23 July 2010
Royal flush signs off PokerStars ANZPT Day 2
PokerStars have got more poker tours than you can shake any number of sticks at; currently this one is upside-down as the Australia and New Zealand Poker Tour Queenstown hit Day 2 with just fifty players remaining of the original entrants.
US House Financial Services ponder poker
"To say we broke a lot of new ground in this hearing is a stretch," said John Pappas, executive director of the Poker Players Alliance. "But we did check the box and hope it paves the way for a vote in Frank's committee as soon as next week."
A Full House of promotions from PartyPoker
August is often described in the media as the silly season but there's nothing silly about PartyPoker.com's Full House promotion which runs throughout next month.
22 July 2010
Poker Academy seat to be won tonight
There's a special tournament at London's Victoria Casino tonight with the winner earning a seat at the next Bluff Europe Poker Academy.
Dave “Doc” Sands becomes eighth member of Brunson 10
Online tournament professional David “Doc Sands” Sands has become the latest member of the Brunson 10, Doyle Brunson’s hand-picked group of young pros that he sees himself in. The 10 is now eight strong after the recent additions of both Sands and Dan Kelly.
Severe teething troubles for British Columbia’s new online casino
“A safe, secure and regulated site” for online gambling sounds like a great idea – it was a great idea. British Columbia, Canada, released PlayNow for players to compete at but just a few hours after launch, the site was taken down.
UKIPT Brighton side event results
As we reported earlier this week Jamie Burland was the big winner at the latest PokerStars UKIPT festival in Brighton over the weekend taking down the main event for a score of £65,400. There was plenty of other action at the Rendezvous Casino though and we've got all the results here.
Win an English Poker Open package worth €6,000
The London Poker Festival is just around the corner and InterPoker is giving players the chance to play in one the highlights of the festival – the English Poker Open.
21 July 2010
Meet Evander Holyfield at Poker in the Park
This year's Poker in the Park festival will be packing a heavyweight punch with the news that boxing legend Evander Holyfield will be appearing at the festival.
BLOG – Cash games or tournaments? The age-old question
If you had asked me this time last year what I thought of tournament poker you would have gotten a very different answer: “waste of time,” I would have said derisively. “Too much luck, not enough chips.”