24 January 2008
Women's Poker Hall of Fame Welcome First Four Inductees
Early February will see the first four members inducted into the
Women’s Poker Hall of Fame. Preparations are underway, but the four
ladies who will honoured have been revealed.
PokerManager™ gets Obrestad Seal of Approval
Not only is she one of the rising stars of poker, but Annette
obviously has a head for business already. One of the initial
co-developers of PokerManager™, the WSOPE Main Event winner has now
decided to increase her ownership in the software that has
23 January 2008
Day Two in Tunica Comes to an End
The remaining 143 players came to Tunica facing the tasking of
making the last 27 and a payday. With the task of losing 116
players, everyone was prepared for a long day at the office.
Gus Hansen On Another Online Hot-Streak
We all know about Gus Hansen and his own, very special brand of
poker. Raising with rags to make his riches seems to be something
the Dane has become famous for. Such an aggressive style leads to
high-variance, but what we do know is that lately Gus
Oma-hurrah! New Omaha Poker Site Launched
Players searching for strategy tips and advice on Omaha poker can
now turn to newly launched PlanetOmaha.com.
The site claims to be an authoritative repository for
high-quality strategy tips on Omaha poker in all its variations
including pot-li
Poker-Named Race Horses Come Good
One of the best things about horse-racing as far as we’re concerned
is the names. Sometimes they’re given cute names, the type which
gets backed by your mum because she ‘liked the name’.
22 January 2008
That’s Day 1a and 1b Done in Tunica…
In the modern era, with tournaments packed with online qualifiers,
pros, and amateurs keen to take their shot at infamy and a lot of
prize money, we’re accustomed to seeing massive fields.
PKR Hosts GUKPT London Qualifiers
PKR have opened up a competition to send it’s best players to
Grosvenor UK Poker Tour main event when it hits London this
March.
Based on their performance in Sit & Go’s and Multi-table
Tournaments (MTTs) at least six players will receive a
NBC Heads Up Championships List Unveiled
The invites have been sent, and once again I have been overlooked.
I guess it was some kind of clerical error. Those who have been
asked along to compete in the fourth NBC Heads Up Championships
make a formidable list, with young phenoms meeting with
Finland to set up state-run online poker?
Stefan Wallin, the Minister for Culture and Sport in Finland, has
announced that his government should consider running an online
poker service in a bid to tempt Finnish gamblers away from foreign
poker sites.