Saturday, January 28th, 2012

Poker News

Poker: Not knowing opponent can result in costly flop – San Jose Mercury News

Poker: Not knowing opponent can result in costly flopSan Jose Mercury NewsBy Tony Dunst In December, I played the main event at the World Poker Tour's Five Diamond series. I had yet to finish a tournament in the money during my WPT employment, despite about 15 previous attempts. The streak, though, was finally broken at the … and more »  Read More →


PPA Urges Poker Players to Send Questions to President Obama – PokerNews.com

PPA Urges Poker Players to Send Questions to President ObamaPokerNews.comThe Poker Players Alliance is asking the poker community to help in another attempt to get President Obama to address online poker. The Obama administration has taken to YouTube to field questions for the president to answer at a post-State of the … and more »  Read More →


Iowa Mulls Over Pros and Cons of Multistate Poker Gaming – Tight Poker

PartTimePoker News Iowa Mulls Over Pros and Cons of Multistate Poker GamingTight PokerBy Renee | January 27, 2012 The lawmakers of the state of Iowa are now mulling over the idea of creating better online gaming plans for multistate online poker games with the potential to increase the player field and the size of the prize pools.Online Poker Granted... Read more of this article


Biloxi man has $336K poker hand – SunHerald.com

SunHerald.com Biloxi man has $336K poker handSunHerald.comBy MARY PEREZ – meperez@sunherald.com BILOXI — With his girlfriend and 2½-month-old baby looking on, John Dolan of Biloxi laid down the winning hand in the final table of Beau Rivage's Million Dollar Heater Regional Poker Tournament. and more »  Read More →


Sam Trickett Player of the Year at European Poker Awards – Poker News Report

Poker News Report Sam Trickett Player of the Year at European Poker AwardsPoker News ReportEnglishman Sam Trickett has seen off the challenges from Jake Cody, Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier, Pius Heinz, Eugene Katchalov and Andrey Pateychuk to be crowned Player of the Year at the 2012 European Poker Awards. Titan Poker-sponsored Sam Trickett,... Read more of this article


Global Poker Index: Mercier Maintains Top Spot for Fourth Straight Week – PokerNews.com

PokerNews.com Global Poker Index: Mercier Maintains Top Spot for Fourth Straight WeekPokerNews.comEach week, the Global Poker Index releases a list of the top 300 tournament poker players in the world. Jason Mercier sits atop the rankings for the fourth straight week with Erik Seidel holding down the fort at No. 2. Except for Scott Seiver staying... Read more of this article


US Government Releases PokerStars Bank Account – Internet-Poker.co.uk

US Government Releases PokerStars Bank AccountInternet-Poker.co.ukSphene was allegedly involved with the PokerStars payment processing procedures, which were a major part of the case brought against PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and the Cereus Poker Network back in April. According to the deal, PokerStars now has …Lawyers Representing Full... Read more of this article


Poker Superstar Ben “milkybarkid” Grundy V Isildur1, But Who Is Grundy? – Online Poker.net

Online Poker.net Poker Superstar Ben “milkybarkid” Grundy V Isildur1, But Who Is Grundy?Online Poker.netThe UK pro started out as a live poker player at casinos where he was able to amass a small fortune playing his favourite game, Pot Limit Omaha. Then in 2004, he approached the online arena with a new focus and is presently nearing almost... Read more of this article


Poker Superstar Ben “milkybarkid” Grundy V Isildur1, But Who Is Grundy? – Online Poker.net

Online Poker.net Poker Superstar Ben “milkybarkid” Grundy V Isildur1, But Who Is Grundy?Online Poker.netThe UK pro started out as a live poker player at casinos where he was able to amass a small fortune playing his favourite game, Pot Limit Omaha. Then in 2004, he approached the online arena with a new focus and is presently nearing almost... Read more of this article


Greg Mueller Wins EPL Pro/Am – Internet-Poker.co.uk

Internet-Poker.co.uk Greg Mueller Wins EPL Pro/AmInternet-Poker.co.ukFormer professional hockey player Greg Mueller won the Epic Poker League Pro/Am event, becoming one of nine players to earn a seat into the upcoming EPL Main Event. The Pro/Am, which had a buy-in of $1500, guaranteed nine $20000 seats into what will be …Greg Mueller Wins... Read more of this article