29 January 2008
PartyPoker.com Poker Den: Big Game II Returns
Tomorrow night sees the return of the Poker Den: Big Game II to UK television. The $20,000 buy in cash game was filmed over a continuous 24 hour period in London last year by Barry Hearn’s Matchroom Sports, and the line up is as tantalising as the first edition of the show.
28 January 2008
WPT Borgata Day 1 Complete
Another star-studded field congregated in Atlantic City for Day 1
of the WPT Borgota Poker Classic. Some of the big-hitters in the
field included Phil Ivey, Mike Matusow, Barry Greenstein, Eric
Seidel and Erick Lindgren.
German Online Gambling Ban To Be Challenged by EU
It has been suggested through Reuters that the European Union will
be taking legal action against Germany following Germany’s newly
implemented online gambling ban. The EU are keen to press the
action as quickly as possible, and will seek European Co
Golden Nugget to host film-inspired tournament
There’s a whole host of poker films out there which have taken
their look at the felted world and put them up on the big screen.
There have also been droves of players who have been drawn to the
game through watching movies such as Rounders or The Ci
25 January 2008
Brett Faustman Wins the World Poker Open
Brett Faustman achieved what looked like Mission Impossible by
overcoming four pros and another unknown quantity to win the WPT
World Poker Open in Tunica. Deeb, Corkins, Men ‘The Master’ and
Spadavecchia couldn’t get in the way of the man from Michi
Internet Poker Rankings Announces 2007 Internet Player of the Year
Jon 'Pearljammer' Turner has been crowned the 2007 Internet Poker
Rankings Player of the Year. To achieve this, Pearljammer surpassed
some of the best of the internet poker world in a tight race that
came down to the wire.
Chips Please, Brian!
He has a reputation for playing fast, but soon we’ll find out if he
serves fast food quickly as well. In a month that has already seen
Jay Kwik agree to live in a bathroom for 30 days, Townsend will now
be serving burgers in McDonalds after a prop be
WSOP Satellites Begin on Party Poker
Chris Moneymaker famously stumped up $40 for an online satellite
and ended up walking away with the 2003 World Series Main Event
title and $2.5m. Raymer got in on the cheap, turning his $160
investment into $5m.
24 January 2008
Final Table at WPT World Poker Open All Set
The WPT gives poker players their chance to be a star. The unknown
player, who normally wouldn’t get to play under the gaze of the
world’s poker audience, has that ‘once in a lifetime’ opportunity.
Rizen Comes Close in $100k Bodog Tournament
Eric Lynch is one of the big online players who has made a very
successful transition to live play. That doesn’t mean to say that
the man known as ‘Rizen’ has stopped crushing the online games
though.