21 May 2009
Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott Speaks at Oxford Union.
Dave Ulliott, the British professional poker player and WPT champion better known by his nickname of Devilfish, gave a speech at the prestigious Oxford Union recently that went down a storm.
Jean Gaspard Leads New Orleans WSOP Circuit
Day 2 of the World Series of Poker Circuit Championship Event, a $5,150 buy-in tournament at New Orleans featuring 167 entrants, is about to conclude. The final table has been set and Illinois’s Jean Gaspard leads the last players with over 800,000 chips.
Vitaliy Lunkin wins Poker Stars Russia
While the Eurovision Song Contest may have dominated the headlines in Moscow over the past few days a rather important poker tournament was taking place just down the road at the Renaissance Hotel. A high quality field of 206 players including WSOP bracelet winner Alex Kravchenko and WSOP Main Event finalist Ivan Demidov bought in to the $7,000 PokerStars Russia Main Event.
Tony Bloom takes over at Brighton and Hove Albion
As can be seen from the story above there is no shortage of sportsmen who have made the move to the poker tables. Not many have made the journey in the opposite direction but Tony Bloom has done exactly that.
French Football coach to try his hand at poker
Another name can be added to the long list of sportsmen who have been seduced by the game of poker. Hot on the heels of Italian striker Christian Vieri’s admission that he’d like to play the game professionally when he hangs up his boots comes the news that the current French manager Raymond Domenech would like to try his luck in Vegas.
20 May 2009
End of FTOP's conclude another Big Sunday in Online Tournaments
Everyone knows that Sunday is the day to settle down with your laptop and a 6-pack of red bull in order to compete for the hundreds of thousands of dollars on offer in all the big online tournaments. Well last Sunday was no different apart from the fact that even more money was up for grabs as the Full Tilt FTOPS came to a close.
New Poker Reality Series Coming In August.
A new poker reality TV series is to air in August on cable station G4, featuring four online poker players doing their utmost to win $2m in 2 months.
Yeah baby. Scotty Nguyen joins Expekt Poker
The five-time World Series Of Poker bracelet winner Scotty Nguyen has signed a sponsorship deal with European online poker site Expekt.com. The deal will see Nguyen act as an ambassador for the site as well as competing at events under the Expekt banner. He will also be providing a series of video blogs and monthly strategy columns for players on the Expekt website.
Win a seat at the Asian Poker Tour event in Macau
The Galaxy StarWorld Hotel and Casino will be the venue for the Asian Poker Tour Macau this August and players can win a seat thanks to PartyPoker.com Packages worth $7,000 apiece including buy in and 7 night’s accommodation are up for grabs in a series of online qualifiers.
Qualify for the 2009 Poker Ashes with 888.com
With England thrashing the West Indies earlier this week and Australia naming their squad this morning, Ashes fever will soon be hitting this country. And it’s not just the cricketers who will be competing for Anglo Aussie bragging rights this year as 888.com is hosting the Ashes of Poker.