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Planned Poker Tournament Causes Friction in Israel

According to news site Haaretz.com, police have objected to a poker tournament due to take place at the end of this month, which was allowed to happen because the Israel Poker Association successfully petitioned the High Court of Justice to get the go ahead. The police are declaring that the game attracts criminal elements, whereas […]

PKR Steps Up its Game with New Site

After a year in development, PKR.com has launched its new website which includes a whole host of exciting and innovative new features. The first is its expanded MyPKR section which boasts full player profiles including tournament results and an “about me” section; the capability to send status updates and messages; personalised news feeds; full privacy […]

World Series of Poker — Eric Baldwin Wins Event No. 34

The 2008 World Series of Poker may have been dubbed the “year of the pro,” but 2009 is making a strong case, as well. The trend continued Thursday night when tournament regular Eric “basebaldy” Baldwin captured event No. 34 ($1,500 no-limit hold’em). The smaller buy-in events at the WSOP are usually tough minefields for the […]

WSOP Strategy — Raymer Talks About His $40K Demise

With three players remaining, Greg Raymer had a chance to cement his place in poker immortality. Already with a main-event victory under his belt from 2004, he found himself in contention to take down the new $40,000 no-limit event at the 2009 World Series. But then, he made a move that had some observers questioning […]

Stanley Cup Displayed at the World Series of Poker

Yesterday was unofficially “Hockey Day” at the World Series of Poker. National Hockey League stars were floating around the Rio, the Stanley Cup was in full view, and a former hockey player even took down his first bracelet. The NHL and PokerStars teamed up create a made-for-TV invitational charity poker tournament that will be aired […]

Online Poker — The $1K Roundup, Week of June 15, 2009

Read the results for the $1,000 events on Full Tilt, PokerStars, and Absolute Poker below. Full Tilt Poker — $1K Monday Buy-In: $1,000+$60 Prize Pool: $336,000 Entrants: 336 Places Paid: 36 Final Table Results: 1. PITU_poker — $84,000 2. Lars “MrRenniW” Hougaard — $53,760 3. 4us0306 — $40,320 4. Jeffrey “jpa24” Anderson — $31,080 5. […]

Europeans on Top at World Series

The World Series of Poker $5,000 buy-in pot-limit Omaha event currently has 64 players remaining out of 363, and the player holding the top spot is Dane Jesper Hougard with 208,500 in chips. He is followed shortly after by Swede Rifat Palevic with 207,400 in chips. Thirty-six players will get paid, and those currently in […]

GUKPT Summer Series Hits Aberdeen Today

The Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Summer Series hits the G casino in Aberdeen today for its second leg and kicks things off with a £200 + £20 no-limit hold’em freezeout at 8 p.m. (BST) tonight, which will run for two days. Tomorrow there will be a £300 + £30 freezeout at 8 p.m. which also […]

Italian Online Poker Helps Earthquake Shattered Area

According to Gaming Intelligence Group, AAMS, the Italian regulator for online gaming, is seeking to license and regulate a wider range of games including cash games, and also provide extra betting options. For the first five months of 2009, Italians spent €1.5 billion on online gaming, up 186 percent on the same time in 2008. […]

Irish Sports Betting Awards Tonight

The Irish Sports Betting Awards, sponsored by the Irish Independent, Betfair, SIS, and the Irish Greyhound Board, is taking place tonight at the Burlington Hotel in Dublin. The awards on most of the Irish poker community’s lips are “Best Poker Tournament” and “Best Casino Club”. Nominees for “Best Poker Tournament” are: • Boylepoker International Poker […]

WSOP — Angel Guillen Wins Event No. 32

Prior to 2009, the name Angel Guillen was relatively unknown. However, that has all changed, as Guillen took down event No. 32 ($2,000 No Limit Hold’em) of the World Series Of Poker, winning his first bracelet and $530,548 to go with it. Guillen also took home $312,800 for finishing second to Keven Stammen in event […]

World Series of Poker — Greg ‘FBT’ Mueller Wins Event No. 33

After two years in a row of being the runner-up, Greg Mueller can now join that elite group of poker players who own a World Series of Poker gold bracelet. Last year, Mueller finished second to Phillip Tom in the $5,000 no-limit hold’em shootout event. In 2007, Mueller lost a heads-up battle to Steve Billirakis […]

WSOP Q and A — J.C. Tran

J.C. Tran won his first gold bracelet at the 2008 World Series of Poker in a $1,500 no-limit hold’em event, excusing himself from the greatest-player-to-never-win-a-bracelet debate. Just one year later, Tran added a second bracelet by winning event No. 30 ($2,500 pot-limit Omaha) at the 2009 WSOP. What makes this victory all the more impressive […]

WSOP Gold — A Pipefitter Makes His First World Series Count

When Mike Eise accepted his gold bracelet, WSOP Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack remarked that Eise epitomized what was so great about the World Series. Here he was — a hard-working, blue-collar American and first-time World Series participant who won his entry to the $1,500 no-limit hold’em event in his monthly St. Louis poker league — accepting […]

