DoylesRoom.com Players Get Time Out with…

…Synchronized Breaks in Latest Software Update.

Scheduled tournaments and larger Sit & Go’s to pause simultaneously every hour to provide online poker players with a break they can count on

Las Vegas, Nevada – November 16, 2009 – DoylesRoom.com has added a synchronized tournament break feature to its latest software release. Scheduled tournaments and larger Sit and Go’s will now pause for five minutes at 55 minutes past the hour, providing players with a break from the tables without the risk of losing chips or missing hands, regardless of how many tournaments they play.

In the past, players would be forced to auto-fold hands or lose blinds when nature called or a craving hit. With the new synchronized break functionality, online poker players can count on a specific break schedule no matter when they started playing their tournaments or series of Sit & Go’s.

The new synchronized break schedule is perfect for those players who play multiple tournaments at the same time. The scheduled break adds a little bit of breathing room from a long session at the poker tables and allows players to do as they please for five minutes without missing any action.

For existing players, the latest software update will automatically download the next time the software is launched. New players without the DoylesRoom.com poker application on their desktop can download it for free at DoylesRoom.com.

About DoylesRoom.com:

Online since 2004, DoylesRoom (www.DoylesRoom.com) is the only online poker site to proudly bear the legendary Doyle Brunson name. DoylesRoom offers its players access to unequaled poker promotions, fast action, and countless opportunities to play with Doyle Brunson and other legends of the game. Poker players from North America and around the world can compete for the biggest stakes on the web or sharpen their poker skills while playing Texas Hold‘em and other popular games for free. With free poker software, lessons, tournaments, nonstop Sit-and-Go tournaments and ring games available at all limits, DoylesRoom is the preeminent poker destination for real live game play—online or anywhere.

The youngest main event champion ever.

The youngest main event champion ever. The release of a new book from the man who wrote the book on poker. Another member of the Brunson 10 announced. All in all there was a lot going on in Vegas around the November 9. There is no event in poker that comes close to the level of interest that surrounds the World Series of Poker Main Event and the 2009 version of the event is now in the books with 21-year-old Joe Cada coming away with the title. While Cada was in route to etching his name into poker lore the Godfather of Poker was having a busy weekend himself.

On Saturday November 7th Doyle Brunson was at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino to kick off the final table play at the World Series Main Event. After wishing the players luck and giving the command to shuffle up and deal Brunson joined the many other poker pros in attendance watching Cada, Phil Ivey and the other 7 members of the November Nine battle for a spot in the heads up match for the championship that was scheduled for Monday November 9th. Ivey was felled by a bad beat in 7th, drawing the air out of the room and leaving many a follower disappointed to see the man many consider the best in the game come up short of a main event title yet again.

The action went well into the next morning before the play was down to the final two of Joe Cada and Darvin Moon but even with the late night there was plenty of other poker related activity planned for the next day. While the final two in the main event were made available for a day of interviews Doyle Brunson had a press conference of his own set up. Not one to waste around Brunson was able to kill two birds with one stone at the press conference, announcing both the release of his new book and the newest member of the Brunson 10.

Brunson wrote the book on poker with “Super System” which is still today atop the reading list for players looking to get into the game. While “Super System” gave readers a look into Doyle’s take on how to play poker the release of “The Godfather of Poker” Brunson gives the world a chance to see the details of the amazing life he has led. The tell all book is chock full of 76 years worth of amazing life experiences both inside and outside of the poker world.

The release of the “The Godfather of Poker” wasn’t the only big announcement Doyle had planned for the day. His Brunson 10 is starting to take form and with the Brunson combined his book release with the revelation of Dani “Ansky” Stern as the 5th member of the Brunson 10. Stern is a 22-year-old poker pro that has already established himself as one of the top poker minds in the game. “Stern is the future of this game and I’m proud to have him on my team,” Brunson said.

