The quickest Tennis serve on record

The fastest tennis serve ever recorded in a competitive match was a mega fast opener by former #1 ranked tennis player Andy Roddick (America) in the semi-final of the 2004 Davis Cup. The shot speed was confirmed at 155mph. His opponent was Vladimir Voltchkov.

The most Grand Slam tennis titles won by a man

Roger Federer is current King of Grand Slams – with 16 under his belt. Previously American Pete Sampras held this record with 13 Grand Slam titles (1990 and 2000).

Most Grand Slam Tournament Singles Titles Won by a Woman

Margaret Court (AUS) has this amazing record with an astonishing 24 Grand Slam singles titles. Court also has won 19 Grand Slam doubles titles and twenty one mixed doubles Grand Slam titles. A statistic which will surely stand for a long time.

Most lifetime earnings in Tennis

$62,000,000 in career earnings by Roger Federer to date. “Pistol” Pete Sampras booked $41,994,440 between ‘88 and 2001.

Longest Tennis Match Ever

The ATP Wimbledon Tennis Championship was the venue of the longest tennis game in history, between John Isner (America) and Nicolas Mahut (France). The match duration was eleven hours and five mins and set a few records. The fifth set played for an arduous eight hours, 11 minutes, and set a new record for the most games in one set, at one hundred an thirty eight. John Isner took the record for the most aces served in a match (with 103).

Most Wimbledon Final Defeats

Former #1 tennis player Chris Evert holds the unlucky record for the most Wimbledon final defeats – she lost six of seven finals against Czech Martina Navratilova.

Highest Career Win/Loss ratio

US tennis champ Chris Evert’s total career win–loss ratio in singles matches of 1,309–146 (.900) is the best ratio of any pro player in the history of tennis.

Shortest grand slam final ever

Was the 1988 French Open, when ladies’ tennis player Steffi Graf smashed Natasha Zvereva 6-0, 6-0 in only 32 minutes.

What is your favourite tennis world record, and why is it memorable?

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After a few knockouts, the heads up was to be fought by Akenhead played and Juha Helppi. Akenhead evened the chipstacks up quickly, and continued his aggression by taking down some good pots. In the last hand of the tournament Akenhead was dealt pocket tens and he was up against Helppi’s sixes. Akenhead opened and Helppi Jammed. The flop came an interesting 5; 4; 3 giving Helppi some more good outs, but the turn and the river sealed the deal for Helppi, rolling off a king and an Ace.

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Having turned professional only three years ago, Akenhead has already amassed winnings of in excess of $2,600,000.

For his second place, Helppi collected $250,000.

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How do I watch Live Sports Streaming

A number of online bookmakers offer exclusive streaming of sporting events as long as viewers have an account with the bookmaker. These exclusive deals give sports-site punters the chance to bet on sports, while not giving the stream away to joe-public.

Some other sites exist with peer-to-peer sports events streaming from time to time, however it is not unusual for these streams to be of poor quality.

Recommended Live Sports Streaming Sites

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The iPoker / Playtech network is the third biggest online poker network after Fulltilt and PokerStars. Whether a significant number of Celeb’s boss media player player-base actually moves over to the iPoker platform remains to be seen. Rakeback is not permitted on the iPoker Network, so anyone with 30% Boss rakeback via CelebPoker will be enrolled loyalty bonus / vip program, it is possible that players may get locked in to the VIP system at iPoker with no less than a 30% Rebate however specific details on this aspect of migration have not been released at this time.

Playtech’s iPoker Network is the industry’s leading platform, guaranteeing greater functionality and improved game play. Players will enjoy:

30,000 peak players including 12,000 peak cash players
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Real time game history
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CelebPoker ->iPoker Migration Questions

How do I change over to the new CelebPoker ipoker software?
The new CelebPoker will not be available to download until we have finished the migration of your player account on August 12th 2009.

How long will the old boss media CelebPoker software be available?
The old software will be available until 04:00 GMT on August 12th 2009. The new CelebPoker will go live later in the day on August 12th 2009. Please keep checking back – as soon as you see the new CelebPoker download is available, you can log-in and play!

What happens to my bankroll?
At the time of migration on August 12th, your bankroll will be automatically transferred to your account in the new CelebPoker client. If you do not wish for this to happen, please ensure you withdraw your funds before the changeover.

I already play on another iPoker Network site. Why sign up with CelebPoker?

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How does the VIP Club work and what’s in it for me?

You have automatically been assigned a VIP Level for your new account, based upon the level of play of your best month in the last six months. Your VIP Level dictates how quickly you can earn CelebPoker Points (CPPs), for our loyalty program. Furthermore, you will automatically receive a monthly cashback bonus of up to $400, depending upon your VIP Level. VIP Levels are calculated monthly based upon the previous month’s play. Keep playing to increase your level and your rewards!

