06/05/2011
British player Rupert Elder has become the champion of the fourth EPT event of the year. The player defeated German Max Heinzelmann in one of the most dramatic heads-up finals of the year, taking home the title and the €930,000 first place prize.
The 24 year-old man entered the final table as t ...
03/05/2011
American Taylor Von Kriegenbergh has just won the World Poker Tour Seminole Hard Rock Showdown, collecting the fabulous first place prize of $1,122,340.
At the $10,000 buy-in tournament, the young player outlasted a field of 433 players to take down the trophy, a WPT bracelet, and a seat in the ...
27/04/2011
The online qualifier Nial Smyth took down the 2011 Irish Open main event, this week at the Burlington Hotel in Dublin. He outlasted a field of 615 players at the €3,200 + €300 buy in event, taking down the €550,000 first prize, from an impressive prize pool of €1,968,000.
Nial Smyth played amon ...
12/04/2011
The Swedish Supreme Court of Justice has finally ruled on the fate of poker in the country. The Court decided that poker is both a game of skill and a game of chance, depending on the format of the game.
The Supreme Court of Justice ruled that the “skill versus luck” argument depends on the kin ...
07/04/2011
The Guinness Book of Records has finally ratified the longest poker playing lesson that was achieved by Phil “The Unabomber” Laak at the Bellagio in Las Vegas last year.
He now holds the record for the “longest marathon playing poker by an individual” for 115 hours in a single sitting. Laak out ...