2010 May 13 Poker News, Events and Happenings
Michael Mizrachi is in a bit of hot water with Uncle Sam, Douglas Rennick has pleaded guilty to processing offshore bets for US citizens, and more in tonight’s Nightly Turbo.
On today’s Daily Deal, Joe Sebok reassures the public about security issues in UB, Faraz Jaka enters ESPN’s “The Nuts,” the next season of the EPT is announced, and the House Ways and Means Committee will hold a hearing about internet gambling.
In 2008, UB.com pro Tiffany Michelle was the last woman standing in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. Last year, Michelle filmed the CBS reality series “Amazing Race” during the Main Event and did not participate in poker’s biggest spectacle. Now, she returns to reclaim her place.
Muckducks is back at it with his second CardRunners series. This time it’s the replay of his victory in the $300 6-Max tourney on Stars. This Week: To survive, you must amp up your aggression at this point when you’re a small-mid stack. Muckducks goes into pushing thinner edges in order to have the chips to compete toward the final table.
For college kids, summer break is usually a time for internships, catching up with hometown friends, and taking a mental load off from studying, classes, and endless tests. As for Jim Collopy, he’ll be flying to Las Vegas to spend his off months…
I want you to think back to when you were in your early teens in junior high or high school. Remember those classes where you got to choose your seat the first day, but once you chose it, you had to write your name on a seating chart, locking yourself into that desk for the rest of the semester? That decision came with a little bit of pressure. Do you sit next to your best friends so that you can socialize? Do you sit next to the smartest kid in the class so you can cheat off his paper? Do you sit near the hot girl so that you can enjoy the scenery? Or do you just not care? No matter where you sat, who you sat next to could possibly affect how you fared in that class.
It was reported on Wednesday in a South Florida newspaper that Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi is facing tax issues and has already had real estate property seized by the U.S. Government in an effort to settle those tax problems.
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