Jesse May's Ladbrokes Poker Million preview - 21/07/08
Here comes the Poker Million again. The tournament has kind of come full circle, hasn’t it? I mean, when the first Poker Million took place on the Isle of Man, there was nothing the world wanted more than to watch a live final table of an open tournament with a million pound first prize. Now, let’s be honest, open tournaments could make you yawn. The money has gotten so silly, so out of whack, that the money winners’ list is a list that has no meaning to history. History has been kind to the Poker Million because the Poker Million has got history, and what the world wants to watch now is an exclusive field of great poker players pitted against each other under difficult conditions. Poker Million VII suits, with what will likely be one of the best fields of the year. The field has the cream of European poker, as befits what is one of the longest running major tournaments in European poker, and what is the longest running televised poker tournament with a live final table full stop. Twelve heats, two turbo second chances, and a celebrity qualifier to lead things off. As for form, I’m still suffering from Las Vegas aftershock, and I didn’t even play. Can’t expect the rest of these to be too much different. Matchroom Poker will be blogging the heats live from Tuesday morning, with the celebrity heat kicking off around 10am
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Is Devilfish a mindreader? - 18/07/08
This week's Hand of the Week shows Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott at his very best in his Premier League Poker II Heads-Up battle with Annie Duke - how good is this guy at calling hands?! Click on Hand of the Week to see the action
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Rod Harrington's World Matchplay Darts tips - 17/07/08
The Stan James World Matchplay kicks off on Sunday July 20 in Blackpool - live on Sky Sports. James Wade is defending the title he won 12 months ago, hoping to retain his title and pocket the £60,000 prize money. Sky Sports Darts pundit, commentator and expert tipster Rod Harrington has been in great form on MatchroomBets.com with his predictions for the Premier League, the UK Open and the Las Vegas Desert Classic - his video preview for the fun and games in Blackpool is live on MatchroomBets.com now and you can watch it by clicking here: http://www.matchroombets.com/articleDetail.asp?articleID=727 Rod will also be providing regular updates from the event round-by-round.
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PartyPoker.com European Open IV final tonight! - 16/07/08
After twelve heats, two turbo heats and two semi finals we are ready for the final of the PartyPoker.com European Open IV. The top three from the two semi finals went through and they take their chips through with them. The six players battling for the $200,000 first prize and trophy will be: Ian Frazer 469,000 – looking to add a second European Open title to his trophy cabinet. Josh Tyler 351,000 – this is the young gun’s TV debut. Annette Obrestad 235,000 – can she add the European Open title to her WSOPE bracelet? Nick Slade 124,000 – hoping to win his first TV tournament. Juha Helppi 114,000 – can the inaugural Premier League Poker Champion take down another title? Craig Burgess 107,000 – this sports trader has down well at the Aussie Millions, he is also looking to win his first TV tournament. Tune into Channel 5 at 12.30am to find out.
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WSOP update - Tiffany Michelle on the brink - 14/07/08
In an industry where celebs and presenters are mocked for playing in high profile tournaments, PokerNews presenter Tiffany "HotChips" Michelle is on the verge of a major shock as we approach day seven of the 39th Annual World Series of Poker. With just 27 players remaining from the 6,844 starting field, Tiffany Michelle sits in 3rd place with more than 9 million in chips, less than 2 million behind chip leader Craig Marquis. Michelle isn't the only celebrity to perform well at the main event, with Partypoker.com Sportstars Challenge III winner and EPT presenter Kara Scott finishing in 104th place and six-times World Snooker Champion Steve Davis making his second main event cash. Stay locked to Matchroom Poker for all the latest news from the WSOP.
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WSOP update - Hellmuth going for the dirty dozen - 11/07/08
1307 players started day 3 of this year’s main event with Phil Hellmuth right in the hunt for his 12th bracelet. Hellmuth is also gunning for his second main event title and is sitting nicely on 490,000, with Jeremy Joseph the chip leader with 1,458,000. The Premier League poker star won his record breaking 11th bracelet at the 2007 WSOP and won his first main event in 1989. Kara Scott – only one of a handful of women left - started the day with 84,000 chips and she quickly built her stack to over 200,000 which she has managed to maintain, ending day 3 with 230,000. Another Matchroom Poker player Daly Hoy started day 3 as one of the short stacks and needed an early double up which he got. Holding A10 he and Player X were all in. Player X was holding 10 10. Dale managed to spike an Ace on the turn to double him up. He is now on 322,500 chips and is in good shape going into day 4. Other notable players left are Jeff Kimber who has 665,000 chips, Hoyt Corkins who starred in the PartyPoker.net The Big Game II has 467,000 chips. The bubble burst at 667 and there are 475 players remaining all guaranteed $27,020.
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WSOP Update - Kara Scott makes Day 3 - 10/07/08
Day 2b of the WSOP main event has just been completed with PartyPoker.com Sports Stars Challenge III winner Kara Scott making it to day 3. An amazing 2,379 players began day 2b and only 855 players made it to day 3
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