09 September 2009
RedKings Increases Bonus
Popular online poker room RedKings.com has increased the reward available to players that are dealt two Red Cowboys as hole cards through its Pocket Red Kings bonus to $300.
Ladies – Win a Trip to the EPT London via PokerStars
It’s rather apt that PokerStars are choosing the European Poker Tour London event to unveil a new promotion targeted at British women – in 2006, PokerStars pro Vicky Coren became the first and only female winner of an EPT event, taking down £500,000 at the suitably-named Victoria Casino. She held the distinction of being the only female EPT champion until Sandra Naujoks took down EPT Dortmund this year.
08 September 2009
23 Players Remain in EPT Barcelona
After a shockingly quick Day 2, only 72 players remained to fight towards the final table at the PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona leg. Canadian Matt Lapossie held the chip lead, a position he maintained until Georgios Kapalas won a huge pot with the nut straight against top two pair to finish with 1.7m.
Tabatabai on top in WPT Cyprus
The diminishing fields of the World Poker Tour haven’t stopped the pros from entering – particularly not in the Full Tilt Poker sponsored WPT Cyprus event, which saw plenty of red names turn out: Patrik Antonius, Andy Bloch, Allen Cunningham, Howard Lederer, Mike Matusow and Chris Ferguson are all still in the running to take down the near-$600,000 first-place prize.
Keys-y does it at Dusk Till Dawn
Despite the presence of a GUKPT Main Event, the latest Paradise Series of Poker Tournament and the ongoing WCOOP, the monthly Deep Stack at Dusk Till Dawn still managed to attract a bumper crowd of 339 players for their monthly Deepstack tournament.
07 September 2009
Bluff Europe Weekend News Round-Up
The world of poker has been bustling recently, especially online – Tom Dwan is making money in his Million Dollar Challenge but losing it everywhere else, the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker is rolling on unstoppably and attracting record entrants, and you can qualify to all manner of live events via major sites such as Full Tilt and PKR. Yup, it’s good to be a geek.
Hit Squad hat trick as Mahrenholz wins GUKPT Cardiff
The field may have been the smallest ever for a GUKPT Main Event - just 120 runners - but the final table was one of the toughest in the tour’s history. The final nine included a WSOP Main Event finalist in Jon Kalmar, an EPT Main Event winner in Andreas Hoivold, a London Open winner in Iwan Jones not to mention two-time Amsterdam Classic finalist Tristan McDonald and full time pros Craig Swotton and Daniel Nutt.
Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier Leads EPT Barcelona Day 2
The PokerStars European Poker Tour enjoyed a very speedy day in Barcelona as 240 players from the two Day 1s returned and were narrowed down to just 72 even before the full six blind levels were completed.
Evidence for Full Tilt Signing durrrr Grows
The supposed imminent signing of Tom “durrrr” Dwan by Full Tilt Poker, sparked by an ambiguous statement from FTP bigwig Howard Lederer last week, gained new momentum recently.
First UK winner at 2009 World Championship Of Online Poker
The British contingent had a great time at the 2009 WSOP and that form has continued into the WCOOP at PokerStars. There is already one British name in the victory column after MUSTAFABET’s win in the Pot Limit Omaha Six-Max event.