World Series of Poker - Main Event

The World Series of Poker is always jam packed event with immense anticipation and excitement. The main event held in Caesars Palace this year was also full of ups and downs. After a strong fight in the main event Brian Ali from Brooklyn took the prize. This much awaited event in the Poker calendar always has attractive prizes and this time winner got $633,111 in cash.

This time the total number of players and prizes were a lot more than last year. Even so some of the last year's 174 players were also there in the front seats too. The main event seats were allotted with attractive by in $1,500. During the 2010 the bad weather caused higher by in at $4,900. This was great value for any player as the similar event at the Harrah Resort had $10K by in during the regional championship.

The winner of this event Brian Ali was among the favorites to win this time too. His performance was seen as dominating too. Most of his opponents were quite taken by the aggressive play during the later part of the game. While different rounds in three days long event were crucial, the last day become the battle of wills. Brian Ali was lucky in other events beside this one as well. He also won 15th place in circuit event with $19,627 at Deepstake event held on 5th March 2011.

John Andress won the second place with very reasonable win of $86,071. Doylestown Pa, resident John Andress was the favorite among the players for his calm approach. The game between John and Ali was very exciting from the start when Ali won the 5 to 2 chip. The game soon become even when Andress took the double up quickly. This was the time when the game was almost even between the two players.

During the whole event Andress was performing very well too, but after the short time the tables were turned and Ali took some substantial lead. Most experts are calling this victory result of the elusive insight and poker skills shown by Ali.

The final hand between Ali and Andress score card reads like this.

Ali   7h-4c and
Andres  Kh-6d
Flop    Kc - 6h - 6d
Turn   8s.
River - 3s.
Ali made the winning move when all the chips were sent to the pot for turn. This was the move which caused Ali to win from modest two hundred. Andress unsuccessfully moved with two pair, but Ali called instantly. This was very unusual win for Ali with 8 high straight. In the end Andress only had two kings and sixes in pair at that time. After this winning Ali is given automatic entry to the National Championship in May at Los Vegas.

iGoogle Blackjack Application - Google Homepage Gambling and Casino Gadgets

In early August 2009, Jackpot Factory announced a new and innovated concept in the gambling industry. They designed special and convenient way to game through your iGoogle homepage. Basically this is an iGoogle blackjack application where players can play blackjack and other casino games. The game itself plays smoothly like Flash Macromedia games that are playable in a web browser. This iGoogle casino gadget is free to use and extremely simple to set up on your homepage as I will discuss below.

If you don't already know what iGoogle is, it is simple to set up. Basically all you need to do is create an account with Google at . Once you have done this, you can customize the generic Google homepage into your very own iGoogle homepage. This is pretty much the same concept as Yahoo and MSN where visitors can create their own homepage with various applications and gadgets. A few examples of these gadgets include custom local news and weather, stock symbols, personal attributes and of course games. Another concept like iGoogle is facebook, where you can set up your own applications and customize your pages.

Google has many different types of free games that can be added to your personal homepage. When many people wake up in the morning and enjoy your cup of coffee, they usually read the news on the internet and also play games. With this iGoogle blackjack application, you can now play blackjack. The unique part about this application is not only is it free, you can actually gamble with real money. Once this application is set up, it is very easy to register on their secure connection and deposit money.

A huge benefit to having a casino gadget like this is there are no downloads required. That means no installing software into your computer. This game works just like the Flash version. Because of this, even people with a Macintosh can safely gamble online as the Mac operating system has a tendency to be incompatible with most online casino software, which is typically designed only for the Windows operating system. So there are some huge advantages to this new iGoogle blackjack tool.

Currently, only blackjack is available because the technology was just released a few days before the writing of this article. It is predicted that people will be able to play the full casino suite with games such as slots, craps, roulette, video poker and much more. There just isn't anything like it on the internet and the games are all powered by Microgaming, a highly reputable software developer in the gambling industry.

As I was saying before, the games can be played for real money and for free, although no registration is required either and no forms are necessary to be filled out. Getting blackjack onto your iGoogle homepage is very simple. First you need to visit the iGoogle blackjack link below to get to our page with the installation instructions. Once you are on this page, the application is located be at the bottom. All that is required is to press the "add to Google" button to redirect the game to Google. Then follow the simple instructions to get the game seamlessly integrated into your homepage. If you are a techie and a gambler, then there is a great chance that you will really like this one.