The third day of play has been completed at Party Poker Premier League III and JC Tran is in first place by a comfortable margin. Tran has 26 points while his closest competitor Peter Eastgate has 16 points. The standings after three days are as follows:
JC Tran – 26 pointsPeter Eastgate – 16 pointsJuha Helppi [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Neal Farran | November 28, 2008

It seems like every professional poker player in the world is sponsored by an online poker room. From the biggest name legends to the young internet stars to the latest player to win a big World Series of Poker or World Poker Tour event, the major poker rooms are lining up to sign whomever they [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Rocco Havel | November 27, 2008

The CBS News website has confirmed that the hit network program 60 Minutes will air a segment on November 30th called “The Cheaters”.This segment is rumored to be a joint investigation by 60 Minutes and the Washington Post into the world of online poker cheating; and it is set to be the lead segment on [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kory Travers | November 26, 2008

The first day of Party Poker Premier League III concluded yesterday with JC Tran leading Heat 1 and Tony G leading Heat 2. Tran’s road to the top of Heat #1 was completed after he defeated Peter Eastgate in heads-up play while Tony G beat Tom “Durrrr” Dwan heads-up to win the first day of [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Adam Ulick | November 25, 2008

A deal it is after all.
Despite one balked deal and some extended thinking during a second session, the November 23rd edition of the Party Poker 300K ended in a 3 way deal between players Barracuda065, grindcore25 and Zuurr. A flurry of action, at 132 hands played in less than one hour of actual game time [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Peter Laurrell | November 24, 2008

Jesse “The Voice of Poker” May has just released a preview of Party Poker Premier League III which is set to begin in London on November 24th. In the preview, May states his thoughts on how this is the toughest competition ever at a Party Poker Premier League event. He said, “This year, the Premier [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kevin Felix | November 21, 2008

Whether you’re grinding PL Omaha on Party Poker or day trading on the Dow (and if that should be the case for you, my deepest condolences) the people who lose everything are never the beginners – it’s the guy who thinks he knows that hits the gutter.
After all, beginners are usually too scared to go [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Peter Laurrell | November 20, 2008

The tenth installment of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series concluded earlier this week with Julian Verse winning the FTOPS X Main Event. Verse was able to defeat a field of 5,225 players in the Scott Montgomery-hosted Main Event en route to winning $450,708.50. The top 9 finishers are as follows:
1st place: Julian Verse - [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Joe Zusman | November 19, 2008

Party Poker has announced the lineup for the Premier League III event which will take place on November 24th. The players who will be competing in Premier League III include: Tom “Durrrr” Dwan, Peter Eastgate, Juha Helppi, JC Tran, Nenad Medic, Victoria Coren, Andy Black, Roland de Wolfe, Tony G, Annette Obrestad, and Dave “Devilfish” [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Joe Zusman | November 18, 2008

In a timely corollary with the first tie in a regular season NFL game in more than 6 years, players GamblingAS and semaj1111 agreed to a rare 50/50 split to end the November 16th edition of the Party Poker $300,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool No Limit Texas Hold’em Poker Tournament.
Here is a full list of the [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Peter Laurrell | November 17, 2008