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The €8,500 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event of the Partouche Poker Tour concluded Saturday after a two-month break and just as he entered the final table with the chip lead, Nottingham, England’s Sam Trickett finished the tournament on top. For his win in the 579-player event at the Palm Beach Casino in Cannes, France, Trickett won… Read more »
Later this week, the International Federation of Poker will put on its inaugural event, the Nations’ Cup, which will take place in London, the United Kingdom, and feature top players from around the world battling in a unique format. Eleven of the twelve teams that will play in the Nations’ Cup beginning on November 17… Read more »
Late this week, two prominent members of the gaming community – one of the top gaming lawyers in the United States and the CEO of one of the major players in the worldwide casino industry – offered differing opinions on the future of legislation that would bring a regulated online poker industry to American players.… Read more »
After a fairly positive hearing at the end of October, a House of Representatives subcommittee will meet again next week to discuss online gambling and poker and any potential legislation. The House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade and its chairperson, Rep. Mary Bono-Mack of California, have scheduled more hearings on the issue of internet… Read more »
2004 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Greg Raymer was in a Virginia courtroom on Tuesday, testifying in what would eventually be a failed attempt to overturn laws in Portsmouth, VA, and across the state that make poker “halls” illegal. According to an article by Dave Forster in The Virginian-Pilot, the lawsuit concerned Charles… Read more »
It all came down to Tuesday night. Three men – Germany’s Pius Heinz, America’s Ben Lamb, and the Czech Republic’s Martin Staszko – returned to the Rio to determine who would be the next poker legend, who would be the 2011 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champion. It looked like Pius Heinz’s bracelet… Read more »
All the attention during the beginning of this week may be on the final table of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, but let’s not forget there are other major tournaments going on all over the world. One of them, the World Poker Tour (WPT) Amneville stop, concluded over the weekend. The €3200… Read more »
Sunday was the day the poker world had been waiting for almost four months. The 2011 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event resumed after its break in July as the November Nine got together to battle it out for millions of dollars. Play began at 3:30pm ET and was scheduled to go until three… Read more »
After four long months of waiting, building the suspense to palpable levels, the 2011 World Series of Poker Championship Event “November Nine” will step to the felt this afternoon (for most of the world) to begin to determine the World Champion. Set to kick off this morning at 11:30AM (Pacific Standard Time) at the Penn… Read more »
The U. S. Department of Justice filed documents yesterday in response to arguments from two of the accused bankers in the “Black Friday” indictments, giving some insights into how the federal government will be prosecuting the case. The response, a 51 page document filed on Friday in response to the pre-trial motions to dismiss charges… Read more »
It was announced this week that two of the major casino operations in the United States will join forces with the largest online gaming operation – if and/or when the United States can clarify its murky online gaming laws. On Monday, MGM Resorts International and Boyd Gaming Corporation agreed to partner with the largest online… Read more »
It must be a good feeling to almost double your lifetime earnings in a week. That’s just what New York’s Daniel Santoro did, as he won the World Poker Tour’s (WPT) Foxwoods World Poker Finals in what turned out to be a final table that was a tale of two halves. For the victory, Santoro… Read more »
Day 5 of the World Poker Tour’s (WPT) Foxwoods World Poker Finals just goes to show that there are no givens in poker. One hand, one card, and everyone’s predictions can go flying out the window. Going into Monday’s abbreviated day of play, two players were clearly on the ropes, the prohibitive short stacks, but… Read more »
Day Five of the World Poker Tour’s (WPT) Foxwoods World Poker Finals could turn out to be the shortest day in the history of the Tour. The televised six-handed final table is scheduled for Tuesday, but entering play Monday, there are just eight players remaining. The schedule will not change, though, so only two players… Read more »
As a nor’easter ravages the Atlantic states, the World Poker Tour’s Foxwoods World Poker Finals continues on its merry way in Mashantucket, CT, working down to the 27 players on Saturday who will earn cash in the tournament. The fun and games for Day Three began with 66 players remaining from the original 189 player… Read more »
At the World Poker Tour stop at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut, the $10,000 World Poker Finals have wrapped up their second day of play with Dan Colpoys leading defending WPT Player of the Year Andy Frankenberger with 66 players remaining in the tournament. The tournament set off on Thursday, drawing in a… Read more »
Although he had a fight when it went to heads up play, Russia’s Andrey Pateychuk dominated the final table at the European Poker Tour stop in San Remo, Italy, taking home the championship. At the start of play on Thursday afternoon (San Remo time), Australia’s Daniel Neilson was at the head of the leaderboard, but… Read more »
At this point, they can probably smell the multi-colored banknotes. After Day 4 of the European Poker Tour (EPT) San Remo Main Event, just 24 players remain out of the original 837 and the final table is just a day away. Continuing his dominance from the previous day, Christopher McClung remains the chip leader, sitting… Read more »
If Sunday was a marathon at the 2011 European Poker Tour (EPT) San Remo Main Event, then Monday was a nice, easy cool down. In an effort to clear the tournament of as many people as possible, tournament officials let the action run from 2:00pm to 2:00am on Sunday’s Day 2. The field was slashed… Read more »
The European Poker Tour’s (EPT) San Remo Main Event is scheduled to run for six days (seven when you count both flights of Day 1), but that doesn’t mean that the tournament’s organizers wanted to spread the action too thin. Running overtime to make sure that enough players were eliminated so that there would be… Read more »
The two Day Ones have been completed at the Casino San Remo as the European Poker Tour’s latest stop in Italy continues action to determine a champion later this week. Between the two Day Ones, a field of 837 players was created, with the €5000 put up by each player creating a prize pool of… Read more »
As the old axiom says, “There’s no rest for the wicked,” which could be said about the tournament poker world as its denizens flood the Italian city of San Remo for the next stop on the European Poker Tour. The EPT San Remo has traditionally been one of the most popular events on the EPT… Read more »
After an epic battle that went just over 200 hands, the United States’ Elio Fox defeated the United Kingdom’s Chris Moorman in heads up play to capture the championship of a record-breaking World Series of Poker Europe Championship Event. At the end of play on Wednesday, the final table was determined through the elimination of… Read more »
The 2011 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) completed its third day on Tuesday and with just 25 players remaining, the finish line is now in sight. Topping the leader board is London’s Max Silver, sitting behind a 1,780,000 chip stack. Hot on his heels is fellow Brit Chris Moorman, with 1,769,000. Silver’s live tournament… Read more »
Day 2 of a big live tournament is often the one where many players change their mindset from “let’s survive the day” to “let’s get to work.” Day 1 at the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) Main Event, as was the case for the traditional WSOP in Las Vegas, was split into multiple flights… Read more »
