27 August 2009
Satellites Running for Sports Legends Challenge
The Sports Legends Challenge is scheduled to take place from September 14 to 17 at the Atlantis Paradise Island resort and hotel and will feature 25 athletic icons including Troy Aikman, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Richard Petty and Sugar Ray Leonard. The sporting greats will compete in a range of poker tournaments for up to ten million dollars in prize money alongside 25 top professional players including Phil Hellmuth, Annie Duke, Chris Moneymaker and Johnny Chan.
Play in Annie Duke’s Ante Up For Africa tournament
If you’ve wanted to help Annie Duke and Don Cheadle’s Ante Up For Africa charity but haven’t been able to make it to Vegas or Monte Carlo then their latest tournament could be the perfect opportunity. The next Ante Up For Africa event is an online $1+$10 tournament on Ultimatebet.com at 7pm UK time on Saturday 5th September 2009.
Overseas players dominate Day 1B at APPT Macau
Kristoffer Myhre holds the chip lead at the PokerStars Asian Pacific Poker Tour after a phenomenal run in Day 1b that saw him crack aces twice, running his stack to a staggering 183,400 – over 40,000 more than his nearest competitor and more than three times the average stack.
Top names announced for PartyPoker.com World Open V
PartyPoker.com has announced that the line up for this year’s World Open V will include Tom ‘Durrrr’ Dwan, Luke ‘Fullflush’ Schwartz and Mike Sexton. The event, which takes place from Sunday 11th October to Thursday 15th October at Mayfair’s Palm Beach Casino, will see a field of 48 runners compete for a first prize of $250,000.
26 August 2009
Paradise Series of Poker Up and Running
The Paradise Series of Poker is underway at London’s International Club with a variety of tournaments scheduled including No Limit Hold’em, PLO and HORSE events. The highlight of the fortnight long festival is the £1,000 buy-in No Limit Hold’em Main Event. Sponsor Paradise Poker has boosted the prize pool by a whopping £10,000 making it one not to be missed.
Phil Galfond Running Bad, $800k Below Equity
In his latest blog at BlueFirePoker.com, Phil Galfond has revealed how draining it is being a high-stakes professional at the nosebleed stakes when you’re on the other end of those six-figure wins.
New events at The Vic
The Victoria Casino in London has announced two new regular deepstack tournaments. A £200 freezeout will take place on Wednesdays with a 10,000 starting stack and a 30-minute clock. There will also be a £100 freezout on Thursdays with a 30-minute clock and starting stacks of 7,500 chips.
Day 1a of PokerStars APPT Complete
The PokerStars Asian Pacific Poker Tour kicked off yesterday, with 119 runners stumping up the $5,000 buy-in (or, more likely, paying $5.50 or a few FPPs on PokerStars) to compete in the APPT.
ESPN’s Inside Deal Features Eric Buchman
ESPN.com’s Inside Deal aired this week with discussions of the upcoming Caesar’s Cup at the World Series of Poker Europe. The PokerStars-sponsored show confirmed Phil Hellmuth and John Juanda as joining Team America alongside Phil Ivey and captain Daniel Negreanu.
More seats for the Boylepoker.com International Poker Open
Boylepoker.com has announced that 200 extra seats have been released for the International Poker Open that takes places at the Regency Hotel in Dublin from 16th to 18th October 2009. 100 seats are available for days 1A and 1B. Once these are sold out the only way to play in the 1,300 capacity event will be to qualify online.