WSOP Europe Heads-Up Event Suspended

Play at the World Series of poker Europe £10,000 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller Heads-Up event in Europe has been suspended this morning.  Play wrapped up at 3:00AM ET, wth Jim Collopy and Gus Hansen even at one-match each in the best-out of three final. The time of the rubber match is as yet unknown. Under [...]

Dwyte Pilgrim Wins Borgata Poker Open

The World poker Tour Borgata Poker Open 2010 has concluded.  Dwyte Pilgrim has won this year’s tournament, and as a result has catapulted into first place in the Card Player “Player of The Year” race, having 5,576 points. The win puts Pilgrim ahead of Tom Marchese, who was previously the leader. Pilgrim bested a record [...]

Borgata Poker Open Updates

The Borgata poker Open is still underway, and there are some big names still in the running. The field for the tournament has been narrowed down to just 27 players, and the chip leader is Baron Novena, with 3.3 million chips, putting him in a strong position to claim the $733,802 prize. Other players in [...]

WSOP Europe Main Event Begins

The main event of the World Series of poker Europe 2010 has begun.  This year marks the fourth anniversary of the event. The first WSOPE Event took place in 2007, and was won by an eighteen year old Annette Obrestad, who took home £1,000,000 for her first ever appearance in a televised live tournament. Since [...]

First Legal US Poker Site Launches

After years of leagal battles and arguements, the first legal US poker network has been launched. The network has been formed as a result of an alliance between Cake Gaming and Atlantis Internet Group.  Players in thirty US states will be able to access online poker games via the Tribal Gaming Network. The network would [...]

WPT Borgata Attendance Record

Last year the World poker Tour: Borgata set an attendance record with 1,011 poker players attending the event.  This year, the feat has been repeated, with 1,042 sitting down at the tables, making it one of the largest events in the history of East Cost poker. Day 1A saw 315 players in attendance, and day [...]

WSOPE Event 2 Results

The World sieres of poker Europe is now well underway.  Yesterday saw Jeffrey Lisandro best 119 opponents to win Event number 2, the 5,250 pot-imit Omaha tournament.  Lisandro walked away with £159,514 in prize money, and a gold bracelet to add to his collection. The tournament marked Lisandro’s fifth bracelet win, and his fourth in [...]

WSOPE Early Event Reports

The World Series of poker Europe is now in full swing.  The most interesting news to come out of the tourament so far is Phil Laak’s bracelet winning performance, which took place on Thursday evening. Laak tweeted as the play continued, quipping “This is what 468K looks like” when just four players remained and he [...]

Quoss Wins European Poker Open

Fabian Quoss of Germany has just won the English poker Open.  The prize for the tournament was £220,000.  Quoss qualified for the tournament by taking part in an online freeroll, so, effectively got himself a £220,000 prize for no financial outlay. Quoss has had a lot of success recently.  The came seventh in the World [...]

World Series of Poker Europe 2010

The World Series of poker Europe 2010 tournament began today.  The tournament is being held at London’s Empire Casino, and the first event saw 244 players sit down to tke part in a Six-Max event.  The event actually sold out, and alternates were brought in to fill seats as other players were eliminted, until eventually [...]

Hall of Fame 2010 Voting Starts

Last week, the poker Hall of Fame voting committee receieved their ballots.  The voting system has changed slightly this year, with a new ten-point voting system, where each member of the panel must allocate ten points across the candidates of their choosing. Once all the votes are in, the top two players will be added [...]

English Poker Open Begins

The English poker Open has just began.  The tournament comes at the peak of Poker Season in Europe,  and England is on a roll after the EPT Portugal and the WPT London saw strong performances by English players. The European Poker Open will precede the World Poker Tour Europe – one of the biggest tournaments [...]

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