2011 August 09 Poker News, Events and Happenings
The Nightly Turbo is bringing you the day’s top poker news stories including a look at the WPT’s event in Malta, an update from the Epic Poker League, and more.
Alex Rodriguez was nearly suspended from the MLB for playing in a celebrity home game, leading us to examine why poker and sports don’t mix.
As the first Main Event of the new Epic Poker League gets set to kick off at the Palms Resort Hotel in Las Vegas, Steve O’Dwyer might find it hard to concentrate. O’Dwyer, a 29-year old poker pro, won the league’s first Pro/Am tournament yesterday, besting 189 competitors and pocketing $23,810 plus the $20,000 seat in today’s Main Event.
I know what you have been thinking. “Online poker needs another juicy cheating scandal. The World Series of Poker is on hiatus until November and the excitement surrounding Black Friday has died down. We need something to talk about.” Well, if you have been thinking that, you’re in luck! And this one involves one of the hottest young names in the game: José “Girah” Macedo.
New episodes of Poker After Dark aired this past week with a $100K Cash Game lineup that included Mike “The Mouth” Matusow, Michael Mizrachi, Chris Ferguson, Brandon Adams, Peter Jetten, Jean-Robert Bellande, and Phil Hellmuth.
Win one of three $5,200 WCOOP main event packages in our exclusive $22,500 freeroll series with PokerStars.
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