24 June 2009
Matt Graham wins WSOP Event #40 – World Championship $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha
It may not have been a chip and a chair but as comebacks go Matt Graham’s was one to remember. At one stage of heads up play, Graham faced a nine to one chip deficit to two-time bracelet winner Vitaliy Lunkin. After doubling up three times the 25-year-old finally sealed the deal after his set of tens held up against Lunkin’s gutshot straight and flush draw.
23 June 2009
Fantastic $5,000 Freeroll from Bluff Europe’s CardGang on Wednesday 24th June
If reading about all the action at the Rio has whetted your appetite for a trip to Las Vegas then Bluff Europe is more than happy to help. At 8pm (UK time) tomorrow Diamondbet.com will be hosting the Bluff Europe CardGang’s latest freeroll with a trip to Vegas worth $3,500 going to the winner. A cash prize of $1,000 is on offer for the runner up with $500 for the third placed finisher.
Not so old MacDonald wins in Leeds
94 players sat down at the Gala Casino in Leeds for the latest leg of the Coral sponsored British Masters Poker Tour. After two long days it was Tom MacDonald who emerged victorious taking the title and with it a first prize of £14,300.
Ray Foley Wins Event #39 - $1,500 NLHE
The $1,500 No-Limit Hold ‘em events always have a monstrous turnout and Event #39 was no different – 2,714 players entered the tournament to create a gigantic prize pool. In the end it was won by Ray Foley who defeated Ultimate Bet’s Brandon Cantu to take the bracelet.
GUKPT Summer Series heads to Walsall
Wallsall’s Grosvenor Casino will be the venue for the third and final leg of the GUKPT Summer Series, which starts on Thursday 25th June. The four-day festival kicks off with a £200+£20 No Limit Hold Em event at 8pm on Thursday. A £300+£30 No Limit Hold Em Event follows on Friday 26th June, with the £500+£50 Main Event starting at 6pm on Saturday 27th June.
Marc Naalden Wins Event #38 - $2k LHE.
This event marks only the second bracelet to go to Holland, and what a way to take it! Marc Naalden completely dominated the final table of Event #38, holding over half the chips in play while seven-handed and mercilessly eliminating his opponents.
22 June 2009
It’s That Time Again – Poker in the Park!
Once again hoards of poker players will descend on Leicester Square for a summer day of poker bonanza. On August 13 and 14 (that’s a Thursday and Friday so sort out your annual leave now, folks) we’re going to get off our arses and organise a spectacular event.
Aberdeen Angus Triumphes at GUKPT Summer Series
John Angus of Edinburgh has won the inaugural Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Summer Series at the newly-renovated G Casino in Aberdeen. In a rapid heads-up match he defeated Orkney’s Pete Thomas after rivering a boat with 66 against Thomas, appropriately holding the dead mans’ hand A8.
Jeff Lisandro wins WSOP Event #37 $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi Lo
The 164-runner field may not have been great in number but it more than made up for it in quality. In the end it was Jeff Lisandro who outlasted a loaded final table, including five former bracelet winners, to claim the $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi Lo World Championship.
Jordan Smith wins WSOP Event #36 $2,000 No Limit Hold ‘Em
Women have been something of an endangered species at the 2009 WSOP with only Annie Duke making a final table in the first 35 events. The numbers were swelled in event 36 though with both Laurence Grondin and chess Grandmaster and former European champion Almira Skripchenko making the final nine.