12 October 2011
$30,000 Champions League giveaway from Titan Poker
With the likes of Tony Cascarino and Teddy Sheringham enjoying plenty of success on the felt there are already plenty of links between football and poker and now Titan Poker has added another in the form of its new $30,000 football giveaway.
11 October 2011
PokerStars to host double Sunday Million and Sunday Warm-Up
This Sunday, just because, PokerStars have decided to double up their two biggest weekly tournaments. The Sunday Million, carrying a $216 buy-in and a $1,000,000 guarantee, regularly attracts upwards of 6,000 players while the $500,000 guaranteed Sunday Warm-Up runs earlier and gets four figures usually.
Thomas Partridge wins Scottish Poker Championship Main Event
Englishman Thomas Partridge has been crowned champion of Scotland after winning the Scottish Poker Championships Main Event at Edinburgh's Gala Maybury Casino on Sunday.
Badbeat.com hits The Poker Channel
Top staking and instructional site Badbeat.com is expecting even more players to take advantage of its free MyGame online training system after its new TV ad airs on The Poker Channel.
Prop bet option added at Titan Poker
Side bets are a great way to spice up the action at the table and one online poker room has upgraded its software to allow players to do just that.
10 October 2011
What is this Wembley poker tournament anyway? [Editorial]
Do you remember Black Friday? This is the part where I tell you I’ve seen things you wouldn’t believe; c-beams glittering off the Full Tilt Poker gate and all that. Black Friday was the closest I’ve gotten to believing that the sky might actually be falling. In the immediate aftermath of the Department of Justice seizures no one knew anything. Rumours were being spread that PokerStars and Full Tilt were dead. Fortunately, that was only half-true.
GUKPT Coventry starts today
The GUKPT caravan hits the Midlands this week with Coventry's G Casino the venue for a seven-day, seven event festival. The action gets under way at 7.30pm tonight in the form of a £100+£10 freezeout. Following on will be the usual selection of NLHE, PLO, short-handed, re-entry and bounty events with top billing of course going to the £1,000+£70 Main Event which has two opening flights.
Andreas Zauner wins in Vienna
Andreas Zauner has been declared the winner of the latest leg of the Paradise Poker Tour in Vienna despite not walking away with the most money. He does have a shiny new trophy for his mantelpiece though.
09 October 2011
Irish Winter Festival mega satellite from Paddy Power tonight
The Irish Winter Festival, one of the highlights of the Dublin poker calendar, is less than a month away now and you could be playing in the €1,100 Main Event courtesy of paddypowerpoker.com which has just revealed details of mega satellite.
08 October 2011
Sky Poker launches UK Online Poker Series
There'll be a very good reason to avoid the trick or treaters this Halloween courtesy of Sky Poker which will be launching its new UK Online Poker Series (UKOPS) on the spookiest day of the year.