2012 January 03 Poker News, Events and Happenings
The poker industry’s two most prominent magazines – Bluff and Card Player – announced their Players of the Year (POY) this week. For both Ben Lamb and Eugene Katchalov, 2011 was obviously a fantastic year, but interestingly, the two took very different paths to their respective titles.
The new regulated online gambling market in Spain has been delayed six months, and John Duthie has parted ways with PokerStars.
The World Series of Poker has a Seniors Event each year for players 50 and older. Turning 50 last August, a friend and I decided we would give the old timers a whirl this year. Over 3,000 players turned out for this $1,500 buy-in event.
A Justice Department ruling allowing individual states to legalize online betting for casino games may boost the overall U.S. gambling industry.
In the Twitter Q&A that I give every Thursday @GiraffesCanSwim asked, “what did you learn from playing poker?” I gave a 140 character answer. Something…
We looked into our crystal ball for 2012, and came up with these 12 predictions for 2012.
Ilari “Ilari FIN” Sahamies edged out Rafael “refaelamit” Amit to become the biggest winner on PokerStars in 2011, banking nearly $2.2 million.
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