2011 June 30 Poker News, Events and Happenings

A European group of investors is set to purchase Full Tilt Poker in a deal that will provide enough capital to refund player balances.

The Nightly Turbo is bringing you the day’s top poker news stories including the newly released 2011 PokerStars WCOOP schedule, a look at online poker traffic, and more.

We decided to follow Jason Mercier around all day at the 2011 World Series of Poker to find out what it’s like to live a day in his shoes.

We’ve had plenty of videos cycle through our players on PokerNews.com and we hope you managed to catch them all! If not, then here are Lynn Gilmartin’s five favorites for the week.

Day 30 is done. Owais Ahmed defeated Michael Mizrachi to win the Event #47 bracelet and Joe Ebanks leads the Event #46 final.

A $28,000 overlay currently in a $2 tournament? You read it right, the PokerNews GIANT on July 15.

Just 8 VIP points is needed to play in tomorrow’s €1,000 Unibet Open freeroll, exclusive to PokerNews.