The first ever LAPT Rio has come to a close, and has been won by young Dutchman Julien Nuijten. He won $222k by outlasting the 314 player field. Like many current poker pros, Julien is a former Magic: The Gathering world more
The 4th Party Poker World Open has been won by Marty Smyth, who takes home a first place prize of $250k. Smyth ended up heads-up with Neil Channing, and surprised everyone by besting the super rushing Channing. This is no knock on the skills of Marty, b more
The World Series of Poker has made some shocking changes to this year's main event. Harrah's Entertainment released the news earlier today that the final table of the 2008 World Series of Poker will be delayed until November 9th, 2008. This is 117 d more
During the World Series of Poker there are already numerous other poker tournaments being organized by other Hotel-Casinos in Las Vegas. Now Caesars Palace has decided to join in on the fun with the announcement of its Mega Stack Series. more
An interesting spectacle has developed at the PartyPoker World Open. As poker is gaining interest in Europe, it seems as if semi-naked women are increasingly involving themselves in the industry. Young up and comer 'Catgirl' had planned on playing more
After a long week of tournament poker in the picturesque town of Salzburg, a victor has emerged in the form of well known pro Erich Kollmann. First place was worth a juicy €31,160, not bad for a € 650 buy in! This is his 4th major cash this year, a more
Days 1a and 1b of the PokerNews Cup, live from the Concord Card Casino in Salzburg, Austria are now complete. This €600+50, five day event has brought out a total of 201 players all fighting to be recognized as PokerNews' b more
As the World Poker Crown (WPC) approaches, PokerNews and Pacific Poker have come together to present players with an exclusive satellite with guaranteed overlay and great prizes for everyone. This $27.50 satellite starts on Friday April 25, and guarante more
The face of Bodog, Calvin Ayre has announced he is stepping down from his positions with Bodog Entertainment. Calvin founded the company in 1994, and has since established Bodog into a multimedia empire. Bodog has branched into many different fields wo more
The European Poker Tour Grand Finale in Monte Carlo is completed. This has been the biggest tournament in the history of European poker, with first place being a stunning €2 Million. It took a staggering fourteen hours of play for the final ten to est more
Day 4 of the gigantic Grand Finale in Monte Carlo is in the books. With the biggest prize-pool ever at stake, the tension and pressure has never been so high! The day started with 40 player.. more
The biggest news in Europe right now is the ever shrinking field playing in the EPT Grand Finale in Monte Carlo. Play began on Day 3 with 124 players, with the intention of stopping when the field was down to the last 40 players. There were some pretty more
PokerStars and PokerNews are hosting SIX freeroll tournaments. The first five each have a prize-pool of $17,320, and the 6th Freeroll has a $25,000 prize pool. The winner of the first five Freerolls gets a $12,500 World Series of Poker* Package, and th more
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