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Phil Ivey wins WSOP bracelet

cristina — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 20:53:33 +0000

25 players were still on for the World Series of Poker bracelet in the 3rd day of the $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. event. Phil Ivey is the player that has his 8th bracelet.

Throughout the marathon Day 3, most people watching obviously saw Ivey making a run. Ivey then bounced around the 100,000 mark and was the shortest stack. He then needed to go on a serious rush to get back into contention. Ivey get a surge to put him back in contention and then shot him to the top of the chip counts as the players reached the final table. Ivey went from about 100,000 to over a million in chips. The game was truly amazing and Ivey was once again a winner.

Personalized bracelets WSOP tournaments

cristina — Fri, 21 May 2010 13:39:20 +0000

Now the World Series of Poker is awarding some nice and unique personalized bracelets to the winner of each of the 57 official WSOP tournaments to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the WSOP.

The ones creating the design will be the On Tilt Designs Pty. Ltd and they will cover the players from “head to wrist”. The centrepiece of this nice collection is the sponsorship of WSOP bracelets for the Las Vegas & European events, for which On Tilt selected Master Artisan and jeweler designer Steve Soffa.

Day 1 in Nottingham

cristina — Fri, 14 May 2010 14:30:49 +0000

Days 1a & 1b have finished, at the £500 Main Event of the PokerStars.com UK and Ireland Poker Tour. In the first day the 119 players remained from astarting field of 268.

Leading the field was 24 year old company director Aman Atwal of Birmingham on 117,600. After the first day 160 people survived from the 382 who were at the beginning of the competition. The 2^nd day will start with 279 players and there are still some top names there like: Julian Thew, ‘Mad’ Marty Wilson and Poker News Headline’s very own Paul Sandells. Let’s see who manages to steal the light and the pot.

Liv Boeree won the EPT San Remo

cristina — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 12:50:28 +0000

The UK player Liv Boeree won yesterday the EPT San Remo. She defeated Jakob Carlsson on heads-up. She also won an extra trophy, the sum of €1.250.000. Boeree passed all the 1239 players and she had great luck. The first English woman than won the EPT was Vicky Coren, in September, in London. She then won $941,513.

The final table players were:

1 – Liv Boeree, UK, €1,250,000
2 – Jakob Carlsson, Sweeden, €750,000
3 – Toni Pettersson, Finland, €420,000
4 – Michael Piper, UK, €345,000
5 – Alexey Rybin, Russia, €270,000
6 – Giuseppe Diep, Italy, €210,000
7 – Claudio Piceci, Italy, €150,000
8 – Atanas Gueorguiev, Bulgaria, €90,000

William Hill Poker & $1,000,000 Guaranteed

admin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:56:00 +0000

Once per month, the quarter million guaranteed tournament from Sunday is replaced by $1 million guaranteed, at William Hill Poker. It begins at 6PM, UK time, and it is a tournament of no limit holdem.

If you want to buy in directly you will need $500, but you can qualify with a smaller amount. You can enter the satellites for the competition for as little as $4.

European Poker Tour Stopped By Robbery

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:29:40 +0000

The Berlin police couldn’t give too much information about the value of the robbery, but local press says that the six attackers took off with over 800,000 Euro. The six armed robbers entered the Grand Hyatt hotel from Berlin, which was the place where the European Poker Tour took place, and ran shortly after with a large sum of money.

A few seconds of the attack were surprised by the cameras, after which the EPT TV station cut the transmission.

Poker Maven Awards Nominations Now Open

admin — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:56:38 +0000

The first edition of the Poker Maven Awards have been announced by the Woman Poker Player Magazine and they are receiving nominations right now. It’s being given for great achievements for female related movements and poker industry accomplishments.

For the first year, there are fifteen different categories to choose from as far as nominations go. They go from poker employees that gave the most for women participation in poker to friendliest poker rooms for women and so on. The closing date for nominations is March 31st, 2010.

SCOOP Schedule Released By PokerStars

admin — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 09:02:05 +0000

PokerStars, the online giants of the poker world, have released the SCOOP schedule. The Spring Championship of Online Poker is an event that takes place from May 3rd to May 16th and it comes with a $10,300 event, plus a number of other smaller events. The events will include Badugi, HORSE, Razz and Omaha events, plus another three main events. The three main events will have prizes of $5, $3 and $1 million.

Below you can read the entire SCOOP schedule for 2010.

