When I was 8 years old, I was mostly worried about people seeing me pick my nose, or wondering where my bike was. This is a much bigger/more interesting problem.
Aashish Nanak was already different from other boys his age since he showed an interest in computers at the age of 3. Now he is definitely different from boys his age because the Delhi, India resident recently won over a half million dollars in an online poker tourname nt.
Unfortunately for Aashish and the Nanak family, the money isn’t theirs yet because an unidentified poker site won’t deliver the $500k. The poker room, which has remained anonymous, has refused to pay up because of the simple fact that Aashish is obviously underage for the game of poker. Their refusal to pay has set the stage for a big court battle that is currently taking place in Delhi.
The case for the poker room seems solid at this point, but the Nanak family has also put forth some strong arguments as well. According to them, it was well known by the mysterious poker website that Aashish had been playing at their room. They claim that a staff member from the site had even given him a nickname – the Little Poker Wizard.
Whether Aashish Nanak and his family wins the court battle remains to be seen. But he has an incredible story nonetheless. Aashish began working on his first Internet website by the age of 4. This in turn evolved into an affiliate marketing business that Aashish was running to help the Nanak family pay their bills. Eventually, his uncle noticed his remarkable abilities and got him involved in Internet poker by the age of 6. Since then, Aashish has been playing poker on his uncle’s account and has earned lots of small winnings during his three-year poker career.
But Aashish will have to continue fighting for the largest win of his career this week in court. Since the Nanaks aren’t exactly the wealthiest people in India, they are certainly hoping the court decides in their favor.
Hyun503 turned $60 into $62,960 while playing Caribbean Stud poker right here at Carbon. That’s a pretty huge swing in less than 5 seconds.
Congrats to Maciel85 for his dominant poker play throughout November and December in the MTT Leaderboard and Finale at CarbonPoker. He took down the tournament on December 5th at Carbon.
You turkey grinders have really been at it. On November 1st, CarbonPoker seeded the Grand Prize of the Turkey Grand Slam with $2,500. Since then, players in special Turkey SnGs have fattened it up to $25,660+.
Since it’s Friday the 13th, I decided to bring you some good luck news.
The 2009 WSOP Main Event is in the bag. It’s time to look at the important stuff. The field of 6,494 competitors fought it out for a little over $61Million in prize money.
I’m sure you guys all know about the 2009 Thanksgiving Promo at CarbonPoker. The special Turkey SitNGos are in the admin, the leaderboard is changing daily, and now the jackpot is over $10K and it’s only November 9.
Keep stuffing that Turkey.
We are only four days into the Turkey Grand Slam and the jackpot is growing like crazy.
