The NAPT held its first exclusive event at the Venetian and more than 800 players paid the $5,000 buy-in. Meanwhile the stars were indeed shining bright at the WPT Invitational with Tia Carrera, Trishelle Cannatella, and Marlon Wayans coming out to play. With all the excitement over the competing poker tours there were several poker stories that were almost forgotten. Fortunately as part of our ongoing Poker News in Brief we’ve compiled a list of the lesser-known stories below. This week we’ll take a look at PartyPoker running an endurance promo, new schedules for two PokerStars tournaments, a training seminar by Mike “The Mouth” Matusow and more. Class in Session for Mike “The Mouth” Matusow When The Mouth talks you’d better listen. That’s what organizers are hoping participants will take out of the upcoming Mike “The Mouth” Matusow poker training session in California. Matusow, who is the dean of DeepStacks University, will teach a special five-hour session that covers winning strategies for tournament and cash game poker in addition to giving one-on-one poker analysis at the tables.
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Poker News in Brief: Feb. 22-28, 2010
