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WSOP A Brief History
Nov 5th, 2011
As we enter the last few days of the WSOP we take a look at what makes this event so special.Though the World Series of Poker made its official debut in 1970, the idea of the Horseshoe Casino's annual tournament was actually conceived more than two decades earlier Read More >>
EPT London crowns Main Event champion
Oct 8th, 2009
American Aaron Gustavson beats the current World Champion Peter Eastgate heads-up at the 2009 EPT London Poker Festival Main Event taking the title and collecting a first prize of £850,000 Read More >>
EPT London 2009 – Main Event Final Table
Oct 7th, 2009
Former WSOP Main Event champion Peter Eastgate is reinforcing his credentials and is sitting with 1.3m chips. But all eyes are on American Aaron Gustavson who has a massive lead with 6.7m chips, more than double his nearest rival, Martin Gudvangon, who holds 3.3m. Read More >>
EPT London Main Event Day 4
Oct 6th, 2009
The London leg of the EPT taking part at the London Hilton Metropole is really heating up as we enter Day 4. Incredibly, Michael Berry, who beat thousands of entrants to win a PokerStars freeroll run in conjunction with the Daily Mirror newspaper, is the chip leader with 1,837,000. Read More >>
EPT London Main Event Day 3
Oct 5th, 2009
A total of 730 runners entered the £5,000 buy-in main event of the London leg of the EPT at the London Hilton Metropole. We are into the third day and we have 111 players left including Kevin Schaffel, the WSOP “November Nine” finalist and Peter Eastgate, the current WSOP Main Event world champion. Read More >>
Party Poker Signs Aussie Millions Champ
Oct 5th, 2009
2009 Aussie Millions Main event winner Stewart Scott has penned a deal to represent Party Poker. Scott made history in January 2009 by becoming the first Australian in the modern era to take down the prestigious event, scooping US$1,865,724. Read More >>
EPT London Main Event Day 2
Oct 5th, 2009
As Day 2 ends we have a total of 111 players left including Kevin Schaffel, the PokerStars-sponsored World Series of Poker “November Nine” finalist, as well as Team PokerStars PRO Peter Eastgate, the current WSOP Main Event world champion. Read More >>
EPT London Main Event
Oct 4th, 2009
Over 730 runners will walk into the Kings Suite of the London Hilton Metropole with dreams of EPT glory. With 30,000 starting stacks and a playable 50/100 blinds to begin we are ensured lots of great play. At end of Day 1 German Nikolai Senninger holds the chip lead just ahead of Jeff Lisandro Read More >>
EPT London High for Glantz
Oct 4th, 2009
The £20,000 buy-in high roller event at the EPT London attracted 75 runners creating a prize-pool of £1.3m. American high-stakes player Matt Glantz crowned champion after beating Canadian Erik Cajelais heads-up. Read More >>
WSOPE Final Table Heads Up
Oct 2nd, 2009
The World Series of Poker Europe Main Event final table has reached Heads Up as Daniel Negreanu and Barry Shulman continue to battle it out for the 2009 WSOPE title. Read More >>
EPT London begins in ‘High’ style
Oct 1st, 2009
The EPT London leg is in town and is already proving a spectacular event as so many of the world’s big player’s are in town for the WSOPE. In a new twist the tournament is being held at London Hilton Metropole... Read More >>
WSOPE Final Table
Oct 1st, 2009
The Final Table includes Daniel Negreanu, Shulman and Mercier. James Akenhead who is one of the ‘November Nine’ is running hot and is among the chip leaders and so is fellow ‘November Niner’ Antoine Saout. Read More >>
WSOPE Main Event Day 3
Sep 30th, 2009
Bostonian Matt Hawrilenko is chip leader but hot on his heels are...Brunson, Negreanu, Akenhead and fellow 'November Niner' Saout. Also with faint dreams are former Manchester United star Teddy Sheringham and Liz Lieu. It is getting down to the business end. Read More >>
WSOPE Main Event Day 2
Sep 29th, 2009
As Day 2 of the £10,000 buy-in main event ends it is Britain’s Ian Munns who is chip leader with 92 players still vying for the coveted Gold Bracelet and title of World Champion. But making the headlines is not who will win but who could win... Read More >>
WSOPE Main Event Day 1
Sep 29th, 2009
The 2009 WSOPE Main Event entry day has come to an end. A total of 334 players from more than two dozen different nations paid a £10,000 entry fee and competed. Brian Powell is current chip leader. Read More >>
EMOP Malta
Sep 28th, 2009
Krzystzof Grubka from Poland wins EMOP Malta Grand Final. Grubka won the €1,500 buy in event at the European Masters of Poker Malta Grand Final topping the field of 291 in Vittoriosa on the Mediterranean island at the weekend. Read More >>
Europe Wins Caesars Cup
Sep 26th, 2009
Team Europe has claimed victory and bragging rights for a year as they claimed the 2009 Caesar’s Cup at the Empire Casino in London. The unique tournament pits the best of Europe against the best of the Americas in a series of matches. Read More >>
WSOPE Event 3 Champion
Sep 26th, 2009
When I had just 400,000 (to Lederer’s 2,500,000) the game was not good. I could not concentrate and made some big mistakes. But although I was at 400,000 I still thought I was going to win this, said a confident Jani Vilmunen. Read More >>
WCOOP Crowns Champion
Sep 24th, 2009
Yevgeniy Timoshenko, a professional player originally from Ukraine, cut through the 2,144-strong field in the $5,200 No-Limit Hold’em tournament to take home the $1.7 million first prize. Read More >>
WSOPE Event 2 Champion
Sep 24th, 2009
Canadian Erik Cajelais, has won Event 2 at the WSOPE - a Half Pot-Limit Hold’em / Half Pot-Limit Omaha with a buy-In of £2,500 that drew 158 runners creating a prize pool of £395,000. He claimed £104,677 Read More >>
