04 February 2011
Viktor “Isildur1” Blom drops $150k to Brian Hastings
Viktor “Isildur1” Blom had a hell of a weekend, losing $110,000 before Friday and then being more than $500,000 to the good just four days later. Not that he isn’t used to massive swings in his bankroll. In the past 48 hours he has met his old nemesis, Brian “$tinger88” Hastings.
WPT Venice Day 1A complete
A total of 218 players gathered at the Casinò Municipale di Venezia yesterday for the opening flight of the latest World Poker Tour event.
No Full Tilt Pros on High Stakes Poker – the silver lining [Editorial]
Poker fans the world over were disappointed to learn that Full Tilt Poker's pros would not be appearing on the latest season of GSN’s High Stakes Poker, beginning broadcast on February 26.
Another massive Monte Carlo event at Dusk Till Dawn
Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham will be hosting another big money event this spring. The award winning venue's £1,000+£90 Monte Carlo tournament takes place from 13th to 17th April and will feature a whopping £250,000 prize pool.
Will you be the paddypower.com Irish Open Sole Survivor?
The 2011 paddypowerpoker.com Irish Open has been announced for April 22 to April 25 with the starting stacks doubled to 20,000. Last year, James Mitchell won €600,000 for besting a field of 708 at the second-oldest poker tournament in the world.
£40k added Spring Championship from Genting Poker
Genting Poker has revealed details of a new six tournament Spring Championship series aimed at small stakes players and there's plenty of value to be had as organisers have agreed to add an extra £25 to the prize pool for every £50 (plus £5) seat bought.
03 February 2011
High Stakes Poker season 7 trailer released by GSN
High Stakes Poker officially premieres the new season on February 26 and the Games Show Network (GSN) have uploaded a thirty-second teaser of the new series to their YouTube channel. It features all our old favourites... just none of them in a Full Tilt patch:
Vegas police arrest judge’s son for Bellagio motorcycle robbery
Sometimes the jokes are too easy. When a man named Anthony Michael Corleo, just two letters away from Al Pacino’s son in The Godfather series, is arrested in connection with a $1,500,000 heist of a Las Vegas casino, it’s really a case of life imitating art. Corleo, the son of a Nevada judge, was arrested attempting to sell high-denomination chips to undercover police.
Greg Raymer no longer a Team PokerStars Pro
World Series of Poker 2004 champion Greg “fossilman” Raymer has parted ways with PokerStars, who have sponsored him ever since his $5m score in the Main Event. Raymer no longer appears on the Team PokerStars Pro page and confirmed the move on his Twitter feed.
Juicy $300 reload bonus from Intertops Poker
The Super Bowl may not be quite as massive a deal to viewers on this side of the pond as it is to our American cousins but poker players can still benefit from the big game courtesy of a very generous offer from Intertops Poker.