Archive for September, 2007

PokerStars European Poker Tour London Main Event Underway

Friday, September 28th, 2007

A total field of 392 players made the £5,200 buy-in for the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Main Event held at the Grosvenor Victoria Casino in London. The total prize pool reached a whopping £2,028,400 with the PokerStars EPT Main Event champion earning £611,520. 32 of the top tournament placers would also get a share [...]

Bodoglife.com: Is That For Life Or Is That Another Temporary?

Friday, September 21st, 2007

Bodog has moved its site to yet another Internet URL address. Now, Bodog’s new address is at bodoglife.com. Whether that will be there permanently for life or temporary, we’ll just have to wait and see.
Of course, we know that Bodog originally used to be bodog.com and bodog.net. However, last month Bodog moved to the temporary [...]

19-year old Annette Obrestad Makes Poker History at World Series of Poker Europe

Tuesday, September 18th, 2007

Who would ever think that a 19-year old would win the £10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event?
Well, Annette Obrestad at age 19 became the youngest player ever to win a World Series of Poker bracelet, and also was the first woman to ever win the World Series of Poker Main Event.
The Empire Casino in [...]

Full Tilt Poker Pros To Play High Stakes Poker at Million Dollar Cash Game

Thursday, September 13th, 2007

Full Tilt Poker just teamed up with Emblaze Productions, and they recently announced that they’re taking part in a three-year deal to produce Season 2 up to Season 4 of the  European television series Million Dollar Cash Game. The TV  show gathers together some of the world’s top poker professionals to play each other in [...]

Dario Aloto Wins WSOPE Bracelet at 5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Event

Thursday, September 13th, 2007

165 players paid 5,000 English pounds for Event #2 of the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) held at the Empire Casino in London, England. With all the buy-ins, the prize pool reached a whopping 825,000 pounds, one of the biggest pots ever for an Omaha poker tournament in Europe.
The Event # 2 went on [...]

Full Tilt Poker Pro Maciek Gracz Arrested in North Carolina

Wednesday, September 12th, 2007

Alcohol Law Enforcement (ALE) agents raided a “mini-casino” in Benson, North Carolina, arresting 71 people on gambling-related charges. Among those arrested were well-known poker pros Maciek ‘Michael’ Gracz and Christopher Bell. ALE agents seized over $70,000 from the players present, along with poker tables, craps and blackjack tables, a roulette wheel, computer equipment and flat-screen [...]

Thomas Bihl Wins Historic First World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) Bracelet

Wednesday, September 12th, 2007

If you’re into poker, you know it’s not the first time that you’ve ever heard of a World Series of Poker bracelet. In fact, those WSOP bracelets have been around quite a long time. Take a quick trip into a Las Vegas poker room like in The Bellagio, and you might spot a couple of [...]

USA wins PokerStars World Cup of Poker IV in Barcelona

Tuesday, September 11th, 2007

The PokerStars World Cup of Poker IV just finished at the Gran Casino, Barcelona, with Iceland, Canada, Romania and the USA vying for the prestigious PokerStars World Cup of Poker trophy as well as a bonus prize of $100,000 to be shared among the team members.
After it was all done, all the chips were piled [...]