The APPT 2010 Sydney Main Event

poker fans the world over will relish the prospect of the APPT 2010 Sydney at the Star City Casino in New South Wales. Come Tuesday December 7th at 12:30 pm a world of opportunity will open up to 750 poker hopefuls. Flight1, 2 and 3 will be showcased on December the 7th, 8th and 9th [...]

Kent Lundmark Wins EPT Barcelona Main Event

Kent Lundmark has come top of a field of 758 players at the PokerStars European poker Tour Barcelona, and taken the main event.  The victory makes him the sixts Swedish European Poker Tour champion. Lundmark, aged 22, beat Jesus Marquez Lizano of Spain in heads-up play.  The battle began with the pair both holding 12 [...]

Rush Poker Launched for Android Phones

Owners of Android based mobile phones will be able to annoy their iPhone-using friends even more now that the Rush poker app has been released.  The app is based on a fast-paced version of poker that immediately deals you in a new hand at a new table as soon as you fold.  This keeps the [...]

World Poker Tour New Events

The World poker Tour has announced a new series of events, which they are planning in response to player requests for a WPT Caliber event with a range of more accessible buy-ins. The new events;  The World Poker Tour Regional Series Events (for the USA), and the World Poker Tour National Series Events (for Europeans), [...]

WSOP Bracelet Charity Auction

World Series of poker bracelet holder Peter Eastgate, is retiring from poker, and has decided to go out by making a grand gesture – auctioning off his 2008 wsop Main Event Championship bracelet for charity. The bracelet weighs 168 grams, and is made of 18 karat white gold. It’s garnished with 2.81 carats from 291 [...]

Jack Ellwood Enjoys Big Win at Online Poker

There seems to be a trend this season for university dropouts to make it big in the poker world. The latest ex-student enjoying some success is Jack Ellwood, a British poker player who quit his university degree course last year to play in professional poker tournaments. It was a big risk, but it has definitely [...]

Brian Hastings to Appear on Poker After Dark

Brian Hastings, an architecture student and poker coach for the online poker site CardRunners, has revealed that he will be making an appearance on the NBC TV show ‘Poker After Dark’.  The show, which features poker pros such as Phil Ivey and Tom Dwan, has been running on NBC for several seasons, and features high [...]

Duhamel Speaks on His Career Choices

Jonathan Duhamel, the 23 year-old poker player from Quebec has spoken out about his career choices, telling young poker fans who are thinking of following his career path a simple message – “Don’t do it”. Duhamel says that poker is a game where luck is often more important than experience and talent.  He says that [...]

Network Ten and Nine Network Poker Advertising Investigation

Network Ten and the Nine Network have received a slap on the wrist after they broke their broadcasting obligations by promoting an online poker site.  The Australian Communications and Media Authority investigated the stations because of a suspected breach of the Interactive Gambling Act which stemmed from advertisements aired during their coverage of Wimbledon 2009. [...]

Vanessa Selbst Wins Partouche Poker Tour Event

Vanessa “fslexcduck” Selbst is enjoying a successful 2010, having racked up an impressive $2,865,830 in live tournament winnings.  A large chunk of those winnings come from her most recent victory at the Partouche poker Tour’s EUR7,750 No Limit Hold’em Main Event. Selbst’s victory earned her the first place prize of $1,823,430. Selbst runs her own [...]

Duhamel Becomes First Canadian to Win WSOP Main Event

The final table of the World Series of poker Main Event has now concluded, and Jonathan Duhamel has become the first Canadian to win the World Series of Poker.  Duhamel, of Montreal, defeated John Racener of Florida after just 90 minutes of heads-up play. Duhamel, aged 23, hails from Quebec and is a college drop-out [...]

Jim Anderson Wins WSOP Circuit

Jim Anderson has won the wsop Circuit Regional Championship.  He has earned himself $525,449 in prize money, and a WSOP Championship Ring. Anderson, a former bartender, defeated numerous professional poker players including Bernard Lee, David Sands, and Shannon Shorr, to take the win.  He has been playing competitor poker for only one year, but has [...]

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