Archive for April, 2009

Poker News: Party Poker Gives Away Main Event Package & Vegas Experience in 2009 WSOP

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

Online Poker sites are scrambling to give away seats to the 2009 World Series of Poker—undeniably the biggest poker event of the year. Party Poker has joined the fray offering Main Event Packages worth $12,000 dollars each and Vegas Experience Packages worth $5,500 dollars each.
There are several ways to avail of a Main Event Package […]

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Poker News: 18-Year Old Dominik Nitsche Takes LAPT Top Prize

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

Not bad for a high school student. German Dominik Nitsche hasn’t bridged his 20th birthday yet but he has already won $381,030 courtesy of the PokerStars Latin American Poker Tour Mar del Plata. To take the title, Nitsche had to outlast Jorge Landazuri, a 19 year old from Mexico.
Nitsche was Day 3 Chip Leader and […]

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Poker Industry News: PokerRoom.Com Shuts Its Doors

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

Here’s another casualty of that horrid piece of legislation called the Unlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act. PokerRoom.Com, considered one of the first-ever online poker rooms is closing down for good. Yes, you heard it right. Effective Tuesday, April 14, PokerRoom will cease to exist and its poker functionalities will be disabled. PokerRoom.com players will have […]

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Poker Events News

Friday, April 3rd, 2009

The $10,000 buy-in WPT Foxwoods Poker Classic kicks off tomorrow. There will be poker pros in attendance, but no one really knows which ones or how many people will actually show up in total.
The 2009 Five-Star World Poker Classic has been underway at the Bellagio for a few days. Poker pro Jonathan “FieryJustice” Little took […]

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Poker News: Dwan Tilts During ‘durrr Challenge’; Antonius Takes Lead

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

You’ve got to love the ‘durrr Challenge.” After taking down four huge pots and posting a $250,000 lead over Patrik Antonius, Tom “Durrr” Dwan suddenly found himself in trouble after Antonius went on a rush during the second half of the match. After the dust cleared and with Antonius now ahead in the Challenge by […]

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