Welcome to the Poker News Daily Weekly Update. I’m Sean Gibson and I’ll be covering this week in the world of poker. Let’s get right down to it.
We had a chance to talk up close with the November Nine, and we’ve got the details of Bernard Lee’s new charity venture too!
Poker pro Victor Ramdin has advised poker players to stay in school. The poker pro says that players should have a back up plan. Ramdin has won almost $3 million in poker game tournament winnings, but says that it is not easy to do. Most people do not make such as success playing poker, and it would be wise, according to Ramdin, if they would continue on with their other plans for a good education and a good job rather than bet everything on a career at poker.
Chad Holloway takes a look at what it takes to be a good poker ambassador and ranks the past eight WSOP champs accordingly.
Samsung 3D televisions, Apple iPads, and Monster Beats headphones are just a few of the prizes up for grabs as part of PartyPoker’s Win Tonight promotion, which runs until March 28th. The series of daily freerolls is open to new players only.
Brad Pitt's new crime movie will soon have another start joining as poker pro. Cogan's Trade is a crime movie that involves poker players and an illegal poker game. Ray Liotta will play an organizer of the poker game. Pitt plays a police officer who busts up the game. The poker movie will have other big name actor such as Sam Rockwell, James Gandolfini, Casey Affleck and Mark Ruffalo. Many of these actors have portrayed Mafioso types in past movies, many of which involved poker or other forms of gambling.
Day 2 saw the remaining field at the 2011 LAPT Sao Paulo Main Event dwindled down to just 24 players. Alex Manzano tops them all thanks to his remarkable set-making ability.
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