The PKR Masters will take place on the last Saturday each month at 8 p.m. (GMT) and feature the biggest prize pool ever seen on PKR.
With a $75,000 prize pool guaranteed each time, the winner will walk away with at least $18,000 from the tournament. All it takes for a shot at the money is a $250 buy-in, or players can get into daily satellites for the event for as little as $1.28.
"The PKR Masters offers players an exciting new prize pool to aim for in a highly playable format that allows the cream to rise to the top," said Neil Wright, PKR cardroom manager.
When players sit down at the PKR Masters, their buy-in gets them a starting stack of $5,000 in chips. Plus there is a 20-minute clock and broader blind structures that will bring more playability for the tournament according to PKR.
"We're really excited about this and are looking forward to offering players ever increasing guaranteed prize pools as PkR's player base continues to grow," Wright said.
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Eric ‘Rizen’ Lynch home from hospital, recovering
Popular professional poker player Eric ‘Rizen’ Lynch is back home after successful surgery to remove his gall bladder. According to a post on his blog, Lynch, who is known by many as an instructor over at PokerXFactor, started experiencing pain late last week and eventually made ��...full article
Popular professional poker player Eric ‘Rizen’ Lynch is back home after successful surgery to remove his gall bladder.
According to a post on his blog, Lynch, who is known by many as an instructor over at PokerXFactor, started experiencing pain late last week and eventually made his way to the hospital, where tests revealed that his gall bladder had essentially stopped functioning.
Lynch is now home and recovering. Excerpt from blog post:
As it turns out, my gall bladder had pretty much ceased functioning and was causing some pretty extreme pain in the process. After running lots of tests etc I finally had it taken out Wednesday and I’m home today. I’m feeling much better, but still a little sore from surgery. I’m going to keep this brief for now since I have a lot of things to do now that I’m home, but wanted to let everyone know I’m home and okay. I have no idea when I’m going to go back to playing, the pain meds I’m on probably aren’t very good for my poker game. I think I’m going to just take a few days getting used to being back home and see what I can and can’t handle, maybe play some cash games where I can quit if I feel I’m not sharp, and generally take it pretty easy.
I’ll keep everyone up to date. I’m pretty tender, but otherwise feeling pretty good.
Whole thing here. Best wishes to Eric from PTP for a speedy recovery (and not just because he’s our best chance of getting new cash game videos over at PXF).
Canadian Journal of Psychiatry: Problem gambling reversable
A study published by the Canadian Psychiatric Association challenges several of the prevailing assumptions regarding the intractable nature of gambling addiction. The study, titled Stability and Progression of Disordered Gambling:Lessons From Longitudinal Studies, reviewed recent research regarding problem gambling and drew several conclusions that challenge the ��...full article
A study published by the Canadian Psychiatric Association challenges several of the prevailing assumptions regarding the intractable nature of gambling addiction.
The study, titled Stability and Progression of Disordered Gambling:Lessons From Longitudinal Studies, reviewed recent research regarding problem gambling and drew several conclusions that challenge the conventional view of gambling addiction. Excerpt:
Results: Our review found no evidence to support the assumption that individuals cannot recover from disordered gambling (that is, the persistence assumption), no evidence to support the assumption that individuals who have more severe gambling problems are less likely to improve than individuals who have less severe gambling problems (that is, the selective-stability assumption), and no evidence to support the assumption that individuals who have some gambling problems are more likely to worsen than individuals who do not have gambling problems (that is, the progression assumption).
Conclusion: Contrary to professional and conventional wisdom suggesting that gambling problems are always progressive and enduring, this review demonstrates instability and multidirectional courses in disordered gambling.
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