According to a story in Variety Gill Cates Jr. will direct a documentary titled Pass the Sugar, which will focus on the nine final table contestants of the 2005 WSOP Main Event including eventual winner Joe Hachem. Poker fans will remember that Hachem was short-stacked for much of the final table before eventually overcoming Steve Dannenmann in heads-up play.
Cates has directed six motion pictures including $pent, The Mesmerist and A Midsummer Night's Rave although he also works as...
PokerStars is giving players a chance to turn their Frequent Players Points (FPPs) into a whole lot of cash on the last Sunday of each month with its Turbo Takedown tourney. It takes place this Sunday at 2:30 p.m. ET and has a buy-in of 5,000 FPPs. One out of three players will get paid, and the......
With few chances to get your money in as a huge favorite, any one who sits is on the edge of a punishing financial downswong, with $500k-$1 million swings the norm in a single short session.
Doesn't seem to stop anybody from playing, though, as the high-stakes PLO tables at Tilt have been off the charts with action since the WSOP hit the pause button.
Case in point: Another stacked six-max session that went off early this morning, featuring Gus Hansen, Phil "OMGClayAiken"...
Hollywood Poker will host a "London Live Freeroll Your Way to Fame Tournament" which will award players with tickets to potentially win a seat in the London Live Main Event.
The freeroll will take place Aug. 9 at 4 p.m. GMT and is open to all players at the poker site. All it takes to get into the freeroll is earning 50 player points within the month of July at Hollywood Poker.
Ten players will walk away from the freeroll with tickets to a $300+$20 qualifier for a shot at a...