07 December 2007
Michael Ellis wins GUKPT Grand Final
Michael Ellis, a former investment banker, won the GUKPT grand
final last weekend, beating Sami Yusuf to lift the £207,000
first-place prize for a London one-two. The tournament saw 199 sign
up, generating a total prize pool of £594.
Three Online Superstars Sign Book Deal
Dimat Enterprises have announced a series of books focusing on
No-Limit Hold’em tournaments to be authored by three of the top
online players in the world.
Eric Lynch, Jon Turner and Jon Van Fleet – aka Rizen,
PearlJammer and Apestyles – know w
Learn How to Ride with Barry Greenstein!
More poker players than ever are trying some of the variants of the
game. Omaha, Razz, Seven Card Stud - all of them great games in
their own ways, and more fun when combined with Hold’em to make up
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Lessons with Hellmuth and Duke at UltimateBet to be Won
In an announcement made by George MacLean, UltimateBet will
awarding exclusive lessons with Phil ‘The Poker Brat’ Hellmuth and
Annie Duke to the winners of the site’s Online Championship.
06 December 2007
Nuts Poker League Goes Online
In the UK, The Nuts Poker League (TNPL) has launched an online
poker room in partnership with managed service provider Inside
Gaming.
Europe’s largest pub poker league, TNPL has joined Inside
Gaming’s iPoker online poker network, which offers m
Phil Gordon Video Available For Download
Professional poker player Phil Gordon has announced that his Final
Table Poker instructional video will soon be available to download
after a deal between online multi-media company Zipidee.
River Rock Poker Championships Decided in Style
In Canada, a 23-year-old former ice hockey player outlasted 642
other players to take the title at the British Columbia Poker
Championships $2,500 Main Event.
Held at Vancouver’s River Rock Casino Resort, Daniel Idema began
the final table on t
Australian Wins APPT High Rollers Tournament
Australian professional player Eric Assadourian won the Asia
Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) $15,000 Buy-In High Rollers Tournament
last week after outlasting 63 other hopefuls and took home over
$360,000.
Regents Inns to Offer Poker in the Pub
In the UK, the Regents Inn chain of pubs has announced that it has
teamed up with Gastro Gaming Company to offer poker regularly at
around 40 venues.
Regents Inn’s portfolio includes the Walkabout, Bar Risa and
Jongleurs chains and it stated th
05 December 2007
Chip Reese Passes Away
The poker world has been shocked to hear about the death of David
'Chip' Reese, who died in his sleep aged 56. According to some
reports, Reese had been suffering from pneumonia-like symptoms.