2011 February 22 Poker News, Events and Happenings
A recap of the Day 1b action of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Copenhagen, where Domantas Klimciauskas leads the entire field into Day 2.
The Showdown with Jon Friedberg returns with Episode 8 with special guest Jason Koon who is coming off a deep run at the World Poker Tour’s Festa al Lago event from Bellagio.
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The Showdown Episode 8 continues with guest Jason Koon.
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Sorel Mizzi has recently been accused of cheating. We’re bringing you those allegations, John Racener’s response, as well as a look at Layne Flack’s TV show pilot and more in tonight’s Nightly Turbo.
The Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT), sponsored by PokerStars, debuted in 2008 with three $2,500 + $200 events spanning three different countries. The second event of that inaugural season, the San Jose, Costa Rica stop, attracted a field of 398 players, creating a prize pool of close to $1 million. Through the next three seasons, that tournament proved to be the largest on the short history of the LAPT, with only last June’s Lima event (384 players), truly coming close to matching it.
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The Sands sets its $20 billion sights on Spain while the Revel project resumes construction in Atlantic City and a gaming exec takes his luxury concept to the air.
The latest FTOPS event has come to a close. The Full Tilt Online Poker Series, run by online poker room Full Tilt Poker, ended with the largest FTOPS event ever held. There were with more the 14,000 poker players, creating a prize pool that came close to tripling the guarantee. The poker room guaranteed there were would be a prize pool of at least three million dollars, and in the end that figure climbed to eight million dollars. In the end the winner was a player named GIAMPP who won $877,950
The latest FTOPS event has come to a close. The Full Tilt Online Poker Series, run by online poker room Full Tilt Poker, ended with the largest FTOPS event ever held. There were with more the 14,000 poker players, creating a prize pool that came clos