March 14 2010
With 6 players returning to do battle on Day 4 of the WPT’s Bay 101 Shooting Star event, all eyes were on the last surviving Shooting Star, Phil Hellmuth. Eventually, McLean Karr was the one who took the title and the ...
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March 13 2010
Nobody knows who Isildur1 is, but everyone is certain of one thing: this guy doesn’t play around. He wins big and loses big too. On Tuesday, the Swede took on the Cardrunners duo of Cole South and Brian Hastings at Read More
March 13 2010
The 3rd day of the WPT’s Bay 101 Shooting Star event saw 27 survivors return to the tables, with the goal of setting the final table. Phil Hellmuth started the day with the largest stack, and the UltimateBet pro held ...
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March 13 2010
After another overnight chip leader (Eugene Katchalov) had collected a $10k extra reward on Day 1B of the WPT’s Bay 101 Shooting Star event, Day 2 saw 126 players return to the poker tournament action. At the end ...
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March 10 2010
Barely had the dust settled in the wake of the last WPT event, the Bay 101 shooting star took over the headlines almost immediately. The unique format of the poker tournament made it possible for participants to make serious money without ...
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March 10 2010
The weekend saw some pretty hectic online poker action at Full Tilt Poker, where the nosebleed tables came under fire by Tom Dwan, Ilari Sahamies and Isildur1. Building on his excellent form, Tom Dwan added $1.3 million in ...
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March 10 2010
The much hyped Durrrr Challenge, now in its second year, looks like it’s finally approaching a quiet downhill roll to the end. The two players involved in the series, Tom Dwan and Patrik Antonius had another session the other day, which ...
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March 08 2010
The online poker weekend saw plenty of action again. PokerStars’ Sunday Million attracted a starting field of over 10,000 players again and a monster prize-pool developed. No fewer than 4 players took home 6-figure hauls in this poker ...
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March 08 2010
After 4 days of green felt battles, a robbery and several spectacular comebacks from the edge of extinction, Idaho’s own Kevin MacPhee took down the PokerStars EPT Berlin Main Event, pocketing the €1 million top prize and lifting ...
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March 07 2010
The 4th day of the PokerStars sponsored EPT Berlin Main Event turned out to be something more sited for a cheesy western than for a real life scenario. 24 players returned to the tables and there were only ...
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March 07 2010
After 6 days of grueling green-felt battles, the 745-player initial LA Poker Classic starting field finally yielded a winner. Hungary’s Andras Koroknai was the one who walked away with the title at the end of it all, topped off ...
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March 04 2010
Rain or sunshine, the nosebleed online poker action never stops for anybody. This past week, the usual protagonists took their 6 and 7 figure bankrolls to the tables again, some of them logging profits, while others dropped money – more of ...
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March 04 2010
Day 5 of the WPT’s LA Poker Classic saw a lot of heartbreak at the Commerce Casino. Big name players bowed out of the poker tournament one by one, as the grueling 15 hours marathon of a day covered 9 blind ...
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March 04 2010
With the German leg of the EPT moved from Dortmund to Berlin, expectations were high regarding the number of participants, the resulting prize-pool and the general feel of the Main Event. For once, these expectations were fully justified. A much ...
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March 02 2010
Day 3 of the LA Poker Classic had an obvious goal: playing down to the money bubble. That goal was achieved, as out of the 186 players who’d bellied up to the tables of the Commerce Casino, only 72 were left ...
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