July 6, 2009
True to the pre-publicity blurbs (see previous report), Day 1C of the World Series of Poker Main Event saw pro-poker politician Barney Frank at the Rio in Las Vegas to trigger the day’s action, and a grand entrance by uber-extrovert Phil Hellmuth. Before giving the traditional ‘Shuffle Up and Deal’ call, Frank talked about his […]
July 5, 2009
The thirteenth instalment of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) will kick off on August 5th this year, consisting of 25 events which culminate in a $535 buy-in $2.5 million guaranteed prize pool tournament on August 16th. This time around, the company is holding off on the controversial MiniFTOPS events, which were accused of […]
July 5, 2009
Analysts were divided over the weekend on whether the relatively low turnout for Day 1 B of the World Series of Poker Main Event was caused by the July 4th holiday weekend or something more sinister – like the impact of the New York action against e-cash processors which may have tied up the Internet […]
July 4, 2009
The usual stimulating razzmatazz attendant on the start of the first day of the World Series of Poker Main Event was somewhat lacking this year, which was a pity seeing as it is the 40th Anniversary of the biggest poker show on the planet. This year’s chief sponsor is the Jack Links Beef Jerky company, […]
July 4, 2009
Alex ‘Diesel’ Bolotin, a diminutive 30-year-old poker pro from Brooklyn, New York took down this year’s ‘Ante Up forAfrica’ charity tournament Friday, and immediately committed himself to donating half of his $176 9 first prize to the cause. Bolotin’s win was his fifth cash at this year’s World Series of Poker, bringing his career earnings […]
July 3, 2009
This year’s program for the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) – arguable online poker’s biggest tournament series, has been released by Poker Stars.com with a minimum of $40 million in prizes over 45 events that will kick off on September 3rd and run through September 21st. The 45 events have combined buy-ins of nearly […]
July 3, 2009
A long-running legal scrap between two well known New Zealand poker players, Jamil Dia and Constantine Harach, is back in a Wellington court for the fifth time in an attempt to resolve a dispute over shares in a $500 000 win at Melbourne’s Crown Casino back in early 2005, reports the New Zealand Herald. The […]
July 3, 2009
In the United States, NBC and Full Tilt Poker.com are joining up again, this time to produce Face the Ace, a new concept for a poker show where players who qualify online get to play heads-up against three Full Tilt pros for a million dollar prize. A spokesman for NBC said that if selected to […]
July 3, 2009
In Las Vegas, excitement is building as Friday and the traditional “shuffle up and deal” call that launches the Main Event dawns. In the meantime, Thursday saw the last of the preliminary tournaments in this year’s 40th anniversary World Series of Poker play down to a three handed stage, and a final table was set […]
July 2, 2009
30-year-old software engineer Tony Veckey from Chicago came to Vegas this year to take his first crack at a major live tournament, and it paid off bigtime as he won his first winner’s bracelet and the main prize of $673 279 for his $1 500 buy-in to Event 54 – the No-Limit Hold’em competition. With […]