Month: June 2010

Poker

Florida’s Kakon wins $500K Borgata Deep Stack

The South has had some decent wins and cashes around the country as of late. Here’s a look at some of them. William Kakon of Aventura, Fla., took down the Borgata’s $500K guarantee Deep Stack event, besting 329 players in the $1,650 tournament for a $140,694 payday May 19. Other southern cashers included Dewey Whitmore […]

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Poker

Meet Ante Up Poker Tour POY Walt Strakowski

Players did their best to catch Walt Strakowski, but they could only manage to see him in front of them. You can stop looking over your shoulder, Walt, you are the 2010 Ante Up Poker Tour Player of the Year.

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Poker

Q&A with PPA exec director John Pappas

The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act finally went into effect June 1. John Pappas, the executive director of the Poker Players Alliance (theppa.org), recently was a guest on the Ante Up PokerCast to let us know what the UIGEA law means for poker

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