10 May 2012
Daniel Hardy wins Palm Beach Big Game
The Bank Holiday no doubt had some impact on the slightly smaller than usual numbers at the Palm Beach Big Game on Monday but a total of 41 players still found the £1,000 to take part in one of London's toughest regular tournaments.
Spain to have regulated online poker market from June 1
June 1 is D-Day, or rather ES-Day, for Spanish online poker players. Following the example of countries such as Italy, Denmark and France, the country will have a regulated and segregated market from June 1.
Bwin.party agrees online poker deal with United Auburn Indian Community
Bwin.party digital entertainment has signed an agreement with the United Auburn Indian Community (UAIC) that will see the pair offer online poker services in California if suitable intrastate legislation is enacted in the state.
09 May 2012
Isildur1 wins two SCOOP titles in two days
Viktor “Isildur1” Blom turned his attention away from the high stakes cash games and focused instead on the Spring Championship of Online Poker. Suffice to say, it worked out pretty well for him.
Trickett set for $1m WSOP event
Sam Trickett announced on Twitter last week that he was splitting with long time sponsor Titan Poker and he's taken to the Twittersphere again to confirm that he'll be playing in the biggest tournament of the year.
“funex700” wins PokerStars’ 80 billionth hand for $23,000
PokerStars dealt their 80,000,000,000th hand over the weekend with the lucky table being Rosa V, a $0.1/$0.25 No Limit Hold’em full ring game. The pot, once all players had shoved, stood at $214.90 but that paled in comparison to the prize on offer.
08 May 2012
Genting Poker Series freeroll from Badbeat.com this Thursday
The Genting Poker Series is offering some of the best live tournament action around and players can qualify for a future £400+£30 Main Event for nothing courtesy of Badbeatpro.com.
Jen-Yue Chiang wins Fox Main Event
The capital's tournament players were out in force at the Fox Poker Club over the weekend for the venue's May Main Event. A total of 146 runners were hand meaning that the £25,000 guarantee was smashed.
Piece of Cake for Lock Poker
Lock Poker has announced plans to purchase assets from the Cake Network and rebrand the network as Revolution Gaming.
07 May 2012
Daniel Negreanu destroyed in Limit Hold’em challenge
Daniel Negreanu took on German Limit Hold’em specialist “rUaBot” in a 1,250-hand $200/$400 Limit Hold’em challenge at PokerStars this weekend – it did not go well for him. Thanks largely to a bad run of cards, Negreanu lost his $75,000 bankroll in just 937 hands.