25 August 2009
Brunson and Hellmuth to Play English Poker Open
Both Doyle Brunson and Phil Hellmuth, two of the all-time poker tournament greats, have confirmed their attendance at the upcoming English Poker Open at the Dusk Till Dawn club in Nottingham. With a $1m prize pool already guaranteed, the event is sure to attract a lot more big names.
CelebPoker Move to Playtech iPoker Network
CelebPoker have recently successfully integrated into the huge iPoker network, joining the prestigious ranks of sites such as Paddy Power, William Hill, Titan Poker and Blue Sq. Poker.
Bubble Bursts at WPT Legends Tournament
The sale of the World Poker Tour to PartyGaming didn’t affect the remaining 73 players who returned for Day 3 of the WPT Legends of Poker tournament. Steven Begleiter, third place at the WSOP Main Event final table, held the chip lead going into the day’s play.
US Online Poker – the Battle Continues
The recent seizure of over $30,000,000 by the US Attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York was, ironically, the opportunity that pro-poker activists in the US – including the Poker Players’ Alliance – had been waiting for.
PartyGaming Buys World Poker Tour for $12.3m
It was recently reported that WPT Enterprises had sold the World Poker Tour to Gamyina Ltd, a private investment group, for a little less than $10m. However, following PartyGaming’s $12.3m offer the sale was terminated.
24 August 2009
Qualify Free for PokerStars EPT London!
After the roaring success of EPT Kyiv, producing a seven-figure prize pool with 296 entrants, the PokerStars EPT London event looks set to be an absolute stormer. PokerStars are putting on an exclusive offer for UK and Irish players, giving you the chance to win a £5,250 seat for the prestigious tournament at The Grosvenor Victoria in September.
Adrien Allain Wins APT Main Event from $5 Satellite
Adrien Allain, who probably needs a poker nickname such as “All-In Allain”, has won the 2009 Asian Poker Tour Macau festival Main Event, winning over $3m which works out as just under a quarter of a million pounds.
Maxim Lykov Takes Down EPT Kyiv Main Event
Maxim Lykov of Russia has won the PokerStars European Poker Tour Kyiv event at the Kyiv Sporting Palace, putting in one of the most impressive and dominating tournament performances seen on the circuit.
23 August 2009
PKR Live III Announced at London’s Loose Cannon
Were we practitioners of the occult we’d find something very suspect about PKR’s recent activities – a third anniversary, the 3,000,000th player and PKR Live III are all coinciding mysteriously. Sign of the apocalypse or sign of a successful online poker room? You decide.
Record-Holder Doc Sands Signs With Poker Icons
David “Doc Sands” Sands is not one of the most famous online poker player in the world by any stretch of the imagination. One thing he does have going for him, however, besides hundreds of thousands of dollars, is a world record.