Poker Tournament News
Running Aces Harness Park in Columbus, Minnesota will play host to the tenth annual Trent Tucker Celebrity Poker Tournament. The event kicks will raise money for the Trent Tucker Non-Profit Organization. Read more »
When it came down to the final nine players in the Asia Pacific Poker Tour's Macau event, there was exactly one PokerStars qualifier remaining. He was also the last man standing. Read more »
The nine players who will vie for the U.S. $453,851 first place payday in the Asia Pacific Poker Tour's Macau tournament have been determined. The final table will play out on Saturday from the Grand Waldo Hotel and Casino in Macau. Read more »
Online poker room Ladbrokes is once again sponsoring the Irish Poker Festival, a multi-day event in Killarney set to begin on Thursday, October 2nd. Read more »
U.S. Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps, who won eight gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, has been invited by Betfair to play in the World Series of Poker Europe Read more »
The second season of the Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) began on Monday with an event in Macau, the first of five stops planned for the tour. At press time, the tournament generated over 400 entrants, each vying for their share of a HK $10 million prize pool. Read more »
The Asian Poker Tour just wrapped up its tournament in Macau. The winner, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, took home USD $500,000 and the top 40 spots paid out. Read more »
The APT Macau continues to set new precedents, as the largest cash game in Asia will be held on Friday August 29. The minimum buy-in is 1 million Hong Kong Dollars (nearly $130,000.) Read more »
The Galaxy StarWorld Casino Resort and Hotel in Macau is finishing the last preparations for the arrival of Macau's first Asian Poker Tour event on August 26. Read more »
Day 1B of the 2008 World Poker Tour Legends of Poker event kicked off on Sunday from the Bicycle Casino in sunny Los Angeles, California with just just 373 entrants. Read more »
The Asian Poker Tour has invited U.S. Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps to play in its upcoming Macau tournament. Read more »
Bodog announced that it will hold the second installment of its popular Poker Open this fall, with the Main Event of the Bodog Poker Open II taking place on Sunday, October 5th. Read more »
Ladbrokes announced the return of its major tournament series: the Ladbrokes European Online Championship of Poker (LEOCOP) starting on Sunday, October 26th. Read more »
Fresh off of the finish of its ninth Full Tilt Online Poker Series, the online poker site is gearing up for its second Heads-Up World Championship. The $25,000 buy-in tournament will begin at 3:00pm ET (15:00 GMT) on Saturday, September 6th. A winner will be crowned the very next day. This time around, the name of the game is Pot Limit Omaha, which will not only attract a wealth of new players, but will also provide an excellent opportunity for young poker players to learn about this advanced game from some of their favorite pros. Read more »
The 5th season of the EPT kicks off with the EPT Barcelona Open, and will see the presentation of the inaugural EPT Awards. Read more »
The Main Event of the ninth Full Tilt Online Poker Series wrapped up on Sunday night, with dubbeemin emerging victorious from a pack of 4,880 entrants. Read more »
Yuvee04 won both Event 14 and Event 15 in the FTOPS, marking the first time any player has won two FTOPS events in the same night. Read more »
The world's largest poker tour for women, the Ladies International Poker Series (LIPS) is making history in Peru by bringing the first international poker tournament to this South American Country. Read more »
The Full Tilt Online Poker Series kicked off on Wednesday night with a bang: the $216 buy-in no limit tournament attracted a whopping 5,776 players, ranking it among the largest FTOPS fields ever. Read more »
The dates for the 2008 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure were announced this week. The marquee annual live poker tournament will begin on January 4th, 2009, from the Atlantis Hotel and Casino in Nassau in The Bahamas. Last year's champion of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, took home $2 million for the win. He'll be back to defend his title in 2008, soaking up the sun in the process. Other superstars slated to appear according to a press release distributed by the online poker room include 2005 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion Joe Hachem, Fossil-Man Greg Raymer, and the man who started it all, Chris Moneymaker. PokerStars pro Daniel Negreanu will also be on hand. Read more »
Having been a leader in the fight to cure Multiple Sclerosis since he was diagnosed with the disease in 1999, television celebrity Montel Williams host a poker tournament in June in order to raise money for the Montel Williams MS Foundation. Read more »
