04/04/2011

FUNDOOPOKER: WORLD ROUND UP All the action from the Indian poker scene and around the world, brought to you by India's premier poker portal, Ben Wilson

Good news for India's live poker junkies - they'll be able to get their poker fix from Thursday 7 April onwards at the Indian Poker Championships in Goa, Tom Dwan and Patrik Antonius offer their coaching services and PokerStars deal their 60 billionth hand.

IPC Kicks Off This Week As we mentioned back in our World Round Up back on 21 March, the Indian Poker Championships kicks off this Thursday, running from 7-10 April at Casino Royale in Panjim, Goa. Featuring four poker tournaments with buy-ins ranging from Rs. 6,000 to the Rs. 20,000 Main Event, this promises poker aficionados some exciting additions and twists to traditional tournament formats.

Durrrr And Antonius Offer Coaching Full Tilt's Brandon Adams announced on popular poker forum TwoPlusTwo (link - http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/173/commercial-marketplace/poker-coaching-2-0-a-1006245/) the launch of his new project, Expert Insight, a new take on online coaching. While Adams has stated the project will involve experts from across a variety of different fields, what makes this of particular interest to the poker playing community is the fact Tom "Durrrr" Dwan and Patrik Antonius have signed on to offer coaching. The site, www.expertinsight.com, launches on 18 April with Durrrr confirming on his Twitter page that his first paid coaching session will take place on 19 April. Bids for the one-hour coaching slots from the two players have reached up to $3,000.

Stars Deals 60 Billionth Hand On Tuesday 29 March at 9:35am, EDT (1:35pm GMT) PokerStars dealt its 60 billionth hand, netting one lucky player $102,090 in the process. The hand took place at $5/$10 six-max Limit Hold'em table Isa II and was won by UK-based player "Pogo650" whose Qh 3c was enough to take down the pot after the board ran out 2h Ks 3h 6d 9d. Speaking in the chat box after the hand Pogo650 stated: "I'm possibly the biggest luckbox alive over the last week or so. Two losing sessions ended in milestone hands." Four of the five players earned themselves $21,045, while the fifth made $11,040. To see a replay of the hand check out the PokerStars Blog (http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/2011/pogo650-takes-q3o-to-bank-for-102k-in-po-079850.html).

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