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Posted by Dave McCarthy | Filed under Bloggers Corner
After a brief hiatus, the Top 5 Stories of the Week is back. Between April 17 and 24:
#5 – Hot Dog Harrison played catch-up…
#4 – FTOPS XVI began, featuring the all new Rush Poker tournaments…
#3 – Odonkor1 positioned himself to take up Isildur1′s mantle…
#2 – The $25k World Poker Tour Championship whittled its field to a final 6, led by David Benyamine…
#1 – Liv Boeree (pictured in a Metallica t-shirt) won the EPT San Remo…
Tags: FTOPS, hot dog harrison, Isildur1, liv boeree, odonkor1
Posted by Dave McCarthy | Filed under Bloggers Corner
Top 5 Stories of the Week, March 29 – April 4:
#5 - $1 WSOP Satellites started today at Full Tilt…
#4 - April Fools jokes everywhere in the poker world…
#3 - durrrr takes Ziigmund for $1.2m at $3k/$9k PLO…
#2 – A Massachusetts bill to license gambling would criminalize online poker…
#1 – Isildur1 to appear on TV!
Posted by Dave McCarthy | Filed under Bloggers Corner
Is Tony G Isildur1? Probably not. After all, Tony G is obsessed with himself, and Isildur1 is the most self-effacing personality in poker. But Tony G’s offer to stake Isildur1 has got me thinking…
Tony G recently invited Isildur1 to a mid-April high stakes cash game in London. In addition to staking Isildur1, Tony G went so far as to offer to pay for his flights and hotel and to loan him a Kermit the Frog outfit to protect the Swede’s anonymity in the telecast. It could just be a rouse to cover his tracks. Maybe Tony G is thinking, “Hey, if I offer to stake Isildur1, nobody will realize that I am Isildur1.”
Tags: Isildur1, Julius Caesar, tony g
Posted by Dave McCarthy | Filed under Bloggers Corner
5. The high stakes scene at Full Tilt was relatively quiet, but Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond has two new videos out for those suffering Isildur1 withdrawal…
4. Tony G wrote an obnoxious open letter to Phil Hellmuth…
3. The World Series of Poker opened voting for 20 of 27 spots at its 2010 Tournament of Champions …
2. The Kentucky Supreme Court dealt a blank on the turn, but the online gambling industry picked up a ton of outs…
1. Senator Jon Kly’s (Rat-AZ) antics apparently worked, and the UIGEA will not be delayed again…
Posted by Dave McCarthy | Filed under Bloggers Corner
#5 – A few poker rankings are published…
#4 – The durrrr Challenge resumes…
#3 – With one child already at a WPT final table, did an 8 year old win $500k online?
#2 – Isildur1 is all over the place…
#1 – Phil Hellmuth infamously said “If luck weren’t involved, I’d win them all.” So was luck involved in the WPT Bay 101?
Posted by Dave McCarthy | Filed under Bloggers Corner
#5 – Isildur1 Update: The mystery Swede’s stats for the week…
#4 – Poker Legislation: Another state looks to legalize online gambling, and Barney Frank’s crusade gains support…
#3 – LA Poker Classic and the Heads Up Championship: Two big tournaments in the poker world this week…
#2 – Poker: An Olympic Sport? The International Federation of poker issues a statement…
#1 – Robbery at the EPT Berlin: Nobody was seriously injured in a strange story out of Berlin…
Tags: Barney Frank, Eric Seidel, Isildur1
Posted by Dave McCarthy | Filed under Bloggers Corner, Full Tilt Poker Academy
The big story in poker this week was the introduction of S 3018 in the United States Senate: the Bipartisan Tax Fairness and Simplification Act, which seeks to restructure US tax code, as well as regulate and tax internet gambling.
Tags: Barney Frank, Chris Ferguson, Isildur1
Posted by Dave McCarthy | Filed under Bloggers Corner
If you’ve never checked it out, Full Tilt’s Pro Chat Archive has a collection of table chats between the Pros and fans. People ask some strange questions…
Tags: Chris Ferguson, durrrr Challenge, Isildur1, Phil Gordon, Phil Ivey, Tom Dwan
Posted by Dave McCarthy | Filed under Bloggers Corner
In General Poker News:
Phil Ivey and Howard Lederer each donated $30k to attend a fundraiser with President Barack Obama Thursday night at the home of Palms owner George Maloof. No word on whether the two Full Tilt pros were able to convince the President to accept the Irish Poker Open’s invitation to play in their April event.
Tags: Chris Ferguson, durrrr, durrrr Challenge, Full Tilt Poker Academy, Gus Hansen, Howard Lederer, Isildur1, Phil Ivey, Tom Dwan
Posted by Dave McCarthy | Filed under Bloggers Corner
It’s been a busy year so far. Here’s a quick review of the top stories of the year (through the first six weeks of it).
If you think a story is missing, please email me at DaveFromTheRail@gmail.com to voice your concern. I’d be happy to run a “Corrections/Retractions” feature to highlight my mistakes.
#5: A Texas pawn shop sold the 2005 WSOP $5,000 no-limit holdem championship bracelet, formerly belonging to TJ Cloutier, on eBay for just over $4,000. Cloutier admitted to pawning it when short on cash. Cake Poker bought the bracelet and said: “We can’t, in good conscience, keep it from the man who rightfully won it; which is why we’ve decided to return it to TJ Cloutier… just as soon as we’re done having some fun with it.”
The top 4 stories can be found after the jump…
Tags: durrrr Challenge, Full Tilt Poker Academy, Isildur1, Phil Gordon, Phil Ivey, Rush Poker, Tom Dwan
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