The 6th edition of PokerStars MicroMillions is currently underway and there's still plenty of cash to be won from the $5,000,000 prize pool! Best of all is that buy-ins start from as little as $0.11 and that there are extremely cheap satellites to all events running around the clock. The Main Event (buy-in: $22) will be played on November 24th and the winner is guaranteed to take home at least $150,000 from a guaranteed prize pool of $1,000,000! Good luck!
Both starting days of the 2013 World Poker Tour Caribbean Main Event in St. Maarten are in the books now and there are 107 of 191 players remaining. The overall chip leader is Ebony Kenney (picture) with 174,000 chips, and she will be joined to Day 2 by notables such as Marvin Rettenmaier (104,400), Mike Watson (45,500), Tobias Reinkemeier (25,800) and Will Failla (22,500).
We will be back with another brief update tomorrow (the prize pool should be announced by then).
The 2014 Aussie Millions Main Event will be a part of the PokerStars Asia-Pacific Poker Tour (APPT). The 16th annual Aussie Millions will run from January 23 to February 10 and features the $10,600 Main Event, a $25,000 event, a $100,000 event and a $250,000 event. The Main Event is scheduled for February 2-9 and it will be the second stop on the 8th season of the APPT.
The final table of the Season XII World Poker Tour bestbet Jacksonville Fall Poker Scramble came to a close last night after almost four hours of play and 99 hands - of which approximately 40 hands were dedicated to heads-up play between Blake Purvis and Jared Jaffee, who began the final table with a decent chip lead.
On Monday, after a month of "youtube-silence", Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu uploaded another video blog to youtube! This time he talked about 5 recent books he read and how some of them have affected him; how he organises his time, his plans for November, and more. Enjoy!
The final table is set at the World Poker Tour bestbet Jacksonville Fall Poker Scramble! After three days of intensive play a field of 358 players has been narrowed down 6 players who still have the chance of laying hands on the $252,749 first place prize!
Philipp Gruissem has done it again! The German poker pro bested an extremely tough field of 23 players (28 entries) over the weekend to take down the $100,000 buy-in World Poker Tour Apha8 St. Kitts (played at Royal Beach Casino) for an incredible $1,086,400! Believe it or not but Gruissem has won two of three Alpha8 high roller events (In October he won WPT Ahpha8 London for $1,379,840) since the series world premiere in August this year!
Final table results: 1 Philipp Gruissem $1,086,400 2 Tom McDonald $679,000 3 Mike McDonald $434,560 4 Jason Koon $298,760 5 Scott Seiver $217,280 6 Timothy Adams $0 7 Isaac Haxton $0 8 Fabian Quoss $0
The next WPT Apha8 (Johannesburg, South Africa) is scheduled for February 2014. Let's hope that Gruissem will participate then as well in order to defend the title!
Hedge fund manager and poker pro Dan Shak will be hosting the annual "All In for Kids" charity poker event on Thursday. The event will be held at the Mandarin Oriental in New York and will be filmed for national television and air as a part of a future World Poker Tour broadcast on Fox Sports Net.
In addition to wealthy CEO's, celebrities and athletes, poker pros including Vanessa Selbst, Mike Sexton and Phil Hellmuth will participate in the tournament. The event has raised more than $4.3 million over the past five years. All money raised will be donated to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
It's now possible to donate mob points (money) for the typhoon disaster victims in the Philippines! Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) was one of the strongest storms ever recorded and it has caused widespread destruction in the Philippines. According to BBC NEWS' latest reports, the official death toll stands at more than 2,300, but local officials and aid workers say it could rise much higher.
In connection with Blom 100, a recent promotion at Full Tilt Poker where 100 lucky players got to play heads-up against Viktor "Isildur1" Blom (Blom ended up winning 62 mathes [38 players received $1,000 each]), the Swedish Full Tilt Pro answered questions from Full Tilt's followers on Twitter. One of the most interesting questions was what NLH and PLO players online he considered to be the best right now. Find out what he answered to that question and many other questions below:
@FunkDrDoobz75: what's blom's current bank roll at & what does he spend all his money on besides poker? Viktor Blom: Nice dinners and going out with my friends.
@shipit13: would you flip a coin for 1 million dollars if I gave you 2/1? VB: Maybe I'd consider it for a gamble.
@pretty7king: Does Viktor Blom use any poker software? VB: No software. Tried it once but didn't like it.
PokerStars MicroMillions is back tomorrow and will run until November 24. The 6th edition of the very popular low-stakes tournament series comes with a $5 million prize pool spread across 100 events. Buy-ins start from as little as $0.11 and there are satellites to all events running around the clock. The Main Event (only $22 to enter) will be played on November 24th and the winner is guaranteed to take home at least $150,000 from the $1,000,000 prize pool!
On Monday, WPT Emperors Palace Poker Classic concluded after 4 days of play at The Palace of Drams in Johannesburg, South Africa. Eugene Du Plessis brought 46% of the chips in play to the final table and had a fantastic chance of taking down the whole thing.
The final table is set at the World Poker Tour Emperors Palace Poker Classic after 3 intensive days of play. Eugene Du Plessis (picture) from South Africa will bring 46% of the chips in play to the final table and the question is if anyone will be able to stop him from taking down the first prize of $132,128.
The Atlantic Club Casino Hotel filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Wednesday. The Atlantic Club has suffered a $7.3 million loss for the first 7 months of this year according to bankruptcy court documents.
On Thursday, Day 1A of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Emperors Poker Classic Main Event ($3,600) kicked off. The event, which is being played at The Palace of Dreams in the heart of Johannesburg in South Africa 7-11 Nov, attracted 85 entrants (11 more than last year) and 54 players made it through the day. Nahum Lum bagged up the largest stck (123,725), and he will joined to the second day by notables such as Faraz Jaka, Gaella Baumann and Barny Boatman.
