2011 August 15 Poker News, Events and Happenings
The Nightly Turbo is bringing you the day’s top poker news stories including results from UKIPT Edinburgh, what Harry Reid says about poker legislation, and more.
The first event of the Epic Poker League is in the books. PokerNews spoke with a few of the players who played the event including Matt Glantz, Justin Smith, Allen Bari, McLean Karr, Chris Klodnicki and Dan O’Brien to get some of their reactions.
Lock Poker announced late last week that it has signed Spaniard Leo Margets to its LockPRO ELITE team. With the signing, Margets becomes the first female member of the Lock Poker team.
With just 137 of the 254 eligible players competing in last week’s inaugural Epic Poker League Main Event, there were obviously a lot of people who decided to pass on the new tournament. There are any number of reasons someone might not have wanted to play: prior commitment, didn’t want to pony up the $20,000 buy-in, didn’t feel that a field full of pros had a positive EV, or simply just didn’t feel like it. One of the most noticeable absences was fan favorite Daniel Negreanu. Unlike other who simply didn’t play, he was not shy with explaining why he opted out of the event.
Kristy Arnett heads down to Palms in Las Vegas to get footage from the first Epic Poker League Main Event.
August 15 - ESCOTT qualifiers will run at Microgaming poker licensees such as Unibet, Ladbrokes and NordicBet.
This week at PartyPoker, qualify for WPT Borgata, play in a $5,000 freeroll, and trademark a Tony G Catchphrase.
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