2011 January 12, Martin Harris

Turbo time, once again! Tonight we point you to stories from the past 24 hours, including a couple of days’ worth of recaps from the PCA. Other news includes yet another online poker innovation, this time from Full Tilt Poker, the anointing of one more WSOP Main Event champ as a Team PokerStars Pro, the latest from the WSOP-Circuit stop in Oklahoma, and more.

In Case You Missed It

A relatively short Day 4 at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure means we’ve seen two days done and dusted since the last Turbo. Forty-eight players made it through yesterday’s Day 3 at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event, with Chris Oliver ending the day as chip leader and Chris Moneymaker sitting in fifth place to start today’s action. Here’s a quick recap of Day 3

Another player who returned on Day 4 of the PCA Main Event was two-time WSOP bracelet winner Eric Froehlich. He sat down with PokerNews’ Kristy Arnett to discuss a key hand from Day 3. Check out E-Fro’s analysis.

The always amiable Hoyt Corkins did not make it through Day 3, though the bust out of the “Alabama Cowboy” gave him a chance to talk to PokerNews about his experience thus far in the Bahamas. See what Corkins had to say.

Those 48 returning players quickly played down to 22 today at the PCA Main Event, with Ana Marquez out in front at night’s end and Chris Moneymaker right behind her in second! Get your Day 4 recap right here.

It’s Thursday in Oz, and that means the opening event of the 2011 Aussie Millions is kicking off. Check out a preview of the Southern Hemisphere’s biggest tournament.

Multi-Entry Tournaments at Full Tilt Poker

Full Tilt Poker has come up with yet another twist to tourney play, Multi-Entry Tournaments. As was the case with Rush Poker (launched one year ago), this innovation gives online players the ability to do something impossible in a live setting — play more than one entry in the same tournament!

In these Multi-Entry Tournaments, players are able to buy in more than once, with each entry being seated at different tables as the event plays out. In other words, no opportunities to play against oneself will arise.

If it happens a player has more entries still alive than there are tables left, two entries will be “merged” into one, with the stacks combined and the deleted entry picking up whatever cash prize would be due for being eliminated at that point.

Check the Full Tilt Poker site for more information about how Multi-Entry Tournaments work.

Duhamel Latest Team PokerStars Pro

We saw him wearing the PokerStars patch on his trademark hoodie as he claimed the 2010 WSOP Main Event bracelet. Now it’s official — Jonathan Duhamel has become the newest Team PokerStars Pro.

Duhamel joins Daniel Negreanu, Ahn Van Nyugen, Greg Debora, Marcello del Grosso, and Pat Pezzin as part of Team PokerStars Canada.

Duhamel, winner of $8,944,310 for taking the 2010 WSOP ME title, has plans to sport his new Team PokerStars Pro patch far and wide. “I want to be playing the biggest tournaments in the world,” Duhamel told Brad Willis for the PokerStars blog. “I’m going to do my best to pull off another big score.”

Duhamel follows in the footsteps of Chris Moneymaker, Greg Raymer, Joe Hachem, Peter Eastgate, and Joe Cada by taking the path from WSOP ME champ to Team PokerStars Pro.

Read more about Duhamel’s signing on the PokerStars blog.

WSOP-Circuit Series at Choctaw Continues

The first WSOP-Circuit series at the Choctaw Casino Resort in Durant, Oklahoma, is well under way, with a couple of rings already having been awarded.

David Clark of Carrolton, Texas, won one in Event #2, a $345 buy-in no-limit hold’em event for which he claimed a cool $50,921 for coming out on top. And James Bullard of Wills Point, Texas, has also won himself a WSOP-Circuit ring for taking down a $555 buy-in NLHE event and earning $56,772 first-place prize money.

There are 10 ring events total of the 51 on the series schedule, including one for the $1,600 Main Event that begins Saturday, January 22 for which PokerNews Live Reporting team will be there with the coverage.

For more on the prelims at Choctaw, check the WSOP site.

You Know What Really Grinds My Gears…?

With apologies to Peter Griffin, anyone who has spent any time at all at the poker table probably has developed a few “pet peeves” or dislikes. PokerNews’ Kristy Arnett and Sarah Grant spoke with a few pros today at the PCA to find out what really grinds their gears. Take a look.

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Not only will you get a $600 sign-up bonus at Full Tilt Poker, new depositors also get to play in a $100,000 First Deposit Freeroll.

