15 February 2011
Brits dominate European Poker Awards
2010 was an amazing year for British poker and that was reflected in the voting at the European Poker Awards in Paris on Sunday which saw no fewer than five of the eight prizes going to players from these shores.
Basil Laiche heads WPT National Paris High Roller
A total of 27 players ponied up the €10,000 buy-in for the High Roller event at the WPT National Championship event in Paris yesterday including the likes of Freddy Deeb and Juha Helppi.
Artuu Pitkakangas takes Betfair London title
The latest leg of the Betfair Poker Live! series took place at the Fox Poker Club in London over the weekend with an international field of 171 players buying into the £250 Main Event.
International Championship of Poker under way
The low buy-in International Championship of Poker is up and running at PokerHeaven.com with a series of bankroll friendly events featuring some very juicy guaranteed prizes.
14 February 2011
Mike Hill leads record-breaking UKIPT Nottingham with 12 left
The UKIPT Nottingham currently boasts a record; the 1,058 runners for the £550 event made this the largest field in UK poker history. Oh, and there’s a £100,000 first prize. Dusk Till Dawn, the club currently hosting 12 of the 1,058 players in the tournament, plan to break the record in May with a 1,600-player Grand Prix.
Isildur1 beats Eugene Katchalov in latest Superstar Showdown
Viktor 'Isildur1' Blom made it three wins out of four matches after beating Eugene 'RabbiFoo' Katchalov in the latest PokerStars Superstar Showdown.
WPT National Paris final table set; Sam Trickett the short stack
Many would consider two major final tables, a win and runner-up no less, totalling $1.9m USD, within the first month of the year as a job well done. Perhaps you would kick back and enjoy the remainder of 2011 knowing that the rent is well and truly paid. Not if you’re Sam Trickett.
Macau cash games begin again - Durrrr and Juanda big losers
The Aussie Millions is done and dusted but players are staying in that neck of the woods and flying north to Macau where, according to a poster on Two Plus Two, big cash games have resumed. As reported before, the games reach the dizzying heights of $100,000/$200,000 HKD (approx. £8,000/£16,000) as rich Chinese businessmen take on the pros.
Gus Hansen up $2m in six weeks at Full Tilt Poker high stakes
The Great Dane is at it again as his trademark swings have taken a fairly unusual turn in an upward direction. He is up over $2,000,000 at Full Tilt Poker playing primarily nosebleed stakes Omaha at the $500/$1,000 CAP tables. He ran this up largely last week, beating opponents such as Daniel “jungleman12” Cates to the tune of $1.3m.
13 February 2011
European Poker Awards this Sunday - who should win and why
The European Poker Awards are in their tenth annual run and the judges and nominees will assemble in Paris on February 13th to see who will be honoured in the testament to the continent's poker skill.