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PokerStars.com Official Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
By James Potter Mike Comer is one of the more interesting personalities in the poker world. He was involved in the creation of the first Australian poker room many years ago in Adelaide but now calls Africa home. He has set up casinos and card rooms in Sierra Leone and Liberia and is currently setting up shop in Ghana. “Sydney is still technically home, I suppose but poker is really...
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PokerStars.com Official Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
By James Potter Irishman Anthony thepirat Rafter enjoyed his dinner on Day 1C of the APPT Grand Final after amassing 70,000 in chips. Rafter bought into the event directly from his winnings on PokerStars. Rafter has had some excellent performances online including a final table in a $1000 buy-in WCOOP event in which he finished eighth and won just under USD $20,000. He is a well travelled...
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PokerStars.com Official Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
By James Potter American young guns Carter Gill and Eddy Sabat are two of the new breed of poker superstars and both are playing on day 1C of the PokerStars APPT Grand Final. Both these likable guys have already sipped from the cup of success during season two of the APPT. Carter won the high roller tournament at APPT Auckland and Eddy, a PokerStars Sponsored player, took out the APPT...
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PokerStars.com Official Blog (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
By James Potter Team PokerStars Pro Gavin Griffin is still moving along nicely and seems focussed on the job at hand during day 1B of the PokerStars.net APPT Grand Final. “Sydney has been really nice so far. The weather is fantastic and I even went out to Bondi Beach yesterday, it’s a great beach and lived up to all the hype,” he said. The only player to have won the so-called ‘triple...
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PokerStars.com Official Blog (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
By James Potter The Hachems are certainly Australia’s best-known poker family. Everyone knows 2005 WSOP world champion and Team PokerStars Pro Joe Hachem but his brother Tony, a PokerStars Sponsored player, is carving out a handy reputation as shown by his second-place finish in this year’s New Zealand Championships main event. Tony has already enjoyed a good week and made the final table of...
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Ripon Rugby Club Blog (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
You really dont want to be playing this Hornblower team at the moment. One to fifteen they are at the top of their game and Saturday’s league visit to a weak Moortown side was a one sided affair from the first minute, as James Potter pounced on a lose ball near their line for a simple, [...]
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PokerStars.com Official Blog (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
By James Potter The Astral Bar is a penthouse bar and restaurant perched on top of the 17th floor right on the edge of Sydney Harbour and the City. It is one of Star City Casino’s many jewels and was a fitting place to launch the Pokerstars APPT Grand Final. Local beer and local Aussie fare including specials such as meat and mushroom pies and skewered king prawns gave players a real...
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PokerStars.com Official Blog (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
By James Potter Shane Dye is not only one of Australia finest jockeys; he has also been one of the biggest personalities of the sport over the years. When talking of a ride, a horse or another jockey he is never short of an opinion and it is this self-belief that will help him become one of Australia’s better poker players. His record in the saddle is impressive. He won the 1989 Melbourne...
