Year: 2009 | - Part 10

Poker2Nite, a Weekly Poker News Show, Debuts Tonight on Fox Sports Net

November 19, 2009 Sadonna Price 0

Newest addition to Team UB Joe Sebok and longtime poker journalist Scott Huff debut tonight at the helm of Poker2Nite, Fox Sports NetÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s (Ã¢â‚¬Å“FSNÃ¢â‚¬Â) hottest new weekly poker news program. Pull up a chair every Wednesday at 11pm EST to share all the behind-the-scenes fun and action of the poker world as youÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ve never seen it before. Miss it the first time, and you can catch it again on Thursdays at 4pm and Fridays at 11am and 6pm ET, or visit www.ub.net for full viewing of the show.

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1100 Online Poker Players Contact Congress Via PPA’s Ã¢â‚¬ËœTweet for PokerÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ Campaign

November 19, 2009 LadyHoldem 0

WASHINGTON, DC. (November 19, 2009) Ã¢â‚¬â€œThe Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the leading poker grassroots advocacy group with more than one million members nationwide, today announced Tweet for Poker, an internet advocacy tool that allows poker [….]

Patrik Antonius Takes Down Record Breaking Poker Pot

November 18, 2009 Sadonna Price 0

Full Tilt PokerÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s high stakes tables are always busy with poker pros competing for large sums of money. Last night mystery player, Isildur1, and Patrick Antonius got together to play at the high stakes tables and despite huge earlier losses to Isildur1, Antonius went up against the mystery pro and managed to earn the largest online poker pot ever won in the history of online poker.

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Another Man Wins Ladies Poker Tournament

November 17, 2009 Sadonna Price 0

The World Series of Poker circuit stopped at HarveyÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Lake Tahoe hotel and casino in Nevada to host poker tournaments and one in particular was the Ladies Poker Championship. The tournament was for ladies to compete in but twenty two year old student Greg Sessler entered the tournament and took down the win with a pair of Queens.

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Jeffrey Pollack Resigns as Commissioner of WSOP

November 16, 2009 Sadonna Price 0

This past Friday the 13th Jeffrey Pollack the Commissioner of the WSOP announced on his Twitter account that it was his last day. just a few short days after the 40th World Series of Poker ended Pollack left his position.

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Over 2.1 Million Viewers Tune In to 2009 WSOP Finale

November 12, 2009 Sadonna Price 0

Over 2.1 million viewers tuned in to the 2009 World Series of Poker finale to witness Joe Cada of Michigan set the record as the youngest champion ever. Cada is just twenty one years of age and winning the 2009 WSOP Main Event made him the newest young player to capture the title since Peter Eastgate did it last year at the age of 22.

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