30 April 2010
Poker officially recognised as a mind sport
The International Federation of Poker (IFP) celebrated its first birthday yesterday and had extra reason to cheer with the news that poker has officially been recognised as a mind sport on a par with the likes of chess and bridge.
Spring Championship of Online Poker starts this Sunday
One of the highlights of the online poker year, the PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker, gets under way this Sunday with some huge prizes to be won.
29 April 2010
Become VictoryPoker's next sponsored pro
Ever dreamt of living the life of a top Las Vegas poker pro, driving down the strip from your luxury condo in a flash motor off to another big buy in event? Well the dream could become reality thanks to VictoryPoker's latest fantastic promotion.
Only 24 players remain at EPT Monte Carlo
American player Kevin Eyster leads the remaining 24 players at the PokerStars EPT grand final in Monte Carlo as they collectively look towards the final table and the €1.7m first prize.
Greg Raymer: “I’ll bash your head in.”
We say “Greg Raymer”; you say “nice bloke, very humble, good poker mind, could do with laying off the pies but overall a diamond geezer.” Well, everyone has a breaking point and Raymer apparently reached his in the opening flight of the EPT Monte Carlo grand final.
Big names set for UKIPT Nottingham
The UKIPT heads to Nottingham next month and PokerStars has revealed that a number of top pros will be in attendance.
Leeds Poker festival announced
Poker fans in Yorkshire will be heading to the Alea Casino in Leeds next month for the Alea Spring Poker Festival. The five-day event feature a variety of games and formats with buy-ins starting from just £25 with top billing going to the £250+£25 Main Event.
28 April 2010
BLOG - Bluff Europe preview: Isildur1 and Viktor Blom
When we asked Viktor Blom if he was the mysterious Swedish online beast who displayed an unprecedented talent at heads-up NL against even the best players at Full Tilt Poker's high stakes games, he said: "I am not the one you are looking for. Keep searching." Bearing that absolutely in mind and ripping off Alan Moore's Watchmen, Matt Perry presents to us "The Possibly Unrelated Tales of Viktor 'Blom90' Blom and Isildur1."
EPT Monte Carlo money bubble bursts.
Day 2 of the PokerStars European Poker Tour grand final in Monte Carlo saw the remaining 413 players reduced to just 116 in seven blind levels, leaving us well inside the money bubble when Day 3 begins today.
WSOP Circuit Caesars Palace - 67 players remain
London player Paul Alterman took down the $1,080 event at Caesars Palace for the WSOP Circuit but now a tough field of seasoned pros are vying for even more cash as the $5,000 event saw a 150-strong field.