2011 January 23 Poker News, Events and Happenings
Daniel Negreanu isn’t about to let the game of poker pass him by. The Team PokerStars Pro member from Canada wrote in his blog this week that he plans to put in a lot of volume on the world’s leading online poker site in order to keep up with the “younger players.” He may even make a run at SuperNova.
The Main Event of the 2011 Aussie Millions kicked off Sunday in Melbourne, Australia, and plenty of your favorite pros came out to play. The $100,000 Challenge also finished up, with Sam Trickett taking home first-place prize money of AUD$1,525,000.
There was a recent article in the Washington Post about a high school in a Virginia suburb that formed a poker club for its students. The article notes, “[The club] has quickly become one of the most popular extracurricular activities at the Falls Church high school.” Color me astonished.
Chad Holloway takes a look at the professional poker league that was announced last week and why he’s excited about it.
The 2010 Casinomeister Awards were recently announced, with Microgaming receiving the award for Best Software Provider and other companies picking up trophies for their performances.
If you’ve missed any of the news this week, like UBOC6 results, or Viktor “Isildur1″ Blom’s tax woes, the Weekly Turbo has you covered.
Mike “1GOLEAFSGOEH1” Leah took down Event #14 of the UB.com Online Championship, or UBOC, on Saturday. Leah stormed through the field of the $215 No Limit Hold’em Turbo Triple Chance tournament that doled out a short stack to each player. Leah’s victory was worth an even $26,000 and he edged out P0KERCCINI heads-up.
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