2010 January 06 Poker News, Events and Happenings
It’s a good thing you stumbled across the Nightly Turbo tonight because there’s a new poker tournament in North America you might want to know about. You’ll also find out who’s online poker account was recently hacked, and more.
HARRISBURG, Pa. - Table games such as poker and blackjack are in the cards for gamblers at Pennsylvania’s slots casinos. The state House of Representatives on Wednesday voted 103-to-89 in favor of a bill that allows table games.
The luckier Gregory Baudier gets, the unluckier he is.
LAFAYETTE - Ante’ up Acadiana and play a hand at the Acadiana Series of Poker benefiting United Way of Acadiana. This year’s tournament, sponsored and coordinated by Chevron and its employees, is being held Friday, January 29th at the CAJUNDOME Convention Center. Dealing begins at 6p.m. and will conclude at midnight. Any community member, twenty-one years or older, is invited to play and try …
Steve “gboro780″ Gross is the epitome of consistency in the world of online poker. The 24 year-old poker pro from New Jersey has been among the world’s top tournament players for several years across every major online poker site offered to U.S. players. In 2009, Gross had nine online scores of $40,000 or more. Three of those are for six-figures, including a $275,601 win in a Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) event in February. Gross also took second in Full Tilt Poker’s $1 Million Guaranteed in January for $126,506.
As 2009 came to a close, popular poker publication CardPlayer announced its Online Player of the Year (OPOY) award. The winner was New Jersey pro Steve “gboro780″ Gross, who became the third honoree of the prestigious award, joining Alex “AJKHoosier1″ Kamberis (2008) and Isaac “westmenloAA” Baron (2007).
Kicking off on February 10th on Full Tilt Poker is the 15th Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS). The quarterly tournament series is the first of 2010 and features 27 events with more than $17 million in guaranteed prize money.
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