The closing days of August were witness to a fairly active week in the pokerverse, with a mix of happenings in the legal, business and cultural worlds of poker. Shockingly, along the way some people apparently managed to actually play a few hands of poker ….
… those people being Tom Dwan and Patrik Antoinus, who put in some monster sessions for the durrrr challenge last week that saw a nearly 1 million dollar swing in the competition. Early in the week, Patrik cut Dwan’s once-formidable lead by nearly half a million bucks before the two headed back in for a marathon (by challenge standards) showdown that resulted in Antonius regaining the lead from Dwan after trailing for several months.
While Dwan and Antonius were battling it out at the nosebleeds, noted high stakes player Phil Galfond was considering walking away from the games and the group of high stakes young guns populating the Vegas mansion on G4’s 2 Months 2 Million reality series were doing everything they could to find winning action at just about any stakes as Episode 2 saw Ansky struggle for the second straight week.
Speaking of walking away, the WPT bailed on its first suitor and decided instead to be purchased by Party Poker parent company Party Gaming for a number at or around $12 million. Party officials confirmed in their earnings statement and investor conference call later that week that the WPT acquisition is likely the first of many as market contraction continues.
Speaking of walking away and market contraction, Eurolinx and BetOnBet dropped exactly that deuce on players by closing up shop with essentially zero notice and trapping serious amounts of player funds in the process. By comparison, Joe Cada walking away from Ultimate Bet in favor of PokerStars seems pretty inconsequential, especially since the November Nine member reportedly only had a one-day contract with UB to begin with…
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