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2010-09-21
The initial run of the PokerStars Big Game has come to an end, but more episodes are only a few weeks away. Week 6 featured another limp Loose Cannon, but the high-octane pros provided more than enough excitement. Undoubtedly the centre of attention was one Phil Hellmuth. The Poker Brat did everything possible to live up to his nickname, producing riveting entertainment in the process. The target of his vitriol was online sensation Dan %u201CAnsky%u201D Stern, who had Hellmuth totally on tilt. His antics are undoubtedly the most watchable of any of the best online poker sponsored players.

Sitting quietly in the midst of all this turmoil was Andre Capella, the inappropriately named Loose Cannon from Greenville, Tennessee. His tight calling style failed to invigorate the table or his chipstack and it would only take 88 hands to see him ousted from the Big Game. Like all Loose Cannons, he qualified by winning a free tournament on the PokerStars Download. The former racing car driver showed some signs of life early on, but had the wind thoroughly knocked from him by a Phil Hellmuth suckout. Holding J-J against the poker brat%u2019s J-8, he saw a blank flop, followed by runner-runner eights. It was the kind of hand that would have had Phil enraged had he been on the other end of it. Perhaps the Poker Brat needs to spend more time with a hand converter.

Sadly Capella did not have the game to build his way back up from this setback. To be fair to the Loose Cannon, Lady Luck certainly wasn%u2019t on his side. He needed some cold hard poker tells to help him out, but they weren%u2019t forthcoming. His K-Q hit top pair on a board of K-6-4, as did Stern with K-10. His fate was sealed by a 10 on the turn and an all-in call, which resulted in Stern collected the entirety of Capella%u2019s stack. Even though they ran it twice, there was no river reprieve for the Loose Cannon. He%u2019ll was sent on his way, back to grinding PokerStars Bonus Code offers.

Dani Stern was the big stack after all was said and done in Week 6, to the consternation of Phil Hellmuth. Phil couldn%u2019t handle losing a pot after having the best of it early on and began running his mouth in riveting fashion. A veteran of best US poker sites chat wars, Stern responded in kind and the two traded insults for a lengthy period of time. It didn%u2019t last for the whole session, with Hellmuth offer to buy Stern a conciliatory bottle of Dom Perignon. To liven up proceedings in the final few hands, host Amanda Leatherman produced a pre-bought bottle of the pricey champagne for Hellmuth personally hand over. As the credits rolled, the pair appeared to be patching up their differences.

Proprietor of Daniels Room Poker and PokerStars talisman Daniel Negreanu was also on hand to stoke the fires of Hellmuth%u2019s tilt. He even provoked Phil to ask him, %u201CWhat have you ever done in holdem?%u201D to which to the witty Canadian replied, %u201Cnot that much.%u201D It seems fair to say that the four time bracelet winner has more claim that most to hold %u2018em prowess.

Jump online now with your PokerStars Rakeback deal in hand and you could fill the Loose Cannon spot at the next Poker Stars Big Game.

The winners are losers in Week 6 where:

Dani Stern (+ $185,000)
Eugene Katchalow (+ $56,200)
Jason Mercier (+ $44,000)
Daniel Negreanu (- $19,300)
Prahlad Friedman (- $67,800)
Phil Hellmuth (- $100,000)
Andre Capella (- $100,000)
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2010-06-25
You can%u2019t log on to the PokerStars download without seeing Daniel Negreanu%u2019s smiling face plastered all over the client. He is an idol for many aspiring poker players, who long for a chance to sit at the table with him. Now, thanks to the PokerStars Big Game, you have the chance to compete with Daniel without risking any of your own money. A whole squadron of the game%u2019s best players are descending on a TV studio to play a lengthy $200/$400 cash game, with one seat saved for a lucky online qualifier. The show broadcasts every night on FOX, with all the episodes available for viewing online on the PokerStars Big Game website as poker video content.

It costs a minimum of $100,000 to take a seat at this prestigious table. Even the lucrative PokerStars bonus won%u2019t pay out that kind of money. Luckily, PokerStars are offering a group of skilled online players a stake into this event. The Loose Cannons who win their way to the table are permitted to keep all of the profit they make from their starting stack. So if you really think you%u2019ve got what it takes to get in the ring with the toughest players in the world and pick off poker tells, PokerStars will put their money where your mouth is.

To get involved, potential players need to run through a series of online qualifiers. Put your name down for a free daily online qualifier and you%u2019re on your way. If you finish inside the top 300 of this MTT Poker tournament, you%u2019ll be eligible for the Round 2 event on the following Saturday. End your run in the top 1000 of that event and you%u2019re through to the Final Round on Sunday. Finishing in the top 200 of that contest won%u2019t immediately get you on TV, but it does make you eligible to send in an audition tape. You need to be on top form to impress the head honchos at one of the top texas holdem sites in the world. The most entertaining of these will be put into the Loose Cannon pool and selected to fill a seat at the table. The very top qualifiers might be able to make it through the whole week, but there are always more Loose Cannons snapping at their heels. The very first of these players was Ernest Wiggins, who left at the end of the week with a neat $50,000 profit. You can keep up to date with the results of all the Loose Cannons on various poker wordpress blogs and news sites across the internet.

The pros who will grace the PokerStars Big Game table are the very cream of the crop when it comes to playing texas hold em hands. The figurehead for this series is Daniel Negreanu, who sits alongside The Godfather of Poker, Doyle Brunson. Throughout the series, they will be joined by Joe Cada, Vanessa Rousso, Jason Mercier, Tony G, David Williams, Barry Greenstein, Justin Bonomo, and many more. If you want to analyse the pro%u2019s performances in a little more detail, there%u2019s an unprecedented amount of information on the Big Game website. They are tracking a number of stats, including percentage of hands won, poker range, and profit/loss across their whole session.
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