Another night another Dollar for Antonius in “Durrrr” Challenge
April 29, 2009
Another night another 4 hour session at the high stakes full tilt tables for Tom Dwan and Patrik Antonius. They stuck to 4 tabling the $200/400 Omaha tables and after another 842 hands of the 50,000 scheduled , Antonius came out on top by $75,153 to push his total lead in the challenge to $159,727.
Antonius [...]
Hansen takes revenge after last weekends mauling
April 27, 2009
You win some you lose some, but some of us win more then others! After last weekends pounding at the tables it was time for lady luck to touch Gus Hansen’s shoulder and give him a nudge in the right direction. Last weekend, the great Dane was in the red to the tune of $1.2m [...]
Is Gus Hansen a Fish… Hardly!
April 20, 2009
How much do you have to lose to have a bad day at the office? Gus Hansen’s fans were left feeling for him this weekend when he was punished to the tune of $1.2million dollars. Although we don’t have to start a whip round just yet for the famous Dane, this loss on Friday night [...]
Australian Government add Poker websites to ACMA “Blacklist”
April 20, 2009
In a strange turn of events some very well known poker rooms and gambling establishments have been placed on the Australian Media and Communications Agency’s (ACMA) dreaded “blacklist”.
The Australian government has been toying with the idea of making ISP’s (internet Server Providers) effectively block websites of their choice that they deem to increases its citizens [...]
Bodog Poker Open III begins 26th April
April 17, 2009
It’s that time of year again and it’s now the turn of Bodog to offer a season of NL Holdem poker tournaments.
This year there will be a total of 26 tournaments spread over 3 skill levels giving a choice of tournaments to those players with smaller bankrolls.
The championship level consists of 10 tournaments with the [...]
World Series of Poker Europe 2009 schedule Announced
April 16, 2009
Harrahs Entertainment have announced that the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) will take place at the Empire Leicester Square Casino between the 18th of September and the 1st October 2009.
As in previous years, the events in this years series are designated gold bracelet events.
The schedule is as follows:
Date
Buy In
Game
Length of [...]
Antonius stretches his lead over Dwan in Durrrr Challenge
April 15, 2009
Another day another session with these two really picking up the pace of this challenge in the last week or so.
Antonius finished the session up circa $23,000 after a short session of 135 hands. Antonius has now pushed his lead to $84,544 after 12,144 hands.
Only one 6 figure pot to speak of in this session [...]
PokerRoom.com says goodbye to the world of online poker
April 15, 2009
Yesterday, PokerRoom.com ceased trading 30 days after its parent company announced that it would be shut down.
Bwin, PokerRooms parent company has its own poker website and has sent offers to all of the pokerroom players trying to entice them over to their platform. http://www.pokernews.com/bwin-poker/
When it was created in 1999 it was a pioneer in it’s [...]
Best Rakeback gets even better!
April 15, 2009
RidgeGaming’s rakeback partner Best Rakeback launched a revamped site today with some new rakeback deals and a funky new design. The site lets players compare and contrast the best rakeback deals online.
New offers mean that players with a Best Rakeback account can now get 33% Red Star Rakeback and 30% Fortune Poker Rakeback as [...]
Antonius running great in latest session of the Durrrr challenge
April 14, 2009
The pace has really picked up in this challenge with a total of 11,949 hands being played between the two of them now.
Things began around 8:30pm EST with both players buying in for $80,000 on each of the 4 tables being played.
This would turn out to be Antonius’s session. In the first big pot of [...]













































