http://www.pokernews.nodepositcasino24.com Poker news Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:55:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The weekend robbery of the European Poker Tour (EPT) Berlin event has garnered headlines around the world. On Monday morning, the tournament’s champion, Kevin “ImaLuckSac” MacPhee, appeared on CBS’ “Early Show” to break down the heist. In one of the most bizarre events ever to take place during a poker tournament, ... http://www.pokernews.nodepositcasino24.com/poker-news/ept-berlin-robbery-kevin-macphee-appears-on-early-show/ Over the weekend, UB.com pro and poker news Daily Guest Columnist Annie Duke became the first female winner ever of the National Heads-Up Poker Championship, which will air next month on NBC. Duke sat down to discuss her monumental win. poker news Daily: Your breakthrough match came against 2007 National Heads-Up ... http://www.pokernews.nodepositcasino24.com/poker-news/annie-duke-breaks-down-national-heads-up-poker-championship-win/ Two players on recent hot streaks are among the chip leaders after Day 1A of the World Poker Tour’s (WPT) Bay 101 Shooting Star tournament. A total of 17 bounties took to the field on Day 1A, with 25 more expected today. Greg “FBT” Mueller won two bracelets during the 2009 ... http://www.pokernews.nodepositcasino24.com/poker-news/greg-%e2%80%9cfbt%e2%80%9d-mueller-yevgeniy-timoshenko-among-wpt-bay-101-day-1a-leaders/ On Monday, poker news Daily learned that the Eighth District Court in Nevada dismissed a lawsuit filed by Brandon McSmith, who claimed ownership of the idea for the NBC poker game show “Face the Ace.” McSmith can now file an appeal or seek the intervention of a federal court. McSmith told ... http://www.pokernews.nodepositcasino24.com/poker-news/face-the-ace-lawsuit-dismissed-in-nevada%e2%80%99s-eighth-district-court/ Large pots were few and far between on Sunday night’s episode of the GSN series “High Stakes Poker.” Instead, a vegetarian prop bet between Full Tilt Poker pros Phil Ivey and Tom “durrrr” Dwan took center stage. After being discussed non-stop for a half-hour of the 60-minute program, the vegetarian prop ... http://www.pokernews.nodepositcasino24.com/poker-news/high-stakes-poker-1-million-vegetarian-prop-bet-agreed-to/ Created by Bay 101 owner Marco Trapani 14 years ago, tournament director Matt Savage says the concept was based on the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am celebrity challenge, which draws some of the best golfers in the world, a host of celebrities and thousands spectators to the Northern California Coast ... http://www.pokernews.nodepositcasino24.com/poker-news/bounty-hunting-at-bay-101/ Other than four hands on Saturday (where Dwan lost $1,000) the durrrr Challenge picked up where it left off on February 15th with an hour-long 364 hand session Monday. The session started with Antonius in the midst of an epic down-swing which has cost him over $3.2 million so far this ... http://www.pokernews.nodepositcasino24.com/poker-news/durrrr-challenge-antonius-in-trouble/ Ilari "Ziigmund" Sahamies would be the first player to take on the unknown Swedish pro. After 451 hands of $300/$600 Pot-Limit Omaha, with Sahamies losing over $487k, the two moved their game to $500/$1,000 PLO, where they remained for 40 minutes. By the end of the 259-hand nosebleed session, Sahamies logged off, ... http://www.pokernews.nodepositcasino24.com/poker-news/isildur1-steps-on-sahamies/ The PartyPoker.com Women's World Open IV will take place in London, England March 23 and 24 featuring 24 of the best female poker players on the planet.  Amongst those already confirmed to take part are Team PartyPoker's Kara Scott, Betfair pro Annette Obrestad, Women's World Open III winner Aisling Collins and ... http://www.pokernews.nodepositcasino24.com/poker-news/women%e2%80%99s-world-open-dates-confirmed/ After all, Bay 101 has seen deeper runs by women than any other venue on the World Poker Tour. At the 2007 edition of the popular bounty event, Joanne Liu made runner-up to Ted Forrest in an attempt to become the WPT's first female champion. Then last year, veteran pro Kathy Liebert ... http://www.pokernews.nodepositcasino24.com/poker-news/women-rule-the-day-at-bay-101/