Poker News

John Juanda Crosses Finish Line First at Record-Setting WSOPE Final-Table Marathon

October 3, 2008 - No Comments It took a record 22 hours for John Juanda to methodically slice through the final table at the World Series of Poker Europe £10,000 no-limit Hold’em event. Juanda topped Stanislav Alekhin heads-up to win the first-place prize of £868,800 and his fourth WSOP bracelet. The final-table of this tournament followed a pattern that we have seen as of late — a mix of seasoned pros and unknown up-and-comers battling it out for a place in the....

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EPT London Sold Out, Big Money Guaranteed

October 2, 2008 - No Comments Only a few days after a successful conclusion to the World Series of Poker Europe held in London, the European Poker Tour is coming to town, and that means lots of cash on the line for many of the top name pros in the world. The Main Event began yesterday with a guaranteed £1 million first-place prize. In addition, the tournament series will also include a £1 million high rollers event. The EPT is now in its fifth season and its widespread television....

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N.J. Senator Introduces New Poker Bill to Senate

October 1, 2008 - No Comments Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) has introduced a new bill into Congress that would provide Americans with the numerous benefits of a clear regulatory system for online poker. The bill, S. 3616, or The Internet Skill Game Licensing and Control Act of 2008, is a landmark piece of legislation that would establish licensed Internet poker in the U.S. and allow the next Congress and the new Presidential Administration to enact sound public policy in the....

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High Stakes Grudge Match: Benyamine vs. Rosenkrantz

September 30, 2008 - No Comments It’s pretty crazy to watch the high-rollers play deep stack no-limit Texas Hold’em. There are insane amounts of cash being tossed around like it’s Monopoly money, yet somehow none of these players ever seem to get nearly as upset as the donkeys splashin’ around at the $.50-1.00 tables.  Every now and again however, something strange goes down and it gets personal. This is exactly what happened between French poker pro David....

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Theo Jorgenson Wins WSOPE Pot Limit Omaha Event

September 29, 2008 - No Comments It took seven hours of final-table play for Theo Jorgensen to be crowned the 2008 Word Series of Poker Europe pot-limit Omaha champion on Saturday. The £5,500 event was the second to last of the poker extravaganza and it took three days to whittle through a starting field that featured 165 players. The 20,000 in starting chips made this event a particularly enticing one, as the allure of the deep-stack brought out a few big names.  Still, it was....

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Annette Obrestrad vs Doyle Brunson in a Heads Up Poker Duel

September 25, 2008 - No Comments It’s going to be a match-up of the young and the restless vs. the old and experienced when Scandinavian poker goddess Annette Obrestrad takes on the godfather of poker, Doyle Brunson, in a best-of-three heads-up no-limit Hold’em match on September 26. Organizers of the event, which will take place at the World Series of Poker Europe, are billing the match as the “King” vs “Queen” of poker. The heads-up match will get....

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Belcore-Zogman Holds it Down For the Women at HPT

September 24, 2008 - No Comments Mary Jo Belcore-Zogman became only the second woman to win a Heartland Poker Tour event on Sunday, outlasting Jason Banfi in heads-up play to claim the prestigious title. Two-hundred players entered the tournament, which was the main event at the Grand Casino Mille Lacs north of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Belcore-Zogman claimed a first place prize of $85,764 and together with her husband Dan, a former HPT champion, they have recorded over $300,000 worth....

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World Series of Poker Europe Day Three

September 23, 2008 - No Comments Only nine players remained as play began yesterday at the World Series of Poker Europe £1,500 no-limit hold’em event in central London. The original field of 410 entrants created a prize pool of  £615,000, with the first place prize ₤144,218 and the coveted World Series of Poker bracelet to be handed over the the victor. Daniel Nutt was the first player eliminated after he pushed all-in vs. Yevgeniy Timoshenko’s raise. Timoshenko’s....

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World Series of Poker Europe is Underway

September 22, 2008 - No Comments For the second time, London is the home of the World Series of Poker Europe, and now more than ever the European player is taking advantage of this poker stage. For many reasons, including the legality of online gambling in Europe and the vast amount of satellite tournaments available there, European players are nudging their American counterparts down the proverbial ladder. The field was split into two opening days for the £1,500 no-limit hold’em....

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Vivek Rajkumar Wins WPT Borgata In Record Time

September 19, 2008 - No Comments Vivek Rajkumar took down the final six at the WPT event at the Borgata Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey in just under three hours on Thursday. The final six players sat down at 4 p.m. and finished just before 7 p.m., setting a new WPT record for the shortest final table in history. The final six concluded their battle for the  $1,424,500 first place prize in only 48 hands. Although the speed with which the final table concluded was somewhat surprising,....

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