22:36:32Z

While most of you often enough pray for a pair of queens to appear on your hand, "the ladies" have just become real on PokerIsland.
Check out the first pair of PokerIsland Queens and await furthermore to come!
Only two weeks left to qualify on one of our partnersites for a seat that will bump you right into the summer of your life - go and take your chance!

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First PokerIsland poll

2009-06-14T00:00:00Z

There is something new that we are going to introduce to you for this year - the Polls !
For more interaction with the local poker players, it is up to you what kind of action should be taken next on PokerIsland.

In the first poll we ask you what kind of game the players shall play on the next Funpoker session...

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Countdown for PokerIsland-Season 09

2009-05-30T00:00:00Z

Today it’s getting hot on PokerIsland. The first five Players are coming. The PokerIsland-Girls are getting ready, the villa is prepared and the drinks are cooled.
For four weeks from now on, every week five player battle each other at the villa. To get the much sought-after ticket for the big online final in the end of July.
Join us at the PokerIsland villa and get a chance to win the bwin sponsorship for the Aussie Millions 2010. Qualify via one of our partnersides and stay tuned for all the PokerIsland action coming up! Today at 3 pm, the PokerIsland Girls will open the Season. Enjoy! And join the girls at the pool via our PokerIsland livecam.

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It’s almost time! Magic Moments on PokerIsland

2009-04-15T14:12:47Z

Magic Moments of Poker (MMOP) – the opportunity to play poker in front of live TV cameras at Europe’s top sporting events. The winner will walk away with a $100,000 sponsoring contract for the bwin Poker Team and will take part in all of the major international poker highlights of the year.

The first two rounds have already been completed:
At exclusive MMOP weekends in Madrid (Real Madrid) and Milan (AC Milan), two players have already qualified for the grand finale where they will battle it our for an exclusive bwin Poker team membership.

MMOP Event #4:
03.07. to 06.07.2009, on PokerIsland!

Qualifiers for MMOP on PokerIsland begin on 13.04.2009. The luxury villa will, once again, become the stage for this colossal poker event. Clubbing, trend sports and poker excitement are all on offer for the 7 winners of the online qualifiers.

Last year, it was host to stars such as the Pussycat Dolls and Lady GaGa, and this year, Magic Moments of Poker on PokerIsland from 03.07. to 06.07.2009, is all about bwin Poker team membership worth a massive $100,000.

Qualifiers for Magic Moments of Poker on PokerIsland are running until 30.05.2009 (online final on 31.05.2009). There are many different ways to qualify, so every poker player can choose their preferred route!

Magic Moments of Poker on PokerIsland!

2009-01-26T13:41:40Z

The most thrilling tournament series of 2009, Magic Moments of Poker, stop off on PokerIsland.

The Magic Moments of Poker are set to steal the hearts of sports and poker fans alike. In addition to the summer stop on PokerIsland, participants can qualify for exclusive pro-weekends with Real Madrid and AC Milan. Other highlights include the MotoGP in Jerez and a trip to the FIBA EUROBasket.
7 qualifiers will make it through to each of these top events via Online Freerolls and Sit&Go Leaderboards and will battle it out at the televised poker tables for their place in the Grand Final.

Membership in the bwin Poker team
The winner of Magic Moments of Poker will walk away at the end of the year with a membership in the bwin Poker team and will be at the heart of the action at all of the important international poker tournaments.

An exclusive weekend in front of the TV cameras
TV cameras will accompany the online qualifiers when they meet the stars of sport at the exclusive weekends. They will be the stars of their own poker show which will be broadcast worldwide.

Starting orders for Magic Moments of Poker
To kick off Magic Moments of Poker are off to a true classic in Spanish football: Real Madrid – Atlético Madrid. The lucky winners will follow the action during the match from the VIP lounge, followed by a trip to the best restaurants the city has to offer, rounded off by some incredible nightlife – and all that without having to break the bank!
Qualifiers for this highlight will be running at bwin poker to mid of February. The qualifications for the upcoming top events will follow – so stay tuned!

