HOOPMAN15 is the champion of PartyPoker&...

For those sick to death of the World Cup, yesterday (30 June) was a welcome break with a day of absolutely no matches, the first since the start of the tournament way back on 11 June. For those celebrating – and to help those facing the prospect of no ‘beautiful game’ until the weekend – we organised another round of our exciting Facebook Fan Cup. Last night’s event featured...

Phil Hellmuth makes a dramatic entrance ...

Day 1C The Phil Hellmuth show rolled into town today. The rumour buzzed around quite quickly that Phil and his entourage would soon be arriving so I grabbed a camera and joined the waiting throng. There were lots of camera crews and photographers waiting and yet current WSOP main event champion Peter Eastgate managed to walk in the door and past all of them without anyone recognizing...

Photos From the WSOP...

The boys from Norway in some new clothes. (the cases have still not arrived) Andreas welcomes Katja from Norway and Pia from Denmark to the party.   :) The Poker Italia Team make a very quiet entrance and pose for a team photo Ian Frazer, His charming wife, Padraig Parkinson and Eddie Hearn seem pleased when I ask if they would like another drink. The new PartyPoker Grassroots...

PartyPoker.com Premier League Line-Up An...

Matchroom Sport can announce the seven players set to take part in this year’s PartyPoker.com Premier League which commences at Penrith Leisure Centre on Thursday 3rd of September and concludes with the play-offs at Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton-on-Sea on the weekend of the 28th and 29th November. Leading the way is defending champion and World No.1 Ronnie O’Sullivan who will be...

My WSOP Blog 2009 Day 2...

I wake up late at 11.30am but manage to get myself over to the RIO and in my seat by 12.15 …phew! Although this year the starting stacks are 3X the buy in and not the pathetic 2X it has been, you still don’t want to miss a level when its 6 handed. So it’s the $1500 NL my first event and we start with 4500 chips, The table is only 5 handed so far and it’s a very lively start....

My WSOP Blog 2009 Day 1...

My plans for this trip are; arrive on 2nd June and play 3 x 6 handed events and any others I fancy if I get busted early, up until the 11th June when I need to get back in England. Return to Vegas on 24th June and stay until the end of main event or when I get busted. Well that’s the plan anyway! I arrive in the lounge at Virgin where my mate Greco is having breakfast with a few...

Here come the girls...

The fairer sex take to the spotlight with PartyPoker.com’s announcement of the Women’s World Open III. To be held at Three Mills Studios in London between Sunday, 24th May and Wednesday, 27th May, the popular Matchroom Sport-organised tournament sees 36 players from around the world battle it out for a $108,000 prize pool in the $3,000 buy-in event. The winner will take home a cool...

Cracked aces put a big smile on Pippadee...

Imagine losing with quads. Gutting. Now imagine losing with quad aces. Heart breaking. Surely there’s no bright side to a hard luck story like this. Well, there is if you’re playing on PartyPoker.com’s Bad Beat Jackpot tables. This is the situation player Pippadee555 found herself in this morning. But instead of leaving the table with cracked aces and a tale a woe, our lucky loser...

It’s in your hands...

We’ve definitely got our hands full with the Million Dollar Hand. Our latest promotion has proved to be a phenomenal success since launching just a couple of days ago. In fact, after just 24 hours from its launch on Wednesday (11th March), 3,214 players had won a hand, 4,617 winning hands had been paid and more than $50,000 had already been paid out to our eager players. After 48...

Say hello to March by winning your share...

A new month means a new Monthly Million at PartyPoker.com, our big-money tournament where there’s $1,000,000 guaranteed. The cards get dealt at 12:45 ET on Sunday, 1st March and it’ll cost you $640 to buy in direct. Don’t worry if that sounds too pricey, though. With so many qualifying paths you can get involved from as little as $1. The wide range of qualifiers includes daily...