Poker Tournament News
Hometown hero Jan Skampa took down the Main Event of the European Poker Tour (EPT) Prague stop, banking €682,000. Skampa is a 23 year-old economics student at St. Charles University in Prague and became the first Czech champion in EPT history. Read more »
Rack up another final table for Full Tilt Poker Red Pro James Akenhead. The British pro, who already final tabled both the WSOP and WSOP Europe Main Events earlier this year, not only made the crop of top six finishers in the Poker Million event, but won the whole thing. He netted $500,000 in the process. Read more »
The live finale of the Full Tilt Poker Million is on the horizon, which means the last of its pre-taped episodes are airing on the Sky Sports channel in Europe. The live finale is set to air on Sky Sports on Friday. Read more »
The PokerStars Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) is preparing to wrap up its 2009 schedule with the $6,300 AUD APPT Grand Final running from December 1st to 6th at the Star City Casino in Sydney. Read more »
Despite the promise of a televised final table for both its Pot Limit Omaha Championship and Main Event, it was a small crowd at the United States Poker Championships (USPC), with only 32 players entering the Omaha event and 154 taking part in the Main Event. Read more »
Less than a day after winning this year's British Columbia Poker Championship and earning the first place prize of $364,364, 30 year-old Sophon Sek was arrested on charges of manslaughter and breaking and entering. Read more »
Travel agency owner Antonio Matias took down the European Poker Tour's (EPT) Vilamoura Main Event in the roving tournament series' first ever trip to Portugal. Matias took home a €404,793 top prize. Read more »
One of the new stops on Season Six of the European Poker Tour (EPT) was a November jaunt to Vilamoura, Portugal. The tournament, which got underway on November 17th, drew 322 runners, making it the third largest EPT event of the season so far. Read more »
The finale of the Full Tilt Poker Million Dollar Challenge in London featured sponsored pro Tom "durrrr" Dwan taking Sammy "Any Two" George for a colossal $750,000. Dwan entered the contest up over $40,000 after facing Marcello "luckexpress" Marigliano and Ilari "Ziigmund" Sahamies. Read more »
Day Two of the Full Tilt Poker Million Dollar Challenge played out in London, with Tom "durrrr" Dwan taking on Power Poker front man Ilari "Ziigmund" Sahamies. In the end, Dwan owned a $68,000 edge. Read more »
Tuesday's opening round action in the live version of the Tom "durrrr" Dwan Million Dollar Challenge saw the youngster tango with Marcello "luckexpress" Marigliano. In the end, Marigliano edged Dwan by $22,500. Read more »
Tuesday marks the beginning of the live version of the Tom "durrrr" Dwan Million Dollar Challenge, which is unfolding in London. The festivities will see Dwan battle Ilari "Ziigmund" Sahamies, Sammy "Any Two" George, and Marcelo "luckexpress" Marigliano. Read more »
Come one, come all to the first ever European Poker Tour (EPT) Snowfest stop, scheduled to take place from March 21st to 26th at the Alpine PalaceSaalbach-Hinterglemm ski resort in Austria. Read more »
PokerStars, the world's largest online poker site, has introduced the UK and Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT). A total of nine events will play out beginning in Galway on December 11th. Read more »
Details of the upcoming Los Angeles Poker Classic (LAPC) at the Commerce Casino have been released and the 50-event series appears to offer a little something for everyone. The Commerce Casino will play host to a number of events, including the first-ever U.S.-based Badugi tournament and an Ironman event. Read more »
The schedule for Season 3 of the Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) was announced this week and headlining the list was the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, also a staple of the European Poker Tour (EPT) in 2010. Read more »
On Tuesday, leading online poker site Ultimate Bet announced the launch of UltimateBet.de, a dedicated German language information website that will outline the company's all new series of live poker tournaments to be hosted in Germany and the Czech Republic. Read more »
Hometown hero Simon Watt bested Frenchman Gerome Guitteau in the finale of the Asian Pacific Poker Tour's (APPT) Auckland Main Event. Watt banked NZ $209,000 for his efforts, or US $156,000 at current exchange rates. Read more »
The latest installment of the London-based PartyPoker World Open featured a little bit of everything. The fifth World Open had controversy, excitement, big names, and even a little romance at a seven-person final table that included Mike Sexton, Phil Laak, Jennifer Tilly, and Luke "Full_Flush1" Schwartz. Read more »
Fresh off the third tournament in its history, which took place at the Rio during the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, Dream Team Poker announced a Monday Night Football promotion at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles. Read more »
The seven-handed final table of the Ultimate Bet Aruba Poker Classic concluded with a chop between online poker player Brandon "AreTheseUtz" Hall and Robert Mizrachi. Each banked $414,000 plus a percentage based on their chip counts. Read more »
As the final table of their Aruba Poker Classic plays out today, Ultimate Bet is once again showing its commitment not only to quality poker tournaments, but also to charity through a tournament in Aruba and an upcoming event in Canada. Read more »
Play was scheduled to kick off at Noon ET today in the seven-handed final table of the Ultimate Bet Aruba Poker Classic. However, a soggy climate delayed the action, which was scheduled to emanate from a set constructed over the Radisson's pool. Read more »
The PartyPoker World Open V action gets underway on Sunday and some last-minute additions to the lineup have made the event even more of a star-studded affair. Newcomers include Yevgeniy Timoshenko, J.P. Kelly, and Antoine Saout. Read more »
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 »
