2012 Aussie Millions Poker Championship Summary

Oliver Speidel is the official winner of the 2011 Aussie Millions poker Championship. This prestigious tournament ranks highly in poker gaming circles and it saw some 20 official events taking place during the course of the 2011 tournament. Every January at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia this top-tier tournament kicks off. The AUD$10,600 NL [...]

William Dorey Wins APT London

You don’t have to be a fan of online poker to win cross-continental events!  William Dorey has proven that international success can happen anywhere, as he played in the world’s first Asian poker Tour event in Europe – which was held at London’s Fox Poker Club. Dorey, of London, England, defeated a field of 125 [...]

Joe Kuether Leads WSOP Circuit Caesars Day 1a

Day 1a of the wsop Circuit Caesars Palace Main Event has concluded.  The day was the first of two Day 1s, and it saw a strong turnout – with 308 players buying-in to to the $1,600 event.  The day saw 15 levels of play, and only 58 players survived.  The chip leader is Joe Kuether, [...]

Sam Trickett Earns Player of The Year Award

Sam Trickett has just been crowned Player of The Year at the 11th Annual European poker Awards.  Trickett has enjoyed a lot of success recently.  In 2011 he bagged $4.5million thanks to big wins at the Partouche Poker Tour Main Event, and several tournaments in Australia.  His tale is a true rags-to-riches one, and he’s [...]

NASCAR Poker Fund Raiser

NASCAR drivers have nerves of steel, and those nerves will be put to the test in the forthcoming NASCAR poker fund raiser, which will pit drivers, celebrities, and poker-pros against each other in a Pro-Am poker tournament to benefit the NASCAR foundation and Speediatrics – a charity that helps with pediatric care for thousands of [...]

Poker Machine Deal a Test of MPs

The Independent MP Andrew Wilkie has spoken out to say that Julia Gillard would be breaching a pact with the Australian community, as well as the pact with Wilkie himself, if she decides not to go ahead with the reforms to poker machine gambling.  Wilkie, who made an agreement to support the government if the [...]

Online Poker Defendant Pleads Guilty

A US citizen implicated in a movement to help online poker companies move billions of dollars of illegal gambling proceeds to offshore accounts has pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges. Ira Rubin, aged 53, made the guilty plea at the US district court in Manhattan.  According to prosecutors, he made it appear that the money processed [...]

Sky Rolls Out Sunday Roller Games

Sky poker is attempting to spice up the Sunday evenings of online poker fans with their new “Sunday Roller” promotion.  The event will take place at 7PM every Sunday Evening, and will allow competitive poker players to finish their weekend with a little excitement.  Each weekend there’ll be an £8,000 guaranteed prize pool, and those [...]

2012 Aussie Millions Tournament

January 2012 heralds the dawning of the prestigious Aussie Millions poker Championship. This high-class poker contest features 26 official events (compared to just 20 in 2011). And with a jackpot prize pool in excess of AUD$20 million, poker players are lining up to play their hearts out. The Crown Hotel & Casino in Melbourne, Australia [...]

Poker Machine Reforms On the Agenda

Good news for Australian poker fans and gamblers.  The PM will be meeting with Andrew Wilkie in Holbart this weekend, to discuss the mandatory pre-commitment schemes which were first tabled in 2010. Under the reforms, players of “pokies” would be required to set limits to the amount of gambling that they would be allowed to [...]

Nominations for European Poker Awards

The nominations for the European poker Awards have been announced.  The awards will take place on the 25th january at the Aviation Club de France, in Paris. The awards, which are now in their 11th season, will feature nine categories:  Best Tournament Performance, Rookie of the Year, Player of the Year, Casino Staff Person of [...]

Epic Poker Programming Expands

The Epic poker League has just hosted its third “Inaugural Season Main Event”.  The event was held at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, and following the event the league announced that they had formed a partnership with The Poker Channel, which will bring more than 70 hours of tournament broadcast coverage to European [...]

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