High Stakes Poker season 7 premiere review – spoilers within [Monday Editorial]

Monday, 28 February 2011 12:43

Being a United Kingdomer rather than a United Stater I was several hours behind the majority of the poker-playing world in watching the first episode of the seventh season of High Stakes Poker. By the time I had gotten around to it, I had seen the #HighStakesPoker hashtag on my Twitter feed light up furiously with hatred for Norm McDonald; the...

Staking on demand from Badbeat.com

Monday, 28 February 2011 12:37

Online staking and bankroll management site Badbeat.com is giving players even more flexibility after introducing a new 'bankroll on demand' facility....

The Micros episode 3 released

Monday, 28 February 2011 12:02

The latest episode in the hilarious animated series The Micros from Jay “pr1nnyraid”/“KRANTZ” Rosenkrantz and John “JimmyLegs” Wray as well as several other collaborators is out now. It follows three microstakes grinders – the nit, the protagonist and the crazy Isildur1-esque player – after they win the fictional Mega Million tournament to get $3...

Upcoming PokerStars Sunday Million guaranteed $5m

Monday, 28 February 2011 11:50

This Sunday marks the fifth anniversary of the PokerStars Sunday Million, a $215 tournament running every week on PokerStars that guarantees a prize pool of $1.5m and tends to make five or six people a week $100,000 or more richer to cheer up Monday mornings....

Arrests made after Rio robbery

Monday, 28 February 2011 11:46

Police in Las Vegas have arrested two men in connection with an armed robbery at a Las Vegas casino last week. A gunman, wearing a fake moustache, stole $33,000 worth of poker chips from a Pai Gow table at the Rio at 4am on Thursday....

Isildur1 beats online qualifier by just $10 in SuperStar Showdown

Monday, 28 February 2011 11:39

Well we weren’t expecting a tight-knit battle between great poker minds as PokerStars Pro Viktor “Isildur1” Blom took on Hungarian online qualifier DodgyFish72 in a SuperStar Showdown one-tenth the stakes. However, we did get a close and swingy match with the result being only one big blind either way....