Tournament Tracker: Dan Smith Picks Up Monte Carlo Trifecta
Smith has $1.77 million in earnings so far this year The eighth season of the European Poker Tour wrapped up with a bang at the PokerStars and Monte Carlo EPT Grand Final. The Main Event and the High Roller tournaments drummed up most of the headlines, but something equally compelling was happening in the side
Getting A Good Deal
Everyone knows that casinos, whether that means an online casino or a bricks-and-mortar casino always have the edge over the players. Some casinos, like the Sky Vegas online casino, are more generous than others, some hold onto more of the profits and only release big wins from time to time, in any case, the house always [...]
HPT: Cantebury Event Breaks MN Prize Pool Record
Naz Alkhatib won the first six-figure payday in MN (Photo courtesy of the Heartland Poker Tour) For this third time this month, the Heartland Poker Tour has held a record breaking event.
POY: Dan Smith and Mohsin Charania Crack Top Ten
Smith already has three six-figure wins in 2012 The European Poker Tour’s trip to Monte Carlo isn’t even over yet, but the BLUFF Player of the Year top twenty got an overhaul thanks to the Poker Stars and Monte Carlo Carlo Casino’s EPT Grand Final.
Pop Poker: Poker and the Titanic
Tales of the Titanic have fascinated generations. And as it happens, a few of the stories concerning the ill-fated ship — both historical and imagined — involved poker.
Poker Loses A Legend: Amarillo Slim (1928 – 2012)
Poker legend Amarillo Slim passed away Sunday at age 83. (photo courtesy University of Nevada Las Vegas) Thomas “Amarillo Slim” Preston, 1972 World Series of Poker Main Event champion and four-time WSOP bracelet winner, died Sunday after a battle with cancer. He was 83.
WPT: Dempsey and Failla Keeping WPT POY Race Interesting
Last week, Joe Serock took control of the World Poker Tour Player of the Year race with his third place finish in the Seminole Hard Rock Showdown.
The Week That Was: Lots of EPT & WPT Action, New Full Tilt Deal?
Will PokerStars buy Full Tilt and repay it’s players?
Counter-Strike Champ Griffin Benger Wins Millions at Online Poker
The son of Canadian actress Nicole de Boer , Benger got his first taste of international travel and high-level competition in professional gaming as a top-ranked Counter-Strike player. But despite being one of the most dominant players in that corner of the gaming world, his earnings don’t even come close to the $2.83 million he’s made playing online MTTs.
PokerStars Brings Zoom Poker to iPhone, iPad and Android
In January PokerStars introduced real money mobile poker in Italy and followed it up by making the app available in the UK in February, and France just last week. The app is now available in all areas that have access to the PokerStars.eu client, and it’s coming to more and more .com regions as PokerStars continues their multi-phase release. The Android version is not available in the Android Marketplace but can be downloaded directly from PokerStars.