23 February 2011
Poker Pros network launches on Cake Poker
The latest poker site to launch is the Poker Pros Network, which cropped up on Cake Poker this past weekend bearing a fledgling armada of pros as well as a $500 deposit bonus. TJ Cloutier is the most famous face of the site – no word on whether the Poker Pro Network will offer craps games as well.
22 February 2011
Mark Hirleman leads EPT Copenhagen
213 players bought in for the opening flight of EPT Copenhagen yesterday and by the close of play 133 were still in contention with Mark Hirleman leading the way.
Details of DTD Grand Prix announced
Organisers have released the schedule for the €80,000 guaranteed Grand Prix event which takes place from Monday 16 to Sunday 22 May 2011 and is set to attract a field of 1,600 players.
EPT Grand Final heads to Madrid
There will be a new venue for this year's European Poker Tour Grand Final after PokerStars revealed that this year's event will take place in Madrid.
PlayNow.com joins Canadian Poker Network
Players in the Canadian province of British Columbia can now join their counterparts from Quebec on GTECH G2's Canadian Poker Network, the first regulated poker network in North America.
21 February 2011
EPT Copenhagen starts today
The PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) returns today with the opening flight of EPT Copenhagen starting at lunchtime.
Gus Hansen – one of poker’s most underrated champions [Monday Editorial]
Online poker has, to put it bluntly, been unkind to Gus Hansen. Since Full Tilt Poker launched their nosebleed games for their army of pros and since sites have been tracking the results for sad railbirds such as myself, Hansen has been the Not So Great Dane.
Alex Manzano wins PokerStars 2011 LAPT Sao Paulo
Despite the presence of five locals at the final table of the first LAPT event in Brazil, it was a Chilean who walked away with the R$615,840 (£228,000) after beating a record field of 536 players to take home the title from Sao Paulo.
Isildur1 takes on Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies and Scott Palmer
The high stakes Omaha action was buzzing on PokerStars over the weekend as we’ve come to expect now that Isildur1, aka Viktor Blom, has made that site his home. The $25/$50 heads-up Omaha games were the best place to find some serious action and unsurprisingly, Blom was the driving force.
PartyPoker launches WSOP satellites
The World Series of Poker may be a few months away but qualifiers are already up and running at PartyPoker which is giving away packages worth $14,000.