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Tom Dwan : His thoughts on everyone in poker

Recently we caught up with Tom Dwan in Vienna where he let us know his thoughts on practically everyone in the poker world. What do you think?

TonyG:Who’s heading with us to the WPT World Championship at the Bellagio? Phil Hellmuth it aint!

Another great weekend in Minsk – the games in Belarus are out of this world. I am making serious progress in getting myself in a nice position to enter the One Drop at the WSOP – I also think I have some other players who are keen to enter. Tony Resort Time! The games are so good in Belarus that I have even agreed to fly all the players from the game to Tony Resort for some good old fashioned hospitality. When you are winning a game and the game is so good you cannot just walk away with all the profits ...

Top 5 High Stakes Poker Players

Our good friend Josef Rantamäki over at PokerBlog decided here in a guest post that it was high time he told us just who we he thought were the Top 5 High Stakes Poker Players: 1) Phil Ivey: Now granted his legacy, of late, has been tarnished with his sabbatical from the scene. Some wonder if his gambling so high like he had a bottomless pit of money behind him finally caught up to him. Let's not forget, one thing that hasn't changed is the fact he's still Phil Ivey. It's true, stories of epic craps rolls by Ivy have gone the way of the dingo and ...

12 Poker Players and Celebrities Separated at Birth!

Now and again on the poker circuit someone always seems to say to us "Hey don't you think so and so looks a lot like..." it got us thinking so here are some startling discoveries featured below, as far as poker players that so closely resemble famous celebrities that the only rational explanation is that they were separated at birth: We’re not exactly sure how the hospital managed to separate twins Freddy Deeb and Danny DeVito at birth but somehow or other it happened. If things ever go south for either at least they have the back-up plan of suing the hospital for ...

PokerFest II is over! So what was your highlight?

Wow what a Pokerfest this one was! With the obvious highlight being the Main Event which was played out yesterday evening, it must have been something of a Super Sunday when Andy Ward took it down for a payday of over $216K, from all of us here at PartyPoker a huge congratulations to you! 10 times a winner Some other great highlights along the way included a player called Ikovalence who managed to cash 10 times and receiving a nice bonus of € 2.500! We asked Ikovalence about his performance and got this back: "As part of the community Pokerstartegy.com, I knew there was ...

Tony G – I was a victim of a Shak attack!

I felt like a true visionary – I saw the light, I found Jesus. My spectacles were rose tinted and I felt great about my game in the 100k Super High Roller at EPT Monte Carlo. Shak Attack! This wasn’t to be my grand prix moment, however, I have not been crowned poker royalty. Time for the bike – I was a victim of a Shak attack. I folded Kings pre-flop – I got Kings three times in a row yesterday! What a game poker is! How it turned out according to PokerNews Tony G Folds Kings Preflop, Then Busts Tony G just went from ...

Get in the VIP Club with PartyPoker today!

Starting today the 23rd of April and running all the way through to the 13th of May PartyPoker has made it even more rewarding to become a VIP with our brand new VIP 500 Club! The VIP 500 is open for Palladium VIP and Palladium VIP Elite members and will offer players the chance to win some fantastic prizes. If you opt in now then for every 500 points earned during the fore mentioned dates you will receive a VIP 500 Club instant prize card. Each card will guarantee you a prize ranging from $5 cash all the way through to an ...

Pokerfest II it’s back, bigger and better!

It's back folks and with a $3.5 million guaranteed prize pool this is one event you won't want to miss. But wait it gets event better with a $1 million main event, and 47 tournaments plus so many multiple side events you won't believe. And on top of all this we'll be handing out some jackpot prizes that include $50,000 cash, iPads, iPods and a $14,000 WSOP 2012 package. Read how to qualify here! Pokerfest II Jackpots Win any three Pokerfest II tournaments = $20,000 + WSOP* 2012 package worth $14,000 Final table in any 10 Pokerfest II tournaments = $15,000 + iPad Final ...

