November Nine: O’Dea and Collins Down; 4 Remain at Dinner
Collins’ rail sang to him as he gave his exit interviews At one point in the action this past hour, it seemed entirely possible this final table would reach three-handed play before the players even took a dinner break. The post-break action kicked off with Eoghan O’Dea open shoving at the 500,000/1,000,000 ante 150,000 level
The Fight: UIGEA Anniversary, Bad News From Harry Reid
It has been five years to the day since the passage of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) changed the direction of online poker forever.
NBC Cancels Heads-Up Championship for 2012
According to the report from Wicked Chops Poker , NBC Sports Senior Director of Communications Adam Freifeld said that although it won’t air next year NBC will “continue to evaluate” its poker programming for the future.
The Week That Was: FTP Updates, London Calling & WCOOP Action
Lederer’s personal bank accounts were seized by the DOJ last week While many of this week’s biggest headlines had a huge impact on American players, it was news from Europe that dominated the poker world over the past seven days.
Tournament Tracker: Karr and Hastings Dominate East Coast Action
Karr now has over $2 million in career tournament earnings There wasn’t a major tournament this past week, but looking at the people picking up big wins, you would think a WPT event or the EPT was running. Over the past week, the East Coast was hopping with mid-stakes tournament action at Foxwoods, the Parx Poker
The Fight: Legislation Update, FairPlay Joins Effort
The attention of the poker world has been focused on Las Vegas for the past two months, but that doesn’t mean the attempts to regulate online poker throughout the rest of the United States have stopped. This week, The Fight tries to get the reader up to speed on what’s been happening behind the scenes
2011 WSOP Main Event Day 7 Mid Level-31 Update
No third bracelet for JP Kelly With one level to go in the day and just three tables remaining, the pace of play has slowed to a crawl, with only two eliminations in the past hour. While Kyle Johnson and JP Kelly hit the rail early in Level 31 action (Blinds 80,000/160,000 ante 20,000), the
WSOP: Matt Matros Earns Second Bracelet in Mixed Hold’em Event
Matros is the fourth player to repeat as a WSOP winner in 2011 The Mixed Hold’em final table has become a showplace for first-time bracelet winners the past few years. Erick Lindgren picked up his first bracelet in this event in 2008
WSOP Bracelet Winner Profile: Mark Schmid
Mark Schmid went from online poker pro to WSOP bracelet winner in less than two months.