2009 January 05 Poker News, Events and Happenings

Leading online poker site UltimateBet.net hits the airwaves in early January with second season of “Best Damn Poker Show,” a poker series featuring Phil Hellmuth, Annie Duke and 24 would-be poker champions.

Fantasy becomes reality for online poker players at Absolute Poker players as free Texas Hold’em tournaments award trips to exclusive party at the world’s most famous mansion

More big turnouts marked the first weekend of 2009 as both PokerStars and Full Tilt again topped their announced guarantees in the biggest Sunday online poker events. In a contrast to recent weeks, however, relative unknowns…

In our previous Aussie Millions flashbacks, we saw how the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia had grown the event from a AUD $1,000 event in 1998 to a AUD $10,000 event. By 2004, the prize pool had swelled to AUD $1.3 million…

Phan caps his amazing year by winning both the Card Player and BLUFF Magazine Player of the Year Awards (PRWeb Jan 5, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Full_Tilt_Poker/John_Phan/prweb1827634.htm

The Home of New Zealand Poker, Christchurch Casino, holds not your average poker tournament. Adding Lord of the Rings tours, jetboat adventures and alpine safaris to the High Stakes Holdem Challenge makes the first big competition in 2009 not your average poker tournament.

Next month, ESPN will deal viewers into eight original hours of coverage of the World Series of Poker from across The Pond — the Europe Main Event from the Casino at the Empire in London.