Minot Tournament Attracts Thousands

This week sees the North Dakota Texas Hold ‘em Championship Tournament being held in the Vegas Motel in Minot.  The tournament is the largest poker tournament to be held outside of Nevada, and attracts players from all over the region, and the organizers are expecting more than 1900 players to attend this year.  The pay-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 [...]

World Poker Tour Main Event Update

Day 1A of the World poker Tour Legends of Poker $5,000 no-limit hold’em Main Event tournament began yesterday.  There were 186 entrants on the first day, and by the end of play that day only 90 remained. Noteable day 1 eliminations inlcuded David Pham, Dwyte Pilgrim, Greg Mueller, Jimmy Tran, and Jerry Yang. The chip [...]

Top Tips for Live Poker Tournaments

You’ve been playing online poker for a while, and now you’ve decided to try your hand at live poker tournaments.  Do you have a chance at success?  Well, the good news is that you do.  The basic skills that you have acquired from online poker games will benefit you in the live poker tournament scene.  [...]

Live Poker Tournament Tips

Playing in live poker tournaments is very different to playing online. Not only can you see your opponents (and your opponents can see you), but the pace of play is different, and the competition are guaranteed to be focusing on just one game at a time. Many people, when playing online poker, choose to play [...]

Poker Leagues in Australia

The two most well known poker leagues in Australia are the australian poker League, and the National Poker League.  If you’re a fan of live poker games, then joining one, or both, of these leagues is a great way to meet fellow poker players and enjoy some friendly competition. The National Poker League has branches [...]

EPT San Remo Day 1a Report

The first day of the European poker Tour San Remo EUR5,000 no-limit hold’em main event took place yesterday.  The tournament saw a strong turnout – with 585  players sitting down to play. The total prize pool for the tournament has not yet been determined – Day 1b will be taking place at the Casino San [...]

Daniel Blackburn Becomes UK Pub Poker Champion

Last weekend, 384 poker players from across the UK gathered at Dusk Til Dawn in Nottingham for the final of the year-long Redtooth Pub Poker Championship. Daniel Blackburn dominated te tournament, and was awarded the first prize of £5,000 by Jessica-Jane Clement, the star of the popular BBC TV show The Real Hustle. Blackburn has [...]

Carlos Mortenson Wins WPT Hollywood Poker Open

Carlos Mortenson has won the World poker Tour Hollywood Poker Open, making poker history in the process.  Mortenson is now the most successful player in World Poker Tour history. The event marks Mortensons third World Poker Tour title; he took home $393,820 in prize money for his performance, putting him at the top of the [...]

European Poker Tour Snowfest News

The European poker Tour Snowfest is now well under way.  At the start of Day 2, Thomas Kremser made his customary announcement, but in an unusual way.  The 259 remaining players watched the annoucement on a big screen, with Kremser skiing in the distance, then stopping close to the camera to say “Welcome back for [...]

Brandon Cantu Wins Wynn Poker classic

Brandon Cantu has scooped the $363,844 first prze in the Wynn poker Classic Championship 2010, defeating a field of 242 players over the course of three days, to take the title. The $5,160 buy-in tournament took place in Las Vegas, and the final day saw 28 players sit down to fight it out for a [...]

Final Table of Bay 101 Shooting Star Decided

The final table of the Bay 101 Shooting Star tournament is upon us.  Day 3 saw Phil Hellmuth lead the table for most of the day, although he was eventually overtaken by Andy Seth, and finished the day in second place in the chip count. Play lasted for all of Thursday and continued until well [...]

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