Poker players around the world have made the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure a regular stop in their live tournament schedules. Spending two weeks at the beautiful island of the Bahamas at the beginning of the year in something that most people will gladly do, and even more if they have the a chance to win millions… Read more »
Ultimate Bet has an innovative promotion that will have college students playing for a $30K prize pool. The tournament will be divided into two parts, one will be online and the wrap-up of the event will take place in Los Angeles. The online main event will be held on November 30th at 8:30 pm. The… Read more »
One of the most popular live tournaments will be hosted a few days after the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure ends. The Aussie Millions will extend for 17 days and there will be a total of twenty tournaments available and millions of dollars in prize pools. The buy-ins range from $1K – $100K. The tournament organization expects… Read more »
Full Tilt Poker is always innovating and has a new promotion that will award players with pieces of Phil Ivey’s action at the WSOP final table. Players will have to opt-in to the promotion in their Full Tilt accounts. After that, to participate in the promotion players can play at different cash games or tournaments… Read more »
With the recent live tournaments that took place in London, Tom “durrrr” Dwan and Full Tilt Pro Patrik Antonius have been in the same city, which has apparently put them in the mood to play a few sessions for the durrrr challenge. The challenge started with a great pace but it has since slowed down,… Read more »
Cake Poker has announced their new guaranteed tournament schedule. After they encountered some problems in the past 2 months with their software, it looks like they have finally solved the issues and are now revving up their promotions for all of their loyal players who waited patiently for Cake Poker to solve the issues. In… Read more »
The EPT London final table got underway today with American player Aaron Gustavson heading into play with the chiplead at 6.5 million. The shortest stack belonged to Karim Bennani who only had $306K. The other players at the table where: martin Gudvangen, Nikolai Senninger, PokerStars Pro Raymond Wu, Dominic Cullen and the reigning WSOP champion… Read more »
Titan Poker started hosting a one million dollar tournament this past September, and this upcoming weekend there will be an identical event. Players have several ways to enter the tournament, including buying-in directly for $535. There are also many satellite events running every day that will award seats for a fraction of the cost. Every… Read more »
Cake Poker has announced their new promotion which will greatly reward players for the time they spend on the virtual felt. The promotion is divided into two sections; the first section will run from 8pm ET on September 30th until October 14th at 8pm ET. The second part will start running as soon as the… Read more »
Gus Hansen has had a difficult second half of the year on the Full Tilt Poker tables. In the first six months of the year he was up $3.2 million at one point, but lost nearly all of it back in June. The following months, July, August and September have brought Gus one of the… Read more »
PokerStars pro and 2008 WSOP main event champion Peter Eastgate nursed a short stack through much of day, but he seems to be playing outstanding poker and has managed to survive to day four. There are sixteen players remaining and seven of them are linked to PokerStars. Out of the seven, three of them are… Read more »
It has been a difficult year for F1 driver Giancarlo Fisichella, who raced all 2008 with the Force India-Mercedes team but was unable to score a point. Earlier in the year, Felipe Massa had an unfortunate accident and had to take some time off the track to rehabilitate his injuries and get back into shape… Read more »
The European Poker Tour London had 730 players registered and among the field there where some of the top poker pros in the world. As the tournament kept progressing players like Howard Lederer, Chris Ferguson, John Juanda and many others were forced to the rail. The tournament is down to less than 30 players and… Read more »
The Full Tilt Poker high stakes tables did not have too much action over the weekend as the nose-bleed regulars seemed to be busy with the big live events going on in London. Phil Ivey played only 37 hands and that was enough to end the day with a profit of $160K. On the other… Read more »
Players who have the unfortunate luck of losing with four eights or better at the Absolute Poker Bad Beat tables are rewarded with a bad beat jackpot. The tables have become very popular and hundreds of players have enjoyed the benefits of playing at these tables. A total of 28,743 players have shared over $43… Read more »
Ultimate Bet is currently holding their 10th anniversary party celebration on the alluring Island of Aruba. All of team UB will be playing in the different tournaments and will be sharing the great experience that the exquisite island provides to all its visitors. Players will get to talk and share some of their time with… Read more »
The EPT London built up a lot of excitement in the poker world, hundreds of players made the trip from all parts of the globe. A new world record for number of players in a UK poker tournament has been set with the main event – a total of 730 players participated in the event,… Read more »
Even though football season has started in US, poker players are still taking the time to play at the biggest online guaranteed tournaments. This past weekend was no exception, as a total of 6,940 players registered to play at the PokerStars Sunday Million, which had a guaranteed prize pool of $1.5 million. As play developed… Read more »
Poker players in general are excited about the amount of tournaments that are taking place at the different live events in London which also has caught the attention of poker pros and high stakes players. Everyone wants to play and get a piece of the action, but when players are not in live events they… Read more »
The WSOPE had a remarkable field that included players like Phil Ivey, Howard Lederer, PokerStars pro Joe Hachem, Greg Raymer, and Jason Mercier among many other poker professionals and poker celebrities. At some point on day 3 Doyle Brunson was in 21st place on the chip count and it looked like he was in excellent… Read more »
Ultimate Bet is celebrating its tenth anniversary on the beautiful Island of Aruba, and millions of dollars will be spent on the line. Players will also get the chance to play against all the Ultimate Bet team which features the following players: Phil Hellmuth, Annie Duke, Joe Sebok, Adam Levy, Billy Kopp, Bryan Devonshire, Brandon… Read more »
The European Poker Tour has had some of the best poker players in the world at their tables, and there has been a lot of exciting action. One player has certainly enjoyed the event – Full Tilt Poker pro Erik Cajelai, who won the Pot Limit Hold’em/Omaha event which netted him a bracelet for his… Read more »
The Aussie Millions has become a traditional tournament for many poker players around the globe, as it currently stands as the sixth biggest tournament in the world. For the 2010 main event 800 players are expected. In 2009 the Aussie Millions was home to the world’s largest cash game – a AUD$1 million buy-in. The… Read more »
The high roller event at London had 75 entries and the field included some of the best players in the world: Phil Ivey, PokerStars pro Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier, Greg Raymer, Chris Moneymaker, Carlos Mortensen, Tom “durrrr” Dwan, and Barry Greenstein just to mention a few. Overall it has been a great tournament with the extremely… Read more »
Full Tilt Poker is not only one of the largest online poker rooms in the world but they also boast one of the top rewards and promotions programs. This time around they are revamping the Iron Man Challenge. Players have to opt-in to participate in the challenge which will also help them keep track of… Read more »
