After riding his start of day chip lead to heads up action, Ari Engel had to endure an epic battle against Tony Dunst to emerge as the champion of the Aussie Millions Main Event. As that mano y mano war played out, guys with plenty of money to toss around were taking part in Day… Read more »
According to her personal Twitter account and the casino, the inaugural champion of the World Series of Poker Europe, Annette Obrestad, has signed an “ambassador deal” with the Venetian Las Vegas. The deal, of which no details were announced, apparently began this weekend. The mysterious details began to leak out earlier this week when Obrestad… Read more »
In a rapid four-hour final table – after a four-day layoff for the Aussie Millions Main Event – Germany’s Fabian Quoss defeated the start of day chip leader Ben Tollerene to capture the championship of the $100,000 Challenge at the Aussie Millions in Melbourne on Saturday. Tollerene was the massive leader coming into play, being… Read more »
The final table is set for Aussie Millions Main Event and it looks like it will be a battle between two men. Chip leader Ari Engel and Day 3 chip leader Tony Dunst will head to the final table on Sunday 1-2 in the counts, with Samantha Abernathy and Kitty Kuo among those in the… Read more »
When it was first unveiled in 2015, we weren’t quite sure what to expect from Alexandre Dreyfus, the Global Poker Index and, in particular, the inaugural American Poker Awards. What the North American poker world received was a gift: it was a ceremony befitting of its counterpart from “across The Pond” with the European Poker… Read more »
After a flurry of activity on Day 3 in Melbourne, Australia, Tony ‘Bond_18’ Dunst is at the helm of the Aussie Millions Main Event. As Dunst holds a sizeable lead in one of poker’s unofficial “majors,” Ben Tollerene will have a couple of days to ponder his position as the chip leader of the $100,000… Read more »
Day 2 of the 2016 Aussie Millions Main Event has come and gone with just 154 players remaining to advance to Day 3. After late registrations were counted, the total field for the three starting flights plus those few last minute entries on Day 2 amounted to 732 players. Australian James Obst led the 376… Read more »
Over the weekend, professional poker player Dani “Ansky” Stern posted a statement by him and fellow players Isaac Haxton and Daniel Dvoress on Two Plus Two to relay their thoughts on their meeting with Amaya Gaming and PokerStars representatives at Amaya’s headquarters in Montreal. The meeting was scheduled so that the two sides could discuss… Read more »
All three starting flights of the 2016 Aussie Millions Main Event are in the bag (as are the chips), so it is finally on to Day 2, where all of the survivors of the day one flights come together in a unified field. 337 players registered for Tuesday’s Day 1C at the Crown Casino in… Read more »
The Los Angeles Times is fully aboard the online gambling train, publishing an editorial Saturday in which the Times Editorial Board calls for the regulation and licensing of all internet gaming sites. Daily fantasy sports are the hot topic nowadays in the online gambling (or skill game, depending on your position) arena and several state… Read more »
The 2016 Aussie Millions Main Event got underway over the weekend as championship hopefuls turned out at the Crown Casino in Melbourne Australia to start their journey to a title in one of the most popular events on the worldwide tournament calendar. Two of the three starting days are in the books (with the tourney… Read more »
In what was a frantic Day Two, Chance Kornuth came from the middle of the pack to take down the championship of the $25,000 Challenge at the Aussie Millions as the Main Event prepares to take center stage at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia. Kornuth was smack in the middle of the 26 players… Read more »
While it might not draw as much attention as it has in years past, the Aussie Millions still can draw a crowd to the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia. Perhaps because it is summertime “Down Under,” the weather and the heat of the poker tables always seem to bring the international poker community to the… Read more »
After taking a couple of years away from nominations, the Women in Poker Hall of Fame is back in 2016 to induct a new class of nominees. As the Poker Hall of Fame does, the WiPHoF looks to the general public to nominate players for the prestigious honor of joining the rolls of some of… Read more »
With the presentation of the awards just over a month away, the eleven categories in contention – and the four nominees in each category – have been announced for the 2nd Annual American Poker Awards, which will take place at the SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA, on February 25. In its inaugural year, Alexandre… Read more »
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued a written opinion Tuesday, declaring daily fantasy sports (DFS) to be illegal under current state law. The two leading DFS sites, DraftKings and FanDuel, have both issued statements disagreeing with Paxton, but it does not appear that either intends on withdrawing from the state any time soon. It does… Read more »
In what appears to be an effort to enforce its new, stricter third party software policy, PokerStars has allegedly sent an e-mail to select high stakes cash game players requesting a video recording of their play. A portion of the e-mail was posted on Two Plus Two by moderator “TooCuriousso1” in a thread for high… Read more »
The year 2006 was notable in the poker world for how up and down it was. On the one hand, you had the largest World Series of Poker Main Event of all time, when Jamie Gold jawed his way to the championship and an incredible $12 million. But on the other hand, the Unlawful Internet… Read more »
“Barry Greenstein spotted at the play money tables. Is he busto?” This is something that would not be all that weird to think is someone saw him playing online lately, but don’t worry about Mr. Greenstein. He is doing just fine. In a recent interview with PokerListings.com, Greenstein talked about how and why he has… Read more »
After catching a great deal of flak for simply airing repeats of programs that are several years old instead of the bold, innovative programming that they promised, the 24/7 poker channel Poker Central seems to be stepping up its game a bit for the beginning of 2016. Not only will one of their more popular… Read more »
They came into the final table as the top two players, so it was only natural that they would be the ones who would decide the championship. After all was said and done, Mike ‘SirWatts’ Watson emerged as champion of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure European Poker Tour Main Event over Anthony Gregg, who was denied… Read more »
After a thorough investigation into a tournament that was, from most appearances, run completely against every traditional norm of tournament poker in existence, state gaming officials in Florida have completed their investigation into the Hialeah Park Poker Room, resulting in several violations being marked against the organization. The situation first came to the attention of… Read more »
It was a day of history at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure European Poker Tour Main Event on Wednesday as the final table for the event was determined. When the final six men come back to the felt this afternoon, Mike ‘SirWatts’ Watson will be at the helm of the ship but he will face the… Read more »
When grown men – and women as well – are playing games as a profession, there is some argument that they have never grown up. Those that are paid extremely well in professional basketball, football, baseball and other sports often seem as if they haven’t gotten beyond puberty sometimes in their actions outside of their… Read more »
We’ve heard about it. We have been promised the glory of “sportified” poker for some time now. And now it’s here. Well, no it’s not actually here yet, but it’s almost here! And the Global Poker League has even given us some more information about what’s on tap in the form of the official team… Read more »
