Poker Web Watch

'Beat Kunku at his own game' Challenge

Dave Allan / 04 November 2009 / Leave a comment

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 on the $3,150 first prize....Read more »

Avoiding distractions when playing online poker

Dave Allan / 03 November 2009 / Leave a comment

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 played on screens around you,...Read more »

Doyle Brunson's autobiography to be released November 11

Matthew Pitt / 03 November 2009 / Leave a comment

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 on November 11....Read more »

Christophe Benzimra wins 2009 EPT Warsaw

Dave Allan / 26 October 2009 / Leave a comment

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!"...Read more »

Phil 'OMGClayAiken' Galfond installs a slide INSIDE is apartment!

Dave Allan / 20 October 2009 / Leave a comment

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 in the latest supercar. However,...Read more »

UIGEA deadline looming

Matthew Pitt / 19 October 2009 / Leave a comment

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 as it is more commonly...Read more »

AJ Benza axed from High Stakes Poker

Dave Allan / 15 October 2009 / Leave a comment

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 producers GSN and is going...Read more »

'durrrr' Challenge to move to Las Vegas

Dave Allan / 14 October 2009 / Leave a comment

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 poker's elite....Read more »

Father Trapp wins $100,000 from a host of poker stars

Dave Allan / 12 October 2009 / Leave a comment

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....Read more »

Holy Trapp! A poker playing priest!

Matthew Pitt / 09 October 2009 / Leave a comment

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 have discovered Father Andrew Trapp....Read more »

Luke 'FullFlush' Schwartz and the case of the unpaid for sandwich

Dave Allan / 07 October 2009 / Leave a comment

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 talking men. In more recent...Read more »

Las Vegas casinos revenues continue to fall

Dave Allan / 24 September 2009 / Leave a comment

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....Read more »

High Stakes Poker to return

Dave Allan / 17 September 2009 / Leave a comment

First aired in January 2006 on the American network GSN, High Stakes Poker was an instant hit with the poker community. For the first time in televised poker, the players played a cash game, rather than in a tournament structure,...Read more »

Poker book review: The Poker Mindset

Matthew Pitt / 16 September 2009 / Leave a comment

The first of many poker related books I ever read was "Internet Texas Hold'em" by Matthew Hilger, a book that covered strategy for full ring Fixed Limit Hold'em cash games....Read more »