Archive | September, 2010

Skjervoy Puts the Brakes on Cadillac

Skjervoy Puts the Brakes on Cadillac

Andreas “Skjervoy” Torbergsen has easily accumulated the biggest profit within a 24 hour period this year, earning over $1.2 million from various adversaries.The newest member of Team Cardrunners was extremely successful last night at the game most established pros to date prefer, Pot-Limit Omaha. The game however, was not always Torbergsen’s game of preference, as  Read more »

The “Great Dane” Running Loose, +$700K

The “Great Dane” Running Loose, +$700K

Over the past 36 hours, Gus Hansen has been on an absolute tear, winning over $700,000 at some of the highest stakes available on Full Tilt Poker.Hansen has been more than willing to take on all competition, including the usual suspects, Patrik Antonius, Brian Hastings, and Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies. As of late however, the man  Read more »

James Bord Captures WSOPE Main Event Title for Great Britain

James Bord Captures WSOPE Main Event Title for Great Britain

Although British residents were probably more than content with European success at this year’s World Series of Poker, one of Europe’s most prestigious titles is finally coming home since the introduction of World Series of Poker Europe Main Event in 2007. The £10,350 buy-in championship event was won by fellow Britain James Bord, after outlasting  Read more »

WCOOP Awards Biggest Prize in Online History

WCOOP Awards Biggest Prize in Online History

The World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) held by Poker Stars, awarded the biggest prize in the history of online poker last night in their $5,200 buy-in main event, with a $2.2 million dollar grand prize. This was given to the player who goes by the screen name “POTTERPOKER,” but his real name is Tyson  Read more »

Antonius Wins Over $1 Million

Antonius Wins Over $1 Million

Patrik Antonius is returning to form in 2010, as over the weekend he managed to profit over $1 million at the nosebleed stakes on Full Tilt Poker.Despite high stakes games being sporadic due to the popularity of the World Series of Poker Europe, games were in full swing last night. The online tables were full  Read more »

Blom, Pantling Still Alive in WSOPE Main Event

Blom, Pantling Still Alive in WSOPE Main Event

Viktor Blom, the Swedish poker pro who’s rumored to be the infamous Isildur1, is one of the biggest names left in the thick of the £10,000 buy-in WSOP Europe Main Event. Going into Day 3, Blom was leading the event in chip count, but has recently taken a slight fall. As of 10 a.m. EST,  Read more »

Hansen Brings Home High Roller Heads-Up Bracelet

Gus Hansen [photo courtesy of WSOP.com]

When compiling a list of poker pros looking for their first World Series of Poker bracelet, omit Gus Hansen’s name.“The Great Dane” outlasted online pro Jim Collopy in a best of three match for the forth bracelet given away at the 2010 WSOP Europe and £288,409 ($451,880 USD).The £10,000 buy-in event started way back on  Read more »

Dwan Has All-Around “Game”…

Dwan Has All-Around “Game”…

According to one of Tom Dwan’s latest tweets, he recently decided to surprise his girlfriend with a day trip to Paris. Back in 2009, Dwan was spotted at the World Series of Poker Europe, being railed by the beautiful blonde in the picture below.It has been confirmed that this beautiful woman is indeed Dwan’s counterpart.Some  Read more »

Shelley Over Kelly for WSOP Europe Event #3 Gold

Scott Shelley [photo courtesy of WSOP.com]

The third bracelet given away at the 2010 World Series of Poker Europe seemed destined to end up in J.P Kelly’s hands in record-breaking fashion.The defending £1,000 (+75) No Limit Hold’em champ was not only looking to become the first WSOPE winner to repeat, but if the pro from Aylesbury could capture his third career bracelet,  Read more »

WSOPE Event #4, Hansen the Biggest Name Left

WSOPE Event #4, Hansen the Biggest Name Left

While Gus Hansen may be considered by several in the online world as a high-stakes fish, the “Great Dane” may be proving them all wrong in London. At the World Series of PokerEurope, Gus Hansen has made the semifinal of Event #4, the £10,000 High Roller Heads-Up event. In this round, he will play the  Read more »