2007 World Series of Poker main event champion Jerry Yang is donating 10% of his winnings to the charity Feed the Children. The donation is one of many Yang has made since his victory in the biggest tournament in poker. According to pokerpages.com: Yang will help the international ��...full article
2007 World Series of Poker main event champion Jerry Yang is donating 10% of his winnings to the charity Feed the Children.
The donation is one of many Yang has made since his victory in the biggest tournament in poker.
According to pokerpages.com:
Yang will help the international hunger relief organization distribute three semi tractor-trailers full of boxes of food and personal care items.
Before the items are distributed, Yang, a psychologist and social worker from southern California, and Feed The Children Founder and President Larry Jones will hold a press conference at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 29th.
Poker After Dark, WPT make season debuts
Two television poker shows are set to make their return to the small screen. NBC’s Poker After Dark starts up again at 2:05 a.m. Eastern with a new episode featuring six pros competing in a tournament for $140,000, all of which goes to the winner.
Two television poker shows are set to make their return to the small screen.
NBC’s Poker After Dark starts up again at 2:05 a.m. Eastern with a new episode featuring six pros competing in a tournament for $140,000, all of which goes to the winner.
UltimateBet.com signs Anthrax guitarist
The Anthrax guitarist is UltimateBet's newest online pro and will represent the online poker room in both internet and live games.
"We're thrilled to add Scott Ian to our roster of online poker professionals," stated UltimateBet.com spokesperson George MacLean. "Scott represents a new breed of poker player that both Texas Hold'em and music fans can relate to."
Ian's rose to fame in the poker world by winning VH1's Rock Stars of Poker Tournament and receiving a seat into the 2007 Aruba Poker Classic. Ian has since discounted his victory at the VH1 tournament as beginner's luck.
"I had no idea what I was doing," he said. "My first tournament win was most because I had amazing cards. My instinct was all I had."
Things have changed considerably since then, however. Ian received personal training from both Phil Hellmuth and Annie Duke while he was in Aruba to upgrade his game.
Hellmuth and Duke were just the beginning and Ian went on to learn what he says was the equivalent of 10 years of poker lessons from UtimateBet's online pros. He learned from guys like Shawn Rice, KrazyKanuck, P0ker H0 and Debo34 and now he's on that roster.
Ian has had a career in music that has spanned over three decades. As a founding member of Anthrax Ian helped create the new wave of American heavy metal and has won numerous awards for his musical talent.
As a member of UltimateBet Ian will be featured every Sunday in UltimateBet.com's $200,000 Guaranteed poker tournament with a bounty on his head. The online poker player that knocks the Anthrax guitarist out the tournament will win their $215 buy-in back.
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Poker Players Alliance launches litigation support network
The Poker Players Alliance announced today that it would be launching its Litigation Support Network, which will provide legal advice and refer members to attorneys who have expressed interest in helping with poker-related issues, according to a press release on the PPA’s Web site. The resource ��...full article
The Poker Players Alliance announced today that it would be launching its Litigation Support Network, which will provide legal advice and refer members to attorneys who have expressed interest in helping with poker-related issues, according to a press release on the PPA’s Web site.
The resource will be free to PPA members:
According to the release:
“As both the popularity of poker and the membership of PPA continue to grow, the Litigation Support Network is an opportunity to provide even more value to our members,” said PPA Chairman Former Senator Alfonse D’Amato. “With the myriad local, state and federal laws impacting poker, the Litigation Support Network is an important service that our members can and should use, and I encourage attorneys who want to defend poker players and this great American game of skill to join this effort.”
The attorneys being linked to this service are also prepared to litigate that poker is a game of skill, not of chance. The network is being headed by Patrick Fleming, who also heads the PPA’s efforts in New Hampshire.
Visit www.pokerplayersalliance.org/legal for more information.
PokerStars’ Sunday Hundred Grand gets even bigger
PokerStars’ giant weekly tournament, the Sunday Hundred Grand, just got bigger and shows no signs of slowing down. PokerStars’ increased the field to 22,500 people for this Sunday’s edition of the tournament, an $11 buy-in. And the field was still full. When the tournament first started, ��...full article
PokerStars’ giant weekly tournament, the Sunday Hundred Grand, just got bigger and shows no signs of slowing down.
PokerStars’ increased the field to 22,500 people for this Sunday’s edition of the tournament, an $11 buy-in. And the field was still full. When the tournament first started, it had a cap of 10,000 players.
Pokerkingblog.com put together some amazing statistics about the tournament:
-Pokerstars makes $22,500 in total rake every time this tournament runs
-the total prize pool is an incredible $225k
-first place gets paid $20,250.00, making this tournament an incredibly attractive proposition for a low limit grinder
-the top 3375 players get paid
The blog also notes that some top pros are starting to play the tournament every week because of the huge prize pool.
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