This September will see the fifth season of the PokerStars powered European Poker Tour (EPT) as well as the ceremony to give out the first ever EPT awards; the inaugural ceremony will take place in Barcelona the night before the EPT Barcelona kicks off. According to a press release issued by the EPT, “There will [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Adam Ulick | August 19, 2008

This week’s $300K Guaranteed saw Party Poker fork out a $16,600 overlay to complete the $300,000 prize pool, as 1417 players joined with a $200 + 15 buy-in or through one of the many satellites for the big Sunday tourney.After 8 and a half hours of play, IDOnkOutU and makido111 struck a deal that made [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Peter Laurrell | August 18, 2008

Yuval Bronshtein – known online as Yuvee04 – may have just set an unbeatable record in online poker by besting almost 400 players to win two Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) events on the same night.
Hailing from Atlanta, Georgia, the 24-year-old Bronshtein already has a reputation as a mixed-games player, and he is also recognized [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kevin Felix | August 14, 2008

In the world of public cash game poker, there are a few standards: GSN’s High Stakes Poker, the burgeoning Million Dollar Cash Game and the Party Poker Poker Den: The Big Game.
Party Poker has announced the third installment of its popular high stakes superstar series will begin on Tuesday September 30th and extend for a [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kevin Felix | August 13, 2008

One of the biggest scandals last year – back when “superuser” was not part of our everyday vocabulary – was the disqualifying of TheV0id, WCOOP’s Main Event winner, who was divested of the $1.2 million first prize. Account owner Natalie Teltscher filed a lawsuit against PokerStars last year, but recently she dropped it and even [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Joe Zusman | August 12, 2008

At 12:23 am EST, player TherookieQQ9 eliminated bjorn1106 to take home the $233,775 first prize for the August 10th Party Poker Birthday Celebration $1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool No Limit Texas Hold’em Poker Tournament. Here are the top ten finishers and their respective prize monies (all dollar values are in USD.)
1. TherookieQQ9 $233, 7752. bjorn1106 $131,537.403. fazi608 $82,288.804. flushrein $64,833.605. bforrest111 [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Peter Laurrell | August 11, 2008

For its seventh birthday, Party Poker brought out the big guns. Every few months or so, the Party Poker people will up the prize pool of its weekly $300,000 guaranteed NL Hold’em MTT to the $1,000,000 level. I cannot recall one instance of Party Poker meeting that $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool through buy-ins and fees, [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Peter Laurrell | August 11, 2008

When Hollywood and poker come together, anything can happen: from the ridiculous (anyone remember “All In”?) to the inspiring, including such high profile charity ventures as Ante up for Africa. Another happy collaboration is underway, as Ultimate Bet is collaborating with the First Annual Tony and Eva (Longoria) Parker Celebrity Casino Night benefiting charity organization [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Neal Farran | August 8, 2008

We’re gearing up for the major Online Tournament season, so I wanted to quickly go over a few of the bigger forthcoming events to give players a heads up.
With its seventh birthday quickly approaching, Party Poker is offering up a few major promotions:
First of all, the August 10th Party Poker 300K will in fact [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Peter Laurrell | August 7, 2008

Almost 100 casinos and gaming concerns across North America are joining efforts in the 11th annual Responsible Gaming Education Week (RGEW), which will take place on August 4-8. This initiative is coordinated by the National Center for Responsible Gaming (NCRG) and the American Gaming Association (AGA).
This year’s RGEW is centered around communication, with the theme [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kory Travers | August 6, 2008