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 [...]

Poker: The Year Ahead

For many poker players, casual online fans and professional alike, 2011 was a difficult year.  Hopes are high, however, for 2012.  As last year came to a close, the Department of Justice caused quite a fuss, stating that the Wire Act of 1961 applies only to sports betting, and not to online poker.  For players [...]

WSOP Circuit – Lake Tahoe

The World Series of poker Circuit Harvey’s Lake Tahoe is now well under way.  The second day of the tournament saw 175 players sit down on Sunday, to be whittled down to a field of 11 after a long day of thick and fast action, with 14 levels of play. The chip leader at the [...]

IFP Nations Cup Gearing Up in London

The International Federation of poker is gearing up to host the Nations Cup in London.  The event will start today at the EDF Energy London Eye, and has attracted the attention of several poker pros, including Gus Hansen, Barry Greenstein, Antonio Esfandiari, Liv Boeree, and Tony G. Teams from countries including Spain, Germany, the USA, [...]

Heinz Wins Big in Vegas

Pius Heinz, a 22 year-old professional poker player, has surprised the world by taking the top spot at the World Series of Poker Main Event in Las Vegas. Heinz beat almost 7,000 players to get to the final of the World Series of Poker, and managed to turn around his luck and end what had [...]

WSOP National Circuit Championship Update

The World Series of poker Circuit National Championship is currently underway. Day two saw Jonathan Poche sitting down at the felt with a big stack, and saw him leave as the chip leader. Today saw 35 players return to the tables, but only ten players will be getting a share of the $1,000,000 prize-pool. The [...]

Melbourne Poker Championship Results

The Melbourne poker Championship has now concluded.  The event that attracted the most attention was the High Stakes Hold’em tournament, which attracted 31 entrants, each paying a buy-in of $5,200.   The total prize pool of the tournament was $155,000.  No Re-buys were allowed during the tournament. First place in Event 17 – the High Stakes [...]

Melbourne Poker Championship 2011

The Melbourne poker Championship is currently underway at the Crowne Casino.  The tournament runs for just two weeks, and caters to everyone, with Ladies Only rounds, and tournaments ranging from $50 buy-in to the more high-roller focused $10,200 buy-in 100K Challenge. The tournament has attracted a lot of attention from players from all over Australia, [...]

EPT Grand Finale To Be Streamed Online

For the first time ever, the final table of the European poker Tour Grand Finale will be streamed live (well, with a two-hour delay) on the PokerStars.tv website, as well as broadcast on several major TV stations worldwide. The live coverage will begin on May 12th, and will include commentary in English, Spanish, Dutch, German, [...]

EPT San Remo Day 5 Update

Play in the EPT San Remo Main Event resumed this morning as the final 24 playres sat down to fight it out for a seat at the final table.  At the start of the day, Nicolas  Yunis of Chile was the chip leader, and also the only player with a stack of more than 2 [...]

EPT San Remo Main Event Day 4

Day four of the European poker tour San Remo No-Limit Hold’em main Event has concluded.  The day saw the remaining field of players whittled down to just 60 survivors, and when play resumes tomorrow the field is expected to play down to the final 24. The prize pool is quite impressive.  The first placed player [...]

WPT Seminole hard Rock Showdown Day 4

Day four of the World poker Tour Seminole Hard Rock Showdown saw the51 remaining players sit down for a solid day’s action, narrowing the field down to just the top 18 players. At the end of the day the chip leader was Blair Hinkle, who now holds 1.783 million in chips. The top 45 players [...]

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