Today Schedule
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METRO500 P40,000 Guaranteed
Buy-in: P500 (Freeze-out) + 1 DICC 2012 seats
First deal: 2:00pm
The Metro 60K
P60,000 Guaranteed
Buy-in: P500 (Freezeout) + 2 DICC 2012 seats
120 Max, First deal: 7:00pm
Metro Schedule
Rainy Days Freeroll @ The Metro
It’s starting to rain in Manila but this doesn’t stop the Metro Card Club from rewarding players for their patronage. With the end of summer and the Summer Speedster Freeroll, the Metro Card Club will start the Rainy Days at the Metro with a shower of cash. From June 1 to 30, players who are [...]
PokerStars Announces Executive Appointments
PokerStars announced two new executive appointments this week. Guy Templer, the former Chief Operating Officer of Netplay TV, joins PokerStars as the new Corporate Business Development Director. In the meantime, Lee Jones, the Poker Room Manager at PokerStars from 2003-07, is re-joining the company as the new Head of Home Games. NAPT Returns to ESPN2 [...]
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U.S. Regulation Back On The Table
Representatives John Campbell (R-CA) and Barney Frank (D-MA) introduced the Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection and Enforcement Act to congress this week in another attempt to establish federal licensing and regulation of Internet gaming and online poker. The bill is similar to H.R. 2267, which passed through the Frank led House Financial Services Committee in [...]
Titan Poker Offers Irish Open Seats
Titan Poker will stage an Irish Open 2011 Mega Super Satellite April 3 offering 30 guaranteed packages to the Irish Open 2011 main event. Plus, the site’s Go Live poker promotion will allow players to qualify for a special Titan Go Live Final on April 4 that will award a €4,600 Irish Open 2011 Prize [...]
PKR Live VI
PKR is offering its players two separate ways to qualify for their flagship PKR Live VI event at the Fox Poker Club in London May 19-22. Players can qualify for a seat-only package worth $1,220 or one of PKR’s newly launched packages worth $1,660 including buy-in and $610 towards expenses. Satellites for both are rolling [...]
PKR Speeds Up
Online poker room PKR launched a major software update this week, making the poker client even slicker and adding a 3D Blackjack casino game. PKR’s version 2.04 includes a faster hands per hour rate cutting the time off each hand dealt. Heads-up and short-handed players should see the difference right away. There have also been [...]
Hellmuth at the Derby
For the second consecutive year, The Louisville Palace is holding a charity poker tournament and celebrity welcome party the weekend of the Kentucky Derby. Hall of Fame coach Denny Crum and poker pros Phil Hellmuth, Jr. and Robert Williamson III will host the annual Derby Poker Championship May 5. Proceeds from the event directly benefit [...]
Stars Align For Irish Open
Paddypowerpoker confirmed a number of big name pros will take part in the Irish Open 2011 this week. WSOP bracelet holders Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott, Alan Smurfit and Dan Harrington have joined EPT winners Julian Thew and Roberto Romanello in confirming their attendance. Football legend Tony Cascarino and Snooker World Champion Ken Doherty are also planning [...]
The World Poker Tour 2011
Another stellar final table on the The World Poker Tour, plenty of high-stakes action online and a few record breaking regional PokerStars tours meant for a busy week in the PokerListings news room. A few stories may not have recieved the front page play they deserve, but thankfully we’ve put them together in our weekly [...]
The Big Event at the Bicycle Casino
Heavy action online and The Big Event at the Bicycle Casino kept the PokerListings news team busy this week. As a result, a few stories didn’t get the front page play they deserved. But fortunately, we’ve compiled them below in our weekly Poker News in Brief feature. This week, Phil Hellmuth heads to the Kentucky [...]