The most prominent poker corporations out there are becoming partners very soon in what is anticipated to be a very profitable undertaking. The enormously successful poker website FullTiltPoker.com has just declared that they are going to be collaborating with WPT for the following W.P.T.E. season. FullTiltPoker.com is scheduled the chief sponsor of the World W.P.T.E.’s 7th, and the poker website is going to be highlighted in all of the shows which can be seen on Fox Sports Net. Fulltiltpoker will obtain all the control of the instructive portion of the shows.

Details of this pact have not been made known as of yet, but the merger is sure to be a great achievement. This pact will bring together two extremely formidable Texas Hold’em poker companies. WPT which is a famous powerhouse on television through FSN and FullTiltPoker.net which has a massive online poker set of fans, not to mention a Texas Hold’em team including players who have accumulated a total of ten WPT awards and 35 World Series of Poker bracelets. Full Tilt Poker also backs many other Texas Hold’em stars and now the Texas Hold’em site has started providing poker education as well.

This deal is assured to lure a brand new fan base and is certain to meet with the newfound recognition which poker is creating. This contract is a sign of WPT’s forfeit of the online poker room enterprise as World Poker Tour Enterprises will most likely close their online poker website W.P.T.E. online. Their subscription webpage ClubWPT.com will more than likely continue to operate.

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According to the 2006 World Series of Poker champ, Jamie Gold, he would be pleased to be celebrated as the all time best bluffer in the poker world. But if his last tournament is any clue, his wish may not be granted any time soon.

The location is the 2007 Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic held at the Sin City Bellagio in 2007. Featuring $50 - $100 blinds and a $15,000 buy-in, Darrell Dicken is close to the end of his run. The seat 4 player has just raised his bet to $300, a tiny increase with only one player taking the bait. “I put him as being weak,” Jamie said, “I was thinking about raising, but instead I just called with a 10-3 of hearts to see what would happen.”

Jamie believed that Brad Booth would make a move, which he did. He re-raised to $1600 from the big blind. Gold had the idea that Booth had a reasonable hand, but he was in an excellent position to make a move taking into account the amount of dead money in the pot. Dicken ended up folding, and the unknown in Seat 4 called Booth’s raise.

Now there was more than $4000 in the pot, so Jamie went ahead and made it another $4000. His thought was, only if someone else had aces or kings there would be no possibility they would make that call. Jamie’s plan was to make a considerable move on the flop, as long as no ace came up. The second part of his plan was to get Booth to fold, which he did. Booth folded with pocket queens.

Out of the flop there was an ace of ace-6-5, two clubs. The player in seat 4 checked and Jamie bet $2000. Jamie’s first thought was to make him think that he had clubs. Seat 4 threw out a $10,000 chip, but didn’t say anything thus converting his raise into a call. Jamie’s thought was that seat 4 most likely had an ace, but you have to protect it in case he hits his set on the upcoming card.

A 2 of hearts came out on the turn, and Jamie went ahead and folded to what he thought was a top pair kicker. Seat 4 showed a king-jack off suit. Seat 4 overpowered Gold by bluffing with a better hand, he created a magnificent poker play and kept the bluff going to the end of the Texas Holdem’ tournament.

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Online poker players have one more reason to celebrate the coming of 2008 thanks to AbsolutePoker.com. The online poker room today released its 2007 Bad Beat Jackpot figures and the numbers show a massive amount of payments, making Absolute Poker the most profitable Poker room for those who were fortunate enough to hit one of the Bad beat Jackpots.

“2007 was an extremely profitable year for our Bad Beat Jackpot players,” stated David Clainer, Senior Vice President for Absolute Poker. “In just six months, we introduced the Bad Beat Jackpot game to US players, handed out over $6.5 million in Bad Beat Jackpot winnings, and broke an industry record.”

AbsolutePoker has rapidly become one of the most popular destinations for players who are looking to grab a piece of the multi-million dollar Bad Beat Jackpot pie. A glance at the 2007 Bad Beat Jackpot data released today reveals the following numbers:

* 39 - The number of jackpots that have been hit since Absolute Poker launched Bad Beat Jackpot on June 22nd.

* $8,555,664 - The total value of all jackpots hit

* $6,581,280 - The total value of jackpot money won by players

* $821,670.69 - The August 29th Bad Beat Jackpot that shattered all industry records, including the largest Bad Beat Jackpot record of $739,621 previously held by Party Poker.

Bad Beat Jackpot is just like regular Texas Hold’em but with a slight twist. When seated at a Bad Beat Jackpot table, if a player loses a Texas Hold’em hand holding four 8s or anything better, they’ll win a large piece of the Bad Beat Jackpot.

To help the jackpot build, $0.50 is collected from qualifying hands at Bad Beat Jackpot tables. The jackpot keeps growing until someone hits a qualifying bad beat, at which time a large percentage of it is distributed amongst the bad beat victim and the participants in the online poker hand. The next player to lose a hand holding four 8s or anything better will win a large piece of the new jackpot. The participants in the bad beat hand will also share in the jackpot.

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