ECOOP Player Snags $220,000
Luke Cahill credits his alertness as a key factor in winning the European Championship of Online Poker’s $1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Main Event. The event, put on by Titan Poker, drew 992 players in the $1000+$60 Texas Holdem No Limit tourney, capping the ECOOP events that boasted over $2,500,000 in total prizes. In an admission that may drive a lot of players on tilt Cahill explained that he was a live cash game player exclusively before this win…
More Heads Up for PokerTek
The latest thing when it comes to dealers in the world of poker is to not have them. PokerTek is the company that is making this happen with no-dealer machines that provide a live poker experience that is much like you would expect, just without dealers - and cards and chips. Everything is virtual, including in their Heads-Up version (branded as Heads-Up Challenge World Series of Poker)…
Irish Open via CelebPoker
The 2008 Irish Open is getting a lot of press, and well they might, due to the excitement to be had at this long running poker festival. The longest running pro level major poker tournament outside of the World Series of Poker, the Irish Open, will be played in Dublin around Easter of 2008, and online poker rooms like CelebPoker are offering players a chance to win seats. The Irish Open 2008 now has a guaranteed €3,000,000 prize pool, which is up by €1,000,000 over last year…
Online Poker Room Adds $11 Million Guaranteed per Month
Mansion Poker has recently announced that their players will be able to look forward to $11 million guaranteed prize pool next month – and every month there after. The new monthly prize schedule has a host of guaranteed events that total up to the $11 million. This menas that the weekly prize schedule is up around $2.5 million and more in guarantees, with the last week of each month pushed up to a $3 million collective prize pool, thanks to the Grand Tournament’s half million guarantee alone…