2009 June 19 Poker News, Events and Happenings
Eric Baldwin, a 26-year-old poker pro who graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and played on the school’s 2005 Division III national championship baseball team, won a World Series of Poker event worth $521,991 Thursday in Las Vegas.
Nam Le is one of those rare poker players that can be a total chameleon on the felt when it comes to style. Watch him one day and he’s running…
PokerNews’ own Tony G returned to the action at the 2009 World Series of Poker this week in a couple of high-profile events. In the first one…
Doyle Brunson is seventy six years old and he says he was up late last night in Vegas. He’s in a $10k game on the 24th day of the World Series of Poker and he just sent out a Tweet . “Still in 10k split,” he said. “Didn’t sleep much but feel OK….” Is that an intimate look inside the minute by minute, high-stakes life of a poker veteran - or is that a head-trip of a bluff intended to make his …
As expected, Event #37, $10,000 World Championship Seven-Card Stud Hi/Lo attracted some of the biggest names…
On Thursday, attorneys for the Commonwealth of Kentucky filed a 20 page response brief to the state’s Supreme Court. The case pits Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet Secretary J. Michael Brown against the Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association (iMEGA).
Baseball Hall of Famer Phil Niekro learned to pitch knuckleballs from his father. Pro Football Hall of Famer Joe Montana was schooled in passing by his dad. When Phil Hellmuth Jr. decided to drop out of the University of Wisconsin to play pro poker, he was definitely not on the same page as his dad, a dean at the school.
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