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• Discuss the CelebPoker / iPoker move in our Poker Forum
• iPoker Rakeback Guide

The Irish Masters is a No-Limit Hold’em freezeout tournament, with a buy-in of €1,500 + €150, hosted in the CityWest Hotel, Dublin (host venue of the last two Irish Poker Open events).The Irish Masters event will run for for three days, from October 24th – 27th, and is expected to attract the best Irish and International poker players.

“The Sole Survivor promotion really spiced up this year’s Irish Open”, said Paddy Power, Communications Manager for paddypowerpoker.com. “We are thrilled to launch the IWF Sole Survivor by guaranteeing three seats to the Irish Masters main event in this Sunday’s mega satellite. It’s never too early to grab your seat and stake your claim as our next Sole Survivor!”

Weekly super satellites ($200 + $15 freezeouts) to the Irish Masters start online at Paddy Power Poker on Sunday May 17th, with a variety of small buy-in feeder satellites running daily.

A three tickets g’teed Super Satellite will run on Sunday May 10th at 9.00pm. Feeders to the Super Satellite will run daily from Wednesday May 6th.

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Resources

• Official Paddy Power Poker Site
• Paddy Power Irish Poker Open Sole Survivor Promo

Roulette Basics

Players play against the House (represented in the game by the croupier) who keeps spinning the roulette wheel, taking bets on the outcome and paying out the appropriate amount to winners.A standard European roulette wheel has thirty six slots representing the numbers 1-36 numbers and one slot fo the zero. Amerian roulette tables will usually have two zeroes, thus 1 extra slot.

Each player buys-in, getting their chips in a differently coloured chip colour from other players, in order to ensure that their bets don’t get mixed up on the table.

To play roulette, you place your bet or bets on numbers (any number including the zero) in the table layout, on red or black, 1st, 2nd or 3rd segments of the table or on the outside, depending on where you think the ball will land (or what colour you hope it lands on). Once players have had a minute or two to place their bets, the croupier will start the wheel spin and throws the ball into the rotating wheel. The croupier will announce “no more bets” moments before the ball is due to stop, and from that point on, no one is allowed to place – or change their bets until the ball has dropped into a slot and the croupier deals with payouts.

The winners are those bets that are on or around the number that the ball finally settles into on the roulette wheel. Also the bets on the outside of the layout win if the winning number is represented (by being red, if the player bet on red, or being in a particular zone on the table, if such a bet was placed).

Roulette House advantage

On a single zero roulette table the dealer or house has an advantage of 2.7%. On a double zero roulette (American-style) table, the house edge is 5.26%. The House advantage is attained by paying the winners a chip or two (or a proportion of it) less than what it should have been if there was no advantage. There is one online casino currently offering players the opportunity to play with zero house edge (please see below).

The Zero rule

Some casinos will reimburse even money bets or will allow the player to take back half their bet or to leave the bet for another spin. e.g if you bet on black, and zero comes in, you may only lose half your bet, whereas players who have bet on a number to come in will lose their entire bet on that number.

Roulette payouts

1. A straight-up bet (on 1 number only) pays 35 to 1. (You collect 36 – your winnings, and 1 for your stake back). With zero house edge you should collect 37 (or 38 on a double zero roulette wheel).
2. A two-number bet, (or split bet) pays 17 to 1.
3. A three-number bet pays 11 to 1.
4. A four-number bet (corner bet), pays 8 to 1.
5. A six-number bet, pays 5 to 1.
6. A bet on the outside dozen or column, pays 2 to 1.
7. A bet on the outside even money bets (e.g red only, even number, odd number), pays 1 to 1.

Object of Roulette

To win at roulette the player needs to predict where the ball will land after each spin. This is an unlikely task, but can prove rewarding for lucky players. Some players prefer to bet on their “lucky number”, whereas other players will bet on groups of numbers which are consecutively oriented on the roulette wheel.
Other methodical players use a variety of roulette systems or methods and bankroll management strategies.

Zero House Edge Roulette

Betfair Casino is the only casino in the world to have have removed all house edge from their casino games (online Roulette, online Blackjack, Online Baccarat and online Video-Poker). The Betfair “Zero Lounge” casino is probably the best value online-casino on the web.

*The return to player on all zero games is 100.0 per cent. This is correct to at least 1 decimal place based on optimal player strategy.

Resources

• Casinos – More Casino Games information.
• Betfair Zero Lounge Casino – Zero House Edge Roulette + £5 Free, no Deposit
• Play Live Roulette – The best Live roulette sites reviewed : interact with the dealers and enjoy gambling in a real-time environment.
• How to Play BlackJack – Guide to the popluar casino game Blackjack