Bertrand “ElkY†Grospellier will be attempting to break a world record today at PokerStars and online players have been invited to participate. ElkY will be participating in as many $6.50 Sit & Go’s as he can in a one hour period. The action got started at 1 PM ET and he must complete all tournaments he enters as well as making an overall profit. This must be done for the record to be successful.
Two hundred and ninety eight players competed in the 2009 Grosvenor UK Poker Tour stop in Manchester at the G casino. One of those players was Simon Moorman, the father of poker pro Chris “Moorman1†Moorman, who just so happened to win the tournament.
The Asian Poker Tour (APT) was so successful last year that they have heard from several online poker rooms who would like to offer online qualifiers to upcoming Macau APT events. Several have already signed on to provide their players with online qualifiers to the twelve day event.
May 17th through May 20th is the dates of the $500,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool Poker Tournament at the Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The Borgata just announced details of the tournament and are hoping that May’s tournament will be as successful as the Deep Stack Tournament held back in March.
Poker players will be excited to learn that the World Series of Poker Academy will be holding four events at the 2009 WSOP. Poker novices to skilled players can participate in the four events as each event offers something for every skill level.
The Poker Players Alliance has been trying very hard to get the United States Congress to overturn the 2006 Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA). The chairman of the PPA, Alfonse D’Amato, recently announced that for the upcoming session of Congress the PPA has $3 million to lobby for the overturn of the UIGEA or at least have online poker exempted from the UIGEA.
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