2011 May 25 Poker News, Events and Happenings
Who won the WSOP Grudge Match fan vote? Find out that, more on Spain’s first gambling license, and more in this edition of the Nightly Turbo.
Just after the announcement that Golden Nugget has relaunched their poker room comes the news that they will be buying another casino. The Trump Marina in Atlantic City will soon come under the ownership of the Golden Nugget. Officially it will be owned by Landry's Inc, which owns the Golden Nugget casino chain. The Golden Nugget was once famous for its Las Vegas poker room, which shut down during a slump some years ago but was recently reopened. The New Jersey Casino Control Commission gave Landry's the go ahead to buy the Trump Marina Hotel and Casino, for which they paid $38 million.
Just after the announcement that Golden Nugget has relaunched their poker room comes the news that they will be buying another casino. The Trump Marina in Atlantic City will soon come under the ownership of the Golden Nugget. Officially it will be ow
With the pressure from the US government against online poker rooms one subscription based site could provide the solution. A new online poker room has launched called RISE Poker. The poker site was created by RISE clothing and ZEN Entertainment. It will provide free poker to poker players as well as offer a subscription at $19.95 a month with added benefits. Members will be able to compete for prizes such as seats to the 2011 World Series of Poker, cash prizes and presumably other prizes.
With the pressure from the US government against online poker rooms one subscription based site could provide the solution. A new online poker room has launched called RISE Poker. The poker site was created by RISE clothing and ZEN Entertainment. It
The winner of the Mediterranean Poker Cup 2011 is poker pro Shouman Rami. The €55,755 prize was the bulk of the €174,800 prize pool. The 76 poker players paid €2,500 to play in the main event, and second place went to Bahadir Kara for €31,910. The rest of the top finishers were Mikhail Markarov for €20,840, Shamil Malaev for€15,900, Serif Dursun Anar for€12,070, Yuriy Salikaev for €9,180, Tayfun Rodoplu for €7,580, Rinat Dimuhametov for €6,380 and Yuriy Zdanovskiy for €,5390
The winner of the Mediterranean Poker Cup 2011 is poker pro Shouman Rami. The €55,755 prize was the bulk of the €174,800 prize pool. The 76 poker players paid €2,500 to play in the main event, and second place went to Bahadir Kara for
Hank Azaria is known for two things – voicing many characters on the hit show The Simpsons, and playing poker. The poker celebrity is not only a good poker players but also a good poker host. He recently hosted a big event in his backyard, with nearly 170 poker players competing for a $10,000 seat to the World Series of Poker this summer. Fellow actors and poker fans were seen at the poker event such as Jon Hamm, Don Cheadle, Kevin Pollak and Ben Affleck. Rich Sondheimer, in his second ever poker event, took the prize and the seat to the 2011 WSOP.
Hank Azaria is known for two things – voicing many characters on the hit show The Simpsons, and playing poker. The poker celebrity is not only a good poker players but also a good poker host. He recently hosted a big event in his backyard, with
The 2011 ESPN Fantasy Poker League recently conducted their annual draft with a mixture of pros and prominent media members participating.
In this edition of the WSOP Rookie Roundup, we examine the Swedish ninja himself; Viktor “Isildur1″ Blom.
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