Poker
What are some of the hottest headlines in the world of poker? Here you will find all the latest juicy stories along with other important news and tournament results. A must read for the poker enthusiast with articles published throughout the day.
Trishelle Cannatella Hosting UB.com Sniper NLH $100K GTD Poker Tourney
Berlin Poker Tour Heist Masterminds Trial Begins
The trial of Mohammed Abou-Charka and Ibrahim al Moussa has begun in the Berlin state court and is expected to go through until November.
UB.net’s Upcoming Poker Freeroll Series Big Reward
From August 23rd, the leading online poker site’s daily freerolls will send one lucky online poker player to the WPT’s annual Festa Al Lago Championship event, where they will compete for a share of the multi-million-dollar Main Event prize pool.
High Stakes Poker News: Patrik Antonius Takes on Zigmund
HighStakesDB.com reports three players fought it out in a $200/$400 PLO game earlier in the week. On Wednesday, they were at it again, but this time they stepped up to play $300/$600 instead. And this time around it was Patrik Antonius who got the better this matchup when he managed to win $237K while the two others lost about $100K each. Antonius also found a $95K win in the seven game, so at the end of the day he ended up winning $332K.
Jesus On TMZ.com: Turns $1 Into $20,000 Playing Online Poker
Professional poker player Chris "Jesus" Ferguson is a major celebrity.
The TV show "TMZ" says so.
"TMZ," a nightly, half-hour, syndicated American television program, usually features on-the-street interviews (or non-interviews) with major Hollywood celebrities such as movie and TV stars (the show is based in Los Angeles).
On yesterday's episode of "TMZ" was--shockingly, or maybe not--a segment on Ferguson.
Jagajeet Chiba: Negreanu Poker Website Needs to be Boycotted
(Jagajeet Chiba’s opinion does not necessarily reflect that of Gambling911.com nor its Management)
Poker World In Shock Over Negreanu Attack On Duke: “F***ing C***”
UB.com Online Poker Tournament Recap (August 18, 2010)
Here is your UB.com online poker tournament recap for two major events that Gambling911.com has been advertising these past couple of days.
Poker News: Daniel Negreanu Calls Annie Duke a “F***ing C***”
Reuters: Sportingbet, 888 Must Settle With U.S. Justice Department
Bwin CEO Blasts PokerStars, Full Tilt as Illegal Online Poker Rooms
While Norbert Teufelberger and his Bwin co-CEO Manfred Bodner insist that PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker will be froze out of the U.S.Online Poker Tournament News: UB.com Offering Massive Cash Prizes
Online Poker Processor Did Not Stand a Chance Says Industry Expert
Major Online Poker Tournament Slated For Wednesday August 18
PokerStars Online Poker Payment Processor Nailed: Will Forfeit $13 Mil
Card Player Poker Mag Blasts Monogamy: Encourages Sexual Deviance
Online Poker: Mickey “mement_mori” Petersen Comes to CardRunners
Gus Hansen’s Online Poker Nightmare Continues: Down $7.7 Mil
Online Poker: Industry Expert Predicts The Future of Legalization
Top 5 Surprises in Poker in 2010 So Far
WickedChopsPoker.com has posted its five biggest surprises in poker so far this year.
Included is the number of women who have won major tournaments in 2010, Absolute Poker representative Liv Boree (pictured) being one. WCP calls 2010 “The Year of the Woman”. Sure there have been some notable females who play poker, but no woman has ever made it to the final table of the World Series of Poker main event.
Proof of Age Please, Online Poker Player URnotINdanger2
Fortunes are won and lost with the turn of a single card, dreams built and die moment by moment as faceless adversaries wage psychological warfare on one another for hours on end. This mystical place lives and breaths in the virtual world that is online poker. It takes a special breed to be successful in a place where the anonymity involved adds to the mystique, legend and chaos that resides on every online poker site out there. With so much going on, it is nearly impossible to capture so much that is going on.
Joran van der Sloot was a Poker Playing Punk
As Gambling911.com has extensively covered, accused murderer Joran van der Sloot has long been tied to poker, both brick and mortar and online. The Dutchman was attending the Latin American Poker Tour in Lima, Peru when he met Stephany Flores. She would be killed in his hotel room. Van der Sloot would later confess to the murder, though he has since recanted that confession.
