Well life just seems to race on by…. as we approach the end of January 2009 already!

As much as I try and slow things down, the pace just seems to quicken, like a river in flood, that carries you along whether you like it or not.  Wow thats deep…. and meaningful…

Its probably old news by now, but for those of you that don’t know – a local Australian, Stewart Scott won the Aussie Millions Poker Championship in Melbourne this weekend.  He becomes the first Australian to win the tournament, beating Peter Rho in the final pairing.

At another big poker tournament this weekend, the EPT Deauville, Moritz Kranich a relatively inexperienced German, won the big prize of 851,400 Euros. More excitement on the European Poker Tour as Kranich beat the strong french opposition of Esquevin into 2nd and Clemencon into 3rd place.

It just goes to show that poker is alive and well, newcomers are continually coming through to win at the big tournaments.  Whilst some of the pros may not like this, at least it is healthy for the game and keeps the interest in poker high.

You always have a chance of winning at poker!