2009 March 22 Poker News, Events and Happenings
Less than a week after the federal government’s URL blacklist was leaked and caused a furore over the status of online betting company Betfair , Australia’s poker industry is now in the firing line over the number of legitimate poker sites that could be banned by the filter.
Like in a poker game, secondaries players are patiently sounding out who is bluffing and who has a real hand in their search for assets. This has left the market slow and nervous.
Over the last few years, people are always surprised that I still live in the Boston area. Poker players repeatedly ask me why I don’t move to the West Coast, specifically Las Vegas, assuming that I would be closer to big poker tournaments.
I drove down from Las Vegas to Laughlin, Nevada a while back, looking to explore poker rooms a typical tourist might not normally visit. Before checking into my hotel room at one of the six hotel-casinos located right…
On Monday, Team PokerStars Pro member Vanesa Rousso, the runner up in the 2009 National Heads-Up Poker Championship, will compete in the Pompano Beach’s Isle Casino “Battle at the Beach.” The stop is a prelude to Rousso’s “Art of Poker” seminar series, which kicks off on April 5th in casinos and racetracks throughout her home state of Florida.
On March 27th, Caesars Palace in Las Vegas will come alive with poker players battling it out as part of Dream Team Poker’s second tournament. The $550 buy-in tournament is nearly sold out and will be headlined by “Team Favorites,” consisting of Ultimate Bet pro Phil Hellmuth, Mike “The Mouth” Matusow, and Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss.
Tom ‘durrrr’ Dwan and Patrik Antonius were at it again on Friday night, logging another 425 hands in their 50,000-hand challenge match. With the $161,086 he won in this session, Antonius took the overall lead…
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