Andrulis Thrives, Scott Survives EPT Deauville Day 1a

The former EPT Tallinn High Roller champ from Lithuania has company at the top, however, and will enter Day 2 just 400 chips ahead of second-place Philippe Ma. Rounding out the top 5 after play today were Elie Payan (141,800), Julien Claudepierre (128,200) and Marchel Masaladzhiu (114,600). Brammer, Dempsey, Scott Head Survivors As per usual on the EPT, another elite field of pros an amateurs is in close pursuit.

Belgium Approves 3 Poker Sites, Plans to Block Others

PokerStars.be, Partouche.be and Casino777.be will all be granted fully operational licenses in the country.  Despite the .be domain, PokerStars.be and Casino777.be are expected to be the same as the .com versions meaning players in Belgium will be able to play against the rest of the world, unlike France and Italy.

7 Questions with World Poker Tour CEO Steve Heller

A seven-year veteran of the WPT’s parent company, PartyGaming, Heller is making sure the tour lives up to its name by adding new events in new locations. He’s also making sure all are considered legitimate main events equal to those on American soil.

Top 10 Biggest Online Pots of 2011

Since the events of Black Friday, PokerStars has slowly emerged as the new home for high stakes players while games on Euro sites like 888poker, iPoker and PartyPoker continue to grow. Regardless of the many changes to the industry there were still some massive hands that were played and we’ve compiled a list of the biggest hands on PokerStars recorded by our online poker stats section below.

Poker’s 2011 In and Out List: A Year’s Review of Who to Eschew

When people look back at this year in poker they’re only going to see one thing, Black Friday. They’ll have vague recollections of other things having happened.

Heinz, Trickett, Cody Dominate Euro Poker Awards Nominations

Hosted by the Aviation Club in Paris, the ceremony is scheduled for January 25th and will present awards in nine distinct categories ranging from Player of the Year to Best European Event. 2011 WSOP Main Event champion Pius Heinz finds himself up for awards in three different categories thanks to his $8.7 million victory in Las Vegas this November.

Party Poker Tournaments Go Rake-Free in January

Differing slightly from this summer’s promotion when only certain tourneys were rake-free, this time around all multi-table tournaments will be free from the juice. Bottom line, all money paid by the players will go directly to the prize pool and every single MTT at all stakes will be part of the promotion.

Freeroll Spotlight: PartyPoker Heads Down Under

The Aussie Millions satellites are in full swing on PartyPoker and this year players can qualify in a variety of ways. Every day PartyPoker will run a freeroll where the top 25 players get a ticket into the daily $2 sub-qualifier, which in turn qualifies players for the weekly $74 qualifier. One player for every 10 in the $74 weekly receives a seat in the gigantic $680 Aussie Millions satellite that awards a seat in the 2012 Aussie Millions main event

Freeroll Spotlight: PartyPoker Heads Down Under

The Aussie Millions satellites are in full swing on PartyPoker and this year players can qualify in a variety of ways. Every day PartyPoker will run a freeroll where the top 25 players get a ticket into the daily $2 sub-qualifier, which in turn qualifies players for the weekly $74 qualifier

Daily 3-Bet: Toughest 2k Ever, RFGs in Bikinis, Kara Scott Fail

Any tips or suggestions for the 3-Bet, feel free to post in the comments. Today we hit up the toughest $2k turbo event in the history of the world (maybe), a behind-the-scenes look at the WPT Royal Flush Girls bikini shoot and a rare Kara Scott fail. 1) Toughest $2k Ever

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