Poker News
WPT Ireland Inaugural Main Event Won by David Shallow
January 10, 2012
The inaugural Main Event of WPT Ireland concluded on 8th January. The €2,500 buy-in tourney had a field of 338 players. David Shallow came out as the winner in the final table. WPT final tables generally have 6 players. However, WPT Ireland Main Event this year was an exception. The final table had only 5 participants. This happened due to … Continue reading
PokerStars Announces Big Changes in 2012
January 8, 2012
PokerStars has been dealing with a lot of negative press the past week and we’d like to inform poker players at PokerStars about the changes that will be made to PokerStars in the New Year. Four days before the New Year PokerStars announced that they’d be making two big changes that would begin in 2012, but after players protested one … Continue reading
195 Players Progress to Day 2 of World Poker Tour Ireland 2012
January 7, 2012
The first stop of the 2012 World Poker Tour in Ireland featured a buy-in worth €2,500. Citywest Hotel was the venue of the Main Event. Day 1 saw 338 players making their way to the felt. The field size was quite impressive considering that many professional poker players participated in the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure taking place simultaneously in the Bahamas. … Continue reading
Interesting Promotions Running at Everest Poker
January 5, 2012
Everest Poker is offering interesting promotions on its site this season. The programs allow players to add large sums of cash to their account. In addition, a host of benefits are also offered through the promotions. To avail these promotions, players have to play at real money tables on the poker site. King of the Ring Promotion Running till January … Continue reading
Betfair Poker Live Winter Kiev Special
January 1, 2012
Betfair Poker is going to be hosting a Winter Special Event in Kiev during February. The exact dates that the event will run from are February 10th – February 18th 2012 and there will be multiple tournaments hosted in Kiev. Everyone is waiting for the main event in Kiev, but there are going to be several other great tournaments that … Continue reading
2011 WSOPC Harrah’s Atlantic City Main Event Results
December 17, 2011
The 2011 World Series of Poker Circuit Harrah’s Atlantic City Main Event finished up earlier this week. By the end of registration a total of 618 players had paid their buy-in to the main event at the Harrah’s in Atlantic City. The prize pool ended up falling just short of $900K and the winner ended up taking home just under … Continue reading
PokerStars Sunday December 11th 2011 Tournament Report
December 12, 2011
It was a great week at PokerStars this past weekend, as most of the major tournaments seen a small increase in traffic. I’m sure a lot of poker players were looking to get some practice in before the big tournament this Sunday. On Sunday PokerStars will be hosting a massive $10M Guarantee to celebrate their 10th anniversary. So, rather than … Continue reading
2011 World Poker Tour Prague Main Event Results
December 8, 2011
The World Poker Tour was in Prague to kick-off the month of December and the event was great. There ended up being a playing field of 568 poker players that participated in the main event. The buy-in for the tournament was €3500 and lots of poker players participated in the event because Prague happens to be where the EPT is … Continue reading
2011 European Poker Tour Loutraki Main Event Results
November 25, 2011
The European Poker Tour just made a stop in Loutraki over the weekend and the main event was great. A total of 336 players paid the buy-in of €4400 to enter the main event in Loutraki and the poker action was incredible over the weekend. The final table ended up lasting 13 hours and the action at the table was … Continue reading
PokerStars World Record Poker Tournament Scheduled for December
November 23, 2011
PokerStars has been breaking records in the online poker world since 2001 and they’re going to try and break a record that they’re already in the record books for breaking. In 2009 PokerStars broke the record for the largest poker tournament in history. A total of 149,196 players took part in the world record tournament back in 2009, but PokerStars … Continue reading