The future of the online poker reality series called “2 months, 2 million” seems bleak as the cable station G4 has chosen not to renew it. It is unclear whether or not another station will pick it up and breathe some much needed life into it, but with the statistics it garnered during the previous [...]
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SitNGo – Doyle Brunson among elite eight of NBC’s Heads-Up Poker Championship
March 8th, 2010 | By stu | No Comments »The elite eight is set to return to the poker tables at Caesars Palace on Sunday, and headlining the remaining field will be the 76 year-old 10-time WSOP bracelet winner Doyle Brunson. Along the way Doyle has defeated Brock Parker, who won back-to-back bracelets at the 2009 WSOP; Actor, and poker enthusiast, Don Cheadle; and [...]
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SitNGo – Armed Robbery Suspends Play at EPT Berlin
March 7th, 2010 | By stu | No Comments »The 2010 PokerStars.net EPT Berlin came to an abrupt halt in the action around 2:30 p.m. local time on Saturday when a group of armed men raided the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Berlin where the tournament is being held. The men were after money and no one was seriously injured in the incident.
After a small [...]
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SitNGo – PokerStars Gearing up for the EPT 2010
March 6th, 2010 | By stu | No Comments »Excitement is at an all time high for this year’s European Poker Tour Season Six, as Pokerstars begins planning for the festivities surrounding the event. One of their big plans is to create a poker club that’s exclusively for women, allowing them an opportunity to be at the Grand Finals in Monte Carlo.
Lady’s Privilege
With women [...]
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SitNGo – WPT — Andras Koroknai Wins the L.A. Poker Classic Main Event
March 5th, 2010 | By stu | No Comments »Koroknai Takes Home a Huge First-Place Prize Worth $1,788,001
The final table of the World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic $10,000 no-limit hold’em championship event took place today at Commerce Casino. The final six players emerged from a large field of 745 but only one of them would walk away with $1,788,001 and the title of [...]
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SitNGo – Win a Million, Lose a Million
March 4th, 2010 | By stu | No Comments »No matter what stakes they play, no matter how big their bankrolls, no matter how often it happens, a seven-figure swing is still an undeniably emotional experience for a high-stakes cash game player. This week, two members of the young, rich and undeniably talented set of nosebleed-stakes players endured such bankroll fluctuations, Tom “durrrr” Dwan [...]
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SitNGo – Celebrities Flock to Weekend Charity Poker Events
March 3rd, 2010 | By stu | No Comments »It appears Hollywood’s poker community is as big and strong as it has ever been.
First, names like Christian Slater, Jason Alexander, Slash and T-Pain rocked the Pokerstars.Net NAPT Venetian Charity Tournament in Las Vegas on Friday, raising more than $42,000 for Southern Nevada’s Three Square food bank.
Then, the WPT’s Celebrity Invitational drew a list of [...]
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Sitngo – Ontario Could Become Next Location For Legal Online Gambling
March 2nd, 2010 | By stu | No Comments »Though Loto-Quebec has brought about legal online gambling, another province may be moving behind them. Ontario is now considering the benefits of online gambling, and the province may be the next to incorporate online gambling into their legislation.
New methods and sources of tax revenue have been at the height of many jurisdiction’s agendas, not the [...]
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Sitngo – WPT: Mark Newhouse on Top at End of LAPC Day 3
March 1st, 2010 | By stu | No Comments »Newhouse has 498,000 chips
This year’s LA Poker Classic has retro feel to it. So far, each day has ended with a poker pro from televised poker’s heyday at or near the top of the chip counts. First it was Mark Seif, then Daniel Negreanu, and now it is Mark Newhouse. Newhouse had a huge day [...]
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SitNGo – World Poker Tour LA Poker Classic Day 1: Gavin Smith Wins (Prop Bet)
February 28th, 2010 | By stu | No Comments »Day 1 of the World Poker Tour LA Poker Classic main event got underway Friday afternoon, and although he is second to last in chips after the day, Gavin Smith was the day’s biggest winner. Smith, along with Joe Sebok and Jeff Madsen had a prop bet riding on how the three finished. The first [...]
