Gus Hansen
Eighth World Poker Tour Championship Underway
Wednesday, 21 April, 2010Sunday April 18th saw the commencement of the eighth World Poker Tour Championship Event at the Bellagio hotel and casino complex, Las Vegas. The $25,000 No Limit Hold’em tournament, won in previous years by the likes of Alan Goehring, Carlos Mortensen and Yevgeniy Timoshenko, marks the pinnacle of the WPT calendar and was designed as an alternative to the World Series of Poker, the unofficial “World Championships” of poker.
High Stakes Poker – Hansen and Negreanu
Wednesday, 14 April, 2010
When it comes to poker tournaments, Gus Hansen is one of the world’s most feared players, particularly at No Limit Hold’em. In recent years though, he has really struggled with online high stakes cash games. He ended 2009 almost $6 million down and is regarded by many in the poker community as something of a high stakes fish.
McLean Karr Wins World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star
Sunday, 14 March, 2010The World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star, a poker tournament with a twist, drew to a close this weekend as McLean Karr emerged triumphant.
Isildur1 Returns With a Vengeance
Saturday, 20 February, 2010High stakes railbirds the world over breathed a huge sigh of relief as “Isildur1” returned to the virtual felt earlier in the month. With the absence of the mysterious Swede from the high stakes online poker scene, things had become a little quiet, but the player on the losing end of the biggest online pot in history is back with a vengeance.
