18
May
2010
Bußman and Naim Victory Noted The 8th day of SCOOP
There were three players left during the 2010 Spring Championship of Online Poker at PokerStars on the 8th day, having SCOOP titles, but the event cover almost 12 hours for every player. Perhaps, he didn’t garner the biggest prize, Florian “happyfister” Bußman, take the $2,100 buy-in of event #19 for $133,669.01. the medium buy-in was sold by Ibrahim “IG0tDibs” Naim for $141,225.59.
In the said tournament, faces of different poker pros were also noticed including; Sorel “zangbezan24″ Mizzi, Jeff “kobeshomie” Madsen, David “RugDoctor” Williams, Brock “t soprano” Parker, and Thierry “BOKPOWER” van den Berg.
The 19th event of the SCOOP featured no-limit hold’em big antes with buy-in worth $2,000 + $100 having a prize of $1,180,000 which gathered 590 entrants. Another event is still the same but with a buy-in of $200 + $15 and a prize of $900,200 having 4,501 entrants. The last one takes a buy-in of $20 + $2 with prize pool of $329,660 and 16,483 the L no- limit hold’em big antes was finish by . LOL_FAILURE with $28,200.
The tournament was finished by three poker masters who gained titles in the 8th day of SCOOP. For more information about the tournament you can visit PokerStars.
1
Mar
2010
The Star Studded Charity Poker Tournament
Three Square Food Band will be benefiting from the PokerStars in its upcoming poker tournament. Numerous celebrities are expected to come at the gala. Tony Hawk, a skating legend who helped the Olympian Shaun White is one of the expected guests.
The tournament also looks forward to actors for the name of charity like Christian Slater, star in “Broken Arrow,” Untamed Heart,” and “Young Guns II,” and Brad Garrett who appeared in movies “Night at the Museum,” Ratatouille,” as well as Disney’s “ A Bug’s Life.” Joanna Krupa, hostess of North America Poker Tour as well as Team PokerStars Sports Stars Orel Hershiser will also play in the competition.
In addition to the aforementioned stars, the talk show host Montel William, Slash, former guitarist of Guns N Roses, and actors Marlon Wayans and Lou Diamond Phillips will as well appear in the tournament. Of course, poker players of PokerStars will also join in the battle.
The president and CEO of the Three Square Food Bank, Julie Murray is so delighted to PokerStars for its dedication to help those who hunger in Southern Nevada. Including the charity-minded celebrities who will join in the said tournament were appreciated. Julie Murray believed that this step would make a difference in their fight against hunger.
16
Feb
2010
PokerStars is Throwing the Nordic Poker Awards
Numerous poker players have been creating different names in the society and have captured different World titles from different poker Tournament. In order to honor the poker player all over Finland, Norway, Denmark and Sweden, PokerStars will throw the Nordic Poker Awards.
Nordic Poker Awards was previously known as the Scandinavian Awards. PokerStars will announce the awards before the Copenhagen European Poker Tour stop on February 15, 2010. Although, the United States have the top most prestigious professional poker players, the players from Nordic countries still features a high percentage of gamers in the industry.
The 2010 Nordic Poker Awards is thrown in order to award the top performances of poker players. Best Live Tournament Player, Best Performance, Best Online Player and Rookie of the Year are the awards to be given to them.
Some of the popular poker names that were nominated are Patrik Antonius, Peter Eastgate, Ville Wahlbeck, Ilari Sahamies, Jani Vilmunen and Dag Martin Mikkelsen. The awards will be given to the player that wins the voting which was decided by the public.
Pubic voting as the Nordic Poker population will decide which among the 30 nominees will take home the awards. Murat “Terrible Turk” Sahan from Poker Magazine, Jens Mogensen from Ace Magazine, Jasper Pääkkönen and Kjetil Flåten are the board of judges for the winners.
