Jul 18, 2018 Poker player wins 37.7 million chips in bonkers three-way all-in WSOP hand. And Rick Salomon also goes all-in with Ace-King of Hearts. In this Poker After Dark hand, we don't see pre-flop. Τα stakes μεγαλώνουν επικίνδυνα στο Poker After Dark του PokerGO. Ο Rick Salomon κερδίζει pot σχεδόν $1 εκατομμύριο στο Poker After Dark VIDEO 2017 Οκτώβρης 19 Martin Harris. Oct 19, 2017 The biggest pots of last night’s session at Poker After Dark “Perks of the Trade” Rick Salomon wins 1 Million Dollar Pot on Day 1. Back for Day 2 of Poker After Dark “Perks of the Trade” which is being show exclusively on PokerGo offering the best High Stakes action in town.
Poker Central’s mission to create unique content will move another step forward on December 10 when the first episode of Rob’s Home Games goes live.
PokerGo is set to stream its richest ever series of cash games with the help of Partypoker representative Rob Yong. (Image: Partypoker)
Due to be broadcast on streaming platform PokerGo, the new show will feature some familiar faces and a ton of nosebleed action.
Dubbed a “high-stakes marathon,” Rob’s Home Game will last for four days and the first night of action will see the blinds start at $500/$1,000.
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To spice things up, a $1,000 ante will be in play and players have to sit down with at least $200,000.
Mix of Characters Make PokerGo Show Intriguing
The full line-up of players is yet to be revealed. However, the first session will see the following cast of pros and amateurs battle it out inside PokerGo’s Las Vegas studio:
Rob Yong
Phil Hellmuth
Rick Salomon Poker After Dark Hair
Jean-Robert Bellande
Andrew Sasson
Kyle Permut
Rick Salomon
Randall Emmett
As the go-to platform for tournament action, including WSOP online broadcasts, PokerGo has become a major name in the streaming sector. However, its efforts to create more original content has led to an increased focus on cash games.
In January, Doyle Brunson presided over a limit mixed game boasting blinds of $3,000/$6,000. Known as Dolly’s Game, the mini-series was PokerGo’s first real foray into mixed games and the basis for a new “home game” series.
Yong Defines New Era Poker-tainment
Following his antics on Poker After Dark’s GOAT Week in August, Yong’s penchant for action has become the talk of the community. Although he’s long been a presence in some of the world’s largest cash games, he’s now a recognizable face to poker fans.
With Poker Central aiming to solidify its position as the leading name in entertainment, Yong’s home game will be about more than big pots. Indeed, as 2+2 forum user PuckFokerGo noted, the line-up is a mix of “splashy” recreational players, “washed up pros” and “current” highflyers.
As Triton’s ongoing series of high stakes cash games have shown, a broad range of players makes for entertaining TV. Although shows such as High Stakes Poker were popular back in the day, modern poker audiences are more diverse.
To satisfy the casuals and the aficionados, producers now want a mixture of talkative pros, big winners and plucky amateurs. Rob’s Home Game fits into that mold with the added appeal of stakes rarely seen by the general public.
Indeed, while the allure of a Phil Hellmuth blow-up will bring in the masses, the promise of six-figure pots should keep people tuned in.
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08 Dec
Celebrity poker pro Rick Salomon has failed in his bid to have $2.8million of poker winnings awarded after a French court rejected his case against a Saudi Sheikh.
Salomon, twice married to former Baywatch star Pamela Anderson, had sued Raad al-Khereiji, a member of one of Saudi Arabia’s wealthiest families, after the Saudi prince refused to honour his $2.8million loss in 2014.
Al-Khereiji had hosted the private poker game at the Tiara Miramar Beach hotel, near Cannes on the French Riviera. After his loss he agreed to have his US lawyer transfer the funds to Salomon, but reneged on the deal several months later.
Lawyers for al-Khereiji claimed that it had been a “friendly part [game] with no financial stake”, despite the Saudi being noted for his poker and gambling on many previous occasions.
The French court in Grasse, near Cannes, rejected Salomon’s claims because under French law the poker pro would have to prove that poker was not a game of “chance” and involved “physical skill and exercise”.
Salomon’s lawyer Ronald Sokol described last month’s court case as “an uphill fight”, stating after this week’s verdict:
“While I didn’t have much trouble showing it was a game of skill, these two cumulative conditions were not met.”
In court, Sokol also revealed al-Khereiji’s extravagant spending in Vegas.
“We obtained…through a US court order all Mr Kheriji’s gambling records in Las Vegas which show he spent $34 million in 29 months in the Ivey Room (at the Aria Resort and Casino and since renamed Table 1) where the minimum bet is $100,000”.
He concluded:
“We are considering taking this all the way to the French supreme court as the French rule on gambling debts has been in effect since 1804. There has been no case law since in the civil courts”.
Salomon’s poker career tournament winnings currently stand at $9,906,283, with several $multi-million cashes.
In 2014 he came 4th in the $1million buy-in Big One for One Drop for $2.8million, two years later finishing 3rd in the €1million Monte Carlo version, for €3million ($3,307,206).
Last year, 2018, took another 4th place finish at the $1million Big One for One Drop again, worth $2,840,000.
The Hollywood, California-based pro numbers Paris Hilton among his ex-girlfriends, although that relationship ended acrimoniously when he released a sex-tape of the couple entitled ‘1 night in Paris’.
Hilton settled out of court for $400,000 after claiming she was unaware of the filming.