Archive for September, 2012

Day 1A of the WSOP Europe Main Event got underway yesterday at the Hotel Majestic Barriere in Cannes, France, with 215 players putting up the €10,450 buy-in fee to compete for the prestigious title which invariably produces a $1 million winner. By the end of... 

Having been in place since June, the National Football League’s regular referees lockout came to a hasty resolution this week following the botched call by a replacement referee which handed the Seattle Seahawks a 14-12 victory over the Green Bay Packers. In... 

Rarely a player to be gracious in defeat, Phil Hellmuth was fuly steaming in Cannes before ignobly being dumped out of the WSOPE €3,250 NLHE Shootout event in 12th place for €5,428 ($7,082). Looking to capture a 13th WSOP bracelet, the ‘Poker Brat’... 

A few days ago we were commenting on how France hadn’t managed to win a single WSOPE bracelet despite the series running for six years, two of which have been hosted in Cannes. What a difference a week makes, though, as following Roger Hairabedian’s... 

After 22 days of action the 2012 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) has wrapped up with an incredible $55,522,590 in prize money awarded over the 65 event tournament series. Canada receives the accolade of being the country with the best record... 

Here is a selection of some of the top tweets coming from the poker community this week: Jonathan Duhamel “Played all day with a massive hangover against Phil Ivey, got angleshoot by a retarded italian, and busted the great triple AAA #toughday.” Jason... 

Frenchman Roger Hairabedian has won WSOPE Event#3: €5,300 Pot-Limit Omaha, after defeating a field of 96 players over three days to capture a prestigious gold bracelet, and collect the €142,590 ($183,272) first place prize. With his latest victory in Cannes,... 

Low stakes online grinder “maratik” from Russia has taken his poker career to a whole new level after taking down the 2012 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) $5,200 no-limit hold’em main event for a massive $1,000,907 after 25 hours of play. Normally... 

Jeff Gibralter has won the WSOPC Horseshoe Bossier City, after defeating a field of 405 players over three days on his way to collecting a gold ring, and the $133,648 first place prize. The 44 year-old Texas pro was a professional golfer before turning his attention... 

What a year 2012 is proving to be for Antonio “The Magician” Esfandiari. Following his triumph in Las Vegas at the $1 million Big One for One Drop for $18,346,673, the 33 year old US pro has now added a third WSOP bracelet to his tally by taking down...