The Roundup: Poker News for the Weekend of March 27, 2011
by Deke Marston | Mar 28 2011
Tom Dwan's first ever for-pay poker lesson, Johnny Chan hits High Stakes Poker and an irish Poker Dealer who extorted a potential hit for big cash are part of the weekend's roundup.
The Internet
Do you have over $3000? Do you want to get a chance to learn how to play poker from Tom "durrr" Dwan or Patrik Antonius? Dwan is going to be offering his first-ever paid poker lesson on April 19th through a new website that allows pros and players to connect one-on-one using teleconference technology. The site, developed by writer, online poker pro and Harvard prof Brandon Adams, is currently taking bids on the first lessons on Twitter.
"Having Patrik and Tom available to the poker community is clearly a great resource, and I'm very curious to see what their initial hours of coaching will go for," Adams said. "Tom is simply the most innovative mind in poker, and many of the best poker players of his (or any) generation have publicly credited him as being the leading influence in their poker development. Tom is exceptionally quick, and I think he'll pack a lot of insight into a typical one hour session."
While both Dwan and Antonius will receive a fixed fee for their participation in the training, Adams has said that the the majority of the proceeds are going to be donated to Morris Jeff Community School.
Television
The effusive and hilarious Johnny Chan hit the table in High Stakes Poker's Saturday episode this weekend as part of the final action from the first group of players for Season 7. There's going to be a new lineup this week and despite the fact that there were some big names playing with not very much to lose in the grand scheme of things, the action was relatively quiet. The most exciting hand played out over a $200,000 pot and a showdown between Doyle Brunson and Vanessa Selbst. The old man got the win and Selbst's bankroll took an $80,000 hit.
Next week's lineup for the game features Phil Laak, Jonathan Duhamel, Barry Greenstein and Jason Mercier, which means we'll get, at the very least, some good trash talk from Laak.
Ireland
The Irish poker dealer who got the attention of the world in 2008 after being convicted of extortion in a murder case is likely to be extradited to the United States according to newspapers on the Emerald Isle. Essam Eid was sentenced to six years in prison after it was decided that he was guilty of demanding that the target of a hit he'd been paid for offer him €100,000. The United States has applied for the extradition of Eid on two charges of extortion and the Irish court will hold a hearing next Wednesday to consider the request.
