19 January 2009
It’s All Kicking Off In Melbourne with The $10k Main Event’s Day 1a Concluding
The AU$10,500 Main Event has begun at the 2009 Aussie Millions in Melbourne’s Crown Casino. Of the 191 players who entered the prestigious tournament and battled on Day 1a, only 76 remain.
16 January 2009
Aussie Millions H.O.R.S.E. Event Concludes
Just shy of 100 players paid $1,100 to compete in Event #5 of the Aussie Millions; the H.O.R.S.E. event. Perhaps one of the definitive tournaments in which to show your all-round poker skill, the final table of eight returned to the felt on Day 2 to duke it out for the title and $30,380.
Betsafe To Join OnGame Poker Network
Scandinavian company Betsafe have been part of Cryptologic’s vast online poker network for two years, since signing an agreement with WagerLogic in 2007.
15 January 2009
PaddyPower announces promotion to give away $10,000 a week.
Irish poker, casino and sportsbetting site PaddyPower are pleased to announce the third incarnation of their cash race promotion. This instalment of the Back That Ace Up promotion will see $10,000 in prizes delivered to 50 people each week.
Zach Gruneberg Wins Aussie Millions $1,100 Limit Hold‘em Event
In the build-up to the $10,000 Main Event, the smaller tournaments take precedence. So far out of the five events we have seen a great variation of poker – No-Limit Hold ‘em, PokerPro tables, H.O.R.S.E., Omaha Hi/Lo and now Limit Hold'em.
14 January 2009
Mel Judah Wins Aussie Millions Omaha Hi/Lo Event
Mel Judah won AU$30,600 for taking down Event #3 of the Aussie Millions $1,100 Fixed Limit Omaha Hi/Lo. However, since (as any player will tell you) limit O8 is the slowest game known to man it worked out as about $2/hr.
13 January 2009
Royal Surrey Cardroom Celebrate Their 1st Birthday
Starting at the earlier time of 6.30pm due to popular demand, the Royal Surrey club is celebrating its first year of poker success with a £100+£50 semi-freezeout.
Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier Wins EPT $25,000 High Roller Event In Caribbean.
In the same casino where the too-bloody-rich Bertrand Grospellier won a cool $2,000,000 last year as the PokerStars Caribbean adventure winner (bet he’s gutted it’s $3m this year), the Team PokerStars Pro has won $433,500 after beating an elite field in the $25,000 high roller event.
Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond Launches Poker Video Training Site
Phil “OMGClayAiken”/“Tom Dwan won’t play me” Galfond has, to the delight of Two Plus Two fanboys everywhere, launched his own video training site. The high stakes God who was the highest money winner of 2008 in NLHE and PLO promises to deliver “4-6 videos a month” personally.
CelebPoker Launches No-Download Software
Online poker room CelebPoker announced that they were delighted to reveal the brand-new “No Download, Instant Play” version of their already-successful poker software.