2009 September 09 Poker News, Events and Happenings
Share Our Strength, the national nonprofit best know for its Taste of the Nation events, is betting a charity poker tournament will raise awareness of child hunger in South Florida. Scheduled to start at 1 p.m. Sunday at Frankie’s 124, 124 S. Federal Hwy., Hallandale Beach, the tournament is no limit Texas hold’em with an initial buy-in of $100.
The eight remaining players returned today to see who would be crowned the champion of the 2009 PokerStars.net European Poker Tour Barcelona Main Event. Along with taking home the coveted trophy, the winner would receive a hefty payday to the tune…
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Television and Film Star Tiffany Michelle, Who Has Found Great Success at the World’s Biggest Poker Tournament and at UltimateBet’s Online Tables, Signs With UltimateBet for a Second Year
Last night’s episodes of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) on ESPN spotlighted the two most recognizable Phils in poker: Phil Hellmuth and November Nine member Phil Ivey. Hellmuth was seated at the feature table for the coverage of Day 2B while the secondary feature table boasted a strong line up of Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi and PokerStars Pros Dennis Phillips and Maria “Maridu” Mayrinck. Over the course of the two episodes the show included updates on cancer patient Kent Senter, actor Lou Diamond Phillips and NBA star Jordan Farmar amongst others, but perhaps the most interesting aspect of Tuesday’s show was the unorthodox play of Hellmuth. As co-host Norman Chad aptly put it, it was, “as if Phil’s body and soul has been occupied by some idiot from Northern Europe.”
The final list of nominees for the 2009 Poker Hall of Fame was announced on Tuesday and the ballot is loaded with the game’s biggest names. It is now up to the 15 living Hall of Fame members and the 15-member Media Panel to cast their votes before the inductees are revealed on Saturday, November 7.
According to a recent article by Debra Gruszecki, a writer for the Palm Springs-based Desert Sun, the Morongo Band of Mission Indians has backed off of its position to legalize online poker in California. Originally, the Morongo tribe was working…
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