Are Party Poker heading back to the U.S.?
April 8, 2009
After months of intense negotiations between Party Gaming the parent company of Party Poker and the U.S. Attorney’s Office (USAO), Party Gaming has managed to pen a Non-Prosecution Agreement. The majority of the charges were centred on Party Pokers activity in the U.S. Gaming Market prior to George W Bush signing the UIGEA (Unlawful Internet [...]
“Durrrr” Challenge 11th session
April 7, 2009
Sunday afternoon saw the 11th Session of the heads up $200/400 pot limit Omaha match between Tom “Durrrr” Dwan and Patrik Antonius. It wasn’t the longest session in the world with a total of 154 hands being played in 24 minutes. Dwan had the best of it coming out on top to the tune of [...]
Durrrr Dwan wins a record breaking $919K pot on High Stakes Poker!
April 7, 2009
Tom Dwan, known online as durrrr, took down a record-breaking $919,000 pot on High Stakes Poker, aired last night on GSN. Dwan has been crushing the table during the latest series of High Stakes Poker and although this monumental pot was basically a coinflip it was only just desserts for the way that he has [...]
At last….an in depth PLO Book
April 6, 2009
For those of you thinking of taking a break from NL Holdem, be it from a run of bad luck or you are simply losing your enthusiasm for the game, then now might be the time to dust yourself off and take a look at Pot Limit Omaha.
The essence for releasing the book is because [...]
Achilleas Kallakis (of cold deck fame) raided by the SFO
April 4, 2009
The Sunday Times (London) today reported that Achilleas Kallakis, the enigmatic high-stakes poker player, recently had three properties raided by the Serious Fraud Office. It is alleged that the SFO suspects that Kallakis had obtained bank loans by fraudulent means in order to build his successful property empire. The SFO is investigating possible fraud at [...]
27134 players in Event 1 of Pokerstars SCOOP
April 4, 2009
The first tournament of the PokerStars Spring Championship Of Online Poker (SCOOP) has now finished and a staggering 27134 players made up the field - possibly setting the record for the most players in an online poker tournament. The MTT, a $5.50 rebuy No Limit Hold’em event, began with over 4500 six seat tables, 220 [...]
‘Zee Justin’ Bonomo reprieve puts him back on the Pokerstars Roster
April 3, 2009
Some of you may remember way back in 2006 there was a particularly high profile incident involving well respected poker pro Zee Justin Bonomo multi accounting on Pokerstars.
He was banned specifically for logging into his 6 accounts and entering the same multi-table tournament with more than one of them. His money was seized and distributed [...]
$30million Pokerstars Scoop Challenge up and running
April 3, 2009
Finally the Pokerstars scoop (spring championship of Online Poker) began yesterday with a guaranteed prize pool of $30m. There are 22 events running from the 2-12th April 2009 with each of these events being split into 3 different buy in levels; Low, Medium and Hi.
This makes a total of 66 tournaments [...]
Ladbrokes Irish Poker Festival - October 2009
April 2, 2009
Ladbrokes players can now begin trying to secure a place in the Irish Poker Festival at the Irish National Events Centre in Killarney. The poker festival runs from 2nd-4th October and the main event has a guaranteed €250,000 prize pool. For a €500+€50 buyin players will start with deep stacks of 15,000 chips and [...]
1,000 Sit-N-Gos in a day?! Easy for Stinko_Mikko!
April 2, 2009
This may not be quite as exciting as the ongoing Durrrr challenge, but Nick Rainey who plays under the Full Tilt Poker username Stinko_Mikko (also known as ‘SNG Nick’) is currently half way through his attempt to break the world record for the most online sit’n’go tournaments played in a month.
In 31 days (expiring April [...]













































