World Series of Poker, Europe, Bracelet Goes to New Yorker, Elio Fox, Wins Nearly $2 Million
It was an awesome match, for those who didn’t see it. And the fourth bracelet, at the conclusion of the main event, went to a New Yorker, Elio Fox. He beat out a record field of 592 in the €10,000 buy-in main event to take home the title, his first bracelet, and the top prize of [...]
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Posted on October 23, 2011 by doclotto | Filed Under Analysis, Poker, Poker Players, Tournaments
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Think Like a “Titan”; 6th Anniversary Tournament an Attractive Play
IÂ got this P.R. from titanpoker.com the other day. Oh, geez. Another B.s. email, self promoting crap. And then I realized, hey, this is titan and I’ve played on titanpoker and actually enjoyed. It is European based and I played it when I was in Europe, by the way. Now, to celebrate its 6th anniversary, Titan [...]
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Posted on August 23, 2011 by doclotto | Filed Under Online Poker, Promotion, Tournaments
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Home Boy (Man) Makes Good at WPT Slovenia…Wins $144,399 (102,700 Euros)
Let’s hear it for Miha Travnik who won it all at the WPT Slovenia, after emerging as winner from a field of 141 players over four days, and collected the €102,700 ($144,399) first place prize. Travnik, you should know (at the age of 20) became his country’s first ever player to win a major live poker tournament. [...]
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Posted on July 25, 2011 by doclotto | Filed Under Poker, Poker Players, Tournaments
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How Popular is the World Series of Poker? 6,800 Players are Main Event Entries; a Big Win for Vegas? And Worldwide, More than 75,000 Entries. Wow!
From Vegas, our correspondent (I went to school with him), reports that more than 6,800 Main Event entries began their pursuit of first place cash totaling $8.71 million on July 12. Worldwide, 75,672 entries in 58 different tournaments makes this year’s WSOP the biggest ever. Sponsors are loving it. But more than that, this has [...]
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Posted on July 14, 2011 by doclotto | Filed Under 2008 WSOP, Business, Culture, Online Poker, Tournaments
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If You’re Outside the U.S., Check Out Titanpoker.com’s Tournament
Because of the April busts by federal agents, I have to begin this posting by noting that if you are going to play online poker, Â do it while you are outside the U.S. Once away from America, online gambling is generally legal. And the ONLY sites I write about are legitimate and not about to [...]
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Posted on July 4, 2011 by doclotto | Filed Under Advice, Online Casino, Online Poker, Tournaments
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Gonna Spend Time in Europe this Year? Check Out One of These WSOP Events
Ten years. That’s right. The World Poker Tour, now in it’s tenth year, is better and stronger than ever, with six stops in Europe (so far). The Tour competes with the European Poker Tour (EPT), but truthfully, as a reporter and amateur player, I love them both. And that’s not a cop out. Here is the [...]
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Posted on June 29, 2011 by doclotto | Filed Under Poker, Poker Players, Tournaments, TV
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From the Ivy League to the Big Leagues; a Story of a Champion Poker Player
Did you see the story in a recent edition of the Trenton (New Jersey) Times? It’s the story (I want to give them full credit for digging it up) of a former Princeton student, former varsity wrestler, who’s made a ton of money playing poker. He began in 2003, about the time the poker craze [...]
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Posted on June 20, 2011 by doclotto | Filed Under Celebrity, Online Poker, Poker, Poker Players, Stories, Tournaments
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