Trickett, Heinz Top European Poker Awards
UK native and Titan Poker pro Trickett was crowned Player of the Year for 2011 on the back of three $1 million+ finishes. Trickett scooped over a million each for a win at the Partouche Poker Tour main...
View ArticleIvey Locked in Final 26 at Aussie Millions
Day 3 of the tournament was a blisteringly fast affair with nearly 50 players going to the rail in just three levels. Through it all Ivey remained consistent and ended up finishing sixth in chips with...
View ArticleHeartland Poker Tour: Hidden Gem of US Poker Circuit
The tour has had more than 60,000 unique entrants in its history, and according to co-founder Todd Anderson 80 percent of that number is represented by recreational poker enthusiasts. That means a...
View ArticleDaily 3-Bet: Hach Back, Plaque Attack, Dunst Ankle Shoots
Any suggestions for a future 3-Bet, feel free to drop a note in the comments. Today in the 3-Bet we find Joe Hachem back in the Global Poker Index, get a major case of plaque envy from the Aussie...
View ArticleTerrorOfSweden Denies Antonius Allegations
The latest issue of a Swedish poker magazine featured an article where Antonius alleged Kowssarie sent a trojan virus through MSN so he could read the Finn’s hole cards in a sessiion several years ago....
View ArticleDion Leads, Ivey Lurking in Final 12 at Aussie Millions
It was another fast day at the Aussie Millions as it took only four and a half hours of play to go from 26 players down to 12. Day 4 was not a good one for Ivey as the former Full Tilt pro was bleeding...
View ArticleGalfond Kisses $700k Goodbye: Top 10 Online Winners/Losers
The high-stakes action has flourished in the last seven days on PokerStars and looks to be revolving around Viktor “Isildur1” Blom who saw swings as big as $600k before finishing the week just a small...
View ArticleDaily 3-Bet: Juanda Hitches, Mercier Riches, Fight the Power
Any suggestions for a future 3-Bet, feel free to drop a note in the comments. Today in the 3-Bet we find John Juanda hitching a ride to the Aussie Millions, Jason Mercier pocketing another half-mil and...
View ArticleIvey Falls Short of Aussie Millions Final Table
Ivey entered Day 5 last in chips with 699,000 and was eliminated in the first level of play. In Ivey’s final hand online grinder Yann Dion opened from under the gun and Ivey three-bet 140,000. Dion...
View ArticleIvey Storms Back with $2 Million Victory
Making a deep run in the Aussie Millions Main Event earlier in the day, Ivey eventually busted in 12th place just shy of the final table. Unperturbed, Ivey immediately took a seat in the $250k...
View ArticlePoker’s In and Out List: Ivey Impresses, Galfond Confesses
A tip of the hat goes to one very brainy poker dealer, Phil Ivey’s Crown Casino conquest and Pokerati’s Dave Ferrara while our finger wags in the direction of Phil Galfond and the great state of...
View ArticleHometown Hero Smashes Aussie Millions Final
“Words can’t describe it,” said an ecstatic Speidel. “It’s amazing to win it all. I don’t know what to say, to be honest.” Speidel finished the tournament in style picking up pocket aces in the final...
View ArticleSunday Scoop: David Emmons Crushes TCOOP Main Event
It was a massive day for tournament poker online with the TCOOP main and high roller events complimenting regularly scheduled majors. All told PokerStars awarded no less than 13 six-figure prizes. Read...
View ArticleDaily 3-Bet: Meltzer's Millions, Fricke's Oscar, Tweet King
Any suggestions for a future 3-Bet, feel free to leave a note in the comments. Today in the 3-Bet we find High Stakes Poker notable Alan Meltzer showing his generosity, Jimmy Fricke helping his anxiety...
View Article888, Caesars Extend Software Deal to US
The deal is in anticipation of pending US poker regulation and a follow-up to 888's recent approval as a licensee by the state of Nevada. In short, 888’s business-to-business software arm, Dragonfish,...
View ArticleJeans89 Explodes for $234k Profit on PokerStars
Kyllonen always seems to fly under the radar compared to fellow Finn Ilari Sahamies but last night he was flying with over 2,000 hands of $50/$100 PLO. As usual Kyllonen stuck primarily to the 6-max...
View ArticleDaily 3-Bet: Vegan Doyle, Poker Majors, Demon Liv
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 planning to step up his game (and vegetable intake), top TD Matt Savage making a...
View ArticleAndrulis 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...
View ArticleWSOP Drops November Nine for 2012
Details are still to be revealed and will be, according to the WSOP, at 1 pm. ET tomorrow along with the complete line-up of events. The WSOP released some hints at the schedule and format through a...
View ArticleTapie Slams Ferguson Rumors, Deal on Track for Feb.
In an interview with iGamingFrance, the Director of the Bernard Tapie Group called the story “totally false” and said the deal is on track to be completed by the end of February. Said Tapie: "This...
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