21 February 2011
Intertops to honour Doyles Room rewards
Doyles Room may have left the Cake Poker network but players can still keep hold of their loyalty rewards courtesy of a great offer from Intertops Poker. Players who want to keep playing on the Cake Network can now join the Intertops Poker room and preserve the loyalty rewards they had accumulated at Doyles Room.
19 February 2011
New poker documentary premieres on Sunday
Ever wondered what it's really like to live the life of a top professional? BlueFirePoker.com will be giving viewers just such a glimpse in their new film, A Kid's Game which premieres at the site tomorrow.
New PKR Social to arrive at Fox Poker Club next month
It’s always nice for online poker sites to get the regular customers out of their bedrooms and into some live poker, which is exactly what next-generation site PKR.com are doing with their next PKR Social, a live event taking place at the Fox Poker Club in March. Expect Sit n’ Go madness, a $130 tournament featuring bounties and plenty of free drinks.
18 February 2011
Federated Sports and Gaming announce Poker League schedule
Federated Sports and Gaming, the company behind Annie Duke and former WSOP commissioner Jeffrey Pollack’s new professional poker league, have released the dates and tournament formats of season one for the next year.
Sorel “Imper1um” Mizzi allowed to play on Full Tilt Poker again
Imper1um is a name that regular multi-table tournament grinders at Full Tilt Poker haven’t had to worry about for a while; not since the Canadian pro behind the name, Sorel Mizzi, was banned in 2007 for taking over Chris Vaughn’s account deep in the $1m guarantee and going on to win.
Leandro Csome heads field of record-breaking LAPT Sao Paulo
The Latin America Poker Tour began its new run this week in Sao Paulo, Brazil. A record field of 536 entrants destroyed the previous 394-player record with Argentinian Leandro Csome leading the field with over 250,000 at the end of Day 1. Rumour has it he has won his last two poker tournaments; whether or not they were single table pub tournaments has yet to be established.
Badbeat players go deep at UKIPT Nottingham
Leading online staking and mentoring site Badbeat.com has revealed that two of its players made deep runs at the record breaking UKIPT event at Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham last week.
PKR.com announces monthly deepstack event
Deepstack tournaments seem to be flavour of the month at the moment with a number of live events announced over recent days. Online players can get in on the action too after PKR.com announced details of a new monthly deep stack special.
Venue change for EPT Berlin
EPT Berlin hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons last year after armed bandits robbed the casino while the Main Event was in progress.
17 February 2011
Mint Bad Beat Jackpot toppled
In the wee hours of 21 January, the denizens of the Bluff card room at the Mint suddenly became very rich due to the statistical improbability of quads running slap-bang into a straight flush.