POKER NEWS

10 December 2008

Holden On Hold'em – Book Review
Holden On Hold'em – Book Review

Many poker players don’t know that Big Deal author Anthony Holden is best-known as a biographer of the British Royal family and of artists including Shakespeare, Tchaikovsky and Laurence Olivier. Then again, many members of the British Royal family don’t know he plays poker.

09 December 2008

Dice Hold'em – because we’re bored of Texas
Dice Hold'em – because we’re bored of Texas

JadeStone’s eagerly-anticipated multiplayer dice game is now officially live across Europe, which is why you, the readers of Bluff Europe, are being told about it. That and it’s really good fun.

PokerStars announce Spring Championship of Online Poker
PokerStars announce Spring Championship of Online Poker

Although no official announcements have been made, the world’s largest poker site has let slip that there is to be a Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCoOP) taking place at the renowned online poker room. As if they didn’t have enough high-stakes tournaments…

Poker After Dark fifth season – start getting excited!
Poker After Dark fifth season – start getting excited!

Poker After Dark has long been one of the more popular poker shows available. Showing all hole cards and hands, each episode’s coverage of a $20,000 tournament gives you insight like no other into how the pros play.

08 December 2008

Martin Rowe wins PokerStars APPT Sydney Grand Final
Martin Rowe wins PokerStars APPT Sydney Grand Final

The nine players at the final table of the APPT Sydney Grand Final at the Star City casino were an eclectic bunch including a student, a retired engineer, several poker pros and a racehorse owner from Canada. The one thing they had in common was that they had all played through a 478-strong field to reach this point; and that they were all aiming for a AU$1m score.

Finland triumph over Swedish neighbours in Pokerfinnkampen 2008
Finland triumph over Swedish neighbours in Pokerfinnkampen 2008

The Scandinavians continue to run good as the annual battle between Finland and Sweden saw the Finns snatch a victory from their neighbouring rivals.

Titan Poker’s ECoOP III Main Event starts today
Titan Poker’s ECoOP III Main Event starts today

This incarnation of the European Championship of Online Poker has already crowned 13 winners and awarded over $2.5m to the winning players. Most events saw guarantees obliterated as the number of entrants exceeded expectations substantially.

05 December 2008

Ladbrokes signs Danish dynamite Peter Jepsen
Ladbrokes signs Danish dynamite Peter Jepsen

It’s all about Denmark in the world of poker recently, although with Peter Eastgate’s emigration the Danish taxman has lost out. However, it’s fast becoming poker fact that Danes called Peter run good and this is no exception.

PokerStars announces Russian Poker Tour
PokerStars announces Russian Poker Tour

PokerStars seem to be gaining a global monopoly on Poker Tours one step at a time, and this one is a biggun. The new PokerStars-sponsored Russian Poker Tour comes after two Russian players have achieved acclaim within the poker community and PokerStars pro status.

Rogue trader banks on taking down CelebPoker €1m guaranteed
Rogue trader banks on taking down CelebPoker €1m guaranteed

Nick Leeson has had a roller-coaster of a life. In 1995 he was appointed as manager of Ireland’s Galway United FC, which would be enough for most people. He is more famous, however, with playing a spectacular and catastrophic role in the collapse of Barings Bank, personal bank to Queen Elizabeth II.