22 January 2010
Bluff Poker Academy returns for a second year
If you’ve wondered just what it is that makes a top pro, well, a top pro then you’ve got the perfect opportunity to find out as the Bluff Europe Poker Academy makes a very welcome return next month.
Shane Warne makes Aussie Millions final table
Event 7 of the 2010 Aussie Millions tournament series was another $1,150 No-Limit Hold ‘em affair, this time with the added twist of rebuys. Surprisingly, just 108 people entered the event but over 350 $1,000 re-buys and add-ons took the prize pool to just under half a million Australian dollars.
Tony G joins Team PartyPoker
Earlier this week we brought you the news that Luke Schwartz and Phil Hellmuth would be taking part in the Party Poker Premier League IV. If the other players in the field thought that getting a word in edgeways would be difficult then they may as well forget it altogether now after the news that Tony G will be joining them.
GUKPT Bolton Main Event starts today
First and foremost is a new sponsor. The Tour will now be run in association with GCasino.com, which will be opening its online poker room next month. Former sponsor BlueSqpoker.com will remain involved though and will continue to offer online satellites.
21 January 2010
EPT Deauville sees 339 runners on Day 1a
Last year's PokerStars EPT event in Deauville saw a record field. This could well be surpassed this year, however, as 339 entrants signed up for the first flight. Team PokerStars pros were present but not in force - despite the recognisable names of Katja Thater and Arnaud Mattern, there were some faces missing.
Annette Obrestad wins Aussie Millions $1,100 PLO event
Inaugural World Series of Poker Europe champion, Annette "Annette_15" Obrestad, has added $40,000 to her impressive resume of online and live tournament earnings after taking down Event 4 of the 2010 Aussie Millions.
TJ Cloutier’s 2005 WSOP bracelet for sale on eBay
Hidden amongst the masses of unwanted Christmas jumpers, jigsaws of William Hague and other assorted tat is a 2005 WSOP bracelet.
Topless tournament busted in America
If you’re running a poker tournament in an city where the legality of such an event is shall we say questionable, advertising topless dealers probably isn’t the best way to sneak it under the radar of the local constabulary.
20 January 2010
Four $530 UKIPT Manchester satellite seats to be won in $5.50 Card Gang special tonight at 8pm
The latest fantastic Card Gang tournament is at PokerStars.com tonight at 8pm. As well as cash prizes there are four seats worth $530 apiece for satellites into next month’s £100K guaranteed UKIPT event in Manchester to be won. All for just $5.50!
Liv Boeree looking hot in new Maxim photoshoot
At Hogwarts School of Journalism and Blogging, protected by a Muggle-proof shield in the Scottish mountains, they teach us to make our headlines attention-grabbing. Well, if you’re a red-blooded male then your attention is well and truly grabbed by that one.