2010 January 20 Poker News, Events and Happenings
This bit of news places an entirely new meaning on the joke, Poker I dont even know her! Kent County (Mich.) police raided a Ramada Plaza Hotel that was holding an illegal poker tournament, but the illicit gambling wasnt the only taboo portion…
In tonight’s Nightly Turbo we’re going to let you in on when you can catch Luke “FullFlush” Schwartz in Las Vegas, Full Tilt Poker’s newest poker format, and more.
Bridgewater resident Chris Dobrzanski owns a dubious distinction in poker history — his four aces beat out his opponents four threes, but he walked away with more than $100,000 less than the man he beat. His opponent, Delaware resident Steven…
Recently, Rush Poker made its debut on Full Tilt Poker. The fast-paced style of cash game allows players to move from one table to another as soon as their action in a hand is finished. As such, players have been able to see upwards of 300 hands per hour. Poker News Daily sat down with Full Tilt Poker pro Andy Bloch to get his take on the new addition to the site’s already impressive lineup, his goals for 2010, and his thoughts on the online poker phenomenon known as Isildur1.
Over the past week, a number of poker pros and poker rooms have reached out to the victims of the devastating earthquake in Haiti. Poker rooms like PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker promised to match donations from its patrons, poker pros pledged a percentage of their winnings to the cause and there was an outpouring of generosity and concern towards the millions affected by the natural disaster.
“Online poker on steroids.” That’s how one TwoPlusTwo poster described Rush Poker, the newest spectacle introduced by Full Tilt Poker that has action junkies drooling over a fast-paced format we’ve never seen before.
This week, members of the online poker community wishing to donate to victims of the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that struck Haiti last week can take advantage of several tournaments being held across cyberspace.

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