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Double Hold’em, a new variation of Texas Hold’em has been made available exclusively on PartyPoker’s tables. For the most part, it is played quite similarly to normal Hold’em, except that you are dealt three hole cards, not two.
The Kensington Close Hotel in London was the venue of the first British Poker Awards show, hosted by Michael Caselli and Antonio Esfandiari. Poker players, contributors, providers and forums were nominated by poker journalists in a total of eleven categories. The winners were awarded according to a public online voting as well as the decision of fellow poker pros and editors.
Noted Poker Authority is one of the most prestigious poker blogs today. Ed Miller, the blog author is a guarantee of quality. Ed is a poker pro and an author and co-author of numerous poker books.
The World Series of Poker Europe begun yesterday with a £2,500+£150 6-max NLHE event at the Casino at the Empire in London. Lasting from 14th to 28th September, the tournament consists of another four events: a £5,000+£250 PLO (16th-18th Sept), a £1,000+£75 NLHE (17th-21st Sept), a £10,000+£350 NLHE High Roller Heads-Up (21st-23rd Sept) and the £10,000+£350 NLHE Main Event (23rd-28th Sept).
The NFL Season has begun, and many poker players have been occupied with it on the weekend. Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu has been betting on the outcome of the matches, not so successfully.
As it was popular in the news recently a group of China-based players colluded by "going easy" against each other at PokerStars tables.Tom Broadbent was not happy with his refund, $16,90, he claims PokerStars owes him much more. He decided to travel to Beijing to report the incident personally to the local police.
Full Tilt Poker has recently announced their sponsorship of the Bellator Fighting Championships, a World Class Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) tournament series broadcasted by FOX Sports and also featured in NBC Saturday nights highlight shows.
In a video recently made available at his site PokerStatic.com, Phil ‘OMGClayAiken’ Galfond revisits 10 of the biggest pots from his latest session with Daniel ‘jungleman12’ Cates, the second player to try and complete the Durrrr Challenge. Galfond actually lost nine out of the ten but he presents them nevertheless, certainly rendering this video untypical of its kind – and definitely remarkable. There is a lot to learn from it, it is truly worth watching.
PokerStars nears its 50 billionth hand dealt during its 9 years long history. The exact date can only be estimated, of course, but they have already started to celebrate with around a million dollars to play for.
The PartyPoker World Open VI. began September 6th, the $10,000 event that took place at the Palm Beach Casino in London featuring 48 poker pros. The tournament ended yesterday so we already have a winner.
In partnership with Everest Poker, Rakerace.com is organising a rake race between 15 September and 15 October. This exclusive rake race will have a total prize pool of $2,000 up for grabs and the winner will take home $400 to add to their bankroll.
What attributes does it take to be a long-term winner in poker? Is luck all we need or is thorough knowledge and skillfulness necessary to build our bankroll?
Cole South and Ilari ’Ziigmund’ Sahamies played around 790 hands of non-Cap $500/$1,000 PLO HU yesterday on Full Tilt Poker. Although South started better, Ziggy soon gained the upper hand and won $709,000 from the ex-CardRunners trainer.