January 19, 2007
The final table for the 2007 Aussie Millions has been decided after some hectic action on Day 4 to whittle the Final Fourteen down to a magnificent seven, all of whom will earn major pay checks. The winner will collect $1.5 million, and even the first player to be eliminated today will pocket a check […]
January 17, 2007
With Flights 1 and 2 of Day One, and Day 2 in the Aussie Millions now completed, there are 80 survivors going into Day 3, all of whom will be in the money bubble as the southern hemisphere’s biggest poker tourney continues at the Crown Casino in Melbourne. The gruelling play schedule has seen an […]
January 17, 2007
The latest British internet applications study from the research and ratings organisation Nielsen/NetRatings shows that the fave for Britons online is Internet poker. The analytics company credited broadband for the rise of what it termed “addictive” activities and reported that 83 percent of Britons online now use some kind of online application like MSN Messenger, […]
January 16, 2007
Liam ‘The Gentleman’ Flood proved there is no substitute for a wise head and experience as he tied up the PartyPoker.com European Open in emphatic style to take the $125 000 first prize kitty last week. The 64-year-old retired bookmaker, from County Kildare, Ireland, has been playing poker for the last 25 years, and trounced […]
January 15, 2007
The online poker Sunday specials market seems to have plenty of room to grow, judging by the steadily rising interest in these weekend competitive events with big paydays. Last weekend stayed with the rising trend, with Poker Stars.com recording yet another starting field record of 7 632 players, all intent on going after a chunk […]
January 15, 2007
For some sparkling European poker action look no further than the 2007 Spring Poker Festival, which takes place in Vienna, Austria between March 7 and 18 and will include players sponsored through online tournaments at sites like Party Poker.com. Aside from the exciting main event of the Spring Festival, where the prizepool is already estimated […]
January 15, 2007
TV network NBC has released the names of the first sixteen players it has invited to take part in the 2007 National Heads-Up Poker Championship which will be filmed shortly. The following players, soon to be joined by a further 59 invitees, have so far been included: Phil Ivey Daniel Negreanu Ted Forrest Howard Lederer […]
January 15, 2007
With all the splash and the cash of a showbiz extravaganza and to the strains of Cool and the Gang’s “Celebrate” the Aussie Millions Main Event started over the weekend at the Crown Casino in Melbourne. Personalities including Australia’s own World Series of Poker champ Joe Hachem and ace Aussie cricketer Shane Warne welcomed the […]
January 14, 2007
There’s still plenty of action in store at the Aussie Millions, including the Main Event, but the competition at the Crown Casino in Melbourne is already generating serious excitement…and big winners. This week Erick Lindgren walked away with a $1 million check as the top dog in Event 8, which had a buy-in of $100 […]
January 14, 2007
Doing his bit for charity, poker ace Phil Gordon raised $5 000 at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week by partnering with Cisco Systems to raise funds for the U.S. Disabled Ski Team Cisco invited its top 50 cable clients to join them for a charity poker event, and the clients donated […]