25 October 2011
Gambling Network takes APAT Team title
Members of the Gambling Network Forum took the bragging rights at the APAT Team Championship that took place at the G Casino in Luton over the weekend.
24 October 2011
Guy Webster heads Boyle Poker International Poker Open final table
Manchester's Guy Webster heads the final table of the Boyle Poker International Poker Open but we'll have to wait a while to see if he walks away with the €51,356 first prize. Like the WSOP Main Event and the Partouche Poker Tour, organisers of the IPO have delayed the tournament finale until November.
James Bott wins Dusk Till Dawn 6-max High Roller event
The UK’s premier card room has introduced a new tournament to its schedule, this one a 6-max affair – uncommon in a live setting. Never afraid to experiment, the Dusk Till Dawn club saw 90 players enter the event to burst the £10,000 guarantee.
Donald Trump wants a seat at the online poker tables
Donald Trump and his business partner, hedge-fund manager Marc Lasry, want a slice of the online poker pie if and when it is regulated and legalised in the US, according to Bloomberg.com.
Joseph Cheong heads EPT San Remo
Just 144 of the 800 plus starters have made it through to Day 3 at EPT San Remo with Joseph Cheong leading the way. Last year's WSOP Main Event third place finisher amassed a stack of 632,200 by the close of play, putting him just ahead of Aussie Daniel Neilson on 584,500 and Italian Poker Tour Player of the Year Mustafa Kanit who has 577,000.
180 job losses at Full Tilt subsidiary
Amongst the missing millions, lawsuits and high profiles names embroiled in the Full Tilt saga one thing that has been largely overlooked has been the fate of the staff working for the company.
23 October 2011
Taylor Paur heads EPT San Remo
Taylor Paur is the chip leader going into day two at EPT San Remo. The American, who reached the final of last week's WSOPE Shoot Out, closed day 1B on 188,200 just ahead of fellow top pros Brandon Cantu and 180,000 and Vanessa Selbst on 164,200.
22 October 2011
PartyPoker Oktoberfest starts on Sunday
There is $3m in guaranteed prize money up for grabs at PartyPoker over the next couple of weeks as the site celebrates Oktoberfest.
21 October 2011
EPT San Remo starts today
As the WSOPE draws to a close many top pros will be hopping over the border to Italy for EPT San Remo which starts today.
How to spice up live tournament poker streams [Editorial]
Recently I wrote a piece praising the live streaming of poker tournaments; ESPN and the WSOP, PokerStars and the EPT and many other major live events are now taking the route of live broadcasting for final tables or even entire tournaments.