The 2010 poker world ended with a bang when it was announced that Phil Hellmuth and Annie Duke are both leaving Ultimate Bet. Both Hellmuth and Duke have stood by Ultimate Bet even though the site has been rocked by cheating scandals which have been proven to have occurred over recent years. Many suggest that [...]
It was another relatively quiet week at the high stakes tables at Full Tilt Poker but there was a little more progress in the Durrrr Challenge as Tom Dwan squared up against Dan “jungleman12” Cates on Thursday and Friday. Thursday saw Dwan take around $8,000 off Cates across a couple of sessions, but he did [...]
Roberto Romanello played some great poker to take down the EPT Prague and the €640,000 first prize. The Welshman has enjoyed a series of cashes in big tournaments over the past couple of years but this win is undoubtedly the biggest of his career. The start of play saw the three shortest stacks, Roberto Nulli, [...]
The EPT Prague is down to its final table after another exciting day of play at the Prague Hilton Hotel. The eight hopefuls will return on Saturday with all eyes on the first prize of €640,000. Whatever happens, a new EPT winner will be guaranteed as the three remaining players already to have captured EPT [...]
Day 3 of the EPT Prague saw the bubble burst as 93 starters began 23 survivors by the end of the day’s play. Long-time leader Dirk Richter was among those sent to the rail; the German could not sustain his impressive start to the tournament and eventually finished in 54th for €9,000. Star of the [...]
The attempt by Democratic Senate leader Harry Reid to push his internet poker bill through Congress during the lame-duck session appears to have failed. Having failed to pass the bill as a stand-alone measure, Reid had sought to attach it to a number of other acts currently being passed, but stiff opposition from Republicans and [...]
Dirk Richter managed to preserve his lead through Day 2 of the EPT Prague and goes into the third day with a chipstack of 593,000. The German won his seat at the event through a live satellite held in the Czech capital shortly before the tournament began. Day 2 saw the 254 remaining players reduced [...]
The excitement surrounding the signing of the mysterious Isildur1 as a PokerStars Pro has been growing ever since the news was announced, and now the site has confirmed that the player, widely believed to be Swede Viktor Blom, will take on Isaac Haxton in the first of a series of $150,000 SuperStar Showdowns. These challenge [...]
The launch of the first government-regulated poker network in North America has taken place in Canada. The Canadian Poker Network (CPN) is on the Espacejeux.com gaming site of operator Loto-Quebec, and will offer real money poker to residents of Quebec, Canada. The site uses software provided by GTECH G2, and will offer eight different poker [...]
Dirk Richter surged into a massive lead near the end of the second opening day at the EPT Prague as an AA v KK v 99 hand saw him build his chip stack to 296,700, just under 100,000 ahead of his nearest rival. 372 entrants paid the €5,300 entry fee on the second opening day, [...]
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