23 November 2011
Veldhuis beats ElkY in kickboxing bout
Lex Veldhuis has won his long awaited kick boxing match with fellow PokerStars pro Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier. The fight, which took place in Marbella in Spain, lasted only two of the scheduled five rounds with the Dutchman winning by knockout.
Fitzwilliam Poker Festival starts today
Irish players can look forward to some top notch tournament action at the Fitzwilliam Club in Dublin whose six event Poker Festival starts later today.
22 November 2011
Jungleman bites back
Daniel Cates' call for a challenger to take him on in a €100k heads up showdown at next month's Prague Poker Festival has so far gone unanswered. Organisers of the contest, ThePokerFarm.com, have revealed that a relative unknown could well be throwing his hat into the ring to take on Jungleman for the World Poker Heavyweight Championship.
WPT Jacksonville final table set
The 393 starters at WPT Jacksonville have been whittled down to a final table of six with Anthony Roberto the man to beat.
Edgars Augstkalns wins European Masters of Poker finale
The 2012 European Masters of Poker season drew to a close in Riga over the weekend and there was plenty of the home rail to cheer with Edgars Augstkalns taking the honours.
New online series from AmericasCardroom.eu
AmericasCardroom.eu has revealed details of a new tournament series that will award $150,000 in prize money. The six-day ACROSS festival starts on 29th November and will feature a total of 19 hold'em and Omaha tournaments before culminating in a $50,000 guaranteed Main Event on 4 December.
21 November 2011
Raul Mestre wins IFP World Championship
Raul Mestre is the International Federation of Poker's World Poker Champion after winning the $500,000 event in London yesterday.
Stuart Hyson wins Black Belt Poker Live
Neil Channing and co hit Nottingham's Dusk Till Dawn over the weekend for the first Blackbelt Poker Live event outside London. A sell out field of almost 500 runners was on hand including the likes of new PKR pro Jake Cody, UKIPT leader board winner Sam Razavi and Bluff regulars Adam 'Snoopy' Goulding and Nick Wealthall.
Zimnan Ziyard wins EPT Loutraki for €347,000
The first PokerStars European Poker Tour stop in Greece was a resounding success with a total field of 336 players taking part. There's yet more British success to report with Zimnan Ziyard taking the €347,000 first prize.
Guy Laliberte to join the Macau Big Game?
It’s no longer all quiet on the Eastern Front – the epic cash games in Macau are still going strong with the likes of Tom “durrrr” Dwan and Johnny Chan still playing unfathomable stakes (bigger than they ever played on Full Tilt) against Asian businessmen.