Gossip, twitter, etc.
This weekend saw many players tweeting about the tournaments they were in, which included the UBOC, the LAPC and the EPT Deauville. Other popular topics this week were football as well as new houses, tattoos by Kat von D, and a river card made to measure for Eric Mizrachi. Read more »
T.J. Cloutier's World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet sold for $4,006 on the popular online auction site eBay. The Plano Pawn Shop put up the bracelet, which Cloutier won in a $5,000 No Limit Hold'em event in 2005. Read more »
With 24 hours left in the bidding, the two championship bracelets that were won by T.J. Cloutier have begun to draw bidding attention on eBay. Read more »
It has been widely documented that longtime poker pro Doyle Brunson is quite the Twitter aficionado. Brunson, better known to his Tweeps as @TexDolly, typically utilizes his Twitter feed for updates on DoylesRoom, chatting with his celebrity friends, updating the world on his prop and sports betting, and providing the world with a seemingly endless stream of blonde jokes. Read more »
Awards in the poker world can range from plaques to large trophies to even the head of an alligator (the World Series of Poker Circuit's Bayou Poker Classic trophy is the stuffed head of such an animal). One of the most cherished mementos of victory in poker is, of course, the WSOP bracelet that is awarded to each winner of an event in Las Vegas. For one of the most prized trophies in poker to appear for sale is almost unheard of. Read more »
The online poker community is a young one, so it is no wonder that when Poker News Daily inquired about their thoughts on the Jay Leno-Conan O'Brien debate, they all came out on the side of "Coco." Read more »
Now that the poker community has returned from the Bahamas and are no longer racking up expensive roaming charges on their cell phones, they have been posting on the social networking website Twitter with a newfound dedication. In the past couple of days, players have been dropping Tweets about the Massachusetts Senate race, Biloxi and Australia prelims, their latest big scores and, of course, current events ranging from politics to television. Read more »
Poker News Daily has been following the most interesting Tweets since last Friday, encompassing players' last impressions from the Bahamas, their last goodbyes to the late Amir Vahedi, the drives to raise funds for Haiti relief and some NFL quandaries. Read more »
