POKER NEWS

07 September 2013

Middleton Heads EPT Final Table
Middleton Heads EPT Final Table

Day 5 of the EPT Barcelona Main Event ended as it began with Britain's Tom Middleton atop the chip counts. That doesn't quite do justice to the roller coaster day that the Englishman endured, going from top to virtually bottom then back into the lead again.

06 September 2013

Conan's McCain Skit
Conan's McCain Skit

If you’ve been living anywhere other than under a rock in the past week, you will have heard about Senator John McCain being caught playing poker on his iPhone during a hearing on the current political situation in Syria.

Possible Hacking Scandal in Barcelona
Possible Hacking Scandal in Barcelona

By Eve Goodman

The dangers of hacking in poker hit the spotlight exactly a month ago, when Douglas ‘WCGRider’ Polk revealed he had been taken for $35k by someone who it later turned out could see his hole cards.

Negreanu's High Roller Walkout
Negreanu's High Roller Walkout

Whilst the final few players were making their way ever closer to EPT Barcelona's Main Event title, a healthy cohort of players joined the festival's €10,000 High Roller.

Middleton Tops EPT Barcelona Again
Middleton Tops EPT Barcelona Again

Tom Middleton enjoyed another profitable at the felt yesterday after he finished top of the chip chart in PokerStars EPT Barcelona's Main Event for a second day in a row.

$3m up for grabs in Mini FTOPS
$3m up for grabs in Mini FTOPS

Winning a big score for pennies is the goal for many a micro stakes tournament grinder and there will be plenty of opportunities to do just that over the next fortnight as Full Tilt Poker's Mini FTOPS makes a welcome return.

Bathtub Prop Bet Update
Bathtub Prop Bet Update

Last month we brought you news of a crazy prop bet involving Nick Divella living and sleeping in a bathtub for $20,000.

05 September 2013

WCOOP Returns this Weekend
WCOOP Returns this Weekend

The World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) returns to PokerStars this Sunday with a schedule of 66 events promising to award a prize pool of at least $40 million.

Cristos Crowned WPT Champion
Cristos Crowned WPT Champion

Yesterday's WPT Legends of Poker final table might have started out slowly but by the time John Gordon was forced through the elimination barrier things were brought to a conclusion pretty swiftly.

Tom Middleton heads EPT Barcelona
Tom Middleton heads EPT Barcelona

Crunch time dawned inside Barcelona's Gran Casino yesterday as an €8,680 bubble loomed large at the start of the day in the EPT's Main Event. With 235 players starting the session and only 183 making the money the action was tense from the start; however, as the field whittled itself down it became the clear the bubble wouldn't be as tumultuous as usual.