Woman Poker Player Awarded Golden Hand
To continue a great period in her poker life Scandinavian poker wonder kid Annette Obrestad was recently awarded three accolades, including the Golden Hand. Annette_15, as she is known online, became the youngest World Series of Poker champion last year when she won the first ever European WSOP at the age of 18. She recently was honored at the second annual Scandinavian Poker Awards in Copenhagen, where she was also nominated with the Best Performance of the Year award and the Best Female Player title…
Online Poker Room Awards WSOP Seat
The 2008 World Series of Poker is still months away, but the seats to the main event are already being won by online poker players. That was the case when a player known as JudasBlue picked up a prize package, beating out 100 other players to secure his seat in Vegas this summer. The player, from northern California, won’t have as far to travel as some but all his travel costs should be covered by the $12,500 WSOP prize package, which also covers the $10k buy in to the main event…
Online Poker Site Is Offering €500
When an online poker site doubles their sign up deposit bonus, they really want your business. Such is the case for online poker room CelebPoker, which has recently raised the bar to 200% bonus match for first time depositors. This means that players putting funds in a new account will get twice as much added to it as a bonus, up to a total of €500…
Topless Poker Pair Busted
Tuesday saw the arrest of a pair of Texas Holdem hosts for possession of gambling devices, providing premises for gambling, and three counts of child endangerment. The two, husband and wife, not only were hosting an illegal poker game in their Middleton home, but the wife often dealt the cards topless. Considering her profession is that of a stripper it likely came naturally, but that along with the legal problems of the game and the fact that there were children in the home during the games led to the charges…