The Full Tilt Poker Merit Cyprus Classic kicked off on Wednesday with two tournaments, most notably the $25k High-Roller tournament, which drew an impressive 36 entrants, creating a total prize-pool of $900,000. Some of poker’s biggest names entered the tournament, and after one day of play it was Full Tilt Poker pro David Benyamine on top of the leader-board. In all, 24 players survived Day 1 play including 2009 November Nine member Phil Ivey, 2010 November Nine member Mike “TheRead Full Article

We expect to see poker celebrities at the poker tables at the Rio during the WSOP, but there is one tournament that attracts a number of celebrities that have only a passing interest in poker, the $5,000 Ante Up For Africa charity poker tournament –actually the WSOP Main Event also draws a considerable number of celebrity players. From the sports and entertainment community we had: * Pro Bowl football player Jerome Bettis * Actor and Ante Up for Africa founderRead Full Article

The fourth stop on the PokerStars North American Poker Tour has been announced, and the latest addition to the highly successful poker tour will be The Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles, affectionately referred to as The Bike. It will be interesting to see how many stops are added by the end of the year; currently the NAPT is flying by the seat of its pants, with stops being added on the fly. The tournament schedule will take place from NovemberRead Full Article

After three successful tournaments, the Ante Up for Africa poker tournament has become as much of a staple at the World Series of Poker as the ladies only championship, casino employees tournament or seniors tournament. The 2010 version will once again feature a star-studded lineup of poker pros, professional athletes, and Hollywood celebrities. Among those who have already agreed to participate in the charity tournament that raises funds to the help the people of Darfur as they deal with dictatorshipRead Full Article

The Golden Nugget played host to the inaugural World Team Poker tournament this week, a $50,000 per team buy-in tournament, and after an 18 and half hour marathon session it was team China who came out on top. The win netted Team China $300,000, and runners-up Team Brazil will pocket $100,000. China came into the tournament as one of the clear cut favorites; with co-captains Johnny Chan and David Chiu headlining the team that also includes Maria Ho, Chiau Giang,Read Full Article

The iPoker Network’s ‘European Championship Of Online Poker’ – or ECOOP – is set to return for the 6th time starting on the 24th of May 2010 and running through to the 6th June. With 14 tournaments guaranteeing more than $5 million in prizes this will be the biggest ECOOP yet. Here we give you the schedule and highlights. iPoker Network ECOOP VI – Schedule Of Events Event #1 – 24th May – NL Holdem $215 – $250k Guaranteed EventRead Full Article

Today marks the first tournament in the World Team Poker competition –a series of tournaments featuring eight different teams of poker players representing their country—with a $50,000 buy-in event taking place in Las Vegas Nevada, at the Golden Nugget Casino. Coinciding with the launch, World Team Poker has announced the tournaments will be broadcast by Fox Sports Net (FSN) and will be aired as 13 1-hour telecasts. With some of the biggest names in poker competing in the event, coupledRead Full Article

Pokerstars have finally started to run satellite qualifiers for the 2010 World Series Of Poker – becoming the last major poker site to release their schedule. The largest poker site online are aiming once again to send the most online qualifiers to Las Vegas. In addition to offering multiple routes to winning your WSOP package, Pokerstars are offering further benefits to those players who participate in the Main Event itself, rather than taking the cash equivalent. This includes a freeRead Full Article

With six of the eight members of the final table hailing from the UK –and a seventh from Ireland– it was a pretty safe bet someone from the British Isles would walk away with UK Irish Poker Tour Nottingham event. In the end it was a 44 year-old plumber who took down the championship along with the £80,000 first place prize-money. Andrew Couldridge went into the final table in the middle of the pack in terms of chips, but wasRead Full Article

In the span of a few weeks a woman has won the North American Poker Tour event at Mohegan Sun, and now the European Poker Tour San Remo event! Liv Boeree, a UB sponsored poker pro, earned her way into the PokerStars sponsored EPT San Remo event through a $500 qualifier, and now has €1.25 million to show for it, along with her first major victory. Boeree overcame Jaob Carlsson’s massive final table chip-lead to win the title, saying, “ThisRead Full Article