10 April 2011
Ben Wilinofsky heads EPT Berlin final table
Just 8 players are left at EPT Berlin with Ben Wilinofsky leading the chip counts. The Canadian qualifier, who plays online as NeverScaredB, will start the final day with a stack of 5,225,000, just a few big blinds ahead of Maximilian Heinzelmann who has 4,970,000.
09 April 2011
Daniel-Gai Pidun leads EPT Berlin
Daniel-Gai Pudin is the man in charge at EPT Berlin as we head into the business end of proceedings. The German starts day 4 with 2,429,000 chips, one of ten players returning with a seven-figure stack.
ElkY and Veldhuis in kickboxing showdown
It's not a contest likely to have Don King rushing for his cheque book but a kickboxing showdown between tournament legend Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier and High Stakes Poker maniac Lex Veldhuis should give poker fans plenty of entertainment.
08 April 2011
119 left at EPT Berlin – Fabrice Soulier leads
Frenchman Fabrice Soulier is the man to beat heading into Day 3 of the EPT Berlin Main Event. The Everest sponsored pro (poker not double glazing) accumulated a stack of 1,079,400 by the close of play, a full quarter of a million ahead of closest rival Alessandro Laubinger who has 742,200.
The f*** did you lay that down?? The best televised fold [Friday Editorial]
Anyone who has ever played a cash game or a tournament in the ante stages with me will know that I’m not too keen on folding. This is great at a table full of passive nits who, in an MTT, might as well just pay me the blinds and antes instead of putting them in the pot. It’s not so great in a cash game when my VPIP climbs into the high fifties, especially when I have two pair on a river completing broadway and pay off my opponent instead of thinking through and letting the hand go.
Gus Hansen begins April with six- and seven-figure swings
Gus Hansen has continued his streak through the high stakes cash games on Full Tilt Poker and has maintained his title as 2011’s biggest winner despite some big swings that have set him back so far $600,000 in April.
Melanie Weisner latest Full Tilt Poker red pro
American poker pro Melanie Weisner probably thought she was having a good April as of last weekend when she finished third in the PokerStars Sunday 500 for a little over $50,000; the biggest online cash of her career. Well, her April has just gotten better with a $35 per hour and 100% rakeback deal at Full Tilt Poker.
Titan Poker launches WSOP qualifiers
It's getting to that time of year when thoughts turn towards Las Vegas and TitanPoker.com is giving players plenty of opportunities to get to Sin City for this year's World Series of Poker.
07 April 2011
Betfair is number one with Hitwise
No, Betfair isn't challenging Adele's supremacy at the top of the UK Hit Parade (as some people of a certain age insist on calling the charts). The Hitwise in question is an online competitive intelligence service which has rated the most popular gaming websites of 2010 and found Betfair top dog.
WSOP launches Main Event Rematches
Poker fans will be able to indulge in some 'Phoenix from the Flames' style nostalgia after WSOP organisers announced details of a trio of classic World Series rematches.