Poker
Top 5 Surprises in Poker in 2010 So Far
WickedChopsPoker.com has posted its five biggest surprises in poker so far this year.
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.
Mizrachi Signs with Deepstacks University
By Nick Sortal, Sun Sentinel Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi of Miramar has signed an exclusive deal to become an instructor with DeepStacks Live, a poker training company.Breaking News: PartyGaming Named in Kentucky Lawsuit
The Commonwealth of Kentucky is suing PartyGaming for past illegal gambling operations with its residents.
Doyle Brunson Does Texas
I just got back from Texas again. It’s like stepping into another world when I get there. The economy is thriving and the people are optimistic, quite a far cry from the doom and gloom you hear around Vegas. The oil wells, wind farms, dairy farms, cattle ranches and cotton and peanut farms seem to make the residents of West Texas have plenty of money. that translates into successful restaurants, shops, banks, etc. We tend to live in our own small part of the world and we just forget just how big our planet is.
PartyPoker Beats Full Tilt Poker….In France
With France opening its market to online poker sites, PokerScout.com is now separating the French domains in its monitoring of “real cash” players rankings.
No Online Poker Cash Games in Italy Until Winter
The market in Italy is about to open up for online poker players but it may be a couple more months until cash players can take advantage.
The review of the draft decree by the European Commission and the other EU Member States will last three months up to 15 October 2010, and, if it is not challenged during this period, the draft decree will be approved shortly after this date, according to eGaming Review Magazine.
Poker After Dark Meets The Bachelors In Lonesome Shark Week
A bunch of the poker world’s hottest bachelors are set to play during the next segment of NBC’s Poker After Dark.
