2010 June 17 Poker News, Events and Happenings
The World Poker Tour has announced Matt Savage as the Executive Tour Director, the PokerStars Baltic Festival is in full swing, and Gloria Balding likes to shoot things. Check it all out in tonight’s Nightly Turbo.
On today’s Daily Deal, the voting is over for the World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions and the top twenty have been set. Also, the North American Poker Tour announces a new stop, ESPN reports on side bets at the WSOP, and PND congratulates JD McNamara on his outstanding finish in Event twenty four.
The dispute between World Series of Poker (WSOP) on-felt sponsor Everest Poker and the casino gaming goliath Harrah’s just became even more heated. Late last week, the Las Vegas Sun newspaper reported that Everest Gaming Limited sued Harrah’s Interactive Entertainment claiming trademark infringement for using “Everest trademarks during the 2010 World Series of Poker now underway at the Rio.”
Wednesday was one of the busiest days in the history of the World Series of Poker (WSOP), as not only was the official Tournament of Champions lineup released, but also three tournaments played down to a champion at the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Among the winners was Jeff Tebben, a medical supplies salesman from Missouri, who beat Poker News Daily’s J.D. McNamara heads-up to win his first bracelet in the $1,000 No Limit Hold ‘em Event #24.
Day 20 proved to be long, tiresome and full of action with three new champions being added to the World Series of Poker history books. The first player to capture the gold was Jeffrey Tebben who eliminated his heads-up opponent in a mere 15…
Although she is not listed as a pro or friend of the site, former Absolute Poker diva Lacey Jones has joined the ranks of Full Tilt Poker. A Tweet from Jones’ management agency, Poker Royalty, read, “Congrats to Poker Royalty client @laceyjones on her new sponsorship with Full Tilt Poker.”
In the conclusion of our sit down interview with poker icon Phil Hellmuth, we hear about his goals of being on the covers of Time Magazine and Sports Illustrated. Host Sean Gibson predicts that all it will take is to win the WSOP Main Event again, which Hellmuth shares his thoughts about. Finally, Gibson asks Hellmuth his impressions of UB.com and the CEREUS network after the recent negative publicity surrounding the security hole exposed which was recently fixed. Hellmuth’s answers on that topic as well as his predictions about the future of UB.com were surprising to say the least.
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