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Berlin Poker Robbery Suspect Surrenders to Police
One of those suspected in a brazen Berlin poker tournament robbery on March 6 has surrendered to police.
Chris Moorman of Doyles Room Wins Big Online Poker Tournament
What does online poker player Chris Moorman have in common with George Foreman and Muhammad Ali? All three will go down in history as legendary fighters. Chris Moorman of The Brunson 10, DoylesRoom.com's team of elite poker players, knocked out the competition in The Sunday Brawl online poker tournament on March 14, adding $109,620 to his millions in poker tournament winnings.
Extra Security in Place for European Poker Tour
Austrian police have announced they will take special security precautions in light of what transpired earlier this month in Berlin when bandits robbed an in progress poker tournament, the European
Poker: Hellmuth Comes Up Short Again at Bay 101 Shooting Star
Phil Hellmuth, the face behind UB.com, banked an impressive $117,000 for his sixth-place finish at this past week's Bay 10
UB.com Second Sundays Poker Charity
MIAMI, FL -- (March 12, 2010) - UB.com is introducing "Second Sundays," a new series of UB.com charitable online events
PokerStars Cancels Chile Poker Tournament
The world's largest online poker room, PokerStars (see website here), has not had the best of luck in recent days. Last Saturday, the European Poker Tour
PokerStars and England Rugby Hold Largest Poker Game
PokerStars.com announces another record-breaking event, the World's ‘Largest' Poker game played by members of the England Rugby Team.
PokerStars, an Official Partner of the England Rugby team, has already broken records for the ‘World's Largest Online Poker Tournament' and ‘Most Players on an Internet Poker Room', and decided to take on a real-world challenge, with some of the most aggressive and competitive players the poker world has ever seen; England rugby stars James Haskell (Stade Francais), Ben Foden (Northampton Saints) and Delon Armitage. (London Irish)
Berlin Television Appeal to Catch Poker Robbers
A television appeal was launched in an effort to find four robbers who made off with close to a quarter million euros this past Saturday during a brazen afternoon robbery at the Grand Hyatt Hotel i
Aruba Classic Poker Tournament Put On Hold By UB.com
After wrapping up its most successful tournament series yet and propelled by an invigorated brand that's attracting more players to its community,
Newest Poker Millionaire on CBS Morning Show Recalls Heist
Speaking on CBS Early Show, European Poker Tour Berlin million dollar winner, Kevin MacPhee discussed what transpired during a brazen armed robbery at the event last Saturday afternoon.
"We heard some screaming and yelling and we weren't sure what was really going on," MacPhee told Early Show co-anchor Maggie Rodriguez. "There was a lot of panic and the TV stage started to collapse. When that started to happen, all of the players got up out of their seats to see what was happening."
Berlin Poker Robbers Stupid Amateurs
Berlin police are calling the four armed bandits who held up a poker tournament Saturday "Stupid Amateurs". The crime took place at the Grand Hyatt Hotel while filming the European Poke
Berlin Poker Heist: Violent Crime Rare in Germany
After the EPT Berlin poker tournament robbery that occurred on Saturday in broad daylight (and during filming no less), the first thing popping into everyone's mind was how dangerous a city is Berl
Jagajeet Chiba: Poker Tournament Robberies a New Trend
When gun wielding bandits entered a popular poker tournament in Berlin during the Saturday afternoon hours, some of us were not exactly surprised.
I along with Gambling911.com have been reporting on various poker tournament robberies that have transpired throughout the United States in recent months. They appear to be escalating in violence and, by the looks of things Saturday, these robbers are becoming more and more gutsy.
To think they would hold up a tournament while the event was being filmed.
Berlin Poker Robbery Suspects Still On The Run
It was a brazen daylight robbery at approximately 2 pm local time Saturday and it was all caught on tape. The heist took place at the EPT Berlin Poker Tournament, sponsored by PokerStars.com. I
EPT Berlin: Kevin MacPhee Wins €1m Following Armed Robbery
The EPT Berlin will not be remembered so much for Kevin MacPhee's €1m win as it will be for the brazen armed robbery that unfolded while cameras were rolling on Saturday.
Heads Up Poker Clubs and Spades Brackets Finish Fast
The Clubs and Spades brackets were finished in less than an hour. Erik Seidel, after never winning a match in five years, advances to the semifinals after defeating Peter Eastgate.
Heads-Up Poker Elite Eight Sunday Schedule
The NBC Heads-Up Poker Elite Eight Sunday schedule was released in the morning.
Armed Thieves Raid EPT Berlin Poker Tournament
The EPT Berlin poker tournament was left rattled Saturday following a brazen armed robbery that had players hiding under tables at the city's Grand Hyatt Hotel. Some 800,000 euros was taken from
Kevin MacPhee Leads Field as EPT Berlin Heads Into Final
EPT Berlin was interrupted yesterday (Day 4) when an armed robbery took place just outside the tournament area.
Heads-Up Poker Day 1 Complete
In the Hearts Bracket:
Phil Hellmuth makes it into the second round of the Heads-Up Championship as he defeated Howard Lederer for the first win in the Hearts bracket.
Dolye Brunson defeated Brock Parker and Chris Ferguson defeated qualifier Annette Dworski in the Spades Bracket. Ferguson will play the winner of Kara Scott and Dennis Phillips while Brunson will face the winner of JP Kelly and Don Cheadle.
Allen Cunningham defeated Jesper Hougaard, Eli Elezra beat Greg Mueller and Dennis Phillips outlasted Kara Scott. All three head into the second round.
Doyle Has Peace of Mind
"Success is peace of mind in knowing you did your best."
Single Online Poker Player Picks Off Two Bounties at DoylesRoom.com
DoylesRoom.com to run Super Satellite this Sunday
DoylesRoom.com's ThaBeast86 lived up his to name on Sunday.
AbsolutePoker.net & Hooters Team Up for Poker Academy
AbsolutePoker.net & Hooters Team Up for Poker Academy in Hollywood, California
David Benyamine Wins Premier League IV title
David Benyamine has won the Party Poker Premier League IV title.
Benyamine, a French poker legend and a resident of Las Vegas, overcame a final table that also included Daniel Negreanu, Phil Laak, Roland De Wolfe, Luke 'FullFlush' Schwartz and Party Poker online qualifier Giovanni Safina, a 44-year-old lawyer from Palermo, Italy , who qualified through an online satellite for just 100 euros. The total prize pool was $1.5 million, with $300,000 added by PartyPoker.com.
Poker Host.com Poker Tournaments Heat Up MidAtlantic
Last week PokerHost.com wanted to warm up those affected by the snowstorms. In the mid Atlantic states.
Sky Dive With Poker Pro Joe Sebok and Win Big Cash
The adrenaline were pumping faster than ever for online poker players around the world Tuesday night. Team UB pro Joe Sebok announced the password to his online poker freeroll on his website SkyDiveWithSebok.com at 9pm ET. The free online poker tournament, scheduled for Wednesday, February 17 at 9pm ET, will include a $2,000 prize pool plus a Las Vegas Skydiving experience with Joe Sebok for the winner.
PokerStars 40 Billionth Hand: Online Poker Tourney
PokerStars is pleased to announce its newest promotion in the run up to the land mark 40 billionth hand dealt on PokerStars.
EPT Berlin Poker Buy-In Announced
Buying into EPT Berlin just got a whole lot easier!