Interview with Ryan

2008-12-04T15:10:49Z

Personal Details

Where do you come from? Which city?
My name is Ryan Hurst and I live in Toronto, Canada.

Who old are you?
I’m 32 years old and I’ve been playing poker professionally for a few years now.

What is your current occupation? I think you’ve mentioned that you are fulltime player at the moment – what have you done before?
The online poker scene suits me quite well since all of my jobs previous to poker were computer related, either multimedia development or technical support.

...PokerIsland...

Where did you get in contact with the PokerIsland promotion? Why did you qualify?
I first heard about the PokerIsland promotion while playing on bwin. I saw a picture of the infinity pool from the villa and set it as the picture for my desktop background to use as motivation to play well and make money. By chance I saw a $1.10 qualifier for PokerIsland on bwin and decided to play it while I was playing my regular scheduled tournaments. I was lucky enough to qualify for the weekly final tournament through that and by winning the weekly final I got a spot on the island.

Did you aspect to stay for 7 weeks in island’s paradise?
Although I felt my chances were good against the competition I definitely didn’t expect to stay for 7 weeks, I was lucky to do so.

This question should interest all fans of PokerIsland – what is the life in almost decadent luxury like?
The daily adventures to wonderful nightlife and the most beautiful locations, the in-house chef and that absolutely gorgeous villa would be enough to impress anyone. But it was the people that really made the experience. Over 7 weeks I met players from around the world, got to know the crew and some of the local islanders and I can’t overstate what a bunch of amazing people my new friends are.

The special deals on PokerIsland were the “luxury experiences”. Which one did you like most?
I was there for 7 weeks and I don’t know if I could pick just one favourite luxury experience, not sure if I could pick one per week, never mind the fact that the people made everything from archery to sitting by the pool a memorable time. One that comes to mind is a beach on a neighbouring island that we took a few different boats to over my 7 weeks. Some of us would swim in from the boats through the greenish blue water to a beach side restaurant where we’d have lunch and drinks. I’ve never seen such a beautiful beach in my life, with anchored boats just off the shore and amazing mountain ranges in the background. With great new friends from around the world and settings like those the word luxury doesn’t come close to describing the experiences we had.

A very difficult question – which week did you enjoy most?
Like all the players the first week there was something truly special for me. There were two players, a Frenchman and a Russian, who welcomed me to the island and really started the trip on the right note for me. Although we didn’t get to know each other that well the first week it’s also when I met Kyle Clark, the New Zealander, who became a good friend over the following weeks.

For all future PokerIsland-players: What about your poker-tactics at the breakfast poker table? How did you win so many tables?
The reason why I had success with the breakfast poker matches was probably a combination of having more experience with live play than my competition and my level of aggression. The matches were only one hour long and the person with the most chips after the hour was the winner. Being ultra aggressive usually resulted in me having a chip lead early in the match, which obviously gives a big advantage later in the game.

...Poker-History...

When did you start playing poker?
My Godfather taught me how to play poker when I was very young, but I started reading about strategy and taking the game seriously about 10 years ago.

By now (in the post-PokerIsland–era), how many hours do you play poker per day?
I took a couple of weeks off when I first got back from PokerIsland, but for the past few days I’ve been back on my regular schedule playing maybe 10 to 12 hours per day.

What was your biggest hit (except PokerIsland)?
I’m not really sure of my biggest win, but the same month I won the trip to PokerIsland I finished 11th in the Grand Tournament on bwin which I would consider a good win for me and it paid $15,000 USD.

What was your favourite hand on PokerIsland?
My favourite hand on PokerIsland was the one I always say is the only guaranteed winner. It was the uncontested hand, the one they fold to and I win without showing.

...bwin Poker team...

What are your expectations as a member of the bwin Poker team?
My expectations for the coming year as a bwin Poker team member are to have a good time on the trips. To meet some more great people from around the world and hopefully make some decent money while doing so.

Do you know any other bwin poker players?
I know a few players that have been on trips with bwin from playing online as well as the ones I’ve met at PokerIsland, some of which I’d call good friends. To name a few: DJ_Stiff, Billybillard, TheSheep63 and Nuts.

