http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html FlopTech News - Poker, Apple, and FlopTech News en-us Fri, 23 December 2011 07:39:33 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor179 Chris Klodnicki has defeated 99 other Epic Poker League pros to take the $801k first place prize and the beautiful Champion's Ring. He faced the formidable Andrew Lichtenberger in a best-of-three heads-up series, who took home $501k for second place. It was a unique and memorable event, featuring a "mix-max" format with fewer and fewer seats per table as the event progressed. Fri, 23 December 2011 07:39:33 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor179 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor178 Edoardo Alescio will tell you that he was the least-experienced player at the WPT Venice final table. But giving amateurs a chance to beat the pros is a major ingredient in the WPT's formula for success. Signore Alescio had to beat the formidable Steve O'Dwyer heads-up, a familiar player to everyone on the WPT circuit at home and abroad. Congratulations Edoardo! Mon, 19 December 2011 22:50:49 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor178 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor177 You couldn't have picked a more diverse, more talented, and tougher WPT final table than the one that played out at Bellagio this year. James Dempsey didn't go to Vegas for the event, but entered anyway, and he's certainly glad he did. Mr. Dempsey bested Andrew Lichtenberger, Vanessa Selbst, and Antonio Esfandiari to take the $821,612 for first place. Congratulations James! Sun, 11 December 2011 23:18:23 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor177 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor176 Muscovite Andrey Pateychuk has won the top prize of EU 468,200 at Prague's Corinthia Casino. Mr. Pateychuck is white-hot at the moment, having placed 15th in the World Series of Poker Main Event and then winning the EPT San Remo event. Day three play lasted a whopping 15 hours, and final table play lasted 10 hours, but it was all worth it. Congratulations Andrey! Tue, 06 December 2011 22:06:05 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor176 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor175 FlopTech Engineering has released an update to their Poker Tweeter app for iPhone. The main new feature is on the favorites page: there are now two favorite users lists to make it easy to view your favorite Twitter users' tweets. Poker Tweeter 1.4 is now available on the iPhone App Store for $1.99. Tue, 22 November 2011 19:51:17 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor175 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor174 Young German Pius Heinz is your 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event champion! Ben Lamb lasted only three hands, losing nearly all of his chips to Martin Staszko. Heinz and Staszko then played a 6+ hour high-variance battle for dominance, and in the end Heinz' unimproved AK held to defeat Staszko. Congratulations Pius! Thu, 10 November 2011 08:48:13 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor174 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor173 It's all come down to a 3-handed battle for the win. Tonight, either Pius Heinz, Ben Lamb, or Martin Staszko will become the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion. $8.7 million dollars, a spectacular bracelet, and the unofficial "Ambassador of Poker" duties hang in the balance. The event will again be streamed on ESPN3 and broadcast on ESPN, and we will be tweeting live from the event (@FlopTech.) Good luck to the three finalists! Tue, 08 November 2011 20:44:18 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor173 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor172 FlopTech Engineering has released an update to their Poker Tweeter app for iPhone. New features include saving tweets when composition is cancelled and auto-save of tweets when an error is encountered while sending them. Poker Tweeter 1.3 is compatible with iOS 5, and is available on the iPhone App Store for $1.99. Wed, 19 October 2011 06:07:43 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor172 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor171 Apple Inc. has announced record revenue of $28.27 billion for the September quarter. The company beat its own estimates but failed to meet some Wall Street analysts' expectations. Apple CEO Tim Cook predicts a new holiday quarter revenue record of $38 billion. Wed, 19 October 2011 05:56:51 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor171 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor170 It is with heavy hearts that we must report the passing of Steve Jobs. His vision has changed our culture forever, and his passion has inspired us all. Rest in peace Steve. Thu, 06 October 2011 01:10:18 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor170 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor169 Apple Inc. has announced iPhone 4S, the latest in their line of iOS-based smartphones. The 4S has up to 2x the computing power and 7x the graphics rendering speed, it boasts an 8MB camera with 1080p video recording and image stabilization, and it will ship with iOS 5 featuring Siri voice-recognition and over 200 other new features. Wed, 05 October 2011 00:25:57 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor169 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor168 FlopTech Engineering has released an update to their Poker Tweeter app for iPhone. New features include @username and #hashtag views that allow adding user names and hashtags to a tweet with just one tap. Poker Tweeter 1.2 is available on the iPhone App Store for $1.99. Tue, 04 October 2011 05:56:04 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor168 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor167 FlopTech Engineering has updated their Poker Tweeter app for iPhone. New features include tappable @usernames, #hashtags and web links in tweets, favoriting and unfavoriting tweets, and following and unfollowing users. Poker Tweeter 1.1 is available on the iPhone App Store for $1.99. Mon, 19 September 2011 22:09:46 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor167 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor166 The dog days of summer are typically a quiet period for Apple and tech news. This definitely not a typical year. Motorola Mobility was snapped up by Google, presumably to add its 17,000 patents to Google's patent defense strategy. Then HP spun off its webOS hardware and PC hardware groups. And finally, Apple CEO Steve Jobs resigned. He was immediately appointed Chairman of the Board, COO Tim Cook was promoted to CEO, and the years of uncertainty following Mr. Jobs' 2004 cancer operation have now ended. We extend our best wishes to Steve in his new role and in his continuing recuperation. Wed, 31 August 2011 10:42:47 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor166 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor165 Will "The Thrill" Faila has taken his first WPT victory, defeating 756 other runners and bringing home the first place prize of $758k. The Legends of Poker event was the first US-based event of World Poker Tour Season X, and we look forward to yet another great season. Congratulations Will and congratulations WPT! Wed, 31 August 2011 10:42:47 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor165 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor164 FlopTech Engineering has released their first iPhone app. Poker Tweeter is written by poker players for poker players. It makes tweeting about poker hands easy, with automatic conversion of card suits, optional Texas Hold'em win odds for multiple sets of hole cards and up to five board cards, and many other features. Poker Tweeter is available on the iPhone App Store for $1.99. Wed, 31 August 2011 10:42:47 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor164 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor163 This year's November Nine quite diverse, hailing from seven different countries and ranging in age from 21 to 49. But their stack sizes are closer than in most Main Event final tables, and they certainly appear to be tougher, as a group, than many recent Main Event final tables. All of which could mean a fascinating battle for the win this November. We congratulate the 2011 November Nine and wish them luck. Sat, 23 July 2011 21:02:11 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor163 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor162 Twenty-nine year old Brian Rast is this year's WSOP Poker Players Champion, and his name will be engraved on the perpetual base of the David "Chip" Reese memorial trophy. He defeated none other than Phil Hellmuth in heads-up play to earn that honor, and he accepted the spoils of victory with humility and grace. Congratulations to Brian! Fri, 08 July 2011 19:38:58 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor162 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor161 Apple has announced its next-generation operating systems and "digital hub" at this year's World Wide Developer Conference in San Francisco. The future is in the "cloud," and Apple's iCloud will be a key infrastructure component in Apple's future products and services. Mac OS X 10.7 "Lion" and iOS 5, to be released in July and September respectively, will be fully integrated with iCloud. Thu, 09 June 2011 20:49:44 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor161 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor160 It was a wild ride, but Taylor Von Kriegenbergh managed to turn his chip lead into a victory. He started TV table play with about a 2:1 chip lead over the 2nd and 3rd largest stacks. But as we all know, it take more than a big stack to win. Congratulations Taylor! Mon, 23 May 2011 19:37:40 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor160 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor159 It was a wild ride, but Taylor Von Kriegenbergh managed to turn his chip lead into a victory. He started TV table play with about a 2:1 chip lead over the 2nd and 3rd largest stacks. But as we all know, it take more than a big stack to win. Congratulations Taylor! Fri, 06 May 2011 05:40:12 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor159 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor158 Rupert Edler beat a tough and very diverse group of final table players to win the European Poker Tour's San Remo event. He takes home 930k Euros, a really slick Shamballa bracelet, and an entry into the Champion of Champions event at the end of the EPT season. Congratulations Rupert! Fri, 06 May 2011 05:40:12 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor158 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor157 FlopTech Engineering has released an update to FlopZoom, their poker tracking, analysis, and playback app for Macs. This update addresses several issues in playback, importing, and memory usage. This is a free update for all registered users. Fri, 22 Apr 2011 18:39:43 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor157 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor156 FlopTech Engineering has released an update to FlopZoom Lite, their poker hand playback app. FlopZoom Lite has all of the features of FlopZoom's playback pane, including hand odds for all players, session search, and hand search. All chip, card, and dealer button actions are smoothly animated as hands are played. And now each player's best hand is shown on each street, and the winner's best five card hand is highlighted. FlopZoom Lite 1.2 requires Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" or later and is priced at USD $4.99 on the Mac App Store. Sun, 17 Apr 2011 18:29:33 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor156 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor155 Mike Scarborough has emerged from obscurity to win the WPT