2010 April 22 Poker News, Events and Happenings
Amit “AMAK316″ Makhija is one of the best online and live tournament pros in the business. He has final tabled the 2008 World Series of Poker $10,000 Pot Limit Holdem event and made well over $1.5 million in just live tournament winnings alone.
It helps your “please sponsor me” case if you’ve won a major tournament - just ask Aussie Millions winner Tyron Krost. Another poker tournament is being filmed - this time it’s the High Roller event at the World Poker Tour Grand Prix de Paris. You…
On the Daily Deal, we will talk about the last episode of Poker2Nite, congratulate Carbon Poker on its dramatic traffic increase, and get the latest news from the Ladies International Poker Series.
Poker News Daily: You’re still in London following the PartyPoker Big Game IV. Are you stuck there because of the volcano?
Academy Award winners Matt Damon and Ben Affleck will return to the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas this year for the annual World Series of Poker (WSOP) Ante Up for Africa charity tournament. The $5,000 buy-in event is slated for July 3rd.
The top story of the past few days from poker players on Twitter was the breakthrough victory by Liv Boeree at the European Poker Tour (EPT) stop in San Remo, Italy. After she won the championship, Boeree seemed stunned as she Tweeted to her followers, “Um. I just won an EPT.” This opened the floodgates of congratulations from her friends and fellow players from around the world.
Faraz Jaka is one of the hottest tournament players in poker today. He’s made millions going deep in tournaments around the world and joined us to talk about his great run. In this interview he also discusses where he likes to play and travel as well as his other interests outside of poker.
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