Tournaments

The third and final leg of the Full Tilt Durrrr Million Dollar Challenge was completed yesterday in London with Tom “Durrrr” Dwan scoring a second victory in this event against Sammy George. Tom Dwan, who bought in for $250,000, busted George repeatedly, winning $750,000 and ending with exactly $1.000.000 in chips.

One Step Closer Foundation and the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino are inviting players and poker fans to take part in  the second annual All In for CP Charity poker tournament, which is set to take place on Saturday, December 12th,  at 2:00 p.m  at the Hard Rock casino.

Day Two of the Full Tilt Poker Million Dollar Challenge played out in London, with Tom “durrrr” Dwan scoring his first victory at this event against Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies.

The PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour is getting ready to end its third season with the $6,300 buy-in APPT Grand Final, which is set to take place from December 1-6 at the Star City Casino in Sydney, Australia.

The Venetian Deep Stack Extravaganza IV continues until November 25th and all the participants will now receive a Free Buffet just by showing their tournament entries from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

UltimateBet.com and the Starlight Children's Foundation, in conjunction with C3 Events, are teaming up for the inaugural UltimateBet Starlight Poker Challenge, a special charity event set to take place from  November 14th-18th at the historic Gare Windsor (Windsor Station) in Montreal, Canada.

Full Tilt Pro Tom Dwan is bringing his “durrrr Million Dollar Challenge” to London next week to meet  three of the toughest challengers in the region in a special 500 hand live heads up match.

21 year old Joe Cada is the new WSOP Main Event Champion after beating Darvin Moon in the heads-up play early Tuesday morning.

Online gaming operator PartyGaming, and the the World Poker Tour have announced the completion of the acquisition of the business and substantially all of the assets of WPT Enterprises Inc. ("WPTE") for $12.3 million plus an additional 5% participation in gaming and other revenues generated by the assets. 

21-year-old Joe Cada from from Shelby Township, Michigan and 46-year-old Darvin Moon of Oakland, Marylan will play the WSOP Main Event final Heads Up today at 10:00pm at the Penn and Teller Theater inside the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino. Cada will lead the chip count  with 135,950,000; while Moon will begin the competition with 58,850,000 in chips.

The WSOP November Nine will face each other again at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas today at 2:00 pm their share of over $27 million and the coveted 2009 Main Event gold Bracelet.

Fox Sports en Espanol, the country's top Spanish-language sports brand, and PokerStars.net, the world's largest free online poker site, have teamed up to bring the first-ever Spanish-language U.S. broadcast of a Latin American poker event. The PokerStars.net Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) is scheduled to air on Fox Sports en Espanol through October 10, 2010 on Friday nights at 10:00.

The PokerStars.com European Poker Tour has finally unveiled the schedule for the second-half of EPT Season Six, which includes 8 events dates f as well as a brand new event: EPT Snowfest in the Austrian Alps.

Poker players registered for LA Poker's Open Main Event will get a$100 discount to Annie Duke Celebrity Poker Night Sponsored by ClubWPT.com and benefiting the Decision Education Foundation.

The TASER Foundation for Fallen Officers will celebrate its 5th annual celebrity poker tournament at Fort McDowell Casino in Arizona from November 19th to 21st, 2009. The weekend long event will kick off on November 19th and will continue on Saturday, November 21st, with a high roller event featuring movie, sports, music and TV celebrities. All proceeds from both tournaments will be used by TASER Foundation to provide financial assistance and aid to the families of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty across the U.S and Canada.

Full Tilt's Online Poker Series (FTOPS) will kick off today at 21:00 PM ET with the $200 + $16 NL Hold 'em $1.000.000 Guaranteed event hosted by Full Tilt Pro Allen Cunningham.

Fans and poker players will be excited to learn that the annual U.S. Poker Championship Main Event will air on the popular Spike Network. The poker event which takes place at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City runs from November 2nd until November 24th.

HeadsUp Entertainment International Inc. and the World Poker Showdown (WPS) are hosting the Costa Rica Poker Showdown at the Jazz Casino in Jaco Beach, Costa Rica, from November 6-15th. The tournament series will offer a total of 17 events with buy in's ranging from $150 to the $2700 Main Event with estimated total prize pool exceeding $1,000,000.

PokerStars.com has announced the launch of a new poker tournament: the PokerStars.com UK and Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT).

Women’s Poker Club, the international women's only social group for poker, today announced that they are teaming up with PokerStars.com to give all its members the opportunity to play for a seat at the 2010 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure.

HeadsUp Entertainment Inc, owner of the Canadian Poker Tour and soon the World Poker Showdown, has completed an agreement with CI Travel to a week long poker tournament on board of Royal Caribbean's "Freedom of the Seas" cruise ship.

World leading online poker site PokerStars.com has recently announced the schedule for the third annual Latin American Poker Tour. The tournament series is set to kick off on November 19th in Conchal Beach, Costa Rica and will feature a total of five events.

Mandalay Media, Inc, a company related to Twistbox and Mandalay Films and dedicated to develop stage digital media company announced that that it has submitted a revised proposal to acquire the World Poker Tour for $36.5 million.

HeadsUp Entertainment International Inc., owner of the Canadian Poker Tour, has recently signed a letter of intent to acquire all shares of the "World Poker Showdown" as a wholly owned subsidiary.

The Annie Duke Celebrity Poker Night (CPN) today confirmed that WPT's free online poker site ClubWPT.com will serve as  title sponsor of the annual charity event taking place on November 19th at Commerce Casino in Los Angeles.