19 September 2011
The Hendon Mob no longer Full Tilt Pros nor advertisers
Yesterday evening The Hendon Mob announced that there would be changes to their website – no longer would Full Tilt Poker’s banners be emblazoned on every page as the quartet of London pros announced that they would no longer be representing or be represented by Full Tilt.
Will Failla and Vanessa Selbst leading WPT Borgata Day 1a
WPT Legends of Poker champion Will Failla has had one hell of a month. After shipping the Legends event at Los Angeles’ Bicycle Casino for $758,000, he has not only made a deep run at the Partouche Poker Tour but also managed to rack up a top five chip count at the WPT Borgata $3,500 re-entry event.
Sam Trickett heads Partouche Poker Tour final table
The 570 runner field that started the Partouche Poker Tour Main Event has been whittled down to a final table of nine with Englishman Sam Trickett leading the way.
Manny Pacquiao teams up with Asian Poker Tour
Being the best boxer in the world and a member of your country's House of Representatives would be enough to keep most mere mortals busy but vanquisher of Ricky Hatton, Manny Pacquiao has added another string to his bow.
17 September 2011
18 left at Partouche Main Event – Mustapha Kanit leads
Mustapha Kanit is the man to beat heading into the penultimate day of the Partouche Poker Tour Main Event in Cannes. Kanit, who has an Italian Poker Tour main event win to his name and around $500,000 in career tournaments earnings, starts the penultimate day in France with a stack of 2,357,000 putting him just ahead of Alexandre Coussy who has 2,136,000.
Former FBI Director gives backing to online poker
As the battle to legalise online poker in America continues one lobby group has received some heavyweight backing. FairPlayUSA, which is campaigning to get the US Congress to regulate online poker, has added former FBI Director Louis Freeh and former Pennsylvania governor Tom Ridge to its Advisory Board.
16 September 2011
PokerStars WCOOP 2011 – Brits making up for lost bracelets [Editorial]
The Brits may not have won the “Most Bracelets Outside of the USA” title at this year's WSOP (damn you, France!) but we seem to be making up for it in the 2011 WCOOP. Matt Perry reports on a dominating online run from Blighty's finest.
Juan Maceiras Lapido heads Partouche Poker Open
The business end of the Partouche Poker Tour Main Event is fast approaching with just 47 players still in contention for the €1m first prize. Juan Maceiras Lapido is in pole position with 800,000 but there are some big names breathing down the Spaniard's neck.
Schleswig Holstein legalises online poker
Poker players in the German state of Schleswig Holstein can look forward to legal, regulated Internet games in the near future after the state narrowly passed online gaming legislation.
Full Tilt Pros' house up for sale
Italian hairdresser cum poker player Marco Tranielo and wife Jennifer (Harman) probably won't be getting anything from sponsors Full Tilt Poker any time soon but he could be in for some cash courtesy of the sale of their house.