Karl Hevroy of Norway began the final table of the PokerStars.com Latin American Poker Tour Main Event at Punta del Este, Uruguay with a commanding chip lead, and when all was said and done all of the chips were his. Hevroy led the entire way at Friday’s final table, besting Alejandro De Arruabarrena of Argentina heads up to claim the title and $283,500 first prize.
Brazilian Andre Ventura began the day as the final table’s short stack. Things were looking up for Ventura early after he doubled up through Angel Guillén of Mexico. Read full
The World Poker Tour is growing again and taking poker players to Venice and Marrakech in upcoming months.
Chili Poker and WPT Enterprises announced they were partnering up to take the WPT to Marrakech, and the WPT is partnering with bwin Poker to bring an event to Venice this year too.
World Poker Tour episodes have broadcast in over 165 countries and territories around the globe, but its brick-and-mortar tournaments have primarily been offered in North America.
The tour had previously had some overseas events, but in the last year, it cut back its tour.
Read full
Hey. Welcome back. We're bringing back this weekly feature, Poker Plays with Pokerpeaker, where I go through my thought process of playing a hand and try to present some lessons along the way.
Because it's poker, I'll never say I played the hand perfectly. In fact, it's my hope to present hands where I believe I made mistakes, so we can both learn something them. Of course, I'll also give you some good hands, so you don't think I'm a complete idiot.
I am primarily a low-limit, no-limit or pot-limit player, and my three favorite games are Hold 'Em (of course), Omaha and Razz, so that's usually what you'll see here. Read full
Online railbirds the world over were getting restless this week as the heavily publicized “durrrr Challenge” match between Tom “durrrr” Dwan and Patrik Antonius remained on indefinite hiatus. While Antonius posted a banner week online, earning over $1 million over several dozen sessions, Dwan was more or less absent from the action during the second half of the week. With very few full ring $500-$1,000 games coming together, this week’s action was largely short-handed and heads-up, with Gus Hansen doing his best to fill the void left by Dwan’s absence as high-stakes poker’s heads-up opponent du jour. Read full
The popular $500 PokerNews Cash Freeroll Series will make an appearance this March and April at the home of the pros – Full Tilt Poker.
To get in on the fantastic value this series has to offer, you will need a Full Tilt Poker account from PokerNews, a minimum deposit and 50 Full Tilt Poker Points earned within each qualification period. All freerolls can be found in the Full Tilt Poker lobby under the ‘Private’ tab. Once players have earned the required points, you must click on the registration link on your preferred freeroll to complete registration. E Read full
As loyal Mansion Poker online poker players know, Mansion Poker truly rewards players for their loyalty and for the frequency of their play! The best part is that you will earn Mansion Club Points for every raked hand you play, so the more you play, the more points you will earn and the higher the level you can achieve! And, as you work your way up the levels, you will be eligible for even more and bigger rewards!
Valuable Mansion Club player Points will always be awarded for ring games based on the amount of rake taken. From a rake range of $0.01 to $0.09 you will earn a minimum of 0.2 points and this amount grows all the way up to your receiving 13 points for $3.01 to $5.00! Read full
The 2009 WSOP will undergo mass changes to both the levels and the starting chip stacks given to players. All events will be affected in a bid to free up the game and allow players more scope for plays and strategy. A triple buy-in structure on all events will mean players get three times the buy-in of chips. Of interest to most will be how this will effect the Main Event.
In 2008, players who sat down in the Main Event would have been faced with 20,000 starting chips, double what they received the previous year. In 2009, the figure will rise to 30,000. Increased starting stacks will grace all of the events in the WSOP. In addition to the increased starting stacks, levels will be added to accommodate the increased amount of chips.
Read full
There’s no getting away from it, poker is harder than ever, especially online. I’m predominantly talking about cash games but it’s also apparent in tournaments as well. There are less instances of sitting down in a game and it being really juicy where lots of people are playing badly. You go to the typical $ 2/$ 4 or $ 5/$ 10 six-max pot-limit Omaha or no-limit hold’em table and most of the players are playing quite well. I’m not sure if it’s happening in the lower stakes but from what I hear it’s happening across all levels. That was pretty inconceivable a year or two ago and for someone who’s trying to make money full-time, it’s quite difficult when there’s no one at your table giving money away!
So what’s going on? You’ve probably notic
Read full
The German PokerStrategist Thomas “boku” Boeckhoff has reached the end of the first week in his challenge and he is now up by almost $5,000. With a week left – he will still now to hold the pace in order to take it home.
As we reported earlier here, the German PokerStrategist Boku made a prop-bet with the poker community, claiming that he can turn $100 into $10,000 in just 15 days by playing nothing but SnGs. You can find all the details on the conditions of the prob-bet in our original news: PokerStrategist starts his $10-10k Prop-bet.
There seems to be a new poker tour coming out every few weeks, and yet a new one will begin this April at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino on the Strip in Las Vegas. The first of five events is slated to begin April 24 to April 27, and will be hosted by Deal or No Deal’s April Scot. Phil Hellmuth will be playing in the event and, to support the name of the tour (the Knockout Poker Tour) he will have a $5,000 bounty on his head. Bust the poker brat and you will win $5,000 regardless of how well you do in the tournament.
