October 2008 Archives

The corridor between the tournament area and the press room at the Las Vegas Casino, Budapest, is going to need recarpeting at the end of this week. On a day of startling activity at EPT Budapest, the returning day three field of 42 players was trimmed to the final...more

Typically day two of a major poker tournament is when the most moves are made, the chips fly in huge flocks from one player to another, and plenty of dreams die. Where there are winners, there must be losers, where there's fortune there's misfortune and where there are headline...more

Day 1b of the EPT Budapest had a slow start, a frenetic middle and a finish that mixed everything together. Between the victorious and the defeated there will be those simply happy to be alive. A day on the EPT can be a harsh and unforgiving environment but 94...more

Whilst the EPT rattles on in Budapest it's that point where we salute two more winners in the weekly round two events on PokerStars.net from last weekend, each collecting $276 for a buy-in totally zero. Absolutely nothing. The weekly round two tournaments take place each weekend, one on Saturday, the...more

We're not even a quarter of the way through this thing, but already it's safe to say that EPT Budapest is a success. This might be the first time a major poker tournament has visited Hungary, but so far there hasn't been a foot put wrong by anyone, and...more

Another weekend of WR2 action and another two players coming away from a free to enter tournament with $276. This weekend that honour went to gigmoe69 on Saturday and our9lives on Sunday, both of whom showed great skill and guile to steer past fields of thousands. Here’s a look at...more

The new season of the PokerStars European Poker Tour is in full flow, with winners in Barcelona and London, as well as a high-roller champion. Next up is Budapest, Hungary, the first time the tour has reached these parts, making this new ground for the biggest and best poker tour...more

It remains the most competitive freeroll poker tournament on PokerStars.net. Pulling together the best players on the site into two tournaments every week where the winners, and a few hundred others, can turn nothing into real money. It is of course the Weekly Round 2 event. All it takes for...more

By James Potter and Eliot James Well the party is over, we have crowned our champion, Kiwi Daniel Craker, and now it is time to reflect on yet another great event from the Asian Pacific Poker Tour. The PokerStars.net APPT Auckland SkyCity Festival of Poker has certainly rocketed poker’s...more

By James Potter and Eliot James We have come to the end of Day 2 of the PokerStars.net APPT Auckland SkyCity Festival of Poker Main Event. It has been a long day with 9 levels being played. The poker, however, has certainly been first rate. The SkyCity Poker Room...more

By James Potter and Eliot James PokerStars.net APPT SkyCity Auckland Festival of Poker Day 1B has come to a close, locking in our contenders for Day 2 tomorrow. After a great day of poker we have 47 players left out of the 142 that started the day. That brings...more

By James Potter and Eliot James Day 1A of the Pokerstars.net APPT SkyCity Auckland Festival of Poker has come to a close after playing a friendly seven levels. After a great day of poker we have 59 players left out of the 168 that started the day. After starting...more

As summer turns to fall outside it was USA across the board in weekly round two land on the internet this week. HAILEYAWAI too honours on Saturday, collecting $276 from 801 places paid real money prizes. On Sunday quezo48 did the same, also collecting $276 for their win, money they...more

High roller events on the European Poker Tour are some of the most expensive side events in the world. The Million Pound Showdown at EPT London this week was the richest we've seen on these shores. It cost £20,000 to enter, somewhere between $30,000 and $40,000 and the Million...more

They came eyeing a £1m first prize and tonight it has become the opening deposit into the new European bank account of Michael Martin, the 24-year-old from Washing Cross, PA. The popular young American went from hero to zero to hero again and eventually stood firm against the buffeting...more

Before plan started today we suggested it might be a good idea to clear the decks, cancel all appointments and do everything you could to ensure nothing took your focus away from this pivotal day in the EPT London. If you were able to do that then well done...more

There are days on the European Poker Tour that seem to last so far past midnight that you can walk out of the casino and straight into a bagel and an orange juice. And then there are days that pass in the blink of an eye. Mercifully for the...more

We said it would be a day chock full of the big names today, and we weren’t disappointed. This morning the greatest concentration of poker power since, well, yesterday, made its way to London’s Victoria Casino on Edgware Road for a battle royale on the baize. Nearly 300 came...more

By Brad “Otis” Willis It was like a cage match in which metal chairs, chainsaws, and howitzers were fair game weapons. Competing were the Pattons 21st century poker. Four of them had World Series championship bracelets. The other five have a chance at one in just a few week....more

That's it. More than 200 eliminations, some ups and downs, one or two euphoric rises and the odd tragic collapse. After three courses for dinner and nine levels of play day 1a has finally come to a close in London. Outside Edgware Road is still alive, never a place...more

Yaronbuk from Isreal was the winner of this week’s Saturday WR2 event, beating XXXTheKingXX of Canada heads-up for a first prize of $276. Not bad for an entry fee of, well, nothing. On Sunday USA’s HARRY111 brought home the bacon, collecting $305, the highest pay out in some time in...more