30 September 2009
EPT London Kicks Off Today
John Tabbatabi has some comfort after his aces were cracked on the bubble of the Betfair World Series of Poker Europe Main Event: the PokerStars European Poker Tour London leg kicks off today, just a short journey down the road at the Hilton Metropole hotel.
Lady Gaga invited to Irish Poker Festival
Lady Gaga is proving to be very much in demand in the poker world. After being invited to Macau to play in the Asian Poker Tour the “Poker Face” singer has been offered a trip to Killarney to try her luck in this week’s Ladbrokes Irish Poker Festival.
Dusk Till Dawn announces new tournament schedule
It has been a busy few weeks for Dusk Till Dawn. Hot on the heels of a very successful $1m English Open comes the news that the Nottingham venue will be opening seven days a week. There is a new tournament schedule too with something for beginners as well as more experienced players.
29 September 2009
Phil Hellmuth – Entertaining as Ever
Eleven-time World Series of Poker bracelet-winner Phil Hellmuth has posted a twitvid (appropriately named, but unfortunately that’s just the name of videos on Twitter and not a portrayal of the Poker Brat) detailing his arrival in London and a brief chat with Mike Matusow and Men “The Master” Nguyen.
Krzystzof Grubka win European Masters Of Poker Grand Final
Krzystzof Grubka has won the final event of the inaugural European Masters Of Poker Tour in Malta. The Pole outlasted a field that included big names Mel Judah, Johnny Lodden and Jonas Kyllonen to claim the first prize of 95,000 euro.
Last chance to qualify for Boyle Poker’s International Poker Open
It looks as if next month’s International Poker Open in Dublin is going to go into to record books as the biggest live event held on European soil. The final few direct buy-in seats were snapped up over the weekend with the current total of entrants standing at 1,271.
PokerStars World Cup of Poker VI Reaches Live Finals
After weeks of gruelling online tournaments, the final nine teams are ready to jet off to the Bahamas for a live poker final at the sixth PokerStars World Cup of Poker. The United States, Chile, Canada, Italy, Finland, Norway, Croatia, Taiwan and defending champions Germany will be battling it out in the luxury resort in January.
28 September 2009
Bluff Europe Weekend News Round-Up
“Wow. Wow. Lot of action. Lot. Of. Action.”
Online, we’ve had the PokerStars WCoOP a roaring success. Off the web and several live tournaments have gone down swimmingly, with the World Poker Tour’s Borgata Open being the most successful WPT event in recent history and the 2009 Betfair-sponsored World Series of Poker Europe kicking off in Leicester Square.
High Stakes Poker’s Bob Stupak dies
High Stakes Poker regular Bob Stupak has died of leukaemia at the age of 67. Though probably best known as a larger than life casino impresario and businessman, Stupak was also an accomplished poker player, winning a WSOP bracelet in Deuce to Seven lowball and often appearing on High Stakes Poker and The World Poker Tour. His career tournament earnings topped $850,000, mostly from WSOP and WPT tournament cashes.
__FullFlush1__ Will “Break” durrrr by 2010
The rivalry between Luke “__FullFlush1__” Schwarz and Tom “durrrr” Dwan has been very publicised. Well, we say rivalry – Schwarz just hates Dwan and durrrr kind of tends to ignore him unless he hits the $300/$600 tables or higher.