To which “big” tournament (WSOP, WPT) are you looking forward? Is next year’s WSOP-winner our Ryan Hurst? Why not?
I’m assuming Eastgate is the winner of the 2008 WSOP Main Event, I don’t watch much poker on television most of the productions seem like circus acts to me. When I first started playing poker to be the world champion was my dream, like anyone who took the game seriously. Now that the fields are so large most people say you’re lucky if you make the final table of the Main Event in your lifetime.

For the PokerIsland fans – what is the main reason to try everything to get on PokerIsland 2009?
The main reason for other people to try to get on PokerIsland for 2009 is that it’s the only way I know to turn $1.10 into a $100,000.00 sponsorship while you have an unforgettably amazing time with a bunch of great people.

After 4 hours of rollercoaster - Ryan wins PokerIsland!

2008-11-04T23:29:40Z

In a really pushy game of poker Ryan finally made it. He dominated the headsup against Dimitry and finally made his move with a K5 (suited of spades) against Dimitrys A2 (suited of spades) - the board showed K39 10 K.

Congratulation Ryan - welcome to the Team bwin!

We are all looking forward to see you in Vegas.

Thank you for a great time on PokerIsland.

The Ranking in the PokerIsland Final are:

1st Ryan, 2nd Dimitry, 3rd Klaus, 4th Fabien, 5th Kaspars, 6th Felix, 7th Yann, 8th Miklos, 9th Redmond, 10th Kyle.

The Pokerisland final was played and streamed on OCZ Technology Computers. Thanks for a great support.

THE POKERISLAND FINAL: TONIGHT VIA LIVE STREAM

2008-11-04T14:29:32Z

Watch the PokerIsland Final live and online. Right here on PokerIsland.tv. Our 10 poker master battle tonight at 8 o'clock for the ultimate victory!

Click right here to get connected to the live stream.

The 10 masters of PokerIsland

2008-10-31T14:45:20Z

After a 4 month battle with over 500.000 online contestants worldwide and 49 finalists from 21 countries on PokerIsland fighting for a seat in the Big PokerIsland Final on Sunnyisland.

Here are our 10 Masters of PokerIsland, our 10 final player for the Big Final:
Yann Foques (2 rebuys), Kaspars Dwinskis, Redmond Toth, Kyle Clark (1 rebuy), Fabien Couen, Dimitri Motorov, Ryan Hurst (2 rebuys), Miklas Rapi, Felix Kandsorra and Klaus Hass
They will battle in the Big Final for a membership in the team bwin (a sponsorship worth about 100.000,- $) The final will be on bwin.com on Tuesday the 4.11.2008.

You find all informations about the final on bwin.com, pokerroom.com or pokerisland.tv

The Hellraiser smashed them all!

2008-10-29T14:56:52Z

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He'll be back for the Big Final

2008-10-29T14:47:29Z

Cold snap on PokerIsland. And no way to play poker at the teahouse outside. We had to go inside, where it was cosy and warm. It felt a little bit like coming from the outside after a skiing trip, hanging out at the chalet. But don’t get a false impression. The players were quite quiet and concentrated. A lot of tension at the table and everybody really wanted to win! Today there was no second and third winner, winning at least another week on PokerIsland. Because this was the last Weekly Final. The last week. The last game on PokerIsland for this year.

Ryan started with 6000 chips, Christian with 4000, Kai, Klaus and Bernie with 3000 chips. Blinds 25/50 and the game started quite aggressive. A lot of bets and folds. Then finally we had a showdown. The board showed 9/J/A/J/8 and Christian bet 300, only Bernie called. Christian with 9/3 against Bernie with Q/10 hitting a straight! Nice start in the game.

