POKER NEWS

24 February 2009

Antonio Esfandiari heads the pack at LAPC
Antonio Esfandiari heads the pack at LAPC

Day 2 of the LA Poker Classic Main Event saw 400 players take to the tables. Erik Lindgren, Mike Matusow and Phil Hellmuth all hit the rail but Antonio Esfandiari managed to build himself an impressive stack to occupy one of the top spots.

Take that, 5-card stud players!
Take that, 5-card stud players!

Robbie Williams is famous for many things – tattoos, music, drugs, never breaking the US... One thing we at BLUFF didn’t expect from him, however, is being a deft hand with… well, a hand.

23 February 2009

TONIGHT: €4,000 VIP Irish Open Package and a €1,000 Overlay for just $1!
TONIGHT: €4,000 VIP Irish Open Package and a €1,000 Overlay for just $1!

Tonight’s exclusive Bluff Europe $1 buy-in tournament at PaddyPower.com brings exceptional value with a €4,000 package to the Irish Openand a €1,000 Overlay up for grabs. Just play at Bluff Europe’s Card Gang Irish Open Invitational for your chance to win your seat at Europe’s oldest and best loved tournament.

Scotty Nguyen gallops off with the LA Poker Classic HORSE championship title
Scotty Nguyen gallops off with the LA Poker Classic HORSE championship title

Scotty Nguyen defied anyone who casts doubt on his mixed-game ability with another decisive win, this time taking down the inaugural LA Poker Classic $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. tournament for an impressive $340,993.

20 February 2009

€4,000 VIP Irish Open Package up for grabs!
€4,000 VIP Irish Open Package up for grabs!

Cardgang strikes at PaddyPower.com this Monday the 23rd of February. Join now for a chance to win a package worth €4,000

Own a Card Room in Dublin
Own a Card Room in Dublin

Top of the mornin’, bejeesus and a point o’ Guinness. Now we’ve got all our jokes out of the way, on to the story. Fancy owning a piece of your very own card room for 5000 Euros? Bluff columnist Derek Kelly, best known as one of the founders of London’s Gutshot club, has become involved in opening a signature poker club in Dublin and is looking for 40 founder members.

PokerStars announce EPT Monaco Grand Final
PokerStars announce EPT Monaco Grand Final

This year’s European Poker Tour is set to end with a bang as news comes that PokerStars have arranged Europe’s largest and richest seven-day poker extravaganza in glamorous Monte Carlo.

Durrrrmolished – Antonius loses $140k on the first day of Tom Dwan’s challenge
Durrrrmolished – Antonius loses $140k on the first day of Tom Dwan’s challenge

We feel we should clarify something – it’s only been one day, it’s only been 1,541 hands and it’s only three buy-ins up. In heads-up Pot-Limit Omaha, perhaps one of the most high-variance games it’s possible to play, that’s sweet Fanny Adams.

18 February 2009

William Hill’s London Pub Poker Open announced
William Hill’s London Pub Poker Open announced

William Hill and BLAPO.co.uk have joined forces to host this year’s London Pub Poker Open at the Loose Cannon card room and members bar in central London on Saturday, 28th February 2009.

Durrrr vs Antonius – it’s on!
Durrrr vs Antonius – it’s on!

Speculation has been rife as to when Tom Dwan and Patrik Antonius would actually sit down across the virtual felt. First it was after the Aussie Millions, then after Antonius got back from Thailand, then after he fixed his internet…