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European Poker Awards: Jake Cody Is Player of the Year

February 15, 2011 at 6:20 PM |

On Sunday, February 13, 2011 the Aviation Club de France in Paris hosted the European Poker Awards ceremony. Jake Cody is awarded with the title Player of the Year, while the Internet Player of the Year is Andreas ’skjervoy’ Torbergsen.

Poker Players

Macau Cash Games Continue - Johnny Chan Wins Big, durrrr and Juanda Lose

February 15, 2011 at 5:04 PM |

According to recent information, Phil Ivey, Patrik Antonius, John Juanda, Johnny Chan and Tom 'durrrr' Dwan have been playing nosebleed cash games at the StarWorld Casino in Macau in the last few days. Chan is rumored to be up, but durrrr and Juanda are losing millions of dollars.

Poker Tournaments

Sam Trickett's Chance at WPT Paris Final Table

February 15, 2011 at 2:41 PM |

After being very successful at the Aussie Millions, British player Sam Trickett managed to reach the final table again, now at the WPT Paris. At the very same place, Tony G wanted to show the World that French players are the worst.

Online Poker

SuperStar Showdown – Isildur1 Wins against Katchalov

February 14, 2011 at 6:50 PM |

Viktor ’Isildur1’ Blom is currently at 3-1 in the SuperStar Showdown, defeating PCA Super High Roller champion Eugene Katchalov after Tony G and jungleman12. Beaten during the series only by Isaac Haxton so far, the Swede pro earned $111,750 in the fourth installment of the Showdown.

Poker Players

The Million Dollar Bet, Pt. 1 & 2

February 13, 2011 at 12:15 PM |

You might recall the news from earlier this week of Ashton Griffin winning an insane prop bet. He offered to run 70 miles (nearly 3 marathons) in 24 hours; if he won, he would earn $300,000 from Haseeb Qureshi and if he lost, he would pay $900,000. Now, here is the whole story.

Poker Players

Phil Laak - King of the Kitchen

February 11, 2011 at 4:21 PM |

We are quite used to the fact that Phil Laak is not by any means sane. Proof below. Judging from his many random funny and insane tweets, it is apparent the Irish-born poker pro loves to eat. According to his Twitter, not only does he appreciate good food cooked by others, he can also cook his own. Looking at his pictures at Twitter, he's not that bad at it to be honest. Here's a little compilation of his food-related tweets to literally whet your appetite.

Online Poker

Team PokerStars Online Expansion Pack

February 11, 2011 at 1:31 PM |

With some sarcasm, one could say Team PokerStars will soon have more sponsored Pros than the number of people playing at the room voluntarily. 15 players have been added to the lot.

Poker Players

Peter Eastgate Unretires from Poker

February 11, 2011 at 1:14 PM |

Which has been rumored for some time is now official: 2008 WSOP Main Event winner Peter Eastgate returns to poker after deciding to retire last summer.

Poker Tournaments

WSOP Europe Moves to Cannes, France

February 10, 2011 at 5:40 PM |

Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. (CIE), in cooperation with Lucien Barrière Hôtels & Casinos and BarrierePoker.fr, relocates the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) from London to Cannes, in addition to embarking upon organising live and online poker events in France.

Poker Tournaments

Amateur Player Beats the November Nine

February 10, 2011 at 3:52 PM |

An extraordinary tournament took place in the Foxwoods Resort Casino recently, 2010 WSOP November Niners sat down to play against amateurs. The outcome? Interesting.

Poker Tournaments

WPT Season 9 to Air This Sunday

February 10, 2011 at 1:58 PM |

The 9th season of the World Poker Tour is coming, the first episode will air this Sunday, Feb. 13, on Fox SportsNet, according to WPT's press release. From then on, it will air on Sundays at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. on FSN.

Online Poker

Double or Nothing Sit & Gos Discontinued at PokerStars

February 10, 2011 at 1:44 PM |

PokerStars has recently announced that they cease to offer Double or Nothing Sit &Go tournaments from February 15, 2011. Although calling off one of their most popular formats, the room introduces another one that seems to be a highly improved version of the DoN SnG: the Fifty50 Sit & Go.

Poker Humor

The Funniest Moments of Poker (Part 7): The First Hand of a WSOP Main Event

February 9, 2011 at 5:39 PM |

This week's funniest moment of poker an extraordinary clash of big hands at an extraordinary time of the 2005 WSOP Main Event: the first hand dealt. Sammy Farha demonstrates how to start such a big event in style. Enjoy!

Poker Videos

Liv Boeree Sunday Warm-Up Video

February 9, 2011 at 5:25 PM |

You may have heard about poker beauty Liv Boeree winning the PokerStars Sunday Warm-up, the room’s weekly $750,000 guaranteed tournament. Defeating James ’mig.com’ Mackey heads-up, she managed to win $147,780 and doing so she bested 4,710 players in total. PokerStars.tv happened to record a highlight show of the final table, which we present you below.

Poker Tournaments

WPT Venice - Alessio Isaia Wins

February 9, 2011 at 3:32 PM |

Alessio Isaia, Italian player managed to keep the World Poker Tour Venice's trophy in Italy, as he managed to beat Hungarian Szabolcs Mayer in the 8 hour long heads-up.