Sunday Scoop: Russia Takes Two out of Three
By the end of the day Russia had locked up wins in two of the day’s three biggest events. PokerStars boasted two $1 million guarantees yesterday, as tens of thousands of online poker players logged on from around the world for a chance at the cash. We’ve got full details on the MicroMillions main event, the Sunday Million and the Sunday Warm-Up in this week’s edition of the Sunday Scoop.
Preliminary SCOOP 2012 Schedule Released
The 2012 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker will begin May 6 this year and offer 38 events each in low, medium and high buy-in ranges. All told 114 tournaments will be played out across several poker disciplines with buy-ins from $5.50 on the low end to $21,000 on the top end.
WSOPC: Ryan Eriquezzo Conquers Atlantic City for Second Ring
WSOP Circuit Atlantic City winner Ryan Eriquezzo. Monday was a big day in the life of 27-year-old Ryan Eriquezzo
Amateur Moon Kim Wins WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star
A local San Jose player who won his way into the event in a $1,000 satellite, Kim walked away with almost a million dollars. This year’s Shooting Star attracted 364 players and boasted a prize pool of nearly $3.5 million.
WPT: Erik Cajelais Leads Bay 101 Final Table
In the decade or so that the World Poker Tour has been covering and broadcasting the Bay 101 Shooting Star event, the event has always included a Shooting Star bounty. That is, until this year.
2012 WSOP Europe Schedule Released
The European leg of the world’s biggest poker tournament series will play out over two weeks at the Hôtel Majestic Barrière in Cannes, starting September 21. Due to French gaming law only Hold’em and Omaha tournaments are allowed, which means this year’s slate of events will look a lot like the WSOPE’s first visit to Cannes one year ago. A €10,000 main event headlines a list that includes a Shootout, full-ring and six-max PLO events and the same Mixed Max event we saw in 2011.
Duhamel: Over 40 Will Play WSOP $1 Million Big One
The WSOP has posted the payout structure and if 30 players register the first place prize will be $12,266,668.20, besting the current $12 million record set in 2006 by Jamie Gold.
EPT: Aage Ravn Takes Chip Lead to Copenhagen Final Table
EPT Copenhagen chipleader Aage Ravn/ (photo courtesy PokerStars / Neil Stoddard) Michael Tureniec came up short in his pursuit of history at EPT Copenhagen but that suits Aage Ravn just fine. Tureniec, who was looking to become the first repeat winner in EPT history busted out of the event on Friday while Ravn soared to
Daily 3-Bet: Doyle Backs FTP Pals, Tapie Eyes ISPTs, Poker Riot
Any suggestions for a future 3-Bet, feel free to drop a note in the comments. Today in the 3-Bet we find Doyle Brunson standing by his FTP friends, the Tapie Group sticking to its plans for the stadium poker tour and a “riot” almost breaking out at the WSOPC in Palm Beach.
EPT: O’Dwyer Tops Opening Day in Copenhagen
O’Dwyer finished fifth in the 2011 BLUFF POY race There appears to be no slowing down Steve O’Dwyer. He had a massive 2011, winning a $5,000 Bellagio Cup event, winning the first Epic Poker Pro/Am event, and finishing runner-up in both the EPT London Main Event and the WPT Venice event. While other players who