PokerStars will no longer be involved in the upcoming L.A. event. The online poker room was the sponsor of the event. The poker room launched the North American Poker Tour and the L.A. game was to be the next leg, but they have pulled their sponsorship after consultation with government officials in the state. The event will go forward as planned but will not be affiliated with the poker room, nor the NAPT series. The event has been renamed as "The Big Event"
Poker pro Aiden Cullinane has won the Western Poker Open. A double knock out made him the winner. The poker game was sponsored by online poker room Boylepoker.com. There were 235 players in the event and the final hand was a three-way affair with Andy Morris and Rom Gallagher both all in with Cullinane, out chipped and eventually out drawn. Aidan Cullinane won €16000 for first with Andy Morris taking €11,000 for second and Tom Gallagher scoring €9,500 for third. Chris Commons, Nicky Power, Vincent McNamee and Aonghus Farrell wound up the top six.
We’re beginning to understand why Tom “durrrr” Dwan spends a lot of time in Macau, and so will you after you find out about a hand he played worth multiple millions of dollars. On top of that, Zynga PokerCon is coming to Vegas, and more.
This week, the Poker News Daily series “The Showdown with Jon Friedberg” welcomes two-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner Brandon Cantu. The married, soon-to-be 30-year-old poker player is expecting a child with his new bride and has recently seen his world turned upside down. View Part 1 and Part 2.
On Tuesday, the World Poker Tour (WPT) announced a partnership with PokerRoad.com that will see Poker Road Radio broadcast shows from WPT stops across the country. ClubWPT will sponsor the popular online radio show, which is hosted by a bevy of media personalities and poker pros.
The NBC Heads-Up National Championship player list was released last week, and there’s plenty of buzz regarding players who were snubbed. Here’s a look at the selection process and some thoughts on the selection process.
Online poker room PokerStars has added new poker tours to their resume. The new tours are a Belgian Poker Series and Portugal Poker Series. The two national tours will provide poker players the chance to play locally from the online poker site. The Belgian Poker Series starts in Casino de Namur in April and the Portugal Poker Series starts in April at Casino Vilamoura. Each will have a buy in less than 800 Euros. The Belgian Poker Series will consist of three stops, wrapping up in April
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