Poker News
PaddyPower extends Irish Open €20 re-buy super satellites
Feb 2nd, 2011
paddypowerpoker.com today extends its schedule of €20 re-buy Super Satellites for the Irish Open 2011. Each satellite will guarantee an Irish Open 2011 seat, with additional tickets awarded with every €3,500 in the pot thereafter. Read More >>
68 Year Old Grandfather Crowned Aussie Millions Champion
Feb 1st, 2011
The new king of poker was crowned on Sunday 30 of January 2011 , when David Gorr, a 68-year-old grandfather from Melbourne, Victoria collected a whopping AUD$2,000,000 in prize money. Read More >>
Lucien Cohen Wins EPT Deauville for €888,000
Feb 1st, 2011
Amateur poker player Lucien Cohen has won EPT Deauville for a first prize of €888,000 after besting a record-breaking 891-strong field. He has been playing poker for 20 years and beat some of the best players in the world to win the coveted EPT title and a seat into the EPT Grand Final. Read More >>
McAdams Bests Dan-gerous Final Table to Win GUKPT Manchester
Jan 31st, 2011
Peter McAdams has beaten a field of 207 at Manchester’s G Casino to become the first GUKPT champion of 2011 and take down the top prize of £58,100. Among the competitors gracing the felt were bracelet-winners Steve Jelinek and Lawrence Gosney. Read More >>
James Keys finishes as the runner-up in the Aussie Millions Main Event
Jan 31st, 2011
RedKings newest pro and Poker Icons’ player, James Keys from UK, delivers immediately by finishing as the runner-up in the Aussie Millions Main Event, held at Crown Melbourne. Read More >>
EPT Deauville Final Table Player Profiles
Jan 31st, 2011
With the final table of the European Poker Tour Deauville Looming we take a look at the eight competitors ahead of one of the most important days in their careers. Read More >>
Erik Seidel wins largest ever buy-in poker tournament
Jan 28th, 2011
Erik Seidel continued his spectacular start to 2011 by winning the Aussie Millions AU$250K Super High Roller Event. The recent Poker Hall of Fame inductee beat Phil Ivey, John Juanda and Tom Dwan, to take down the first prize of AU$2.5 million. Read More >>
Pokerstars EPT Deauville – Day 2 Results
Jan 28th, 2011
A total of 205 players are through to Day 3 of EPT Deauville and serial PokerStars qualifier David Sonelin from Sweden is chip leader with 438,900. Read More >>
Crown Casino Hosts largest Buy-in Tournament
Jan 27th, 2011
Crown Casino has announced the prize pool for the AUD$250,000 event is AUD$5 million and three places will walk away with money in their pockets. Confirmed players to date include Annette Obrestad, Chris Ferguson, Erik Seidel, John Juanda, Nikolay Edvakov, Phil Ivey and Sam Trickett. Read More >>
Sami “LarsLuzak” Kelopuro signs with Poker Icons
Jan 26th, 2011
Sami Kelopuro, or “LarsLuzak” for most poker players, has been playing the highest levels of cash games since 2007 and he has shown on countless occasions that he is here to make a difference. We can now see the great results he has achieved in live tournaments. Read More >>
Pokerstars EPT Deauville – Day 1a Results
Jan 25th, 2011
250 players have survived Day 1a of EPT Deauville from a starting field of 419. The chip leader is French pro Guillaume de la Gorce with 196,800. Read More >>
Britto Keeps Up Lead in EPT Player of the Year Race
Jan 25th, 2011
Fernando Brito has done it again. Cashing at every EPT he’s attended this season, the Portuguese businessman notched up another 120 points at the 2011 PCA by making the money in the $2k NLHE event. Read More >>
PKR Wins Poker Operator of the Year
Jan 25th, 2011
PKR continues its winning streak as it picked up the 2011 International Gaming Awards Online Poker Operator of the Year. PKR now holds the IGA Poker Operator of the Year titles for 2010 and 2011 as well as the eGaming Review Poker Operator of the Year 2010. Read More >>
James Keys signs with RedKings at the Aussie Millions
Jan 25th, 2011
Poker Icons are proud to announce that James Keys is joining Ramzi Jelassi at RedKings. Team RedKings strengthens their presence on the live tournament scene with the addition of James Keys. Read More >>
Stefan Hansen Wins EMOP Gran Canaria
Jan 24th, 2011
Stefan Hansen has won the first EMOP season III title after besting a 213-trong field in Gran Canaria. He took down €34,160 for his victory after a four-handed deal saw him receive the smallest portion of the prize pool. Read More >>
GUKPT Leg 1 Hits the Ground Running in Manchester
Jan 24th, 2011
The Grosvenor UK Poker Tour 2011 is about to get underway. The first tournament cards will hit the felt today as the GUKPT crowns its first Champions at the opening festival of the year. Read More >>
$30 Million up for grabs at Full Tilt
Jan 21st, 2011
Full Tilt Poker will be doubling the guaranteed prize pool for every one of its weekly guaranteed tournaments during Double Guarantees Week. Running from Monday, January 24th, through Sunday, January 30th, there will be at least $30 million to be won. Read More >>
2011 Aussie Millions Kicks off
Jan 20th, 2011
The 2011 Aussie Millions $1,100 Opening Event kicked off on Tuesday with an impressive field of 1,000 players. Many of poker’s elite were amongst the crowd including the likes of Emad Tahtouh, Tony Hachem and Dean Nyberg to name a few. Read More >>
Hendon Mob Exclusive $5k Added Registration Open
Jan 19th, 2011
The Hendon Mob would like to remind all their players that the $5000 ADDED tournament for January runs this Sunday and is open for registration. This month, there is NO QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENT and just $1+10c buy-in: Read More >>
Galen Hall Wins $2.3 Million at PCA
Jan 17th, 2011
American poker pro Galen Hall has won the 2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure for $2.3 million. The 24-year-old from San Francisco overturned a 5:1 chip lead to beat 21-year-old Floridian Chris Oliver after a final lasting more than nine hours. Read More >>
