POKER NEWS

05 August 2013

Australian’s Victory Against the Odds
Australian’s Victory Against the Odds

Poker continued to prove that it’s a sport for the masses this weekend after Jonathan Bredin took down the 2013 PokerStars.net ANZPT Queenstown Snowfest.

Major milestone for Ultimate Poker
Major milestone for Ultimate Poker

It may have taken a while for the first legal US online poker site to make its debut but it hasn't taken Ultimate Poker long to make a big impression. In the space of just 3 months, players at the Nevada site have managed to rack up over 10 million hands.

03 August 2013

FTOPS Starts Sunday
FTOPS Starts Sunday

Full Tilt Poker's flagship online festival returns this Sunday with a prize pool of at least $8m to be won during this month's 39 FTOPS tournaments.

02 August 2013

Last call for UKIPT Galway
Last call for UKIPT Galway

There's a minimum prize pool of €1m to be won at the UKIPT Galway Main Event later this month and you could still qualify for relative peanuts courtesy of a series of great value satellites from Full Tilt Poker.

WSOPE Welcomes Women
WSOPE Welcomes Women

The World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) has added a new tournament to its 2013 roster in the form of a €1,100 ladies No Limit Hold’em event.

Busquet Joins Alpha8 Team
Busquet Joins Alpha8 Team

The World Poker Tour’s much anticipated Alpha8 tournament series has just named the men who will preside over the action when things kick off next month.

PokerStars' $1m giveaway
PokerStars' $1m giveaway

August is VIP Club Month at PokerStars and the site is celebrating by giving away $1m in cash bonuses and seats into next month's World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP).

01 August 2013

Bluff European Rankings heats up after mid-year hiatus
Bluff European Rankings heats up after mid-year hiatus

It’s been a quiet couple of months for the Bluff European Rankings as the European circuit slowed down to make way for the WSOP in Vegas, which meant little change to the top ten:  Stephen O’Dwyer still clings on, but the prolific Russian, Yury Gulyy, and the unstoppable Jason Mercier are breathing down his neck.

EuroVegas Plans Unveiled
EuroVegas Plans Unveiled

Plans for Sheldon Adelson's EuroVegas project have recently been filed with Madrid's regional government.

Piva’s Perfect IPT Performance
Piva’s Perfect IPT Performance

Another PokerStars live event came to a conclusion earlier this week and when the chips had fallen a new IPT champion stood alone in the spotlight