Daily Grind: Challenge match, Lock’s new cashier and more
Every day the poker world is inundated with more news, reports, and gossip, than any of us can read. At PokerNewsBoy.com we understand that there are only so many hours in the day, and only so much time you can set aside to follow all of the stories taking place, so we have come up with the Daily Grind as a solution. The Daily Grind will make sure you don’t miss any of the more obscure poker stories, wrapping up the day in poker in one neat, concise, column.
Today I’ll take a look at a few stories happening around online poker, including Lock Poker’s new cashier, the heads-up challenge match between Daniel Negreanu and PokerStars vs. Gus Hansen and Team Full Tilt, and IveyPoker.com’s newest sponsored pro, Toby Lewis.
Lock Poker’s new cashier
Lock Poker has been receiving a ton of criticism as of late for their slow withdrawal times, but this week rumors have been abound about a new Lock Poker cashier option available to VIP players. The new VIP cashier is supposed to cut-down on the wait time some of the high-volume players at the site, and according to a Lock Poker representative is expected to be unveiled in the next week or two.
IveyPoker.com signs Toby Lewis
IveyPoker.com’s roster is still growing, and it seems that whoever is signed to the site makes a high-profile final table in the near future. Case in point, Toby Lewis. Lewis, a 23 year-old Brit, was signed by Ivey Poker and proceeded to make the final table of the Season XI WPT LA Poker Classic.
Here is a look at the current roster for IveyPoker.com:
1. Phil Ivey – USA
2. Patrik Antonius – Finland
3. Jennifer Harman – USA
4. Greg Merson – USA
5. Cole South – USA
6. James Dempsey – UK
7. Josh Brikis – USA
8. Jonathan Tamayo – USA
9. Gillian Epp – Canada
10. Matt Giannetti – USA
11. John Eames – UK
12. David Peters – USA
13. Balazs Botond – Hungary
14. Mike Leah – Canada
15. Matias Gabrenja — Argentina
16. Justin Pechie — USA
17. Alex Bolotin — USA
18. Dan Shak – USA
19. Christian Harder – USA
20. Jackie Glazier – Australia
21. Griffin Benger – USA
22. Ronnie Bardah – USA
23. Kevin Vandersmissen – Belgium
24. Matthew Frankland – UK
25. Dan Smith – USA
26. Andrew Lichtenberger — USA
27. Aaron Jones – USA
28. Jon Jaffe – USA
29. Christina Lindley – USA
30. Toby Lewis – UK
Heads-Up Challenge Match between PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker
The challenge Match between Daniel Negreanu and Team PokerStars vs. Gus Hansen and Team Full Tilt Poker is starting to take shape, with the latest news updating the where and who; the when and how has already been somewhat determined.
This week Negreanu named ElkY and Ike Haxton as the players that will take on Gus, Tom Dwan, and Viktor Blom. The match will also apparently take place on Full Tilt Poker, so US railbirds will be out of luck.
We’ll keep you posted as more details come to light.
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