POKER NEWS

27 November 2008

Bluff Europe $10,000 Freeroll is Tonight!
Bluff Europe $10,000 Freeroll is Tonight!

Do not adjust your monitor – that is not a type-o. We really are giving away $10,000 dollars absolutely free. And we even waited until the currency had strengthened a bit so your money was actually worth something until we arranged the freeroll – you don’t have to thank us, that’s just the kind of guys we are.

PartyPoker Premier League III Day 2
PartyPoker Premier League III Day 2

Phil Hellmuth and current WSOP champ Peter Eastgate likely haven’t been enjoying this season of PartyPoker’s league tournament. Both wound up with not-too-impressive scores of zero in their respective heats. If the two want a slice of PartyPoker’s $1.25m pie then they’ll need to do some good work against 12 of the world’s best players.

Mystery
Mystery "Mr B" Continues To Decimate The Big Games

Rumours abound as to the identity of the newest recruit to the high-stakes club on Full Tilt Poker. MR B 2 U SON came very coincidentally as David Benyamine departed and, whoever he is, he’s been cleaning up.

26 November 2008

Daniel Negreanu wins BCPC for $370,000
Daniel Negreanu wins BCPC for $370,000

Canadian-born Daniel Negreanu, perhaps one of the best-known and most well-respected poker professionals in the world, was so full of patriotic pride that as well as playing in the British Colombia Poker Championship, he offered to commentate the final table should he not make it. However, he found himself unable to do so owing to the fact that he was sitting at the table of six with a huge stack of chips.

Tran and Tony triumphant in Premier League
Tran and Tony triumphant in Premier League

PartyPoker’s Premier League tournament has been very successful, pitting some of the world’s best players against each other in a series of single-table tournaments held on a points scale until one winner is declared.

Poker Brat Releases Clothing Line
Poker Brat Releases Clothing Line

Eleven-time WSOP bracelet-winner, self-proclaimed best No-Limit Hold'em player in the world and camera-hog Phil Hellmuth has launched a range of branded apparel through his Poker Brat Clothing Company that is now available online at PokerBrat.com.

24 November 2008

PartyPoker Premier League Draw Announced
PartyPoker Premier League Draw Announced

PartyPoker.com's Premier League III heats have been announced and the first begins early today.

21 November 2008

Danish Taxman Actually Wins WSOP!
Danish Taxman Actually Wins WSOP!

Peter Eastgate might have won $9.1 million but he might only be clearing $2.5m of that after it was revealed the Danish tax system with relieve the champion of around $6.5m.

Full Tilt adds extra punch with Couture signing
Full Tilt adds extra punch with Couture signing

There's more similarities between poker and the Ultimate Fighting Championship than meets the eye. Both are about battering those around into submission, using a mix of sheer aggression and mental awareness to avoid that fatal slip. The signing of one of the UFC's biggest names might not come as such a shock to some after Randy Couture joined the Full Tilt poker team.

20 November 2008

Bluff Europe’s $10,000 Freeroll With DiamondBet Just One Week Away
Bluff Europe’s $10,000 Freeroll With DiamondBet Just One Week Away

Bluff Europe is all set for a massive freeroll, having joined forces with DiamondBet to provide a staggering $10,000 prizepool to be won.