Bodog Mini Poker Series Starts July 3

Bodog promises that if you don’t manage to snag a seat in the World Series of Poker main event, or you bust out early, there’s still plenty of poker to be played with the site’s Bodog Mini Poker Series. The event, scheduled to run alongside the WSOP main event from July 3-15, features 15 events, […]

Run It Twice — TV Edition — Peter Eastgate

Before winning the 2008 World Series of Poker, Peter Eastgate made his living playing poker, with the brunt of his steady income coming from cash games. After acquiring the more than $9.1 million first-place prize, Eastgate stepped it up to the highest-staked cash games offered. He was recently featured on the latest season of High […]

Details of 2009 WCOOP Leaked

PokerStars.com is currently working on the schedule for the next World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP), but has kindly leaked some of its definite plans. First of all, there will be $40 million guaranteed over 42 events starting on Sept. 3, and ending with event 42, the $5,200 no-limit hold’em main event on Sept. 20. […]

All Russian Casinos Due to Close in July

In Russia, there are 30 casinos and more than 500 slot machine halls in Moscow alone, but according to news site TheIndependent.co.uk, a law implemented on Jul. 1 will see every single one being shut down. All casinos in the entire country will be banned from this date, and in their place Russian officials have […]

WSOP — James Van Alstyne Wins Event No. 31

Deja vu struck once again at the 2009 World Series of Poker when James Van Asltyne made the final table of event No. 31 ($3,000 H.O.R.S.E.) on June 16. Van Alstyne had just finished in second place in event No. 21 ($1,500 H.O.R.S.E.) on June 11. He would go on to prove that he had […]

WSOP — Leo Wolpert Wins Event No. 29

The final day of event No. 29 ($10,000 heads-up no-limit hold’em world championship) at the 2009 World Series of Poker was scheduled for Monday, June 15, but some very long matches among the Elite Eight ensured that the final two competitors were not set until after midnight. Johnny Chan was lost amidst the tough matches […]

WSOP — J.C. Tran Wins Event No. 30

J.C. Tran has always been known as a hold’em specialist. Not anymore. On Tuesday, Tran outlasted a field of 436 players to win event No. 30 ($2,500 pot-limit Omaha) at the World Series of Poker. The victory marks the first win in a non-hold’em event spanning his entire career playing major tournaments. Tran now has […]

Rounders Writers and DiCaprio Reportedly On For Poker Film

The details are being closely guarded, but what little is known is enough to make poker fans giddy with anticipation. The writers of Rounders, widely considered the best poker movie of all time, have written a new script that supposedly centers on the world of online poker, according to The Hollywood Reporter and Variety. The […]

Summer Sizzlers Heat Things Up at DevilfishPoker.com

DevilfishPoker.com has today launched a series of online poker freerolls with more than €10,000 in prizes, and it’s called Summer Sizzlers. The promotion kicks off tonight at 8 p.m. (BST) and will run every Tuesday until Sept. 29 at the same time. The tournaments are free in with a guaranteed prize pool of €666, and […]

WSOP — Mike Eise Wins Event No. 28

Hollywood couldn’t have scripted it any better. After Mike Eise won his seat to the 2009 World Series of Poker at a local poker club in Missouri, he found a way to outlast 2,638 players over a three-day span. The event culminated with Eise taking home $639,331 and the coveted gold bracelet in a $1,500 […]

PKR Team Pro gets “discomonkey” Karl Fenton

Karl “discomonkey” Fenton has become the latest player to sign with PKR.com and is now a member of Team PKR Pro. After grinding his way through the small stakes, Fenton took down the PKR Sunday Classic in Nov. 2008, and went on to win more than $200,000 from online tournaments in only seven months. He […]

RedKings Signs Ivo Donev and Stephan Kjerstad

Fifty-year-old Austrian poker pro and major live tournament success story Ivo Donev has become a member of the RedKings pro team. The number one poker player in Austria was previously a guest team member but now becomes a fully fledged “king”. Ivo Donev, who like many others, is currently in Vegas, said, “I am very […]

Queensland Hosts First Major Poker Tournament with ANZPT

The PokerStars.net Australia and New Zealand Poker Tour (ANZPT) is due to hit Queensland’s Conrad Jupiter casino from Aug. 5 to 9 for its final stop. Tabcorp’s South East Queenland Casinos and PokerStars.net announced the news today, which means that Queensland will get its first ever major poker tournament. ANZPT spokesperson, Danny McDonagh, said, “We […]

Steve O’Dwyer — What’s My Line?

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New Poker After Dark Series Features Matusow, Rousso

NBC is promoting this week’s competitors on Poker After Dark as “players who are known for chatting it up at the table,” naming the week-long series ‘Sit-n-Talk.’ As usual, the six-person sit-and-go will award $120,000 to the winner. This week’s guests include Mike Matusow, Vanessa Rousso, Jennifer Harman, Antonio Esfandiari, Jean-Robert Bellande, and David Grey. […]

WSOP — Johnny Chan Falls Short in Bid for Bracelet No. 11

Close, but no cigar. Phil Hellmuth remains in sole possession of first place on the all-time bracelets list with 11, but Johnny Chan gave him quite a scare yesterday. Chan made poker’s version of the Elite Eight in the world championship of heads-up no-limit hold’em, needing only to beat three more opponents to capture the […]