05 April 2011
Enter the Irish Open Last Chance Saloon courtesy of paddypowerpoker.com
The Irish Open is fast approaching but there is still time to bag a seat for the Dublin showpiece courtesy of paddypowerpoker.com which is hosting 14 days of ticket only satellites starting from Thursday 7 April.
World Poker Tour announces $100k Super High Roller
Tournaments for players with only the deepest of pockets seem to be flavour of the month at the moment with the WPT the latest to add an event aimed at the super bankrolled.
€5,300 EPT Berlin Main Event starts today
The European Poker Tour returns to Germany today for the EPT Berlin Main Event which starts this lunchtime. Organisers will no doubt be hoping that this year's tournament passes off more peacefully than last year's which featured an armed robbery.
Adam Daniel wins April DTD Deepstack
253 players were on hand at Dusk Till Dawn over the weekend for the latest £300 DTD Deepstack event. After two days of action it was Adam Daniel who emerged victorious taking the first prize after a four-way chop at a feisty final table.
04 April 2011
Peter Wigglesworth wins Black Belt London Live II
Reading resident Peter Wigglesworth has become the most recent champion of Black Belt London Live after defeating Michael Yiannikkou heads-up. Both players chopped the money heads-up and took home $16,000 each but it was Wigglesworth who also collected the trophy.
The Dang brothers – poker’s most underrated duo? [Monday Editorial]
“Well, kid, we’ll see if you’re even around in twenty years.” Thus spoke Phil Hellmuth to Tom “durrrr” Dwan in their now infamous encounter in the NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship a couple of years back. As rarely as it happens, Hellmuth was somewhat right in that statement.
Phil Galfond “rediscovers poker passion”, leads March earners
With the month of March gone, Phil Galfond was the man to stop Gus Hansen. Well, not really stop him (The Great Dane earned $1.5m in March) but just top him, making $1.9m in the March games and easily taking the biggest monthly winner spot at Full Tilt.
Roberto Romanello wins WPT Bratislava
It's been quite a few months for Roberto Romanello. After a few near misses the Welshman got the perfect Christmas present by winning his maiden EPT title in Prague in December and has followed it up with a first World Poker Tour victory.
PKR Social heads to Germany
PKR.com players will be heading to Dusseldorf next month for two days of paintballing, socialising and of course poker.
03 April 2011
Paddy Power Irish Open Mega Satellite tonight
Anyone still looking to qualify for next month's Irish Open should make a date with paddypowerpoker.com on Sunday 3rd April as the site is giving away a bucket load (and it's a very big bucket) of seats in a special qualifier.