2011 January 11, Martin Harris

While much of the poker world continues to remain focused on happenings down at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, there’s a lot else of note going on to report. In tonight’s Nightly Turbo, we not only point you to the latest from the Bahamas, but also fill you in on PokerStars’ latest innovation, a couple of new tournament series upcoming at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas and in Reno, and more.

In Case You Missed It

The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event continues, with Adam Geyer ending Day 2 with the most chips of the remaining 173 players. Here’s a recap of all of the action from Day 2, and be sure to check in over at Pokernews’ live reporting for continuing coverage of the PCA Main Event.

Of course, the Main Event is only part of the story this week down at the Atlantis Resort & Casino, with a number of side events taking place as well. Donnie Peters shares the latest from these many other events happening at the 2011 PCA.

For still more from the PCA, check out the latest episode of the PokerNews Podcast in which the gang talks with PokerNews video hostess Sarah Grant and player Allen Bari. Listen in.

Back in the U.S., the state of New Jersey yesterday became the first state to pass legislation to license and regulate online poker when the State Assembly voted 63-11 in favor of a bill that permits wagering for NJ residents. That vote followed the State Senate having passed the bill back in November. Next up, Gov. Chris Christie must either sign the bill into law, veto it, or send it back to the legislature for changes. Matthew Kredell gives the full scoop, additionally exploring possible consequences should the bill become law.

In the Online Railbird Report, Mickey Doft fills us in on the latest big battle online between Scott “URnotINdanger2″ Palmer and Tom “durrrr” Dwan. See who came out on top.

Finally, in the latest installment of Inside Gaming Chad Holloway reports on the growth of gaming in Macau, possible expansion to occur in Illinois, and a legal brouhaha happening at the Palms Casino in Vegas. Read all about it.

PokerStars Announces New Home Games

Quite a buzz yesterday as PokerStars introduced its newest innovation, PokerStars Home Games. Currently only available on the dot-net side, the new Home Games enable players to set up their own private online poker games with friends and/or other invited players. And best of all, creating your own online “poker club” is absolutely free.

When setting up a home game, players can create a club, name it, then issue invitations to other players by sending them a special invitation code. The club’s administrator then gets to set up the lobby, adjust stakes for cash games, set up tournaments, and more.

As of now each player can only create one club, and one can only participate in a maximum of three clubs. Also, a maximum of 50 players will be allowed per club. Word is that PokerStars Home Games will move over to the dot-com site sometime later this week.

Head over to PokerStars for FAQs and other info on how the Home Games work.

Caesars Palace Winter Poker Classic Kicks Off Jan. 17

Caesars Palace has announced a new poker series running from Jan. 17 through Feb. 4 that will include more than two dozen events, including a $230 buy-in satellite tournament for a seat in the NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship in March.

Events will cover a variety of games and buy-ins, with numerous no-limit hold’em events (full ring, six-handed, and heads-up), multiple Omaha Hi/Low and pot-limit Omaha events, a Ladies event, and a Seniors event. The winner of that latter event will be given an entry into the 2011 WSOP Seniors event to go along with the first-place prize money.

The NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship satellite tourney will be a two-day event beginning on February 1st. That tourney will play as a regular MTT until 16 players remain, at which point those remaining will be arranged into a bracket to play heads-up matches until a winner is determined.

Click here for the full schedule of events from the Caesars Palace Winter Poker Classic.

I Shot a Show in Reno…

More Nevada tournament news to share, this time from further north in Reno where the Atlantis Poker Room has announced a new series scheduled for March 18-26. Of special note is the fact that the $1,060 buy-in Main Event will be shot by Red Deck Productions, with the two episodes to be aired on a yet-to-be-determined outlet.

Additionally, a high-stakes, invitation-only cash game will be shot as well, to be subsequently aired as a series of 13 episodes called “High Stakes Hold’em.”

According to David Farahi, Atlantis’ Executive Director of Gaming, this marks “the first time a poker show [will be] 100 percent filmed in Reno.”

See the story in the Northern Nevada Business Weekly for more on the Atlantis’ plans.

Slides and Sharks

Finally, while many of us in other parts of the world continue to endure an unending mix of snow and ice, let’s all take a few minutes to envy those enjoying the outdoors down in the Bahamas. PokerNews‘ Kristy Arnett and Sarah Grant were joined by Team PokerStars Pros Maridu Maryinck and Andre Akkari for some watersliding fun. And like at the poker tables, there were sharks about!

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