Poker Tournament Updates

OLIVER SPEIDEL CROWNED 2012 AUSSIE MILLIONS CHAMPION

OLIVER SPEIDEL CROWNED 2012 AUSSIE MILLIONS CHAMPION

Jan 30th, 2012

A 26-year-old banker from Melbourne, Victoria collected a whopping $1,600,000 in prize money after winning the Main Event of the 2012 Aussie Millions Poker Championship Read More >>


Lewis Hunter Wins GUKPT Manchester and £49,600

Lewis Hunter Wins GUKPT Manchester and £49,600

Jan 30th, 2012

Flexing their raising fingers in the UK’s first major live event of the year were Stuart Fox, Will Fry, John Eames, Julian Gardner, Jake Cody and Matt Perrins as well as Hit Squad members (and previous GUKPT champions) Karl Mahrenholz and Sunny Chattha Read More >>


Dan Smith Takes Down $100,000 Buy-In Event

Dan Smith Takes Down $100,000 Buy-In Event

Jan 24th, 2012

Although the tournament attracted a field of 22 players, 16 fewer players than the corresponding event last year, it was still packed with some of the biggest names in the game Read More >>


iGame Open inaugural event kicks off

iGame Open inaugural event kicks off

Jan 19th, 2012

The new tournament series iGame Open first stop is held in Tallinn, Estonia this weekend 19th - 22nd of January. Next stop is planned for July 2012 Read More >>


David “Dubai” Shallow Pinches WPT Ireland Victory!

David “Dubai” Shallow Pinches WPT Ireland Victory!

Jan 9th, 2012

The inaugural World Poker Tour Ireland Main Event has been completed and confined to the history books. Should you ever look there you will discover that the 338-strong field was outlasted by David Shallow who returns back to his heavily pregnant wife with a €222,280 windfall Read More >>


Bumper Crowd Turns Out For WPT Ireland

Bumper Crowd Turns Out For WPT Ireland

Jan 6th, 2012

Amongst the 195 surviving players who will make their way back to their seats this afternoon for Day 2 include Jon Kalmar, Andy Black, Jack Ellwood, Marty Smyth, Vladimir Geshkenbein and Triple Crown winner Jake Cody Read More >>


Special APT London Two-Day Event

Special APT London Two-Day Event

Dec 28th, 2011

The Asian Poker Tour will again organize the Special APT London two-day tournament at the Fox Poker Club Read More >>


Third Epic Poker League Event Won By Chris Klodnicki

Third Epic Poker League Event Won By Chris Klodnicki

Dec 20th, 2011

The third Epic Poker League Main Event took place over the weekend and 98 players showed up to play a variety of different formats, known as the "Mix Max" Read More >>


EDOARDO ALESCIO WINS WPT VENICE

EDOARDO ALESCIO WINS WPT VENICE

Dec 19th, 2011

The 23-year-old Economics student triumphed at Casino Di Venezia Ca’ Noghera to get his name onto the WPT Champions Cup and win €194,000 Read More >>


GUKPT 2011 Player of the Year Steve Vigor wins £26,000

GUKPT 2011 Player of the Year Steve Vigor wins £26,000

Dec 16th, 2011

Steve Vigor has ended the year top of the GUKPT Rankings, netting himself the huge £26,000 first prize for his overall performance on the tour in 2011. Vigor raced into pole position mid-year and from then on seemed only to extend his lead Read More >>


Watch Final Table of PS TV World Championships Today

Watch Final Table of PS TV World Championships Today

Dec 13th, 2011

The Poker Channel, Europe’s largest dedicated gaming TV network, will today offer live streaming of the final of the inaugural 2011 PokerStrategy.com TV World Championships Read More >>


James Dempsey Wins First WPT Title

James Dempsey Wins First WPT Title

Dec 12th, 2011

Britain's James Dempsey, better known in online poker circles as “Flushy,” has won his first World Poker Tour title after taking down the $10,000 buy-in WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic at the Bellagio Read More >>


Andrey Pateychuk Wins WPT Prague

Andrey Pateychuk Wins WPT Prague

Dec 7th, 2011

Since the 2011 World Series of Poker, where he finished in 15th place in the Main Event for a score of $478,174, Pateychuck has been talked about as one of the hottest properties in poker Read More >>


Fabian Quoss Wins GUKPT Grand Final Main Event

Fabian Quoss Wins GUKPT Grand Final Main Event

Dec 5th, 2011

Over the weekend 195 of Britain and Europe's best poker playing talent made its way to the legendary Grosvenor Victoria Casino in London to participate in the £2,625 GUKPT Grand Final Main Event Read More >>


Pros Out In Force In Prague

Pros Out In Force In Prague

Dec 2nd, 2011

Yesterday marked the start of the two-week long Prague Poker Festival with the World Poker Tour Prague kicking off proceedings with their €3,500 Re-Entry Main Event. By the time registration for Day 1a was closed, after four levels of play, a total of 231 players had entered the tournament Read More >>


Mohamed Ali Houssam Wins WPT Marrakesh

Mohamed Ali Houssam Wins WPT Marrakesh

Nov 28th, 2011

Mohamed Ali Houssam is the latest name to be inscribed onto the Champions Cup after he took down the World Poker Tour Marrakesh Main Event, a result that also netted him a $25,500 seat to the 2012 WPT World Championship and €199,825 in prize money Read More >>


Randy Lew Wins APPT Macau Main Event

Randy Lew Wins APPT Macau Main Event

Nov 28th, 2011

Randy 'nanonoko' Lew, 26-year-old member of PokerStars' Team Online, earned his first major live title Sunday, winning the 2011 PokerStars.net APPT Macau Main Event and HKD $3,772,000 in prize money (approx. $480,000 USD) Read More >>


APPT MACAU DAY 2: IVEY OUT; CHAN, BARBERO CHASING

APPT MACAU DAY 2: IVEY OUT; CHAN, BARBERO CHASING

Nov 25th, 2011

A speedy Day 2 at the PokerStars.net APPT Macau Main Event saw the field whittled down from 304 players to just 96, heading into Day 3 Read More >>


APPT MACAU MAIN EVENT SETS NEW ATTENDANCE RECORDS

APPT MACAU MAIN EVENT SETS NEW ATTENDANCE RECORDS

Nov 24th, 2011

The 2011 APPT Macau Main Event attracted 575 players from around the world, setting new attendance marks for the tour. The previous mark was set back in 2007 at the Season 1 APPT Sydney Grand Final (561 players). Read More >>


Genting Poker Series

Genting Poker Series

Nov 24th, 2011

Genting Poker have announced they are launching their own poker tour at the start of 2012. This is the latest project for the company which has made some exciting developments recently Read More >>