15 September 2011
Partouche Poker Tour Day 2 – 101 players remain
After Day 2, the Partouche Poker Tour Main Event has reduced the field from 579 players to 101, with 63 paid which means Day 3 – today – will be when the bubble bursts. The top 63 players are guaranteed at least €12,000 with the winner going home a million Euro richer.
English Deepstack begins today in Birmingham
Birmingham’s Broadway Casino is playing host to the English Deepstack Poker Championship, which begins today with the first of two flights of the £550 Main Event. The venue is really delivering on the promise of a deep stack.
New Jersey voters urged to vote yes in November gambling referendum
Phil Ivey cut his poker teeth at the casinos of New Jersey and he could be a step closer to placing sports bets there if the voters of the Garden State say yes to sports betting in a November referendum.
New statement from Full Tilt, job losses announced
Up to 250 people could lose their jobs at Full Tilt Poker's marketing and technology services provider, Pocket Kings. In a statement released late yesterday, Pocket Kings revealed that it needed to cut costs by €12m with the savings coming from a redundancy programme. A total of 700 people are employed at the firm's site in Cherrywood, Dublin.
European Poker Championships start on Saturday
Top class tournament action hits London's Grosvenor Victoria Casino next week in the form of the European Poker Championships which start on Saturday.
14 September 2011
Public barred from Full Tilt Poker hearing
Next Monday's hearing into the suspension of Full Tilt Poker's licence will be heard behind closed doors.
Partouche Poker Tour Day 1b complete - €1m for first place
Day 1b of the Partouche Poker Tour is done and dusted with a final field of 579 players. That’s almost 200 less players than Vanessa Selbst outlasted in 2010 to win €1,300,000 but despite that, a slight increase in the buy-in – from €7,750 to €8,500 – means that the winner of the 2011 event will still take home a cool €1,000,000.
Aussie poker pro David Saab jailed for drug smuggling
An Aussie professional faces a lengthy spell behind bars after pleading guilty to importing 14.6kg of cocaine into Australia. David Saab, who won the Manila leg of the Asian Poker Tour and had a 46th place finish in the WSOP Main Event in 2008, was sentenced alongside accomplices and fellow poker players Darren Francis Hughes and Robert Alan Remeeus in Melbourne yesterday.
New Sky Poker Tour details revealed
Organisers of the Sky Poker Tour have unveiled details of a revamped season four line up that will feature both one and two day tournaments, six max and bounty events and a guaranteed prize pool of £250,000.
Mohammed 'Truth' Haque wins Fox Poker Club Main Event
A total of 128 players were on hand for the latest Fox Poker Club Main Event but none could match Mohammed 'Truth' Haque who took took home £12,650 for his troubles.