Poker News Headlines launches Danish language site

Poker News Headlines continues it’s global expansion today with the launch of our Danish language web site. Poker News Headlines Danmark will cover all the major global poker news and events in Danish alongside local happenings in Denmark.

Rasmus Lind, Editor of Poker News Headlines DK, said; “I’m delighted to take on the role as Editor of PNH DK. The PNH network has impressed me with it’s rapid growth and I expect us to be a leader in poker news and events in the Nordic region for years to come.”

WSOP 2009 – $40,000 No Limit Hold’em Day 2

Day 2 of the $40,000 No Limit Hold’em tournament ended a few hours ago with several big names still in the running for the first players bracelet of the WSOP 2009.

Andy Black, Greg Raymer, Tony G and Brian Townsend are all still in the running but it’s Justin Bonomo who takes a narrow chip lead into Day 3 with Ted Forrest hot on his heels.

WSOP 2009 – $500 Casino Employees Event won by Andrew Cohen

The WSOP 2009 is underway in earnest with Day 2 of the $40,000 buy in No Limit Hold’em event due to start again in a few hours time. However, yesterday the Casino Employees event took place and, despite it’s low-key nature, the event still awards a WSOP bracelet and some serious cash to the winner.

Andrew Cohen took the spoils from a 867 player field. The $500 buy-in tournament is clearly growing in popularity amongst casino staff and Cohen will be very pleased to walk away with a $83,833 first place prize.

WSOP 2009 – $40,000 ‘40th Annual Event’ Underway

The big dance (the WSOP 2009) started yesterday at The Rio in Las Vegas with the very special $40,000 40th Annual Event.

201 players paid the $40,000 buy in for this event and we weren’t short of a few star names from the world of poker. As 2008 Main Event champion Peter Eastgate took to the mic to announce “Shuffle up and deal”, The Rio was surprisingly sparse of railbirds but jam-packed full of legendary poker players.

Intabill Owe Poker Sites $30 Million

Australian online payment processor, Intabill, has been releaved to owe online poker sites over $30 million. Online poker rooms such as PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker are on the list of companies owed money.

Australia Courier Mail reported that Intabill’s huge debts are mostly owed to Stars and Full Tilt with $25 million owed to those two respectively. The remaining $5 million is owed to other, smaller, online gambling companies.

Obama lands in Vegas as WSOP 2009 begins

President Obama made a surprise trip to Las Vegas yesterday just before the start of the WSOP 2009. As the world biggest poker names arrived at McCarran Airport, Air Force One landed and caused some severe delays for the poker pro’s.

Twitter and Facebook pages were alive with the news of Obama’s visit as the poker players reported their excitement, and some frustration, at the sight of Obama at the famous Las Vegas airport.

Sexy Poker Banned in Australia

WiiWare game, Sexy Poker, has been refused classification by the OFLC and banned by the Australian government. Gameloff’s game features female opponents dressed in school uniforms, business wear and nurses’ outfits.

OFLC refused classification because nudity was used as an incentive to win in the game.

A statement said; “In the Board’s view Sexy Poker offers depictions of nudity as an incentive or reward to interactive game play. In the Board’s view, the general rule in the Guidelines for the Classification of Films and Computer Games prohibiting depictions of nudity as an incentive or reward, applies to the game play described above, as the player is shown increasingly detailed amounts of nudity following successful game-play.”

$500 Freeroll – NO Deposit or Wagering Required

Time is running out to get registered for The Freeroll League. Freeroll 1 takes place at 19:30 GMT on June 1st 2009 and you MUST create your account for this event 24hrs BEFORE the start time.

The Freeroll League features six $500 freerolls ($3000 in free cash in total) and is open to all new players at William Hill Poker ONLY via links on PokerNewsHeadlines.com.

…and the best part of all? There are NO deposit or wagering requirements. Just create a new account! Read on for more information.

durrrr Challenge News: Antonius Turns the Screw

More bad news for Tom ‘durrrr’ Dwan last week as Patrik Antonius extended his lead during their challenge match up on Full Tilt Poker.

With 13,500 hands in the books the heads-up challenge between the high-stakes pair has yet to reach the half way point. Dwan is going to need to run very hot, though, if he is to turn around the current $424,000 deficit.

A welcome distraction for Dwan may be the WSOP – due to start in a few days time. Although no formal break in play has been agreed between the pair it seems likely that play will at least slow down during World Series.