Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Mar 25, 2011 Posted in Poker Industry News | No Comments »

According to press release issued by raketherake.com it seems the Cake Poker Network sale to PokerListings.com is causing a bit of blowback as the popular affiliate site is reporting that Victory Poker –which joined the Cake Poker Network in late 2010—will be joining the Cereus Poker Network. TheRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Mar 25, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Heading into the final table of the PokerStars.net European Poker Tour Snowfest Main Event the entire final table will be trying to chase down chip-leader Kevin Vandermissen, who is sitting on a massive chip lead nearly doubling his closest competitor. Another player who is likely to get aRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Mar 24, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

There is yet another player in the over-crowded online poker training market, as PocketFives Training launched this week. Perhaps a more accurate description would be that PocketFives Training has bought out PokerPwnage.com, absorbing their library of training videos and snatching up their instruction team, according to a pressRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Mar 24, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Gus Hansen is one of the most recognizable names in poker, but the legendary Danish poker player is also known for his online struggles, especially in the highest stakes online games –Hansen’s last winning year at the online poker tables was in 2006—but since late 2010 Hansen hasRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Mar 23, 2011 Posted in Poker Industry News | No Comments »

Prior to the online poker boom most poker enthusiasts knew Lee Jones for his groundbreaking book Winning Low Limit Hold’ Em, as well as his contributions to Bluff Magazine and other poker publications. But Jones made his name during the early years of the Poker Boom with PokerStars,Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Mar 23, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The inaugural Everest Poker ONE tournament series is less than a month away, and Everest Poker has now released the complete schedule for the four-day poker festival that will be highlighted by the €5,000 buy-in Everest Poker ONE Championship event. The tournament series will take place at theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Mar 22, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

A great double for British Poker was completed at the weekend when Keith Johnson won the PokerStars Eureka Poker Tour event in Prague, following on from Praz Bansi’s impressive win in the Grosvenor United Kingdom Poker Tour Main Event. Johnson beat 318 other players to the first prizeRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Mar 22, 2011 Posted in Poker Industry News | 1 Comment »

What started as mere speculation in a few online poker forums, has now taken a turn into the mainstream poker media, as BLUFF Magazine is now reporting they have confirmed the imminent sale of Cake Poker to PokerListings.com. The rumor gained some traction when PokerListings.com started placing CakeRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Mar 22, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

For a $70 tournament the Main Event of the MiniFTOPS XIX created a very impressive prize-pool of over $3.1 million, as some 45,232 entrants battled it out at the Full Tilt Poker tables on Sunday evening. The eventual winner of the tournament KOMIJENDO finished the tournament almost $400,000Read Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Mar 21, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Praz Bansi won his second Grosvenor United Kingdom Poker Tour Main Event yesterday, at the Victoria Casino in London, and walked away with a winners cheque for £101,020. He won his first title back in 2007 at the original event held in Bolton. Bansi entered the final tableRead Full Article