2012 Aussie Millions Day Three: Matt Turk Leads Tim O’Shea After Short Day Of Play
After what turned out to be the shortest day of play yet at the 2012 Aussie Millions Main Event , Matt Turk holds the lead over Day Two leader Tim O’Shea and a host of top professionals, including Phil Ivey , with Day Three in the books.
Oliver Speidel Wins 2012 Aussie Millions Main Event; Phil Ivey Wins Super High Roller
After a dominant performance over seven hours of final table play, hometown favorite Oliver Speidel crushed the opposition to take down the championship of the 2012 Aussie Millions Main Event . When the seven man final table reported for work on Sunday afternoon in the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia , Bjorn Li held a 1.3 million chip lead over Speidel, but the chip counts of all the players were close enough together that any slight miscalculation would drop the leaders to the bottom of the pack
Oliver Speidel Charges to Aussie Millions Main Event Title
It took almost a week to complete, but home favourite Oliver Speidel triumphed at the $10,600 buy-in Aussie Millions main event at the Crown Casino in Melbourne for what completed an incredible few weeks for the Aussie. The poker pro outlasted 658 other players to leave with $1,647,158 – his biggest cash prize ever – and title, while second placed Ken Wong, of Hong Kong, picked up $1,029,474 for his runner-up spot
Gus Hansen’s Big Win In Big Game
On his way to the upcoming Aussie Millions, Gus Hansen stopped off in Macau to play cash poker in Macau’s Big Game, finishing his third 24-hour marathon session with a huge profit of $3.8 million.
Epic Poker League Hits European Television Screens
The Epic Poker League (EPL) organisers are reportedly negotiating the sale of the series, but what is certain is poker fans throughout Europe now have the chance to watch the action on television. While negotiations continue between Pinnacle Entertainment – which operates casinos in Reno in Nevada, Ohio, Indiana, Louisiana and Missouri – and the EPL, the league has agreed a deal with The Poker Channel Europe to show upwards of 70 hours of the league in over 30 million homes throughout the continent, as well as the rest of the world via the internet.
Iowa State Senator to Try Online Poker Bill Again
The state of Iowa has long been one of the states included in the discussion of those that could possibly legalize and regulate online poker within its own borders. There was some activity on that front last spring, but nothing materialized. Now, with the recent Department of Justice (DoJ) reversal on the Wire Act, it appears that the ball may get rolling once again. State Senator Jeff Danielson (D-Cedar Falls) told the Des Moines Register Tuesday that he has plans to introduce a new online poker bill to state legislature soon and expects it to be considered during the current session. A catalyst for the bill seems to be the DoJ’s December clarification of the Wire Act of 1961 in which it confirmed that the law only makes sports betting over the internet illegal, rather than all gambling. Even though the Fifth District Court ruled that it only applied to sports betting in 2002, the DoJ had always asserted that the Wire Act applied to gambling of all kinds. The DoJ’s clarification appears to have changed the attitudes of state legislators around the country, allowing new opinions to be formed about not just intrastate online poker, but interstate online poker, as well.
2012 tournament year ready to kick-off Thursday
There hasn’t been a major live poker tournament since before the Christmas weekend, when the World Poker Tour wrapped-up their 2011 schedule with the WPT Venice and the Epic Poker League hosted their 3rd Main Event of the year. Now that the holidays and festivities of ringing in the New Year are over, the poker world is ready to get back at it, and Read Full Article Related posts: 2012 WSOP $1 million tournament will be bracelet event When the idea of a special $1 million buy-in tournament…
PokerStars PCA Super-High-Roller draws 32 entrants
It seems like the Super-High-Roller tournaments may be here to stay as the $100k buy-in tournament that kicked off the 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) came very close to last year’s mark of 38 entrants on Thursday, with a total of 34 players registering for the event. As would be expected for a tournament with a six-figure buy-in the participants in the event were Read Full Article Related posts: Jason Mercier victorious at WPT Super-High-Roller While the 2011 World Poker Tour Doyle Brunson Five Diamond..
10 poker players to watch in 2012 Part 1
Every year I like to take a look at a few of the tournament grinders who have been quite successful over the past few years, but have yet to “breakout” as poker superstars — had a few cards fallen differently they would already be household names in the poker world and received plenty of poker news headlines. So here is Part 1 of my Read Full Article Related posts: 10 poker players to watch in 2012 Part 2 Every year I like to take a look at a…
BREAKING: Full Tilt Poker sale to GBT appears final
In a post by CNNMoney.com that was later taken down (the article appears to be under embargo at the moment) it was stated that Full Tilt Poker had been sold to Groupe Bernard Tapie for $80 million. If the story turns out to be accurate (which is quite likely since there is no reason CNN would make-up such a story) than the poker community Read Full Article Related posts: Laurent Tapie talks potential Full Tilt Poker sale BREAKING NEWS: Full Tilt Poker Sold