POKER NEWS

10 January 2012

Faraz Jaka leads PCA Main Event after Day 2; bubble looms
Faraz Jaka leads PCA Main Event after Day 2; bubble looms

Last night saw 544 survivors of the two opening flights return to the felt at the 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure from the 1,072-strong starting field. After Day 2 just 183 players remain in contention with Faraz Jaka leading.

2012 Aussie Millions begins this week
2012 Aussie Millions begins this week

With the PCA still ongoing there’s more tournament action in the southern hemisphere as the 2012 Aussie Millions, the tenth to take place, begins on Thursday. Starting with a $1,100 NL event and running until the $10,000 Main Event concludes, this one has something for everyone.

Oneib Saeed wins Fox Poker Club Main Event
Oneib Saeed wins Fox Poker Club Main Event

After a busy season of festive specials the bread and butter action at the Fox Poker Club has resumed with the first £300 Main Event of the year taking place of the weekend.

Bail decision for Duhamel suspects expected today
Bail decision for Duhamel suspects expected today

In Quebec, Judge Pierre Belisle is expected to reveal whether the three suspects in the Jonathan Duhamel robbery case will receive bail later today.

09 January 2012

Dave Shallow crushes WPT Ireland final table for €222,280
Dave Shallow crushes WPT Ireland final table for €222,280

Dave Shallow has somewhat unsurprisingly won the inaugural WPT Ireland after bringing a gigantic chip lead to the final table and using it well. He began the day with almost twice the chipstack of the other four players combined, giving us a quick final.

Viktor Blom wins PCA Super High Roller for $1.25m
Viktor Blom wins PCA Super High Roller for $1.25m

Viktor “Isildur1” Blom has taken his name off the “online players without live tournament titles” list with a bang, winning arguably the toughest tournament of the calendar year by defeating the $100,000 Super High Roller field at the PCA.

Lock Poker adds to pro team
Lock Poker adds to pro team

While other sites have been shedding members of their pro teams Lock Poker has been busy adding to its ranks. The latest member of the site's Elite team is Kevin Vandermissen.

Randy Lew enters the record books
Randy Lew enters the record books

Randy Lew has earned himself a place in the Guinness Book of Records after an epic session of multitabling at the PCA. The man who plays online as nananoko was gunning for the record for the most hands played in an eight-hour session while still showing a profit.

PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event Day 2 today
PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event Day 2 today

The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure saw Day 1a and Day 1b attract a total field of 1,072 players to create an eight-figure prize pool with the winner set to walk away with $2,000,000. Of the surviving players, 160 will make at least a $15,000 mincash.

07 January 2012

Hall, Duhamel, Negreanu and Blom at stacked PCA Super High Roller final table
Hall, Duhamel, Negreanu and Blom at stacked PCA Super High Roller final table

Given the quality of the 30 players who started the $100,000 PCA High Roller it was almost inevitable that the final table would be stacked and so it has proved.