Blinds 50/100… Blinds 100/200 and the game started to rumble. Klaus won some hands by strong bets accumulating his stack. Christian won two raise races going all-in. Then Bernie, small stack by now had to make a move to stay alive. And he did raising 500 pre flop, Ryan reraised 1600 forcing Bernie all-in. Bernie with A/J against Ryan’s A/Q. The flop came down with 6/K/K. Still a fair chance for both. On the turn A they both hit the 2^nd pair. And even if the river came down with a J, Bernie was kicked out of the game first! Goodbye Bernie! And Ryan was chip leader by far.
Then Kai’s time had come. Going all-in with A/6 called by Ryan with Q/5. On the board we had K/2/7/3/4 and Kai doubled up!

Blinds 150/300. Christian with 2775, Kai 5150, Klaus 3225 and Ryan with 7850 chips. Kai tried to keep up his lucky hand going all-in another time. This time Klaus called. Kai with Ah/10h against Klaus Kh/Qh. On the flop 7/10/2 touch down for Kai! But the turn came down with a Q. The J on the river didn’t change anything. So nice double up for Klaus the Hellraiser.
Kai with 450 chips left had to try it, and he did. Already next hand he went all-in pre flop. This time Ryan called but Christian reraised all-in. Still, Ryan called. Ryan with K/2, Christian with pocket 7 (7/7) and Kai with 5/2. On the flop 5/2/3 Kai and Ryan hit the pair of 2s. Not enough yet to beat Christian. Turn 3 and river Q smashed Kai and Ryan. So Kai had to leave the table second and Christian this time doubled up.

Blinds 200/400 and three players left in the game. Ryan pushed and played quite aggressive. Klaus and Christian tried to hold up. Ryan bet pre flop 1200, Christian went all-in and Ryan called with 7/7 against Christians Ah/Kh. On the flop 2/2/K Christian hit the over pair. But on the turn 7 Ryan hit the trips and on the river 7 four of a kind! And next man down. Farewell Christian!

Heads up between Klaus 5500 and Ryan 13 500. Ryan played very aggressive and Klaus folded down his stack for a while. Till blinds were 300/600 and Klaus’ time had come. Again Ryan wanted to steal Klaus’ big blind going all-in - but he called! Klaus with 8/9 against Ryan’s 8/2. In the end the board showed 5/7/J/6/5 and all of a sudden Klaus is back in the game. A few hands later, the flop showed 10/6/6 Ryan bet 1000, Klaus reraised 2000 and Ryan went all-in. So did Klaus with Q/6 against Ryan’s 10/9. Hard to beat these trips Ryan! Turn and river came down with 8/9 and Klaus again doubled up. Klaus now with 13 000 and Ryan with 6000 left.

Only chance to come back for Ryan was to play aggressive now. And he did. Raising 1200 pre flop but Klaus called. The flop came down with Ac/3c/5c and again Ryan bet 1000 and Klaus went all-in. Ryan called with 8/2 against 7c/10c by Klaus. Flush already and Ryan was almost out. Turn and river 6/8 sealed Ryan’s fate! Congratulations Klaus! Good luck for the big final next week!

+++ PokerIsland Final rescheduled +++

2008-10-28T15:45:29Z

We want to inform you that the PokerIsland Final is rescheduled. It won’t be played tonight but one week later. The PokerIsland Final will be played now on the 04.11.2008

Due to some underwater cable maintenance we cannot guarantee a stable internet connection for the finalists here on PokerIsland. To have a fair setup for all the players bwin and us decided that a rescheduling of the final is the best solution.

Tonight we gonna have the last regular Weekly Final. Still one seat is vacant. Either Bernie, Christian, Kai, Klaus or Ryan will take it tonight. They will fight and do their best to be part at the Final having a chance to win the big pot!

Please stay tuned for more information.

For the girls!

2008-10-27T16:49:57Z

For the last Breakfast Poker of week 15, the last one at all on PokerIsland for this year, the sun was back! And all players were eager to win today. Last chance for a chip upgrade for the Weekly Final to win a seat at the Big Final. So let’s see if anyone can beat Ryan today. Actually there were two of them: Heads up between the Klaus and Christian. And in the end, Christian won. He won for his two girls Justine and Daniela! Congratulations Christian.

