Full Tilt Poker Million Dollar Challenge Day 3: Dwan smashes Sammy George

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:30:00 AST

The third and final leg of the Full Tilt Durrrr Million Dollar Challenge was completed yesterday in London with Tom “Durrrr” Dwan scoring a second victory in this event against Sammy George. Tom Dwan, who bought in for $250,000, busted George repeatedly, winning $750,000 and ending with exactly $1.000.000 in chips.

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Poker celebrities to gather for second annual Poker for CP Charity event

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:00:00 AST

One Step Closer Foundation and the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino are inviting players and poker fans to take part in  the second annual All In for CP Charity poker tournament, which is set to take place on Saturday, December 12th,  at 2:00 p.m  at the Hard Rock casino.

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Full Tilt Poker Million Dollar Challenge Day 2: Dwan beats Ilari Sahamies

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:30:00 AST

Day Two of the Full Tilt Poker Million Dollar Challenge played out in London, with Tom “durrrr” Dwan scoring his first victory at this event against Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies.

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2009 Asia Pacific Poker Tour prepares for Final Event in Sydney

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:30:00 AST

The PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour is getting ready to end its third season with the $6,300 buy-in APPT Grand Final, which is set to take place from December 1-6 at the Star City Casino in Sydney, Australia.

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Free Buffet for Venetian Deep Stack Extravaganza IV 2009 Players

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:00:00 AST

The Venetian Deep Stack Extravaganza IV continues until November 25th and all the participants will now receive a Free Buffet just by showing their tournament entries from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

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UltimateBet teams up with Starlight Children's Foundation for inaugural Starlight Charity Poker Challenge

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:30:00 AST

UltimateBet.com and the Starlight Children's Foundation, in conjunction with C3 Events, are teaming up for the inaugural UltimateBet Starlight Poker Challenge, a special charity event set to take place from  November 14th-18th at the historic Gare Windsor (Windsor Station) in Montreal, Canada.

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Live version of "durrrr Million Dollar Challenge" starts in London next week

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:30:00 AST

Full Tilt Pro Tom Dwan is bringing his “durrrr Million Dollar Challenge” to London next week to meet  three of the toughest challengers in the region in a special 500 hand live heads up match.

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Joe Cada wins 2009 WSOP Main Event

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:30:00 AST

21 year old Joe Cada is the new WSOP Main Event Champion after beating Darvin Moon in the heads-up play early Tuesday morning.

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World Poker Tour rejects Mandalay Entertainment offer and sells assets to Party Gaming

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:00:00 AST

Online gaming operator PartyGaming, and the the World Poker Tour have announced the completion of the acquisition of the business and substantially all of the assets of WPT Enterprises Inc. ("WPTE") for $12.3 million plus an additional 5% participation in gaming and other revenues generated by the assets. 

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2009 WSOP Main Event Final Heads Up is set

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:30:00 AST

21-year-old Joe Cada from from Shelby Township, Michigan and 46-year-old Darvin Moon of Oakland, Marylan will play the WSOP Main Event final Heads Up today at 10:00pm at the Penn and Teller Theater inside the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino. Cada will lead the chip count  with 135,950,000; while Moon will begin the competition with 58,850,000 in chips.

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