19 March 2009
Antonius Narrows Dwan’s Lead in durrrr Challenge
With many people wondering if the two had forgotten about the challenge, Patrik Antonius and Tom Dwan eased the railbird’s fears recently with a 914-hand session of $200/$400 PLO across four tables as part of the durrrr challenge.
Norwegian Poker Championship Open events at Dusk Till Dawn
Simon ‘Aces’ Trumper, cardroom manager at Dawn Till Dusk in Nottingham has confirmed that a number of Open events will run alongside the Norwegian only tournaments at this year’s Norwegian Championship which is sponsored by Expekt.com.
PokerStars open new poker room in Macau
The new “PokerStars Macau at the Grand Lisboa” live poker room opens its doors for the first time today. The poker room, which is situated on the 2nd floor of the luxurious Grand Lisboa Casino, is set to be the largest in Asia offering 22 tables and a packed schedule of tournaments. In addition cash games will be available around the clock.
18 March 2009
WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star Day 1a Complete
The world-famous World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star event kicked off yesterday and Hoang Nguyen claimed the top spot at the end of play. A $10,000 chip leader bonus will go nicely on top of any future winnings he may or may not have in the tournament.
Full Tilt Poker’s World Series promotions under way
Full Tilt Poker has already awarded 54 seats for this year’s WSOP and is giving players many more chances to get to Vegas.
Qualify for the Bulgarian leg of the European Masters of Poker with Devilfishpoker.com
Devilfishpoker.com has announced a series of qualification events for leg two of the European Masters of Poker which takes place from 15th to 18th April in Varna, Bulgaria. The site is offering nine daily satellites (entry just 2 euro or 200 VIP points) for the weekly 100 euro Sunday Main Qualifier.
Sami "LarsLuzak" Kelopuro blogging at CoinFlip.com
The Finnish high stakes pro LarsLuzak, who Ziigmund considers to be the "best NL hold'em heads-up specialist in the world", is set to be the next big thing at CoinFlip.com.
17 March 2009
Bluff US Online Poker Challenge Hits Midway Point
Brian “SNO0OWMAN” Hawkins is far and away the leader of Bluff magazine’s bankroll-building challenge in which a selection of pros must build as big a bankroll as possible from $200.
Channing and Persaud launch Black Belt Poker
2008 Irish Open champion Neil Channing and Bluff regular Nik Persaud have announced their latest joint venture, a new concept called BlackBeltPoker.com. Described by Persaud as “a Facebook meets training site”, it will feature social networking, mentoring, coaching, boot camps, staking programmes and much more.
It’s still not too late to qualify for the Irish Open next month
Paddypowerpoker.com has announced that they will be running their popular Last Chance Saloon qualification series for the Irish Open next month. Feeder events will run every day from 3rd April for the Last Chance Saloon finals which will take place between Sunday 5th and Wednesday 8th April.