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Category: Poker Players
Poker Stars NAPT Venetian High-Roller Bounty Shootout ResultsWinner of the PokerStars NAPT Venetian High-Roller Bounty Shootout event was 21 year old Ashton Griffin. The event came with a $25,000 buy-in and a payout to Griffin of $560,000. The young Lake Worth, Florida online poker pro showed his mettle on the live poker felt winning two shootout tables consecutively and eliminating ... 
9th Annual European Poker Awards ResultsThe ninth annual European Poker Awards just took place this month and it brought together some of the finest minds in poker to honor their comrades and rivals for high achievement in poker over the previous year. This year’s Player of the Year was two-time WSOP bracelet winner, including the 2009 40th Annual WSOP $40,000 ... 
Finland Wins 3 of 4 Nordic Poker Awards At PokerStars EPT Copenhagen KickoffIt may be 2010 already, but on this past Monday night, February 15, the 2009 Nordic Poker Awards took place, and 2 out of the 4 awards handed out went to the same recipient, none other than Ville Wahlbeck of Finalnd. Ville won “Best Live Tournament Player” as well as “Best Performance”, no doubt for the 34-year-old... 
2010 Aussie Millions Winner CrownedThe 2010 Aussie Millions is over, the main event having taken place last Sunday, January 31 at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia and a winner has been declared. It is, appropriately, another Aussie, taking the Aussie Millions title from fellow Aussie Stewart Scott (who was also present to compete in the event). This ... 
Cake Poker Buys (And Plans To Return) T.J. Cloutier’s WSOP Bracelet – After They Have Some Fun With It FirstIf you hadn’t heard, T.J. Cloutier put his 2005 World Series of Poker gold bracelet on eBay. Last Wednesday, it has now been confirmed, that bracelet, for the 2005 $5,000 No Limit Holdem tournament was purchased by none other than the U.S. friendly poker site, Cake Poker. Well now, it has also been confirmed, Cake Poker p... 
Jake Cody Wins EPT DeauvilleThe winds of poker are definitely sailing in the direction of the young gun, what with 21-year-old Joe Cada winning the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event (to name just one example). And now another 21-year-old has taken a top poker title, in this case Jake Cody winning the 2010 EPT Deauville event of the PokerStars Euro... 
Bodog Bid Bonomo Bye-ByeAfter a two year long sponsorship, Bodog Poker has dropped 24 year old poker pro Justin Bonomo from its Team Bodog Poker roster. After joining Evelyn Ng and David Williams in 2007 as the next member of Team Bodog Poker, Bonomo officially parted ways with the Bodog Team as of last Wednesday, January 7. Rumors that Justin qui... 
Russian Poker Stars Player Sets New World Record: Most Number Of Hands PlayedWhile so much online poker attention is being fixated on the ongoing battle of Tom Dwan, Isildur1, Patrik Antonius, and a select few others on Full Tilt Poker. Among all this news is frequent notice of a major world record being broken (like the $1.1 million pot won by Patrik Antonius against Isildur1). But over at PokerSta... 
Patrik Antonius Breaks Online Poker World RecordPatrik Antonius has set the new world record for the largest online poker pot ever won, a sweet $878,958.50. Tom Dwan may be the biggest name in online NL Holdem right now, but for one week, Patrik Antonius has stolen the headlines from him. This after “unknown” isildur1 makes quite a killing off both players on... 
Has Tom “durrrr” Dwan Met His Match?For the better part of 2008 and 2009, the biggest name in No Limit Holdem was indisputably Tom “durrrr” Dwan. You don’t have to think he’s the best NL Holdem player in the world (we don’t) in order to recognize all the press and attention he’s drawn to himself, in large part because of th... |
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