Archive for April, 2010

Poker pro Liv Boeree has won the EPT San Remo Main Event, after defeating a field of 1,239 players to take down the title and the €1,250,000 first place prize. After her impressive victory at the €5,300 PokerStars San Remo event in Italy and biggest pay-day... 

Danish pro Gus Hansen has continued to post better results at Full Tilt Poker’s cash tables for the year so far and after a disastrous 2009 which ended up costing him a whopping $5.6 million, he is currently showing a profit of $750,000 for 2010. As reflects... 

After winning almost $9 million at Full Tilt Poker’s cash tables throughout 2009 to become the highest earner on the site for the year, Finnish pro Patrik Antonius has been experiencing a massive downswing ever since. This March, Antonius lost another $1... 

Having won 7 WSOP titles since 2000, it would be a brave man to bet against Phil Ivey collecting at least another two bracelets over the next couple of years. In this case, that brave man is none other than Howard Lederer, who is so convinced Ivey won’t... 

In the ongoing battle between Everest Poker and Harrah’s Entertainment Inc, the World Series of Poker (WSOP) brand has denied any breach of contract regarding their $22.5 million sponsorship agreement with the online poker site. Everest secured their deal with... 

In an article which appeared in Card Player recently, well respected pro Dusty Schmidt was remarking on the difficulties faced by online poker pros these days, while trying to make a living from the game. Whereas in the past there was alot more juicy action to... 

This Monday sees the start of a brand new poker show on CardPlayer TV, called “Under the Gun.” In the UB.com sponsored program the host Jon “pokertrip” Friedberg will be discussing a range of poker related topics alongside a rotating panel of pros in an... 

Nominations for the ‘Women in Poker Hall of Fame Class of 2010,’ (WiPHOF), are now underway, and for the first time ever the general public are being invited to submit their choices via the WiPHOF website. The actual award ceremony will not take place... 

The Australian founder of online processors Intabill, was arrested in Las Vegas on Friday and now faces charges which include bank fraud, money laundering and processing illegal internet gambling transactions. The 27-year-old Daniel Tzvetkoff is alleged to have... 

Since Daniel Negreanu turned his attention to online cash poker, his endeavours have meant coming up against a host of aggressive online pros, not least Matt “ADZ124″ Marafioti. The controversial “ADZ124,” who once infamously was escorted...