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Irish Poker Festival Boasts European Record For Main Event Entrants
October 13, 2008 - No Comments Killarney, Ireland was the site for the 2008 Ladbrokes Irish Poker Festival held between Oct. 2-5. Most of the top players in the land stopped by including Ladbrokes pro Roy Brindley and Pot-Limit Omaha World Champion Marty Smyth. The Main Event of the festival induced a whopping 832 player field, creating a €416,000 prize pool. The number of entrants in this year’s Main Event was particularly notable, as initially the maximum capacity for.... Read More
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.... Read More
Sebastian Ruthenberg Wins EPT Barcelona Event
September 17, 2008 - No Comments After holding the chip lead at the conclusion of day one, Sabastian Ruthenberg won the European Poker Tour Barcelona event on Monday, outlasting over 600 players to claim the title. Ruthenberg continued his solid play through day three, continuing to chip up and enter the final-table just out of the chip lead. It took Ruthenberg just over eight hours to accumulate all of his opponents’ chips and take home the €1,361,000 first place prize..... Read More
Alain Roy Takes Down Partouche Poker Tour Main Event
September 9, 2008 - No Comments After four grueling days of play and 479 players sent to the rails, Alain Roy pocketed $1,426,645 by winning the Partouche Poker Tour Cannes Main Event. Roy beat Claudio Rinaldi heads-up in what was an anti-climactic finish to the poker marathon that preceded it. Roy came into Day Four second in chips to Stephane Bazin, who finished in fourth place after losing in a coin flip situation to the future champion Roy. The third place finisher was Antonin.... Read More
Poker In The Park Event Packs Leicester Square
August 21, 2008 - No Comments London was a hotbed of poker action last weekend as Leicester Square was the site for “Poker in the Park,” an event that included free games, seminars, and more! PKR (a poker room that does not allow U.S. players) was the sponsor, putting together a series of games with professional dealers and broadcasting them across the “Poker in the Park” jumbotron. Well known British poker pro Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott was on-hand.... Read More
Massive Bad Beat Jackpot Hit in Tampa Casino
June 11, 2008 - No Comments By Josh Poltilove It might have seemed like bad news for Glen Upchurch of Clearwater on Monday night when his four sixes was cracked by a straight flush. Then came the payout. The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Tampa had a Bad Beat Jackpot that had reached $564,912. The loser of a hand as great as the one Upchurch had would receive 50 percent of the jackpot. The winner of the hand would get 25 percent, and the other players seated at.... Read More
Phil Hellmuth Poised to Snag 12th Bracelet
June 7, 2008 - No Comments Phil Hellmuth is on his way to Vegas in search of something much more valuable than a hefty payday at the poker tables. He is headed to this year’s World Series of Poker to capture his 12th bracelet and shatter the record he set nearly one year ago. On June 11th, 2007, Hellmuth excited poker fans and stunned foes when he won his record-breaking 11th WSOP bracelet after finishing first in a $1,500 No Limit Hold’em event in Las Vegas. Hellmuth.... Read More
Official Says Casinos in Massachusetts Inevitable
May 27, 2008 - No Comments Massachusetts State Treasurer Tim Cahill said earlier today that someday, somehow, casinos will open for business in the Bay State. "It just seems inevitable," he told a group of Boston-area business leaders at a Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce breakfast meeting. "But," he added, "It is important to do them right, because if we do it wrong, the state has a legacy of gambling." To that end, he’s.... Read More