The second Day 1 flight begins in a few hours and, as usual, a greater field of players is expected to participate! We will be back with another update on Monday morning. Until then, have a great weekend!
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On Wednesday, the organisers of the European Poker Tour announced that Vienna, Austria will replace Berlin, Germany as the sixth stop of the EPT Season 10. It was three years ago since the EPT made a stop in the capital of Austria and saw Germany's Michael Eiler winning the Main Event for €700,000 after besting a 578-strong field, including Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu on the final table.
A big congratulations to Ryan Riess, the champion of the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event!! Riess had about 20 million chips less than Jay Farber when the final day and heads-up began, but he played very well and grinded Farber down to a short stack early in the match.
The 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event final table is down to only two players after 171 hands of thrilling poker! Jay Farber (105,000,000) and Ryan Riess (85,675,000) are the last two players of 6,352 entries and they will now get some well-deserved sleep before the cards are back in the air again (broadcast starts at 6.00 PM Las-Vegas time on ESPN).
Ladies and gentleman, the world champion title, the coveted gold bracelet and a massive $8,361,570 first-place prize is still at stake, so expect nothing but a super thrilling conclustion to the tournament!
Duncan McLellan is the champion of the 2013 UK and Ireland Poker Tour Isle of Man Main Event! The 49-year-old builder from Corby Northampton defeated olympic field hockey legend and PokerStars SportStar Fatima Moreira de Melo heads-up to claim the title and £94,090. Moreira de Melo, who began the final table as the short stack, didn't seem too disappointed with her second place finish for £59,660 (the biggest cash of her poker career).
"It used to never be good enough for me [talking about defeats in her hockey career]. When I was playing field hockey we lost the final to Germany in 2004 at the Olympics and we were devastated. Now I'm playing poker I've been thinking more in terms of percentages and I can deal with loss way better than when I was an active hockey player. Whenever I've made the right decisions I can deal with the loss way better."
The big day has arrived! The long-awaited 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event final table is about to start and the remaining 9 players have a $26,662,046 prize pool to play for, including the first prize of $8,359,531 that comes along with the coveted WSOP gold bracelet!
Today is the day when the remaining 8 of 379 players will be fighting it out for a £94,090 first place prize at the 2013 PokerStars UK and Ireland Poker Tour Isle of Man final table! PokerStars qualifier Jamie O'Connor is the chip leader with 1,243,000, and he will be joined at the final table by 6 fellow countrymen, of which 4 (including himself) are PokerStars qualifiers.
The PokerStars UK & Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT) Main Event (£1,100 buy-in) is underway! The tournament, which is being played on the Isle of Man (home of PokerStars' headquarter) for the first time in history, kicked off yesterday and saw 113 entries.
After 8-levels of play, Day 1A concluded with last season's Online Qualifier of the Year Dara O'Kearney as the chip leader of the 54 players who made it through the day. O'Kearney had a very slow start and dropped to around 18k chips halfway through the first day, but then he went on a winning streak (the poker gods can be nice sometimes) and climbed to the very top of the leader board in the last few levels of play.
Red Spade Openreturns on November 3 at the world's biggest online poker room. This special tournament ($55 buy-in) has a $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool - of which the winner will take home at least $200,000! If you eliminate one Team PokerStars Pro you will received a $100 bounty, and if you knock out two or more you'll geta PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) package worth $15,468!
You can buy-in directly for Red Spade Open for $55, or win your seat for much less via one of many satellites running from October 25 until the tournament begins. Good luck!
Vasili Firsau from Belarus was sitting with 50% of the chips in play when the action kicked off at the 2013 bwin World Poker Tour Grand Prix de Paris final table on Wednesday. It was thanks to an increadible winning streak over the past 2 days that Firsau had accumulated such a massive chip lead, and his winning streak continued at the final table...
The fact is that he was responsible for all eliminations before he and Mohsin Charania (best known for his victory at the 2012 EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo) were the last men standing in the tournament.
It's now possible to donate mob points (money) for the typhoon disaster victims in the Philippines! Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) was one of the strongest storms ever recorded and it has caused widespread destruction in the Philippines. According to BBC NEWS' latest reports, the official death toll stands at more than 2,300, but local officials and aid workers say it could rise much higher.
PokerStars MicroMillions is back tomorrow and will run until November 24. The 6th edition of the very popular low-stakes tournament series comes with a $5 million prize pool spread across 100 events. Buy-ins start from as little as $0.11 and there are satellites to all events running around the clock. The Main Event (only $22 to enter) will be played on November 24th and the winner is guaranteed to take home at least $150,000 from the $1,000,000 prize pool! 
On Thursday, Day 1A of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Emperors Poker Classic Main Event ($3,600) kicked off. The event, which is being played at The Palace of Dreams in the heart of Johannesburg in South Africa 7-11 Nov, attracted 85 entrants (11 more than last year) and 54 players made it through the day. Nahum Lum bagged up the largest stck (123,725), and he will joined to the second day by notables such as Faraz Jaka, Gaella Baumann and Barny Boatman.
The big day has arrived! The long-awaited 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event final table is about to start and the remaining 9 players have a $26,662,046 prize pool to play for, including the first prize of $8,359,531 that comes along with the coveted WSOP gold bracelet!
Red Spade Open returns on November 3 at the world's biggest online poker room. This special tournament ($55 buy-in) has a $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool - of which the winner will take home at least $200,000! If you eliminate one Team PokerStars Pro you will received a $100 bounty, and if you knock out two or more you'll get a PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) package worth $15,468!