Stern joins Amit Makhija, Zach Clark, Alec Torelli and Chris Moorman on the current roster of the Brunson 10 leaving Brunson five spots left to fill on his team of young elite poker players. The young guns Doyle is bringing on continue to be impressed by Doyle’s amazing longevity at the pinnacle of the game and are presented with the opportunity to combine their youth and rising star status with the wisdom and experience Brunson can provide to them.

While Brunson was announcing the 5th member of his team, Joe Cada was preparing himself for the most important day of poker in his life. The young pro went into heads up play against Darvin Moon with a chiplead and what many perceived to be a large skill advantage, but once the cards were in the air Cada found himself faced with an unexpectedly tough opponent. Moon played aggressively and put Cada to the test many times and even pulled ahead to a 3 to 1 chip lead over Cada at one point.

Moon had a shot to win the tournament with one card to go. Cada called Moon’s all in bet on the turn of a board showing T-9-5-T board with his J-9 for two pair. Moon had pushed with an open ended straight draw. His holding of 8-7 left him looking for a jack or a six on the river to clench the title but the 3 of hearts left Moon wanting and vaulted Cada back to the chip lead. After that it wasn’t long before the two were all in again, this time with young Cada having Moon covered. After Cada raised to 3 million and Moon reraised to 8 million Joe then moved all in and after brief pause Darvin made the call, risking his tournament life with the QJ of diamonds. Cada had pocket nines and was slightly ahead in the coinflip for the title and the $8.5 million first place prize. His pocket nines held up and the youngest main event champion ever was crowned.

For Moon the unlikely run netted over $5 million for second place. Frenchman Antoine Saout came in 3rd place after losing two huge pots to Cada. Saout had the eventual champion on the ropes with his pocket queens dominating Cada’s deuces but a two on the flop gave Cada a set and the pot worth almost 80 million chips. Only 4 hands later the two were all in preflop again, this time Saout only had a slight edge in the hand with his pocket eights against the AK of Cada. It took all five board cards but a king on the river gave Cada the pot and eliminated Antoine Saout in 3rd for nearly $3.5 million.

Eric Buchman became a favorite of many to win the title after he eliminated Kevin Schaffel in 8th place ($1.3 million). The two were all in preflop with Buchman holding pocket kings and Schaffel sitting on aces. A king on the flop jumped Buchman to the lead and the case king on the turn locked the hand up for him. The come from behind gave the experienced Buchman a large chip stack but after running his AQ into Saout’s AK later in the tournament he ended up being eliminated in 4th place for $2.5 million.

Joe Cada had a few other spots during the final table where he was on the verge of elimination. He spend much of the first half of the final table as the short stack and even when play was down to the final 5 players Cada was the shortest stack. His stack was all in against Jeff Shulman on the 195th hand of heads up play, again with Cada having a pair dominated by his opponent. A three on the flop saved Cada, giving him a set against the pocket jacks of Shulman. Jeff was eliminated a few orbits later in 5th place ($1.95 million).

Cada wasn’t the only player at the final table to get it in as an underdog and get there on more than one occasion. His heads up competitor Darvin Moon eliminated Steven Begleiter in 6th place ($1.58 million) when the two were all in preflop with Moon’s AQ well behind the pocket queens for Begleiter. An ace on the river eliminated Begleiter in brutal fashion.

Just as brutally Moon was able to finish off one of the biggest names in poker. Coming into the final table the poker world rallied around a short stacked Phil Ivey hoping and believing the superb play of Ivey could overcome his chip disadvantage. Ivey hung around for hours, looking for ways to exploit his opponents and for ways to minimize his risk while still picking up some chips. As the blinds escalated and Ivey’s stack dwindled an all in move became his only play and after Phil put all his chips in the middle Moon made the call. It looked like Ivey was going to get a double up and continue to fight for the title with his AK a prohibitive favorite against the AQ of Moon but a queen on the flop put Moon out front in the hand and ultimately eliminated Ivey in 7th place leaving his oh so close yet again at the World Series of Poker Main Event.

