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METRO500 P40,000 Guaranteed
Buy-in: P500 (Freeze-out) + 1 DICC 2012 seats
First deal: 2:00pm
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120 Max, First deal: 7:00pm
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Scott Seiver Wins WPT Championship
220 players bought in to the $25,000 WPT Championship at Bellagio in Las Vegas and poker pro Scott Seiver finished in first place, earning $1,618,344 and his first World Poker Tour title. Seiver defeated Farzad Bonyadi heads-up. Bonyadi received $1,061,900 for his runner-up finish. Other notable finishes include Galen Hall in 3rd ($589,355), Justin Young [...]
Mercier Wins EPT Champion of Champions
With the EPT Grand Final wrapping up in Madrid, the poker world gearing up for the WSOP in Las Vegas and continued fallout from online poker’s Black Friday, the front page of PokerListings news section was filled to the brim this week. A few smaller stories may have slipped through the cracks as a result, [...]
Premier League Joins WPT
A few smaller stories may have slipped through the cracks, but as usual, we snatched them up and compiled them below in our weekly Poker News in Brief feature. This week the WPT takes over the Premier League, the PPA plans a march on Washington, SCOOP begins and more. World Poker Tour and Matchroom Sport [...]
Melbourne Poker Championships Begin
Crown’s Melbourne Poker Championships kicks off Sunday inside Australia’s biggest poker room. One of the most prestigious and sought-after titles on the Australian poker calendar, this year’s Championship boasts twenty tournaments highlighted by a $240 No-Limit Hold’em event with a $100k Guarantee, a 10-player $100,000 winner-takes-all Challenge and the $1,100 Melbourne Poker Championships main event. [...]
Top 5 Breakout Players to Watch at the 2011 WSOP
The 2011 WSOP is barely a week away and poker fans are getting excited about the big dance. Every year there are players who emerge from relative obscurity to make a name for themselves at the world’s biggest poker series. It’s what makes the WSOP such a compelling 50 days of poker. You can even [...]
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Sami “LarsLuzak” Kelopuro Snags SCOOP Main Event Title
The main event of the 2011 PokerStars SCOOP is over and renowned Finnish high-stakes pro Sami “Lrslzk” Kelopuro is champion. Known for high-stakes online cash games, this marks Kelopuro’s biggest MTT score. Known for nose-bleed stakes and million-dollar swings, Kelopuro has had a few close calls in live tournaments, including deep runs on the EPT [...]
Hansen Stumbles, Drops $345k
With the WSOP one week away, Gus Hansen refuses to let up in his quest for online dominance. Gus Hansen Last night that drive led to his unraveling as the Great Dane lost several hundred thousand dollars over 481 hands on Full Tilt Poker. Just a couple days removed from a weekend that saw him [...]
WSOP 2011 Best Bets: Women
Every year, PokerListings releases its list of Best Bets for the upcoming World Series of Poker. Traditionally, we use our vast knowledge, extensive contacts and unparalleled intuition to choose a stable of poker players we think are the best bet to take home bracelets from a summer in Las Vegas. And traditionally, with respect to [...]
WSOP 2011 Best Bets: Chess Players
Chess players already have the skills needed to succeed in poker. Every year, PokerListings releases its list of Best Bets for the upcoming World Series of Poker. In the past we’ve picked out individuals, based on results, skill and our vast knowledge of the vagaries of the poker world. Frankly, our predictions have been less [...]