In and Out List: Stars Hits 75 Billion, Kid Poker Loses a Million

This week’s List features 75 billion hands on PokerStars, Devo’s latest win and the end of an independent poker website, along with Jamie Gold, Daniel Negreanu and the Global Poker Index.

In and Out List: Stars Hits 75 Billion, Kid Poker Loses a Million

This week’s List features 75 billion hands on PokerStars, Devo’s latest win and the end of an independent poker website, along with Jamie Gold, Daniel Negreanu and the Global Poker Index. Buckle up. This is the In and Out List.

Barbero, Rousso Build Stacks on EPT Deauville Day 1b

A swath of Team PokerStars pros lead the charge and by the time the chips were bagged Jose “Nacho” Barbero and Vanessa Rousso had built up 100k-ish stacks to put them inside the top 30. Barbero finished the day with 106,300 while Rousso was slightly behind with 96,400. Chip leader to end the day is Frenchman Amir Salhani, who bagged up 191,000.

Sunday Scoop: David Emmons Crushes TCOOP Main Event

It was a massive day for tournament poker online with the TCOOP main and high roller events complimenting regularly scheduled majors. All told PokerStars awarded no less than 13 six-figure prizes

TerrorOfSweden Denies Cheating Allegations

The latest issue of a Swedish poker magazine featured an article where Antonius alleged that Kowssarie sent a trojan virus through MSN so that he could read the Finn’s hole cards. Antonius was reminded when he saw Kowssarie playing EPT San Remo last month.

Heartland Poker Tour: Hidden Gem of US Poker Circuit

The tour has had more than 60,000 unique entrants in its history, and according to co-founder Todd Anderson 80 percent of that number is represented by recreational poker enthusiasts. That means a signifcant number of people are getting their first taste of real live tournament poker at a Heartland event, but it also points to a huge opportunity for US poker pros cut off from online poker.

Scottish Millionaire Revealed as WSOP Bracelet Buyer

Eastgate’s bracelet sold for an astounding $147,500 on eBay to an, at the time, anonymous buyer with the username 7****I. A year later the buyer has come forward as Scottish millionaire entrepreneur Willie Haughey.

Dan Smith Crowned King in Aussie $100k Challenge

Smith, who is known as King Dan online, beat a final table that included Gus Hansen, Joe Hachem, Sorel Mizzi, Nam Le, Tony G, Sam Trickett and Mikhail Smirnov. He won $1.01 million for finishing first. Paying $100,000 to play a tournament might seem absurd but Smith was able to justify it in his own mind

Joe Hachem Enters Partnership with AsianLogic

The 2005 WSOP Main Event champion announced the new partnership during a press conference at the Crown Casino in Hachem’s hometown of Melbourne, Australia, where the Aussie Millions is currently taking place. “Recently I left my biggest sponsor and basically it was about not living out of a suitcase all the time and being able to spend more time at home with my family,” said Hachem. AsianLogic may not be nearly as established as sites like PokerStars or PartyPoker but operates a number of Asian online casinos and poker rooms on the Playtech software platform

Monster Pot Recap: takechip Takes Two

The biggest online poke r winner overall was actually BiatchPeople, who earned $150,000 yesterday playing 2-7 Triple Draw, but because of the Limit structure of that game none of the pots even came close to the behemoths built by Berndsen and D’Auteuil. Surprisingly, since they played two six-figure pots and a slew of other monsters, neither Berndsen or D’Auteuil cracked the biggest winners or losers lists on the day. Berndsen finished just over $9,000 up while D’Auteuil lost roughly the same.

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