Bwin.Party Seeks Nevada Gaming License
The company joins a growing list of online poker sites that have applied for Nevada licenses including 888 Holdings, St. Minver and Boss Media.
Daily 3-Bet: Cates v. durrrr, Cada “Sucks," New FTP Suitor?
Any suggestions for a future 3-Bet, feel free to drop a note in the comments. Today in the 3-Bet we find Dan “jungleman12” Cates looking to fire up the dormant durrrr Challenge, Joe Cada sharing what he’s learned from poker and another potential suitor for Full Tilt Poker apparently materializing. 1) Cates Looking to Resurrect durrrr Challenge The real durrrr challenge: Finishing what he starts
Negreanu, Fox Chip Up on LAPT Grand Final Day 1
Action kicked off in Sao Paulo on the same day as the legendary Carnival but 367 people skipped the party for at least one day to play some poker. Notably stacking up a pile of chips on his first appearance in Brazil is PokerStars pro Daniel Negreanu, who used a trick from Phil Hellmuth’s book to get his tournament started on the right foot. Tweeting that he needed to sleep off a caipirinha hangover , Negreanu didn’t get down to the tournament until well into Level 3
Rami Amit Takes Control, Wins $200k
Amit was one of the biggest winners in 2011 with a total of $2.1 million in profit on PokerStars . The PLO specialist had been quiet in 2012, however, and was only up $35k heading into this weekend.
Freeroll Spotlight: Premier League Seats on PartyPoker
Starting this week and running all the way until March 18, PartyPoker will run six weekly satellites as well as several daily qualifiers and freerolls. Winners receive $13,000 packages that include a $10,450 seat in the televised PartyPoker.com Premier League Playoffs in Vienna, Italy. Premier League satellite winners will also receive four nights accommodation in Vienna as well as $1,350 in spending cash.
Candio, Tony G Among Leaders at WPT Venice Grand Prix
155 in total turned up to play the latest WPT main event at the Casino di Venezia Ca Vendramin Calergi in Venice and after eight levels of play just 88 were left. Candio leads with 227,900, well ahead of his nearest competition Andrea Dato who bagged 121,700. Those two are joined at the top of the leaderboard by fellow Italian, and WSOP bracelet winner, Dario Alioto who finished with 84,000, and fellow former November Niner James Akenhead who finished with 78,000
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.
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.