Introduction. It seems to be a quiet period for poker tournaments in bricks and mortar casinos – but the opportunities to enter online poker satellites for future tournaments are as strong as ever. Playing in online satellite tournaments is a great way to find out if you really are ready to take on the big [...]
Introduction The WSOP 2010 final table started on Saturday November 6th and was completed in the early morning of the following Monday. The nine players sat down at that final poker table were: Jonathan Duhamel, John Racener, Filippo Candio, Michael Mizrachi, Joseph Cheong, John Dolan, Jason Senti, Mather Jarvis and Soi Nguyen – so that [...]
Introduction. ‘Old Blue Eyes’ himself sang about “a foggy day in London town” and if you fancy tasting the Fall weather in England and you’re a poker fan – then get yourself off to London at the end of September for the London event in the European Poker Tour (EPT). Sponsored by pokerstars this poker [...]
Introduction Week 6 of the 2010 WSOP and the countdown to the final of the Main Event game, a $10,000 buy-in No Limit Hold ‘em tournament, has begun. As in other recent years the actual champion won’t be known until November as, once again, that is when the final table of 9 poker players will [...]
Introduction The poker talk this week is centering on just one thing – is ‘Isildur1’ talented or just a chancer at poker? Only just a few weeks ago Isildur1 seemed to be a veritable online poker enigma – taking top professional players for millions and yet managing to remain the mystery player of the moment [...]
Introduction For many poker players one of the reasons they play the game is for the social interaction they get with, and against, the other players. Indeed for many non-professional poker players, getting dressed up and going out in the evening to a casino has become their favorite way to socialize. However, is it possible [...]
Introduction If any of you online poker fans fancy winning big this month then, with just a few days to go now, a European poker website, Titan Poker, could be the site to go to. Until the end of the month Titan Poker is running a ‘turbo’ poker tournament totaling $50,000 and this week-end is your [...]
Introduction Despite the 2009 WSOP Main Event only having just been completed last week it appears that a ‘night of the long knives’ has erupted over the way it was handled, resulting in the resignation of commissioner Jeffrey Pollock. Describing his departure as “bittersweet” all that Jeffrey would say was that he had “great memories” [...]
Introduction After waiting months for the 2009 WSOP Main Event to begin in just a few days it was all over and Joe Cada emerged as the 2009 WSOP Main Event winner. Apart from the prestige of winning this event Joe walks away with a winners check for $8.5 million and that all important WSOP [...]
Introduction Published this week is the list of candidates to be added to the Poker Hall of Fame in 2009. Based at the famous Horseshoe Casino, in Las Vegas, the Poker Hall of Fame is in its thirtieth year, not bad going for something devised by the casino’s owner, Benny Binion, as a way of [...]