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Black Belt London Live Day 1A complete

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:57:23 GMT

150 players started the opening day of London Live and by the close only 34 remained.

BoylePoker freeroll for all its losing Cheltenham Festival punters

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

BoylePoker is giving poker loving horse racing fans the chance to win some of their cash back if they lose out at the National Hunt showpiece.

BLOG – zero-to-sixty in record time?

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:41:26 GMT

I’m used to going 0-60 in three or four seconds when I’m on the road but it’s not something that happens to my bankroll often. Well, having run my measly bucks up to $25 or so at my last blog I managed to get a few cashes, a podium finish or two in a $1.10 45-man tournament and some good NL2 grinding in. $63.79. Result.

Hellmuth leads Bay 101 Shooting Stars with 27 left

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:36:05 GMT

Well, this won’t do anything to deflate his ego. Of the 126 survivors from Day 1a and Day 1b, just 27 remain; 26 of whom are trailing behind UB pro and 11-time WSOP bracelet-winner Phil Hellmuth.

UB cancels 2010 Aruba Classic tournament

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:29:47 GMT

Now that the World Poker Tour is in safe hands and going strong, you don’t often hear of poker tournaments falling through. However, to the surprise of many, UB have cancelled their Aruba Poker Classic – well, they’ve put it “on hiatus from 2010”.

Phil Galfond takes $1.66m from Isildur1

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:23:16 GMT

Isildur1 and Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond haven’t clashed much at the high stakes tables but that changed last night – an intense match of $300/$600 PLO and NLHE soon became $500/$1,000 PLO and by the end of the session Galfond found himself $1.6m richer.

Odds for BlackBelt Poker London Live announced

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Bookmaker Boylesports has opened up a book on today's BlackBeltPoker London Live with the double WSOP Main Event finalist James Akenhead installed as the 33/1 favourite.

Win a trip to Estonia courtesy of Betfair Poker

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The third of Betfair Poker's series of LIVE! festivals takes place at the Olympic Casino in Tallinn from 8th to 11th April with a variety of events, including both Hold'em and Pot Limit Omaha, with buy-ins to suit all levels of bankroll.

PRETTY LADIES! Maxim names poker’s top 20

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:21:24 GMT

We know what you’re thinking – this is tenuously poker news at best and the readers of Bluff Europe deserve better. Well, readers, here is a link to pictures of Heather Graham, Cameron Diaz and Jennifer Love Hewitt, among others.

Bay 101 Shooting Stars Day 1b complete

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:17:59 GMT

Another 196 players have entered the World Poker Tour’s $10,000 buy-in event at Bay 101, including 25 players with a $5,000 bounty on their scalp. Fellow bounty Eli Elezra took David Williams' $5,000 for the first bounty of the day and they dropped like flies from there.

Isildur1 wins $2.2m then loses big to durrrr

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:13:38 GMT

Isildur1 has had an amazing past 36 hours. He took on Cole South, winning $785,000, before making over half a million from Brian Hastings. South then fell victim to the Swedish player again, losing a further $465,000.

MiniFTOPS begins at Full Tilt Poker

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:10:39 GMT

With buy-ins one-tenth the size of FTOPS XV but $6,000,000 guaranteed across 27 events, the MiniFTOPS series at Full Tilt Poker kicked off last night with a $22 NLHE 6-max event boasting a $350,000 prize pool.

Cardiff card room to open this month

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:06:57 GMT

Poker players from south Wales should have plenty to cheer about later this month with the arrival of new poker room Les Croupiers.

Win a trip to the FA Cup Final courtesy of William Hill Poker

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:56:06 GMT

William Hill Poker is getting behind the oldest cup competition in the world by sending one player and a guest on a VIP trip to Wembley for this year's FA Cup Final.

BLOG – High Stakes Prop Bets – sorry, Poker

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:59:42 GMT

The latest episode of High Stakes Poker was bloody good for a number of reasons. There were plenty of interesting hands – for example, Negreanu exposing the nine of his 9h-6h then catching his gutshot to make the nuts – and plenty of interesting table talk.

WPT Bay 101 Day 1a - $5,000 bounty on 17 pros

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:57:31 GMT

Almost two thirds of the field was lost at Day 1a of the World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Stars $10,000 event. The field was spiced up nicely with the $5,000 bounties on pros, meaning there was $100,000 extra to be won in the opening flight.

FBI step in during Face the Ace lawsuit

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:51:32 GMT

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is taking an interest in the ongoing copyright dispute over TV poker gameshow, Face the Ace. Brandon McSmith claims that Poker PROductions stole the show format from him.

Isildur1 wins $800,000 from Cole South

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:48:31 GMT

Isildur1 seems to be enjoying an excellent run against Cole South, who is now nowhere near the $3.5m profit mark he had set at the beginning of this month. Last night, the Swede took on CardRunners instructor South and won almost $800,000 playing everything from $50/$100 to $300/$600 PLO.

Brian Townsend wins big for the first time in 2010

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:46:12 GMT

Brian Townsend has had a torrid 2010, losing over $2,000,000 at the nosebleed tables on Full Tilt since the year began. However, his latest blog shows that he could be turning things around after a series of winning sessions.

Party Poker Women's World Open IV announced

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:39:35 GMT

PartyPoker.com has revealed that the fourth incarnation of its popular Women's World Open will take place from 23rd to 24th March.