27 October 2011
Daniel Neilson heads EPT San Remo final table
The eight players who will be competing for the €800,000 first prize at EPT San Remo have been decided with Daniel Neilson in the lead going into the final table. The Aussie rocketed to the top of the leader board after winning a huge flip when his pocket queens held up against Johnny Lodden's AK in what proved to be the the last hand of the day.
PokerStars nears 70 billionth hand
PokerStars dealt its 65 billionth hand just three months ago and is ready to celebrate again as its 70 billionth hand approaches. The world's biggest poker site will be offering cash prizes of $750,000 in the run up to the Milestone Hand which is set to be dealt within the next ten days.
26 October 2011
Sam Razavi wins UKIPT leaderboard
Sam Razavi has topped the PokerStars UK and Ireland Poker Tour by 19.45 points to lock up his place as UKIPT Player of the Season. He earns a free ticket to every UKIPT event in season three for his efforts.
Spanish Full Tilt players targeted for survey
The Editor of Poker-Red, the largest poker news portal in Spain, revealed recently on the Two Plus Two forums that Spanish players with large account balances on Full Tilt Poker have been targeted by French magazine LivePoker for a “survey”.
Chris McClung maintains EPT San Remo lead with 24 left
Day 4 of EPT San RemoEPT San Remo ended as it began with Chris McClung at the top of the chip counts. The Canadian, who had a deep run in the High Roller event at EPT London, closed the day on 3,148,000 chips, over one million ahead of closest rival, Aussie Daniel Neilson who returns with 2,011,000.
Celebrity Challenge from 888 Poker
888 Poker has revealed details of a new series of Celebrity Challenge tournaments where online players can pit their poker wits against Ashes winning cricketers, a Champions League winning footballer, TV presenters, a 2011 WSOP bracelet winner and a November Niner.
mFortune releases first cash game poker app
Cash game players needing a poker fix on the move can now scratch that itch courtesy of mFortune which has just released the first cash game poker app.
25 October 2011
Chris McClung leads final 64 players into EPT San Remo Day 4.
Day 3 of the European Poker Tour San Remo leg saw the returning field of 144 players reduced to just 64 with each of the Day 4 survivors in the money and guaranteed €12,000 for making it this far. Leading the way is Chris McClung on more than 1.2m chips, the only player to have crossed the seven-figure mark.
Richard “nutsinho” Lyndaker may quit online poker.
Richard Lyndaker, better known by his online screenname as “nutsinho” has been having a torrid year on PokerStars, not to mention the money he likely has locked up on Full Tilt Poker as a high stakes ring game regular.
Poker pro husband of reality TV winner jailed
Of all the programmes on TV at the moment perhaps the least likely one you'd expect to find a poker related link was The Great British Bake Off.