Monday, 3rd November NEWS

[ngaskin]

Will Fry takes down EPT Budapest

After 4 days and 531 opponents, Will Fry has taken down €595,839 ($758,634USD) to win the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Hungary Main Event.
Fry has already indicated he will give a significant portion of his first major win to charity, and will also pay his mortgage, and give a helping hand to his family and friends.

For details of how the final table went down, visit Pokernews

2008 Poker Hall of Fame inductees announced

The Poker Hall of Fame announced on Friday that the 2008 inductees will be Duane "Dewey" Tomko and Henry Orenstein. Tomko and Orenstein were the 36th and 37th inductees and their names will now go down in history alongside greats such as Doyle Brunson, Phil Hellmuth & Chip Reese.

There will be a ceremony on the 9th of November at the Rio to honor the inductees as part of the WSOP 2008 Main Event continuation, where the 9 remaining players will compete for the first place prize of over $9m.

For more information on the WSOP Hall of Fame visit WSOP - Poker Hall of Fame

Aussies Own online tourneys in October

I might be biased being an Aussie myself, but we must surely be becoming one of the dominant forces in online poker, if you look at it purely from a per capita point of view.

The top 10 ranked Aussie players raked in over $700,000USD with Jay 'Seabeast' Kinkade leading the way, with 106 cashes, 36 final tables and 8 tournament wins. The biggest cash being just over $31k in the FTP '1k Monday' weekly event.
Seabeast is a big favourite to soon become the world #1 online player as he is consistently racking up huge months.

Keep an eye on this space for more news on the Aussie players

Hevad Khan takes down $1m at Caesars's Palace

Hevad Khan, also known as RaiNKhaN on Pokerstars finished on top of a 300 player pool to take down the $1m guaranteed first prize in the 10k buyin event at Caesars.

The final table featured Adam Junglen who finished in 6th place and also Daniel Schrieber who finished up in 8th.

Full results of the final table were;

1st Hevad Khan $1 million
2nd Michael Kamran $520,320
3rd Gary Friedlander $266,076
4th Jonathan Aquiar $206,946
5th Joseph Cordi $177,382
6th Adam Junglen $147,818
7th Johnny Hennigan $118,255
8th Daniel Schrieber $88,691
9th Michael Fantini $59,127

Courtesy of Poker Listings

[jessereynoso]

it's good to see Dewey get into the hall of fame, well deserved