10 April 2008
Seidel Nets First WPT Title
Erik Seidel came to the Foxwoods final table as the chip leader and
left the Connecticut card room as a WPT champion. Having come
second in the 2008 Aussie Millions, Seidel continues his hot
streak, as well as augmenting his bankroll by $998,000.
Three Is The Magic Number in Betfair Pokerfecta Promotion
Home of two of online poker’s best MTT players, Annette Obrestad
and Sorel Mizzi, Betfair are
challenging new players to try to land a hat trick of tournament
wins in a week.
FTOPS VIII Announced For May
FullTiltPoker.com has announced that the eighth edition of the Full
Tilt Online Poker Series, which will feature over $10,000,000 in
guaranteed prize money. The eighth FTOPS will run from 7th – 18th
May, and will feature 24 individual tournaments wit
Online Poker Booms In Germany
Online poker is booming in Germany with up to 290,000 people
regularly playing and spending at least $1.5 million in 2006 even
though the pastime is officially illegal.
According to the English-language Deutsche Welle broadcaster, it
is only le
09 April 2008
Forrest and Seidel Make It To The Final Table
Day Five saw the remaining nine players take to the felt to decide
the six who would have their moments of fame. For two of them, they
had been there and done it all before, but it didn’t stop Erik
Seidel and Ted Forrest from marching on to the WPT s
James Scullion Wins Irish Student Championship 2008
Last weekend saw the Irish National Student Poker Championships
take place in Dublin. With a total of 278 students getting out of
bed to attend the event at the Regency Airport Hotel, the title
went to James Scullion, a computer science student from
Ninety-Six Bracelets To Be Handed Out In One Day!
The World Poker Tour has announced they will host the WPT Ceremony
of Champions at the “O” Theatre at Bellagio on 21st April. The
ceremony will honour the 96 WPT Champions crowned during the first
six seasons on tour.
Michelle Orpe Signs With Purple Lounge
Purple Lounge Poker has noticed more and more women are coming to
their site to play poker. To reflect that, and to represent the
ladies, they’ve agreed a sponsorship deal with professional player
and TV presenter Michelle Orpe.
08 April 2008
Foxwoods Poker Classic Day 4 Finishes - Eventually
When you have two opening days as frenetic as they were at
Foxwoods, you’d expect the rest of the tournament to continue at a
comparable pace. That wasn’t the case at the Connecticut casino
though, as Day 4 turned into a real grind of a day, until th
Scott Clements Wins Bellagio Prelim Event
Scott Clement and Ted Lawson managed to take the first two places
in Saturday’s $5,000 No Limit Hold’em event at the Bellagio. The
World Poker Tour Five-Star World Poker Classic is in town, and the
$206,000 win in the preliminary event brought Clemen