01 September 2010
Peetoon wins over $230,000 in PokerStars Sunday Million
The PokerStars Sunday Million, as per usual, smashed its $1.5m guarantee as 8,190 players put up the cash to create a $1,638,000 prize pool with over 1,100 players making a profit and each player at the final table guaranteed at least $12,695.
Online poker banned in South Africa
Courts in South Africa have ruled that any form of online gambling is illegal. The ruling mean that online casinos and poker rooms offering business in the country will be prosecuted.
31 August 2010
Jungleman12 extends lead over durrrr to almost $700,000
As we predicted, this round of the Durrrr Challenge is progressing far faster than the anti-climax against Patrik Antonius. Bluff Europe writer Matt Perry returned, stinking and muddy, from Reading Festival only to be shocked that 6,820 hands had been played already.
Gus Hansen loses over $1.1m at $2k/$4k Limit Omaha 8
On Sunday night Phil Ivey and Cole South beat the crap out of Gus Hansen at the $2,000/$4,000 fixed limit Omaha 8 tables at Full Tilt Poker; the Great Dane lost a total of $1,114,500 between that game and the 7-game that he took to later.
30 August 2010
Durrrr, Ivey and Antonius in high stakes PLO action
There's been a glut of cap PLO action online lately that he reduced the size of the pots and made railing far less entertaining. The big guns were back in action over the weekend though with Phil Ivey, Tom Dwan and Patrik Antonius amongst others hitting the uncapped $300/$600 PLO tables at Full Tilt.
27 August 2010
New Durrrr Challenge under way
Tom Dwan's latest challenge match against Daniel Cates is up and running with Durrrr taking an early lead in the 50,000 hand series.
26 August 2010
Gus Hansen, NEKOTYAN and Ziigmund big winners
It's not often that we've been able to write about a great session for Gus Hansen this month but he had just that yesterday, showing a profit of $167k. The Danish superstar went from the bottom of the leader board to the top after dominating the seven game on Full Tilt. He's still in the red for August overall but this is definitely a step in the right direction.
25 August 2010
WCOOP returns to PokerStars next month
The World Championship Of Online Poker (WCOOP) makes a very welcome return to PokerStars next week with $50m in guaranteed proze money to be won. The series will feature a total of 62 events with buy ins ranging from $215 up to $10,300 for the Eight-game High Roller special.
24 August 2010
Johnny Lodden final tables PokerStars Sunday Million
It is always nice to see that skill can be a deciding factor in tournaments. Last Sunday at the PokerStars Sunday Million final table, all eyes on the rail were on Norwegian PokerStars Pro Johnny Lodden.
Cole South ends the week with a $170,000 win at Full Tilt
Former CardRunners instructor and high stakes regular Cole “cts” South emerged as the biggest winner over Saturday and Sunday having played over 1,500 hands and clocking up a tidy profit of $171,230.