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Metal Poker cranks the noise up to 11

Metal Poker cranks the noise up to 11

Jul 4th, 2011

Metal Poker, the brand new site dedicated to bringing you the latest in the rock scene, as well as all the cash games and tournaments you can handle, is thrashing its way onto the gaming and music stage. Read More >>


Moorman Falls At Last Hurdle

Moorman Falls At Last Hurdle

Jul 1st, 2011

Moorman's amazing 2011 started with a seventh place finish in the Aussie Millions Main Event but it has been his consistent performances at this year's World Series of Poker that deserve a special mention... Read More >>


Brits Chopped As Lamb Leaps to Victory

Brits Chopped As Lamb Leaps to Victory

Jun 28th, 2011

Much will be said about Ben Lamb's victory in Event 42 of the 2011 WSOP and rightly so as he beat a star-studded crowd of 361 entrants in the $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha World Championship to get his hands on his first bracelet and the gargantuan $814,436 first place prize. Read More >>


Matthew Jarvis Wins WSOP Event 40

Matthew Jarvis Wins WSOP Event 40

Jun 27th, 2011

Seven months ago Matthew Jarvis made it to the final table of the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event but only managed to last 43 hands before busting out, in eighth. But this time he prevailed to win $808,538. Read More >>


Jason Mercier Wins Event #35

Jason Mercier Wins Event #35

Jun 24th, 2011

Just three years ago Jason Mercier was a complete unknown in the poker world now he is a househould name who has more than $6,300,000 in live tournament winnings to his name and someone who has just won their second World Series of Poker bracelet. Read More >>


Isildur1 Felts Rui Cao

Isildur1 Felts Rui Cao

Jun 21st, 2011

Viktor Blom's “SuperStar Showdown” challenge had been on an eight week break but the enigmatic Swede returned to action on Sunday night to take on Rui “PepperoniF” Cao in the tenth instalment of his cash game challenge Read More >>


Richard Sinclair Wins Inaugural UKIPT Newcastle

Richard Sinclair Wins Inaugural UKIPT Newcastle

Jun 21st, 2011

The fifth leg of the PokerStars UKIPT headed to Newcastle for the first time from the 16th-20th June, creating one of the biggest summer turnouts seen in the UK Read More >>


Frankenberger Wins Bracelet

Frankenberger Wins Bracelet

Jun 21st, 2011

Wall Street Trader, turned Poker Pro, Andy Frankenberger scoops $600,000 and first WSOP bracelet after winning the $1,500 No Limit Hold'em tournament Read More >>


Rui Cao to Clash With Isildur1

Rui Cao to Clash With Isildur1

Jun 16th, 2011

'Ultra- agressive' Frenchman finally gets the chance to take on Viktor Blom in the latest onlineSuperStar Showdown on June 19. Both players will set aside $150,000 for the challenge Read More >>


ElkY Wins Triple Crown!

ElkY Wins Triple Crown!

Jun 15th, 2011

At the start of this year's World Series of Poker there were only two poker players who had won the coveted Triple Crown of live poker titles. Both Gavin Griffin and Roland De Wolfe had won an EPT, WPT and WSOP title in their careers but nobody else had managed to match them. Read More >>


Ruben Sanchez Cebollada Wins Unibet Open Barcelona

Ruben Sanchez Cebollada Wins Unibet Open Barcelona

Jun 14th, 2011

Cebollada was the last person standing of the 387 entrants in the €1,650 buy in event which created a total prize pool of €551,500. He took over three hours heads up to defeat his opponent Davor Pavic of Sweden Read More >>


John Juanda Wins Fifth Bracelet

John Juanda Wins Fifth Bracelet

Jun 13th, 2011

John Juanda is already regarded as one of the best all-round players and he has added extra weight to claims he may actually be the best by winning a star-studded $10,000 Deuce-to-Seven Draw Lowball Championship at the WSOP Read More >>


Brits On Course To Best 2010

Brits On Course To Best 2010

Jun 10th, 2011

The poker media from the UK, Europe and the US were all in agreement that 2010 was the year of the British poker player. British players won EPT titles in Deauville, London, Prague, Vilamoura and San Remo and they were completely on fire at the World Series of Poker. Read More >>


Klein Wins $544,388 Top Prize

Klein Wins $544,388 Top Prize

Jun 9th, 2011

The largest Six-Handed No-Limit Hold’em tournament in history concluded on Wednesday with the play and conclusion of the $1,500 Buy-In No-Limit (Six-Handed) Championship held at the 2011 World Series of Poker. Read More >>


Sean Getzwiller Wins His First WSOP Gold Bracelet

Sean Getzwiller Wins His First WSOP Gold Bracelet

Jun 8th, 2011

If American War hero Paul Revere were still alive today, he might very likely relocate his famous midnight ride from the streets of Boston to the modern-day Las Vegas Strip. In light of what's happening at this year's WSOP, his message would remain the same: “The British are coming!" Read More >>


Cheech Barbaro Wins WSOP Gold Bracelet

Cheech Barbaro Wins WSOP Gold Bracelet

Jun 8th, 2011

The largest live Omaha High-Low Split tournament in history has concluded with Cheech Barbaro taking down the 3rd bracelet of the 2011 WSOP. For his efforts the American from Chicago took home $252,283 in prize money. Read More >>


Jens Kyllönen to teach on PokerStrategy

Jens Kyllönen to teach on PokerStrategy

Jun 7th, 2011

From the beginning of June, Finnish poker pro Jens “ingenious89” Kyllönen will post his educational videos on PokerStrategy.com, the world’s biggest online poker school Read More >>


Young Englishman Wins Deuce-to-Seven Lowball Championshi

Young Englishman Wins Deuce-to-Seven Lowball Championshi

Jun 7th, 2011

What are the odds that two poker players from a tiny town in the north of England would fly halfway around the globe to the 2011 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas and each win gold bracelets within just a week’s time? If you’re keeping track at the moment, the odds are 100 percent. Read More >>


Amir Lehavot Wins Pot-Limit Hold’em World Championship

Amir Lehavot Wins Pot-Limit Hold’em World Championship

Jun 6th, 2011

The Pot-Limit Hold’em World Championship concluded today, the first of several highly-prestigious $10,000 buy-in events held at the 2011 World Series of Poker. The new poker champion is Amir Lehavot, he earned $573,465 in prize money. Read More >>


Harrison Wilder Collects First WSOP Gold Bracelet

Harrison Wilder Collects First WSOP Gold Bracelet

Jun 6th, 2011

Wilder is the 2011 World Series of Poker $1,500 Limit Hold’em champion. The Las Vegas native earned $205,065 and a coveted WSOP gold bracelet for the first-place finish. Originally from Beaverton, OR, this is Wilder’s first WSOP victory. Read More >>