Phil Ivey is doing well at the Aussie Millions, while Jonathan Duhamel’s fast start to 2012 is making people take notice. It’s all in today’s edition of the PTP Hit and Run.
Aussie Millions: The last of three “day ones” at the Aussie Millions is in the books, and look who one of the chip leaders is: Phil Ivey. Get a report from the scene of the poker festival here. Jason Mercier, Daniel Negreanu and Erik Seidel all joined the action on day 1c; Mercier survived, while the other two did not. Live updates here as the field combines for day 2.
Some video with Negreanu:
Tony G is trying to help Dan “jungleman12″ Cates find a taker on his $100K challenge:
And Melanie Weisner tries to ride a unicycle:
2012 is the year of Duhamel?: In recent times, there haven’t been too many World Series of Poker main event winners who have returned in a later year to really make some waves on the tournament scene. But Jonathan Duhamel is trying to change that with his hot start to 2012. He leads the Card Player player of the year race; more here, and below:
Quick hitters:
–The Poker Players Alliance makes a plea to President Obama on online poker.
–Andrew “Foucault” Brokos is leaving Team PokerStars Online.
–Should you be a fan of the Turbo Championship of Online Poker? One PokerStars pro says you should.
–The Sunday Million recap show:
–Viktor “Isildur1″ Blom continues to keep the cash games at PokerStars interesting.
–The buyer of Peter Eatgate’s WSOP bracelet wants to use it to raise more money for charity. Story here.
–David Bach isn’t a fan of the impact of television on poker.
–A report from the WSOP Circuit event in Oklahoma.
–Deposit at PokerStars, get into a bunch of freerolls. Story here.
Get your daily dose of poker news with the PTP Hit and Run.
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