Monday Headlines: Big Game, Black Friday turns 1 and more

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Apr 16, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Poker News BoyThis past weekend was the one-year anniversary of Black Friday, one of the blackest moments in poker history, and an event that caused a seismic shift in the current poker world. In addition to the dubious anniversary the weekend also brought a number of other headlines, including the Party Poker Big Game, the WPT Vienna Main Event, and a new lawsuit filed by a familiar group of poker players against Full Tilt Poker.

Party Poker Big Game

The 48-hour cash game that is the Party Poker Big Game saw some very interesting pots this past week, and two of those pots saw some of the craziest action you may ever see at a poker table. RuffPoker.com has a look at the two strangest hands from the Big Game, which you can read about here: Party Poker Big Game a hit with viewers

Class Action Suit vs. Full Tilt Poker the redux

Last year a group of poker players filed a $150 million Civil Action Suit against Full Tilt Poker. That suit was eventually dismissed after a judge in New York ruled he did not have jurisdiction over the complaint. Well, the players are back at it, this time in Las Vegas, and armed with new allegations thanks to the ongoing investigations post-Black Friday.

You can read more about the lawsuit here: Players file new Class Action Lawsuit against Full Tilt Poker

WPT Vienna; Denmark triumphant yet again

Denmark won its fourth major tournament in 2012, as Morten Christensen captured the WPT Vienna Main Event title. Christensen adds his name to other Danish champions in 2012 including Mickey Petersen, Jannick Wrang, and Frederick Jensen. You can read more about the Dane’s dominant performance at the WPT Vienna final table here: Another win for Denmark Christensen wins WPT Vienna

Black Friday one-year later

It’s been a tumultuous year since Black Friday shook-up the poker world last April 15th, and since that time the poker world has been left wondering what the future holds for the online poker industry in the United States. I recently wrote a blog post on the topic, exploring a few of the unanswered questions that remain one year after Black Friday.

You can read my post here: Players still searching for answers on the 1-year anniversary of Black Friday

Bubble Protection: The next big thing in poker or the next fad

If you haven’t read our recent write-up on Bubble Protection it might be just the eye-opener you need to improve your tournament results. Bubble Protection is an insurance policy of sorts, which refunds your tournament buy-in should you be eliminated on the bubble (which Bubble Protection sets as the 10% of the field that finishes outside of the money.

Bubble Protection catching on in the poker world

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