Veteran Pro Freddy Deeb won the ACFpoker €20,000 No Limit Hold ‘em High Roller Freeze Out tournament at the WPT Grand Prix de Paris this weekend. Deeb came to the final table second in chips to perhaps the hottest player in poker right now, Sorel Mizzi. In the end, the two squared off heads-up for the title with Deeb doubling twice, including once with ace-queen against ace-king, to erase Mizzi’s massive chip lead and secure the victory. “I cannot believe I came back,” said Deeb. “He kept making me call, but I changed my game and got a bit of a break.” The win was worth €290,000 to Deeb while Mizzi added €120,000 to the more than $1.3 million he’s already won in 2010. Dee
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The Godfather of poker has a daughter that can play very well. Doyle Brunson’s son Todd is known as a great player and now his daughter Pam is as well. She lead a team that took second place in the Throw Down Poker Championship on May 7th and 8th. The event was a charity poker series benefiting the National Kidney Foundation, and played last weekend in Reno, Nevada. There were 43 teams of 10 players each; the players earned points based on their progress and total points were added up to determine the winner. Pam Brunson’s team took second place and was comprised of non pro players.
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Online poker room PKR has selected a charity partner for the next year. The poker room will hold a series of poker events for Ante Up For Africa. The charity was created by poker pro Annie Duke and Hollywood actor Don Cheadle and has caught on in recent years as a popular charity. The non-profit organization is dedicated to helping Africans in need and partners with other organizations like Refugees International. PKR’s team of sponsored professionals will wear Ante Up For Africa branding at major poker events. Be a Winner NOW! Start Here
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The World Poker Tour has returned to France for the WPT Prix de Paris tournament series at the Aviation Club de France. The Main Event is currently underway which has a €10,000 buy in. At total of 106 players entered into this event. The prize pool is a respectable €2,347,797 to be divided amongst 27 players with first place getting paid €633,902.
Players from all over the world have traveled to play this event. Bertrand ‘Elky’ Grospellier, Guillaume Darcourt, Thomas Bichon, Freddy Deeb, Men ‘The Master’ Nguyen, Isabelle Mercier, Theo Jorgenson, and Roberto Romanello are among those that have made appearances for this prestigious event. Of course the
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Splashing the Pot captures the foam created by the disturbance and turbulence of action, action, action, and is filled with tidbits above and beyond the victories and beats and adds a little spice to the game of poker.EPT Main Event Down to 13 Players, High Roller Event UnderwayThe final two events of the European Poker Tour’s Championship are underway. The current leader in the € 10,000 buy-in No Limit Hold’em Main Event is Nicolas Chouity, holding 5,900,000 chips, which is a significant lead over Craig McCorkell, who is in second with 3,094,000 chips. Currently in third place position is Andrew Chen, who is hoping to parlay his online qualifier win on PokerStars to the first place prize of the EPT Main Event of € 1,700,000. The €25,0
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In an exciting new partnership Ladbrokes Poker have announced that Nick Moran is to be the face of their online poker site. Moran, who is best known for his role as a card sharp in Guy Ritchie’s smash hit Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, will be the host of Ladbroke’s brand new Ladbrokes Poker School.
The Poker School is a unique series of articles, podcasts and online videos designed to turn anybody from a losing player into a seasoned poker winner. Moran said, ‘Despite playing Eddy ‘the card shark’ in Lock Stock I had very little poker playing experience.
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The 2010 PokerStars EPT Grand Final played down to 24 in Monte Carlo Wednesday and the final table is now in sight. As players like 2003 World Series of Poker champ Chris Moneymaker, English footballer turned poker player Teddy Sheringham, 2008 Irish Open winner Neil Channing, and 2006 EPT London champ Vicky Coren hit the rail, several players went from pretenders to contenders for the EPT Grand Final crown. The chip lead belongs to American online poker phenom Kevin “1$ickDisea$E” Eyster, whose biggest live score to date was a runner-up finish in a $1k Six-Max event at the 2010 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure this past January for $65k.
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There were 18 players remaining when action began on day 5 of the World Poker Tour Championship at Bellagio. By the end of the night a final table of 10 was set and they will return tomorrow at noon PDT to play down to the television final table of six. Leading the way is John O’Shea (pictured right) with 3,174,000. Many huge names are still left in play, including Phil Hellmuth and Scotty Nguyen. The day finished in less than five hours and there were a few surprising developments (like day 4 chip leader Faraz Jaka falling in 14th place) and some that were not so surprising (like Tony Cousineau busting out on the first hand of play after limping into the money with three big blinds). You can read about all of the elimination hands below.
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In the history of Poker After Dark, a qualifier has never won one of the six-handed sit-and-go tournaments that are televised each week on NBC. But in no week will they have a better chance than this week, when four qualifiers will square off against two of the biggest names in poker for a chance at $120,000. Only two renowned pros will compete this week in a new series of episodes for the popular NBC poker show that runs every week night at 2:05 a.m. and 1:00 a.m. after Saturday Night Live. But those two pros happen to be two of the biggest names in the game. Eleven-time bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth will try to win his fourth Poker After Dark title (in what will be his 15th attempt), and five-time bracelet winner Chris ‘Jesus’ Ferguson will try to win his third PAD title (in what will be his ninth attempt). Sta
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The poker brother and sister pair Annie Duke and Howard “The Professor” Lederer helped raise money for charity this past week. The charity event was held in Washington DC to help the Ante Up for Africa charity. The charity, co founded by Duke, raises money to help the crisis in Darfur, and the charity poker event wound up raising $70,000. The top prize was a $10 000 seat at this year’s World Series of Poker main event donated by Full Tilt Poker. The event was sponsored by the Poker Players Alliance, a grassroots organization dedicated to protecting the rights of poker players. Be a Winner NOW!
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