POKER NEWS

18 June 2009

Benyamine, durrrr and Hansen – More Swings than Tarzan
Benyamine, durrrr and Hansen – More Swings than Tarzan

David Benyamine, under the moniker of MR B 2 U SON on Full Tilt, joined Tom “durrrr” Dwan and Gus Hansen in a variance-filled session of PLO that proved how up and down that four-carded game can be.

Brandon Cantu Joins UltimateBet
Brandon Cantu Joins UltimateBet

Brandon Cantu is CEREUS about his new role at UltimateBet, where he joins poker legends Phil Hellmuth and Annie Duke.

17 June 2009

Pacific Poker launches new player reward scheme
Pacific Poker launches new player reward scheme

Pacific Poker has announced a new player reward scheme, which will give players cash back whenever they play a hand on the site.

16 June 2009

Betfair continues to offer WSOPE Million Dollar Game
Betfair continues to offer WSOPE Million Dollar Game

Despite the fact that the 2009 WSOP is in full swing and producing some stunning victories from recognisable pros, the folks over at Betfair have obviously got bored of the excitement already.

Brian Hastings fights it out with Gus Hansen
Brian Hastings fights it out with Gus Hansen

Brian “Stinger88” Hastings decided to play Gus Hansen heads-up at Pot-Limit Omaha on Monday, sitting with the Great Dane at the Hansen Knockout $500/$1,000 PLO table on Full Tilt Poker

Finns Finish Top at Hold ‘em/PLO
Finns Finish Top at Hold ‘em/PLO

It was a good night for Finland at the PLO tables on Full Tilt Poker recently - as Patrik Antonius and Sami Kelopuro dominated.

12 June 2009

Dwan Clocks Huge Win in the 'durrrr Challenge'
Dwan Clocks Huge Win in the 'durrrr Challenge'

Prior to their latest session it seemed that Antonius was running away with the durrrr challenge. Prior to this morning’s session, Antonius was over $400,000 up after 15,000 hands.

11 June 2009

Dwan Takes Hansen for $480,000 Heads-Up
Dwan Takes Hansen for $480,000 Heads-Up

Gus Hansen had a great session of Omaha against Brian “Stinger88” Hastings recently, winning $350,000 against whom many consider to be the best Pot-Limit Omaha player in the world.

10 June 2009

The durrrr Challenge continues…
The durrrr Challenge continues…

Tom Dwan and Patrik Antonius continued to slog it out on the online high-stakes tables recently, despite being midway through their WSOP campaign. The pair took a break from the tournament action downstairs and recorded another 874 hands to the ‘durrrr Challenge’, taking the total hands logged to 15,117 over 21 sessions.

12 May 2009

__FullFlush1__ Returns to Full Tilt Poker

It’s been a more eventful week than usual at Full Tilt Poker’s nosebleed stakes. Luke “__FullFlush1__”, our cover star this issue, had to quite literally put his money where his mouth is after publicly bashing Tom “durrrr” Dwan and the Dang brothers last week on television.