Premier League: What I really think abou...
Back in London getting ready for the PartyPoker.com Premier League Mixed Game Championship to start at the Playboy Club in London on Sunday. Being the playboy that I am I’m heading off to meet some Egyptian and Lebanese friends for a double apple shisha on the Edgware Road. I love the line-up, I will smoke them all! I just wish my good friend Joe Hachem was playing, I nearly...Mike Sexton: WPT Championship and starti...
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April 21, 2010 |
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It’s an exciting time as we get ready for the final table of the WPT championship. As of this writing, 35 players are left in the tournament (Day 4). Of those 35, 11 are still in the hunt for the WPT Player of the Year. That includes 5 WPT champ’s and 3 former World Champions (Carlos Mortensen, Phil Hellmuth, Scotty Nguyen). Faraz Jaka (aka “The Toilet”) is the...
Kara Scott: Red Carpet of Doom...
After one day at home doing absolutely, blissfully nothing, I headed to Los Angeles yesterday afternoon for the WPT Invitational. I was going there to do hostessing work for the TV side of things – interviewing players when they bust etc – but I also had to do something that I’ve always dreaded: walk the red carpet. The invitational is a celebrity event so there is a...Mike Sexton’s Induction into Poker...
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November 23, 2009 |
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The recent WSOP Main Event final was not only a memorable day for it’s youngest ever champion Joe Cada, during the closing stages the legendary Mike Sexton, PartyPoker’s global ambassador, was inducted into the prestigious WSOP Poker Hall Of Fame.
As well as many years successfully playing the poker circuit Mike was also instrumental in the explosion of poker across the world in...
It’s the World Open V Final Shownd...
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October 15, 2009 |
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We started with 48 players on Sunday and after seven extremely tough and entertaining heats we are down to the final seven. battling it out for the $250,000 top prize and the title of World Open V champion are six world renowned pros and our one sole online qualifier Jan Veit.
Play got underway at 15:30 GMT, quite early for a final table but the schedule has had to be adapted to...
The PartyPoker World Open V Seats are Fu...
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In recent minutes, Bodo has come through the runner-up heat, beating online qualifier Patrick Funke. The heads-up was dubbed the ‘Funke Bodo’, in tribute to nightclub ‘The Funky Buddha’ that is opposite the casino.
Talking of funky buddhas, ‘Mad Monk’ Andy Black is also at the final table – joining Phil Laak, Jennifer Tilly, Austrian online qualifier Jan Veit and Luke...
PartyPoker Ambassador Mike Sexton swoops...
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Mike Sexton has won Heat 6 of the World Open v becoming the fifth pro to make it to today’s showpiece final at the Palm Beach Casino in Mayfair.
It hadn’t always looked like the PartyPoker Global Ambassador would progress through this heat as time and time again he ran up against bigger hands leaving him short stacked. The WPT commentator had to dig deep into his vast reservoir of...
Mike Sexton Previews PartyPoker.com Worl...
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Mike Sexton Previews the PartyPoker.com World Open V
Heat One
Andy Ward
James Akenhead
Luke Schwartz
Yevgeniy Timoshenko
Jason Adams
Ian Frazer
Christian Schafer
As a member of the November 9, James is the Pride of England. After reaching the final table of the WSOPE Main Event he has completed an amazing double! That says it all and he is certainly one to watch! I expect high stakes...
First show of odds for PartyPoker.com Wo...
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September 30, 2009 |
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JC Tran and Tom ‘Durrrr’ Dwan are marked up as early favourites heading the pack at 12/1. There are only six players to add before the field is full and we can get down to the action.
Some of the biggest names in poker will be pitting their wits against each other at the World Open V. One player to look out for is Yevgeniy Timoshenko who recently picked up a cool...
PartyPoker. WSOP Day 2B starts with a hu...
Monster Day 2B has them squeezed into every spare bit of space. A record 2924 players took part in Day 2B and there were players and tables almost in every available bit of floor space. For the first hour of play today they did not let any spectators into the various tournament rooms. Rumour spread that this would continue all day which had many people concerned if they were supporting...
