This week on Pokercast the guys continue their coverage of the 2008 World Series of Poker. Discussing the many well know pros that took home bracelets over the past week of play. The featured guest is WSOP, WPT and EPT champ Gavin Griffin. Gavin talks about several topics including his recent win at the Borgata Winter Open, his play at this years WSOP and gives a crash course in Deuce to Seven Triple Draw. Jason Rosenkrantz, better know as "KRANTZ" on the Two Plus Two forums is also featured on the program to discuss his high stakes online play and his WSOP experience. Mike and Adam also give away the password for the June 29th Poker Stars VIP Club freeroll.

With the success that was enjoyed over Season 1 of the Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT), PokerStars has decided to go for Season 2. Starting on September 1, 2008, the first event will be held in the People’s Republic of China at the PokerStars Macau poker room in the Grand Waldo Hotel and Casino.

It will take place over the course of nine days and feature two large events. The first event will be the $3,300 main event which runs for six days and it will be followed by the ‘high rollers’ event at $19,250.

The APPT 2 is expected to host up to 1,000 players with a guaranteed prize pool of around $2.6 million over the course of the nine day event at the Grand Waldo. There will be satellite tournaments and other qualifiers available for player to try and win their way into the tournament. 

There will be four more city stops on the Asia Pacific Poker Tour for season two. The dates and times are as follows:

City: Seoul, South Korea
Venue: Paradise Walker-Hill Casino
Date: September 26-28, 2008
Purse: $2,870 buy-in event
Maximum number of players: 250

City: Auckland, New Zealand
Venue: Skycity Casino
Date: October 9-12, 208
Purse: $2,400 buy-in event
Maximum number of players: Unknown

City: Manila, Philippines
Venue: Hyatt Hotel and Casino
Date: TBD
Purse: $2,350 buy-in event
Maximum number of players: 500

City: Sydney, Australia
Venue: Star City Casino
Date: December 2-7, 2008
Purse: $945,000 first prize guarantee
Maximum number of players: TBD

The final event of the season that takes place in Sydney will be a $5,960 buy-in event.  Players who are interested in competing in the Asia Pacific Poker Tour can visit the PokerStars poker room in order to compete in satellites and limited free-to-enter satellites. Live satellites are also being offered at the SkyCity Casino in Auckland and the Star City Casino in Sydney for those two scheduled events. Other live satellites are planned but PokerStars is still working out when and where they will be held.

For more information about the Asia Pacific Poker Tour, visit PokerStars.com or the Asia Pacific Poker Tour website.

The guys continue the 2008 WSOP coverage this week interviewing Two Plus Two member and new WSOP bracelet winner Scott Seiver. Scott recently took down Event 21 - $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em and was rewarded with $755,891 for his efforts. Vanessa Selbst made her second appearance on Pokercast to discuss her deep run at the $10,000 World Championship Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em event. Terrence Chan also chimed in on the program to talk some forum static and the guys of course give away the password for the June 22nd Poker Stars VIP Club freeroll.

The 2008 World Series of Poker coverage continued this week with a live update from the heart of the Rio poker room by Greg “FBT” Mueller. Greg talks about his second place finish in Event #11 – NL Hold’em shootout and shares some interesting stories from this years series. Bracelet winners Tony Rivera and Svetlana Gromenkova are feature guests this week along with Mirage Director of Poker Operations Donna Harris who shares her industry insider insight including the the history of Las Vegas Poker, the Mirage Poker Room, and her poker room management perspective on limit vs no-limit. Mike and Adam also give away the password for the June 15th Poker Stars VIP Club freeroll.

Full Tilt Poker Pro Erick Lindgren overcame a very talented field of 332 players to capture his first World Series of Poker bracelet in the $5,000 Mixed Hold'em event. Lindgren defeated Former online player Justin "Zeejustin" Bonomo in heads-up play to take down the first place prize of $374,505, plus the coveted WSOP bracelet. This was Eric Lindgren's first ever World Series of Poker bracelet.

The final table also included the following names: Roland de Wolfe, Howard Lederer, David Williams and Isaac Haxton. This was a very strong final table and a very tough tournament which makes Lindgren's victory well-earned.

Lindgren's lack of a World Series of Poker bracelet must have been frustrating to him, considering he already has 2 World Poker Tour Tiltes to his name and $5.96 million in total lifetime cashes. He had come painfully close before (second place finish in the 2006 $5k Short-Handed No Limit Hold'em event), but wasn't able to seal the deal.

For Justin "Zeejustin" Bonomo, this was yet another deep run in a major tournament without a win. it is just a matter of time before Bonomo takes down a Major tournament.

The final hand of the tournament came when Lindgren raised pre-flop and Bonomo called. They saw a flop of 10-5-3 with two clubs. Both players checked, and the turn card was the 4 of hearts. "Zeejustin" bet 80,000, and Lindgren called. The river was the eight of hearts. Bonomo bet again, Lindgren raised, and Bonomo called, putting himself all-in.

Lindgren turned up A-2 for a straight, while Bonomo showed 5-4 for two pair.

Bonomo won $230,159 for his second place finish. This was Bonomo's second trip to a WSOP final table - he finished in fourth place in a $2k No Limit Hold'em event in 2007 for $156k.

With this victory, Erick Lindgren will move up to 20th on the all-time money list, one behind Johnny Chan.

The biggest signing of a poker super star has happened with Patrick Antonius joining Team Full Tilt. It has been 2 years since a major star has signed with the online poker brand, the last being Allen Cunningham.

Patrick is a very popular player both online and live in cash games, but suprisingly has yet to secure a major tournament title in the WPT or the WSOP. Well known for his cool calm demeanour at a high stakes cash game, you can find various video clips of Patrick taking on poker pros like Phil Ivey, David Benyamine and many more for pots over $200,000 plus.

Visit Raw Vegas to see the press conference of Patrick Antoius with Team Full Tilt

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This week on Pokercast the guys talk about the now underway 2008 World Series of Poker that just kicked-off at the Rio. The featured guest this week is Paul Leggett, Chief Operating Officer of Tokwiro Enterprises. Tokwiro Enterprises is a private company that owns both Absolute Poker and UltimateBet. Paul talks about the Ultimate Bet cheating scandal that was uncovered by two plus two members and the recent press release about what actually went on behind the scenes. Mike and Adam also talk tournament news, forum static and of course give away the password for the June 8th Poker Stars VIP Club freeroll for Pokercast listeners.