19 January 2011
Jeffrey Pollack and Annie Duke to form pro poker league
Federated Sports and Gaming has announced a partnership with Palms Casino Resort for a new professional poker league. Annie Duke, WSOP bracelet-winner and reigning NBC Heads-Up World Champion, formerly of UltimateBet, will be teaming up with ex-WSOP Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack to set up the 200-strong league of pros.
More details announced for 2011 GUKPT - £300,000 added!
We already reported that there was some serious added value on the 2011 run of the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour but now the final details are confirmed. In fact, £300,000 will be put on top of the tournament series for players including a new series of Champion of Champions tournaments online.
Peter Eastgate’s $147,500 bracelet buyer revealed
After Tony G lost out in buying Peter Eastgate’s 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event bracelet, the poker world wondered who eBay user “7***1” was. He or she had paid the $147,500 to claim their piece of poker history and donate the sum to UNICEF.
Tony G demands rematch with Isildur1 and $50,000 extra money
Tony G’s latest blog is up on PartyPoker prior to his short flight to Melbourne in order to compete in the Aussie Millions. In it, he expressed a desire for a re-match with Viktor “Isildur1” Blom, offered an extra $50,000 in cash, threatened to take his dog to the $100,000 Aussie Millions event and... well, he was just generally Tony G.
TheFirmPoker.com opens for business
A new online poker hub at TheFirmPoker.com has opened for business offering a variety of services including coaching, sponsorship, staking, and exclusive online poker room deals.
Brits fall short in Aussie Millions Event #4
Heading into the final table of Event #4 of the Aussie Millions there was a fifty/fifty chance that a Brit would be taking the title as no fewer than half of the ten remaining players were from blighty.
18 January 2011
Black Belt Poker live returns - $100,000 guaranteed
Black Belt Poker Live returns to London's Grosvenor Victoria Casino this April with $100,000 in prize money guaranteed for the three-day event.
PKR launches live PKR socials across UK and Europe
Next generation online poker room PKR is known for the social aspect anyway – players’ avatars can jump for joy, weep in despair and all that other good stuff that takes you deeper into the Uncanny Valley when you play online. Plenty of fish there, too. They like the pretty pictures.
Viktor Blom/Isildur1 to face tax troubles in Sweden?
Isildur1 had always been unwilling to reveal his identity to the public during his epic run on Full Tilt Poker when he took on the likes of Patrik Antonius, Phil Ivey and mostly Tom “durrrr” Dwan before losing his $5m bankroll to Brian Hastings.
Full Tilt Million Dollar Cash Game begins on Sky Sports
The annual Full Tilt Poker Million Dollar Cash Game has begun its fifth season with players such as Phil Ivey, Patrik Antonius and Tom “durrrr” Dwan highlighting a high stakes frenzy that last year saw the record broken for the largest cash game pot in televised poker.