Paul Sandells
Tuesday 11th August 2009
DevilfishPoker.com today announces its August European Masters of Poker Malta promotion which sees 18 free seats given away to the EMOP grand final main event throughout this month.
The fifth and final leg of the inaugural EMOP tour takes place in Vittoriosa, Malta from Sept. 23 to 25 and is expected to draw up to 500 players creating an estimated prize pool of €750,000.
Europe’s leading new poker tour, EMOP, has taken in stops in Spain, Estonia, Bulgaria, and Czech Republic since February 2009 and fields have steadily grown in size to last month’s penultimate leg in Barcelona which attracted 399 players, creating a prize pool of €399,000.
Paul Sandells
Friday 7th August 2009
DevilifshPoker.com today announces its new live weekly poker tournament, Devilfish Night, taking place at 8:30 p.m. each Thursday at the new Voodoo Card Club, Arran Quay, Dublin Ireland.
The Second Life tournament, a €25 + €5 no limit hold’em game with one rebuy, sees players start with 3,000 in chips (and 3,000 for their rebuy) and 20 minute levels.
As a special introductory offer, the €5 registration will be waived throughout August. The winner of the weekly tournament will also receive a limited edition Devilfish chip set (while stock lasts).
Paul Sandells
Tuesday 4th August 2009
Anton Wigg from Sweden topped the field of 399 players at the European Masters of Poker in Casino Barcelona last weekend taking down €55,502 for his victory. The EMOP Barcelona event attracted the largest field of the tour so far.
After Viktor Manfred Kåvenstam was eliminated at 4th place, the final three players made a deal according to their chip stacks, deciding to play for a small amount of money, and the EMOP trophy.
Maciej Swicarz then knocked out Kristian Eriksson and got heads-up with Wigg. Swicarz dominated the table for a short period but in the end Wigg managed to take control. In the final hand, the players were all in on the flop, both players holding top pair but the Swede’s pair of nines with an ace kicker was enough to win.
The final table results and payouts were:
Paul Sandells
Tuesday 4th August 2009
Online poker players get their second shot at winning thousands of cash bonus prizes as the World’s Biggest Rake Chase promotion on DevilfishPoker.com starts afresh on August 1, 2009.
Offering more than €1.7 million in prizes throughout the summer, the World’s Biggest Rake Chase is free to enter for players of all levels and bankrolls and takes place over three monthly chase periods — July 1 to 31, August 1 to 31 and September 1 to 30. All real money play counts towards this World’s Biggest Rake Chase including cash games, sit & go tournaments and multi-table tournaments.
July’s Chase was a thrilling affair with many value seekers taking part to earn their slice of the €1.7 million cake. With Aug. 1 heralding a new start for all players — existing and new — the World’s Biggest Rake Chase is expected to ratchet up a gear as players take to the online felt to score free money for simply playing at
DevilfishPoker.com
Paul Sandells
Tuesday 7th July 2009
The European Masters of Poker makes its penultimate stop in Barcelona, Spain from July 29 to August 1, having just completed the Prague leg of the tour which attracted 258 players and generated a prize pool of €258,000.
Qualification for the €1,150 buy-in event, which is expected to be the largest of the tour with up to 500 runners and an estimated prize pool of €500,000, is now underway on
DevilFish Poker where poker players can qualify for as little as €2 or 200 VIP-points.
There are nine daily satellites to the €100 Sunday Main Qualifier (19:40 CET) and five daily satellites to the €100 Wednesday Main Qualifier (19:40 CET).
Paul Sandells
Monday 29th June 2009
Online poker players of all levels can chase their way to thousands of cash prizes this Summer at DevilfishPoker.com in the World’s Biggest Rake Chase.
DevilfishPoer.com today announces its World’s Biggest Rake Chase promotion running from July 1 to September 30 and offering over €1.7 million in prizes.
The World’s Biggest Rake Chase is free to enter for players of all levels and bankrolls and takes place over three monthly chase periods — July 1 to 31, August 1 to 31 and September 1 to 30. All real money play counts towards this World’s Biggest Rake Chase including cash games, sit & go tournaments and multi-table tournaments.
To participate, players must sign up using the the links on Poker News Headlines then email their username to rakechase@devilfishpoker.com.
Paul Sandells
Friday 26th June 2009
As the World Series of Poker main event approaches and John Kabbaj lifts the pot-limit hold’em world championship, The Poker Show talks to some of the UK’s hottest prospects in “The Big One”
This weekend, presenters Jesse May and Matt Broughton will catch up with a host of British hopefuls including recent pot-limit hold’em bracelet winner John Kabbaj, Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott, Ian Frazer, serial staker Neil Channing, and comedian and ‘triple crown’ victor Roland De Wolfe.
Flying the Irish flag is co-presenter Padraig Parkinson, who recently finished 14th in the pot-limit Omaha world championship. He makes his daily call to the show with all the news and gossip from the Rio hotel and casino in Las Vegas. Fellow countryman John O’Shea will also drop in for a chat.
Tuesday sees the return of the weekly Poker Show Live turbo bounty tournament on Boylepoker.com which has $250 added, with guests, presenters and listeners vying for supremacy in this password-only tournament. Last week the winner of the turbo tournament was “Faughballagh” who is none other than Boylepoker pro and World Series of Poker main event finalist Scott Gray.
Paul Sandells
Friday 19th June 2009
Dublin, Ireland: June 19, 2009 – This week on poker’s leading live radio show, The Poker Show, presenters Jesse May and Matt Broughton will be talking to a selection of the world’s leading players in Las Vegas.
Among those expected to drop in between taking pot shots at bracelets are Chris Ferguson, John Duthie, Daniel Negreanu, Issac Haxton, Marty Smyth, Dan Goldman from the Poker Players Alliance, and Dave ‘Devilfish’ Ulliott.
Padraig Parkinson also checks in with all the gossip from the Rio hotel and casino in Las Vegas.
Tuesday sees the return of the weekly Poker Show Live turbo bounty tournament on
Boylepoker.com which has $250 added, with guests, presenters and listeners vying for supremacy in this password-only tournament. Last week the event was won by “RadonGas” and attracted 83 players.
Paul Sandells
Thursday 18th June 2009
Each Tuesday until the end of September DevilfishPoker.com players can play online poker for free in the €666 Summer Sizzler Freerolls
DevilfishPoker.com today announced the launch of the Summer Sizzlers — a series of online poker freerolls each Tuesday at 8 p.m. BST from June 16 until September 29 with over €10,000 in prizes.
The freerolls are free to enter but players can spice things up by making a re-buy or add-on for just €1 which will boost the prize pool further.
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