09 June 2011
Software upgrade for Intertops Poker
Intertops Poker will be getting a makeover next week with the launch of a new poker client packed full of innovative features for tournament players and those just looking to give their game a bit of a boost.
08 June 2011
Christopher Kiefert wins Palm Beach Big Game
The bright lights of Las Vegas may have lured a number of the regulars away from the June leg of the Palm Beach Big game but a still healthy 65-runner field was in attendance for this month's event.
Poker players raise £24,000 for Help for Heroes
Poker players got to show their charitable side at Dusk Till Dawn last week, raising £24,000 for the Help for Heroes charity.
07 June 2011
Super-high stakes Omaha update – Gavin “gavz101” Cochrane
You may have heard of Gavin Cochrane, or at least his online alias “gavz101”. He regularly battles the likes of Isildur1 and the Dang brothers at $25/$50 and higher PLO and has made over $1.3m playing high stakes cash games so far in 2011.
PokerStars Sunday Majors smash double guarantees
This past Sunday marked the first occasion of the new PokerStars Sunday Majors – same tournaments, earlier start times. To celebrate the rescheduling, PokerStars announced double guarantees for the tournaments, putting traffic back to pre-Black Friday levels.
Abdula Atila Seiar wins EMOP Bulgaria
Abdul Atila Seiar is better off to the tune of €65,000 after winning the third leg of this season's Euro Masters of Poker tour. The Romanian outlasted a 276-runner field at the Crystal Crown Casino in the Bulgarian resort of Golden Sands.
Play poker at Old Trafford
It's not just football and cricket that takes place at Old Trafford. Poker is muscling in on the action too with the Grand Series of Poker heading to the Theatre of Dreams this August.
06 June 2011
Poker by numbers – the post-Black Friday WSOP so far [Editorial]
With nine events either under way or completed at the time of writing, we take a look at how the numbers from the 2011 World Series of Poker so far compare to the events in previous years and attempt to predict the future for the next few weeks...
Zuhair Razook wins June's Fox Poker Club Main Event
After all the wins by youngsters lately it's nice to see that there's still room for the, shall we say, more mature gentleman to succeed. Zuhair Razook put all the experience garnered in his 55-years to excellent use this weekend by taking the latest Fox Poker Club Main Event.
PKR announces Summer of Music
With the honourable exception of crooning Dutchman Marcel Luske, poker and music aren't usually natural bedfellows. PKR.com looks set to change that though with the launch of its latest PKR Social event.