Posted by Carolyn on Aug 01, 2017 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The King’s Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic has built a reputation for itself in the last couple of years as being the premier poker destination in Europe. The casino which is owned by Leon Tsoukernik has the biggest poker room in Europe and hosts some of the biggestRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 09, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

After a solid run in London, England the World Series of Poker Europe is heading for Cannes, France. The news came at a press conference this morning where Caesar’s Entertainment, who owns the World Series of Poker brand, announced the locale change. The announcement detailed that Lucien Barriere,Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 18, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Over the years the World Series of Poker Main Event Final Table members have proved they are no one-trick-ponies, and the 2010 November Nine members have been following their lead. The latest November Niner to make a deep run in a poker tournament is John Racener, who findsRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 31, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

With everyone expecting a big splash from the now 21 year-old poker phenom at the 2010 World Series of Poker, it’s in the online poker world where Annette Obrestad –where she goes by the handle Annette15—is still making her bones. Her latest win was in this past Sunday’sRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 02, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

After a long, back-and-forth heads-up battle, Cardplayer owner Barry Shulman came away victorious at the WSOPE Main Event. The victory marks Shulman’s second WSOP title, the first coming in 2001 when he captured the $1,500 7-Card-Stud hi/lo bracelet. Negreanu battled all day long, and had a few chancesRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 29, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

After completing their second day of play, the WSOPE Main Event is down to 92 players. Day 3 action will kick off at noon, with the remaining participants playing down to 36 –which happens to be the number of players who will reach the money. Day 2 sawRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 28, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

After day 1a attracted a respectable 156 players, the WSOPE was hoping for the typical larger turnout for day 1b. However, the second flight for the WSOPE Main Event had a good, but underwhelming 178 entrants. In all, the tournament had a total of 334 players; each ofRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 27, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Day 1a of the WSOPE Main Event saw 156 players take to the poker tables, including some of the biggest names in the poker world: Phil Ivey, Phil Hellmuth, Doyle Brunson, Vanessa Rousso, and Patrik Antonius. There were no shortage of casualties on day 1a, which saw theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 25, 2009 Posted in Poker News | 1 Comment »

Event #2 at The WSOPE, in London, featured the $2,500 ½ Pot Limit Omaha ½ Pot Limit Hold’ Em format which is growing increasingly popular in the world of online poker. So, it was no surprise that Cajelais is a professional poker player at one of the fewRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 21, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The 2009 WSOPE is underway, and it took only one event for the tournament to set a record: The l1,000 NLHE tournament set the record for the largest tournament in London with 608 entrants. Even with the WPT Borgata main Event going on across the pond –which drewRead Full Article