Archive | November, 2011

WSOP Main Event Comes Down to Final Three, Heinz Leads

Posted by on Nov 08, 2011 in Poker News 0 comments

Pius Heinz and Ben Lamb (2011 WSOP Main Event, November Nine)

The highly anticipated World Series of Poker Main Event began this past Sunday, with several marquee players battling for the $8.7 million first place prize. Three players now remain within this highly-contested round table, including crowd and odds-on favorite Ben Lamb.Martin Staszko, Ben Lamb and Pius Heinz are the survivors of two intense days of  Read more »

Absolute Poker and UB.com Paying Back?

Posted by on Nov 02, 2011 in Poker News 0 comments

Absolute Poker and UB.com Paying Back?

Despite hearing from the other two parties involved in the Black Friday domain name seizures (PokerStars.com and Fulltiltpoker.com), the two other associated sites in the scandal have now stepped forward in attempt to remedy their reputations.Absolute Poker and UB.com, (the former being named as part of the original “Big Three”) have recently been documented by  Read more »

Elio Fox Wins 2011 WSOPE Main Event

Posted by on Nov 02, 2011 in Poker News 0 comments

Elio Fox (2011 WSOPE Main Event, Courtesy of PokerNews.com)

A winner was finally crowned at the 2011 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event, and that person was Elio Fox.Despite Fox not having many documented results on the live tournament circuit prior to 2010, this young gun from New York City was determined to prove that his talents could stand tall against even the  Read more »