2010 February 20 Poker News, Events and Happenings
The inaugural PokerStars North American Poker Tour (NAPT) Main Event on U.S. soil kicked off on Saturday at the Venetian, drawing a field of 872 players, according to PokerStars officials. The tournament had a cap of 890 entrants.
The 15th Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) concludes this weekend with a $535 Main Event with $2.5 million in guaranteed prize money. Leading up to the finale, Onjacktallback, Nadremark, Shuriken555, and Axis67 claimed titles.
Ever since FTOPS V, there has been a two-day event on the FTOPS docket. On Saturday, FTOPS XV will keep that tradition with Event #22, a $2,500 two-day six-max no-limit hold’em affair. The two-day tournament has provided the biggest paydays in all…
The current season of GSN’s “High Stakes Poker” is off to a flying start, with one important change. Prior to the recording of the program in Las Vegas last November, longtime host A.J. Benza was dropped in favor of having analyst Gabe Kaplan run solo in the booth and veteran poker announcer Kara Scott interviewing players from the floor. This has led to a petition to return Benza to the program.
A $2/$4 No Limit Hold’em table on PokerStars dealt the site’s monumental 40 billionth hand. Coming out on top in the historic moment was PokerStars member Senecady, who walked away with $24,000.
AN ILLEGAL online gambling company is setting up office in Australia and advertising for staff even though the business is prohibited, not taxed and subject to fines of up to $1.1 million a day.
The final 76 players returned to unbag chips on Friday for Day 3 of the EPT Copenhagen. The first twenty eliminees went financially unrewarded for their deep runs, the payout bubble finally bursting with 56 players left. At the end of almost 8…
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