27 January 2011
Stefan Hansen wins EMOP Gran Canaria
Stefan Hansen has won the opening leg of the third season of the European Masters of Poker (EMOP) tour which got under way in Gran Canaria earlier this week.
26 January 2011
Guillaume De La Gorce a force to be reckoned with at EPT Deauville
Just to add to the huge list of poker tournaments this month, PokerStars have travelled from the Caribbean to France for another round of the European Poker Tour Deauville event. In total, 419 players entered the opening flight of the Deauville event with French player Guillaume De La Gorce bagging the biggest rack.
Huy Nguyen wins Choctaw WSOP Circuit event for $233,000
The World Series of Poker Circuit Event attracted an awesome field of 808 players, including the likes of Tom McEvoy, TJ Cloutier, Tommy Vedes and Allen Kessler. In the end, it was Huy Nguyen who took down the event and earned $232,706 for his efforts.
Poker pro David Saab arrested in cocaine sting
David Saab scored his first big poker win in 2007 at the same Aussie Millions that Gus Hansen won; taking down the $5,000 AUD Heads-Up event for $64,000. In 2008 he won the Asian Poker Tour Manila event for almost $300,000. In total he has over half a million in earnings.
Another award for PKR.com
PKR.com will soon be needing a bigger sideboard after walking away with another major prize at an industry award ceremony.
Aussie Millions Main Event Day 1 complete
A total of 721 players paid the AU$10,000 buy-in for the Main Event of the 2011 Aussie Millions and after three opening flights 265 players are still in contention.
25 January 2011
WSOP 2011 schedule announced
The 42nd edition of the World Series of Poker will feature a total of 58 events running over 50 days from 31 May until 19 July.
Another instalment from The Micros
After a highly amusing Christmas special, the Jason Rosenkrantz penned animated series, The Micros, is back with another top class episode.
FTOPS XIX begins in just over two weeks; $22m guaranteed
The nineteenth incarnation of Full Tilt Poker's flagship online tournament series is due to begin on February 6th with 45 events guaranteeing a prize pool of $22,000,000. This includes the staple $3m guaranteed $640 Main Event though this time it is multi-entry.
EPT Deauville Main Event starts today
The European Poker Tour heads to France this week for EPT Deauville with the €5,300 Main Event starting at lunchtime today.