21 November 2012
Home win at EMOP Dublin
124 players were on hand at Clontarf Castle in Dublin over the weekend for the Irish leg of the €1,000 European Masters of Poker series with home favourite Padraig O'Neill taking the honours.
Injecting New Life into Poker
Mike Caro might have written the definitive book on poker tells but a New York doctor is hoping to redefine what players call “their poker face” with the help of medical science.
Genting Poker Series Sheffield starts today
The Genting Poker Series hits Sheffield this week and it's shaping up to be one for the record books. A huge crowd is expected in the Steel City's Genting Club over the next few days with the £100,000 guaranteed prize pool set to be well and truly smashed.
20 November 2012
Greg Raymer Does it Again
Greg Raymer has done it again. Not content with winning a hat-trick of titles on the Heartland Poker Tour, the 2004 World Champion has amazingly added a fourth, and all in the space of just eight events.
MUFC Stars Battle for Chips
Manchester United’s stars are used to winning on the football pitch but on the poker table their skills aren’t quite silky as when they’ve got a ball at their feet.
Adelson’s Spanish Dream Almost Reality
Spain’s chances of getting a Las Vegas-style super casino got a boost recently thanks to tax break by Madrid’s Mayor, Ignacio Gonzales.
CEOs Show Support for Teufelberger
When a poker player suffers a wrong at the hands of someone, the community is usually there to rally round and show their support. Indeed, there’s a sense of camaraderie in crisis that flow through the industry at times and it seems that also extends to poker site CEOs.
Elie’s Revelations
Over the weekend the poker community learned a little bit more about the internal workings of the industry before Black Friday thanks to Chad Elie.
PokerStars Mega Milestone hand approaches
There are 1 million good reasons to log onto PokerStars over the next few days as the site's Road to 100 Billion continues. The latest Mega Milestone hand is due to hit in the near future with prizes are being paid out to players sitting at cash table where every millionth hand is dealt from 89,700,000,000 to 90,000,000,000.
19 November 2012
Gus drops seven figures
Gus Hansen was the first player to feel the wrath of Full Tilt Poker's nosebleed games over the weekend after dropping a staggering $1,542,128.