08 May 2008
Full Tilt Online Poker Series Has Begun
Full Tilt kicked off the eighth instalment of its Full Tilt Online
Poker Series (FTOPS) yesterday with a $216 buy-in six-handed
no-limit Hold’em event with a $750,000 guarantee.
07 May 2008
Julien Nuijten Wins Latin American Poker Tour Rio
Being on holiday in Rio de Janeiro is enough for most people to be
enjoying themselves. Not for nineteen year-old Julien Nuijten
though, who decided he should play the first ever PokerStars.
Liv Boeree Wins Ladbrokes European Ladies Championships
Liv Boeree has won the $2,000 buy-in LadbrokesPoker.com European
Ladies Championship, outlasting a field of 52 on her way to winning
$30,000 and a seat to the Main Event of the WSOP.
Marty Smyth Wins PartyPoker.com World Open IV
Thirty-three year-old Marty Smyth scooped $250,000 after winning
the PartyPoker.com World Open IV in London. The 72-runner $8,000
buy-in event offered a total prize pool of $576,000 and featured a
strong final table line-up that included man of the m
06 May 2008
Bonomo In, Arieh Out At Team Bodog
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Bodog has announced that American player Justin ‘ZeeJustin’ Bonomo
has become the latest member of its Team Bodog and will now
represent the site at poker tournaments and in marketing campaigns.
Jason Jones Wins APAT Scottish Championship
The APAT Poker Association &
Tour held the fifth event in the second season of its acclaimed
Tour, the Scottish Amateur Poker Championship in Edinburgh's Gala
Maybury Casino, on 3rd-4th May.
Hilger Takes FullTilt $750,000 Guaranteed Event
Professional poker player Matthew Hilger won the $750,000
Guaranteed event last Sunday at FullTiltPoker.com and took home
over $132,000.
The author and publisher stated that he now has his eyes set on
the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Veg
02 May 2008
Allen Cunningham Wins WSOP-C Main Event
With a first place prize of just under $500,000, the final table of
the World Series of Poker Circuit event at Caesars Palace was
loaded with professionals, none better known than Allen Cunningham.
PartyPoker.com World Open IV Final Table is set
The final table is set for PartyPoker.com World Open IV in London.
The 72-runner $8,000 buy-in event features a first prize of
$250,000 and a total prize pool of $576,000. The two seven seat
semi-finals played down until there were three players left
PKR Sponsors PFA Awards Party
PKR.com laid on a night of glam, glitz and celebrity on Sunday
hosting an afterparty for the attendees of the Professional
Footballer's Association Awards. Held in London's plush Albannach
restaurant in Trafalgar Square, PKR.