18 October 2010
Rush Poker at Full Tilt now available on mobile phones
Last month you heard that Full Tilt Poker had produced their answer to PokerStars’s Supernova Elite programme in the shape of the Full Tilt Black Card, which high-volume players could apply for and sustain with heavy grinding at the tables.
16 October 2010
Isildur1 set for sponsorship deal?
It's almost a year since Isildur1 created such a sensation on the high stakes cash tables at Full Tilt. With huge pots and seven figure swings his crazy clashes with the likes of Tom Dwan became the stuff of legend. After slipping of the radar for a time, poker's most enigmatic figure could be hitting the headlines again if a Swedish newspaper report is to be believed.
Daniel Ward leads International Poker Open
As expected it was a frantic day in Dublin yesterday for the opening flight of Boylepoker's International Poker Open. At the close of play with the clock ticking past 2am only 55 of the 642 starters had made it through to day two.
15 October 2010
Last call for Irish voters
This weekend is one of the highlights of the Irish poker year. In addition to Europe's best attended event, the Boylepoker International Poker Open, there's the inaugural Irish Poker Awards to look forward to.
Sky Poker unveils new pro team
In addition to an online site, TV channel and live tour Sky Poker now has a fledgling professional team.
PokerStars £2,000 Giveaway returns today
Bankroll in need of a boost? PokerStars has just the thing with £2,000 to be won every night from today until 15th November in a series of freerolls exclusively aimed at players from the UK and Ireland.
Matt Myford is Mediterranean Deepstack Champion
At the moment it seems that not a day goes by without a Brit winning a tournament someone in the world. That fine run has continued at the Mediterranean Deepstack Poker Championship in Slovenia with Matt Myford taking the honours.
Tennis ace the latest Friend of Full Tilt
He may not be up there with Federer and Nadal but James Blake has been a regular in the upper echelons of the tennis world rankings for the past decade and he'll now be taking that competitive spirit to the poker felt.
14 October 2010
Mad Marty Wilson to introduce Irish Poker Awards
Anyone who had the pleasure of being at this year's Poker in the Park will know that Mad Marty Wilson is one of the best raconteurs in the game.
PokerStars launches UK/Ireland Online Poker Championship
The World Championship of Online Poker is done and dusted for 2010 after offering the second-largest prize in tournament poker this year after the World Series of Poker Main Event. However, we can get our tournament hats on again but this time there are relatively affordable buy-ins, satellites for peanuts and an exclusively British Isles field.