Newsletter June 2010
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29th April
David Williams wins $1.5million
Bodog Pro David Williams has won the season V111 World Poker Tour championship with a prize purse of $1.5 million dollars.
www.bodog.com
Williams won with “ pocket deuces “ beating Eric Baldwin’s pair of aces by getting a third deuce on the turn.
www.worldpokertour.com
14th May
Liv Boeree
opens
Bluff Europe Card Room
www.bluffeurope.com
Bluff Europe officially opened its new card room at the Mint casino Kensington London.
www.gentingcasinos.co.uk
The brand new eight table card room opening was attended by Neil Channing, James Akenhead, Michael Geco John Tabatabai Sam Trickett and celebrity athlete Daly Thompson.
www.casinocitytimes.com
18th May
PokerStars UKIPT Winner
www.ukipt.com
Andrew Couldridge has won the Pokerstars.com UKIPT main event at the Dusk Till Dawn poker room in Nottingham.
www.dusktilldawnpoker.com
Couldridge beat a field of 649 to win the first prize of £80,000
www.casinocitytimes.com
20th May
Terrance Watanabe lost $204 millions
In a lawsuit filed against Wantanabe last year
Terrance Watanabe’s lawyers acknowledged that Omoha Nebraska’s philanthropic business man had
lost $127 million in Harrah’s casinos in one year, and that this could reach $204 million after examining the casino’s records.
www.harrahslasvegas.com
www.aolnews.com
20th May
Unabomber attempts world record
Phil (The Unabomber )Laak will be attempting to beat the world record of 78 hours non stop poker playing which was set by Paul Zimber in 2009.
The record breaking attempt will begin on June the 2nd at the Bellagio poker room Las Vegas.
www.bellagio.com
Rank receive £42.5 million repayment
From the VAT MAN
Casino and Bingo group Rank have received from HMRC £16.1 million between 2004 and 2009 and £26.4 million between 2002 and 2005.
www.rank.com
HMRC has appealed the ruling to the European court of justice to be heard in 2011.
www.moneyam.com
Poker Tip
Holding small pocket pairs is only statistically good for one round.
Winning a big tournament on this strategy was extremely lucky for David Williams.
Try not to emulate this strategy.
Terry Poole
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