Hollywood Poker Open in Lawrenceburg Indiana. He defeated Erik Seidel in heads-up play, as well as Tom Marchese and William Reynolds at the TV table. Mr. Scarborough takes home $274k and a $25k entry into next month's WPT Championship event at Bellagio. Congratulations Mike! Fri, 15 Apr 2011 21:07:23 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor155 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor154a FlopTech Engineering has released an update to FlopZoom, their poker tracking, analysis, and playback app for Macs. FlopZoom 1.6.1 now features the chip animation from FlopZoom Lite. Other new features include made hand indication post-flop, winning card indication at the end of each hand, and the demo sessions from FlopZoom Lite. This update is free for all registered users. Fri, 01 Apr 2011 02:24:23 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor154a http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor153 FlopTech Engineering has released an update to FlopZoom Lite, their poker hand playback app. FlopZoom Lite has all of the features of FlopZoom's playback pane, including hand odds for all players, session search, and hand search. Full Tilt and Poker Stars US Dollar, Euro, and play chip sessions are supported, and there are four colorful themes. And now FlopZoom Lite has full animation of all chip, card, and dealer button actions as hands are played. FlopZoom Lite 1.1 requires Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" or later and is priced at USD $4.99 on the Mac App Store. Fri, 25 Mar 2011 01:12:54 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor153 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor152 Relative newcomer Alan Sternberg has beaten Mike Matusow, Mike Sexton, and Vivek Rajkumar among others. He fought with controlled aggression and showed enormous heart as he fought back from short stack to victory. Not an easy task after running his full house into Rajkumar's quads. Congratulations Alan! Sun, 20 Mar 2011 22:09:18 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor152 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor151 Gregory Brooks won his first-ever WPT event, beating Carlos Mortensen and Vivek Rajkumar at the TV table. The action was fast and furious, lasting only 96 hands, and in the end Mr. Brooks took the $1.65 million first place prize. Congratulations Gregory! Sun, 06 Mar 2011 23:32:52 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor151 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor150 Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced iPad 2 this morning, and it raises pad computing bar once again. Dual-core A5 muscle, 9x the old model's graphics chip speed, 8.8mm thin, 1.3 lb. light, with front and rear video cameras and a 3-axis gyroscope. All at the same price as last year's model, and available March 11th. Thu, 03 Mar 2011 00:04:41 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor150 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor149 FlopTech Engineering has released FlopZoom Lite, their first Mac App Store product. FlopZoom Lite has nearly all of the features of FlopZoom's playback pane, including hand odds for all players, session search, and hand search. Full Tilt and Poker Stars US Dollar, Euro, and play chip sessions are supported, and there are four colorful themes. FlopZoom 1.6 requires Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" or later and is priced at USD $4.99. Sat, 26 Feb 2011 00:14:33 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor149 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor148 FlopTech Engineering has released a major update to FlopZoom, their integrated poker tracking app for Mac OS X. Statistics calculations in the statistics pane and HUD, over career interval with no filters, can now run from 60 to 100 times faster. The playback pane now features animated cards and images, and there are many other performance and stability improvements. FlopZoom 1.6 is only for Intel Macs running Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard" or later. It is a free update for registered users, and it starts a new 30 day trial period for users with expired versions of FlopZoom. Fri, 25 Feb 2011 07:24:16 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor148 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor147 We've gathered poker and Apple news links from France, Mississippi, and San Francisco. And it's all about winners. Tue, 01 Feb 2011 20:12:36 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor147 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor146 FlopTech Engineering (that's us) has released an update to the FlopZoom poker tracking software for Macs. FlopZoom 1.5.3 resolves several playback and head-up display (HUD) issues and improves overall performance and stability. This is, as always, a free update for all registered FlopZoom users and it is strongly recommended. Fri, 21 Jan 2011 23:34:39 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor146 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor145 It's a new year and there's already plenty of poker and Apple news. Galen Hall won the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure main event, Apple announced record-shattering quarterly results, and unfortunately Apple CEO Steve Jobs is forced to take another medical leave of absence. Get well soon Steve! Thu, 20 Jan 2011 10:41:04 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor145 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor144 FlopTech Engineering has released an update to the FlopZoom poker tracking software for Macs. FlopZoom 1.5.2 adds a new "Stay on Last Live Hand" feature to its Playback pane, and Euro support to cash games played on Full Tilt and Poker Stars. This release also resolves several head-up display (HUD) issues and improves HUD performance and overall stability. This is a free update for all registered FlopZoom users and is strongly recommended. Fri, 31 Dec 2010 23:03:11 