16 February 2012
Canadian glory for British duo
British players have enjoyed tournament success all over the world over the past few years and Canada can now be added to the list courtesy of Nicky Evans and Tom Middleton who both bagged six figure scores at the recent Fallsview Poker Classic.
Daniel Negreanu’s latest video blog: blows up at Full Tilt
Daniel Negreanu “has his webcam figured out” so is and will be making video blogs. His latest is entitled “Real Talk”, named after Jason Somerville’s coming out blog. After saying that he will attend the Irish Open, Negreanu discusses this.
UKIPT Galway starts today
Season 3 of the PokerStarsPokerStars United Kingdom and Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT) gets under way in Galway today with the first of two opening flights for the €700+€70 buy-in Main Event starting this lunchtime.
Bet24 expands real money poker app to 14 new countries
The day after PokerStars launched its new mobile app for the UK, Bet24 put in a raise by expanding its own mobile offering to 14 new countries. The Ongame site launched their own app for the UK, France and Austria back in December 2011.
15 February 2012
Matt Juttlestad wins WPT Seminole Lucky Hearts
When most students are interviewing for a place at University, they are worrying about loans and tuition fees. Matt Juttlestad won’t be having that worry after he won the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open while in Miami for an interview at Florida Atlantic University.
Jason Somerville blogs his way out of the closet
Jason Somerville is well-known in MTT circles as a successful player online, plus in the live arena he has racked up over $1.7 million in cashes including a WSOP bracelet in a $1,000 NL event this past summer.
PokerStars launches mobile app
The much anticipated PokerStars mobile app has made its debut. Players in Britain (but sadly not in Northern Ireland) with iPhones, iPads and many Android handests can now enjoy a variety of Texas Hold’em, Omaha and Omaha Hi/Lo games for real and play money.
Poker player has £100,000 worth of jewellery pinched en route to Las Vegas
A woman en route to Las Vegas to play in a poker tournament had £100,000 worth of jewellery stolen from the hold of the plane she was travelling in.
14 February 2012
PokerStars launches PokerStars.eu
PokerStars has launched its new PokerStars.eu site. The Malta-licensed domain will initially be accessible to players from Sweden and Finland before opening up to more European markets in the near future.
Gigi Gagne leads deepstacked WPT Lucky Hearts final table
The field of 295 at the absurdly long-named World Poker Tour Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open has been reduced to a televised final table of six, which begins today with super deep stacks - the average stack is 115 big blinds.