2010 May 06 Poker News, Events and Happenings
Titan Poker has announced their seven man team and in the captain’s spot is someone who is having a stellar year so far. PartyGaming’s Q1 revenues are up and it could be looking at a move to the US market. We’ve got those two stories and more in…
On Sunday, May 16th at 17:00 ET, Full Tilt Poker will host a $200+$100 charity tournament to raise funds for Thuy Doan, who is battling cancer. Doan has paid out considerable medical expenses and now requires a prosthetic leg. However, her insurance company will not foot the bill for the $15,000 procedure. As a result, the poker community has taken matters into its own hands.
On today’s Daily Deal, Harrah’s officials prepare for the 2010 World Series of Poker, the internet gambling industry braces for a deadline, Annie Duke supports the Governor of California, and Phil Hellmuth wins one more poker showdown.
With a lull on the tournament poker schedule, poker players on Twitter decided to take care of non-poker related business this week. For some, it was enjoyable, but for others it was rather painful.
Besides Phil Ivey leading the voting for the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Tournament of Champions, details on the two sponsor exemptions for the event were released during a conference call earlier this week.
Wednesday’s episode of the UB.com sponsored poker news program “Poker2Nite” featured Full Tilt Poker pro and Deep Stacks University instructor Mike Matusow threatening to run naked down the Las Vegas Strip. “Poker2Nite” airs on Versus at 11:00pm ET each week.
The European Poker Tour’s sixth season came to a close last week with the EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo. Nicolas Chouity won €1.7 million in the Main Event and Tobias Reinkemeier bagged €956,000 in the High Roller to end the EPT’s richest season…
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