2011 March 06 Poker News, Events and Happenings
When the final table wrapped at the WPT Celebrity Invitational it was Davidi Kitai who was the last standing. The poker game wrapped with $100,000 raised for charity. The poker players fought for status and the $100,000 prize purse for first place. The prize came with a seat to the World Poker Tour World Championship. The game is more about celebrity than poker pros, and there were plenty of both playing. Almira Skripchenko took second place with Dan Heimiller finishing in third, George Rechnitzer in fourth, Damon Schramm in fifth and Dinara Khaziyeva taking sixth.
When the final table wrapped at the WPT Celebrity Invitational it was Davidi Kitai who was the last standing. The poker game wrapped with $100,000 raised for charity. The poker players fought for status and the $100,000 prize purse for first place. T
Poker pro Sam Razavi has joined online poker room Black Belt Poker. He is only one of three Black Belt poker pros on the site. The other Black Belts are Neil Channing and Richard Ashby, a World Series of Poker bracelet winner. Razavi is a UK poker pro and recent Aussie Million finalist, as well as a former actor. As a Black Belt he will get a sponsorship program worth $10,000 per month in live tournament buy ins. This may or may not include the WSOP main event, which costs $10k to play.
Poker pro Sam Razavi has joined online poker room Black Belt Poker. He is only one of three Black Belt poker pros on the site. The other Black Belts are Neil Channing and Richard Ashby, a World Series of Poker bracelet winner. Razavi is a UK poker pr
In March, DoylesRoom will once again offer its popular Race to the Top promotion, with a new twist added to include more players.
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The Weekly Turbo is bringing you the week’s top poker news stories including the dates of Zynga’s PokerCon, the results of the WPT Celebrity Invitational, and more.
Sunday marks the final day of the 2011 National Heads-Up Poker Championship, which is being housed at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Eight players remain including last year’s runner-up, Erik Seidel. The eight-time bracelet winner fell to Annie Duke in the best-of-three finale in 2010 and now has his sights set on revenge.
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Chris Moneymaker, Jonathan Duhamel, Erik Seidel, and Vanessa Selbst are among the final eight in the 2011 NBC National Heads-Up Championship.
Chris DeMaci emerges as Day 1A chip leader of the Big Event. Alex Kamberis hot on his heels.