25 March 2010
Allan Baekke leads EPT Snowfest
86 players started Day 3 at the EPT Snowfest in Austria and by the close of play just 24 remained with one player completely dominating proceedings.
PKR.com Springfest starts tomorrow
The nights are getting lighter, temperatures are rising and spring is in the air. What better way to celebrate than staring at your laptop for the next 12 days at PKR.com's Springfest festival.
Win a seat at the Golden Sands Unibet Open in Bulgaria worth €1,500 in next Wednesday's freeroll
The next great value Card Gang freeroll takes place on Wednesday 31st March at 8pm UK time. This time Unibet is the host with prizes worth €2,000 to be won.
Trio of WSOP Main Event winners set for this year's Irish Open
Dan Harrington, Jamie Gold and Noel Furlong have all been pencilled in for the 2010 Irish Open Main Event that takes place at the Burlington Hotel in Dublin from 2nd to 5th April. There's plenty more top class opposition in the rest of the field too with PLO World Champion Marty Smyth also added to the line up.
Tony G offers to stake Isildur1
Writing on his blog the PartyPoker pro has this to say, “Isildur1 – get over to the UK for April 11-13th for the PartyPoker.com Big Game IV at Les Ambassadeurs in London. I will pay for your flights, I will pay for your hotel – I will even stake you totally for the 48 hour cash game. I want to experience the chance to see your brilliant online game in the live environment”
Extra dates added to UK and Ireland Poker Tour
The PokerStars UK and Ireland Poker Tour has got off to a flying start with memorable stops in Galway and Manchester. Organisers have announced that the schedule has been expanded with extra days added to UKIPT Nottingham in May and July's UKIPT in Brighton.
24 March 2010
BLOG – High Stakes Poker second line-up
After a huge pot between Tom Dwan and Phil Ivey, the table was shuffled around and new faces were introduced to High Stakes Poker.
Bluff Europe's Poker Academy returns this Sunday
London's Victoria Casino is the place to be this weekend if your poker game needs a bit of TLC. Top UK pros Stuart Rutter and Jeff Kimber and our own Alex Rousso will be on hand to share their knowledge in the latest of Bluff Europe's Poker Academy series, this time in association with GUKPT.
Johannes Strassmann leads EPT Snowfest
A field of over 500 players has been whittled down to 85 over three days, with German PokerStars player Johannes Strassmann way out in front holding 747,000 – over 200,000 more than his closest competitors.
Carlos Mortensen gunning for WPT Hollywood title
While the PokerStars European Poker Tour is attracting some big names in Austria, the World Poker Tour is on US soil for the Hollywood Poker Open.