20 January 2010
Annette Obrestad at Aussie Millions PLO final table
Event #3 of the 2010 Aussie Millions drew a crowd of 160 players who each stumped up $1,100 to compete for the Pot Limit Omaha title. The top-flight field included Grant Levy, Stewart Scott, Eric Assadourian, Rayan Nathan, Lee Nelson, Josh "JJProdigy" Fields and StoxPoker PLO instructor Vanessa Selbst.
Full Tilt introduces Rush Poker tables
Despite PokerStars’s dominance in the online poker world, it’s often Full Tilt that comes up with the revolutions. Running it twice, deal-making at final tables, raising the ring game minimum buy-in and now Rush tables.
Hellmuth and Schwartz added to PartyPoker Premier League IV line up
Players competing in the fourth season of the PartyPoker.com Premier League could be forgiven for asking for a set of earplugs as part of their buy-in after the news that ‘Poker Brat’ Phil Hellmuth and Luke ‘_FullFlush_’ Schwartz will both be taking part in the $1.5m event.
Innovation award nomination for RealDealPoker.com
The creators of the groundbreaking Cut N’ Shuffle dealing system, RealDealPoker.com, have been nominated at the European Poker Awards next month.
19 January 2010
Massive value in tomorrow’s Card Gang UKIPT special
Bluff Europe has teamed up with PokerStars to celebrate its new UK and Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT) by hosting a very special tournament at 8pm UK time on Wednesday 20th January 2010.
Simon Morris wins Aussie Millions Limit Hold ‘em
The third event of the Aussie Millions 2010 tournament series, a $1,100 Limit Hold ‘em tournament, drew just 90 competitors but it was enough to dish out a $25,650 first prize to winner Simon Morris.
Alec Torelli leaves Doyle’s 10 to join Victory Poker
The Brunson 10, a team of young pros put together for DoylesRoom.com, is one short after heads-up specialist and Bluff Europe contributor Alec “traheho” Torelli has left the site in order to join Victory Poker, a new site on the Everleaf network.
Earn a share in Tell Gaming by simply playing on the site
Viktor Kiam famously liked Remington shavers so much that he bought the company. Now an online poker room is offering a similar opportunity to poker players.
$25 million double guarantees week at Full Tilt Poker
Full Tilt Poker is giving players the double their tournament winnings next week by boosting the prize pool in all of its guaranteed events. For one week only a whopping $25 million has been added.
18 January 2010
Bluff Europe Weekend Round-Up
The first BluffEurope.com weekend round-up of 2010 brings news from the Bahamas as PokerStars turns the islands into the centre of the poker universe while on the other side of the globe Full Tilt hosted the largest ever tournament in Australia. Online, six-figure pots were played routinely. Here it all is: