November Newsletter 2009
www.pokerevening.co.uk
6th October
European Poker Tour breaks all records
The EPT main event held at Metropol Hilton London attracted 730 players.
www.hilton.co.uk
The total prize pool is £3,540,500 with 104 players guaranteed cash prizes.
www.europeanpokertour.com
Pokers Stars
Peter Eastgate
Joe Hachem
Greg Raymer
Chris Moneymaker
Celebrity Poker Players
Boris Becker
Teddy Sheringham
Fatima Moreira del Melo
www.casinocitytimes.com
15th October
Poker Hall of Fame
The Poker Hall of Fame has recently announced a new member.
Mike “ the Ambassador of Poker “ Sexton has become the 38th member of the Poker Hall of Fame.
Sexton has won over £3.7million
www.pokernews.com
19th October
Heroin of Gambling
Disturbing news from the BBC London
Betting machines have become so addictive that in 2008 over 50,000 people called gambling help lines.
Touch screen terminals called fixed odds betting machines or FOB’s are one of the main culprits in this worrying trend.
Problem gamblers are now estimated to be above 300,000 in the UK
www.bbcnewschannel.com
19th October
WSOP another record breaker in October
This year’s World Series of Poker Circuit season
Set a new record of 1,412 players.
www.worldseriesofpoker.com
Players entered the $345 buy-in no limit Hold’em
Tournament at the Horseshoe Casino near Chicago.
The Horseshoe Casino underwent a $500 million renovation in 2008 and is located on the shores of Lake Michigan.
www.horseshoehammond.com
21st October
Anurag Dikshit
Party poker founder Anurag Dikshit’s holding company have sold 2/3rds of his 27.6% shares in Party Gaming.
www.partypoker.com
Anurag pocketed £188 million from the sale.
His holding is now down to 9.4%
Anurag was selling the shares to be transferred to his charitable foundation the Kusuma Trust.
He paid a fine of $300 million in June to US authorities for violating US gambling Laws in 2006.
www.independant.co.uk
Poker Tip
Fixed Odds Betting Machines have now become so addictive that the BBC are now investigating the results of problem gamblers in the UK.
It been known for more than 50 years that Poker Machines in Australia or “Pokies” have been relieving Australian gamblers of Trillions of dollars.
Over $10 Billion a year!
There are countless cases of punters losing life savings and committing crimes to feed their addiction to these machines.
Simply google “Hokey Pokie” for in depth information on FOB’s and gaming machines.
Down under it’s the Crack Cocaine of Gambling
Terry Poole
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