2009 November 15 Poker News, Events and Happenings
It was a great honor for me to be inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame. It really is the ultimate career achievement award. To know that you’ll always be linked to the legends of poker – guys like Chip Reese, Stu Ungar, Doyle Brunson, Puggy Pearson, Johnny Moss, and Jack Binion – is an awesome feeling.
The latter part of the 2009 calendar has seen at least two Ladies events won by males during major tournament series. During September’s Borgata Poker Open, Abraham Korotki emerged victorious in a $300 buy-in Ladies No Limit Hold’em event. This weekend, Greg Sessler took down the Ladies Championship during the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit stop at Harvey’s Lake Tahoe.
Former “Survivor: China” contestant Jean-Robert Bellande is no longer a sponsored pro of Bodog, according to a representative from the online poker room. His current agreement expired at the end of October and was not renewed.
Full Tilt Poker is home to some of the biggest online poker action in the world on its nosebleed-stakes tables. The players who join these games include millionaire pros Patrik Antonius, Phil Ivey, and Tom “durrrr” Dwan, who have dominated the biggest games for years, with many top pros refusing to play any of them for fear of losing their bankrolls. However, what happens when the hunter becomes the hunted?
Two sites on the iPoker Network have merged into one, as members of the online poker room Fair Poker have had their accounts transferred to Noble Poker. Players on Fair Poker recently received a notice informing them of the change and offering a deposit bonus as a welcome to the new site.
The work week can get overwhelming, and not everyone has the time every day to dive headfirst into the poker world’s top stories. Weekend warriors rejoice! You’ve just flopped the nuts because the Nightly Turbo has introduced a special weekly…
I had the honor of being one of the 15 members of the media who cast votes for the Poker Hall of Fame, so I was not going to miss the opportunity of a lifetime to rub shoulders with its current living members including T. J. Cloutier, Dewey…
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