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Poker For Charity in 2009 - Two Events For The Benefit of Paralyzed Veterans Of America
30-Dec-2008

Two charity poker tournaments consisting some of the biggest names in poker and entertainment will take place early in 2009 for the Paralyzed Veterans of America.

Entraction Launches European Masters of Poker Tournament
30-Dec-2008

Online gaming software developer Entraction Holding AB has announced the launch of its European Masters of Poker tournament in combination with some of the most elite land-based casinos in Europe.

Poker Stars On 28th December 2008 - Millions Of Dollars To Be Won
27-Dec-2008

Its raining Millions at the biggest online poker room in the world, PokerStars, as it celebrates its World Record Week. On Sunday, December 28, 2008 (16:30 ET), the world's largest online poker room, PokerStars, will increase the prize pool of its weekly Sunday Million to $2.5 million. The marquee tournament regularly boasts a $1.5 million guarantee, making it the largest weekly event held.

$250,000 Guaranteed No Limit Holdem Freezeout ECOOP III Event 10 Preview
03-Dec-2008

Titan Poker plays host to Short Handed NL Holdem tournament players from around the globe tonight with the $250,000 Guaranteed tenth event of the ECOOP III "European Championship of Online Poker" getting flagged of tonight at 20:00 GMT.

Chinese Television Viewers Get The Taste Of Poker
02-Dec-2008

Chinese television began broadcasting poker last month with the Traktor Poker tour - a World Poker Tour-sponsored series that is the first government sanctioned nationally televised poker competition in the country.

Poker Stars Carribean Adventure Satellites Begin
01-Dec-2008

The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure for 2009 has a prize package that is worth $14,300 and includes Main Event buy-in, hotel accommodation and money for expenses.

The event takes place January 5-10 and includes a $10,000 Main Event, a $25,000 High-Rollers tournament and other side event

Spanish Poker Player To Represent Titan Poker at Asian Poker Tour Manila
01-Dec-2008

Julio Diaz, a Spanish poker player at Titan Poker ,the largest online poker room on the iPoker Network, is aiming for further poker glory as he sets his sights on capturing first place at the upcoming Asian Poker Tour (APT) tournament in Manila, in January.

JC Trans Triumphs At The Party Poker Premier League III
01-Dec-2008

The Party Poker Premier League III has ended and the man who was chip leader at the final table JC Tran is the champion. Winning what some would argue as being the toughest field in Premier League history, JC Tran is now $300,000 richer and adds to his already excellent year.

School Teacher Grant Levy Back to Defend His Asian Pacific Tour Title
01-Dec-2008

In online poker, there have been countless stories of rags-to-riches from a PC to a live event where people can rake in a small fortune. Grant Levy is an example of that. He is a physical education teacher from Penrith. He became the first Australian to claim the $1 million prize on home soil at the Asia Pacific Poker Tour tournament at Star City Casino last year.

High Stake Tournament - ECOOPIII Event Eight NL Holdem Freezeout with $2500 Buy In Today - $250,000 Guaranteed
01-Dec-2008

Titan Poker plays host to high stake No Limit Texas Holdem tournament players from around the globe tonight with the $250,000 Guaranteed eighth event of the ECOOP III "European Championship of Online Poker" getting flagged of tonight at 20:00 GMT.

This event is expected to be a real clash of titans due to its biggest ECOOP III buy in of $2500+$100. The prize money is expected to cross the Guaranteed amount if we look at the number of players Titan Poker has been attracting in the third edition of ECOOP this time.

ECOOP III Event 7 - limpiewimpie More Than Limped In To Win 100k
01-Dec-2008

Event 7, $500,000 Guaranteed NL Holdem saw the maximum turnout for any ECOOP event this year with 1645 entries and a player named "limpiewimpie" limped and wimped his way to winning the first prize of $100,000.00 while player named "YrrrsiN" took the second prize of $52,000.00.

Phil Hellmuth Launches His Own Clothing Line
27-Nov-2008

Poker Legend and former youngest WSOP main event winner Phil Hellmuth has announced the launch of his own designer clothing line. The new clothing brand would be marketed by Poker Brat Clothing Co.

Party Poker Q3 Poker Revenue Hit - Plans Acquisitions
25-Nov-2008

According to the latest quarterly earning statement issued by Party Poker, it has taken a hit in its poker earnings. In what is a reflection of the growth of other poker rooms in the recent times, the number one poker room of the past has been fast loosing out.

Hang Out With Hockey Legend Mats Sundin Through Poker Stars!
20-Nov-2008

Poker playing and athletes go together like peas in a pod, and Poker Stars has used this to their advantage in creating a very exciting promotion. Players on the Poker Stars site have the opportunity to qualify for a chance to meet ice hockey icon Mats Sundin!

Guaranteed Tournament Poker Action Listings
30-Oct-2008

The WSOP main event final table is just a few weeks ago and as those lucky players play for the $9 million first prize don't worry that you've missed out! There is still the chance to make big bucks in the coming weeks, and why not start this weekend with the guaranteed online tournaments. See the best of them listed below.

