Dwan’s bad week, Shaun Deeb out of retirement, and Jean-Robert Bellande has no poker money. Read it all in today’s PTP Hit and Run.
Tom Dwan had a bad week, losing seven figures at Full Tilt’s high-stakes tables. But even with the downswing, he still leads all players in profit for 2010.
There’s two big tournament series going on right now — miniFTOPS at Full Tilt and the Spring Championship of Online Poker at PokerStars. Read more about the upcoming schedules here.
Speaking of SCOOP, a lot of titles given away yesterday, and two big names won events. First, Shaun Deeb (who is supposed to be retired) won the medium buy-in for Event No. 17, 6-handed pot-limit Omaha with rebuys. He won just over $60K. Jennifer “Jennicide” Leigh (who is also an active poster at parttimpoker.com) won the low buy-in for Event No. 18, turbo limit hold’em, for just under $10K. Read more about all the action here. Get more info and updates at PokerStars’ blog.
When pros go bust, we don’t usually know about it. They usually just stay out of the public eye, and we wonder where they are. Not so for Jean-Robert Bellande, who actively tweets about everything he does. He recently admitted that he’s pretty much busto on his Twitter feed, which you can read here. “@BrokeLivingJRB Can’t sleep when you win. Can’t sleep when you lose. Broke? Sleep like a baby.”
Daniel Negreanu has been pretty outspoken of late on the use of sunglasses in live poker, catching a bit of heat for saying that their use is “cheating.” He goes into his reasoning in his latest blog post.
Catch up on all your silly poker pro prop bets here, including Mike Matusow possibly losing $2 million on a weight loss bet with Ted Forrest.
A case in Pennsylvania regarding whether poker is a game of skill or a game chance, legally, may be headed to the commonwealth’s Supreme Court. Read more about the case here.
The World Poker Tour’s Grand Prix de Paris is going on right now. Get an update on the action below:
Did you know you can earn free CardRunners memberships by playing on Full Tilt? Get CardRunners free of charge from PTP.
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