Poker News

Doyle Brunson joins PartyPoker Premier League

Doyle Brunson is the final pro to be added to the PartyPoker Premier IV event that takes place in Las Vegas next month.

David Benyamine signs up for Premier League

David Benyamine may be best known as a high stakes cash player but he’ll get the chance to show his tournament mettle after signing up for PartyPoker.com’s Premier League series next month.

Negreanu and Rousso to play in next month’s PartyPoker’s Premier League

PartyPoker has revealed that the latest additions to the Premier League Poker IV line up will be Daniel Negreanu and Vanessa Rousso.

Hellmuth and Schwartz added to PartyPoker Premier League IV line up

Players competing in the fourth season of the PartyPoker.com Premier League could be forgiven for asking for a set of earplugs as part of their buy-in after the news that ‘Poker Brat’ Phil Hellmuth and Luke ‘_FullFlush_’ Schwartz will both be taking part in the $1.5m event.

Kara Scott signs with PartyPoker

For someone with such presence in the poker community, Kara Scott has taken a while to find herself a sponsorship deal. However, PartyPoker have now stepped in and taken the leggy Canadian on board – hopefully boyfriend and Full Tilt Pro Brian “sbrugby” Townsend won’t get too upset at her signing with a rival site.

EPT Season 6 set to be biggest yet

"The new EPT season includes many events which have made the past five seasons such a triumph with world-record-breaking fields and prize pools across Europe," said John Duthie, chief executive of the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour.

"We have set very high standards and we aim to improve on them still further in Season 6 - with new additions to the schedule as well as a richer mix of games and buy-ins to cater to more players."

Last year's EPT overtook the WPT in terms of players and winnings, according to PokerStars, with an overall prize pool of almost €55 million (approx $77 million USD) and 7,980 players from 97 countries.

And last year's Grand Final winner, Team PokerStars Pro Netherlands member Pieter de Korver, beat out a record-breaking 935 players to take the first prize of €2.3 million ($3.2 million USD).

"This year's EPT will be bigger and better than ever, kicking off in August in one of our newly scheduled destinations - magnificent Moscow in Russia.

"Overall, the tour will visit an unprecedented 13 countries. As well as Russia, the tour will include new stops in Portugal this November, and other destinations to be announced shortly," said Duthie.

Online satellites for EPT Moscow start today on Poker Stars.

The schedule as announced so far:

Tournament	City /Country	Dates	Buy-In	CAP
EPT Moscow	Moscow, Russia	Aug 18-23	200K+12K RUB	600
EPT Barcelona	Barcelona, Spain	Sept 4-9	8,000+300 EUR	700
EPT London	London, U.K.	Oct 1-7	5,000+250 GBP	800
EPT Warsaw	Warsaw, Poland	Oct 20-25	20K+1K PLN	400
EPT Vilamoura	Vilamoure, Portugal	Nov 17-22	5,000+300 EUR	600
EPT Prague	Prague, Czech Republic	Dec 1-6	5,000+250 EUR	600
PCA	Atlantis Resort, Bahamas	Jan 4-14	10,000+600 USD	1600

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Trips to Vegas on offer at the Ladbrokes Easter Rendezvous

Ladbrokes has announced that the prize pool for the £550 buy in main event of the Easter Rendezvous Festival will be boosted with five Vegas Dream packages worth $5,000 apiece. A field of 200 is expected to compete for cash prizes estimated at £100,000 at the event which takes places on 12th and 13th April.

Silke Cut – Martin Silke Takes Down GUKPT London

Martin Silke, a 30-year-old publican, has beaten a record-breaking GUKPT field to take down the £1,500 event at The Vic and win a £172,850 prize. The final table included Chaz Chattha, brother of Walsall winner Sunny and previous GUKPT final tablist as well as UK pro and GUKPT winner Dave Colclough.

Full Tilt Poker New $10 Minimum Deposit and Micro Stakes

Full Tilt have reduced the minimum deposit to a mini $10! Not only can you now join terrific Full Tilt for just $10 but there are now new low Micro Stakes Tables and this means that players can sit down for much less:

• Ring (cash) games $0.01/$0.02 No Limit Holdem join for just $0.40
• Sit n Go’s now start at just $1
• Buy in to a Multi Table Tournament (MTT) for only £0.10

How cool is that, you can still play your favourite poker and look after your precious bankroll too!

Full Tilt certainly knows what their loyal band of players want from their favourite online poker room.

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