02 September 2008
Blue Square Poker Offer Odds on GUKPT Leaderboard
Blue Square, sponsor of the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour, has opened the betting on the overall winner of the Leaderboard come the end of the year.
WSOP Bracelet winner Hougaard new Bet365 Ambassador
Jesper Hougaard the 24-year-old Danish professional poker player who picked up his first WSOP bracelet this summer has signed as Bet365’s poker ambassador. The Dane will participate in bounty tournaments every two weeks, as well as represent the site and compete against some of the best players in the world in several land-based events including the European Poker Tour circuit.
01 September 2008
Yevgeniy Timoshenko Beats Superstar Field at APT Macau
American-Ukranian Yevgeniy Timoshenko took down the Macau leg of the Asian Poker Tour as the Olympics left China, netting $500,000 and setting a milestone for Asian poker.
Devilfish Stars in New TV series “How to Become a Poker Millionaire”
Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott is the star of a new five-part series “How to Become a Poker Millionaire” which premieres on ITV Wales this Thursday. The 30-minute shows take four losing poker players and gives them an intensive month of training by the Devilfish.
Nick Jenkins Crowned APAT World Championship of Amateur Poker Champion
The APAT Poker Association & Tour held the World Championship of Amateur Poker at the Grosvenor Victoria Casino in London from August 27th to 31st. The week consisted of four championships in Pot Limit Omaha, Seven Card Stud and Razz before the No Limit World Amateur Poker Championship main event.
WPT Canada To Get Inaugural Airing
The first of the four hour-long episodes will debut in the first week of September across Sportsnet East, Sportsnet Ontario, Sportsnet West and Sportsnet Pacific.
29 August 2008
‘The Razor’ Wins WPT Legends of Poker
The final six came, one conquered. John Phan was the only player of the six to have made it to a WPT final table before, and was in fact on the tail end of back-to-back appearances under the Lipscomb lights. When the studio was packed away it was Phan who was victorious, and $1,091,428 richer. Nice work, if you can get it.
Czechs Say Raise Poker's Profile!
Czech newspaper ‘The Prague Post’ has reported that members of the national association of poker clubs are pushing the Czech Finance Ministy to recognise poker as a sport.
UltimateBet Sign FATCATS
UltimateBet today announced the addition of acclaimed online poker player Tracy Scala to its newly formed Star Players Team.
28 August 2008
WPT Legends of Poker Day 4: Suckouts, Eliminations and Monster Pots
With the opportunity to make a televised WPT final table within touching distance, you would expect a certain amount of tension to set in There was no sign of that at the Bicycle Casino yesterday though, with players heading for the exits in super quick time.