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor144 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor143 This year's WPT Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic ended with a star-studded final table, and the TV table of six is guaranteed to produce some great WPT episodes. Antonio Esfandiari defeated Andrew Robl heads-up, and Vanessa Rousso finished super-deep in 3rd. Congratulations Antonio! Thu, 09 Dec 2010 12:01:32 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor143 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor142 Jonathan Duhamel used his stack, aggression, and his hooded inscrutability to defeat John Racener for the WSOP Main Event title. It took only two hours, but in that time Racener did his best to overcome Duhamel's enormous chip advantage and his own dwindling stack. Duhamel's win is historic in many ways, from his being the first native French speaker to win the WSOP Main Event, to his winning the largest pot in WSOP history. Felicitations Jonathan! Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:44:41 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor142 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor141 After more than 3 months, the WSOP Main Event November Nine returned to the Rio to fight down to the final two. The Penn and Teller Theater was packed with screaming fans and they got quite a show. There were dramatic hands, huge chip swings, and sudden meltdowns on the way to heads-up play. Jonathan Duhamel and John Racener will face off one last time for the championship on Monday night. Mon, 08 Nov 2010 08:39:29 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor141 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor140 The inaugural World Poker Tour Amneville event drew 542 entrants and established yet another international WPT venue in style. Sam El Sayed took the EU 426K top prize and $25K entry into the WPT Championship at Bellagio. Felicitations Sam! Mon, 08 Nov 2010 08:39:29 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor140 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor139 First-time WPT entrant Jeff Forrest took beginner's luck all the way to victory. He won $549k, defeating 241 other hopefuls along the way in what are sure to be exciting episodes when they air. Congratulations Jeff! Thu, 04 Nov 2010 07:11:01 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor139 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor138 Randall Flowers has beaten a field of 335 to win the World Poker Tour Festa al Lago event at Bellagio. He takes home $831k, the coveted WPT bracelet, and a $25k entry into the WPT Season 9 Championship. And he has won serious bragging rights as well. He has become the youngest-ever two-time WPT winner at the tender age of 22. Congratulations Randall! Thu, 21 Oct 2010 19:24:58 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor138 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor137 Steve Jobs and other Apple executives demonstrated a wide range of Mac hardware and software at their "Back to the Mac" special event today. iLife '11, FaceTime for Mac, the Mac App Store, and a preview of Mac OS X 10.7 "Lion" rounded out the software side of the event. All-new aluminum unibody MacBook Airs, with flash RAM instead of optical or magnetic disc mass storage, were also introduced. During his part of the presentation, Mr. Jobs revealed that "Back to the Mac" means several things. It means that Apple is still focusing its considerable hardware and software resources on improving Mac hardware and software. It also means that many iOS multi-touch and app-switching features will be brought to the Mac experience as well. We look forward to that day. Wed, 20 Oct 2010 19:04:41 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor137 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor136 Apple Inc. announced their first $20 billion quarter, reporting $20.34 billion in the quarter ending on September 25th. iPhone, iPad, and Mac sales and revenue all increased year-over-year, although iPod sales were slightly down. Tue, 19 Oct 2010 20:35:10 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor136 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor135 FlopTech Engineering has released an update to the FlopZoom poker tracking software for Macs. FlopZoom 1.5.1 resolves several issues including head-up display (HUD) positions on all Full Tilt and Poker Stars themes for all seat counts. This is a free update for all registered FlopZoom users and is strongly recommended. Fri, 15 Oct 2010 02:49:36 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor135 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor134 FlopTech Engineering has released a major update to the FlopZoom poker tracking software for Macs. FlopZoom 1.5 has an all-new results and bankroll tracking pane that can graph up to four heroes' and villains' wins, losses, and bankroll trends. You can graph results over intervals from a single hour all the way up to an entire career. In addition, seven new statistics have been added to the statistics pane. This version starts a new 30-day trial period even if your older version of FlopZoom has expired. And it is a free update for all registered FlopZoom users. Fri, 01 Oct 2010 09:18:39 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor134 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor133 James Bord takes the World Series of Poker Europe Main Event bracelet and more than GBP 830k as a bonus. 346 players started the event and they each paid GBP 10,350 for the privilege. The final three table were packed with a nightmarish lineup of world-famous players, but James Bord outlasted them all. Congratulations James! Wed, 29 Sep 2010 03:56:14 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor133 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor132 Jake Cody has won the first-ever WPT London event, and he did it in style. The 171 players who paid GBP 5k were whittled down to another incredibly tough WPT TV table. Congratulations Jake! Sun, 05 Sep 2010 06:44:14 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor132 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor131 Apple CEO Steve Jobs took the spotlight to deliver Apple's yearly music event message. This year's event poster featured an acoustic guitar with Apple-shaped sound hole, but iOS and Apple TV news nearly upstaged iPod and iTunes... Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:54:23 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor131 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor130 The WPT returned to SoCal's Bicycle Casino for the Legends of Poker event, and 462 hopefuls took to the felt. In the end, Andy Frankenberger, a relative unknown, took down the $750k prize... Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:01:09 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor130 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor129 FlopZoom 1.4.6 resolves two minor issues that some users have experienced. Both relate to using non-default hand history folders for Full Tilt and Poker Stars. If you have experienced any issues with these folders, please upgrade to FlopZoom 1.4.6. Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:13:32 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor129 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor127 We saw history being made on this year's Main Event day 8. Michael Mizrachi became the first person to win the Players Championship and make the Main Event November Nine. And it certainly wasn't easy. He took chances and won, but others got their chips in good only to suffer brutal beats... Tue, 20 Jul 2010 04:10:59 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor127 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor126 Day 7 was yet another do-or-die day for big stacks and short stacks alike. The difference between the chip haves and have-nots increased as the rapid bustout rate continued. The field was cut from 78 to 27 in less than 12 hours, and the chip leader at the start of play didn't make it through the day. Sat, 17 Jul 2010 17:48:05 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor126 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor125 Sometimes the best players don't win. Moritz Kranich himself said that was lucky to beat two of the world's toughest players to take down the WPT Bellagio Cup VI event... Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:10:31 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor125 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor124 Johnny Chan is out, but Michael Mizrachi has moved into 2nd chip position. Could he go on to win his second bracelet in 2010? Too early to tell, but we've posted the top 10 chip leaders and a few stats... Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:10:31 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor124 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor123 Evan Lamprea leads at the end of day 5, with a massive 3.564 million chips. But Theo Jorgensen, Matt Affleck, and Johnny Chan are all in the top ten to challenge him. Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:16:24 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor123 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor122 The money bubble burst and the chip leaders blew past the 1 million chip mark on day 4. Tony Dunst is the chip leader with just over 1.54 million, Johnny Chan is 14th with more than 1.16 million, and Eric Mizrachi is the only one of the four Mizrachi brothers to no longer have a chance at winning the Main Event... Wed, 14 Jul 2010 08:18:08 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor122 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor121 Day 3 action cut the remaining field nearly in half, down to about 1,240. And among the chip leaders is none other than Johnny "The Orient Express" Chan (or Johnny "F***in'" Chan if you prefer.) He's got more than 7 times the average chip stack and his M is 100... Tue, 13 Jul 2010 07:54:35 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor121 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor120 On the calendar, the WSOP Main Event is half over. This year's Main Event attracted 7,319 players, second only to the 2006 record of 8,773. And the players haven't even been in the same room together yet! Sunday is a day off, but play resumes on Monday, and maybe the money bubble will burst. Sun, 11 Jul 2010 06:29:39 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor120 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor119 Of the 57 WSOP events, only 12 are Championship events. There's only one more Championship event left, and we won't know the winner until November. We'll be tweeting and blogging from the Main Event, but in the meantime here's our list of the Championship winners so far... Mon, 05 Jul 2010 19:14:08 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor119 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor118 Busy week in both the poker and Apple worlds. We've been obsessively following WSOP and iPhone 4 news, and we've put together a few essential links... Thu, 01 Jul 2010 06:56:02 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor118 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor116 The 2010 World Series of Poker is roughly half over, and we've posted a mid-term list of the World Championship event winners so far. There are five so far, and there are five more to be crowned before the Main Event begins. We'll be there to report from the rail.. Thu, 17 Jun 2010 05:55:28 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor116 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor115 Steve Jobs has officially revealed the worst-kept secret in Apple history: iPhone 4. The new iPhone features an all-new (and widely leaked) design, with all-glass front and back panels, vastly improved screen, new A4 CPU, improved main camera with illumination, and a new front camera. iOS4 (formerly iPhone OS 4) packs quite a few surprises, including the new FaceTime video chat app, 720p video recording and editing with the optional iMovie app ($4.99 USD), and much more. Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:00:58 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor115 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor114 It was an intensely emotional victory, and one that was very popular with the audience. Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi defeated seven outrageously tough opponents, including his older brother Robert, to earn $1.5 million in first prize money, a portion of the David 'Chip' Reese Memorial trophy, and poker immortality. His is the name that will be engraved on the base of the David 'Chip' Reese Memorial Trophy this year. We were there, and we can say that it was an incredibly satisfying event to watch. Congratulations Grinder! Sat, 05 Jun 2010 23:22:09 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor114 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor113 The World Poker Tour main event in Barcelona attracted 326 players, generated a 1.3 million EU prize pool, and Ali Tekintamac took the lion's share (421K EU) for the win. Congratulations to Ali and the WPT on yet another successful international event! Tue, 25 May 2010 19:04:29 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor113 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor112 We've released FlopZoom 1.4.5, which resolves two Full Tilt multi-table tournament HUD issues. Table changes and multi-tabling are handled correctly now, and overall HUD stability has been improved. This release is recommended for all FlopZoom users, especially Full Tilt players. Tue, 18 May 2010 22:31:30 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor112 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor111 Chips are power in a tournament, and they represented a nearly irresistible force for Theo Jorgensen. Four handed play lasted only about a dozen hands, which must be some kind of WPT record. Mr. Jorgensen beat 246 other players to take the 634K Euro winner's prize. Congratulations Theo! Sun, 16 May 2010 06:37:11 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor111 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor110 FlopZoom 1.4.4 resolves an issue on launch that occurred on some Mac OS X 10.4 systems. It also resolves an issue that caused some Full Tilt hand history files to be ignored. This release is strongly recommended for all FlopZoom users on Mac OS X 10.4, especially those who play on Full Tilt. Wed, 05 May 2010 22:27:45 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor110 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor109 The EPT Grand Final took place in the principality of Monaco, as usual, and a massive 848 players paid 10K Euros each to play it. Nicolas Chouity had a monster stack going into the final table, and more or less cruised to victory and the 1.7 million Euro top prize. Congratulations Nicolas! Sat, 01 May 2010 07:54:28 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor109 http://www.floptech.com/tips/index.html#launch FlopTech Engineering has published the first three in a series of video tips for users of their FlopZoom poker tracking software for Macs. These videos will help users get the most out of FlopZoom and make learning a bit more fun with their lively background music. Coming soon - the FlopTech YouTube channel. Fri, 30 Apr 2010 20:13:01 GMT http://www.floptech.com/tips/index.html#launch http://www.floptech.com#fz143/ FlopTech Engineering has released FlopZoom 1.4.3, which resolves two issues with Full Tilt (an issue on launch and an issue with hand history files not being imported.) This update is strongly recommended for all FlopZoom users, especially those who play on Full Tilt. Tue, 27 Apr 2010 20:41:38 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor107 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor106 If you haven't seen him since his 2004 runner-up finish in the WSOP Main Event, you might not recognize David Williams. Not him, not his playing style. His play has changed for the better, but the hair? Not so sure. Congratulations David! Mon, 26 Apr 2010 06:34:51 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor106 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor105 Liv Boeree has finally broken through and won a major poker tournament. She beat 1,238 other players, took home 1.25 million Euros, and will be carrying huge momentum into the EPT Grand Final in Monaco. Congratulations Liv! Thu, 22 Apr 2010 01:11:28 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor105 http://www.floptech.com#fz142/ FlopTech Engineering has released FlopZoom 1.4.2, which resolves an issue causing certain Full Tilt hand history files to be ignored. This update is strongly recommended for all FlopZoom users, especially those who play on Full Tilt. Sat, 17 Apr 2010 23:31:54 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor104 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor103 Vanessa Selbst has won yet another high-profile tournament, collected the $750K top prize, and you'll get to see it all on ESPN2 in the near future. Ms. Selbst already has a WSOP bracelet and a WPT Ladies event title win, and her aggressive style no doubt helped her win this one. We look forward to seeing much more of her. Congratulations Vanessa! Tue, 13 Apr 2010 22:58:26 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor103 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor102 The World Poker Tour has a new venue as well as a new champion! Bucharest, Romania is the latest stop on the WPT circuit and Guillaume Darcourt has won the event's 125,846 Euro first place prize. He also received a $25,000 entry to the WPT Championship at Bellagio, so maybe we'll see him there. Congratulations Guillaume! Sun, 04 Apr 2010 23:11:18 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor102 