2008 LEOCOP Update
30-Oct-2008

Monday night MrHanky111, 22 of Sortland, Norway, was one of 417 runners to play in event 2 of the 2008 LEOCOP IV, the $50 Re-Buy. He scooped a first prize of $16,887.51 and an exclusive invitation to play in an online tournament that could see him seated in the semi-final of Poker Million VII playing for a million dollars.

Irish Winter Festival Main Event Result
28-Oct-2008

Fiachra Meere has won the PaddyPowerPoker.com Irish Winter Festival main event, The Irish Masters, beating Englishman Chris Wood to take down the €150,000 first prize at the €1,500 buy-in event. The event attracted 423 players to the Citywest hotel in Dublin creating a prize pool of over €600,000.

Mauro Stivoli wins World heads-up Championship
27-Oct-2008

Italian Mauro Stivoli has won the world heads up championship that was held in the Casino Barcelona. He defeated Swedish player Jonas Danielsson in the final of the 2 day event and took home the handsome 65,000 Euro first prize.

Irish Open 2009 qualifying
24-Oct-2008

Paddypowerpoker.com today launched its biggest ever Irish Open promotion, the €100,000 Sole Survivor. All paddypowerpoker.com qualifiers to the Irish Open 2009 will be eligible for participation, and the player that becomes the 'Sole Survivor' by outlasting all other paddypowerpoker.com qualifiers in the tournament will win a €100,000 package.

How to play H.O.R.S.E
22-Oct-2008

In large cash games, players often agree to play a mix of poker games rather than a single game. This reduces the edge that a single-game specialist has, and emphasises a player's breadth across multiple versions of poker.

GUKPT Update From Thanet
20-Oct-2008

23-year-old online pro player Andy Teng has secured victory in the 8th leg of the GUKPT at the G casino on the Isle of Thanet in Kent. He saw off a field of 226 players to win £68,380 in the Blue Square sponsored event after three hard fought days of no limit Texas hold'em poker.

Jimmy McSweeney Wins Irish Poker Festival
17-Oct-2008

A capacity-busting 832 entrants created a prize pool of €416,000 at Killarney, making the Irish Festival main event tournament the largest European ranking event ever. The €500 + €50 buy-in main event at the Ladbrokes.com Irish Poker Festival, held from Oct. 2 to 5 in Killarney, Ireland, was eventually won by Jimmy McSweeney from Cork, Ireland, he took home €100,000 for his victory.

Guaranteed Tournament Poker Action Listing
16-Oct-2008

Getting frustrated not being able to increase your bankroll? Try and qualify for one of these huge tournaments which allow players to make big bucks for small satellite buy-ins. Even if you do not win the events if you make the money then your bankroll will increased by quite an amount. If you make it real deep then a huge amount of money will be coming your way and more importantly you'll be on the way to making it as a big time poker player!

European Poker Tour Hungary Qualifying
15-Oct-2008

The first ever EPT event in Hungary takes place October 28-November 1 in the stunning city of Budapest. The €4,350, four-day No Limit Hold'em Hungarian Open follows the phenomenal success of recent EPT launches in Prague and Warsaw and is set to attract players from all over the world.

Party Poker King of the Table!
10-Oct-2008

This is the tournament where you can prove you are worthy of such a high title. With a massive guaranteed prize pool of $2 million, the King of the Table is officially the largest tournament Partypoker.com have ever organised.

Online Poker Tournament Action for October 10 and 11
09-Oct-2008

The WSOP main event final table restarts in exactly a month so try and catch up with the big bucks that those players will be competing for with an attempt on one of the big online tournaments this weekend.

Strategy: Playing a big live tournament for the first time
08-Oct-2008

The WSOPE and EPT London have now finished, but maybe you have now decided that you would like to be involved in these types of tournaments. This could mean playing live for the first time or perhaps playing big stakes for the first time. Either way here are some tips that may help you be a success and play your own game.

Michael Martin wins EPT London
07-Oct-2008

American Michael Martin has won the fifth PokerStars.com European Poker Tour London Open – and a record £1,000,000 first prize.

Power Hour on Blue Square Poker
06-Oct-2008

Blue Square Poker's 'synchronized winnings' promotion during the Olympics is back by popular demand and this time the stakes have been raised sky high by offering a top prize of a trip for two to Las Vegas including three night's stay at a 5 star hotel on the strip, a show and a helicopter flight tour!

High Stakes Guaranteed Poker Tournaments
03-Oct-2008

Welcome to Guidetopoker.com's weekly guide to where best to play online at the weekend. Cold weather approaches and it really is not particularly nice outside, so wrap up warm turn the heating up and switch on your laptop and try to make some big bucks.

John Juanda Strikes it Lucky at WSOPE
03-Oct-2008

At 10:32 am American John Juanda was the last man standing at the dramatic final table of the World Series of Poker Europe played at The Casino at The Empire, Leicester Square. Outlasting a starting field of poker heavyweights including Daniel Negreanu, Phil Ivey, Phil Hellmuth and Doyle Brunson the newly crowned 2008 WSOPE champion Juanda has taken home the £868,000 cash first prize and a coveted WSOPE winner's bracelet.

