Poker news tagged with 'party poker big game'

Two of Party Poker's heaviest events are just around the corner. First up is PartyPoker Premier League V, a televised tournament in which 14 poker pros buy-in for $125,000 each and $200,000 is added for the final table. The tournament will be running April 4-10 and the field includes the following players: Tony G, Erik Seidel, Patrik Antonius, Like Schwartz, Sam Trickett, Ian Frazer, Vanessa Selbst, Andy Frankenberger, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Tom Dwan, Phil Laak, Daniel "Jungleman" Cates, Eugene Katchhalov and Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier.

"ElkY" signed up for the tournament as late as yesterday and he seems to be excited about his first Party Poker Premier League.

"This will be the first time I have taken part in the Premier League and I'm super excited to compete with all those great players in such a unique and interesting format," Grospellier told the PartyPoker Blog on Wednesday.

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Tony G announced a while ago that the mystery swede Isildur1 was going to come and play in the televised poker show Party Poker Big Game. The deal was that Tony G was going to stake him for 48 hours and also pay for everything else (hotel, flight, food etc). Isildur1 was really happy with Tony G's offer as he even told him he could play without a mask and reveal himself.

So, we were finally going to see who the man behind the ninja avatar at Full Tilt Poker was. The man who lost and won millions of dollars in no-time and also has been in the headlines almost every single week since he crushed durrrr back in 2009. Well, unfortunately Isildur1 decided to drop out in the last minute through an SMS to Tony G. It's not hard to understand that Tony G feels "bluffed" and disappointed after reading his latest blog post.

Read more » Isildur1 won't attend PartyPoker Big Game

Tony G has been interested in staking the mysterious Swede in cash games online for a long time. However, it remains unclear if they have agreed on something. Now, Tony G is offering to stake Isildur1 in the televised cash game The PartyPoker Big Game IV. Tony G writes in his blog that he will pay for the flight, accommodation and stake him for the 48 hour cash game. Tony G has even contacted one of the tournament organizers and fixed so that Isildur1 can wear a mask or something else in order to keep his identity hidden and remain unknown.

Read more » Tony G offers to stake Isildur1 in televised cash game