POKER NEWS

24 February 2010

NBC National Heads Up Championship line up revealed
NBC National Heads Up Championship line up revealed

Huck Seed will face some extremely tough competition as he attempts to retain his Heads Up crown.

23 February 2010

Fast $50 bonus for all players from FullTilt Poker
Fast $50 bonus for all players from FullTilt Poker

The generous folks at Full Tilt Poker are celebrating the arrival of their revolutionary Rush Poker concept by rewarding players with a bonus of at least $50.

Ten  €188 Irish Open satellite tokens to be won in our $5.50 Card Gang special this Thursday at 8pm
Ten €188 Irish Open satellite tokens to be won in our $5.50 Card Gang special this Thursday at 8pm

Bluff Europe's Card Gang are back this week with another fantastic value tournament with some very nice prizes to be won.

Blog - online tournament special/High Stakes Poker
Blog - online tournament special/High Stakes Poker

Firstly, I must apologise. Legions of loyal Bluff Europe readers were left trembling and confused at their desktops when their daily dose of Matt Perry’s blog was not uploaded to the homepage. Fruitlessly they clicked, crying silent tears onto keyboards.

Survey highlights importance of trustworthiness when choosing a poker site
Survey highlights importance of trustworthiness when choosing a poker site

Realdealpoker.com polled 1,300 players on their current experience of online poker and their levels of expectation while playing online.

Willie Tann has poked you – fake Facebook alert
Willie Tann has poked you – fake Facebook alert

Facebooking poker fans, beware! Rumour has it that some less than scrupulous members of our industry have made it onto the social networking site and are using it to extract money by posing as others – recently it was revealed that UK pro Willie Tann had fallen victim to the imposters.

PokerStars announce SCoOP 2010 schedule
PokerStars announce SCoOP 2010 schedule

Last year PokerStars’ Spring Championship of Online Poker, featuring low/medium/high buy-in events was a huge success with Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier lighting up the series with two wins.

NAPT Venetian Day 2 eliminates over 300 players
NAPT Venetian Day 2 eliminates over 300 players

Around 500 players had survived Day 1 of the Venetian leg at the PokerStars North American Poker Tour. The 872 entrants overall generated a total prize pool of $4.1m that would award a first place sum of over $800,000. Not bad for a $5,000 buy-in that most players probably got for $11 through PokerStars, eh?

Phil Galfond heads to the commentary box at The Poker Channel
Phil Galfond heads to the commentary box at The Poker Channel

'OMGClayAiken' takes to the microphone next month commentating on PKR.com ring games plus a 'Galfond TV Cash Game'.

Card swapping gang busted in Swansea
Card swapping gang busted in Swansea

Poker player spared jail after he attempted to cheat Aspers Casino.