French amateur wins EPT Deauville

February 1, 2011

Frenchman Lucien Cohen, the owner of a pest control company and an amateur poker player of note, proved this week that he is equally adept at busting bugs and poker opponents when he took down the Pokerstars EPT Deauville The 47-year-old Parisian began the final stages of the competition around the middle of the final […]

Party Poker in player training deal

January 31, 2011

Party Poker and Drag The Bar marketers have come up with a synergistic promo to help players improve their skills. The online poker training site has partnered with Party Poker to create a new program called “DTB4FREE” that allows players to get free poker training at Drag The Bar. To participate, players opt-in at the […]

Aussie amateur wins Melbourne Millions

January 30, 2011

The Aussie Millions tournament concluded at the Crown Casino in Melbourne this weekend in a victory for local amateur player David Gorr (68) who survived a field full of international professionals to take the title and the A$2 million main prize. It’s the third consecutive year that an Australian has won the prestigious southern hemisphere […]

Kuzmin takes WPT Southern Poker Champs

January 29, 2011

The World Poker Tour Southern Poker Championship held at Beau Rivage, Biloxi, Mississippi was won by Russian poker pro Alexander Kuzmin this week. Kuzmin, the tables starting chip leader, took the title after a long heads up with Leif Force to take the $601,469 top prize and an entry into the $25,000 buy-in WPT World […]

Doylesroom migrates to Yatahay Poker Network

January 29, 2011

Rumours have persisted over the alleged deterioration in the relationship between Doyle?sRoom and the Cake Poker Network over the past few weeks, however, DoylesRoom cites new software built exclusively for the poker room and a customised poker experience for its customers as reasons for the move. Current player accounts have been migrated automatically to the […]

Pokerstars eCheck reverses out of several US States

January 28, 2011

The giant online poker company Pokerstars, which recently exited the market in Washington State, has now apparently shied away from other US states, reportedly shutting down its eCheck cash processing facilities to the residents of a number of other states. The states involved are believed to include Nevada, New York, Florida, Indiana, Missouri, Kentucky, Illinois, […]

Buongiorno launches Winga.fr

January 26, 2011

Italian mobile provider Buongiorno has entered the French online poker market this week with its Winga.fr poker offering. French gaming regulator ARJEL granted Buongiorno online poker license approval under the Winga brand towards the end of last year (see previous reports). Buongiorno’s Winga brand has a presence in the regulated Italian online poker, bingo, lottery […]

42nd WSOP schedule

January 25, 2011

The 2011 schedule for the 42nd World Series of Poker (WSOP) was announced this week. The annual tournament, comprising a slate of poker’s most popular variations, is set to run at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada from 31 May to 19 July 2011 and will again be televised on ESPN. […]

Trickett takes 2011 Aussie Millions $100k challenge

January 24, 2011

Team Titan sponsored poker pro Sam Trickett (24) defeated Tony Bloom heads-up to take the 2011 Aussie Millions $100,000 Challenge title pocketing an AUD$1.525 million first prize this weekend at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia. The Englishman joined a total of thirty-eight players in the AUD$100 000 buy-in event that included well-known players Phil […]

Next Full Tilt Online Poker Series starts soon

January 24, 2011

Fans of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) can look forward to the next outing – the nineteenth in the popular series – which starts on February 6th and runs through to February 20th, providing players with a choice of 45 events backed by guaranteed prize pools totalling over $22 million. A wide variety […]