Poker
PKR Signs New Member to Poker Team - Friday, October 30, 2009
Online poker room PKR began creating their very own poker team just a few months ago and now the poker room has announced the addition of an eighth member. Adrien "zlatan35" Allain is the latest poker player to join Team PKR Pro. (full story)
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Eight Players to Face Phil Hellmuth at Absolute - Friday, October 30, 2009
Eight Players to Face Phil Hellmuth at Absolute Poker Absolute Poker recently started a new challenge at their online poker room which will see eight players competing against poker pro Phil Hellmuth. The Epic Nine will feature eight online pros pitted against Hellmuth at the poker table. (full story)
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APPT Auckland Main Event Winner is Simon Watt - Monday, October 19, 2009
Simon Watt is the recent title winner of the PokerStars Asian Pacific Poker Tour Auckland Main Event which concluded last night. Watt managed to outlast the field of 263 competitors to win the $200,000 first place prize. (full story)
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Doyle Brunson and The Brunson 10 - Sunday, October 18, 2009
Doyle Brunson has been hard at work creating his new team of young poker pros called The Brunson 10. The team has four members already and Brunson has now decided to look at his own poker room to see if he can find the next member. (full story)
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PokerStars $750,000 Guaranteed Sunday Warm-Up - Monday, October 12, 2009
PokerStars Sunday Warm Up saw a good turnout this past weekend and it was Maudi138tt who walked away with just over $137,000 for the first place win. This event has a buy-in of $215 and with 4,379 players competing the prize pool was increased to $875,800. (full story)
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Phil Ivey Earns Over $1 Million At Full Tilt - Monday, October 12, 2009
High stakes cash games at Full Tilt Poker can get pretty intense especially if the players competing are high profile poker players like Phil Ivey. In the past the high stakes players would enjoy the Pot Limit Omaha and HA tables but ever since Full Tilt introduced the 7-Game rotation, the high stakes players have found a new place to compete. Ivey is one of those players and during a recent session he earned over $1 million while competing at the 7-Game rotation tables. (full story)
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Massive Prize Pool Increases at Full Tilt - Monday, October 12, 2009
Full Tilt Poker was very busy this past weekend as thousands of players registered for their guaranteed poker tournaments. Both the $750k guaranteed and The Sunday Brawl saw very good turnouts and both had an increase in the prize pool. But it was The Sunday Brawl that saw the largest increase, so much so it almost broke the $150,000 mark. (full story)
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Brandon Hall Wins 2009 UltimateBet Aruba Classic - Monday, October 12, 2009
The 2009 Aruba Poker Classic Championship had 475 competitors vying for the first place prize of just over $753,000. Competition would be fierce and after heads up play began between Brandon Hall and Robert Mizrachi, Hall would be named the victor. (full story)
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PKR Releases Schedule for 2009 Oktoberfest - Monday, October 05, 2009
Online poker room PKR has announced the schedule for their upcoming poker series, the 2009 Oktoberfest tournament. Starting on October 15th, the online poker room will be offering ten poker tournaments over ten days with buy-ins ranging from eight to thirty dollars. (full story)
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Lawsuit Filed Against Full Tilt Poker - Monday, October 05, 2009
Online poker room Full Tilt Poker has been named in a lawsuit filed in the Los Angeles County Superior Court. Two players filed the suit against the online poker room after they had $80,000 removed from their online poker accounts. The two players were accused of using poker bots at Full Tilt Poker. (full story)
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