23 March 2009
Eastgate Unhappy with High Stakes Poker Edit
2008 WSOP champion and high-stakes cash game player Peter Eastgate has defended his play on GSN’s High Stakes Poker, claiming that although it may appear that he was outplayed consistently by Tom Dwan, this was not the case.
More big names set for the 2009 Irish Open
The 2006 World Series Of Poker Main Event winner Jamie Gold is the latest high profile professional to confirm his attendance at the 2009 PaddyPowerPoker.com Irish Poker Open.
Irish Classic Poker Festival returns to Cork in August
Cork’s annual week long poker festival will return to the Macau Sporting Club this August. The culmination of the festival will be the 3-day, 1,000 euro buy in Main Event where a field of around 200 is expected to compete for a guaranteed prize pool of at least 100,000 euros.
20 March 2009
Vanessa Rousso To Host Instructional Tour
Vanessa Rousso, fresh from winning $250k for her second-place finish at the 2009 NBC Heads-Up Poker Championships, has announced a series of instructional workshops combined with a casino tour and bootcamps.
Play Against Oscar Winners at 888.com
888.com, or more specifically their poker site Pacific Poker, are offering their players a chance to play poker at the Cannes Film Festival on March 19 alongside Rounders star Matt Damon, Oscar-winner Ben Affleck and eight other famous faces.
Exclusive tournaments for UK and Ireland players on PokerStars
The first running of PokerStars’ new no limit tournament The Open will take place on Sunday 24th March at 7.30pm.
Qualify for the ECOOP IV on PaddyPowerPoker.com
The fourth annual Championship Of Online Poker which runs from 25th May until 7th June will feature 14 events and a prize pool of at least $4.55m (up 500K on last year’s festival).
19 March 2009
Schedule changes for the 888.com London Poker Tour Main Event
The London Poker Circuit management have taken the decision to Merge Day 1A and 1B of the £1000 main event this week, and Day 1 will now be held this coming Friday March 20th.
Heads Up Championship kicks off GUKPT London
Sixteen players have each paid £2,500 for the opportunity to become the London Heads Up Poker Champion. The event, which kicks off the 11 day festival of poker at London’s Grosvenor Victoria Casino will see the winner take home a first prize of £20,000 and a seat at the £100,000 GUKPT Champion of Champions tournament in December.
Brian Townsend to Return to Nosebleeds?
Back in our day, we didn’t have any of these durrrrs or these Ziigmunds. It was all about sbrugby – he was the internet legend, the best player in the world who moved from $0.50/$1.00 to $200/$400 in a year.