Fox Poker Club Bought

London’s Fox poker Club has been bought by Genting, for an as-yet-undisclosed amount.  The club is popular with Live Poker gamers in London, England.  The club and casino attracted about 20,000 members over its lifetime, which may seem small to Online Poker players, but is a pretty big number for a live gaming facility in [...]

Alexa Fisher – The Poker Prodigy

People might like to make jokes about Texans and their Texas Hold’em, but in this case, the mental image of a poker prodigy is true.  Meet Alexa Fisher, the eight-year-old poker pro that can play over 50 varieties of the game, and can hold her own with some of the biggest card sharks in the [...]

Phil Ivey Returns to Tournaments

Phil Ivey is widely considered to be the best poker player in the world.  He took several months off from tournament poker when the website that he represented was accused of financial crimes, but it seems that he has managed to put that behind him, as he returned to the tournament scene this week, entering [...]

Live Poker Rooms Profit from Online Poker Closures

The closure of several online poker rooms by the FBI may not hae been a popular decision for online poker players, but it has been popular in at least one part of the industry.  Now that players can’t go to Absolute Poker, Full Tilt, or other popular rooms online, live poker seems to be on [...]

Bellagio Phasing Out $25,000 Chips

In December of last year a man stole $1.5 million in chips from the Bellagio.  Redeeming those chips would have proved problematic for the thief, but a recent change is going to make redeeming them even harder.  The robber made off with chips ranging from $100 to $25,000 when he held up a craps table [...]

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 [...]

Sky Poker Tour Tournament Schedule

The Sky poker Tour schedule for the UK was confirmed last week.  Several events have been added to the schedule, including tournaments in Cardiff, Luton, Leeds, and Newcastle. The full schedule is: October 30th 2010:  Blackpool January 8t 2011: Newcastle March 12th 2011: Luton May 7th 2011: Leeds July 23rd 2011: Cardiff September 10th 2011:  [...]

How to read people in poker

One of the most important skills that a player can develop for live games is learning how to read people. Knowing how to read people in poker depends on learning “poker tells” – these are the small give-aways that a skilled person can use to guess what you are really thinking. To develop an ability [...]

Betfair Announced Special Live Poker Event

Betfair poker have announced a special new live poker event.  The event is mostly aimed at their German speaking players, but players from all over the globe are welcome to attend. The event will run from the 19th to the 21st February 2010, and will be titled the Betfair Poker LIVE! Vienna.  The event is [...]

Callum Ford Wins Vic Poker Champ Event 1

Sydney poker player, Callum Ford has won event 1 of the 2008 Vic Poker Champs taking down a $17,000 first prize and beating out 410 other hopefules in the $230 NL Holdem event. The first placegetters looked like this : 1st $17,260 Callum Ford Sydney Australia 2nd $11,919 Ryan Mckay Sydney Australia 3rd $8,220 Milan [...]

WSOP Europe Scheule Released

The 2008 wsop Europe will be hosted by London Clubs International (LCI) and held at the ultra-prestigious Casino at the Empire. With the U.S. American version of the WSOP stalled and waiting for the November 9th final table to be played, the WSOP-E is ready to take center stage. Set to begin on September 19th, [...]

Big Week In Live Poker Kicks Off Tomorrow In Australia

Aussie Millions Begins Tomorrow Live poker in 2008 kicks off with a bang with no less than four major live events set to start tomorrow. The Aussie Millions Poker Championship, World Poker Open, World Series of Poker Tunica, and PokerStars.com Caribbean Adventure all begin this week, with the Aussie Millions being the tournament the poker [...]

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