2011 March 07 Poker News, Events and Happenings
It’s the year of Erik Seidel. With his latest NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship win, he’s overtaken the top spot on the All Time Money List. Also in tonight’s Nightly Turbo, the MiniFTOPS is under way, and more.
Even though the event was no longer affiliated with online poker room PokerStars the Bike poker game was a popular hit. The Big Event at The Bicycle Casino drew 417 poker players. There was a $1,921,327 prize pool created thanks to the five thousand dollar prize pool. There will be a half million dollar prize for first place. After the first two days of the event there were 225 player left to compete for the cash prizes. The event was going to be part of the North American Poker Tour but PokerStars pulled the branding at the last minute.
Even though the event was no longer affiliated with online poker room PokerStars the Bike poker game was a popular hit. The Big Event at The Bicycle Casino drew 417 poker players. There was a $1,921,327 prize pool created thanks to the five thousand
The second episode of High Stakes Poker Season 7 delivers more big pots between the pro’s and the wealthy businessmen. Check out who’s up, who’s down and who shipped a pot worth $600,000.
The 2011 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship is played out and Eric Seidel has done well. After facing Chris Moneymaker in a heads up finale, Seidel emerged the victor. Five poker players fell before the poker pro in his quest to win this poker game. Moneymaker earned $300,000 for second place, losing two straight matches in the best 2 out of 3 format. Last year Seidel faced Annie Duke in the final match and lost. This year he wins $750,000, to go on top of the $3.59 million he won in the first two months of this year.
The 2011 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship is played out and Eric Seidel has done well. After facing Chris Moneymaker in a heads up finale, Seidel emerged the victor. Five poker players fell before the poker pro in his quest to win this poker
Early Monday morning, the battle in the Fifth Anniversary PokerStars Sunday Million came to a close, setting records for both its prize pool and player count.
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PokerNews recaps Part II of the World Poker Tour’s Season 7 Legends of Poker broadcast which featured the return of Kyle Wilson, Tom Lee, Andy Frankenberger, and Tom Braband as they played to a winner.
Online poker player PRAETORIANER hit a bad beat recently worth near to half a million dollars. The Bad Beat Jackpot was triggered by the poker player at online poker room Party Poker. In a bad beat jackpot when one player has a very high hand and should win but is beat by a higher hand the jackpot is triggered. In this hand he was beat when his opponent hit a flush on the river. PRAETORIANER won the jackpot for $479,101 while his opponent won $239,550 and the other players at the table each collected $34,221.
Online poker player PRAETORIANER hit a bad beat recently worth near to half a million dollars. The Bad Beat Jackpot was triggered by the poker player at online poker room Party Poker. In a bad beat jackpot when one player has a very high hand and sho
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