Dennis Phillips is one of the nine who will sit at the final table of the WSOP Main Event in November. He has pledged 1% of tournament winnings to the Prevent Cancer Foundation’s Bad Beat on Cancer fundraiser.

PokerStars, the online poker room that sponsors the European Poker Tour (EPT) has said that this year it will guarantee a prize of £1 million to the winner of the London event of the EPT.

A talented mixed game poker player, Yuval Bronshtein from the United States, proved his greatness by winning two events at the Full Tilt Poker Online Poker Series within twelve hours.

Last week the bad beat jackpot at PartyPoker was one at $1,013,381.63. The irony was that the pot was worth only $24. Judith75 had four nines and fortunately lost to Hiyall, who had a royal flush.

The Democratic National Convention will be held from August 25 to August 28 at Coors Field in Denver. Several events will be held there during this time. One of them is a charity poker tournament announced by the Poker Players Alliance for August 26.