17 May 2010
BLOG - Holy moly, where did this huge poker tournament come from?
I was reading an interesting article about theoretical immortality recently - sounds a lot more intellectual than it actually was - and it raised a good point about perception of time.
Andrew Couldridge wins UKIPT Nottingham
A whopping field of 650 runners gathered at Nottingham's Dusk Till Dawn club for the latest leg of the PokerStars UK and Ireland Poker Tour but none could match Andrew Couldridge.
Freddy Deeb wins WPT Grand Prix de Paris High Roller
The Party Poker World Poker Tour’s Grand Prix de Paris event not only saw Dane Theo Jorgenson take down the main event but also had a €20,000 High Roller tournament going which saw 24 poker stars enter and Freddy Deeb take it down for €290,000.
Theo Jorgensen win WPT Paris Main Event
The latest main event on the WPT calendar came to a conclusion on Saturday with Denmark's Theo Jorgensen celebrating in the French capital.
Dude where's my car? - poker pro has Ferrari stolen from casino
In a plot that sounds as if it's come straight from The Real Hustle, Australian poker pro Van 'Sirens' Marcus had his Ferrari stolen from the Crown Casino in Melbourne.
16 May 2010
BLOG - Beware the UIGEA... unless you're a Brit
One only has to look at the thread titles in Two Plus Two's "News, Views and Gossip" forum - yup, I'm a genuine bone fide NVGtard - to know that the long-feared UIGEA is upon us.
15 May 2010
New 2010 WSOP bracelets revealed
Steve Soffa is a premier watch designer - you’ve seen his work, not adorning the wrists of James Bond or David Beckham but the likes of Phil Ivey and Daniel Negreanu. He is the man who Harrah’s have chosen to create the bracelet prizes for the World Series of Poker.
World Poker Tour becomes energy company
We must admit that we didn‘t see this one coming - well, almost. Shortly after World Poker Tour Enterprises sold off assets to PartyGaming last year, chief executive Steve Lipscomb announced that the $28m company would be entering new business after changing the name to Ante4, Inc.
14 May 2010
BLOG – Mobile gaming can only be a good thing
We reported yesterday that PokerStars are sending e-mails to customers asking them to fill in a survey about mobile gaming. Now, if anyone has played the Zynga iPhone poker app or Facebook poker then you know this means there are legions of dribbling morons who don’t know spades from diamonds ready to get online.
€1,000 to be won in the latest Card Gang freeroll
€1,000 is up for grabs at 6pm (UK time) every Saturday for new registrations at Virgin Poker.