13 August 2010
BLOG - Life skills for the online poker community (Part II)
It’s basically the exact same game as pot-limit hold‘em but you get four cards instead of two. Match two hole cards with three board cards and, hey presto, you’ve got the game down pat! Pot-limit Omaha is really that easy, just play it like you have six hold‘em hands instead of one and you’ll be at the nosebleed tables on Full Tilt Poker with Tom Dwan and Phil Ivey in no time.
PokerStars European Poker Tour’s new ranking system
The PokerStars European Poker Tour began its seventh run in Tallinn, Estonia, this week and kicked off by announcing a new Player Of The Year rankings system that is set to award the winners with a trophy alongside packages to future EPT events.
12 August 2010
PokerStars EPT Tallinn Day 1a completed
The seventh season of the PokerStars European Poker Tour kicked off in Estonia yesterday with 181 players including Annette Obrestad and Vanessa Selbst ponying up the entry fee for the main event.
Mike Matusow triumphs at Florida State Poker Championship for $100k
Amidst speculation that his finances are not strong enough to pay off a $2,000,000 prop bet to Ted Forrest, Mike Matusow has silenced some critics by proving he can still make money when he wants to by taking down the $1,100 Florida State Poker Championship for over $100,000 last night.
Raine Hilson wins Betfred Ladies’ Tour Maidenhead
In a male-dominated industry such as poker it’s nice to have something for the ladies - at least that’s what UK bookie and online poker room BetFred thinks as their Ladies’ Poker Tour concluded yesterday in Maidenhead.
Mike Matusow – can he pay off Ted Forrest?
Mike Matusow’s autobiography, Check-Raising the Devil, tells the story of a talented poker player, degenerate gambler and struggling drug addict. Before and since the release of this tell-all book, people have speculated about his financial situation and it’s happening again now.
11 August 2010
Doyle’s Room holding satellites for Todd Brunson Challenge
Todd Brunson will be hosting a six-day poker extravaganza in Montana, USA, for the Todd Brunson Montana Poker Challenge. On August 22, Cake Poker network site Doyle’s Room will be guaranteeing packages to the $1,100 event via a $226 tournament.
Qualify for the Irish Poker Festival with satellites at Ladbrokes
As if September wasn’t packed out enough for poker tournament players in the UK, the Irish Poker Festival is taking place from October 1-3 in Kilarney at the National Irish Events Centre with a €550 buy-in and a guaranteed prize pool of €250,000.
BLOG – Bluff Europe prediction for durrrr vs. "Jungleman12"
We’re all waiting with bated breath for Patrik Antonius to either give up or play the last 10,000 hands of his round of the durrrr challenge so that high stakes heads-up specialist Daniel “jungleman12” Cates can take on Tom Dwan for 50,000 hands – tenner says that this round won’t take over a year. In fact, I’d be surprised if it takes more than a month.
UB COO Paul Leggett responds to questions about cheating
While Ultimate Bet, now re-branded as UB, has settled its encryption and cheating issues on the Cereus network, there are still many in the poker community with unanswered questions about the events that occurred between 2004 and 2008 and saw over $22,000,000 stolen from high stakes players.