EPT Championship at Internet Poker

Wsbtv reports that Jeff Williams of Dunwoody, Georgia has won the european poker tour's Grand Final in Monte Carlo. The EPT , sponsored by PokerStars.com, is a series of 7 high stakes poker tournaments that take place in Europe. The biggest of them all is the Grand Final, held in Monte Carlo. This year's championship hosted 298 players, including three World Champions, and was played over five days. It's champion, a 19-year-old [...] Read More


WPT Championship Sets Records at Internet Poker

Yahoo Finance today features a press release from the World Poker Tour about it's Season 4 championship which is now under way in Las Vegas. The final tally was 605 entrants for a prize pool of $15,125,000. The winner is slated to receive $3.7 million. Who are we rooting for? [...] Read More


WPT Championship at Internet Poker

The final day of the World Poker Tour Championship begins today at 7 p.m. Eastern time. The seating arrangements and chip counts are as follows: We'll report back with the final results as soon as possible. Seat Player Chips 1 Joe Bartholdi $7,135,000 2 Roland De Wolfe $1,860,000 3 Men 'The Master' Nguyen $1,490,000 4 Claus Nielsen $5,875,000 5 james Van Alstyne $8,070,000 6 Davidson Matthew $5,765,000 [...] Read More


California State Poker Championship Coming Up at The Gambling Weblog

Poker players love tournaments; especially those that they have a chance at entering. The California State Poker Championship is one such tournament with as low as $120.00 making accessible to nearly all Poker players. The tournament kicks off on September 2, at the "Commerce Casino", in Los Angeles, with satellites beginning on Thursday, August 28. Tournament play continues through September 21 and there is $7,000,000.00 up for grabs. Check out the details of the [...] Read More


Poker Bot World Championship Descends on Online Poker at The Gambling Weblog

As the surge of online poker continues unabated, the lesser-known part of the technology is the increase in poker bots - literally PC's that act like poker players - something chess players have been up against for years. However, unlike chess, poker bots are often seen as the scourge of the online poker world - but the creators of these critters are unrepentent and next month, in Vegas, will see the [...] Read More