Archive for June, 2009

Carbon Poker Bad Beat Jackpot hit for $734,542.27

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

The Bad Beat Jackpot on Carbon Poker recently was hit, paying out a whopping $734,542.27

The hand in question saw “Ween10″ with quad 7s and “kdawg1979″ with quad Queens

This won Ween10 a collosal $257,089.81 for the bad beat. Well at least if you can call it bad ;)

kdawg1979 won $60.92 in the actual hand and more importantly $128,544.90 for having the winning hand at the bad beat scenario.

The other remaining 7 players at the table each got $18,363.55. Not bad for just being sat around ;)

It was a great result for Ween10, not least because many sites dont pay out bad beat jackpots on quad 7’s being beaten, but as chance would have it Carbon poker is the one known site that does.

kdawg1979 amazingly had no money on the site a few days before. He won $5 in a freeroll, and run that up to $60 at the cash tables, and then after just 2 hours at the bad beat tables he had $128K!

He said “It came at the right time. I have three boys and a wife. We were literally getting evicted. This was a blessing from God. Thank you again”

Tiffany Michelle

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

Former crowd favorite, Tiffany Michelle, developed a bit of repuation as a super bitch at the 2008 WSOP. The 3 things in summary that did it were:

1. Calling the clock on someone when their tourney life was on the line and they had a tough decision

2. Eating fries at the table with her hands

3. Waggling her finger around (pointing at her chips) and not saying a word when asked for a chip count.

Having seen a few more recent interview videos with Tiffany, it seems that perhaps she received a bit of a hard time due partly to some rather harsh editing. For example, the player in question who she called the clock on had apparently been deciding for 10-15 minutes. She also says she received quite a lot of constant ribbing at the table, that put her quite a bit on the defensive, which naturally when seen in isolation looks like giving it some attitude.

Regarding the french fries saga she says she ate them with one hand and handled chips and the cards with the other hand.

Having seen the videos it’s tough not to like her as she always seems very friendly, passionate, and well-natured. The jury is out, I’ll let you decide for yourselves, but personally I’ve re-warmed to her as a poker personality, and it will be interesting to see if she can gradually turn the image around to a more favorable one.