So this is what happened. Blinds 25/50 and Christian started quite good in the game. Flop and turn showed 10/3/9/K. Ryan bet 300, Christian reraised 600 and Ryan called. So down the river we go: 6. Again Christian bet 600 – Ryan took the bate and called. Showdown boys: Christian with Q/J hit a king high straight! Hard to beat that hand and Ryan folded.

Blinds 50/100 and the game slowed down a little. We had some strong bets by Klaus accumulating his stack but no real action took place. Blinds 75/150 and Kai started to make his game. The board showed 7c/6d/3d/5d/2 and 1200 in the pot. Kai bet 1000 and Ryan called with Kd/9c against Kai’s Qd/7h. Wow that is tough for the German. King high flush beats his Q high flush!
But Kai didn’t compromise. Flop and turn came down with J/4/8/4 and Klaus bet 400, Kai called. Now the river: 9 and again Klaus bet 600. Kai called for the showdown. Kai with K/6 – but Klaus with A/K.
The next hand now finally sealed Kai’s fate. Christian bet 500 and Kai reraised all-in 2775 in the dark. Christian called with Ks/Qs. So Kai, let’s see your cards: 7h/8s. The flop went for Kai with 2/7/8, even the turn A but on the river K Christian hit the over pair. So goodbye Kai!

Blinds 100/200 and we had the next decision. Klaus raised 400 pre flop, Bernie called. The flop showed 7/A/3, Klaus bet 500 and Bernie called. The turn 7, they checked but on the river 8, Bernie went all-in. Of course the Hellraiser Klaus called. Klaus revealed his cards first: 7/8! Full house! And Bernie was pissed. That’s poker boy, goodbye!

Blinds 150/300 and Klaus lost a few hands and quite chips to Christian who played today with his daughters mojo. It seemed to help so far! On the other hand, Ryan had to pay off to Klaus. Blinds 200/400. Ryan was quite small stack by now Klaus and Christian about even. Ryan had to make a move to stay alive. He went all-in pre flop and Christian called. The German guy with K/6 against Ryan with 10h/8h. In the end the board showed 9/2/7/Q/3 and Ryan was kicked out of the teahouse!

Heads up between Christian and Klaus. And already on the first hand heads up Christian raised 800 pre flop. The all-in reraise by Klaus came quick like a shot. After dithering for a while Christian called with Q/A against Klaus’ 7/K. Already on the flop 10/4/Q touch down for Christian. Turn and river 5/5 didn’t help the Hellraiser! So congratulations Christian!

No he really wasn’t to beat

2008-10-25T16:50:59Z

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3^rd Breakfast Poker of week 15 and after about 40 minutes, the whole show was over. Blinds 25/50 and again Bernie and Ryan were the guys doing the show. At least in the beginning. The Austrian bet 350, Ryan reraised 800 and Bernie called. The flop came down with 3/Q/10. Ryan bet 1000 and Bernie called. So the turn: A and Ryan went all-in. Bernie called for the showdown. So guys, your let’s see your hands: Wow Bernie with pocket 10s hitting the trips! Now that is sick, Ryan with pocket As hit the higher trips! This guy isn’t to beat today. But Bernie was still alive and he came back.

Blinds 50/100 and again it was Ryan and Bernie to make the play. Ryan bet pre flop 300, Klaus called, Bernie reraised all-in, Ryan called and Klaus folded. So showdown: Bernie with A/7 against Ryan’s Q/10. On the flop 6/Q/6 touch down for the Canadian. Turn K didn’t help Bernie and the river 10 just smashed him. Goodbye Bernie!

Blinds 75/150. Flop and turn showed A/4/K/4 and Ryan bet 800. Klaus didn’t hesitated and reraised all-in with A/K but it wouldn’t be Ryan if he hadn’t a surprise for us. Ryan with 8/4 hit trips and busted Klaus two pairs. Nice try Klaus but not good enough! So Klaus left the table.

