2010 December 08 Poker News, Events and Happenings
The Nightly Turbo is bringing you the day’s top poker news stories including news about Harry Reid’s Internet poker bill, Klipsch partnering with the WSOP, and more.
It’s shaping up to be an interesting last 10 days of the current Congressional session for members of the online poker community. On Tuesday, Politico published an article revealing that U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) was attempting to add a bill legalizing online poker to the measure extending tax cuts. Read the article.
Dan Harrington‘s speech inducting him into the Poker Hall of Fame is seen here in its entirety. Harrington was elected to this year’s group of entrants which also included Erik Seidel. He is best known for both winning the 1995 World Series of Poker Main Event as well as the many poker strategy books he has authored.
Unleashed Poker is looking to hand out presents to all their players this holiday season. Players on the site will have the opportunity to earn numerous prizes as part of Unleashed Poker’s Christmas Giveaways. From now until December 21st, players can pick up exclusive Unleashed Poker swag along with high-end electronic prizes. For those partial to Apple products, iPod Shuffles, iPod Touches, and iPads will be given away. These gifts will be handed out to players who are in action on the Unleashed Poker tables.
Yesterday, PokerStars took the unexpected step of signing the online enigma Isildur1. The Swede gained fame by multi-tabling against the world’s best players including Phil Ivey, Patrik Antonius, and Tom “durrrr” Dwan.
Tom “durrrr” Dwan and Daniel “jungleman12″ Cates put in a short session of the “durrrr Challenge” on Tuesday.
If your making a list and checking it twice, check out what Rich Ryan thinks you should by for your poker playing friends and family members.
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