http://www.floptech.com#fz140/ FlopTech Engineering has released FlopZoom 1.4, with four new statistics for the statistics pane and HUD: c-bets, 2-bets, 3-bets, and 4+bets. In addition, the player data panel can now be expanded to show per-street statistics as well as average statistics. There are many other improvements, including moving to the next or previous hands while playing back sessions, and increased HUD stability. Thu, 01 Apr 2010 05:14:49 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor101 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor100 Carlos "El Matador" Mortensen has become the most successful player in World Poker Tour history. His third WPT win, the Hollywood Poker Open in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, ties Gus Hansen's record and makes him the leading WPT money winner. He doesn't get as much TV air time as other (louder) players, since strong-and-silent isn't "good TV." But there can be no doubt that he's got "good poker"... Sat, 27 Mar 2010 18:58:54 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor100 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor99 McLean Karr came back from being super short on day 3 to having all the chips at the TV table. As always, the Bay 101 Shooting Stars WPT event was expertly run by Matt Savage and featured an all-star final table. Phil Hellmuth and Hasan Habib were the most well-known players, as far as TV exposure goes. But the talent was deep all around. And you'll never guess who got knocked out first on a bad beat... Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:23:22 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor99 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor98 This update resolves several issues that were caused by unsupported game types (omaha, stud, razz), and cancelled or truncated hands on Full Tilt. It also improves support for Italian PokerStars (PokerStars.it) and improves overall stability. This is a strongly recommended update for all users. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:41:36 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor98 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor97 We haven't heard too much from Annie recently, but she's broken through to the spotlight again. She defeated the formidable Erik Seidel in the final match of the NBC National Heads-Up Championship to win $500K. Ms. Duke has joined the list of elite players who have won the NBC event, and has added another win to her impressive poker resume. Congratulations Annie! Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:45:27 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor97 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor96 This update addresses several issues, including incorrect handling of Full Tilt MTT table changes, intermittent HUD operation, and incorrect long-term interval data display in the HUD. The 1.3.1 update also resolves several stability issues and contains many other improvements. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:28:06 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor96 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor95 Kevin "ImaLuckSac" MacPhee, a well-known American online player, has done what 6 armed robbers failed to do. He walked away with the 1 million Euro top prize of the EPT Berlin main event, which was Germany's largest live poker tournament to date. Congratulations Kevin! Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:28:06 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor95 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor94 Several armed men tried to take the European Poker Tour Berlin prize money, but apparently failed. The main event will continue, but several side events were cancelled due to tables being overturned and chips being scattered. The good news is that nobody was seriously hurt. Sun, 07 Mar 2010 02:31:40 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor94 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor93 The World Poker Tour hit Commerce, California and a near-record field showed up. Andras Koroknai was the last man standing out of 745 challengers, and he took the $1.7 million top prize. Congratulations to Andras, the Commerce Casino, and the WPT! Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:11:53 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor93 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor92 We've put a lot of new features and infrastructure into FlopZoom 1.3, including per-street data in the statistics pane and HUD. You can optionally show many HUD statistics as either text or bar graphs, like miniature versions of the statistics pane graphs. There are many other improvements and many issues have been fixed as well. FlopZoom 1.3 requires a database rebuild, starts a new 30-day evaluation period if your older version of FlopZoom as expired, and of course it's free! Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:20:31 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor92 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor91 The "Alabama Cowboy" has done it again and made it look almost easy (the poker, not the cattle ranching). Hoyt Corkins has won his second WPT title, the Southern Poker Championship at the Beau Rivage in Biloxi Mississippi, and we couldn't be happier for him. Way to go Hoyt! Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:38:40 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor91 http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor90 The rumors were (mostly) true. Apple has in fact been working on a tablet device for years now, and it will be available in two months. iPad fits into Apple's product lineup somewhere between iPhone and MacBook in terms of screen size. But software-wise it's much closer to iPhone OS. And it's much cheaper than we expected... Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:23:06 GMT http://www.floptech.com/news/index.html#anchor90