Poker News

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:00:00 -0500 -
The Nightly Turbo: World Series of Poker on ESPN, PokerStars Software Updates, and More
After a day off, the Nightly Turbo is back, bringing you the day's top poker news stories. The World Series of Poker is back on ESPN tonight and we've got a preview of it, PokerStars is releasing software updates, and more.
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:30:00 -0500 -
The Online Railbird Report: Heavy Hitters Go Heads-up
A look at the high-stakes cash game action on Full Tilt Poker. This week Ilari "Ziigmund" Sahamies stumbled in heads-up battles with Cole South and Brian Hastings while Phil Galfond logged a marathon session against "URnotINdanger2."
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:30:00 -0500 -
World Poker Tour London: Cody Continues British Domination; BoostedJ Takes High Roller Crown
The inaugural World Poker Tour London came to an end this weekend and winners were crowned in both the Main Event and the High Roller. Check out the results.
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:30:00 -0500 -
WCOOP Day 2: Victory! "J0hnny_Dr@m@" Among Monday's Winners
The PokerStars 2010 World Championship of Online Poker is under way and we've got the results from Day 2 of the tournament series.
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:05:00 -0500 -
WSOP vs. WCOOP Part 1: Events and Prize Pools
A comparison of the PokerStars World Championship and the World Series of Poker. In Part 1, we take a look at the prize pools and events.
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:00:00 -0500 -
PartyPoker Cash Runner Freeroll Series Expands with Exclusive Party Points Leaderboard and $2000 Freeroll Final
Something for everyone in our latest PartyPoker Promotion, with new and existing player freerolls plus a big PartyPoints leaderboard with money and tournament tickets on offer!
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:30:00 -0500 -
WCOOP Day 1: Alexander "AlexKP" Petersen, David "CrabMaki" Shallow, and João "joao bauer" Divino Dorneles Neto Win Bracelets
The 2010 PokerStars WCOOP kicked off on Sunday and we've got the results from the first three events of the series.
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:30:00 -0500 -
The Sunday Briefing: Shaun "tedsfishfry" Deeb Earns Victory in Full Tilt $750,000 Guarantee
Shaun "tedsfishfry" Deeb defeated a tough final table to win the Full Tilt $750,000 Guarantee for $132,787.50. See who else had a profitable Sunday of online poker.
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:32:00 -0500 -
The PartyPoker Weekly: The Poker Show Returns, Roland De Wolfe's Impressions and $7,500 PokerNews Cash Runner Series
Its a hectic week for PartyPoker as the Poker Show Returns, the Snowball rolls on and a fantastic new PokerNews Freeroll series begins.
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:00:00 -0500 -
The Weekly Turbo: WPT Contract with FSN, a New Stop on the World Series of Poker Circuit, and More
If you missed any of the news this week, don't worry, you'll find everything you've missed in the Weekly Turbo. The World Poker Tour inked a deal with FSN for three seasons and the World Series of Poker Circuit added another stop on the schedule...

CardPlayer Blogs

Jason Young - BORGATA!

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:30:00 -0500

Woah…sorry about the delay…I’m back on track now though and at Borgata! This is one of my favorite places to be in the world. It really feels like home field …

Nick Heather's Tournament Tales - Viktor Blom and Villains in Vilamoura

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:25:00 -0500

I sit down to my stack of 30k and am hoping for a good table draw when Viktor Blom (Isildur1?) sits two seats to my left. For the next two …

Marty Smyth - My WPT London And Dinner Bad Beats

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:59:00 -0500

After Cork, I headed up to Donegal for the weekend with Nicky, Paul Spillane and Julian Gardner, for a golfing weekend. It was great fun with a lot of money …

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Betpack.com sponsors Eglinton Casino Galway Races Festival - €7,000 added.

July 13, 2010 19:51 by IPC Host Article Rating
Betpack.com sponsors Eglinton Casino Galway Races Festival - €7,000 added.

Online poker and betting site, Betpack.com, have announced that they will be sponsoring The Eglinton Casino Galway Races Poker Festival and adding €7,000 in cash and prizes to the popular festival's events.

The Main Event for the week will be a €250 freezeout on Friday 30th July. This event will be run over 2 days and will have €2500 added to the prize pool.

Online qualification for the Main Event and for the final seat in the ICCC will be run on Betpack.com. Live Satellites for the Main Event will be run in The Eglinton Casino in the lead up to the Festival.

The Festival will also play host to the much coveted Irish Champions Challenge Cup (ICCC). This is a €1000 buy-in winner takes all invitational tournament which will be made up of 9 of the top players in Ireland.


The 10th seat in the ICCC is reserved for a qualifier from the Betpack.com online site and Betpack.com are also adding €1000 to the event making it €11,000 for the winner.

Betpack.com will also be sponsoring a Player of The Festival prize running throughout the entire week. A league will be run in which a player cashing in any of the 11 tournaments during the festival will receive league points, with the league leader at the end of the week receiving the title of Player of The Festival and winning a €1,500 VIP package to the Irish Poker Classic Festival in Cork.

 

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