2010 September 14 Poker News, Events and Happenings
We’re back at it, bringing you all the top poker news stories from the day. If you want to check out the latest ESPN Inside Deal episode, news on Tzvetkoff being released from jail on bail, and more, you’ve come to the right place.
Our exclusive access into a World Poker Tour broadcast continues with host Mike Sexton, who meets up with co-hosts Vince Van Patten and Kimberly Lansing before shooting begins.
Online poker traffic saw an increase of 5.2% last week according to PokerScout.com’s Weekly Online Poker Traffic Update. The site, which monitors real money cash games, reported a traffic increase for all of the top 10 sites and networks for the second week in a row.
In a story that seems to have taken on a life of its own, the continuing discussion of the PokerStars Chinese collusion scandal was recently the subject of discourse on the British Broadcasting Company’s radio airwaves. In addition to the attention brought by the BBC broadcast, a U. K. poker player has taken steps to push the subject with Chinese law enforcement officials.
In a tragic story, Apollo Jet, son of Chip and Karina Jett and brother of Athena Jett, passed away on Tuesday morning in Las Vegas. He was just four years old. The entire poker community poured its condolences in through Twitter in a unified show of support.
A look at the high-stakes online cash game action on Full Tilt Poker. This week, Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies won over $700,000 from Cole South in an intense PLO battle while Patrik Antonius found success at heads-up limit hold’em.
According to Wicked Chops Poker, former Full Tilt Poker employee Jason “JDN” Newitt has been subpoenaed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York and is scheduled to appear today. The reason for his subpoena was not disclosed. Read the article here.
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