08 April 2008
PokerStars Launch 'Battle of the Planets' Promo
PokerStars have announced a new sit-and-go leader board concept,
launching its 'Battle of the Planets' promotion that they believe
will pay over $3,000,000 per year to their players.
07 April 2008
WSOP Main Event Final Table to Play in October?
In what would be a remarkable move, there are rumours that this
year’s World Series of Poker Main Event final table may be
broadcast nearly live and only after it had been delayed by several
months.
EPT San Remo won by Online Qualifier
On a final table table dominated by Europeans, it was a PokerStars
qualifier from America who went home with the cheese. Jason Mercier
took home $1,340,867 for his win in San Remo, having been close to
the chip lead all the way from Day 2.
WPT Foxwoods Classic Heating Up
The first two days at the WPT Foxwoods Poker Classic was card-based
carnage. Of the 346 who sat down, only 75 of them made it back for
the third day of play at the Connecticut casino.
Poker Argument Leads to Fatal Stabbing
Details have emerged this weekend over an incident at an Atlantic
City casino will ended up with one man being fatally stabbed.
According to reports on majorwager.com, Vicente Perez, a 57-year
old man from Georgia, was involved with an argument with
04 April 2008
PokerStars.com EPT San Remo, Day 2
The second day of play at the EPT San Remo saw 207 return to play,
but only 32 of them remained at the close of the session. Some of
the big names were still in contention, including Liz Lieu, Daniel
Negreanu, Thor Hansen and Max 'The Italian Pirate'
David 'Raptor' Benefield Becomes a CardRunner
Just after they had signed a deal with Full Tilt Poker, CardRunners
have announced the latest addition to its quickly growing stable of
top instructors: David “Raptor” Benefield.
DoylesRoom.com Launching WSOP Satellites
DoylesRoom.com has announced that it is launching a schedule pf
satellite events for July’s World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las
Vegas.
Virtual players can enter for their chance to win one of the
packages worth up to $13,000 through affordable
03 April 2008
PokerStars.com EPT San Remo, Day 1b: Stars Out in Force
Day 1b at the EPT San Remo saw the stars of the game settle down to
do what they do best – play poker. The field included superstars
such as Daniel Negreanu, Lee ‘Final Table’ Nelson, Bertrand 'ElkY'
Grospellier, Todd Brunson and Chad Brown.
It’s Reign Khan at Foxwoods Poker Classic Prelim
Over the Foxwoods Poker Classic, side events number 9 has been won
by Hevad Khan, one of the most memorable characters from last
year’s World Series of Poker. The event was a $2,000 buy-in
no-limit hold’em preliminary, and the heads up affair was an