2010 April 29 Poker News, Events and Happenings
Born on May 20, 1979 in Los Angeles, California, Prahlad Friedman first picked up poker while attending the University of California, Berkeley. He developed his skills playing $15-$30 Limit Hold’em at The Oaks Club before moving on to higher stakes No Limit stakes at the Lucky Chances casino.
Phil Hellmuth will be playing George Stephanopoulos featured on Good Morning America next week, the world’s largest cruise ship is going poker, and more, all in tonight’s Nightly Turbo.
Tom Dwan, better known as durrrr, is one of the best poker players in the world and is sponsored by Full Tilt Poker. He gained fame by winning millions online and his battles in the Durrrr Challenge is being followed by millions worldwide. We caught up with durrrr for a quick interview at the Bellagio in Las Vegas at the recent WPT Championships and asked him about the challenge and what he does to stay fresh for all the poker action he takes on. We also find out what specific event he’s dying to take down at this year’s 2010 World Series of Poker.
Among those companies gearing up for the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) is Bustout Poker, a high-quality apparel line whose team of pros includes Chris Hunichen, David Sesso, and Dan Witcher. Poker News Daily sat down with Bustout Poker’s Jeff Griffith to get the scoop on this up-and-comer.
On today’s Daily Deal, The Ivey Room is launched in the Aria, Cake Poker starts testing a beta client, Jonathan Little talks to PND about signing with Victory Poker, and there’s new evidence in Absolute Poker’s super-user scandal.
Exactly one year to the day after it was founded, the International Federation of Poker (IFP) accomplished a major goal Thursday when poker was officially accepted as a “mind sport” by the International Mind Sports Association (IMSA). Poker will now join chess and bridge as part of IMSA’s World Mind Sports Games, expected to be held in the UK in 2012 alongside the London Olympics.
In a stunning sudden announcement from the online poker world, one of CardRunners top teaching professionals and a part owner of the poker training site has decided to leave the company. The site itself is currently undergoing maintenance, with a new version announced for April 30th.
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