Poker News

Titan Poker recently staged a special online poker free roll ‘Lords of Poker’ satellite tournament in which qualifiers had the opportunity to take part in the Dutch Lords of Poker qualifying Tournament. Online Poker players who qualify in this tournament will eventually play in the final Lords of Poker Tournament which is open to only the great and good in the Dutch poker world. Three unknown Titan poker players managed to play online poker exceptionally well during the satellite which then enabled them to reach the qualifier. The three Titan Poker players Rik Broekhuize, Elly Steijn and Paul Wijnveld then took part in the final qualifier at the Beurs Van Berlage Hall in Amsterdam on the 6^th February. This event had 600 players taking part and the three Titan online poker players managed to play well, so much so that they have now been declared Lords of Poker.

Shocking news from over the pond has been received by Poker Hideout that a professional tournament poker player has been arrested on suspicion of murder. Ernest Scherer III has been arrested in connection of the murder of his parents who were killed on March 14^th last year in Pleasanton, and is being held without bail in Las Vegas.

The 30 year old World Series of Poker player from Southern California has amassed $339,780 in his tournament Poker career, and is the main suspect in the murder of 60 year old Ernie Scherer Jr. and his wife 57 year old Charlene Abendroth. The couple were found dead at their Castlewood Country Club home after lying undiscovered for almost a week in what appeared to be a savage beating with a sharp instrument. The police believe the motive for the murder was money though they have not disclosed any further information regarding this theory. A car very similar to that owned by Ernest Scherer III was captured on video very close to the scene of the crime at around the time that the incident is believed to have occurred.

Poker Stars is as you are all aware pretty much the home of tournament poker as well as being the largest poker site on the internet boasting in excess of 14 million players across the globe. The enormous amount of tournament poker available to play at Poker Stars is absolutely awe inspiring; one of the most prestigious and richest event in the European tournament poker calendar is The Poker Stars European Poker Tour. This year’s EPT it is expected to break all records, not only in terms of players in the final main event but also in the size of the prize pool which is expected to be in the region of $12m.

Exciting news for all the Irish poker players out there, Ladbrokes Poker has just announced an exciting promotion specifically for you. Don’t hang about though this promotion is only available until the end of February.

Carbon Poker have just paid out the biggest Bad Beat jackpot in the world proving that Friday 13^th is lucky for some. Carbon poker player RUGGIO scooped the massive $417,396 payout playing the online poker room with the lowest stakes possible, blinds being between $0.50 to $1. RUGGIO holding a straight flush (7 to JH) was eventually ‘beaten’ by AELANI who held a higher straight flush. AELANI didn’t walk away too disappointed as he won a very significant sum of $208,698 and all the other online poker room players at the same table went away with very sizeable sums just for being there, each of the five taking away a very healthy $41,739 each.

Poker Hideout is sad to report that the very popular Gala Casinos British Poker Tour has finished after two successful seasons and will not be returning. Whilst this may not be the best news for UK poker, Gala Casinos have decided to invest in more online poker tournaments which is a bigger market and probably more cost effective for the company. It is only to be expected that with the current economic crisis there will be some casualties, although it has to be said that UK poker appears to be as popular as ever and so this may be a knee jerk reaction by the company in anticipation of a downturn in revenues.

We at Poker Hideout take the problem of gambling addiction very seriously and its true we do love the odd flutter ourselves and our regular online poker games are a must, but we are always very conscious of those that can allow their gambling to get out of control. Please always remember online poker games and gambling are meant to be fun and exciting but they should never be the only thing in your life.

Excitement abounds this week at Full tilt poker, the FTOPS XI series has comenced and there is excitment in the air. The 25 event tournament kicked off on the 4^th February and runs until Sunday 15^th February and has a staggering guaranteed prize fund of $15,000,000. Each event in the full calendar of poker games is hosted by one of the Full Tilt Poker professionals, including the charismatic Chris Ferguson winner of 5 WSOP bracelets, 2 WSOP rings, WSOP main event champion 2000 and John Juanda, who in his poker career has won 4 WSOP bracelets, the WSOP Europe main event championship title 2008 and winnings in excess of $8.5m.