yuvee04, also known as Yuval Bronshtein, won both Event 14, $500+$35 H.O.R.S.E., and Event 15, $200+$16 No-Limit Hold'em turbo. Both events started at the same time so Bronshtein had to multi-table his way to victory. Fortunately the turbo event ended at just past midnight EDT, so he had six hours to concentrate on closing out the H.O.R.S.E. event.
The Atlanta-based pro was previously best-known for finishing third in the 2007 $2,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em event and sixth at the £2,500...
On Aug. 3, Koester, a poker player from Germany, signed up for his first tournament on Titan Poker, the $250,000 Guaranteed Prize tournament. He competed against nearly 2,000 players and after seven and a half hours he was in heads-up play, going for his first win.
Victory wasn't in the cards for Koester this time around, though. On the last hand his #Kd#4h was outflopped, giving his opponent a pair of sixes and the win while Koester collected $27,000 for his second-place finish.
...The Poker Players Alliance has announced a fundraiser to be held at Coors Field in Denver, amid the hoopla surrounding the Democratic National Convention held in that city later this month. The August 26th event will be called 'Poker......
The Poker Den is the invention of PartyPoker and Matchroom sport and in the past has drawn the attention of big name pros like Phil Hellmuth, Roland de Wolfe and Tony G.
"The Poker Den has come a long ways since we started back in the summer of 2005," explained Eddie Hearn, head of online gaming at Matchroom Sport. "The Big Game has been such a huge success, and the two series so far have attracted the best players in the world. We have some great action, fantastic banter between the...