Posts Tagged ‘Phil Ivey’
Beth Shak Charity Tournament
Posted by AlCantHang | Filed under Bloggers on the Rail
![](http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/poker-from-the-rail/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/24011.jpg "\\"All in\\" for Kids Poker Tournament")
Last week I had the pleasure of attending a charity poker tournament hosted by Dan and Beth Shak. The “All in” for Kids Poker Tournament was to raise money for the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Participants included poker legends Phil Ivey, Phil Hellmuth and Annie Duke along with celebrity chef Bobby Flay and ex-pro athletes Ricky Bottalico and Mike Quick.
The 120 players donated $5,000 each to enter the event along with $500 rebuys and a double add-on after the first 90 minutes. Throw in a silent auction and money-raising prop bets at the table and the players raised over $825,000 for the hospital’s Center for Palliative Medicine.
More details after the jump including video interviews with Beth Shak, Phil Ivey, and Phil Hellmuth discussing Peter Eastgate taking his record for youngest WSoP Main Event Winner.
Tags: AlCantHang, Beth Shak, Bloggers on the Rail, Phil Ivey
Beth Shak hosting charity poker tournament
Posted by AlCantHang | Filed under Bloggers on the Rail
Beth Shak will host “All in” for Kids Poker Tournament
During my time in Vegas during the 2008 World Series of Poker I spent some time like everyone else walking through the Expo center to see what kind of exhibits and swag were around. Sitting in the middle of gargantuan energy drink spokes-models and every poker publication in existence was a small booth handing out mints and information cards about a charity poker game called “All in” for Kids Tournament. Upon closer inspection I found that the tournament was being run to benefit Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Being from the Philadelphia area I’ve had more than my fare share of experience with this great hospital.
The tournament is being hosted by Dan and Beth Shak. Scheduled to play are Phil Ivey and Annie Duke as well as other professional athletes and celebrities.
More information after the jump.
Tags: AlCantHang, Beth Shak, Bloggers on the Rail, Phil Ivey
Railing the Big Cash Game
Posted by AlCantHang | Filed under Bloggers on the Rail
John Juanda and Tom “durrr” Dwan battled for the biggest online cash pots
Photo credit: PokerNews.com
I don’t generally spend too much time trolling the super high limit tables on Full Tilt to watch the action but that might now have to change. A blog called “Poker From The Rail” should start spending some time railing the biggest cash games found online now. Surfing around I found a writeup on PokerNews.com that reported some incredible hands this weekend on the two big FTP cash tables.
Tags: AlCantHang, Bloggers on the Rail, John Juanda, Phil Ivey
The Week at FTP: It’s Manic!
Posted by Big Donkey | Filed under The Week at FTP
Welcome to another Monday here on the rail. Take a seat and enjoy the show.
What show? Come on, you know what we’re all about here this week – the WSOP, baby! That magical, mythical, maniacal event where poker players from around the world come to take their best shot at fame, fortune and glory. The biggest donk-fest in the world – minus one Big Donkey.
Reader Mail: Playing HORSE
Posted by One Angry Monkey | Filed under Reader Mail
Welcome back to another breath-taking edition of Reader Mail, where we put the “fun” in fundamentally poker related reading. So sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride as we rip into this week’s mailbag. Email us at pokerfromtherail@fulltiltpoker.com with any comments, questions, or any half-baked ideas that occurred to you when you were uh, well, half baked. On to the show:
The Week at FTP: Another Week, Another Bracelet
Posted by Big Donkey | Filed under The Week at FTP
Just when you thought it was safe to get back on the Interwebs, Big Donkey is back with another wrap up of all things FTP. Aren’t you lucky?
Considering the big news in the poker world is still centered on that little city in the desert, I figure we should start with a quick update from the WSOP. In short, the pros are kicking ass, and the FTP pros are kicking more ass than anyone else. The latest WSOP winner is none other than David Degenayamine Benyamine, who took down yet another loaded final table to claim his first career bracelet in the $10K World Championship Omaha Hi/Lo Split 8 or Better event.
The Best of D’oh!
Posted by One Angry Monkey | Filed under Bloggers Corner
A long time ago in a galaxy far away, a poker blogger named hdouble wrote an epic two-part post using quotes from The Big Lebowski to shed a new light on the poker world. Many years later, hdouble is now friend/maniacal overlord of The Rail (please don’t give me another 10 lashes for this one), and I thought it would be fitting if I paid homage to our fallen comrade by ripping off his idea (which he, in turn, ripped off from Bill Simmons, who probably ripped it off from someone else). After all, imitation is the most sincere form of flattery.
With that said, I’ll be attempting to match as many quotes as I can from that great cornerstone of American culture, The Simpsons, to our very own Full Tilt Poker pros. Some of the quotes will be stretches; some of the quotes have been so dead on that I couldn’t use them for fear of reprisal; some of the quotes I’ve picked simply because they’re so damn funny. One other note before I get started: I’ve nicked most of these quotes from various online sources, none of which I trust in terms of accuracy. So if you notice anything wrong, please don’t freak out and send me angry emails about how I’ve desecrated a classic piece of pop culture. Hey, we all make mistakes, right?
Tags: Phil Ivey, Team Full Tilt
Reader Mail: Phil Ivey is Crazy!
Posted by One Angry Monkey | Filed under The Week at FTP
Reader Mail is back and better than ever before! Actually, we’re the same as we’ve always been, I just felt like getting myself pumped up for today’s action. Things you will not find in this mailbag: a mention of Vinnie Vinh and his omnipresent chair; me noticing that Mike Matusow has lost a ton of weight thanks to his “starve yourself into $100K” program; or any discussion of the WSOP “Ladies Event,” a poker tournament for women only. What you will find is the cream of the crop when it comes to semi-poker related questions answered by a guy who knows relatively little about poker. Email us at pokerfromtherail@fulltiltpoker.com with any comments, questions, or diatribes about Boston sports fans and their unending quest to be the most insanely pompous a-holes on the face of the planet. Which is the long way of saying: go Lakers! On to the show:
The Week at FTP: Heads-Up Madness!
Posted by One Angry Monkey | Filed under The Week at FTP
Welcome to The Week at FTP, where the only thing on our minds is the $25K Heads-Up World Championship. Considering Big Donkey’s strong aversion to heads-up play, we thought it best if I took a crack at giving you a recap of the largest buy-in heads-up tourney ever. Without further ado, let’s get this show on the road:
Tags: $25K Heads-Up World Championship, Phil Ivey
It’s Huge!
Posted by Big Donkey | Filed under Bloggers Corner
So, the incredibly massive $25K Heads-Up World Championship starts tomorrow on FTP. It’s going to be huge in every sense of the word: a giant buy-in, an incredible field, huge interest from railbirds across the Interwebs… you name it.
And, for some reason, I really don’t care that much.
