10 September 2011
EPT London Mega Satellite this Sunday
EPT London is just around the corner (it starts on 30 September) and you could be joining the crème de la crème of the tournament circuit on the cheap courtesy of PokerStars which is running a massive satellite this Sunday.
09 September 2011
British Poker Awards winners 2011 – how did I do? [Editorial]
Obviously I’m not asking how I did in the British Poker Awards. Obviously, I was shamefully overlooked, despite very possibly being the Best Cash Player, Best Blogger, Best Social Media User and hell, why not, the Best Contribution to Poker as well. I was robbed. However, several people did win. You may recall about a month ago I attempted to predict the results with my own in-depth, insider knowledge. How did that go?
Erik Seidel makes second consecutive Epic Poker final table
Erik Seidel might be a really underrated tournament player. He’s actually done quite well this year, in case you hadn’t heard – yes, the Seiborg has made yet another final table, this time becoming the first player to make back-to-back Epic Poker League final tables. He arrives at the final eight second in chips.
Matthew Waxman leading WPT Grand Prix de Paris final 18
The World Poker Tour Grand Prix de Paris Main Event is heading into Day 4 today with just two tables left in contention. Matthew Waxman is leading the way with 1.12m chips; regardless of what happens he is guaranteed to cross the $1m live tournament cashes mark.
Sky Poker Tour Grand Final this weekend
The latest season of the Sky Poker Tour draws to a close at Dusk Till Dawn this weekend with a guaranteed prize pool of £40,000 up for grabs in the Grand Final.
Badbeat.com sponsored player puts mentoring to extremely profitable use
Mentoring is one of the best ways to improve your game and one player who would certainly vouch for that is Anthony 'NotFolding' Goldfinch. The Badbeat.com sponsored player has been with site for just three months but has put that time to extremely good use this week with two big wins.
08 September 2011
“Ilari_FIN” wins biggest pot ever played on PokerStars
The Omaha action is as hot as ever on PokerStars with players now making use of the 250BB $200/$400 tables, giving us six-figure buy-ins and huge pots. The artist formerly known as Ziigmund, Ilari “Ilari_FIN” Sahamies just last night won the largest cash game pot ever played on PokerStars, dragging in chips worth $428,000.
Fabrice Soulier leads Epic Poker League Event #2 Day 2
The second Epic Poker League Main Event has finished its second day with Fabrice Soulier proving his top five Global Poker Index position is well-deserved. The Frenchman built his stack up to 453,500 over the course of Day 2 to take the chip lead over the 22 other survivors.
Franck Pepe heads WPT Grand Prix de Paris into Day 3
The World Poker Tour Grand Prix de Paris has reduced a big field down to just 61 players with Franck Pepe, last year’s WPT Amneville runner-up in the lead. He is one of only two players to have crossed the 400,000 milestone having bagged up 432k by the end of play. He leads Christophe Lesage in second place on 401,000.
UKIPT Dublin Main Event starts today
The PokerStars UK and Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT) returns with the penultimate leg of the current season taking place at Dublin's Ballsbridge Inn starting today.