Tom Dwan
Some Pre-Christmas Challenge Fun
While several other high stakes pro are deabling with some controversy over datamining, Tom “durrrr” Dwan and Patrik Antonius decided to make the most of a slow day at the cash game tables and log some durrrr Challenge hands. The two duked it out for a couple of hours early Tuesday morning and Dwan was able to extend his lead over Antonius and draw nearer to $1 million in profit.
Brian Townsend’s Full Tilt Poker Status Suspended for Isildur1 Controversy
In the wake of the arrival of Swedish high-stakes online poker player Isildur1, Brian “sbrugby” Townsend, a CardRunners instructor, has had his Full Tilt Poker Red Pro status suspended for one month.
Tom Dwan Makes Another $100k
Continuing his long grind back to even, Tom Dwan put another 1,209 hands in the books today, bringing himself $108k closer to even on the year.
Daniel Alaei Heads Final 36 at Doyle Brunson Five Diamond
It took only nine hours to go from 130 players to 36 at the WPT Doyle Brunson Five Diamond Poker Classic at the Bellagio and when the dust settled Daniel Alaei, Steven Landfish and Josh Arieh were the only three players with over one million chips.
Toto Leonidas Leading Doyle Brunson Five Diamond Classic
Toto Leonidas made Tuesday his day at the World Poker Tour Doyle Brunson Five Diamond Poker Classic at Bellagio. Leonidas finished Day 2 with 355,000 chips which puts him just ahead of the 340,000 of Sorel Mizzi.
Isildur1 Books a $262k Loss to Townsend
After losing just $13k to Isildur1 in a short session on Saturday, Brian Townsend returned yesterday for round two, taking over $262k from the unknown Swede.
