18 Mar 09 Venetian Deep Stack Event Summer 2009
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For those of you who will be in Las Vegas for the WSOP or just want to feel some of that Las Vegas heat, the Venetian will be offering their Deep Stack Extravaganza tournaments again this summer. One of the great things about this tournament is it offers medium size buy in tournaments with a substantial amount of chips. These events range from $360-$5,000. The structure is significant enough to offer playtime at (more…)
16 Mar 09 Huck Seed Wins the 2009 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship
Former WSOP Main Event winner Huck Seed outlasted a field of over 60 of the worlds best heads-up poker players to become the 2009 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Champion, also becoming the overall most successful player in the history of the tournament. Seed took down female poker pro Vanessa Russo in a best of three matchup, winning two consecutive rounds, taking the title and $500,000 in cash, which was presented by 2008 Champion Chris Ferguson.
Tags: 2009, Championship, Heads, Huck, National, poker, Seed, Wins
03 Mar 09 2009 World Series of Poker Schedule Release
The 2009 World Series of Poker is just around the corner, and the schedule has been released. There are bigger events, more bracelets, and bigger prize pools. To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the World Series of Poker, there will be a $40,000 NL Hold’em event. This is great for the pros that have been looking for a Hold’em event that provides exclusivity to the pros and the really wealthy. This will be the second event in the WSOP (more…)
06 Jan 09 My 2009 New Year’s Poker Resolutions
Every time I make resolutions in other parts of my life for New Year’s, they last about a week, so I was hoping that making some new resolutions for something I take very seriously, like poker, will actually stick.
So here are my top ten poker resolutions for 2009:
1. I will stop buying expensive computer monitors in order to play multiple online poker rooms all at once, all on their own dedicated screen (Yes, I really (more…)
Tags: 2009, poker, Resolutions, Year
29 Nov 08 2009 PokerNews Cup hits the piste
For anyone looking to combine two fine sports in one vacation its worth taking a look at the next stop on the PokerNews World Cup roster.
The next event will be held atop the Austrian Alps in Saalbach-Hinterglemm in a five-star luxury ski resort, the Alpine Palace. The 2009 PokerNews Cup Alpine is set to feature of total of eight events running through March 21st-28th, with a €1,500 Main Event as the priority attraction.
