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A regular in Bobby’s Room at the Bellagio and the biggest cash games in the world, American Matt Glantz came to London a high roller. But he will leave London the 2009 PokerStars London EPT High Roller champion.Glantz, who hails from Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania, outlasted a field of 75 elite players to grab the title [...]

The WSOPE Main Event final table has been set and it looks like being one of the most exciting in years. Here’s the rundown on the nine players remaining; Seat 1: Barry Shulman, USA, 1,090,000 chips Barry Shulman is the publisher of an American poker magazine and the father of November Nine member Jeff Shulman. [...]

The winner of the first Ironman Poker Tournament at the Commerce Casino is Brett Radin. Radin beat out the playing field of 64 players, each of whom bought in for $1,600, for a prize of $51k. The Commerce Casino, in celebration of the new event, added $10k to the event prize pool, which reached $103,000. [...]

Tom Dwan $99k lighter.Friday night on Full Tilt’s high-stakes tables started with Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond and kingsofcards sitting in with POKERBLUFFS for a little $500/$1,000 No-Limit Hold’em. POKERBLUFFS only stayed for a short session however, winning one big pot against Tom “kingsofcards” Marchese before calling it a night with his $40k profit. Being the action [...]

November is fast approaching and with it will be the final table of the 2009 WSOP Main Event, also known as the November Nine. Taking to the felt this fall will be seven relatively unknown players and two famous faces, in the forms of Phil Ivey and Jeff Shulman.The most recognizable face in November will [...]

Online qualifier Steve Holden is the latest champion of the 2009 Coral.co.uk British Masters Poker Tour, after winning the £500 NLHE Main Event in Liverpool. The professional player from Erdington in Birmingham won a package to the event in a $10 satellite on Coral.co.uk and went on to beat a field of 73 that included [...]

The PokerWorks special tournaments this week include not only FreeRolls but an amazing final last-chance promotion to win a prize package to the PokerNews Cup (PNC) Australia at Tony G Poker – cheap!TonyG Poker – Daily September 15th – 22ndAlthough this satellite event is not exactly free, this tournament is worth a mention because it [...]

News has hit the airwaves that ex-PokerNews presenter Tiffany Michelle has renewed her contract with Ultimate Betfor one more year. Michelle rose to prominence as a player at the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event when she was the "last woman standing” – a title which she has been able to ride for at [...]

Online poker room UltimateBet has extended Tiffany Michelle’s contract by one year. The poker player, who is also a TV and Film actor, went deep in the World Series of Poker main event last year and was in fact the last female player to be eliminated from the Main Event. At that time she signed [...]

Early in the year I received a phone call from Mr Neil Channing. He asked me to attend a meeting in a London bar to mark the launch of his and Nik Persaud’s brainchild Blackbeltpoker. Well, the promise of a free bar duly guaranteed my presence and I was lucky enough to be selected for [...]