Day starting shortstack James Akenhead rounded out the November Nine and was eliminated in 9th place ($1.26 million), though he did triple up early on in final table play.

With the biggest poker event of the year officially wrapped up the poker world looks forward to one of the other major events in poker. The Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic will bring the top pros back to Vegas in December to play the $15,000 buy in World Poker Tour event at the Bellagio. Win your seat on DoylesRoom.com for as little as 22 cents.

Doyle Brunson Turns to His Home…

Las Vegas, Nevada – October 13, 2009 – To build his team of elite poker players, Doyle Brunson isn’t straying far from home to source the talent. The world’s biggest poker legend will be playing at $5/10 and $10/20 cash game tables every Monday through Friday at DoylesRoom.com along with Chris Moorman, Mike Caro and other pros in order to meet new poker players and hopefully find the next member for his elite team of young poker pros.

Stated Doyle Brunson, “There’s been big interest from folks out there interested in becoming part of The Brunson 10. While I play frequently in tournaments and cash games at my poker room, I thought having a specific block of time would be a real good way for me to get the best players to the tables and get to know them on a personal level while we play some cards. It’s almost like an audition process for The Brunson 10 with the opportunity to make some big money along the way.”

The Brunson 10 originally launched with three members – Alec Torelli, Amit Makhija and Zachary Clark – all of whom began their poker careers online and achieved tremendous success at live card rooms as well. Last month, Chris Moorman, a top ranked online poker player, joined the team.

Over the next several months Doyle Brunson will continue to handpick members for his group of young, elite poker players. Those interested in putting themselves in the spotlight can do so by searching for the tables that are highlighted in blue under the Ring Games tab and locating Doyle and his friends.

About DoylesRoom.com:

Online since 2004, DoylesRoom (www.DoylesRoom.com) is the only online poker site to proudly bear the legendary Doyle Brunson name. The newest addition to the Cake Poker Network, DoylesRoom offers its players access to unequaled poker promotions, fast action, and countless opportunities to play with Doyle Brunson and other legends of the game. Poker players from North America and around the world can compete for the biggest stakes on the web or sharpen their poker skills while playing Texas Hold‘em and other popular games for free. With free poker software, lessons, tournaments, nonstop Sit-and-Go tournaments and ring games available at all limits, DoylesRoom is the preeminent poker destination for real live game play—online or anywhere.

DoylesRoom.com Brings Back Wednesday Bounty

Doubles Prize Money to $50,000

$50,000 in bounty prize money, a $5,000 10-2 challenge and free seats for new players will make the new DoylesRoom.com Bounty Tournament a player favorite

San Jose, Costa Rica – August 17, 2009 – Bounty-hungry, poker-playing gunslingers rejoice. Beginning Wednesday, August 19th, Doyle’s Bounty Tournament returns to DoylesRoom.com with an enhanced $50,000 bonus that goes to the player who can take down Brunson and his friends. The $50,000 bounty prize pool is twice as big as the original $25,000 bounty and will be a weekly fixture at DoylesRoom.com.

For just $27.50, bounty hunters can buy into Doyle’s Bounty Tournament at 9:30pm ET and play for a prize pool that includes up to $50,000 in bounty money. Any player who knocks out one pro will win $1,000 in bounty money. Two pro knockouts will earn the bounty hunter $10,000 and three pro knockouts will earn the successful player $50,000.

On August 19th, the marked men will include Doyle Brunson, Mike Caro, Hoyt Corkins and guest player LDM72.

In addition to up to $50,000 in bounty money, the Wednesday Bounty Tournament features an additional $5,000 10/2 challenge. If a player knocks out Doyle Brunson with 10/2, they’ll win a $5,000 bonus.

To make the Wednesday Bounty Tournament even more accessible, the poker room manager is giving away seats to those who have never played the game before. All first time players will receive a full refund upon conclusion of the tournament whether they win or lose.

