Live poker news
News articles related to poker played offline. Find updates and results from tournament series (e.g. WSOP, EPT, WPT), poker events, casino news and more.
Recent news (Page 96)
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After 3 solid days and 18 levels of play we are down to the final 21 players in this years WPT Vienna with Goswin Siemsen leading the pack with 1.193 million chips.
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With 79 days until the WSOP Big One for One Drop (buy-in $1.000.000) kicks off, One Drop Chair and Cirque du Soleil Founder Guy Laliberté announced yesterday that 30 players have now committed to participate in this historic event at the 2012 World Series of Poker.
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Check out who won the PartyPoker Premier League this year.
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Kevin Vandersmissen has won the 2012 paddypowerpoker.com Irish Open Main Event, taking home the coveted trophy and €420,000. Vandermissen outlasted Thomas Beer in the heads-up play.
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According to PokerPortalAsia.com, Asia's biggest ever Super High Roller tournament will be held during APT Philippines at Resorts World Manila on Friday April 20, 2012.
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The €3.500 buy-in Irish Open 2012 Main Event kicked off on Good Friday. Last year the tournament attracted a total of 615 players, while this year 502 players registered for the event.
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Phil Laak and Patrik Antonius are off to a good start at PartyPoker Premier League in Vienna, Austria. Laak drew first blood as he took the day' heat in Group A, while Antonius won the Group B.
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In three weeks time, The European Poker Tour Grand Final will return to Morte Carlo. Last year the Grand Final was held in Madrid, but now the tournament will be back in Monaco after one-year hiatus.
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Jannick Wrang from Denmark overcame a tough competition in the inaugural EPT Campione (buy-in €5.300) final table and eventually took down the title and €640.000.
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Day 4 at the EPT Campione (buy-in €5.300) has come to a close, and the tournament is now down to final eight players from the 570 players that entered the tournament.
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After day 2 of the PokerStars EPT Campione (buy-in €5.300), only 99 players remain, and currently leading the way is Hungarian Balazs Botond. Right behind Botond is high-stakes player and EPT Tallinn 2011 Main Event winner Ronny "1-ronnyr3" Kaiser.
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The two starting days (day 1a and 1b) are now done in the inaugural European Poker Tour Campione (buy-in €5,300) in Italy. A total of 392 players participated in this tournament, creating a prize pool of over €2.76 million.
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According to the BBC, David Mitchell, an award winning comedian best known for his role on the TV series Peep Show and Team PokerStars Pro Vicky Coren announced their engagement on Tuesday.
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The most successful animated television show ever, The Simpsons, will feature Jennifer Tilly in an upcoming episode where online poker is a part of the plot.
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Denmark’s Frederik Jensen is the new 2012 PokerStars EPT Madrid Main Event Champion. Jensen earned €495,000 for his victory after the last three remaining players struck a deal.
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Three tables now remain in the European Poker Tour main event in Madrid; containing the final 24 players set to return today to reach one of eight seats in Saturday's finale.
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During Day 2 of the European Poker Tour Madrid Main Event (buy-in €5.300), the 264 players that started the day were reduced down to 112. The man to catch today is Mike "Timex" McDonald, who has already captured one EPT title by winning the EPT Dortmund in 2008.