POKER NEWS

03 November 2011

Double the chance to win in Intertops bounty specials
Double the chance to win in Intertops bounty specials

Intertops Poker is giving players two chances to cash in a series of bounty tournaments taking place this month. The Knock Out Challenge tournaments take place at 6pm and 10pm Eastern Time every Monday, Wednesday and Friday with the buy-in a very reasonable $5+50c. $2 from each buy-in will go to a bounty pool.

02 November 2011

Ulliott confirmed for Punta Cana Classic
Ulliott confirmed for Punta Cana Classic

Organisers of next week's Punta Cana Poker Classic have confirmed that none other than Dave 'Devilfish' Ulliott will be taking part. The original poker bad boy will be heading to the Dominican Republic for the $500,000 guaranteed Main Event which runs from 8th to 13th November at the island's luxurious Hard Rock Hotel and Casino.

Daniel Santoro wins WPT Foxwoods
Daniel Santoro wins WPT Foxwoods

Full time poker pro and part time Justin Lee Collins lookalike Daniel Santoro has taken his first World Poker Tour title after winning the World Poker Finals at Foxwoods overnight.

Groupe Bernard Tapie and Department of Justice reportedly make deal
Groupe Bernard Tapie and Department of Justice reportedly make deal

Subject: Poker has reported that Groupe Bernard Tapie and the US Department of Justice have agreed terms, allowing the acquisition of Full Tilt Poker to continue. Should Full Tilt shareholders agree, the deal will provide payment for players worldwide.

MacPhee unimpressed after San Remo exit
MacPhee unimpressed after San Remo exit

One of the most interesting hands at the final table of this year's EPT San Remo final table involved Barny Boatman making a seemingly brave call with Q7s to eliminate Kevin MacPhee's nine BB shove with 56o.

PokerStars $10m birthday celebration
PokerStars $10m birthday celebration

PokerStars never does anything by halves and that can certainly be said of the site's tenth birthday celebrations which will culminate in a $10 million guaranteed Sunday Million.

London poker player jailed for life
London poker player jailed for life

Last month we brought you details of a pretty unsavoury encounter following a London pub game which resulted in one of the players getting stabbed.

01 November 2011

John Keown wins Irish Winter Festival
John Keown wins Irish Winter Festival

The paddypowerpoker.com Irish Winter Festival concluded last night with John Keown taking home the top honours – oh, and a hundred thousand euros. He defeated Noel O’Brien heads-up to take home the six-figure prize.

Harder, Frankenberger at WPT Foxwoods final table
Harder, Frankenberger at WPT Foxwoods final table

A very short Day 5 at Foxwoods saw two players hit the rail to give us a six-handed final table for the WPT World Poker Finals, which will conclude today and award the winner nearly half a million dollars as well as a WPT bracelet.

New cheating scandal online – German player accused
New cheating scandal online – German player accused

Another cheating scandal has reportedly emerged in the online poker community, though thankfully on a much smaller scale. It is reported that two high stakes players fell victim to a scam from an unnamed German player who used a Trojan Horse virus to view his opponents’ hole cards.