Within a span of just five hours, the jackpot of popular new Texas Hold'em game, Bad Beat Jackpot, was hit twice at Absolute Poker.

It was Déjà Vu at Absolute Poker this past weekend as the popular online poker site's new Bad Beat Jackpot was hit twice in just under five hours.

"Talk about a double rush of adrenaline," stated David Clainer, senior vice president for Absolute Poker. "We handed out nearly $250,000 between the two tables last Saturday and we're gearing up to make even more people very rich." Play online poker.

At 12:38 on Saturday, July 21st, JOE JETS lost quad 9s to SHORT_SHYT's quad Jacks and walked away with $97,650.85 for losing the hand.

Within just a few hours of the jackpot being reset, history repeated itself. At 16:55 ET, JBAND277's quad 10s were no match for GOLFCOFFEY's quad Jacks. Another $26,890.35 made its way into JBAND277's account for his losing hand. Play $500 match poker bonus.

If a poker player loses a hand holding four 8s or anything better at a Bad Beat Jackpot table, they'll win a piece of the Bad Beat Jackpot. A percentage of the poker jackpot is shared amongst the players & women poker players where the bad beat occurred and a fraction of the jackpot is placed back into the pot for the next jackpot.

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Louise Harry slept like a baby the night before B.C. Lottery's Women's Poker Classic championship.

To the 47-year-old's surprise, that day her husband Piers, 49, staked $440 for her seat in the No Limit Texas Hold 'em tournament.

Harry, only having a moment to collect her thoughts, set out and shrewdly wagered her way through countless flops, turns and rivers, advancing past 290 other competitors to the tournament's final table where the last lady standing took home $36,000. Online poker.

"When I kept getting higher and higher up the rankings, and I got to the final table, I had exceeded every expectation," she says, before admitting she's never been one for casinos.

The mother of two picked up poker with her brother simply because the pair has always played cards together. When Texas Hold 'em picked up in popularity, the idea of mastering the strategy behind it was enticing.

Both play regularly in a crew of friends and family that adheres strictly to the rules, all the way down to a digital blinds keeper.

"We're all cutthroat," she says. "We go for the gusto."

But all of Harry's practice did little good in her first casino poker tournament.

"It was pretty nerve-racking playing with a lot of strangers," she recalls of her middle-of-the-pack showing. "I don't even remember the first hand."

Harry believes each hand dealt can be played and won differently.

At the Women's Classic final table, she used that knowledge, a little luck and heaps of confidence to bring home the championship.

"My style of play at the final table reflected that," she says. "I took a lot more risks and was willing to put myself out there more because I had nothing to lose and everything to gain." Play $500 match poker bonus.

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Louise Harry slept like a baby the night before B.C. Lottery's Women's Poker Classic championship.

To the 47-year-old's surprise, that day her husband Piers, 49, staked $440 for her seat in the No Limit Texas Hold 'em tournament.

Harry, only having a moment to collect her thoughts, set out and shrewdly wagered her way through countless flops, turns and rivers, advancing past 290 other competitors to the tournament's final table where the last lady standing took home $36,000. Online poker.

"When I kept getting higher and higher up the rankings, and I got to the final table, I had exceeded every expectation," she says, before admitting she's never been one for casinos.

The mother of two picked up poker with her brother simply because the pair has always played cards together. When Texas Hold 'em picked up in popularity, the idea of mastering the strategy behind it was enticing.

Both play regularly in a crew of friends and family that adheres strictly to the rules, all the way down to a digital blinds keeper.

"We're all cutthroat," she says. "We go for the gusto."

But all of Harry's practice did little good in her first casino poker tournament.

"It was pretty nerve-racking playing with a lot of strangers," she recalls of her middle-of-the-pack showing. "I don't even remember the first hand."

Harry believes each hand dealt can be played and won differently.

At the Women's Classic final table, she used that knowledge, a little luck and heaps of confidence to bring home the championship.

"My style of play at the final table reflected that," she says. "I took a lot more risks and was willing to put myself out there more because I had nothing to lose and everything to gain." Play $500 match poker bonus.

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- Are you a "real person" who has a zany habit and have made a lifestyle or career out of it?

Do you like scaling tall buildings from the outside? Are you a stuntman in the movie industry? Are you the world's best unicyclist? Then we want to hear your story. Download poker wallpapers.

We're looking for "real people" in the Lower Mainland who want to share their tales. Interested?

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The World Series of Poker has ended, and there are still several World Poker Tour events remaining. So let us take a look at a poker tournament alternative.

The Heartland Poker Tour will start a league in September.

According to HPT publicity releases, the league will be designed to "bring more poker to the people."

The league will run from September to December and use a point system to record results at participating casinos. Play route 66 poker.

According to a report on www.pokerlistings.com, each casino will name a league champion after 12 weeks of competition. A league champion will receive a package worth $2,700 and a seat in the televised Heartland Poker Tour Championship at the Majestic Star Casino in Gary, Ind., Dec. 1-9.

At the Majestic Star, players & women poker players will be after the winner's share of a $1 million prize pool, as well as television exposure.

"We think a national poker league will succeed for the same reasons bowling, dart and pool leagues do," Todd Anderson, the Tour co-producer, told PokerListings. "People get a chance to compete in a fun environment for small stakes, but ultimately, they have a chance to test their poker skills under lights and cameras for huge sums of money."

According to the release, weekly tournaments will have relatively small buy-ins ($60 on average).

On the Heartland Poker Tour Web site (www.heart-landpokertour.com), the motto of the league is "Real People ... Un-Real Money!" The league will be supported by the national television brand of the Heartland Poker Tour. Each week, 97 percent of the prize pool is returned to the players, with 3 percent going to dealer tokes. Download poker wallpapers.

Anderson and long-time friend Greg Lang -- both independent television producers -- used their collective experiences in broadcast television, regional and national business development, marketing and branding to launch the HPT. Online poker.

Remaining HPT events in 2007 are at :

The Grand Casino Mille Lacs, Minn., Aug. 20-27;

Northern Lights Casino, Walker, Minn., Sept. 12-19;

Golden Gates Casino, Blackhawk, Colo., Oct. 8-14;

Lucky Nugget Card Club, Deadwood, S.D., Oct. 15-21;

Meskwaki Casino, Tama, Iowa, Oct. 31-Nov. 3;

Casino Del Sol, Tucson, Ariz., Nov. 11-18, and

The HPT Championships, Dec. 1-9, at the Majestic Star Casino in Gary, Ind.

The tour is contemplating expanding to Tunica, Miss.; Oklahoma, and Denver. It has already sanctioned a tournament in Verona, N.Y., at the Turning Stone Casino. The tour was at Gary, Ind., for a major tournament last week and other plans include holding events in Ohio, Michigan, Illinois and of course, Nevada. Play $500 match poker bonus.

The number of entries has ranged from 200 to 400 players an event, with buy-ins ranging from $300 to $500, not including satellite tournaments.

Poker News Source: Pharump Valley Times