October 20, 2009
The World Poker Tour Marrakech provided a little Moroccan magic – and a Euro 377 262 bank booster – to the relatively unknown French player Christophe Savary over the weekend as he bested a record field of 416 players to win the event. Savary has previously made it to the final table in three tourneys, […]
October 20, 2009
The latest software upgrade at Full Tilt Poker.com includes a new “Run It Twice” feature which should prove popular, enabling as it does an option where the players can pre-select a facility that allows them to see up to five community cards dealt a second time. The feature is available on specific Run It Twice […]
October 19, 2009
The honours and the NZ$209 085 cash main prize in the 2009 PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour Auckland Main Event stay in New Zealand this time around following the news that Kiwi software developer Simon Watt (26) had bested the best in the final table over the weekend. When we left the virtual rail (see […]
October 18, 2009
Three days on from attracting 263 players to its tables, the PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour Auckland Main Event final table has been decided. It’s an international affair, featuring French player Gerome Guitteau holding a chip lead of around 500 000 on 1 204 000 pursued by local pro Jason Brown on 709 000, US […]
October 18, 2009
The online payments processor with a unique business model, PIC Club, has severed its business relationship with the Merge online poker network for undisclosed reasons. The seperation surfaced when players reported receiving advisory emails from PIC informing that its arrangements with Merge will terminate on October 18th. Fortunately for players, it appears that PIC chief […]
October 16, 2009
The final table is set at the Party Poker.com World Open V poker spectacular, and it includes some big poker names. The Matchroom Sport organised event has reached its climax after a run that has lasted since Sunday 11 October. For the first time, the final table action takes place in the prestigious Palm Beach […]
October 16, 2009
Facing a talented final table, poker pro Phil ‘Unabomber’ Laak triumphed in the fifth edition of the Party Poker World Open in London Thursday night. But Laak’s last opponent was not one of the big names – Austrian online qualifier Jan Veit was the man he had to beat to win the trophy and the […]
October 16, 2009
Hendon Mob stalwart Ross Boatman beat out 45 other players this week to win the WPT Marrakech High Roller event, pocketing $135 535 for his time and trouble. The Euro 9 000 buy-in event overran into a third day as a result of slow Day 2 action, but the final table was full of excitement […]
October 15, 2009
Midweek saw a mass turnout of big name poker players on the high stakes cash game tables at Full Tilt Poker, but according to the independent poker stats site MarketPulse, few of them escaped unscathed. The list of big losers speaks for itself: Brian Hastings – down $115 000Phil Ivey – down $150 000Cole South […]
October 14, 2009
Finnish poker ace Patrik Antonius may be trailing Tom Dwan in the 50 000 hand Dwan Challenge (see previous reports), but he is running like an express train on the Full Tilt Poker high stakes cash game virtual tables, according to the latest independent reports from MarketPulse. In his latest session, the famous Finn was […]