The Party Poker Irish Poker Championship recently concluded in Galway and Irishman Rory Brennan walked away with the victory. Brennan was able to defeat fellow countryman Chris Dowling in heads-up play to secure the win. Dowling made a bold move by going all-in with a 9-6 off-suited hand only to be called by Brennan; Rory [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Rocco Havel | January 7, 2009

Day two at the Party Poker Irish Poker Championship has concluded and the final table is set for the last day of play. The overall chip leader is currently Rory Brennan from Dublin, Ireland and he has almost double the amount of chips (1,058,000) as his closest competitor Ben Vinson (581,580). Vinson is sitting comfortably [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kory Travers | January 6, 2009

I don’t make New Year’s resolutions. I understand and appreciate the sentiment of making them, but I rarely stick to them, so I have just stopped. That doesn’t mean, though, that I don’t look forward to the year to come and that doesn’t mean I don’t have hopes and dreams for the future.
Aside from some [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Adam Ulick | January 2, 2009

UK gambling website CircusCasino.com is trying to lobby for poker to become an Olympic sport by the year 2016. This announcement comes after CircusCasino.com has been putting out Internet ads about the possibility of poker as an Olympic sport. The plan is to have poker become an exhibition sport in the 2012 London Olympic Games [...]

Read More... | 1 Comment | By Adam Ulick | January 2, 2009