The Week That Was: Lots of EPT & WPT Action, New Full Tilt Deal?
Will PokerStars buy Full Tilt and repay it’s players?
EPT: Bernard Guigon On Top As Grand Final Reaches Final Table
Lucille Cailly sits in third place, looking to become the fourth woman to win an EPT title (Photo c/o PokerStars Blog, © Neil Stoddart) After a marathon session on Day 3, the playdown from 26 to the final table of 8 at the PokerStars Monte Carlo Casino EPT Grand Final on Day 4 was expected to move
London Trader Lawrie Inman Born to Gamble
Inman’s grandfather was a bookmaker. His father was a bookmaker
Poker Icon Amarillo Slim Dies at 83
His death was confirmed by his daughter via WSOP media rep Nolan Dalla and the family released the following statement on the WSOP website: “We hope everyone will remember our beloved Amarillo Slim for all the positive things he did for poker and to popularize his favorite game – Texas Hold’em.” Renowned for his quick wit and larger-than-life personality, Preston is often credited for making Texas Hold’em what it is today. One of the original Texas road gamblers with Doyle Brunson and Brian “Sailor” Roberts, Preston and his peers traveled around Texas playing underground poker games before eventually bringing the game to Vegas.
EPT: Geert-Jan Potijk Leads After Marathon Day 3 in Monte Carlo
Geert-Jan Potijk is looking to ride his chip lead through one more day of play and into a final table in Monte Carlo (Photo c/o PokerStars Blog, © Neil Stoddart) With the schedule calling for the field to be whittled down from 130 to 24 on Day 3 of the PokerStars Monte Carlo Casino EPT
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.
WPT: Darren Elias Leading After Day 1A in Jacksonville
Elias already made a WPT final table earlier this year at Borgata There may be plenty of big names in Europe for the EPT’s Grand Final, but for those players who preferred to stay on American soil, the World Poker Tour offered some alternative programming in the form of the WPT bestbet Jacksonville Open.
WPT: Darren Elias Leading After Day 1A in Jacksonville
Elias already made a WPT final table earlier this year at Borgata There may be plenty of big names in Europe for the EPT’s Grand Final, but for those players who preferred to stay on American soil, the World Poker Tour offered some alternative programming in the form of the WPT bestbet Jacksonville Open. The
World Champ Heinz Leads German Poker Boom
For the last five months Heinz has been traveling the world, spreading the good word about the game that made him a millionaire at 22 years of age. But it was Germany where Heinz focused his energy, and he’s hoping it will pay off