APPT7 Melbourne: Four to the floor
"The Croc" is biting today as Billy Argyros is making a serious comeback in a brave run at the APPT Melbourne title. Argyros landed an early double up with ace-jack against David Yan's pocket sevens,...
View ArticleAPPT7 Melbourne: Damelian done
We're approaching the first break of the day, and the players could probably do with one, after the rapid-fire progress of this APPT Melbourne Main Event final table so far. Five has been reduced to...
View ArticleAPPT7 Melbourne: Mason misses the deal
Down to the final four players and there were no soft spots as these titans battled it out with great intensity. Bowdy Tolhopf started to flex his muscle, winning a nice pot from Billy "The Croc"...
View ArticleWCOOP 2013: WithoutNickk's wild ride ends in victory in Event #1, WCOOP...
After almost a year of waiting, every online poker player's favorite time of year finally came back around yesterday. The 12th annual running of the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker got...
View ArticleAPPT7 Melbourne: Round and round we go
Just when we thought we were in for an early evening today, the poker Gods caught wind of what was going on and promptly put us back in our place. With a deal struck three-handed and the clock yet to...
View ArticleAPPT7 Melbourne: Yan drowns on the river
Four hours, thirty minutes had passed since Ashley Mason was eliminated in fourth place. But finally, and thankfully, the three-handed deadlock has been broken with the elimination of David Yan. There...
View ArticleACOP: Platinum Series II begins this week
The ACOP: Platinum Series returns this week to from September 12-15 and the regional series may have worldly outcomes for some of the expected field. Taking place in Macau and hosted by 'PokerStars...
View ArticleBilly "The Croc" Argyros tames the APPT Melbourne
The final nine gathered in the Crown Poker Room this afternoon for the climax to the APPT Melbourne Main Event. It was a talented line up but at the end of the day just one man would remain standing....
View ArticleTWITTERWCOOP up to $8,500. Get your money in.
We're down to the final few challenges of our Twitter WCOOP freeroll and it's becoming apparent that the ever-growing prize pool is going to get, well, even bigger. Over the weekend, we set caption...
View ArticlePokerStars weekend review (September 9, 2013)
The first leg of the European Poker Tour's tenth season came to an end this weekend having paid out more than €17m in prize pool with 9,167 entries from more than 3,200 players. That's a whole lot of...
View ArticleTom 'hitthehole' Middleton lands the perfect approach shot
Just one day after winning the biggest tournament of his life for €942,000, topping the enormous 1,234-man EPT Barcelona field, Tom "hitthehole" Middleton has teed himself up for a shot at winning EPT...
View ArticleDealing with and capitalizing on poker fatigue
One piece of advice I have given people about poker tournaments is that sometimes after a long day you'll find that players who have been playing at a high level suddenly start to make mistakes or play...
View ArticleWCOOP 2013: From out of nowhere, Mariusflush wins Event #2 ($215 NLHE 6-Max)
It was business as usual in WCOOP as Event #2 came to a conclusion tonight, a textbook display of endurance and competitiveness in a comforting vanilla flavoured $215 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Max format. It...
View ArticleRafa Nadal wins US Open
Say what you will about seedings. Say what you will about world rankings. Say what you will about whatever you will, but do not question Rafa Nadal's place in the tennis world tonight. Monday evening,...
View ArticleWCOOP 2013: Toby Lewis charges to victory in Event #6 ($215 NLHE Rebuy, Turbo)
Action packed Sunday tournaments may have left many with a case of WCOOP hangover. But on the second day of the world's marquee online tournament series 2,090 players were ready to give a little more...
View ArticleWCOOP 2013: murvl works a miracle, wins Event #3 ($215 NLHE, $1.5M guaranteed)
This year's running of the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker kicked off yesterday with three tournaments and three million in guaranteed prize money. Half of that guaranteed money was up...
View ArticleWCOOP 2013: Aduobe4 wins Event #5 [6-Max NL Shootout]; Liv Boeree finishes...
Aduobe4 outlasted four short-handed tables en route to a victory in World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) Event #5 $320 NL 6-Max Shootout. Along the way, Aduobe4 thwarted Team PokerStars Pro Liv...
View ArticleWCOOP 2013: Geggo08 dodges trouble to win Event #4 ($320 PLO)
Pot Limit Omaha is a favorite among the player and the fourth event of the 2013 WCOOP was a $320 buy-in PLO drew a 1,607 player field. The game gives enough gamble for the those so inclined while the...
View ArticleWe are watching the women of WCOOP!
Don't call us the NSA, but we are watching you. We're tracking the women of PokerStars, waiting patiently to see who will become the Woman of the Series during the 2013 World Championship of Online...
View ArticleSecond place forever
At this point, it's fair to say the Sunday Warm-Up is my favorite tournament on PokerStars. I made the money three times in July including a deep run where I made the final three tables. Unfortunately...
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