Poker Tournament News
As the great wrestler Ric Flair said, "To be the man, you gotta beat the man!" In this week's finale of the European Poker Tour's (EPT) London stop, Aaron Gustavson did just that, besting reigning World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event Champion Peter Eastgate heads-up. Read more »
Two days of play are in the books at the 2009 Ultimate Bet Aruba Poker Classic. The $5,500 buy-in tournament will award $753,000 to first place, while the top four finishers will earn six-figure paydays. The final table will take place on Saturday. Read more »
The recent antics of British online poker pro Luke "Full_Flush" Schwartz have only helped to cement his reputation as a bad boy and a poker brat, as he has supposedly been banned not once, but twice from Grosvenor Casino properties. Read more »
American Matt Glantz emerged victorious in the European Poker Tour's (EPT) London High Roller event, banking £542,000. Glantz bested Erik Cajelais in a tournament that attracted 75 runners. Read more »
The European Poker Tour (EPT) is taking the idea of a Festival of Poker to heart with its upcoming 2010 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA). What used to be just a single big buy-in tournament has evolved into a multi-day affair with more than 50 side events to keep players busy should they bust out of the Main Event early. Read more »
Move over, Robert Downey, Jr. There's a new Ironman in town! Brett Radin scooped $51,000 for taking down the Commerce Casino's first ever Ironman event, a no-break poker tournament. Read more »
Popular European poker site Ladbrokes, part of the Microgaming Network, announced that all of its €950 Ladbrokes Poker Killarney packages have sold out. The only way for a player to enter this exclusive event is to qualify through a €60 live super satellite where 30 seats will be awarded. Read more »
While the economy may be picking up steam worldwide, news from Las Vegas revealed that Nevada casino gambling revenues were down 12.48% in July year over year. Statewide, the Nevada Gaming Control Board reported revenues, or "win," of $872 million. Read more »
What was supposed to be a fun poker tournament for the women of the Atlantic City area turned into a source of controversy this past weekend when a man signed up to participate in the event. When he went on to defeat a field of 269 women, the story struck a nerve and became a topic of national debate. Read more »
It was a nearly wire to wire performance for 20-year old Carter Phillips at the final table of the European Poker Tour's (EPT) recent tournament in Barcelona. Phillips came into the last day of play on Wednesday atop the chip counts and stayed there, briefly relinquishing his chip lead only once the entire day. Read more »
Poker has traditionally been a masculine pursuit, but women have been making inroads into the game since the boom earlier this century. One only has to look at Annie Duke's performance in the first WSOP Tournament of Champions or Vanessa Rousso's runner-up finish at this year's National Heads Up Poker Championship to realize that women are a formidable part of today's poker world. Read more »
Those players looking forward to a Caribbean vacation to the Bahamas to rub elbows with some of the biggest stars of the poker and sports world at the upcoming Sports Legends Challenge were let down when they received an e-mail from the event's organizers informing them it was being postponed. No alternative date has been set, but the organizers plan on hosting the event at a new, yet to be determined U.S. location sometime in 2010. Read more »
Yesterday marked the three week line until play begins in the Caesars Cup, the inaugural team event that pits the best that the United States has to offer against the strongest that Europe can put up in a unique team format that hasn’t been seen before in poker. What is confusing some people, however, is… Read more »
PartyPoker and Ace Magazine's latest live poker event is taking the game to new heights—literally. In a move that will surely differentiate the upcoming Poker in the Sky event from others around Europe, the 22-person tournament will take place 150 feet in the air over Town Hall in Copenhagen, Denmark. Read more »
After battling through four days of action at the Grand Lisboa Hotel and Casino, Ireland's Dermot Blain emerged as the champion of the Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) Macau event on Saturday night. Read more »
Poker professional Annie Duke, who has been at the forefront of the usage of poker for charitable means, will add to her philanthropic outlets when she hosts a charity poker tournament at the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles to benefit the Decision Education Foundation in November. Read more »
Major changes are in store for the latest installment of the PartyPoker and Matchroom Sport sponsored World Open poker tournament. In addition to several new faces participating in the popular televised event, the World Open V will also have a new place to call home and a new structure. Read more »
Opening up the sixth season of the European Poker Tour, the EPT Kyiv wrapped up with the chip leader from the previous two days, Russia's Maxim Lykov, continuing his domination and closing the deal to take down the championship. Read more »
In the Far East, it was a Frenchman from halfway around the world who emerged victorious. Adrien Allain, who hails from Rennes, France, won this year's running of the Asian Poker Tour (APT) Macau Main Event. Allain banked HK $3.035 million for his efforts. Read more »
In breaking news from the Isle of Man, Microgaming terminated its agreements with BetOnBet, Eurolinx, and Linx Casino after deeming its parent company, Linx Media Group, "insolvent." Read more »
For the consecutive third year, Tournament Director Matt Savage will supervise the Ultimate Bet Aruba Poker Classic, which is slated for October 3rd through 10th from the luxurious island nation. Read more »
After moving the extremely popular California State Poker Championship to May earlier this year, the Commerce Casino Hold'em Series was announced and will take place from September 10th to September 25th. Read more »
Jeremy "thechemist83" Gaubert ran away from the field in the $5,150 buy-in Gold Strike World Poker Open despite entering the final table in seventh place out of nine runners. He earned $192,000 in the Tunica, Mississippi tournament. Read more »
The International Private Members Club in London will play host to the first ever Paradise Series of Poker (PSOP). A total of 12 live poker tournaments will play out in the historic European city and Paradise Poker will serve as the sponsor of the festivities. Read more »
In breaking news from PokerStars, the inaugural European Poker Tour (EPT) event in Moscow, Russia has been canceled. In its place, the EPT will travel to Kiev, Ukraine for a €5,000 buy-in tournament on August 18th, the beginning of EPT Season 6. Read more »
