2011 March 22 Poker News, Events and Happenings
The winner of the latest Mini FTOPS main event is one KOMIJENDO. The online poker player banked
$396,578.78 for his win. The Full Tilt Online Poker Series is sponsored by poker room Full Tilt Poker and is held on the poker site. There were 45,232 entrants who built a prize pool of $3,166,240, which more than surpassed the $1,250,000 Guarantee advertised. 2nd place went to Demon1531, who earned $360,944.14 while 3rd place finisher manu_litas earned $208,971.84 and the 4th place finisher, Tschmidt banked an impressive $148,813.28.
The winner of the latest Mini FTOPS main event is one KOMIJENDO. The online poker player banked $396,578.78 for his win. The Full Tilt Online Poker Series is sponsored by poker room Full Tilt Poker and is held on the poker site. There were 45,232 ent
Michael Gaughan, owner of the South Point Hotel and Casino is the first Las Vegas casino owner to publicly endorse Internet poker legislation.
Lee Jones has been rehired at PokerStars. Will he be back at his old post as poker room manager or taking on a new role? We’ll tell you all about it, bring you the highlights from the FTOPS XX schedule and more.
The EPT has paid a visit to the Austrian Alps. The online poker room sponsored EPT brought in 482 poker players for EPT Snowfest. The event took place at the Alpine Palace Hotel in Saalbach-Hinterglemm. The Main Event of Snowfest generated a €1,636,390 prizepool. There will be 72 players who finish in the movie, including a first place prize of €390,000. In the top three chip stacks is one Michael Turenic, the champion from the Copenhagen leg of the European Poker Tour.
The EPT has paid a visit to the Austrian Alps. The online poker room sponsored EPT brought in 482 poker players for EPT Snowfest. The event took place at the Alpine Palace Hotel in Saalbach-Hinterglemm. The Main Event of Snowfest generated a €1,
Taiwan is reopening discussion about developing a casino, Macau has finally secured financing for a massive bridge, and Wynn Macau announced record profits.
In an announcement this morning from the online poker industry’s leading site, PokerStars welcomed back Lee Jones in a new role. Jones will become the Head of Home Games, the recently introduced segment of the site where players can set up their own private games. Previously, Jones served as the Poker Room Manager of the site, a position he left in 2007 to pursue other interests.
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A poker player from Alaska wants to bring some of the adventure of his state to tourists in Las Vegas. Perry Green, an Anchorage businessman, proposes the "Alaska Adventure Center" for Sin City. He said that while there will be plenty to attract tourists the one thing there wont be are poker tournaments. There won't be gambling, but there will be live shows and shopping, which he hopes will attract poker players and other tourists. While poker games are off the table there may be enough of an appeal for the project to get a green light in Nevada.
A poker player from Alaska wants to bring some of the adventure of his state to tourists in Las Vegas. Perry Green, an Anchorage businessman, proposes the "Alaska Adventure Center" for Sin City. He said that while there will be plenty to at
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