02 April 2012
Albert Sapiano wins Genting Poker Series London
Albert Sapiano has won the latest leg of the Genting Poker Series which took place at the Fox Poker Club over the weekend. Organisers were confident that they would break the £100,000 guarantee but even they must have been a little surprised that the eventual field was a huge 580 runners who created a prize pool of £232,000.
Ilari Sahamies destroys the deepstacked $200/$400 PLO games
While Isildur1 and Isaac Haxton were taking each other on in the Superstar Showdown, the rest of the PokerStars regulars got in on the action at the same stakes with the deep $200/$400 tables hosting the action.
Jay Tan joins Team Bodog
Hong Kong resident Jay Tan has become the latest member of Team Bodog. The signing of the trilingual hottie, who "confesses to regularly dreaming about getting leathered up, straddling a Ducati Monster and heading out on to the race track", coincides with the launch of Bodog's Chinese language poker client.
Wrang makes it a Danish EPT hat trick
The Danes appear to be the players to beat on the tournament circuit at the moment as Jannick Wrang became the third successive Danish winner on the EPT after triumphing in Campione over the weekend. Wrang's success follows wins for Mickey Petersen in Copenhagen and Frederick Jensen in Madrid a fortnight ago.
31 March 2012
Fabrice Soulier heads EPT Campione final table
Fabrice Soulier is the man to beat heading into the final of the PokerStars EPT Campione. The French pro returns with a stack of 3,480,000, around 370,000 ahead of closest challenger, American Olivier Busquet.
Haxton favoured in SuperStar Showdown
Online railbirds have plenty to look forward to this weekend as Victor 'Isildur1' Blom takes on Isaac Haxton in a $1m winner takes all Superstar Showdown.
30 March 2012
Badbeat's senior analyst on the importance of bet sizing
Badbeat.com's Senior Analyst Phil Wise continues his guide to cash game play focussing on the importance of bet sizing in the April issue of Bluff Europe.
Isildur1 to take on Isaac Haxton in huge SuperStar Showdown
For the third time, Viktor “Isildur1” Blom will take on Isaac Haxton in a Superstar Showdown but this time, the twist is seven figures. Previously they had competed at $50/$100 and then $100/$200 with respective bankrolls of $150k and $300k.
WSOP.com Sussex Masters festival starts this Sunday
We do enjoy a day at the seaside here at Bluff Towers and now that the weather is returning to normal we'll be heading to our usual Brighton favourite, the Rendezvous Casino rather than the beach.
EPT Campione Day 3 complete; Vamplew and Kaiser alive
Day 3 of the PokerStars European Poker Tour in Campione is wrapped up with the money bubble burst and just 24 players remaining in contention. Leading the way is Jannick Wrang, who is an average stack ahead of second place Fabrice Soulier.