Archive for 2009-07-21

July 21, 2009

Battle of the Record Breakers

Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars set out to beat records on Sunday, the 19th of July. First Full Tilt announced it intended to break the 35,000 player Guinness World Record breaker accomplished by PokerStars earlier this year when Full Tilt wrapped up its Fifth Birthday promotion with a special massive tournament called The Record Breaker. Full Tilt’s tournament had great overlays, a $5 buy-in (and players could use frequent player points also) with a cap of 50,000 players. Read more

July 21, 2009

Alex Gomes Wins WPT Bellagio Cup for Brazil

It has become a tradition. Just as the World Series of Poker winds down at the Rio in Las Vegas and most poker players become anxious to enter a rest and relaxation period after a long summer of poker, the Bellagio Cup launches at the Bellagio only a few blocks away. And hosting a main event with the World Poker Tour name will draw the players, no matter their levels of exhaustion or frustration with poker. Thus, the Bellagio Cup remained a hit in its fifth year.Play began on Monday, July 13, as the first event of the eighth season of the WPT got underway. Read more

July 21, 2009

Guinness World Record Set in Midst of PokerStars Sunday Majors

With the 2009 World Series of Poker wrapped up until the November final table and the World Poker Tour wrapping up its first stop of the season at Bellagio, the poker players of the world were ready to unite for a Sunday filled with major tournaments and big guarantees on PokerStars. With much of the poker world relaxing at home at the end of a long summer and before other tournaments kicked up in the coming months, there was no more ideal time than Sunday, July 19, to log on and play for millions of dollars online.The day began with the Sunday Warm-Up and a guarantee of $750K on the line. Read more

July 21, 2009

National Poker Week Plays Out

From the beginning of the UIGEA (Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act), passed by Congress in 2006, the game has steadily been played like the original game between Jimmy the Greek and Johnny Moss; new cards are dealt and another hand is played out. The game is in Washington D.C. this week and being played hand for hand during National Poker Week.Close to 100 meetings are being held with members of Congress and their aides. Read more

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PokerStars Americas Cup of Poker Get ready to represent your country and do it in fabulous Argentina, compliments of PokerStars. But you need to get started, April 15 is the final day to make the team. Read all about it here!