05 April 2012
Phil Laak wins PartyPoker Premier League Group A opener
The star-studded PartyPoker Premier League V has begun, with Phil Laak triumphing in the first match played against the likes of Sam Trickett and Andy Frankenberger.
paddypowerpoker to stream Irish Open live
The 2012 Irish Open kicks off tomorrow and railbirds will be able to follow all the action courtesy of paddypowerpoker.com which is streaming the event, complete with hole cards revealed. American pro Dan O'Brien will be serving as co-commentator alongside Irish radio personality Emmet Kennedy.
PKR pro launches JakeCodyPoker.com
Triple crown winner and former Bluff Europe cover star Jake Cody is the latest big name player to give fans more of an insight into the world of a sponsored player by launching his own website.
04 April 2012
Full Tilt Poker looking for staff
There have been no official announcements from any of the parties involved but it appears that there could be some potential movement on the resurrection of Full Tilt Poker.
€100,000 EPT High Roller going to be a biggie
The opening event of the EPT Grand Final series in Monaco is going to be a biggie in more ways than one. The buy-in for the High Roller event is a whopping €100,000 but that hasn't put off 20 players who have already registered for the tournament.
10 Irish Open seats guaranteed tonight
The Irish Open starts on Friday and there is still (just) time to join the likes of Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth, the Devilfish and co in the €3,500 Main Event courtesy of paddypowerpoker.com.
03 April 2012
Joni Jouhkimainen wins EMOP Portugal
Joni Jouhkimainen has won the latest leg of the European Masters of Poker Tour. The Finn pocketed almost €57,000 for his efforts after outlasting a field of 226-runners in the four-day, €1,000+€100 buy-in event in Lisbon over the weekend.
Sam Holden documentary airs next week
We've all wondered what it must be like to take a seat at the final table of the World Series of Poker. The glamour of Vegas, the intense media scrutiny, the pressure of playing for ridiculous amounts of cash. TV viewers will be able to get a glimpse of what it is really like courtesy of a new documentary that followed young Englishman Sam Holden all the way to the November Nine.
Isildur1 wins Superstar Showdown
Viktor 'Isildur1' Blom was on the wrong of narrow defeats in his first two Superstar Showdown matches against Isaac 'philivey2694' Haxton. The Swede more than made up for it in the third match though, taking Haxton's $500,000 after three days of heads up action.
02 April 2012
Isildur1 takes lead in $1 million Superstar Showdown
Isaac “philivey2694” Haxton and Viktor “Isildur1” Blom resumed their mega Superstar Showdown last night with Isildur1 extending his lead to have won $281,365 of Haxton’s $500,000 showdown bankroll.