POKER NEWS

15 October 2008

Sky Poker's Las Vegas Freeroll
Sky Poker's Las Vegas Freeroll

To celebrate their sponsorship of the PDC World Darts Championship, Sky Poker is hosting a week long freeroll series, with the top prize of an all expenses paid trip to Las Vegas for two.

14 October 2008

FTOPS X Dates Unveiled
FTOPS X Dates Unveiled

FullTiltPoker have announced the dates for the tenth edition of its Full Tilt Online Poker Series next month, kicking off with a $216 no-limit hold’em six-max event.

Gus Says Goodbye
Gus Says Goodbye

Opened last year, many looked forward to the launch of www.ThePlayr.com as a way to get closer to one of the game's most sought after characters. Gus Hansen has revealed that will no longer be involved with the site though in a statement released through the site yesterday.

13 October 2008

Schwartz's Chest Up For Sale
Schwartz's Chest Up For Sale

This is one of the more interesting ideas we've heard recently, as November Nine finalist Ylon Schwartz has decided to sell his body.

Daniel Craker Wins PokerStars.net APPT Auckland
Daniel Craker Wins PokerStars.net APPT Auckland

It was the biggest tournament ever held in New Zealand, and it was a case of 'home sweet home' for Daniel Craker when he beat over 300 competitors in the $3,000 buy-in Festival of Poker to take home $257,040.

10 October 2008

Online Poker's Bad Beats and Royal Flushes
Online Poker's Bad Beats and Royal Flushes

It’s never nice to be a poker player, play a hand absolutely perfectly and get all the money in the middle only to realise that the deck was freezing cold and you’re absolutely crushed. The pain of having your monster hand destroyed by a superior one is alleviated at Bodog, where 137 players have been paid the Bad Beat and Royal Flush bonus.

Sky Poker UK Tour Heads To Scotland
Sky Poker UK Tour Heads To Scotland

Poker fever is set to hit Scotland when the third leg of Sky Poker UK Tour (SPUKT) comes to Edinburgh on Saturday 31st January 2009.

09 October 2008

McSweeney Wins Ladbrokes.com Irish Poker Festival Main Event
McSweeney Wins Ladbrokes.com Irish Poker Festival Main Event

The €500 + €50 buy-in main event at the Ladbrokes.com Irish Poker Festival, held between 2nd - 5th October in Killarney, Ireland, has been won by Jimmy McSweeney, who took home €100,000 for his victory.

Soraya Homam is the PartyPoker.com Women's World Open II Champ.
Soraya Homam is the PartyPoker.com Women's World Open II Champ.

46-year-old German poker professional Soraya Homam has won the PartyPoker.com Women's World Open II! Homam, a veteran on the circuit from Frankfurt beat fellow German Stefanie Bergener heads-up to scoop $50,000 and the title.

08 October 2008

Asian Poker Tour announce another thriller in Manilla
Asian Poker Tour announce another thriller in Manilla

It's all started rather swimmingly for the Asian Poker Tour, having seen some of the biggest names in the game make the trip to their last leg in Macau. The announcement of their first event for the 2009 tournament schedule is, therefore, good news to poker player ears.