Poker News
LEO BOXELL WINS APPT MELBOURNE MAIN EVENT
Aug 1st, 2011
Armed with patience, a loyal supporting cast, his wife Bev and the "Power of the Wombat," 69-year-old Leo "The Mechanic" Boxell took down the inaugural PokerStars.net APPT Melbourne Main Event title, earning AUD $330,000 in prize money. Read More >>
WILLCOCKS LEADS; FINAL TABLE LOOMS
Aug 1st, 2011
The final table of the inaugural 2011 PokerStars.net APPT Melbourne Main Event is set. Day 3 began at ten past noon local time on a sunny Sunday in Melbourne with 37 players still in the hunt for a coveted APPT title. Nine hours and 28 eliminations later, just nine players remained. Read More >>
APPT Melbourne Main Event Results – End of Day 1
Jul 29th, 2011
The Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) has officially opened its doors for business, debuting with a brand new stop: luxurious Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia Read More >>
What a Week For Blom
Jul 29th, 2011
Whenever Viktor Blom, better known as “Isildur1,” takes to the virtual felt fireworks are guaranteed. The 20-year old Swede is one of the loosest and aggressive players to have ever played the game and he never fails to get action from high-stakes cash specialists. Read More >>
Poker Heaven pay out World Record Bad Beat Jackpot!
Jul 27th, 2011
Poker Heaven have paid out the biggest ever Bad Beat Jackpot in online poker history with OmgoMgomGo winning €442,954 after his Quad Kings were beaten by Quad Aces. Read More >>
Full Tilt Customers Still in The Dark
Jul 27th, 2011
It has not been a fun few months for Full Tilt Poker customers. On April 16 Full Tilt Poker closed its doors to American-based customers and then on June 29 the AGCC suspended Full Tilt Poker's operating licences forcing them to completely shut up shop. Read More >>
New Jersey Determined to Legalise Online Poker
Jul 25th, 2011
New Jersey lawmakers are telling the US Department of Justice that their state has every right to enact intra-state Internet gambling, and that their efforts are permitted under current federal law Read More >>
WPT Slovenia Completed
Jul 25th, 2011
Over two starting days, 141 players exchanged €3,300 for 30,000 tournament chips and an excellent blind structure, creating a first place prize of €102,700, which included a seat to the 2012 WPT World Championship worth $25,500 Read More >>
British Poker League Play at WSOP
Jul 21st, 2011
Qualifiers from the UK's longest-running poker league, Poker in the Pub, were taken on a once a lifetime trip to Vegas, after reaching the final eight of the National Finals Read More >>
WSOP Main Event Final Table All Set
Jul 21st, 2011
Over the past 12 days the 6,865 entrants who parted company with $10,000 for the chance of winning poker's Holy Grail have been whittled down to the final table of nine, and what a final table it looks set to be Read More >>
Eoghan O’Dea Makes WSOP November 9
Jul 20th, 2011
The 2011 WSOP Main Event Championship, started on July 7th in the Rio-All-Suite Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas. 6,865 players paid $10,000 to participate in the third largest poker event ever and after eight days the final nine have at last been reached. Read More >>
Stars Out In Force For WPT Slovenia
Jul 20th, 2011
Whilst the majority of the poker media's eyes are focused on the WSOP, there is another major tournament going on in a beautiful town called Portoroz, where the Main Event of WPT Slovenia is reaching the late stages. Read More >>
JP Kelly Looking For Third Bracelet
Jul 18th, 2011
Most poker players would be more than content with winning just a single WSOP bracelet during their careers but JP Kelly is not like most poker players and he is actually looking for the third piece of WSOP bling of his relatively short career. Read More >>
Brighton Rocks for Chris O’Donnell as He Wins £71,100
Jul 18th, 2011
A field of 603 players turned out for this year's PokerStars UKIPT Brighton - well over double last year's field of 259. Day 3 began with 11 players; once three had been eliminated we were left with an official eight-handed final table. Read More >>
WATCH MANCHESTER UNITED HONOUR A FOOTBALL LEGEND AT GSOP LIVE
Jul 15th, 2011
The first stop of GSOP Live season 2 will take place within the walls of Manchester United’s famous Old Trafford stadium – ‘The Theatre of Dreams’. On Friday 5 August, players will get a chance to watch the Paul Scholes Testimonial. Read More >>
PKR PLAYERS EXPERIENCE THE BEST OF LAS VEGAS
Jul 14th, 2011
After the success of last year’s inaugural WSOP Experience, next-generation poker website PKR.com returned to Las Vegas last week with an even more exciting schedule in store for its 24 online qualifiers, six Team PKR Pros and a number of other PKR players Read More >>
Poker in the Park V Announced
Jul 14th, 2011
Europe’s biggest poker festival will return to London on 2nd and 3rd September 2011 at the new venue of Hanover Square. Last year 20,000 poker fans flocked to Leicester Square to celebrate all things poker and rub shoulders with the likes of Liv Boeree, Devilfish, Neil Channing and Evander Holyfield Read More >>
Third largest WSOP Main Event Ever
Jul 11th, 2011
The 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event is in full swing with each of the four official starting days now completed. At the start of the WSOP there were many questions being asked by the poker community, one of which was how many players would take part in the Main Event. Read More >>
Hellmuth The Bridesmaid
Jul 8th, 2011
Phil Hellmuth has as many haters and he does fans due to his demeanour at the table and his massively inflated ego but even those who are not Hellmuth's biggest fans must have some sympathy for the 11-time WSOP bracelet winner after he finished second for the third time this series. Read More >>
Industry Fights For Full Tilt Customers
Jul 7th, 2011
On Wednesday 29 June The Alderney Gaming Control Commission (AGCC) suspended the licence of Full Tilt Poker, forcing them to close there doors to their remaining customers. Read More >>
