Thursday, March 11th, 2010
The case against 8 year old Aashish Nanak from Chandigarh who won 22,912,500.38 Indian Rupees, (that’s a life changing $500,000 dollars!) playing an online poker game, started today in New Delhi.
Lawyers acting for the Nanak family are battling to secure the money that would allow the family of twelve to move out of their slum dwelling into a new home and a new life.
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
Poker2Nite Episode 13, Part 1
The recap of the inaugural season of Poker2nite includes some embarrassing outtakes of Joe Sebok and Scott Huff. We revisit Durrr-weinerschnitzel and Mike Sexton’s Poker Hall Of Fame induction.
Saturday, March 6th, 2010
Poker2Nite Episode 12, Part 1
The Aussie Millions wrap up covers the top 10 finishers in the Main Event and the 1st-ever woman winner of an AM event. Phil Ivey moves up the list for all-time tournament money to take over Daniel Negreanu. Antonio Esfandiari comes on the show via skype to discuss the LA Poker Classic and how he entered into the WPT circuit to become a millionaire a few years back.
Saturday, March 6th, 2010
Not the Robin Hood of Nottingham, England. And not the Robin Hood of poker rakeback. But Robin Hood in Sin City! It’s not really the place that you would expect to find a real life Robin Hood, but an anonymous individual has changed lives with his generous donations in the past year or so. The Las Vegas Blackjack Player began a campaign to reward kindly families that had fallen on hard times. Going by the name of ‘Robin Hood 702’ (702 is the area code for Las Vegas) they set out to win money from wealthy casinos and then pass those winnings on to a family in need. A website was created and people were asked to submit their information if they wanted to be considered for selection.
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
Poker2Nite Episode 11, Part 1
Tournament director Matt Savage takes us into the start of the LA Poker Classic $335 re-buy event with a $1M prizepool at the Commerce Casino. This is the largest tourney in the world outside of the WSOP. Next we look how Norwegien poker player Annette Obrestad takes down an Omaha event at the Aussie Millions.
