14 December 2011
WPT Venice Day 1a complete: Andrea Dato leads the way
After a record-breaking field at WPT Prague, the 78-player turnout for WPT Venice was disappointing. Perhaps the east of Europe has been bankrupted by the large field at the Prague re-entry event.
Doyle Brunson awarded lifetime membership to Epic Poker
Epic Poker League commissioners Annie Duke and Jeffrey Pollack have awarded Doyle “Texas Dolly” Brunson lifetime membership to the Epic Poker League. Doyle is the first pro to be granted entry to any Epic Poker League tournament forever.
Aussie Millions satellites from Titan Poker
Escaping the awful British January weather for the sunshine Down Under sounds like an appetising prospect. Throw in some top class poker action and you've got the makings of a fine start to 2012 and that's just what Titan Poker is offering.
13 December 2011
Isildur1 wins $1.5m over the weekend
Viktor 'Isildur1' Blom has had one of the better weekends of his career. The numbers involved are closer to those we saw at Full Tilt than ever before, except this time people are playing with their own bankrolls.
Harry Metcalfe wins Sky Poker Tour Newcastle
Harry Metcalfe has won the latest leg of the Sky Poker Tour.
Czech microstakes player wins 72 billionth hand – Holy goat!
PokerStars has dealt its 72,000,000,000th hand to a $0.02/$0.05 NL 6-max table with almost $100,000 being awarded to the six players – about two million big blinds. Czech player Kozlicek_x was the one whose hand held to take the lion’s share.
Raigo Aasmaa wins GSOP Live Prague
The Prague Poker Festival has drawn to a close with Raigo Aasmaa winning the Grand Series of Poker Live event in the Czech capital.
Poker degen sues French government
A long term loser at the poker tables is suing the French government for €100,000, saying that they should have prevented him from accessing online poker sites.
12 December 2011
James Dempsey wins WPT Five Diamond
James Dempsey has become the latest WPT champion after beating a tough final table at the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic, defeating former November Niner Soi Nguyen heads-up to take home almost $800k.
Jason Mercier wins WPT Super High Roller $100k event
As James Dempsey was picking up his second major title in the WPT Five Diamond tournament, Jason Mercier was losing count of his. Mercier defeated a field of 23 players in the $100,000 Super High Roller event, besting David Sands heads-up.