11 February 2008
PartyPoker.com European Open IV – Final Line Up
The final table of the PartyPoker.com European Open has been set,
and the final promises to be explosive as Annette Obrestad and Juha
Helppi will be amongst those trying to wrestle the chips from Ian
‘The Razor’ Frazer.
Irishman Triumphs at Green Joker Poker European Deep Stack
Championship
The €1,500 main event featured a strong field which included Joe
Beevers, fellow Hendon Mobster Barny Boatman, and EPT Baden and
two-time GUKPT winner Julian Thew. Despite the best of the British
being flown in for a raid on the Emerald Isle, the loc
PKR Announce New Tournament Schedules
They might be one of the pioneering sites leading the next-gen
poker playing market, but PKR refuse to rest on their laurels. Over
the weekend the site announced a completely new tournament
schedule.
08 February 2008
Virgin Poker Festival checks into Newcastle
Following the success of the first ever Virgin Poker Festival in
Birmingham last year, Virgin Poker today announced the
much-anticipated return of its poker extravaganza at Aspers Casino,
Newcastle, on Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th April 2008.
Final Table Set at the WSOP-C in Rincon
With a 12 hour session on the opening day of the WSOPC Rincon, Day
2 seemed like a relatively comfortable day for those who had made
it through the first day. With the action starting off to a
frenetic pace, many all ins were called, and players head
Austria Follows Sweden's Lead with Online Poker Monopoly
Austria's state-controlled Osterreichische Lotterien and Casinos
Austria opened their new online poker room, Win2Day, on the Boss
Media Poker network, a site which was developed in partnership with
Sweden's government-owned gaming monopoly, Svenska S
Big Names Make It To The National Poker Championship
The Genting Stanley National Poker League has got off to a
barn-storming start, with over 4,000 players taking part in a first
month which saw over £500,000 being paid out in prize money.
Titan Poker Sends Players To South Africa
TitanPoker.com has announced that it will be sending a four-man
team to compete in this week’s South African Poker Open.
Three of the players are travelling from Canada to attend the
event being staged at the Italianesque MonteCasino in Johannes
Scottish MP Calls for Gambling Addiction Tax
A report from the UK-based ‘Sunday Mail’ newspaper has called for a
tax to be applied on all gambling firms operating in Scotland. The
Scottish National Party MP said, 'It is simply not acceptable for
gambling firms to make a fortune in profits from
Michael ‘Timex’ McDonald Takes the EPT Dortmund Crown
He began the final table as chip leader, he ended the day with all
the chips and €933,600 in prize money. With just a couple of blips
along the way, McDonald showed composure beyond his years to secure
his first EPT title and a seat into the EPT Gran