No more Aruba, Isildur1 is the biggest winner in 2010 and a new Tuff Fish? All that and then some in today’s blast through the pokerverse, the PTP HNR for 3/10/10.
The jam-packed live tournament schedule for 2010 continues this week with the Bay 101 Shooting Star; get updates etc at WPT here.
One tournament that won’t be on that schedule: The Aruba Classic. UB announced today that they’re not bringing the series back for another run, at least not this year. More details here.
Speaking of canceled, Krantz has a few thoughts on why 2M2MM wasn’t picked up for a second season; read his list of complaints here.
One man unlikely to be doing much complaining today: Isildur1, whoever the hell he is. After a marathon session that saw him best both Cole South and nemesis Brian Hastings, the mystery Swede is now the biggest winner on FTP for 2010 with $3.036.600,25 in profit. Watch some of his session vs Hastings below:
From one extreme to the other, here’s a video currently making the rounds at 2+2 of a low-stakes player prone to hyperbolye and hysteria in a manner that might remind older viewers of (dare we say it) Tuff_Fish:
Finally, a Stars rep did a Q&A over at PocketFives that answers a lot of common questions re: Stars policies. Highlights: they’re not releasing names of banned players, no new games are in the works, and tournament payout structures are unlikely to change. Read the whole thing here.
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