http://blog.partypoker.com The Official PartyPoker.com Blog Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:00:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_1678" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="The Champ Meets the Local Champ"][/caption] Positioned just between Sydney and Canberra, Goulburn is mainly known for its maximum security prison. Today the prison takes the backseat when the NPL state final has managed to attract 562 action thirsty poker players to fight it out for the ... http://blog.partypoker.com/general/burning-poker-action-in-goulburn.html I have been enjoying playing the AussieMillions qualifiers at PartyPoker.com. The bounty on my head makes for an interesting dyamanic and I have enjoyed the challenge of trying to win my own bounty tournaments. On Sunday 22nd there is a 250 buy in satellite with one package guaranteed to the Aussie ... http://blog.partypoker.com/aussie-millions/the-aussie-millions-bounty-is-up-for-grabs.html As many of you are aware PartyGaming has been in takeover discussions with the WPTE for a few months now, well today we can announce that the deal is now official. We are really excited to be cementing our long standing relationship with the WPT, after all it was thanks our ... http://blog.partypoker.com/wpt/its-finally-official-the-wpt-joins-the-partygaming-family.html We all know that Phil Ivey is a remarkable poker player, after all this is a man that has total tournament poker earnings of over $8.5m and add on top of that the mind boggling sums he will have made in cash games you then begin to understand that we ... http://blog.partypoker.com/wsop/why-the-bookies-fear-a-phil-ivey-win-at-the-wsop-main-event.html I left the days of endless sun and golden beaches at home to arrive in Auckland on a cold wet rainy day. There was a good turnout at Skycity for the APPT event including notables such a Lee final table Nelson, Raj Ramakritsin (who finished an unlucky 4th to me ... http://blog.partypoker.com/partypoker-ambassadors/aussie-millions-champ-stewart-scott-at-the-appt.html With the PartyPoker.com World Open V about to air on UK TV this Wednesday (Channel Five 00:10 GMT)we thought we would treat you to a little taster of what’s in store with a classic clip from the World Open archives. We’ve sifted though the past four series of the high stakes ... http://blog.partypoker.com/world-open-v/rip-his-shirt-off-and-call-him-superman.html Since the last software update we've been listening to the great amount of feedback we've received since the last upgrade, gone back to the drawing board on a few issues and today we're happy to announce some brilliant new features to improve your time at partypoker.com. The highlight of the latest ... http://blog.partypoker.com/partypoker-software/bounty-poker-tournaments-arrive-at-partypokercom.html Phil 'The Unabomber' Laak was crowned PartyPoker.com World Open V champion last night at the Palm Beach Casino scooping the $250,000 top prize to boot.  In his customary hoodie and sunglasses Laak took only five hands in the heads up face off against online qualifier Jan Veit to seal victory. It ... http://blog.partypoker.com/world-open-v/phil-laak-is-crowned-partypokercom-world-open-v-champion.html We started with 48 players on Sunday and after seven extremely tough and entertaining heats we are down to the final seven.  battling it out for the $250,000 top prize and the title of World Open V champion are six world renowned pros and our one sole online qualifier Jan ... http://blog.partypoker.com/world-open-v/its-the-world-open-v-final-showndown.html In recent minutes, Bodo has come through the runner-up heat, beating online qualifier Patrick Funke. The heads-up was dubbed the ‘Funke Bodo’, in tribute to nightclub ‘The Funky Buddha’ that is opposite the casino. Talking of funky buddhas, ‘Mad Monk’ Andy Black is also at the final table - joining Phil ... http://blog.partypoker.com/world-open-v/the-partypoker-world-open-v-seats-are-fully-booked.html