02 April 2011
32 left at WPT Bratislava – Blasko leads
Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier may have crushed the opening day at WPT Bratislava but the Frenchman's luck ran out yesterday. There was some nice symmetry (well not nice for ElkY) as he was eliminated by day 2 chip leader Marek Blasko with the last hand of the day.
Poker on Radio 4!
Poker can be spotted in all sorts of weird and wonderful places these days and one such location was that bastion of middle class values, BBC Radio 4, which this week featured a programme on The Poker Channel.
01 April 2011
Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier leads WPT Bratislava Day 1b
After the opening flights of the World Poker Tour Bratislava Main Event conclude it is Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier leading the way ahead of a star-studded field into Day 2. The French PokerStars Pro bagged up just shy of 200k by the end of Day 1b to give him the chip lead.
The Micros release episode four – HU4ROLLZ!
Finally, the popular animated poker series The Micros has released its fourth episode. If you remember, in episode 3 our hero Chase Berger had just foolishly challenged Maximillian Rofls, Red Pro and author of Let There Be Triple Range Merge, to heads-up for rolls. The episode opens with their confrontation in the Joe Hachem Pass the Sugar Bowl Stadium.
Qualify for the Paddypowerpoker.com Irish Open this Sunday
No April Fools here, except for those of you that don’t take the opportunity to turn €320 into a €3,500 paddypowerpoker.com 2011 Irish Open Seat and a shot at winning over €500,000. This Sunday, forget your mothers and instead take part in the tournament at 8pm that will award 30 seats to the Irish Open.
London Live offers “kick ass” first prize
The winner of BlackBeltPoker’s London Live tournament, which kicks off today at the Victoria Casino in London, will not only receive the lion’s share of a $100,000 prize pool, but also some very special one-to-one tuition, Neil Channing announced yesterday.
McDonald, Cody and JP Kelly head London Live betting
If you've missed out on playing in this weekend's Blackbeltpoker.com London Live at the Vic you can still have an interest courtesy of Boylesports which is running a book on the event.
D-Day Poker starts today
Players at 75 venues across the UK and Ireland will be taking to the tables at 9pm this evening for a special link tournament hosted by D-Day Poker which promises to be one of the biggest poker events in Europe.
31 March 2011
A Kid’s Game: The Story of Online Poker now free to view
Last month, BlueFirePoker released a documentary entitled A Kid’s Game: The Story of Online Poker. The feature chronicles the rise of online poker through the experiences of several online poker professionals; young multi-millionaires that we all know.
McLean Karr wins World Poker Tour Vienna High Roller
The High Roller event at the WPT Vienna, despite or perhaps because of the €10,000 buy-in, attracted a star-studded field of 50 players. This included James Akenhead, Michael Tureniec and Andrew Feldman but it was McLean Karr who topped the field.