2010 November 30 Poker News, Events and Happenings
Mac poker players can ring in the holiday season a little earlier this year. On Wednesday, Carbon Poker will unveil a fully downloadable Mac client. In addition to Carbon Poker, the Mac software will debut across the USA-friendly Merge Gaming Network.
The Nightly Turbo is bringing you the day’s top poker news stories including ESPN’s The Nuts rankings, PKR’s latest award, and more.
Despite the high-stakes action and non-stop chatter, the appearance of Phil Laak stole the show this week on the PokerStars-sponsored “Big Game.” The series airs nightly on FOX and features a “Loose Cannon” online qualifier squaring off against a table full of sharks. PokerStars stakes each “Loose Cannon” with $100,000 and qualifiers keep any earnings from the felts after 150 hands. Chris Rose and Joe Stapleton serve as hosts, with Amanda Leatherman conducting interviews from the floor of the “Big Game” suite in Los Angeles.
In an announcement last week, Entraction Holding AB revealed that it had finalized a deal that would bring Victor Chandler Poker to the Entraction Network.
A little over a year ago, on one of the world’s largest stages, Paul Zimbler played poker for over 72 consecutive hours, getting his name into the Guinness Book of World Records. This June, Phil “The Unabomber” Laak played $10/$20 Hold’em at the Bellagio for an amazing 115 straight hours, streaming his insanity online for the world to see. Hopefully, his name was written in pencil, as there is now a new poker endurance record holder.
A look at the weekend’s high-stakes cash game action on Full Tilt Poker. David Benefield had a horrible Saturday, Gus Hansen is still climbing, and more.
George Lind, better known as Jorj95 online, is one of the sickest long-term grinders in online poker history. His exploits have earned him the top honor of the PokerStars VIP system in SuperNova Elite status every single year it has been available. We caught up with Jorj95 at the NAPT Los Angeles stop at the Bicycle Casino.
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