2009 January 23 Poker News, Events and Happenings

A field of 266 players was on hand for Friday’s opening day of action in Event #14 of the 2009 Aussie Millions Poker Championship – $2,200 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold’em. Among the entrants were WSOP bracelet holder Jennifer Tilly…

Poker News has teamed up with the world’s largest online poker room, PokerStars (http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/01/pokerstars-pokernews-cup-alpine-satellite-series.htm), to launch a massive Satellite Series to the 2009 PokerNews Cup Alpine (http://www.pokernewscup.com/) featuring at least 90,000 worth of packages on offer.

The 28 players that returned to the Crown Casino in Melbourne for Day 4 of the 2009 Aussie Millions Poker Championship Main Event all had the same goal in mind – a final-table berth. After a grueling day of poker, eight of those…

At one point during the PokerStars.com LAPT Vina Del Mar final table, Fabian Ortiz was down to half a big blind. But the Argentinean player fought back to take the title and $141,426 for first place…

THINK THERE’S only chump change in video poker? Think again. On Thursday, Effingham County sheriff’s officials confiscated $655,000 in cash and made 11 arrests following a six-month investigation into illegal gambling, which authorities said took place at seven area convenience stores. That’s a big haul. Video poker machines, of course, aren’t illegal in Georgia. Several Savannah-area …

Juan Carlos Alvarado first appeared on our radar back at the 2007 L.A. Poker Classic Main Event. Jovial, talkative, and perpetually decked out in colorful soccer jerseys, Alvarado ground his way through one…

Day 2 play in the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Deauville championship found 248 players returning to action at the Casino Barriere. By night’s end, that field had been trimmed to 47 survivors…