2011 July 11 Poker News, Events and Happenings
The Nightly Turbo is bringing you the day’s top poker news stories including a look at the record-setting numbers from the 2011 World Series of Poker, possible reform for online gambling in the U.K. and more.
Day 1d saw 2,802 players turn out on Day 1d of the 2011 WSOP Main Event, creating a final field of 6,865. Maynard Little finished the day as chip leader in a day that saw one former November Niner and three former World Champions advance.
Last week, PartyPoker announced that it was eliminating all multi-table tournament fees for the summer. Now, perhaps in response to its closest competitor’s price slashing, Titan Poker, the most recognizable member of the iPoker Network, has announced that it is reducing or completely removing the rake from many cash game tables.
The final flight of the 2011 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event Day 1 wrapped up Sunday night with Charlotte, North Carolina’s Maynard “Mory” Little emerging as the chip leader of Day 1D, with a stack of 179,450 chips. That total ranked him as the third biggest stack out of the four end-of-day chip leaders, though out of all the players from all four starting days, he ranks “just” fourth.
July 11 - Jeff Ifrah says that the group of investors are not Full Tilt rivals and have no experience in the egaming industry.
This week on PartyPoker, Tony G has a question for the Professor.
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