Event 1: No-Limit Hold’em with Re-buys Six-Max
May 3, 2010
Low: $5.50 buy-in, $250,000 guaranteed
Med: $55 buy-in, $500,000 guaranteed
High: $530 buy-in, $1,000,000 guaranteed

Event 2: Fixed-Limit Badugi
May 3, 2010
Low: $16.50 buy-in, $25,000 guaranteed
Med: $162 buy-in, $50,000 guaranteed
High: $1,575 buy-in, $75,000 guaranteed

Event 3: Pot-Limit Five-Card Draw
May 4, 2010
Low: $11 buy-in, $25,000 guaranteed
Med: $109 buy-in, $50,000 guaranteed
High: $1,050 buy-in, $75,000 guaranteed

Event 4: No-Limit Hold’em Heads-Up Match Play
May 4, 2010
Low: $16.50 buy-in, $100,000 guaranteed
Med: $162 buy-in, $250,000 guaranteed
High: $1,575 buy-in, $500,000 guaranteed

Event 5: No-Limit Hold’em
May 4, 2010
Low: $11 buy-in, $100,000 guaranteed
Med: $109 buy-in, $200,000 guaranteed
High: $1,050 buy-in, $500,000 guaranteed

Event 6: Mixed Hold’em Six-Max
May 5, 2010
Low: $22 buy-in, $100,000 guaranteed
Med: $215 buy-in, $200,000 guaranteed
High: $2,100 buy-in, $400,000 guaranteed

Event 7: Seven Card Stud
May 5, 2010
Low: $33 buy-in, $25,000 guaranteed
Med: $320 buy-in, $50,000 guaranteed
High: $3,150 buy-in, $100,000 guaranteed

Event 8: Pot-Limit Omaha Heads-Up Match Play
May 6, 2010
Low: $22 buy-in, $25,000 guaranteed
Med: $215 buy-in, $100,000 guaranteed
High: $2,100 buy-in, $200,000 guaranteed

Event 9: No-Limit Hold’em
May 6, 2010
Low: TBD buy-in, $100,000 guaranteed
Med: TBD buy-in, $200,000 guaranteed
High: TBD buy-in, $300,000 guaranteed

Event 10: No-Limit Hold’em Ante-Up
May 7, 2010
Low: $16.50 buy-in, $50,000 guaranteed
Med: $162 buy-in, $100,000 guaranteed
High: $1,575 buy-in, $200,000 guaranteed

Event 11: Fixed-Limit Omaha High-Low
May 7, 2010
Low: $55 buy-in, $50,000 guaranteed
Med: $530 buy-in, $150,000 guaranteed
High: $5,200 buy-in, $250,000 guaranteed

Event 12: No-Limit Hold’em 2x Chance Turbo
May 7, 2010
Low: $16.50 buy-in, $250,000 guaranteed
Med: $162 buy-in, $500,000 guaranteed
High: $1,575 buy-in, $750,000 guaranteed

Event 13: No-Limit Hold’em Shootout
May 8, 2010
Low: $22 buy-in, $15,000 guaranteed (Quadruple Shootout)
Med: $215 buy-in, $150,000 guaranteed (Triple Shootout)
High: $2,100 buy-in, $200,000 guaranteed (Double Shootout)

Event 14: Pot-Limit Omaha with Re-buys Six-Max
May 8, 2010
Low: $16.50 buy-in, $100,000 guaranteed
Med: $162 buy-in, $250,000 guaranteed
High: $1,575 buy-in, $500,000 guaranteed

Event 15: No-Limit Hold’em Big Antes
May 9, 2010
Low: $22 buy-in, $250,000 guaranteed
Med: $215 buy-in, $750,000 guaranteed
High: $2,100 buy-in, $750,000 guaranteed

Event 16: No-Limit Hold’em Two Day Event
May 9, 2010
Low: $22 buy-in, $500,000 guaranteed
Med: $215 buy-in, $1,500,000 guaranteed
High: $2,100 buy-in, $2,000,000 guaranteed

Event: 17: Pot-Limit Hold’em, Pot-Limit Omaha
May 10, 2010
Low: $16.50 buy-in, $100,000 guaranteed
Med: $162 buy-in, $200,000 guaranteed
High: $1,575 buy-in, $300,000 guaranteed

Event 18: No-Limit Hold’em Four-Max
May 10, 2010
Low: $33 buy-in, $150,000 guaranteed
Med: $320 buy-in, $300,000 guaranteed
High: $3,150 buy-in, $500,000 guaranteed

Event 19: Deuce-Seven Triple Draw
May 11, 2010
Low: $11 buy-in, $25,000 guaranteed
Med: $109 buy-in, $50,000 guaranteed
High: $1,050 buy-in, $75,000 guaranteed

Event 20: Seven Card Stud High-Low
May 11, 2010
Low: $22 buy-in, $50,000 guaranteed
Med: $215 buy-in, $100,000 guaranteed
High: $2,100 buy-in, $150,000 guaranteed

