Daily news from poker and online poker world http://www.pokernews.com/news/ Mon, 12 May 2008 20:03:46 -0700 http://www.pokernews.com/i/logo-pn2.gif http://www.pokernews.com/news/ en-us Copyright 2003-2008, PokerNews.com http://www.pokernews.com/news/2008/05/julien-nuitjen-wins-lapt-rio.htm From final table chip leader to champ, Holland's Julien Nuijten went wire to wire at the final table of the first ever PokerStars.com Latin American Poker Tour event, held in Rio de Janiero, Brazil... poker/news/Poker Tournaments Tue, 06 May 2008 08:31:00 -0700 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2008/05/lapt-rio-day-two-julien-nuitjen.htm The second day of action in the PokerStars.com Latin American Poker Tour debut in Rio de Janeiro featured aggressive early action. Before the first break, of the 103 players who started play, 39 were eliminated... poker/news/Poker Tournaments Mon, 05 May 2008 18:47:00 -0700 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2008/04/lapt-rio-day-one-carlos-lopez.htm The first major poker tournament in Brazil has just wrapped up its Day One, as the PokerStars.com Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) has come to Rio. 314 players either paid the $2,500 buy-in, or won their way in on PokerStars... poker/news/Poker Tournaments Sun, 04 May 2008 16:47:00 -0700 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2008/05/wsopc-caesars-las-vegas-final-allen-cunningham-wins.htm Team Full Tilt pro Allen Cunningham outlasted one of the toughest fields in the history of the World Series of Poker Circuit events to make the final table at the WSOP-C Caesars Las Vegas Main Event, then came from well back... poker/news/Poker Tournaments Fri, 02 May 2008 13:17:00 -0700 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2008/04/wsopc-caesars-las-vegas-day-2-recap-cunningham-bonomo.htm 54 players returned to Caesars Palace in Las Vegas yesterday for their shot at the final table of the World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event. While many poker superstars went to the rail on Day 1, there was still plenty of star power... poker/news/Poker Tournaments Thu, 01 May 2008 15:50:00 -0700 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2008/04/national-heads-up-championship-qualifying-criteria.htm Poker players are getting a heads-up about the qualifying criteria for one of the most popular and prestigious one-on-one poker tournaments around. The selection committee that determines which players are invited to NBC's National... poker/news/Poker Tournaments Thu, 01 May 2008 01:52:00 -0700 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2008/04/wsopc-caesars-las-vegas-day-1-recap.htm Dozens of big-name pros gathered in the Caesars Palace poker room to kick off the World Series of Poker Las Vegas Championship, offering perhaps the most star-studded field of recent Circuit events. Among the 334 entrants were multiple... poker/news/Poker Tournaments Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:30:00 -0700 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2008/04/caesars-palace-mega-stack-series.htm A very busy summer for poker in Las Vegas, both at the World Series of Poker and elsewhere, has become even busier with Caesars Palace's creation of its new Mega Stack Series. The series increases competition for the deep stack... poker/news/Poker Tournaments Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:10:00 -0700 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2008/04/pokerstars-ept-monte-carlo-day-5-chorny-wins.htm Canadian Glen Chorny was the chip leader going in to and coming out of the final day of play at the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Grand Final in Monte Carlo. Chorny won an astounding $3,198,500 after eliminating Denes Kalo... poker/news/Poker Tournaments http://www.pokernews.com/poker-forum/topic3357/ Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:57:00 -0700 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2008/04/pokerstars-ept-monte-carlo-day-4.htm Glen Chorny will be chip leader, when Day 5's 'almost' final table begins. Twelve hours after announcing 'shuffle up and deal,' the PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo called it a night, without reaching their eight person final table poker/news/Poker Tournaments Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:35:00 -0700