POKER NEWS

04 December 2012

Serial Killer Poker Movie Coming Soon
Serial Killer Poker Movie Coming Soon

Poker movies seem to have been en vogue in Hollywood in recent times and there's another one in the pipeline.

Get Ready to Slyde at the PCA
Get Ready to Slyde at the PCA

As if the players attending next year’s PCA needed any more reasons to get excited about the event – other than the sun, sea, luxury resort and one of the largest poker festivals in the world – PokerStars has just announced Slyde Watches as an additional prize.

03 December 2012

Theo Jorgensen shot and robbed
Theo Jorgensen shot and robbed

One of the perils of being a successful poker player is the unwanted attention of people wanting a share of the cash. After the robbery of former WSOP champ Jonathan Duhamel comes news of another even more disturbing incident, this time involving Theo Jorgensen.

Sam’s Success in London
Sam’s Success in London

Sam Grafton has won the final leg of the 2012 GUKPT season, outlasting a highly competitive field of 137 runners who had gathered at The Vic over the weekend for the tour's Grand Final Main Event.

Fundaro Becomes Latest WPT Champ
Fundaro Becomes Latest WPT Champ

Fate can be a cruel mistress if you tempt her and one person who has learnt that recently is Davidi Kitai. After naming Giacomo Fundaro, an unpredictable Italian, as the player he didn’t want to double up on the WPT Mazagan final table predictably happened.

Marafioti and SrslySirius in Rap Battle
Marafioti and SrslySirius in Rap Battle

In poker it seems to be the case that if you have a gripe with someone you confront them via Twitter and engage in a war of words. Indeed, Matt “adz124" Marafioti is regularly using this method to air his grievances, but this time he seems to have taken his lexical rants one step further.

FTOPS XXI under way
FTOPS XXI under way

Full Tilt Poker is back and with it comes the return of its ever popular FTOPS online festival. The latest incarnation got under way yesterday with a $750,000 GTD multi entry NLHE tournament.

02 December 2012

Extra Irish Open seats on offer at Paddy Power
Extra Irish Open seats on offer at Paddy Power

Following the success of its first Irish Open 2013 satellite last week, paddypowerpoker.com is increasing the guaranteed packages on offer from three to four in its 8pm qualifier.

01 December 2012

Genting Poker Series Grand Final starts today
Genting Poker Series Grand Final starts today

After a highly successful stop in Sheffield last week which saw Hasmukh Khodiyara walk away £50,000 to the Good, the Genting Poker Series heads to the capital for its season ending Grand Final.

30 November 2012

Genting Big Game to help Great Ormond St Hospital
Genting Big Game to help Great Ormond St Hospital

Poker players will able able to show their charitable side next week as the Genting Big Game returns to the Fox Poker Club.