Blinds 100/200. Three players left in the game. Christian who again played quite tight was small stack and had to try now to stay alive. So he went all-in pre flop a few times till someone called him. So Ryan redeemed him. Christian with A/5 against Ryan’s A/10. On the flop 2/A/10 Ryan already hit two pair. Christian came back on the turn 5 but the river 3 killed his hope. So goodbye Christian and Ryan was left with a huge stack. No real chance for Kai to turn the game around. But he tried. In his very own way.

Heads up between Ryan and Kai. Ryan called and Kai checked without seeing his cards. So the flop came down with 5/K/6. Ryan bet 400 and Kai called still in the dark. Turn and river showed 5/7. Ryan went all-in so did Kai. Now he had to turn his cards: J/10. But Ryan again with full house! Congratulations Ryan!

This Canadian guy isn’t to beat

2008-10-25T15:52:51Z

It still was very cold and rainy. Well, very cold for us. So we played our poker game in the lounge. But before we start with the Breakfast Poker, here is a short look on the PokerIsland Tournament Plan for the ultimate poker week: Today we will have two Breakfast Poker. Another one Monday morning and at night same day the Weekly Final. Because Tuesday night there will be the Big PokerIsland Final! Stay tuned for more informations

2^nd Breakfast Poker of Week 15 and even if the place changed we played, the winner was an old Breakfast Poker stager: The one and only unbelievable lucky Ryan. Congratulations! Okay, he was lucky but he also played very strong and aggressive.

Blinds 25/50 and we really had a very early decision. The flop showed 4/7/10. Klaus the Hellraiser bet 200, Christian called but Ryan reraised up to 1200 and Klaus went all-in. Christian folded but Ryan didn’t take long to call. So showdown guys: Ryan with a pair of 8 and Klaus with 6/5. The Hellraiser was in great need for a 3 or the 8. But he didn’t got lucky on turn and river 2/J. So Ryan doubled but Klaus, sorry, you leave first.

Blinds 50/100. Kai won a few hands and accumulated a nice stack unlike Bernie who lost quite a lot. Blinds got up to 75/150 and small stack Bernie had to make a move to stay alive in the game. Ryan bet pre flop 400 and Bernie called. So flop came down with Q/9/J and Bernie went all-in with 10/K against Ryan’s 10/7. The turn showed an 8, the river a five and Bernie was back in the game.

Blinds 100/200. For sometime the whole game felt like heads up between Ryan and Bernie. Kai and Christian played quite tight. So again Ryan bet 500 pre flop, Bernie and Kai called. They checked down to the river. The board showed 6s/7h/9s/10s/3c and Bernie bet 800. Ryan on the other hand went all-in while Kai folded. Bernie called for the showdown with K/8. Straight! Tough to beat Ryan. But Ryan with As/4s hit an ace-high flush! Wow Bernie what a beat. So the Austrian guy had to leave the table second.

Blinds 150/300 and three players still in the game. Ryan pushed, he was chipleader betting 800 pre flop – Kai and Christian went all-in and Ryan folded. So Kai with A/5 against K/8 by Christian. The board showed 6/2/7/3 and on the river A touch down for Kai. Goodbye Christian.

Heads Up between Kai and Ryan. Blinds 200/400 and their chip stack were equal – almost, probably 25 chips in favor for Ryan! So they had to play. And they did. At least the all-in folding game they played for a while. 5 more minutes. Nothing happened. 2 more hands and now they really had to act: Ryan went all-in with 7/3 against Kai’s A/3. So flop came down with 3/Q/7 and Ryan already had to pair! On the turn an ace showed up! Now Kai was in the lead but on the river 7 Ryan hit trips! What a blast for Kai! But Congratulations Ryan to your second chip upgrade for Monday.

Cook for your night!

2008-10-25T14:14:42Z

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They cook for their night. And most of them finally learned how to cook.

Canada is back in the game

2008-10-24T16:27:48Z

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1st Breakfast Poker of Week 15. Final Week, aggressive play. New player but the winner is a sly old fox... Congratulations Ryan!

This is Bernie. This is Christian.

