2009 December 10 Poker News, Events and Happenings
- Akenhead Caps His Breakthrough Year With His First Major Tournament Win Full Tilt Poker pro [James Akenhead] won his first major tournament, taking down the Poker Million VIII event. Rounding off an
Orland Park this week became the latest Illinois municipality to bar video gambling machines from setting up shop in village bars and restaurants.
Yes, the site has been down most of the day. But at least we made it. We apologize for the inconvenience so here’s the day’s top poker stories. If you missed Poker2Nite last night, there’s a recap, we tell you about Darvin Moon’s conspiracy theory…
The 2010 Aussie Millions is set for January in Melbourne at Crown Casino and the early word around the camp fire is that it will be the biggest tournament in the Southern hemisphere to date as roughly 800 people are expected to turn out for the Main…
Phil Ivey, Patrik Antonius, and Brian Townsend had each taken big portions of the mysterious Isildur1’s bankroll over the past month and a half. On Tuesday, it was Brian Hastings‘ turn. The 21-year-old Full Tilt Pro and CardRunners instructor brawled with Isildur1 at the $500/1,000 Pot Limit Omaha tables on Full Tilt and, five hours later, walked away with more than $3 million of the Swede’s money, resulting in one of the biggest winning sessions in online poker history.
The online poker world was fixated at the micro-stakes games last week, as Joey “JoeIngram1″ Ingram won a lucrative prop bet that involved setting the world record for number of hands played. The prop bet wasn’t all about simple volume, but also required Ingram to show a profit over the 50,000 hands played within a 24-hour period at the 25nl ($0.10-$0.25) games. Once he accomplished the feat, Ingram took in over $30,000 in side money. Poker News Daily met with Ingram to discuss his place in poker history and what the future holds for this massive multi-tabler.
The CEREUS Network has taken another step towards regaining the trust of its customer base. The independent certification group eCommerce and Online Gaming Regulation and Assurance (eCOGRA) recently announced that CEREUS met all of the qualifications for the organization’s seal of approval.
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