Archive for Professionals

The first ever Asia Pacific Poker Tour kicked off on the 24th of August in Manila, the capital of the Philippines.  The total prize pool of $500,000 is to be shared among the more or less 200 players coming from 30 different countries.  The event is being held at the Hyatt Hotel and is set […]

Who wants 3 million euros?  I do, don’t you?  Well that much is up for grabs in the Irish Open 2008.  This is the longest running and largest poker tournament in Europe.  Here’s a piece of the press release for this much awaited tournament for the next year:
Europe’s largest poker tournament grows even bigger in […]

With all the scandals in sports today, it is very interesting that the WPA chose to release a code of ethics at this time.  It is designed to create the baseline standards for poker tournaments.  In order to be admitted to the WPA – as well as to remain – one has to adhere to […]

In the much awaited poker match between man and machine, man proves that he is still the best.  At the start of this week, Ali Estami and Phil Laak (the Unabomber) took on the challenge of Polaris, touted as the poker computer program that would beat human poker players.  The “First Man-Machine Poker Championship” was […]

Marshall Kirkpatrick has the news over at his SplashCast blog: poker pro Phil Hellmuth is using SplashCast - my favorite video player - to broadcast his videolog/ vlog. And like that guy in the electric shaver TV commercial of long ago, Phil likes the company so much he’s decide to invest in it as an […]

I’m watching the first UBT (Ultimate Blackjack Tournament) show - or at least the first I’ve seen - and my only question is WTF? Why bother? There’s no skill whatsover involved in this, no matter what hokum the deep-voice announcer tells you. While I loved playing Blackjack with my brother when we were kids, I […]

If you missed it, Pam Anderson and Kid Rock had a live chat last weekend on pamelapoker.com. John’s friend sent a snippet of the session (which I’ll post later), but the highlights apparently were about baby poop and that Cindy Crawford was baby-sitting for them. (Not sure but I think the baby’s name is “kid […]

Found this clip of the final hand for this year’s 2006 WSOP poker tournament. It was down to Jamie Gold, the Hollywood agent, versus Paul Wasicka, who I’ve not heard of before. Unfortunately, the volume is really low, so you’ll have crank it up (and don’t forget to turn it back down so you don’t […]

A bit of poker trivia. While I was watching an episode of Ultimate Poker Challenge, they cut to a clip of pro player Gavin Smith. Apparently he’s from my hometown. Well, I have three hometowns, depending on how you define hometown.
I’m talking about my third hometown - the one that I basically grew up in. […]

Canadian poker pro and writer Daniel Negreanu says that when the WSOP (World Series of Poker) started in the early 1970s, there were barely 50 players. In this year’s 37th Annual WSOP, which is currently in progress, over 8600 players were in the starting gates, each paying the $10,000 entry fee - which was present […]