PHWAP’S BACK – Kevin Boudreau Story

PHWAP’S BACK is a heart-warming story about Kevin Boudreau a poker player who suffered from a stroke while on a break in a 2013 WSOP tournament. He was rushed to hospital as his brain was hemorrhaging from an arteriovenous malformation in his brain.

Boudreau had the support from his family and poker friends who include: Peter Jetten, Gabe Patgorski and Mario Silvestri III.

In less than eighteen months Boudreau returns to the live poker tournament circuit and final tabled the first two tournaments he entered, proving he still has the skills dispute having physical and communication challenges.

The Kevin Boudreau story reached film director Ian Tuason who had been following his progress and thought his amazing comeback story would make a heart-warming documentary. Tuason contact 888poker to fund the project and they approved the funding of: Phwap’s Back: A Poker Comeback Story.

888poker went one step further and sponsored Boudreau’s buy-in to the 2015 WSOP Main Event, just two years after his tragic event.

PHWAP’S BACK – Kevin Boudreau Story

Kara Scott has just been announced as the latest 888 Poker Ambassador to the team, Kara formerly Team PartyPoker is no stranger to the poker industry.

She has been actively promoting poker for more than a decade as a poker player, TV presenter and journalist. Kara Scott has presented and commentated on several poker TV shows including: Poker Night Live, High Stakes Poker and World Series of Poker.

Her achievements as a poker player include: top 100 on the Canadian All-Time Money List and a total live career earnings of $643,880.

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Kara Scott – 888 Poker Ambassador

The finalized version of the WSOP Schedule 2016 has been released and features over sixty-nine events scheduled between May 31 – July 18, 2016.

The 2016 WSOP Las Vegas returns to the Rio Hotel & Casino with a few changes to last year’s schedule. In 2015 the live poker tournament series broke records for it’s biggest attendance to date with over 100,000 registrations combined for all events.

There have been some changes to the payout structure that will see a more even distribution of prize money as 50% more players will be able to cash in events in 2016. Eight new poker tournaments have been added to the schedule adding more opportunities for entrants to win a prestigious WSOP bracelet.

Start qualifying online by playing the WSOP Las Vegas 2016 satellites on 888 Poker which start from only 1¢.

WSOP Schedule 2016

There is over $275K spread across thirteen Wild Wednesday Bovada Poker tournaments that are scheduled for one day only, March 2, 2016.

The selection of online poker tournaments have buy-ins suitable for all stake levels as they range from $5.50 up to $270 for the Main Event. Win your entry to these events by playing the daily satellite tournaments which are currently running on the tournament tab in the lobby.

USA players can signup to Bovada Poker and get up to $1,000 bonus matching your first deposit amount.

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Wild Wednesday Bovada Poker

Full Tilt Poker to Merge with PokerStars on 1st April and it’s no April fools joke, Amaya has made the decision to merge the two platforms into one player pool.

The merger makes perfect sense for the company from a business point of view making it easier to run as a single entity sharing the same games and promotions.

Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars will still be separate software downloads but they will share the same network, poker games, players and promos. Players signed up on both sites will benefit from the merging of the software. Full Tilt Poker recently dropped out of the list of top 10 poker sites in the World.

Full Tilt Poker to Merge with PokerStars