By Landon Blackhall A starting stack of 30,000, relaxed structure, AUD $1 million first prize ... no need to rush. Right? God bless poker players and their insatiable desire for action! The combatants were Aussies Ricky Kroesen and Con Angelakis. On a flop that read [9d] [4c] [7c], Angelakis tabled [qh] [qc] but was in a world of hurt against Kroesen's … [Read more...]
APPT Sydney: Leg up for “Final Table”
November 30, 2009 By
Openings don't come much smoother - we're quickly down to business on day 1A of the PokerStars.net APPT Grand Final at Star City Casino in Sydney. After speeches from Star City's Michael Aherne and APPT President Jeffrey Haas, the order to "shuffle up and deal" was given by PokerStars.net Team Australia Pro Joe Hachem. It's already been a busy morning … [Read more...]
APPT Sydney: Grand final part of sporting cavalcade
November 30, 2009 By
"Andy, did you here about this one?" Yes, Michael Stipe, we've indeed heard that this is the biggest week of sport in Sydney since the 2000 Olympic Games. Welcome to Star City Casino on the shores of Darling Harbour for day 1A of the 2009 PokerStars.net APPT Grand Final. The culmination of the APPT's third season is part of a sporting cavalcade that … [Read more...]
Russian Poker Tour crowns new winner
November 30, 2009 By
The Russian Poker is back and has crowned a brand new champion. This weekend in Kyiv, Ukraine, 123 players sat down for the Main Event and played for the $220,720 prize pool. Some of the biggest names in Russian poker showed up to play, including Alex Kravchenko, Ivan Demidov, Alexander Dovzhenko, WCOOP bracelet winner Vadim Markushevsky, and ET Kyiv … [Read more...]
PokerStars Sunday tournament results (11-29-09)
November 30, 2009 By
We love of a good game of What Does Johnny Lodden Think (although, we prefer a game of What Does (French EPT Commentator) Benjo Think?. So, after last night's Sunday Million, we would love to sit around and ruminate on what Lodden thinks about making the final table of the biggest weekly poker tournament in the world. That's exactly what happened on … [Read more...]
APPT Sydney: New look for an old favourite
November 30, 2009 By
Each stop on season three of the PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) has delivered something new for players. In Macau, it was a superb new venue at the Grand Lisboa Hotel and Casino; in Auckland, a permanent home in New Zealand's largest poker room while the move from Manila to Cebu for APPT Philippines was greeted with universal approval … [Read more...]
Winner caio_pimenta Took 11/29 Sunday Million Title & $259K for Brazil
November 30, 2009 By
There is no disputing that the Sunday Million can be construed as a popular tournament. Its $1.5 million guarantee attracts thousands of players from around the world each week. But there seems to be a trend that it is becoming even more popular than ever. Evidence? A nearly 500-player increase on November 29th from the previous week. While this is … [Read more...]
Turbo Takedown: Worst to first, viebu drives off with Audi
November 30, 2009 By
After a few months off the $1 million Turbo Takedown is back and bigger than ever. As you may have read earlier in the week from Otis first prize tonight for one of the 21,423 runners is not only $60,000.00 but this shiny brand new Audi TT RS (I'll repost the picture because that's one hot car and like Otis I'll need a ride to the airport as well that … [Read more...]
Mr. Shanish knocks out four in a row to capture Sunday Warm-Up Title!
November 29, 2009 By
The Sunday Warm-Up continued to blaze hotter and hotter as the weather got colder this November weekend, with a whopping $925,600 in the prize pool. 4,628 players bellied up to the virtual felt to take their shot at the massive payout, and the top 675 finishers got paid for their efforts. Of course, the big money was concentrated at the final table, … [Read more...]
Battle of the Planets: makkie makes a straight and takes home Battle of the Planets title
November 29, 2009 By
November was a special month for the Battle of the Planets promotion. From November 8th-21st PokerStars handed a challenge to all the SnG players out there to break the current point records (read here for details on point distribution). The two week celebration of paying out over $5 million since the inception of the Battle of the Planets gave a … [Read more...]