17 November 2009
UK player in line for consecutive Venetian honours
The Venetian casino in Las Vegas is currently hosting a Deepstack Extravaganza festival that last year saw UK pro Kevin O’Leary take down the Player of the Year award. He’s poised to do the same this year – after several deep finishes in this run of the festival he has taken down a $340 event for almost $27,000 for his fifth title.
Live coverage of the Partouche Poker Open final on Eurosport
It looks like there could actually be something worth watching on Eurosport this Sunday. Hidden amongst the seemingly endless coverage of cross country skiing, handball and bobsleigh will be live coverage of the final table of the Partouche Poker Open from the Palm Beach Casino in Cannes.
Full Tilt Poker launches Aussie Millions qualifiers
With all the cold, wet and windy weather engulfing the UK at the moment the prospect of a trip to Australia has never seemed so appealing. Full Tilt is giving players the opportunity to do just that in the form of a series of qualifiers for January’s Aussie Millions.
16 November 2009
Poker’s popularity fading in Britain?
The Independent, one of the most popular newspapers in the UK, asked whether or not the poker boom in the UK was busting, describing the Mintel report on online poker as calling the industry a “busted flush”.
Priyan de Mel wins GUKPT Blackpool
287 players gathered at Blackpool’s Sandcastle Casino for the latest GUKPT Main Event over the weekend and in the end it was Londoner de Mel who emerged victorious.
Jean-Robert Bellande no longer Bodog pro
Evelyn Ng and David Williams now stand alone as sponsored pros on the Bodog homepage after it was revealed that Jean-Robert Bellande’s contract has not been renewed for the US-friendly online poker room, casino and sportsbook.
Dong-bin Han wins APPT Cebu for $150,000
On Friday when the Cebu leg of the Asian Pacific Poker Tour hit the money bubble of 40 players, Dong-bin Han held the chip lead with almost half a million in front of him. Last night he extended that lead to holding every chip in play and taking down the 319-strong tournament and earning $148,200.
Kristoffer Thorsson wins Master Classics of Poker in Amsterdam
Kristoffer Thorsson has been crowned a Master of Poker after winning the €6,000 buy-in Amsterdam Classic over the weekend. The Swede outlasted a field of 342-runners to claim the biggest win of his fledgling career and with it a first prize of €636,120.
Win an Audi TT courtesy of PokerStars
PokerStars’ popular monthly FPP tournament, the Turbo Takedown, is back on 29th November with a prize pool of $1m to be won. There are even more reasons than usual to enter this month’s tournament as the good people at Stars have added some juicy extras to the list of prizes.
15 November 2009
Sunday News Report
Sunday bloody Sunday. Check out our quick roundup of the weekend's biggest stories below as we bring you news on the APPT final table, the mystery Swede who continues to crush durrrr and the man who won a ladies-only WSOP Circuit event.