2011 February 12 Poker News, Events and Happenings
A Utah man linked to a $275 million scam has reportedly gambled away millions of dollars at Las Vegas casinos and by playing online at Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars. According to a report by the Las Vegas Sun, Jeremy Johnson of St. George, Utah gambled the money away even after he was ordered by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to preserve his assets because he had been targeted in an investigation.
FTOPS XIX is in full swing with Events 1-16 in the books. Here are the results so far.
For those of you who just can’t get enough poker on television, the World Poker Tour (WPT) returns with brand new episodes beginning Sunday night.
On Thursday, HighStakesDB published an article lauding that Full Tilt Poker pro Gus Hansen is up an amazing $5 million since the beginning of October. $5 million! He’s played about 100,000 hands over the last four months and, despite his first World Poker Tour (WPT) title coming nine years ago in 2002, Hansen has remained atop the industry.
Mer “PeachyMer” Brit recently signed with Team PokerStars Online and we sat down with her to talk about poker, staying under the radar, and more.
Jared Huggins’ story has intrigued much of the poker world. He went from homeless to landing a cameo in a Jay-Z music video. While in Vegas, he talked to Kristy about his life and efforts to snag a spot on the PokerStars.net Big game.
Welcome back to the Poker News Daily Weekly News Update! I’m your host Sean Gibson and in this show we’ll be reviewing the top news for the week in the world of poker. Let’s get right to it!
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