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World Open V Heat 2 reconvenes at Palm B...

With the battle in Heat 1 proving to be a monumental tussle play in the second heat only got underway at 9:30 last night.  Meaning that the game would have to reconvene early (for poker players) this morning. The few hours that we did see of Heat 2 last evening were dominated by American pro Phil Laak.  With his poker playing partner Jennifer Tilly keeping a close eye on his play Phil...

After a bad start Luke ‘FullFlush1...

After a marathon eight hour session Luke ‘FullFlush1′ Schwartz was the last man standing in heat 1 of the World Open V. The online specialist outlasted an impressive field that included recent WPT winner Yevgeniy Tomashenko, PartyPoker pro Ian Frazer and WSOP Main Event finalist James Akenhead. Luke was lucky to be even playing after his earlier altercation with the casino...

More Trouble for Luke Schwartz at PartyP...

After the recent sandwich drama he found himself excluded from the Palm Beach Casino in Berkeley Street, Mayfair, London. Schwartz turned up for his heat at the PartyPoker.com World Open V this morning but was flagged as banned on the casino system and organizers had to go into long discussions with casino management to allow him to take his seat in the first heat of the tournament. At...

World Open V Gets Underway...

Poker players don’t normally get going this early in the day but when the World Open comes a calling things change.  Today is the first heat of six at the World Open V and play got underway at midday with eight players sitting down with the sole intention of making it to the final on Thursday and taking down the $250,000 top prize. We have a stellar line-up for for Heat 1 that...

Mike Sexton Previews PartyPoker.com Worl...

Mike Sexton Previews the PartyPoker.com World Open V Heat One Andy Ward James Akenhead Luke Schwartz Yevgeniy Timoshenko Jason Adams Ian Frazer Christian Schafer As a member of the November 9, James is the Pride of England. After reaching the final table of the WSOPE Main Event he has completed an amazing double! That says it all and he is certainly one to watch! I expect high stakes...

Poker Stars flood to the PartyPoker.com ...

Action gets underway at the fifth edition of the Partypoker.com World Open this weekend in London and with the line-up and schedule now finalised we are sure to be in for a great tournament. It’s not often that you get so many poker superstars playing in a European tournament but we have managed to secure some of the hottest names in the poker world to battle it out for the $250,000...

First show of odds for PartyPoker.com Wo...

JC Tran and Tom ‘Durrrr’ Dwan are marked up as early favourites heading the pack at 12/1. There are only six players to add before the field is full and we can get down to the action. Some of the biggest names in poker will be pitting their wits against each other at the World Open V.  One player to look out for is Yevgeniy Timoshenko who recently picked up a cool...