21 October 2009
Paddy Power Poker confirms Irish Winter Festival Online
If you’re not able to make it to Dublin for the Irish Winter Festival, which starts on Friday, then Paddy Power Poker has just the thing. The Irish Winter Festival Online is a series of small buy in tournaments that will run in sync with the real thing.
20 October 2009
Andy Bloch: I’m Tired of Bad Structures, Time for our own Poker Tour
Andy Bloch, former blackjack wizard and Team Full Tilt member, has angrily expressed his frustration at the structure of high buy-in tournaments, asking renowned TD Matt Savage to start a players’ own poker tour.
Play Ziigmund, Doyle and More at Power Poker
Just yesterday we reported that Power Poker were, as part of their Online Forum Challenge, offering hundreds of players the chance to play Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies heads-up for $1,000 if they could go the distance in a freeroll tournament.
PokerStars EPT Warsaw Main Event Begins Today
We’ve got EPTs, WPTs and every other kind of PT coming out of our ears this month. Recently we’ve seen the APPT Auckland conclude with a $209,000 win as well as Africa’s largest ever tournament in the shape of the WPT Marrakech. Now, PokerStars are going to Warsaw for the EPT.
Retrial for one-punch poker tournament killer
A British man who killed a fellow poker player after a dispute in a car park has been granted a retrial. 25-year-old backpacker Daniel Dean became involved in an argument with 29-year-old Mark Urch, after a poker tournament at the Banjo’s Bar in Shute Harbour, north Queensland, Australia. Urch died after falling to the ground and banging his head after being punched.
Markus Sippe wins Boyle Poker International Poker Open
Luxembourg based German Markus Sippe has won the International Poker Open in Dublin. Organisers were hoping for a record-breaking field and so it proved as 1,440 players took their seats, making it the biggest poker tournament ever held outside the USA.
Freeroll your way to the Aussie Millions with Betfair Poker
The good people at Betfair Poker are giving players the opportunity to win their way to the 2010 Aussie Millions in a series of freeroll events. Qualification is simple. All players have to do is register then play on Betfair Poker.
19 October 2009
Negreanu and Lindgren in stand up comedy showdown?
Daniel Negreanu has often said that he is a comedian in a poker player’s body and he may now get the chance to prove if after a challenge thrown down by Erick ‘E-Dog’ Lindgren.
Darren Annis Wins GUKPT Thanet Main Event
There was a local winner at the latest stop of the GUKPT in Thanet yesterday with Welling’s Darren Annis emerging victorious. The Kent man outlasted a field of 132 runners including double WSOP bracelet winner JP Kelly and November Nine finalist James Akenhead.
Poker Forum Winner to Take on Ziigmund
Power Poker are hosting an Online Forum Challenge; a series of freeroll tournaments that will not only offer something or nothing, but also the chance to take on Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies for $1,000 – and let’s face it, that’ll be worth it just for the chatbox if you three-out him.