2011 January 31 Poker News, Events and Happenings
On Monday, a Tweet from poker pro Kathy Liebert hinted at changes from PokerStars, the world’s largest online poker site: “I heard that PokerStars was cutting many of their Team Pros’ compensation. Take it or leave it. Greg Raymer left it.” She followed up her rumor by asserting, “I think it’s a bad business decision to cut their pay, but most won’t have a better offer, so they stay.”
The third edition of the PokerStars SuperStar Showdown kicked off on Sunday afternoon featuring Team PokerStars Pro Viktor “Isildur1” Blom and his latest opponent, Dan “wooki3z” Cates. Ever since the heads-up battle was announced earlier in the week, the match-up of two of the most captivating high-stakes online pros overshadowed anything that the online poker industry could provide. Over the roughly four hours of play, the Blom/Cates battle lived up to expectations.
That’s a wrap! The sixth UB.com Online Championship (UBOC) wrapped up on Sunday with a $1,050 buy-in Championship Monster Stack No Limit Hold’em event that came complete with a $1 million guarantee. THEDECANO ultimately walked away victorious after outlasting a 1,036-player field and banked a colossal $231,000, the largest prize shelled out during UBOC 6’s two-week run.
It’s the last day of January, one of the more action-packed months of poker in recent memory. And the month was punctuated by a busy weekend, too, that saw Main Event titles won in Australia and France, big online scores in the Sunday…
A look at the final day of action at the PokerStars European Poker Tour Deauville, where Lucien Cohen was crowned champion.
The European poker community once again was shaken by the appearance of one of the alleged conspirators of a cheating scandal that rocked the tournament world last year.
On Sunday January 30, 2011, Pokerstars’ SuperStar Showdown hosted its third installment as Isildur1, recently revealed as long-suspected Swede Viktor Blom, faced off against fellow online legend, Daniel “w00ki3z” Cates. Entering the match, Blom had.
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