May 27, 2008 # No Comment Yet
UltimateBet and DoylesRoom have both recently added fresh faces to its’ rosters just in time for the World Series of Poker.
Pro Cliff Josephy, also known as “JohnnyBax,” began his poker career online and dominated the multi-table tournament scene. After turning to live tournaments, Josephy has clamed more than $1.3 million in winnings along with one […]
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May 27, 2008 # No Comment Yet
You’ll never see this on TV (it’s a non-televised event, i.e. it never really happened then), but Casper Hansen (above) finished what Gus Hansen couldn’t last year by winning the WPT Spanish Championship.
Hansen bested a field of 253 mostly Euro poker pros to bank $655,720. He defeated Stefan Mattson ($346,621) for the title.
The rest of […]
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May 27, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Staring at the metal green sign with white lettering, there was a choice to be made on State Highway 48 at the T in the road. With “Run to the Hills” coming from a small town radio station I happened to pick up, blaring at just under concert volume levels, perhaps telling me tonight I’d […]
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May 27, 2008 # No Comment Yet
A new game is coming to town in Las Vegas, just in time for the World Series of Poker. But while it shares part of a name with the world’s favoite poker game, it likely won’t end up at the WSOP. The game is Royal Holdem Poker, and the Nevada Gaming Commission just recently approved […]
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May 27, 2008 # No Comment Yet
London, May 27, 2008 – PKR.com continues to grow at record pace and is set to hit 1.75 million registered users this week.
State-of-the-art graphics, deeply engaging gameplay, an advanced community and televised tournaments have all proven irresistible to players. The impressive growth is the fastest in online poker room history and has seen the site […]
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May 27, 2008 # No Comment Yet
It’s quite a proposition for any player with 60,000 Frequent Player Points to spend them all on a single table HORSE tournament. It’s something else entirely to do it at the table with one of the best poker players in the world. As PokerStars player vectile sat down for the Barry Greenstein Masterclass today, he […]
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May 26, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Gibraltar – 26th May 2008 – PartyPoker.com is holding a $1 million guaranteed tournament on Saturday 31st May at 12.45pm ET (5.45pm BST, 6.45pm CET), with a championship style blind structure promising plenty of play. There are a huge number of ways to qualify for this tournament on a daily basis, starting from as little […]
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May 23, 2008 # One Comment
MOST OF THE TOP poker players advocate aggressive play in tournaments because you need to amass chips to win, and top poker players are looking to win, not just get into the money.
They point out that aggressive play gives you two chances to take down a pot: Your opponent might fold, or you might have […]
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May 22, 2008 # No Comment Yet
James Bond Paulson poker chips are now available for purchase via the Poker Stars Direct site.
The owners of Poker Stars Direct, Brian Garvin and Jeff West, have introduced a new range of Paulson Poker Chips for poker gamers to be able to play in the James Bond style. For years, the name of Paulson has […]
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May 22, 2008 # No Comment Yet
When you sign up with Party Poker.com you get one helluva deal, in addition to a choice of bonus incentives, Party Poker now offer you Bankroll Builder. This is ideal for the 1st time depositor to enjoy all the excitement of tournament play with no financial risk whatsoever and you’ll be up against other beginners, […]
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