2009 June 20 Poker News, Events and Happenings
Roderick Mack was sitting in his attorneys office being interviewed by Lt. Mike Hobson of the Joplin Police Department. Hobson was looking into fired police Lt. Geoff Jones past involvement with Mack and others in local poker tournaments and home games at the request of police Chief Lane Roberts.
The Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the industry’s main lobbying force, will announce its plans for National Poker Week on Monday at the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP). An press conference to be held at 11:00am Pacific Time will feature Full Tilt Poker pro Howard Lederer, Congresswoman Shelley Berkley (D-NV), former three-term Senator from New York and current PPA Chairman Alfonse D’Amato, and PPA Executive Director John Pappas.
It started off innocently enough, with Tom ‘durrrr’ Dwan typing the following into the chat box on a $500/1,000 table where Patrik Antonius…
In one of the wildest endings at the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) thus far, Richard Austin came out on top to win the $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha event (#35). Austin won a shocking three-way all-in against prominent pros Sorel “Imper1um” Mizzi and Cliff “JohnnyBax” Josephy to earn his first bracelet and a payday of $409,484.
Full Tilt Poker players from around the world have descended on the world’s second largest online poker site this weekend for Sit & Go Madness. The promotion was last held in late March and was a stunning success.
Day 2 of Event #37, $10,000 World Championship Seven-Card Stud Hi/Lo, saw the star-studded…
Day 3 of Event 35, $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha, started with 11 players looking to make the final table…
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