Win a Ladbrokes Poker Experience Weekend!
01-Oct-2008

The Poker Experience takes place on 14-16th November at the Hilton London, Canary Wharf which is situated 15 minutes from London City Airport and in the heart of Canary Wharfs bustling business, café and shopping scene.

Denmark's Theo Jorgensen wins WSOPE PLO bracelet
30-Sep-2008

Theo Jorgensen became the second person from Denmark to win this year at the WSOPE when he saw off the 164 other players to win the WSOPE Pot-Limit Omaha tournament.

Grosvenor Grand Prix
30-Sep-2008

Europe's biggest pot limit hold'em tournament is back and bigger than ever, with Blue Square Poker adding $25,000 to this year's prize pool! The winner of the event will also gain a seat to the GUKPT Grand Final worth £3,150 and a seat into the Champion of Champions £75,000 tournament!

Afghanistan's First WSOPE Champ
26-Sep-2008

Sherkhan Farnoon made history when he beat Austrian Ivo Donev to win the title and take the £76,999 first prize. Farnood becomes the first person from Afghanistan to win a WSOP bracelet.

CelebPoker introduces new big money tournaments
24-Sep-2008

CelebPoker may have been a site that you have not heard of or visitied, but they have just announced two new big money tournaments that any online player should really sit-up and take notice. They have already given you hundreds of thousands of reasons to play on the hottest poker site on the internet.

Irish Winter Festival Details Announced
22-Sep-2008

Paddy Power Poker has announced the details of the Irish Winter Festival, which the poker site will be hosting satellites for. The Irish Masters is the main event of the Irish Winter Festival which will run from Oct. 24-27, starting with a satellite into the Irish Masters, and then three days of the Irish Masters with two other events sprinkled in.

WSOP Player Profile: Kelly Kim
17-Sep-2008

Guidetopoker.com finishes it look at the players who make up the November Nine and who are on the WSOP final table with a look at the short stack on the table.

Sebastian Ruthenberg wins EPT Barcelona
16-Sep-2008

24-year-old Sebastian Ruthenberg from Hamburg in Germany is the new EPT Barcelona champion winning the €1,360,100 first prize after seeing off the other 618 runners in the record sell-out event.

London’s Gutshot Club to close
16-Sep-2008

This Wednesday 17th Sept 2008 will be the last day of The Gutshot poker club in Clerkenwell Road, London.

$1 Million PokerStars Turbo Takedown
12-Sep-2008

Have you been looking for a way to put your Pokerstars Frequent Player Points to good use? Well look no more because it's time to buckle up and put the pedal to the metal with the PokerStars Turbo Takedown. With a total prize pool of $1 Million up for grabs and at least one in every three players getting paid, this is one tourney you truly cannot afford to miss!

Guaranteed Poker Tournaments for This Weekend
11-Sep-2008

Welcome to Guidetopoker.com's weekly guide of where best to play online at the weekend. All the biggest and best tournaments are listed so if you are new to online poker or just want to find somewhere different to play then check it out!

WSOP Profile: Craig Marquis
11-Sep-2008

23 year old Craig Marquis from Arlington in Texas has only been playing poker professionally for a little less than 2 years but has already cashed in 4 different WSOP events.

Tony Cascarino wins Bolton GUKPT
08-Sep-2008

Ex Republic of Ireland professional footballer Tony Cascarino has won the seventh leg of the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) in Bolton, scooping a first prize of £52,850.

GUKPT Goes Back to Its Roots
03-Sep-2008

The Grosvenor UK Poker Tour returns with loads of players hoping to get their big break and to get their name noticed in this excellent live tournament.

Sky Poker Tour
29-Aug-2008

Sky Poker has unveiled plans for its first live poker tour. The Sky Poker Tour will be held over six legs across the UK and will culminate in a televised grand finale on Sky Poker channel 865 with a £25,000 guaranteed prize pool tournament at the Nottingham based Dusk Till Dawn card room.

Online Poker Action for This Weekend
28-Aug-2008

Welcome to Guidetopoker.com's weekly guide to where best to play online this weekend. And With Labor Day in America happening on Monday the chances are that there will be an extra load of players online from state side this weekend making the guaranteed tournaments have a load more money on them.

Win a Seat in the Poker Million!
25-Aug-2008

Ever wanted to play poker live on TV alongside some of the best players in the world and with a chance to win a huge amount of money. Well here is your chance!

Guaranteed Tournament Action for August 23-24
21-Aug-2008

Bank Holiday weekend in England which means there is bound to be loads of action online this weekend and the Sunday tournaments should be full to the brim. Expect huge amounts of money to be flying about so get yourself involved and go and grab some of it for yourself.

Qualify for two European Poker Tour Events
20-Aug-2008

There are two huge EPT events nearing on the horizon with EPT Barcelona taking place on September 10th and EPT London taking place on October 1st. There are plenty of ways of qualifying for this online so that you can get a huge prize package and entry into these huge events.