03 July 2010
PokerStars busy on the sponsorship front - Williams and Selbst join pro team
PokerStars have added a couple more big names to their ever expanding roster of top pros, namely David Williams and Vanessa Selbst.
02 July 2010
EPT Berlin robbers convicted
A court in Berlin has sentenced the four men involved in the outlandish robbery at the European Poker Tour event in March.
BLOG – Where the hell did Frank Kassela come from?
Frank Kassela is an American poker pro. He has made a little over a million dollars in live tournaments since the 2003 poker boom – he’s a good player who grinded out a living in live Stud cash games before the Hold ‘em boom hit and he profited. In the past six or seven years he has made a few cashes here and there, a couple of runner-up spots.
Evander Holyfield joins RealDealPoker.com
Boxing's Real Deal may no longer be a force in the ring but Evander Holyfield has kept his competitive juices flowing on the poker felt. And as someone who was on the receiving end of Mike Tyson's infamous ear bite he knows all about the importance of a fair fight.
Turn $2.20 into a share of $100,000 at Full Tilt Poker
It's not often that you get the opportunity to win a massive amount from a tiny buy in but that is just what Full Tilt Poker is offering in its latest Big Little Tournament series.
01 July 2010
Dublin's Voodoo Series of Poker main event this Saturday
The Voodoo Series of Poker at Dublin's Voodoo Card Club comes to a conclusion this weekend in the form of the €250 no limit hold'em main event.
MicroMania hits PokerStars
If you swim around the smallest stakes games online then PokerStars could be the place to be this July as the site is running a whole month of dedicated micro stakes promotions.
30 June 2010
Poker in the Park is back
Poker in the Park, the hottest poker festival around returns on 2nd and 3rd September and promises to be even bigger and better than ever.
BLOG - Bluff Europe feature preview: Playing LAG at microstakes
If you were to read an item of poker strategy before 2003, or even as
little as four years ago, you would find a plethora of what can now only be described as "Hellmuth-esque" tactics for beating the game: play super-tight, value bet well and time your - rare - bluffs wisely.
Latest GUKPT Summer Series results
The Newcastle event was much the better attended of the two with a total of 66 players buying in for the £300+£30 Main Event. In the end it was Hugh Frew who had the most to cheer about, pocketing £6,340, after defeating Bruno Mutch heads up to clinch the title. It was an amazing comeback from Frew who went from short stack to champion in the blink of an eye after a series of unlikely double ups.