2008-10-24T16:20:04Z

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Meet the Klaus again

2008-10-24T16:18:19Z

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Ryan, welcome back on the winning streak

2008-10-24T11:34:39Z

We had our first really cold and rainy morning. But still, the players were eager to start in the first Breakfast Poker of Week 15. The last week on PokerIsland. Yesterday quite late three new player arrived: Bernie from Austria, Christian from Germany and again, the one and only Klaus. Welcome back. Klaus knows everything about PokerIsland, he was here for two weeks already and is the only player who made it twice into the villa! Congratulations! For all the others, let’s have a short look at the rules of Breakfast Poker: 60 minutes Tournament, chipleader after excatly 60 minutes wins upgrade for Weekly final (1.000 chips).

So here we go. Blinds 25/50 and on the first hand, Kai hits four of a kind! What a start for the German. Still the new players started quite aggressive. Bernie betting pre flop 275, Christian called. So here came the flop: 2/9/3. Both checked. On the turn, we had a J. Bernie again bet 275 and again Christian called. So down the river we go: 6. Both checked. Show your hands guys: Bernie with A/3 – Christian folded.

Blinds 50/100. Christian played a few strong bets accumulating without meeting much resistance. So did Bernie. The others seemed to watch and learn. Trying to read the new guys at the table.

Blinds 75/150. Klaus now stole some blinds by going all-in and finally we got some real action. Christian bet 600 pre flop and Kai called. The flop came down with Q/6/10 and Kai checked. Christian bet 500 and Kai went all-in! Christian called for the showdown, so here we go: K/J by Christian against K/Q by Kai. So far Kai was in the lead. On the turn we got a 5. But on the river A, Kai got smashed by a straight! Kai now was real short stack but still in the game. Remember, a chip and a chair…
Next hand, Ryan bet 650 pre flop, Klaus the Hellraiser reraised to 1250, Ryan went all-in and of course, the Hellraiser called. Klaus with K/9 in his hand against Ryan with A/A. On the board we had 7/9/3/6/J and Ryan doubled up!

Blinds 100/200 and Kai was real short in stack. So he had to make move. Kai pre flop blind all-in with 1250 and Christian had the guts to call. So Kai turned his cards! Nice raise in dark! Kai with K/Q against Christians A/Q. So dealer, the cards please: 8/10/5. 2. And finally the river 10 sealed Kai’s fate. Nice try, but goodbye Kai.

Blinds 150/300 and again, Klaus went all-in pre flop – Ryan called. Klaus with J/3 against Ryan with A/9. On the flop touch down for Klaus: 9/J/K. K on the turn and 7 on the river. Klaus just got his stack back from the Canadian.

Blinds 200/400. And now it was on Bernie. So the Austrian went all-in with 1475 and Ryan called. So let’s see your cards. Bernie with 3/2 against K/7. On the flop K/A/2 Ryan hit the over pair. The turn Q and river 8 didn’t help the Austrian. Goodbye Bernie and Ryan now in the lead.

5 more minutes. Ryan bet 1400, Klaus called, Christian folded! Could be the biggest fault in the game if Ryan takes over Klaus stack! He’ll be the chip leader! So the flop came down with 6/K/K. Ryan went all-in, Klaus – what did you expect – called with 3/7 against Ryan’s Q/J. Turn and river 8/2 went in favor for Ryan and Klaus was left with 50 chips. Of course he went all-in the last three hands. But that didn’t change a bit. They played it to the end, but there was no way in beating Ryan anymore. So he won with 10625 chips in the end. Congratulations Ryan! It seemed so that the wildcard made you strong again!

Wildcards from Eddie van Hinden

2008-10-22T14:39:55Z

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Eddie is back and he has something special for the boys! A nice surprise for Ryan and Kai! But watch yourself what happened...
To be honest, the wildcards were given by Felix and one guy who couldn't make it to PokerIsland this thursday. So Kai and Ryan got lucky! They stay for another week. Have fun guys and enjoy the ultimate last week on PokerIsland.

Revenge and a seat at the big final

2008-10-22T14:28:35Z

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Watch the Weekly Final of Week 14.