19 November 2009
Coral Masters Of Poker Play Off Final takes place today
After stops in Edinburgh, Leeds, Stockton, Nottingham, Liverpool and Bristol the Coral British Masters Of Poker Tour comes to a conclusion in Blackpool today. A Coral sponsorship package worth £10,000 is on offer to the winner of an exclusive eight-man sit and go tournament.
Marigliano 'LuckExpress' edges Durrrr in Million Dollar Challenge opener
Tom Dwan’s live challenge played out its first stage in London yesterday, with durrrr playing Marcello “LuckExpress” Marigliano for 500 hands before they ended the session with Marcello a $22,500 winner.
18 November 2009
Live durrrr challenge vs. Sammy George begins today
Tom "durrrr" Dwan is up over $750,000 at the halfway stage of his 50,000-hand online challenge at $200/$400 Pot-Limit Omaha with Patrik Antonius. He's down over $4,000,0000 to the mysterious Isildur1, a Swedish high-stakes phenomenon.
Hellmuth and Booth appear in poker movie: Shark Out of Water
With the honourable exception of Rounders, good poker movies are somewhat thin on the ground. Lucky You anyone? Well it looks like there could be another good one to add to the list in the form of Canadian short Shark Out Of Water.
Tom Dwan unveils soon to be most-read poker blog
His thousands of fans, admirers, followers and emulators will be over the moon at the news that Tom Dwan has launched a new blog at his official website.
UltimateBet proud to complete rebranding
UltimateBet have completed a transformation, taking on the name and domain of UB.com, merging with AbsolutePoker to form the CEREUS network and now have released a series of updates.
EPT Vilamoura under way
The first European Poker Tour event to be held in Portugal got under way in Vilamoura yesterday with Ljubomir Josipovic leading the way at the end of Day 1A. The Austrian heads the 76 remaining players with a stack of 192,900.
Betfair Poker Live! heads to Kiev
Betfair Poker has announced a new live series in Kiev, Ukraine. The five-day Betfair Poker Live! Festival takes place from 10th to 15th December 2009 at the River Palace casino on the banks of the River Dnepr.
17 November 2009
Isildur1 defeated! Antonius wins largest online pot and Townsend hits $1m stack
At the time of writing, Isildur1 is playing six tables against Patrik Antonius and Brian Townsend at $300/$600 PLO and $500/$1k PLO and NLHE on Full Tilt. His invincibility is in question as Townsend, up $85,000, just hit a $1m stack and Antonius is up over $2.5m.
TalkSport phone-in caller looks for sponsorship
If you were looking for a backer for your poker bankroll then surely fellow players, a well-crafted post on a message board or a phone call to Neil Channing would be the best bet. Not so for John Charles who decided to make his pitch on The Mike Graham Show on radio station Talk Sport.