The Aussie Millions $100K event wraps up while the main event rolls on, James Akenhead takes down the Sunday Million, and an online poker class at MIT. It’s all in today’s edition of the PTP Hit and Run.
Aussie Millions:One of the least well known players at the final table of the $100K event took it down for more than a million dollars. Dan “KingDan23” Smith won the event, beating Mikhail Smirnov heads up. Report here. The rest of the final table was more well known, as you can see below (only top four got paid):
3, Joe Hachem
4, Tony G
5, Gus Hansen
6, Sorel Mizzi
7, Sam Trickett
8, Nam Le
In the main event, they are through day 1B, where James “flushy” Dempsey was the chip leader on the second day one. More here.
Live updates here.
And some video of a Chinese poker event from the scene:
PokerStars tourneys: A known pro took down the Sunday Million, as James Akenhead won more than $200K at the PokerStars tourney this weekend.
Also right now the Turbo Championship of Online Poker is going on at the online poker site (details here). What do you get if you win a TCOOP tourney at PokerStars? Answer here.
Online poker at MIT: Cool story here on a class at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. We’re guessing those students are going to be good at poker.
$75K GTD on True: For U.S. players looking for value in online poker, you can check out the tournament that will happen on Sunday, January 29th, at True Poker. Get the details here on the tourney that will guarantee $75,000 in prize money.
Quick hitters:
–Interesting read from Bill Rini on anonymous tables in online poker, specifically at bodog.
–The latest on Zynga possibly entering the real-money online poker market here.
–Poker pro Kristen “krissyb24” Bicknell has been added to the featured bloggers at Card Player. Read her latest post here.
–A breakdown of a hand between Viktor “Isildur1″ Blom and Jonathan Duhamel from the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure.
–Part two of an interview with Australian pro Brandon Rubie:
–Phil Ivey is on the “in” section of Poker Listings’ In and Out List.
Get your daily dose of poker news with the PTP Hit and Run.
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