Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 20, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Tournament officials for the Borgata Poker Open took a calculated risk by dropping the entrants-fee from $10,000 to $3,500, and guaranteeing a $2 million prize-pool. And after day 1a the results the verdict would be: So far so good for the organizers of the Borgata Poker Open. DayRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 18, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

As we announced on PokerNewsBoy.com earlier this week, Isabelle Mercier has left PokerStars as a sponsored player. Fresh off her announcement that she would be leaving Team PokerStars to pursue other interests, Isabelle Mercier has signed with BetClick Poker. BetClick is better known for its sports-betting operation, butRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 18, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The highly anticipated WPT Borgata Open begins this weekend: The WPT Championship Event garnered tremendous attention when tournament directors announced that the event’s buy-in would be lowered to $3,500 with a guaranteed prize-pool of $2 million. This marks the first time a major live tournament has decided toRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Sep 17, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Full Tilt Poker Summary Full Tilt is arguable the best online poker site on the market.  The graphics are the best out of any poker site, the promotions are bigger and better than most, players can play in tournaments from $.10 to $2,500, every poker game is offeredRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 16, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

According to PokerPages.com, Isabelle “No Mercy” Mercier has announced she is leaving PokerStars to pursue other interests. With the loss of Mercier, PokerStars is losing one of the most recognizable female faces in the poker world. Mercier’s first brush with success came in 2004 when she won theRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Sep 16, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Summary Carbon Poker overall is a solid online poker room.  It offers many different games to choose from, including just about any form of poker and games such as blackjack, roulette, video poker and backgammon.  Getting money on and off the site is easy offering its players upRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Sep 16, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Summary Everest Poker came into the online poker market in the attempts to be a multilingual, multinational poker room.  Everest Poker has done a great job of doing that, with software operating in a choice of 16 different languages.  The site has actually profited from the fact thatRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Sep 16, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Party Poker Summary Party Poker is one of the largest poker rooms that is not available to U.S. Players.  Party Poker used to be the #1 poker room in the world when it was open to U.S. Players, but since U.S. Players have been banned from that site,Read Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Sep 16, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Summary Sky Poker is known for their very special televised poker tournaments.  People in the UK can tune to a specific channel and play tournaments on TV.  A very special and unique feature indeed.  The site offers only Texas Hold Hold Em, but offers it in all limitsRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Sep 16, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Summary Ultimate Bet is one of the best poker sites available to online poker players, right up there with the likes of Poker Stars and Full Tilt Poker.  It is represented by a bounty of well-known poker pros, such as Annie Duke and the bracelet leader of theRead Full Article