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Isildur1 True Identity Revealed as Viktor Blom
We finally learn the true identity of online poker phenom Isildur1. It’s none other than 20-year-old Swedish player Viktor Blom.
High Stakes Online Poker Player OMGClayAiken Starts Off 2011 Down $210K
Here we are not even 8 days into the new year and already high stakes online poker player Phil Galfond is down a whopping $210K in 2011.
That’s gotta hurt!
Accused Murderer Ernie Scherer “Detached” In Discussing Parents Deaths
Daniel Negreanu In 2nd Place At PokerStars Super High Roller Final
Phil Hellmuth Won’t Be Welcome in Jim Harbaugh 49ers Locker Room
The NFL and the world of professional gambling are on a collision course.
Online Poker a Game of Skill or Chance? US Attorney Says The Latter
Sexiest Poker Players of 2010: Patrik Antonius, Erica Schoenberg
Reflections on The Old and New in the World of Poker
This article is being republished with permission courtesy of our friends at AintLuck.com.
Just a few reflections as we get set for a new year in the poker world. No one really knows what the next 12 months have in store. That is perhaps the only thing that anyone knows for sure right now. In January 2010, no one would have imagined any of the following:
• That the 2nd incarnation of the Durrrr Challenge on Full Tilt Poker would be further along than the 1st one, which seems to be all but dead.
Isildur1 vs. Tony G Online Poker Rivalry: Masked Man Backs Out of Tournament
Annie Duke Will be Annie Duke-Reitman, Pal Says
Annie Duke-Reitman.
That's the name top female poker pro Annie Duke will likely go by professionally once she marries her longtime boyfriend Joe Reitman, it has been revealed.
Attorney For Ernie Scherer III: “No Proof of His Guilt In Parents Murders”
The double murder trial of Ernie Scherer III continued on Wednesday with his attorney suggesting there is not enough evidence to convict the poker player.
Scherer III is accused of bludgeoning to death his parents, Charlene Abendroth and Ernest Scherer Jr., in their Castlewood Country Club, California home in March of 2008. Prosecutors argue that the younger Scherer was after his parents $1.5 million inheritance.
The Lock Poker Pro Jenny Woo Interview Series: Brett Jungblut
Jenny Woo here to get 2011 off to a great start. First, I’d like to say Happy New Year! I hope all of you had a blast bringing in the New Year as much as I did.
Steve Gross and Several Brunson 10 Pros Top Card Player Online Player Rankings
Somach to Interview Matt Savage on Radio
Gambling911.com's own Tom Somach on Wednesday will help interview on radio the tournament director for the world's second-largest poker tournament, the Los Angeles Poker Classic.
Online Poker Traffic Rises Nearly 1 Percent
The holiday week resulted in an 0.9 percent rise in online poker traffic according to monitoring website PokerScout.com.
Player counts dropped steeply on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year's Eve, dipping even lower than last year's holidays. The plunge was to be expected, however, as the holidays fell on weekends this year and a larger-than-usual number of players took to the roads and skies to spend time with their families.
Prosecutor: Ernest Scherer Became “Narcissistic Sociopath Killer”
Negreanu’s UB.com Rants Continue: Was Once Approached To Invest in Company
