POKER NEWS

20 February 2007

Lucky Online Qualifier Wins Free EPT Seat

Players flocked to Pacific Poker at the weekend to fight it out for a seat to the Dortmund leg of the European Poker Tour (EPT). ‘kassike’ negotiated fierce competition to claim the $10,000 package, including the $8,500 tournament entry.

Full Tilt Online Series Ends With a Bang

Full Tilt brought its Online Series to a close with its piece de resistance: the $1.5 million-guaranteed no-limit hold’em main event. And it was online pro Alex ‘traheho’ Torelli who scooped the $288,000 share of the prize pool.

Poker Stars Hope To Wynn Big As Festival Starts

Poker players who can’t quite wait for the World Series in the summer will have their thirst quenched somewhat when the Wynn Poker Classic kicks off in Las Vegas this week.
The 19-day festival kicks off at the Wynn Casino on Wednesday February

Gamers’ Delight As Xbox360 Poker Launches

XBox360, PlayStation 2, PSP and PC poker players don't have too much longer to wait for Howard Lederer's latest version of 'World Championship Poker 2 : All In'. According to producers Oxygen Games, this latest edition of the World Championship game

19 February 2007

British Players Can Now Play Poker via Sky

Sky TV’s new innovation looks set to impress the poker playing community in the UK.
The network has launched a dedicated poker offering with an innovative interactive format that the company hopes will get enthusiasts playing their favourite ga

16 February 2007

Player Goes Full Tilt in Online Poker Series

CaseyTheKid has proved he’s very much the man with a win in the $75,000-guaranteed Pot Limit Omaha Event at Full Tilt’s Online Poker Series.
It was déjà vu for The Kid who won the same event last year.

PartyPoker Announces Televised Premier League

Online poker giant PartyPoker.com has announced the launch of the PartyPoker.com Premier League Poker, a new televised poker event.
The series, developed by Matchroom Sport, will feature 12 of the world's best players including Dave ‘Devilfish’

Heads Up Players Asked the $640,000 Question

After three days of heads-up poker action between some of the top players in the world, Bill Edler was crowned champion of the Poker Netcast Heads Up Challenge in California.
64 of the most successful poker players in the world including Daniel

PaddyPower Announces L.A. Poker Classic Betting Market

PaddyPower, Ireland’s largest bookmaker, has launched the outright betting market on the prestigious World Poker Tour Los Angeles Classic.
The popular tournament attracts some of the world’s best players.

15 February 2007

Poker Portal Stunt Leaves Players Confused

It might be the stuff of April Fools, but a hoax set up by a Canadian poker portal left the community somewhat disgruntled to find out that they had fallen foul to a publicity stunt.