13 April 2012
30 players confirmed for $1m WSOP One Drop tournament
There will be no shortage of big prizes on offer at this year's WSOP but one event looks set to dwarf all others, including the Main Event. Guy Laliberte, founder of the Big One for One Drop tournament, confirmed that eight extra names have been added to the line up for the $1m event with the first prize set to reach an jaw-dropping $12,266,668.
GUKPT Stockton Main Event starts today
The £1m guaranteed UKIPT event at Dusk Till Dawn has understandably taken most of the headlines this week but there's other tournament action on offer for those who've busted the opening flights.
12 April 2012
UKIPT Nottingham Day 1a sees 532 players enter
The PokerStars UK and Ireland Poker Tour rolled into Nottingham again, traditionally its most successful venue. The Dusk Till Dawn club accommodated 532 players on Day 1a with two more opening days to come.
Darko Stojanovic crushes WPT Vienna Day 1b
Day 1b of the World Poker Tour Vienna saw a turnout of 233 players to give us an overall field of 396. After the opening flights, Darko Stojanovic is the runaway chip leader with 320,000 chips, over 50% more than the second place and near double the Day 1a chip leading stack.
More robbery tales from Doyle
Doyle Brunson has found time away from the high stakes tables to blog about another tale from the good old, bad old road gambling days. The latest yarn is another example of a robbery and features shotguns, a pistol whipping, naked butts and shaking knees.
11 April 2012
Scott Seiver wins PartyPoker Premier League
Scott Seiver will have half a million good reasons to remember his trip to Austria this year. The US-pro scooped up a mighty $500,000 jackpot after beating a stacked field in the final of the PartyPoker Premier League.
Trickett wins huge $2m Macau pot
Sam Trickett tweeted earlier this month that he had won the biggest pot of his career while on a trip to Macau. Details were pretty sketchy but the Titan Poker pro said that he would write about the hand at a future date.
£1 million UKIPT Nottingham starts today
Dusk Till Dawn and PokerStars are well known for their massive guarantees and they've exceeded their customary largesse this week in the form of the UKIPT Nottingham Main Event which features a guaranteed prize pool of £1 million.
10 April 2012
Kevin Vandersmissen wins 2012 paddypower.com Irish Open
The 2012 paddypowerpoker.com Irish Open has concluded with Belgium's Kevin Vandersmissen defeating a field of 502 players and a short final table to take home the top prize of €420,000. This surpasses his previous biggest score as runner-up at EPT Snowfest in 2011.
Tom Dwan and Phil Laak complete Premier League final table
The heats of the PartyPoker Premier League have concluded, leaving us with an eight-handed final table that features some of the biggest names in poker. The top three finishers from each group, plus two play-off winners, made it through.