24 September 2009
Jens Kyllönen Signs With Unibet
Scandinavian Open EPT winner Jens Kyllönen has become the latest pro player to take up a sponsorship deal, this time with European gambling firm Unibet.
Man gambles away his daughter in Indian poker game
We’ve all heard of players who have made reckless bets with completely overstretched bankrolls but surely nothing can match the madness that must have overcome India’s Ismail Sheikh who used his 18-year-old daughter as a raise.
23 September 2009
Phil Hellmuth to Coach November Niner Jeff Shulman
Jeff Shulman has become the first of the 2009 WSOP Main Event final tablists to publicly announce that he has hired a coach - and it is none other than 11-time WSOP bracelet-winner Phil Hellmuth.
Yevgeniy Timoshenko wins WCOOP Main Event
This year’s WCOOP has drawn to a close with Yevgeniy ‘Jovial Gent’ Timoshenko taking the showpiece main event. The Ukrainian born pro outlasted a mammoth field of 2,144 runners to take home the first prize of $1,715,200. The million-dollar payday was only his second highest cash this year though. The 21-year-old, who now lives in Washington State, won the season 7 World Poker Tour Championship in April for a massive score of $2,149,960.
Use Internet gaming revenues for healthcare reform, urges US senator
Democratic senator Ron Wyden has introduced an amendment to the pending Internet Regulation, Consumer Protection and Enforcement Act, which would funnel Internet gambling tax revenues into the America’s Healthy Future Act of 2009. A study by accountancy firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers has suggested that collecting taxes on Internet gambling could raise as much as $62.7bn for health spending over the next ten years.
Win big in Party Poker’s Million Dollar Hand promotion
PartyPoker's popular Million Dollar Hand promotion returns next month and like a tin of Ronseal, it does exactly what it says on the tin. Simply play as normal, earn Party Points and you can win cash prizes up to $1m.
22 September 2009
Joe Sebok Signs With UltimateBet
Joe Sebok, premier poker pro; son of Barry Greenstein and mastermind of PokerRoad, has joined Team UltimateBet alongside Phil Hellmuth and Annie Duke, acting as an intermediary between staff and pro players.
Golden Holden wins the latest leg of the British Masters Of Poker
Despite all the action in London over the weekend a very respectable field of 73 players turned out for the main event of the latest leg of the British Masters Of Poker Tour in Liverpool. Steve Holden won the £500 buy in event beating a final table that included Ray Bone (who also reached the final table in Friday’s side event), Brian Littlewood and Rob Baker.
World Heads Up Poker Championship schedule announced
New sponsor littlewoods has released the schedule for the forthcoming World Head’s Up Poker Championship. The £3,000+£300 event will take place at The Vic from 27th to 31st October 2009 with the winner set to take home a first prize of £200,000.
Win ringside seats to boxing extravaganza courtesy of PartyPoker
PartyPoker is giving UK fight fans the chance to win a VIP package to one of the most exciting events on the boxing calendar. The Prizefighter sees a stunning selection of top boxing talent including Danny Williams, Audley Harrison and Michael Sprott battling it out in a last fighter standing series of contests.