29 April 2009
International Poker Network welcomes player number 3 million
Boss Media, the group behind International Poker Network (IPN) has just registered their 3 millionth player. IPN has seen impressive growth in active daily players (up 14%) with registrations up a whopping 28%.
Star-studded line up raises €250,000 at the PokerStars charity event
Isabelle Mercier has won the PokerStars Ante Up For Africa event at the EPT final in Monte Carlo. The €4,000 buy in event attracted a star-studded line up of 39 runners with around €250,000 raised for the relief effort in war torn Darfur in Sudan.
28 April 2009
Barney Frank to the Rescue
Exciting progress was made today to overturn the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) in the US. Representative Barney Frank, chairman of the US House of Representatives Financial Services Committee has said that legislation will be introduced next week to abolish America’s ban on online gambling, an act which was imposed during the Bush administration and has now been in place for three years.
EPT Monte Carlo Grand Final Kicks Off
Monte Carlo is, for the next week, the hub of European – and, indeed, world – poker as the fifth Grand Final of the European Poker Tour begins today at noon local time.
Simon Moorman wins GUKPT Manchester
Tournament regular Chris Moorman thought it would be a great idea to buy his father a seat at the latest leg of the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour for his 52nd birthday. Little did he know that dad Simon would actually go on and win the thing.
Double delight from PartyPoker.com
PartyPoker.com has announced two new promotions which will get the month of May of to a flying start. 3,000 players will share prize money of over $1,000,000 in their new rake race promotion.
Mike “timex” McDonald is new Full Tilt Red Pro
Canadian teenaged pro Mike McDonald, better known by his online handle of “timex”, is Full Tilt Poker’s newest Red Pro.
27 April 2009
Doyle Brunson Wins $2m
Most of us would be happy to be alive at 74. Alive and a millionaire, even better. Alive, a millionaire and still able to win $2,000,000 playing against the best in the world at Bobby’s Room – well, only one man can do that.
Timoshenko wins $25K WPT Championship
After an epic eight days of play Yevgeniy Timoshenko has been crowned the 2009 Five Star World Poker Classic World Poker Tour Champion. The 21-year-old saw off a final table which included Scotty Nguyen, Bertrand ‘ElkY’ Grospellier, Shannon Shorr and Ran Azor to claim the first prize of $2,149,960.
Join Marc Goodwin for a record breaking charity poker event in Scotland
The Normandy Hotel in Renfrew will be the venue for what promises to be the biggest ever live poker event held on Scottish soil. A field of around 2,000 runners is expected for the £12 buy in event with organisers hoping to raise upwards of £20,000 for Erskine Hospital, a facility which specialises in nursing and medical care for former services personnel.