After a few months with mediocre results, Viktor Blom this weekend finally made a big score on his PokerStars home field. With profits of more than $300,000, Blom is now the biggest winner of the past few days.
Playtech is positioning itself to take advantage of a coming regulated U.S. online poker market. The company has signed a deal to provide online poker software California casinos.
Phil Hellmuth once again had to settle for second place in the WSOP's Event #33, the $10,000 Stud Hi-Lo Championship. Hellmuth could have secured himself his 12th bracelet, but lost heads-up to Eric Rodawig.
Attendance numbers from the 42nd annual World Series of Poker are seemingly not influenced by Black Friday. Halfway through the series, participants numbers have gone up by more than 11%.
23-year-old Sam Stein from California last night won the WSOP's Event #31, the $3,000 PLO. Stein beat 648 competitors to become the series' latest bracelet winner, taking home a first prize of $420,802.
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