Tapie Group: Full Tilt/DOJ Deal in 15 Days
In an interview with iGamingFrance, Tapie also said he expects the final agreement to be drafted by the end of the week and should be signed within the next 15 days. The deal, which was originally...
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New 'Brit Pack' Taking Over as UK Poker Elite
Duthie was still alive in the tournament and spent his break telling PokerListings.com about a group of young UK poker pros who are quickly climbing to the top of the poker world. Duthie, who busted...
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New 'Brit Pack' Taking Over as UK Poker Elite
Duthie was still alive in the tournament and spent his break telling PokerListings.com about a group of young UK poker pros who are quickly climbing to the top of the poker world. Duthie, who busted...
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UK's Sam Holden Hits WSOP November Nine Final Table
A 22 year-old poker pro who now lives in London, Holden enters a very difficult final table ninth in chips. “I think this is one of the toughest final tables ever,” Holden told PokerListings.com at the...
View ArticlePokerStars Awards $75k for 70 Billionth Hand
Playing at a 25c/50c heads-up table with fellow German DodgeUrOuts, the hand played out with the two shoving all in pre-flop with koenigskebap holding AJ versus DodgeUrOuts’ K5. The flop came with an...
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Matt Giannetti Ready to Rock WSOP Main Event Final
Almost four months ago Giannetti joined the 2011 November Nine by outlasting 6,856 players over the first eight days of the WSOP Main Event. Making the final table guarantees him at least $782,115, but...
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WSOP Main Event Final Table Plays Sunday
The 2011 WSOP Main Event final table starts on Sunday and, after a one-day recess, will conclude on Tuesday. November Niners Martin Staszko, Eoghan O’Dea, Matt Giannetti, Phil Collins, Ben Lamb, Badih...
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UK's Sam Holden Finishes Ninth at 2011 WSOP Main Event
Holden entered the final table ninth in chips and was unable to move up the payouts before hitting the rail courtesy of Ben Lamb. Holden is just 22 years old but has enough perspective to see today’s...
View ArticleUkranian Anton Makiievskyi 8th at 2011 WSOP Main Event
Makiievskyi came into the final table eighth-place in chips and went broke in exactly the same position. He was unable to get anything going and only participated in four hands before busting in a...
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Heinz, Lamb, Staszko Make Final Three of 2011 WSOP Main Event
After enduring an almost four-month sweat before returning to Las Vegas to decide a champion, the 2011 November Nine sat down this afternoon with one goal in mind: Make the final three. Now, after...
View ArticleTurn $1 into $50k in PokerStars World-Record Tourney
Set for December 4, PokerStars is hoping to beat its own world record for the largest poker tournament ever set back in 2009. The buy-in for this one will be $1 with a $250k guaranteed prize pool....
View ArticleUK Amateur Wins Second Sunday Million in Four Months
Now he’s done it twice. In just four months. Strangely enough, he’s also done it almost completely in parallel with the play down of the World Series of Poker Main Event. The 36-year-old court...
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Matt Giannetti Falls Short of WSOP Main Event Title
A poker pro from Austin, Texas who now lives in Las Vegas, Giannetti earned $3,012,700 and his elimination set the stage for the three-handed conclusion Tuesday evening. But despite the seven-figure...
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Heinz, Lamb, Staszko on Brink of WSOP Main Event Title
That’s the overriding storyline as Ben Lamb, Pius Heinz and Martin Staszko prepare for the final day of the 2011 WSOP, which will begin at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. The trio shared their thoughts on the...
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Ben Lamb Finishes Third, Makes POY Official
Lamb, who won his first bracelet in the $10k PLO championship this summer, in addition to a second-place finish in the $3k PLO event and a final table in the $50k Players Championship, brought his...
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Pius Heinz Becomes First German WSOP Main Event Champ
Defeating Martin Staszko to win $8.7 million and the most coveted title in poker, Heinz was cheered on to victory by friends and family at the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas Tuesday. “I’m definitely...
View Article$16k Aussie Millions Packages Up at Titan Poker
Set for January 22-28 and again hosted at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, the Aussie Millions is the richest poker tournament in the Southern Hemisphere. Packages up for grabs at Titan will be worth...
View ArticlePremier League Mixed Game Championship Roster Announced
Fresh off a $3 million score in Las Vegas, Giannetti will be making the trip to the Playboy Club in London to compete against top players like Luke “FullFlush1” Schwartz, Sorel Mizzi, Yevgeniy...
View ArticleWahlbeck Binks $89,000 on PokerStars
Wahlbeck logged on to PokerStars and played 1,577 hands of $50/$100 6-Max PLO against the likes of Benny “toweliestar” Spindler, Jens “Jeans89” Kyllonen and Bamboo100 and eventually snagged a profit of...
View ArticleRussian Backers Claim 'Big Share' of Main Event Win
The percentage wasn’t specifically revealed, but Max King, a member of the site, said in an interview with Matthew King of the Betfair poker blog that is was “a big share.” Said King: “I cannot say...
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