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Tournament: Vanessa Selbst wins NAPT Mohegan Sun event

Tournament: Vanessa Selbst wins NAPT Mohegan Sun event

Vanessa Selbst has achieved much of her success in the state of Connecticut. She attends Yale Law School in New Haven and won two no-limit Texas Holdem tournaments at Foxwoods Casino in Mashantucket in November 2008. Now she can add her first major poker tournament title with her recent victory at the PokerStars North American [...]

Blotter: German poker thief surrenders

Blotter: German poker thief surrenders

The case against the gang of robbers who staged a reckless daylight robbery on the European Poker Tour Berlin event may soon come to a close. One member of the gang surrendered to Berlin police on Monday. Law enforcement authorities did not release any details about the suspect, but German newspapers are reporting that he [...]

Blotter: German poker robbery gang captured

Blotter: German poker robbery gang captured

Berlin police reported that they have captured all four members of the gang that robbed the European Poker Tour event at the Grand Hyatt Berlin earlier this month. Last week, police announced that one of the robbers surrendered to authorities. A few days later, a second gang member, twenty-year-old Ahmad el-Awayti, was captured in a [...]

Blotter: Tony Hachem wins ANZPT Tour event

Blotter: Tony Hachem wins ANZPT Tour event

Tony Hachem, brother of 2005 World Series of Poker Main Event winner Joe Hachem, won his first major title earlier this week. He defeated a field of over two hundred players to take first place at the Australia and New Zealand Poker Tour event in Perth, Western Australia. Each player paid A$2,500 (US$2,294) to play [...]

Tournament: Binh Nguyen wins Manila APPT Main Event

Tournament: Binh Nguyen wins Manila APPT Main Event

Las Vegas resident Binh Nguyen had to travel a long way to win his first major poker tournament title, but he believes it was worth the trip. Last year, he came up short of winning the World Poker Tour LA Poker Classic, taking home nearly US$1 million as he finished second behind Cornel Andrew Cimpan. [...]