2010 December 29 Poker News, Events and Happenings
December 30 - Hit a poker hand with the number 8 in it and stand in line to win lots of prizes through unique promotions.
The PokerStars North American Poker Tour’s Los Angeles stop saw some of the biggest names in poker come to The Bicycle Casino. Our cameras caught some of the action in progress as it happened on the felt and we put together a montage of some of the players we saw.
Tom Marchese is known by the online moniker “Kingsofcards” and makes his home in New Jersey. His lifetime tournament career earnings exceed $2.4 million and he was named the 2010 CardPlayer Player of the Year. His 2010 campaign will be remembered as the breakout year for a player that many had on their radars as one of the up-and-comers in the world of No Limit Hold’em.
This week, Tom Marchese officially claimed the 2010 CardPlayer Player of the Year title after an epic run that saw him make 10 final tables in major live poker tournaments according to the Hendon Mob for over $2 million. Marchese, who recently signed with the management firm Poker Icons, sat down with Poker News Daily to discuss the year that was.
We’ll be ringing in the New Year in a big way here at Poker News Daily, as bracelet winner Jon “pokertrip” Friedberg will be debuting “The Showdown” during the first week of January on our site. Friedberg will interview several of the game’s most prolific names in the weekly video series; in fact, the inaugural episode will feature a no-holds-barred discussion with former “Survivor” castaway Jean-Robert Bellande.
The British territory of Gibraltar has announced that it will be drastically inflating its taxes on all online gambling firms starting in January, a decision that could prove costly for several online poker sites. Online gambling companies are currently paying just a 1% tax in Gibraltar, with a ceiling of £425,000, but starting next month, they’ll be forced into the same 10% tax rate as other Gibraltar businesses pay.
A prolific tweeter, the Team UB.com pro Annie Duke made the following announcement on her Twitter account on December 25th: “I said yes!”
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