Poker Pros – Wake Up and Smell the Coffee!

Recently, I've been disappointed and frankly, disgusted, with what I perceive to be a lack of professionalism by some poker pros. I feel many have no vision for the future or an understanding of the present. They can't see the forest for the trees. They don't see the big picture - growing our industry and making it a better place to play and/or work in and doing what it takes to bring sponsorship into the poker world. They just live in their own little worlds. Some examples Here are some recent examples of things that have irked me. ...

PartyPoker’s Morten Christensen wins WPT Vienna

What an amazing journey this WPT Vienna trip has been for PartyPoker's Morten Christensen. He started this increadable upswing by winning an entry to here via a Sunday qualifer on PartyPoker. A few good hands later shall we say he takes down the WPT Vienna for €313,000 here's what he had to say on his win:

Phil Laak wins €160,000 in Big Game VI

The Montesino Casino in Vienna played host to the Big Game VI action which ran from April 11-13, with 48 hours of nearly non-stop cash game action with some of the world's top players broadcast via a web stream with hole cards shown so that lucky viewers at home could follow all the action. Players would come and go over the two days -- including the likes of Dan "Jungleman" Cates, Sam Trickett, JP Kelly, Alec Torelli, Tony G, Mike Sexton, Jonathan Duhamel, Sorel Mizzi and many more -- but one constant remained the entire time, with marathon man Phil Laak ...

Scott Seiver is the Premier League Poker V Champion

Below are the full final table payouts for the Premier League V: 1st Scott Seiver $500,000 2nd Dan Cates $300,000 3rd Phil Laak $175,000 4th Patrik Antonius $125,000 5th Tony G $100,000 6th Tom Dwan $80,000 7th Mathew Frankland $65,000 8th Sam Trickett $55,000 18:35 - Scott Seiver is Your Premier League V Champion! After a speedy heads-up we've got a new Premier League champion, with Scott Seiver making short work of Dan Cates in heads-up play. Like a lot of heads-up matches, it all came down to a crucial flip, with the two getting it all-in in a classic race spot with Cates holding pocket sevens and Seiver ...

Luke Schwartz reviews Premier League lineup

Luke Schwartz reviews the lineup of Premier League Poker V. Follow the final day live updates. Summary: Timoshenko: Solid, always the favourite in my book in these formats. Katchalov: Pretty tight. Solid. Doesn't make big mistakes. Trickett: Won a lot over the last few years. Has a lot of confidence. Plays aggressively. This type of format is not his strongest form of poker. Jungleman: Bring him out into people and he's not favourite in any game. Frankenberger: Done well in Wall Street but I don't rate his poker game. Unabomber: Pretty good at maths. His technical poker game is not very good but his speech play is ...

Tony G Wins Group A, Heat 2

22:30 Tony G Wins Group A, Heat 2 Seidel limps into the pot holding [5c] [4h] and Tony G checks with [8d] [7s]. Flop: [9d] [8s] [4s] Both players check. Turn: [9h] Tony G checks, Seidel bets 60,000, Tony G moves all-in and Seidel calls. "That's what I thought you had," Said Tony G when he saw Seidel's hand. River: [8h] "yessss!!!" Shouts Tony G before shaking the hand of Seidel. So Tony G wins Group A, Heat 2 and earns 16 points and $32,000. A patient performance from Erik Seidel earns him 11 points and $22,000 points. 22:24 Tony G All-In Tony G open shoves with [9d] [6d] and Erik ...

Mike Sexton – Premier League V his thoughts on the players – Part 4 of 4

Well here we are the final part of this series where Mike Sexton let us know exactly what he thinks of the Premier League V and the players. If you’ve missed any part check out part 3 and work your way back. As for today we’ve got an exciting line up for Mike so let’s get down to it: Vanessa Selbst - Most feel she is the top woman player in the world, but I'll go a step farther and rate her one of the top five players in the world - male or female! Her aggressiveness makes all the pro's ...