The Wednesday Bounty Tournament returns to DoylesRoom at 9:30pm ET on August 19, 2009. For terms and conditions, please click on www.DoylesRoom.com.

About DoylesRoom.com:

Online since 2004, DoylesRoom (www.DoylesRoom.com) is the only online poker site to proudly bear the legendary Doyle Brunson name. The newest addition to the Cake Poker Network, DoylesRoom offers its players access to unequaled poker promotions, fast action, and countless opportunities to play with Doyle Brunson and other legends of the game. Poker players from North America and around the world can compete for the biggest stakes on the web or sharpen their poker skills while playing Texas Hold‘em and other popular games for free. With free poker software, lessons, tournaments, nonstop Sit-and-Go tournaments and ring games available at all limits, DoylesRoom is the preeminent poker destination for real live game play—online or anywhere.

THE PUBLIC HAS SPOKEN AND CHOSEN THEIR CANDIDATES FOR THE 2009 CLASS OF THE POKER HALL OF FAME

PRESENTING THE PUBLIC’S TOP TEN NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2009 CLASS

LAS VEGAS (July 9, 2009) – After a five-week process that saw hundreds of votes cast weekly on WSOP.com, the public has made clear who they think should be inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame. It will now be up to the current Hall of Famers and a panel of media members to determine who actually does join this exclusive club.

The following represents the Top 10 nominated individuals at WSOP.com from May 26-July 2.

NAME

TOM DWAN

BARRY GREENSTEIN

DAN HARRINGTON

PHIL IVEY

TOM McEVOY

MEN NGUYEN

SCOTTY NGUYEN

DANIEL NEGREANU

ERIK SEIDEL

MIKE SEXTON

*Listed alphabetically without correlation to amount of nominations received

Now the process moves forward with the vetting of these candidates by the Poker Hall of Fame Governing Council, who will select the final list of candidates eligible for induction in 2009. That will be followed by the voting of the final nominees by current Hall of Fame members and a 15-person media panel. Only the 15 current Poker Hall of Fame members and the 15-person Media Panel cast votes for induction.

The criteria they will consider in their vote are as follows:

A player must have played poker against acknowledged top competition
Played for high stakes
Played consistently well, gaining the respect of peers
Stood the test of time
Or, for non-players, contributed to the overall growth and success of the game of poker, with indelible positive and lasting results.
The 2009 Class of the Poker Hall of Fame will be inducted as part of the World Series of Poker Main Event final table festivities in November.

41 different names received multiple nominations during the public nomination process. All of these individuals are still eligible for future consideration. Among the people receiving nominations, but not enough to continue on in the process this year were:

Patrik Antonius
Humberto Brenes
Mike Caro
Norman Chad
Allen Cunningham
Ivan Demidov
Eric Drache
Annie Duke
John Duthie
Sam Farha
Chris Ferguson
Ted Forrest
Andy Glazer
Bertrand Grospellier
Gus Hansen
Jennifer Harmon-Traniello
Jay Heimowitz
Rob Hollink
Jesper Hougaard
Phil Laak
Howard Lederer
Marcel Luske
Mike Matusow
Chris Moneymaker
Luca Pagano
Greg Raymer
Matt Savage
David Sklansky

An interesting side note to this process. Existing Poker Hall of Fame members still received multiple votes! Doyle Brunson, Phil Hellmuth and Stu Ungar each had public nominations despite the fact they are already in the Poker Hall of Fame!

ABOUT THE POKER HALL OF FAME

The Poker Hall of Fame, established in 1979, was acquired by Harrah’s Entertainment along with the World Series of Poker in 2004. Though the Hall of Fame is virtual in nature, its membership includes poker’s most influential players and other important contributors to the game. There are 15 living members, and 37 members have been bestowed the honor of Poker Hall of Famer. The Poker Hall of Fame traditionally elects one or two members annually. The enshrinement ceremony is now held in concert with the final table of the Main Event of the WSOP, held each November in Las Vegas.

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