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FEAST OF POKER FOLLOWS CHALLENGE FAMINE (Update)
2010-02-01

Antonius and Dwan clash again

After a famine of 36 days in the Dwan 50 000 hand challenge against Patrik Antonius, the last two days have seen a feast as the duo clashed again not once, but twice in 48 hours. And on both occasions it was Tom Dwan who walked away the winner, bringing his supremacy in the series thus far to over a million dollars.

Following Thursday's clash (see previous InfoPowa report) the two came together online again Friday for around three-and-a-quarter hours of action over 4 virtual tables, completing another 892 hands of the Challenge and taking the total played to date to 31 912 hands.

Once again, Dwan emerged the winner of the session, leading almost the whole way and adding almost $200 000 to bring his overall lead to $ 1 077 932.

The challenge is almost a year old and is now 64 percent complete.

FEAST OF POKER FOLLOWS CHALLENGE FAMINE (Update)
2010-02-01

Antonius and Dwan clash again

After a famine of 36 days in the Dwan 50 000 hand challenge against Patrik Antonius, the last two days have seen a feast as the duo clashed again not once, but twice in 48 hours. And on both occasions it was Tom Dwan who walked away the winner, bringing his supremacy in the series thus far to over a million dollars.

Following Thursday's clash (see previous InfoPowa report) the two came together online again Friday for around three-and-a-quarter hours of action over 4 virtual tables, completing another 892 hands of the Challenge and taking the total played to date to 31 912 hands.

Once again, Dwan emerged the winner of the session, leading almost the whole way and adding almost $200 000 to bring his overall lead to $ 1 077 932.

The challenge is almost a year old and is now 64 percent complete.

AUSSIE MILLIONS TROPHY STAYS DOWNUNDER
2010-02-01

23-year-old bests a field of 745 to collect A$2 million main prize

The 2010 Aussie Millions main event concluded over the weekend with a local victory by Tyron Krost, a 23-year-old pro from from Bondi in Sydney who qualified via an online satellite on Party Poker, besting a star-studded field of 745 players over 7 days of poker.

The main prize win - worth A$2 million ($1 676 418) - is the biggest of three cashes in Krost's short career to date, and will enable him to concentrate more on poker than on his involvement with his family's furniture business. Krost's previous cashes were in two 2008 WSOP events and were worth a total of $38 536.

The main event final table included two Internet superstars in Sorel Mizzi and Annette Obrestad, along with Krost, Frederik Jensen, Kosta Varoxis, Peter Jetten, Steve Friedlander and Stephen Shelley.

Mizzi started as chip leader by a long way, but in the end managed only a third place finish worth A$ 715 000 as Krost worked steadily through his opponents, eliminating five of them.

The heads up saw Krost, holding a 2 to 1 chip advantage, across the table from Frederik Jensen. It was clearly the Aussie's day and he sent Jensen home with a second placing check for A$ 1 100 000, keeping the main prize of A$ 2 million to himself.

Commenting on his big win, Krost said, “This is totally unbelievable - it is beyond my wildest dreams. If it is a dream, I don’t want to wake up! In total I spent $700 trying to qualify for a package and I have managed to turn that into AUD$2 million! I got some really good spots on the final table. When I needed a hand I seemed to get it.”

“It just hasn’t sunk in at all how much money I have just won. I have no idea what I am going to with it. I cashed at the World Series in 2008 but nothing like this.”

ONLINE POKER NETWORKS MERGE
2010-01-26

Everleaf and Universal joining forces...with a third firm in prospect

Player communication, or the lack thereof, was a criticism levelled at companies involved in an online poker merger this week.

Everleaf Gaming Network, which permits US action, and the Europe-facing Universal Poker Network partnered up on January 19th to offer a larger network with more player liquidity. The merged network has yet to be branded, but it is understood that a third company, Victory Poker formerly on the Doyle Brunson Poker Network, may also be joining the duo on February 1st using a .net domain extension.

It appears that the new network will accept all players from the US with multi-currency facilities and a wider range of deposit options, and that the software has been enhanced with a number of new improvements.

Pokerscout's independent statistics rate Universal's action at around 300 players/day, with Everleaf just under 100 players/day.

The merged network was criticised by players, who claim that they were not advised of the move, and that this created confusion. Answering the criticism, a spokesperson for Everleaf said: "No emails were sent out regarding this, as the date for the merge could have and was delayed.

"We did have a pop up notice on our poker room for the last seven days to ensure everyone was made aware of this merger."

The merged network is home to some 24 skins, among them ThePokerPanther.com, ABDigitalPoker.com, FullKingsPoker.com, PokerDrum.com, MyNamePoker.com, BrasilianPoker.com, 5Poker5.com, Poker4Ever.com, Raider Poker.com, Minted Poker.com, WarriorsPoker.com, PokerKingBet.com and WinPKR.com.

ONLINE POKER NETWORKS MERGE
2010-01-25

Everleaf and Universal joining forces...with a third firm in prospect

Player communication, or the lack thereof, was a criticism levelled at companies involved in an online poker merger this week.

Everleaf Gaming Network, which permits US action, and the Europe-facing Universal Poker Network partnered up on January 19th to offer a larger network with more player liquidity. The merged network has yet to be branded, but it is understood that a third company, Victory Poker formerly on the Doyle Brunson Poker Network, may also be joining the duo on February 1st using a .net domain extension.

It appears that the new network will accept all players from the US with multi-currency facilities and a wider range of deposit options, and that the software has been enhanced with a number of new improvements.

Pokerscout's independent statistics rate Universal's action at around 300 players/day, with Everleaf just under 100 players/day.

The merged network was criticised by players, who claim that they were not advised of the move, and that this created confusion. Answering the criticism, a spokesperson for Everleaf said: "No emails were sent out regarding this, as the date for the merge could have and was delayed.

"We did have a pop up notice on our poker room for the last seven days to ensure everyone was made aware of this merger."

The merged network is home to some 24 skins, among them ThePokerPanther.com, ABDigitalPoker.com, FullKingsPoker.com, PokerDrum.com, MyNamePoker.com, BrasilianPoker.com, 5Poker5.com, Poker4Ever.com, Raider Poker.com, Minted Poker.com, WarriorsPoker.com, PokerKingBet.com and WinPKR.com.