11 November 2008
Peter Eastgate Becomes Youngest Ever WSOP Main Event Winner
The three month wait had finally finished. The now famously named 'November Nine' returned to the Rio Casino in Las Vegas to play out the richest final table of the poker year. In the end the bracelet and $9m went to Denmark as Peter Eastgate took one record from Phil Hellmuth which the Poker Brat will be powerless to regain.
WPT Foxwoods World Poker Finals - Televised Table Set
Day Five of the Foxwoods World Poker Finals was short work for the ten who came back to be filtered down to the final six who will play the televised final table. Coming back for play were some big names including Mike Matusow and David Pham. Many hoped they would make it to the final table for what would make an explosive finale to the tournament in Conneticut.
10 November 2008
WPT Foxwoods World Poker Finals - Final Ten Set
While the WSOP comes to its conclusion in Las Vegas, there's a $1.2m first prize being fought for at Foxwoods. Bluff Europe favourite Mike Matusow is at the top of the chip counts with ten players remaining.
FTOPS X Series Off To A Flying Start
Full Tilt Poker’s tournament series FTOPS is in its tenth incarnation and after a lofty promise of a $15,000,000 prize pool, it looks well on its way to delivering big winners.
07 November 2008
WPT and FullTiltPoker.net Sign Television Sponsorship Deal
WPT Enterprises - the parent company of the World Poker Tour - and FullTiltPoker.net have announced a television sponsorship deal which sees the television and online powerhouses join forces.
Ireland win APAT European Team Championship 2008
The APAT Poker Association & Tour concluded it's highly successful second season with the European Team Championship, held in Brighton. The event featured eight national teams of four players from England, Ireland, Wales, Scotland, Netherlands, France, Germany and Hungary with players paying £100 each to compete.
06 November 2008
FTOPS X Event #1: 'davin77' Wins Six-Max Event
Full Tilt's FTOPS X series has begun with Event #1, a $200+16 NL hold'em 6-max tourney with $1,000,000 guaranteed. A massive field of 5,124 players set a prize pool of $1,024,800.
Players Head to Titan for European Championship of Online Poker.
Poker players from around the world are signing up with Titan Poker to qualify for online seats at the popular poker room's Third European Championship of Online Poker, with guaranteed cash prizes of $4.15 million.
05 November 2008
Bluff Europe Announces Massive $10,000 Freeroll
Things are getting bigger and better at BluffEurope.com. We've got new forums, strategy sections and interview archives, as well as a new section dedicated entirely to the world of online poker.
Sharkscope added to PokerStars Prohibited Software
The popular online tool Sharkscope has been added to the list of software which can not be used at PokerStars.com.