Lee Watkinson made his first appearance at the 2008 Aussie Millions and came away with a win in the $3,000 Pot Limit Omaha event. Rebuys were allowed throughout the first two levels of play along with one $3,000 add-on at the end of the second level. There were 65 players in the tournament, and a total of 107 rebuys. The prize pool expanded until it reached $516,000.
Players started dropping out once the rebuy period was over with, [...]
The 2007 Card Player Player of the Year David “The Dragon” Pham took the chip lead into the final table at the 2008 European Poker Tour Poker Stars Caribbean Adventure, but “The Dragon” fell short as Frenchman Bertrand Grospellier slew the dragon and rode on to become the champion.
Final table play began with David Pham holding over 7 million chips, while Grospellier was in second with just over 3 million. However, the Frenchman got off to a fast start [...]
After one day of play at the Aussie Millions Event #4, $1,100 Limit Holdem, James Potter held a substantial chip lead over the remaining competition. Day one had whittled the 123 player field down to eight. Due to the tournament proceeding more swiftly than the tournament staff had expected, final table play was allowed to begin, but would soon be halted after Martin Cardno was eliminated in ninth place by Jamie Pickering, bringing day one to its exciting [...]
After four days of play, the European Poker Tour’s Poker Stars Caribbean Adventure starting field has been whittled down from the original 1,136 players to a mere eight who will contest the rights to be champion at the final table. Most of the players who started the tournament are either flying home or sticking around to catch some sun in the Bahamas, their chances at winning an EPT title done. One of the more famous names to be eliminated [...]
The World Poker Tour has always been a large supporter of women’s poker, and they have taken another step towards improving the reputation and recognition of women’s poker by creating the World Poker Tour Ladies’ League, the WPTL. The first event of the WPTL will take place on January 20, at the Borgata in Atlantic City.
Before forming the WPTL, the World Poker Tour held annual ladies’ events, the WPT Ladies Night Out, where the best female poker players would [...]
