25 September 2009
Team Europe win Caesars Cup
The youth of Team Europe have overcome the mighty Americas, winning 4 out of their five bouts.
Caesars Cup update
First up for the European Team were Finnish duo, Patrik Antonius and Ilari ‘Ziigmund’ Sahamies – they took on Phil Ivey and Huck Seed in an odd tag-team-style heads-up match, where players take it in turn to play each street.
Betfair Caesars Cup begins
The Betfair Caesars Cup is moments away from starting here at the Casino at the Empire in Leicester Square as part of the World Series of Poker Europe. In a Ryder Cup-style event Daniel Negreanu has picked a team of Americas to face up against Annette Obrestad’s young guns of Europe.
Final Table Set at WSOPE £5,000 PLO Event
A field of over 150 players in Event #3 of the 2009 Betfair World Series of Poker Europe has been narrowed down to a final nine as the £5,000 PLO event closed yesterday.
24 September 2009
Hellmuth promising another grand arrival at the WSOPE Main Event
Never one to shirk the spotlight 11-time bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth is once again set to make a spectacular entrance to a World Series of Poker event. The Poker Brat, who has made the grand arrival something of a speciality, turned up at the Rio earlier this year in full Julius Caesar regalia, complete with Roman guards and petal throwing muses.
Four tables remain in WSOPE £5k PLO Event.
From a starting field of 154 entrants in the £5,000 + 250 Pot-Limit Omaha event, the action in Event 3 has been whittled down to 36 – just four tables, packed to the brim with big names and big players.
23 September 2009
Busteramus....
The field is rapidly diminishing with only 64 remaining from the original 153. As the tables get chopped, so too does the back of Layne Flack who seems to have had a massage girl behind him for a good couple of hours now.
Erik Cajelais wins Event #2 of WSOPE
Erik Cajelais or 'Mr Tattoo' as i like to call him (he is smothered in them) has defeated a tough final table to take down Event #2 of the WSOPE. Coming into the final table, Erik was up against some well respected players in the form of Howard Lederer, Men Nguyen, Chris Bjorin and Ian Frazer - but the young Canadian out-muscled his opponents to win the £104,677 first prize and his first World Series bracelet.
WSOPE Event #3 begins
The $5,000 PL Omaha tournament currently underway here in the Casino at the Empire, Leicester Square, is apparently the place to be (if you are a poker player).
Five Left in WSOPE Event #2 - £2,500 PLHE/PLO
A field of 158 has been whittled down to just 5, with play resuming in but a few hours. Mats Gavatin leads the final five in the mixed Hold ‘em/Omaha event after Howard Lederer, Hoyt Corkins and Ian Frazer all hit the rail early.