Event 21: No-Limit Hold’em
May 11, 2010
Low: $11 buy-in, $100,000 guaranteed
Med: $109 buy-in, $200,000 guaranteed
High: $1,050 buy-in, $500,000 guaranteed

Event 22: Razz
May 12, 2010
Low: $22 buy-in, $50,000 guaranteed
Med: $215 buy-in, $100,000 guaranteed
High: $2,100 buy-in, $150,000 guaranteed

Event 23: No-Limit Hold’em with Two Re-buys & One Add-on
May 12, 2010
Low: $22 buy-in, $100,000 guaranteed
Med: $215 buy-in, $300,000 guaranteed
High: $2,100 buy-in, $500,000 guaranteed

Event 24: Eight-Game
May 13, 2010
Low: $33 buy-in, $75,000 guaranteed
Med: $320 buy-in, $150,000 guaranteed
High: $3,150 buy-in, $250,000 guaranteed

Event 25: Pot-Limit Omaha High-Low
May 13, 2010
Low: $11 buy-in, $75,000 guaranteed
Med: $109 buy-in, $150,000 guaranteed
High: $1,050 buy-in, $300,000 guaranteed

Event 26: No-Limit Hold’em with One Re-buy & One Add-on
May 14, 2010
Low: $22 buy-in, $250,000 guaranteed
Med: $215 buy-in, $500,000 guaranteed
High: $2,100 buy-in, $1,000,000 guaranteed

Event 27: Fixed-Limit Hold’em Six-Max
May 14, 2010
Low: $55 buy-in, $100,000 guaranteed
Med: $530 buy-in, $200,000 guaranteed
High: $5,200 buy-in, $300,000 guaranteed

Event 28: No-Limit Omaha High-Low Turbo
May 14, 2010
Low: $22 buy-in, $50,000 guaranteed
Med: $215 buy-in, $100,000 guaranteed
High: $2,100 buy-in, $200,000 guaranteed

Event 29: Pot-Limit Omaha
May 15, 2010
Low: $55 buy-in, $100,000 guaranteed
Med: $530 buy-in, $250,000 guaranteed
High: $5,200 buy-in, $500,000 guaranteed

Event 30: HORSE
May 15, 2010
Low: $22 buy-in, $50,000 guaranteed
Med: $215 buy-in, $100,000 guaranteed
High: $2,100 buy-in, $200,000 guaranteed

Event 31: No-Limit Hold’em Six-Max
May 16, 2010
Low: $22 buy-in, $20,000 guaranteed
Med: $215 buy-in, $750,000 guaranteed
High: $2,100 buy-in, $750,000 guaranteed

Event 32: No-Limit Hold’em Heads-Up Match Play Two Day Event
May 16, 2010
Low: $270 buy-in, $250,000 guaranteed
Med: $2,600 buy-in, $500,000 guaranteed
High: $25,500 buy-in, $750,000 guaranteed

Event 33: No-Limit Hold’em Main Event Two Day Event (5/16)
May 16, 2010
Low: $109 buy-in, $1.000,000 guaranteed
Med: $1,050 buy-in, $3,000,000 guaranteed
High: $10,300 buy-in, $5,000,000 guaranteed

LA Poker Classic Main Events Started

admin — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 08:51:48 +0000

The LA Poker Classic main event has started yesterday and there are more than 700 players registered so far. Some of those seated in the room are Jonathan Little, Joe Sebok, Kevin Saul, Jennifer Tilly, Fabrice Soulier, Jason Mercier, Erica Schoenberg. The winner will receive a prize worth $1 million.

Below you can see a $5k Fantasy Draft, where some players took part.

Anton Wigg, European Poker Tour Champion

admin — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 05:44:14 +0000

At the end of very long final table, Anton Wigg, a poker player from Sweden, has become the European Poker Tour champion. The fact that there were nine instead of eight poker players at the table was one of the reasons for the unusually long final table. Below you can find the payouts of the final table, in Danish Krone.

1. Anton Wigg (Sweden) PokerStars qualfier DKK 3,675,000 ($671,946)
2. Francesco De Vivo (Italy) DKK 2,275,000
3. Morten Klein (Norway) DKK 1,400,000
4. Yorane Kerignard (France) PokerStars qualifier DKK 1,050,000
5. Richard Loth (Denmark) DKK 715,000
6. Roberto Romanello (Wales) DKK 570,000
7. Morten Guldhammer (Denmark)
PokerStars qualifier DKK 425,000
8. Jesper Petersen (Denmark) PokerStars player DKK 282,800
9. Magnus Hansen (Denmark) DKK 215,000