08 October 2008
DuplicatePoker.com Shut Down
DuplicatePoker.com, the online poker site that operated openly in several US states owing to its original approach to the game, has announced that it has shut up shop this past weekend due to the current global ‘credit crunch’.
07 October 2008
Feldman and Williamson Walk Out Winners from the Poker Den.
It was a thirty hour long cash game with some of the biggest names in poker dropping in to play some cards. You even had Phil Laak and Neil Channing trying to play the whole damned thing – the sickos. When it was all said and done, and the studio lights had been switched off, it was Robert Williamson III and Andrew Feldman who netted the biggest wins.
Jason Mercier Wins the PokerStars.com EPT High Rollers Event
Jason Mercier is a man on fire! The season four winner of the EPT San Remo is in a rich vein of form at the moment, with a final table at the PLO event at the WSOPE, a final table at the EPT Barcelona last month and this win in London.
06 October 2008
EPT London High Rollers, Day 1: Benyamine Tops Opening Session
If you thought the action in London had finally come to a close, you are sadly mistaken. Yes, four WSOPE bracelets have been handed out, as well as an EPT title, but there is still the small issue of who will win the EPT London High Rollers Event, a £20,000 buy-in tournament which has attracted all the big dogs from the poker world.
Michael Martin wins EPT London 2008
A historic fightback from the man who many thought to be dead in the water with four to go landed American Michael Martin a monumental win at the Grosvenor Victoria Casino in the heart of London.
05 October 2008
Matt Brady wins the Aruba Classic
Yes, they have been playing poker outside of London in the last couple of weeks. I know, I know, it confused us too, but in a place outside of the M25, the Aruba Classic has been won by Matt Brady. Brady, who has earned around $750,000 in tournament winnings without a single 'big' score has remedied that now, beating Johann Storakers heads-up for the $1,000,000 first place prize.
03 October 2008
Nicely Done, John Juanda - 2008 WSOPE Champion
After such a slow heads-up match, the winning hand is ironically huge – quad sixes to take it down. That’s about £217,000 per six, not bad return on your investment. It’s official – after over 21 hours of final table play (when heads-up we were left with the two slowest players in the tournament), John Juanda continues the year of the pro in fine fashion.
02 October 2008
WSOP Europe Final Table Set
So ‘The October Nine’ doesn’t quite have that same ring to it and sounds less like an elite, chosen few than an old 1950s B-Movie, but hey – the final table is set and everybody’s favourite Canadian poker player is in there. No, not Gavin Smith, although we like him.
PokerStars.net EPT London, Day 1a: Pescatori Takes an Early Lead
Almost three hundred players entered Day 1a of the EPT London Main Event, with many of those unfortunate enough not to win the WSOPE taking the taxi across London to Edgware Road. Among those who entered the first day here include Gus Hansen, Annette Obrestad, Patrik Antonius, John Phan and Kathy Liebert.
01 October 2008
Record-Breaking Poker Den Starts
PartyPoker’s UK cash game made a return to TV screens last night, seeing players buying in for $10,000 and playing $25/$50 No-Limit Hold ‘em.
Instead of the usual 24-hour cash game format, this edition will be 36 hours long; shattering all previous records.