Mickey "mement_mori" Petersen Joins Team PokerStars Online

Danish online poker superstar Mickey "mement_mori" Petersen has been named the newest member of Team PokerStars Online.
One of the best and most active online grinders in the marked cards world, the CardRunners coach has spent thousands of hours honing his craft at PokerStars and has over $4 million in online cashes to show for it.
While he was one of PokerListings.com's Best Bets for the 2011 WSOP, Petersen has yet to make a big score live - something he hopes to improve on in the future as he told the team on WCOOP radio yesterday:
"I see signing with world's biggest online site as the next logical step in my career and hopefully I'll be able to build on my resume live as well as online and promote both PokerStars and the game in a positive light," he said.
Among Petersen's many online poker scores are over $500k in SCOOP cashes alone and a third in the Sunday Warm-up.
The former Magic: The Gathering infrared contactlenses player joins the most notable online team in the world with current members including Randy Lew, Shane Schleger, Dale Philip, Anders Berg, Andrew Brokos, Tyler Frost, Grayson Physioc, Adrienne Rowsome and Kevin Thurman among others.
Petersen is already back on the grind as a member of Team PokerStars Online, winning a second-chance Razz event during the ongoing WCOOP and heading for Day 2 in event #22 with a decent stack, as he tweeted last night:
"Thanks For All The Well Wishes on joining PSTeamOnline and all the birthday Wishes:) 34/131 Going Into Day 2 of WCOOP 22 - 293K for first!"
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Joe Hachem and PokerStars Part Ways

PokerStars and 2005 WSOP Main Event champ Joe Hachem announced in a release today they have mutually agreed to part ways.
The Australian poker icon’s contract with Stars recently expired and the two parties have elected not to renew their agreement.
“It’s been a great run with PokerStars and I’m proud of my marked cards contactlenses association with the people and the company,” Hachem said.
“But it’s time for me to pursue other career opportunities and it will be fun to have some down time to spend with my family.
“I look forward to the future with much excitement and anticipation and will always have fond memories of my time at PokerStars.”
Hachem signed with PokerStars immediately after his 2005 win and has been the face of PokerStars in Australia ever since
Moneymaker Last of the Big Three Champs
Along with fellow Main Event champs Chris Moneymaker and Greg Raymer, Hachem also featured prominently on the PokerStars website for several years and was a central figure in its worldwide marketing campaigns.
Raymer also chose not renew his agreement with Stars when his contract expired last year, leaving only Moneymaker as a current member of Team Poker Stars Pro.
“Joe has been a terrific endorser for PokerStars over the years, and while we are sad to see him leave the Team we are looking forward to continuing to watch him play,” said Eric Hollreiser, Head of Corporate Communications for PokerStars.
“We thank him for all he’s done for our brand and for marked cards poker and we wish him all the best at the poker table and in life.”
Along with his Main Event championship, Hachem also has a win at the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic and has over $11 million in career tournament earnings.

Trickett, Heinz Top European Poker Awards

Sam Trickett and Pius Heinz took home top honors last night as the European Poker Awards were handed out at the Aviation Club in Paris.
UK native and Titan Poker pro Trickett was crowned Player of the Year for 2011 on the back of three $1 million+ finishes. Trickett scooped over a million each for a win at the Partouche Poker Tour main event, a win in the $100k High Roller at the Aussie Millions and a second in the $250k High Roller in Oz.
It took that extraordinary of a year to win marked cards the POY title as Trickett had to beat out triple crown winners Jake Cody and Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier plus 2011 WSOP Main Event winner Pius Heinz.
Heinz and Grospellier didn’t leave empty-handed however.
Heinz took home Best Tournament Performance of the Year for his incredible Main Event run.
Grospellier won the award for Poker Personality of the Year.
Online high-stakes loose cannon Ilari Sahamies was also named the Internet Player of the Year by the panel of industry and media members who voted on the awards.
Nominees for the awards this year included Liv Boeree, Viktor “Isildur1” Blom, Chris Moorman, Eugene Katchalov, Fabrice Soulier and 2011 November Niner Sam Holden.
Complete list of award poker lenses winners below:

• Player of the Year Sam Trickett
• Best Tournament Performance Pius Heinz
• Rookie of the Year Andrey Pateychuk
• Europe's Leading Lady Natalya Nikitina
• Poker Staff Person of the Year Warren Lush (bwin.Party's PR Director)
• Internet Player of the Year Ilari Sahamies
• Rob Gardner Memorial Award for Poker Personality of the Year Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier
• Best European Event of the Year WSOPE Cannes
• Lifetime Achievement Award Jesse May

The Rules of Five Card Draw Poker

This is one of the oldest and most popular poker games. The Five Stud Poker has a unique feature that differentiates it from other poker games, i.e. you (and all the other players) can exchange your cards or draw from the deck if you find that what was dealt to you is not up to the mark. This will give you a chance to remedy your luck and go for the win.
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You would not be able to see anyone else's cards other than yours s in other stud games ? here you get to see only your own cards. The best player would be able to assess what the other players have in their hands by their reaction and by how many cards they draw after the betting rounds.

The rules of the Five Card Draw Poker say that the dealer is the one who decides and announces how many cards can be drawn by each after each round of betting, the lower limit being three cards or (if the player has an Ace which has to be put face up on the table) four cards. The ante is then names and the dealer deals each player five cards in face-down position.


The player on the left of the dealer gets the first chance to act and he/she may place a bet, fold and check. The betting would follow with each player clockwise. In some cases the rules are set to allow opening of the betting only to the player who has minimum a pair of Jacks or better. The players who do not have these cards will pass and the chance moves on from player to player clockwise until one of them has something suitable.

As soon as the first round of betting is completed the players would be offered the opportunity of drawing on additional cards as per the decision taken as the beginning of the game. If the player accepts any card, he/ she would have to discard one that he/ she does not want. The total cards in his/her hand would always remain five.

The second betting of 5 Card Draw Poker occurs after all the players have used their opportunity of drawing new cards. The person left to the dealer would open the betting just as was done in the first round of betting. All the players would get their turn to make a bet on this round and once this is completed they show their hands. The player or player with the best hand takes the pot.

As you can see, the game of Five Card Draw Poker is slightly different from the regular poker by a few pleasant variations. The majority of the rules that apply to poker are applicable to this game as well.
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