Around the Country: Quick hitters

Poker news has been slow locally over the last few weeks, but here are some tidbits to chew on…

- Brandon “oncommand” Meyers finished 2nd in a PokerStars $1k event on March 3 for $56,550. Meyers, who recently moved from Minnesota to Ohio, had a rough start to the year on PokerStars, but he has now profited over $60,000 in 2010 so far across all sites.

- “babyshark33″ still sits atop the PocketFives.com Minnesota Online Rankings, even after Eric “acquad” Brix and Lance “kingpin023″ Harris won the Sunday Million and FTOPs, respectively. “babyshark33″ plays mostly multi-table tournaments with buy-ins under $109, which makes his $70,000 net profit so far in 2010 somewhat incredible.

Just to put it in perspective, “babyshark33″ averages 17 multi-table tournaments PER DAY online.

- Mitch Ackerman of Sauk Rapids had a successful trip courtesy of Card Player Cruises last week, winning two no-limit hold’em tournaments for over $6,000 total profit. The 7-night cruise left out of Galveston, TX.

- Former University of Minnesota student Amit Makhija was among the first three members chosen to make up “The Brunson 10,” which is a group of 10 young, elite poker players that represent Doyle’s Room. Earlier today, Steve “gboro780″ Gross was chosen as the 6th member.

* If you ever have any news or notes from online tournaments or from card rooms across the country, email phil@mnpokermag.com.