Posts Tagged ‘Online Poker’

The Nightly Turbo: UB Cancels Aruba Poker Classic, ESPN Ranks the Top 10 Poker Players, and More

If you were planning on sunning yourself in Aruba this year for the UB Aruba Poker Classic, you might want to think again, ESPN has released their top 10 poker players of March, and if you missed Poker2Nite last night, you can catch it here. We've...

Posted by Poker News on March 11th, 2010 No Comments

World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star Day 2: Hellmuth Commands the Lead

The World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star resmued on Wednesday with 126 players having made it through to Day 2. After six levels of play, we are in the money and only 27 players remain. Emerging to the top of the chip counts was none other than...

Posted by Poker News on March 11th, 2010 No Comments

The PokerNews Top 10: The Top 10 Online Poker Innovations, Part 1

Think back to the first time you played online poker. Were you on the Moneymaker bandwagon in late 2003? Or riding the WPT wave in 2004? Maybe Joe Hachem inspired you to start playing in 2005 or “Isildur1’s” run convinced you to ante up three months

Posted by Poker News on March 11th, 2010 No Comments

The Nightly Turbo: Maxim’s Hottest Girls of Poker, PokerStars Ladies Club, and More

It seems like it's ladies night in the Nightly Turbo tonight. We're bringing you the hottest girls of poker as decided by Maxim magazine and a ladies club promotion brought to you by PokerStars. Ok, we won't single out the ladies, there's news...

Posted by Poker News on March 10th, 2010 No Comments

The PokerNews Mailbag: Annie Duke’s NBC Heads-Up Poker Championship and EPT Berlin

It's been a busy week in poker, with Annie Duke winning the NBC Heads-Up Poker Championship this past weekend, and a major robbery taking place at the PokerStars.net European Poker Tour Berlin. Both topics were on the minds of our readers, and we...

Posted by Poker News on March 10th, 2010 No Comments

World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star Day 1b: Katchalov Shines the Brightest

On Tuesday morning, another 196 players bought into the World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star, creating a field 332 players strong. Among the Day 1b starters were 25 namesake “Shooting Star” bounty players whose knockouts were worth $5,000...

Posted by Poker News on March 10th, 2010 No Comments

$2,000 PokerNews Cash Freerolls at PokerStars

The PokerStars $2,000 cash freerolls are running through April. Just sign up for a PokerStars account through PokerNews and earn at least 150 VPPs in March to receive a ticket which can be used to register for the $2,000 freeroll of their...

Posted by Poker News on March 10th, 2010 No Comments

The Nightly Turbo: PartyPoker Women’s World Open IV, Ladbrokes Poker’s Newest Team Member, and More

The PartyPoker Women's World Open IV has just confirmed a few players, the Ladbrokes Poker Team has just signed its newest member, and more, all in tonight's Nightly Turbo.

Posted by Poker News on March 9th, 2010 No Comments

The Online Railbird Report: Wild Weekend for Dwan, Sahamies and Isildur1

Full Tilt Poker hosted some huge action this weekend, largely driven by the presence of everyone’s favorite online poker punching bag “Isildur1.” There were epic heads-up matches, swingy six-max games, and as many as eight tables of $300/$600...

Posted by Poker News on March 9th, 2010 No Comments

World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star Day 1a: The Sharks Smell Bounty Blood

The unique format of the World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star makes it stand out from the tournament crowd during this blossoming springtime poker season. Day 1a of the $10,000-buy-in event ran on Monday, and the Bay 101 Casino in San Jose...

Posted by Poker News on March 9th, 2010 No Comments

The Nightly Turbo: Dennis Rodman the Poker Player, Florida’s Online Poker Plan, and Who’s Dating Who

Basketball players and poker seem to be going hand in hand these days, Florida is working on getting online poker legal in the state, and a new couple alert; it's all in tonight's Nightly Turbo.

Posted by Poker News on March 4th, 2010 No Comments

PokerStars.net LAPT Vina Del Mar Cancelled

Since the tragic 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Chile on Feb. 27, there have been a lot of questions regarding the upcoming PokerStars.net Latin American Poker Tour stop in Vina del Mar, Chile. Today, PokerStars.net answered those questions...

Posted by Poker News on March 4th, 2010 No Comments

World Poker Tour LA Poker Classic: LeRon Washington Wins Celebrity Invitational

Almost two weeks ago, over 500 celebrities, poker players, and media descended upon the Commerce Casino for one of the most fun-filled tournaments on the poker calendar. Essentially a free roll, with a one time add-on being donated to charity, the...

Posted by Poker News on March 4th, 2010 No Comments

PokerStars.net EPT Berlin Day 1b: Packed House Sets German Record

Day 1b of PokerStars.net EPT Berlin was even more packed than expected. Turnout for Day 1a was impressive, but the second starting flight put it to shame. With 557 players packing into the Hyatt's grand ballroom for Day 1b, EPT Berlin's €5,000...

Posted by Poker News on March 4th, 2010 No Comments

PokerNews $1k Added Series on Betfair Poker

PokerNews is bringing you an exciting private tournament series on Betfair Poker that will see $1,000 cash added to the prizepool, which will be paid out as per Betfair's standard payout structure. The tournaments are scheduled for March 29...

Posted by Poker News on March 4th, 2010 No Comments