2009 November 23 Poker News, Events and Happenings
Another weekend down, and another Monday in the books. We hope you didn’t miss us too much over the weekend, but if you did, you have nothing to worry about, we’re back at it, doing our thing. We scour the web searching for the day’s top poker news…
The Poker Players Alliance’s petition to delay the fast-approaching compliance date for the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act received a boost Monday when all six Kentucky congressmen submitted a letter to U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy…
The ongoing clash between Isildur1 and the game’s most vaunted high-stakes cash game players reached new levels over the weekend, as the cagey Swede played record-setting sessions with Full Tilt Pros Patrik Antonius, Phil Ivey, and Tom “durrrr” Dwan. The online poker world watched in awe as Isildur1 got involved in multiple $1 million pots at the $500/$1,000 Pot Limit Omaha (PLO) tables.
The “PokerStars.net Million Dollar Challenge” returned to the air this past Sunday with two new contestants taking their shots in the $1 million heads-up match with the show’s star, Daniel Negreanu. First up was Oluwasegun “Big Mike” Odumuyiwa, a…
Swedish newcomer Isildur1 has dominated the action on Full Tilt Poker in recent weeks, helping grow the eight largest pots in online poker history. One of his opponents, CardRunners instructor Haseeb “INTERNET POKERS” Qureshi, sat down with Poker News Daily to discuss Isildur1’s recent dominance.
The poker media industry is an interesting beast. It spends a lot of time covering tournaments because, well, tournaments are fairly straightforward to cover and people like to know who’s winning what. You have a starting day and an ending day and the tournament promoters have an interest in providing information to the media. You can show chip counts, the big winners and losers for each day, and more.
Travel agency owner Antonio Matias took down the European Poker Tour’s (EPT) Vilamoura Main Event in the roving tournament series’ first ever trip to Portugal. Matias took home a €404,793 top prize.
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