Scale Mount Everest for a little more than a dollar, thanks to PokerStars? And ramping up for the WSOP. It’s all in today’s PTP Hit and Run.
Monday means it’s time to wrap up the Sunday majors. And Annette Oberstad took down one of them — the Sunday 500 — heading into her first World Series of Poker. Here’s a story about her, leading up to the WSOP. And “Kirbynator” stayed on a heater. After winning the main event of the latest FTOPS series, he just took down the $750K guaranteed.
Some more ramp up for the WSOP, going on, as the tournament series is days away. Daniel Negreanu is getting excited, and blogs a bit about his thoughts on the $50K Players Championship that is Event No. 2. Want to know where the best places to eat are while you’re in Vegas, if you’re playing in the WSOP? We have you covered. Meanwhile, players continue to campaign to get voted into the Tournament of Champions, which is a $1 million freeroll for past champions. But only the top votegetters get in. The latest viral video from Jennifer Harman is below:
It’s looking grim for online poker to be excluded from the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, which is set to take full effect on June 1. The Poker Players Alliance had hoped for a carve out for poker, but that doesn’t seem to be in the cards. No one is sure what the end result of the UIGEA might be, other than it will likely be more difficult for online poker players to deposit in the United States.
Interesting promotion from PokerStars. You can enter a tournament for $1.10 and win a trip to climb mount Everest. Apparently PS is sponsoring someone’s current summit attempt, and they are piggybacking on that. More about the promotion here. We’re not sure if the sedentary nature of most online poker players is conducive to scaling the world’s most challenging mountain. But it’s cool nonetheless.
The king of the high-stakes world at Full Tilt Poker of late? It’s unknown player “jungleman12.” Doesn’t have the buzz of Isildur1, but he’s slowly been killing it. He was the top player last week, and he’s No. 2, sandwiched between Tom Dwan and Phil Ivey, for 2010 with $2 million in profit.
The World Poker Tour stop in Barcelona is in the books. A guy with lots of letters in his last name, Ali Tekintamgac, won. Read more about it here.
The National Heads-Up Poker Championship on NBC has wrapped up its television run. You can read about it here, watch some of the semifinals below. Or head over to pokertube.com to watch the whole thing.
Think you’re running bad in poker? At least you didn’t lose $200 million plus at casinos in one year. And some more help if you think you run bad….see how lucky or unlucky you actually are by reading this story.
Make sure to check out the PTP news page every day for the latest goings-on in poker.
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