2010 March 11 Poker News, Events and Happenings
If you were planning on sunning yourself in Aruba this year for the UB Aruba Poker Classic, you might want to think again, ESPN has released their top 10 poker players of March, and if you missed Poker2Nite last night, you can catch it here. We’ve…
The armed robbery that took place during the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Berlin festivities was featured on the German television program “Aktenzeichen XY Ungelöst,” the equivalent of “America’s Most Wanted.”
TELEVISED POKER can teach some solid concepts about tournament play, but it lacks the important element of context.What’s more, televised poker can convince amateurs that the game is simply an all-in contest. Top pros can take advantage of that leak by using the more critical skills of reading betting patterns and opponents, as Kenny Tran showed in this hand from the $25,000-buy-in World Poker …
For several years, the only two poker television shows that anyone knew about were the World Series of Poker (WSOP) on ESPN and the World Poker Tour (WPT) on the Travel Channel (now on Fox Sports). When poker erupted in the United States, many new shows were born, such as the Ultimate Poker Challenge, Celebrity Poker Showdown, and Poker Superstars Invitational. There was even a show on MTV where Phil Laak would go to a celebrity’s house and deal a sit and go for the celebrity and his/her celebrity friends. The airwaves became over-saturated with poker, ratings declined, and shows died.
PokerStars, the world’s leading online poker site, has announced the cancellation of its Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) Chile event in Vina del Mar from March 19th to 23rd. The cancellation comes as a result of a massive earthquake that rocked the South American nation on February 27th approximately 175 miles north of the Vina del Mar Casino and Resort.
A bill introduced in the Florida House of Representatives would allow the state to offer Internet poker to its residents through sites that would be operated by the states pari-mutuel outlets.
Twitter is one of the hottest social networking sites around nowadays and poker players take advantage of it to the fullest. Whether they are playing poker or just going through their daily routines, the world of poker provides a great deal of entertainment through the 140 character Tweets. Poker News Daily constantly monitors these messages over Twitter and provides a look at the best of the lot.
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