26 March 2008
Andy Kingan Wins APAT Vienna
The fourth leg of the Amateur Professional Poker Tour (APAT) has
been won by Andrew Kingan from Wallasey, England. Kingan overcame
187 other players to win €4,900 for his victory at the rather nice
Poker Royale Casino in Vienna.
25 March 2008
All Neil! Channing the King of Ireland
Neil Channing has won the €3 Million paddypowerpoker.com Irish Open
in Citywest Hotel, Dublin, 24th March, earning himself an enormous
€801,400 payday, the biggest win of his career.
Doyle Brunson vs. Patrik Antonius – Heads Up!
Two of the biggest icons of the game, each from their own distinct
poker upbringings, look to be ironing out the details for a
heads-up match which has the poker world drooling at the chops.
Tsipor wins PokerStars Sunday Million
The Easter Bank Holiday weekend can be a poker hiatus for those of
us forced to visit the in-laws, put up shelves or head out with the
kids. PokerStars still saw 7,445 entrants log on to generate a
prize pool of $1,489,000.
Online Poker Costs Scotsman’s Company £2m
Chris Proudfoot, a 25 year-old from Scorguie, Scotland, has been
accused of losing in excess of £2m of his company’s money by
playing online poker.
Proudfoot worked as a finance and credit controller for HIGHnet,
a telecommunications firm based
20 March 2008
Late Night Poker Is Won By…
Late Night Poker holds a special place in the hearts of many UK
poker players. For many of us it was the show that ignited our
interest in poker, being the first to show the hole cards and
capture the thought processes of some of the games biggest na
Chris Moore Wins the 2008 Wynn Classic
The $10,000 Wynn Classic saw a plethora of star players come to the
Vegas casino aiming to win the lot, but the final table saw only
one recognised pro player in with a shout. In the end it was a
young player who had final tabled last year that went
WSOPE 2007 To Air on Sky Sports
We all know who won the Main Event of the inaugural World Series of
Poker Europe last summer. Annette Obrestad came to London, took on
the best in the world and walked away victorious and £1 million
richer.
19 March 2008
Finnish Foursomes Match Devised on Golf Course
Get four high-stakes Finnish poker players, some drink, and golf –
what do you get? A team heads-up battle, that’s what. According to
Patrik Antonius’ blog, the four Finnish online stars have decided
it’s time to settle some bragging rights.
West Beats East at Party Poker East vs. West Cup II
As the old cliché goes, the show’s not over until the fat lady
sings. While the Eastern team may have had a mezzo warming up her
vocal chords, a dramatic fight back from the West team meant they
were the ones singing all the way to the bank.