Rat Pack Poker News & Reviews: Nov.30-Dec. 4th

Ladies and Gents here is your Poker News & Reveiws for Nov. 30th- Dec. 4th

• The WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic kicks off with 391 players footing the $10,000 buy in. Some of the bigger names in the event are Victory Poker pro Antonio Esfandiari, newly inducted hall of famer Erik Seidel, well known cash player Chau Giang, "Mr. Ace on the River" Barry Greenstein and his peer/apprentice the high flying, dice throwing Phil Ivey.
• CardRunners.com turns 5! and to celebrate if you sign up between December 6th-12th you can sign up for free (save $100) and for just $30/month you can have full access to the site! They will also be giving out free gifts during the promo period, of which you could win the likes of an Xbox Kinect, 2011 WSOP buy in!, MacBook Air, iPad etc. Just sign up! check out www.cardrunners.com for more promos
• Dusty Schmidt aka "leatherass" is back with a new book, this time entitled "Don't Listen to Phil Hellmuth: Correcting the 50 Worst Pieces of Poker Advice You've Ever Heard" and while the verdict is out if the title could be a backlash or a spring board, the information inside is worth reading. The title may be a little confusing as the advice he is talking about isn't all Phil Hellmuth's. He even corrects his own advice, and yes there is a lot of Hellmuth's advice corrected too so you won't be disappointed if that is indeed what you're looking for. Be sure to check his book out!
• IHateJuice (the unidentified poker player on Full Tilt's high stakes tables) took down the likes of well know Phil Ivey and Patrik Antonius. IHateJuice racked up a nice $225k via some $2000/$4000 Limit Hold'em HU play
• Patrik Antonius took another beating by Urindanger for a $280k lost
• Full Tilt Poker is running it's MiniFtops Event during December, http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/mini-full-tilt-online-poker-series use bonus code SINATRA for a nice 100% dep bonus and RatPackPoker.net merchandise!