Archive November
Tony Cascarino Wins GUKPT Grand Final
Former Republic of Ireland footballer Tony Cascarino has won the £3,000 GUKPT Grand Final, beating 183 players to take home the first prize of £168,000. The victory was Cascarino’s best result yet, eclipsing the win he recorded just over a year ago at GUKPT Bolton and making up for disappointment in last year’s event where he finished sixth.
innerpsy Breaks Record for Online Poker Hands Played in One Day
Recently, Russian online poker player innerpsy shattered the record for the most number of online poker hands logged in 24 hours, or one day. His total: a whopping 40,088, which attracted the attention of the entire Russian poker community.
Last Saturday, innerpsy sat down bright and early at 8:30am local time and, 18 hours and 33 minutes later, called it a day after battling against the online poker world over the course of 40,088 hands. The Russian told PokerStars officials following his amazing feat, “Before this challenge, I had never actually played more than 20,000 hands in a day before, but the idea came up and I just figured I could do it. It was one of the toughest things I have ever accomplished, but I am proud I managed it.”
Caio_pimenta, WooohSaaah Big Sunday Winners
This weekend may have been about giving thanks and sharing what we have with others, but those sentiments did not extend to the poker tables during this week’s Sunday Majors. There was very little sharing with neither the Sunday Million nor the Full Tilt $750,000 Guarantee ending in a chop. The Million ended with an outright win by Brazilian player Caio Cesar “caio_pimenta” Pimenta worth almost $260,000. He managed to defeat a final table line-up that featured Team PokerStars Pro Johnny Lodden, who told the table if he won the tournament he was going to take the winings and go play Isildur1. Lodden and the mystery Swede will have to spar another time though, as the Norwegian pro busted out in 5th place. The winner of the $750,000 Guarantee, meanwhile, went to WooohSaaah, who netted more than $156,000 for the win.
Washington State Online Poker Opponent Considering Keno Expansion
The state of Washington has a long and complicated history with gambling and a new piece of legislation proposing expanded Keno games is just the latest chapter. A recent bill is proposing around-the-clock Keno games starting every four minutes as a possible solution to the state’s projected budget shortfall of more than $2.5 billion.
APPT Sydney Grand Final Kicks Off December 1st
The PokerStars Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) is preparing to wrap up its 2009 schedule with the $6,300 AUD APPT Grand Final running from December 1st to 6th at the Star City Casino in Sydney. Team PokerStars Pros and former World Champions Peter Eastgate and Joe Hachem are among the several hundred players expected to participate in the tour’s flagship tournament.
UIGEA Regulations Officially Delayed Six Months
Online poker players in the United States have a lot to be thankful for this holiday season. On Friday, CNBC and the Associated Press confirmed that U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke had granted requests to delay the mandatory compliance date of the regulations of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) by six months to June 1st, 2010.
Poker Players Alliance Applauds Six-Month UIGEA Regulation Delay
The Poker Players Alliance today issued a statement praising the joint decision by the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve to push the deadline for enforcement of the UIGEA back to next June.
Andreas Oscarsson Murder Case May Be UIGEA Related
A report from Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet reveals some new details surrounding the tragic death of PokerListings.com founder Andreas Oscarsson. The story, published last week, suggests that Oscarsson’s August murder could be connected to a business deal involving the popular poker website that was adversely affected by the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA).
Five-Diamond World Poker Classic Tournament Series Preview
The last major tournament series of the year will begin on Friday, Nov. 27, when cards get into the air for the 2009 Five-Diamond World Poker Classic at Bellagio. The first event is a $500 no-limit hold’em event that is sponsored by SpadeClub.com. The tournament series will host a total of 18 events and the games spread will include no-limit hold’em, Omaha eight-or-better, pot-limit Omaha, and H.O.R.S.E. The tournament series will conclude with the World Poker Tour Doyle Brunson Classic $15,000 no-limit hold’em championship that begins on Monday, Dec. 14 and crowns a champion on Saturday, Dec. 19.
Isildur1 wins another $1.2 million
It was another night of heavy action Wednesday as Isildur1 sat heads-up against Tom “durrrr” Dwan, Patrik Antonius and Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies.
