Posted by Allinstevie on Jan 09, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Daniel Negreanu may have won $1,000,000 in prize-money and moved ahead of Phil Ivey on the all-time money list, but the second place finish in the PokerStars Super-High-Roller tournament taking place at the PCA is one trophy I think Kid Poker would like to have on his mantle.Read Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Jan 08, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

PokerStars have just revealed the true identity of Isildur1 as Viktor Blom. The once Full Tilt nosebleed level player with enough mystery to keep him interesting, while having swings that only a crazy teen could explain, is now the PokerStars pro who grinds mid to high-stakes and everyoneRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 08, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

After throwing down a massive $100,000 each, the final table of the PCA Super-High-Roller tournament is set, but the seven remaining players are still two spots away from the money, as the 5th place finisher will walk away with the highest min-cash in the history of poker, aRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 08, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Recently departed UB Poker pro Phil Hellmuth likely has many potential suitors for his next sponsorship deal –Hellmuth’s popularity has probably even drawn the interest of non-poker sponsors—but his latest Tweet is the first time he has announced just who he was meeting with. On his Twitter accountRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 07, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Say hello to the newest UB Poker pro Prahlad Friedman! UB Poker officially announced the signing of Friedman today –although it was one of the worst kept secrets in poker over the past week—with an extensive blog entry including a welcome interview with Friedman. Friedman’s picture is nowRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 07, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

A press conference has been announced for 7PM on Saturday evening at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure tournament series taking place in the Bahamas. At the press conference PokerStars will officially reveal the identity of their newest team member, Isildur1. Although it is all but certainly the young SwedishRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 06, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Apparently the massive $100,000 entrant’s fee isn’t a problem for at least 24 players heading down to the Bahamas to take part in the first-ever Super-High-Roller tournament. With the tournament set to begin tomorrow, there is already a growing list of players who have pre-registered for the tournamentRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Jan 06, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Now that the 2006 law making online poker a crime in Washington State has been upheld by the state’s courts, the Department of Justice has wasted little time in cracking down on payment processors who have sent checks and other payments to online poker players in Washington State.Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 05, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Tony G took to the 2+2 poker forums to issue a challenge of his own to Isildur1, and the message was basically, “Come play me at Party Poker!” Tony’s challenge was the second such “open challenge” issued on 2+2 to the newest member of Team PokerStars Pro, Isildur1,Read Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Jan 05, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Yet another World Series of Poker bracelet is up for sale, but this time the owner is going to forego the spectacle of auctioning off his small piece of poker history on EBay, instead Irish poker pro Marty Smyth wrote on his Card Player Europe blog that heRead Full Article