Sorel Mizzi: Poker player and potential pop star!
If Betfair sponsored pro, Sorel Mizzi ever decides to quit striking fear into his opponents at the poker table, he could possibly take up a career on stage as a pop singer!...
Isildur1 continues to dominate
As reported last week, a mystery Swedish player has burst onto the high-stakes scene and has been quite literally destroying all that dare to challenge him....
'Beat Kunku at his own game' Challenge
Tuesday evening saw the launch of the "Beat Kunku at his own game" Challenge on Betfair Poker with Kunku Wap (Betfair Pro John Tabatabai) finishing second out of the 21 runner field narrowly missing out...
Avoiding distractions when playing online poker
One of the biggest problems encountered by many players when they first start playing online is how easy it is to be distracted. Although there are distractions in live card rooms, such as sports being...
Doyle Brunson's autobiography to be released November 11
Doyle Brunson, probably the most iconic figure in poker, has finally penned a book about his life and it is due for release two days after the end of the WSOP Main Event Final Table...
Christophe Benzimra wins 2009 EPT Warsaw
The 2009 EPT Warsaw attracted 203 players, all of who were prepared to part with 25,000 Polish Zloty (PLN), creating a prize pool of 4,770,500 PLN or $1,683,509 in "real money!"...
Phil 'OMGClayAiken' Galfond installs a slide INSIDE is apartment!
Poker players are well known for their extravagant spending habits, be it spending ridiculous amounts of money on meals in Vegas, buying dozens of bottle of Cristal Champagne on a night out or driving around...
UIGEA deadline looming
In just 43 days, on December 1 2009, all financial institutions in the United States of America will have to comply with the terms set out in the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act or UIGEA...
AJ Benza axed from High Stakes Poker
Series six of the popular poker show High Stakes Poker is about to be filmed but a key man will be missing from action. Popular commentator, AJ Benza has been sensationally axed by the shows...
'durrrr' Challenge to move to Las Vegas
Towards the back end of July this year, it was reported that Tom 'durrrr' Dwan was going to take his million dollar challenge to London, in an extension to the online challenge he issued to...
Father Trapp wins $100,000 from a host of poker stars
The poker playing priest reported on Friday finally played his tournament in Los Angeles and is now even closer to the $1,000,000 first prize than ever before....
Holy Trapp! A poker playing priest!
When I think of a priest, I imagine a middle-aged balding man riding a bicycle through his parish. That image may have to be altered to a paintball-gun totting, poker playing twenty-something now that I...
Luke 'FullFlush' Schwartz and the case of the unpaid for sandwich
For some reason poker seems to create some amazing characters. If you read any stories by the old guard such as Doyle Brunson or TJ Cloutier, it seems Las Vegas was full colourful, often trash...
Las Vegas casinos revenues continue to fall
Most businesses would be delighted to be able to report year-on-year profits of $872 million but when this figure represents a drop of 12.48% then the Nevada Gaming Control Board are right to be concerned....
