07

Sep

Ron Rose at The Malta Poker Challenge

MyPokerAcademy's own poker mentor Ron Rose will participate in the Malta Poker Challenge which will take place at Portomaso Casino in St. Julians between the 7th & 8th of September.

Ron has won a WSOP bracelet in the 2003 seniors' no limit hold'em event, defeating a field of 377 opponents to take home the $130,060 first prize.

He also has two wins in the WPT (World Poker Challenge event and the inaugural WPT Battle of Champions!

Keep you updated!

20

Aug

Malta Poker Seminar 2009

The Malta Poker Seminar. Held at the Mediterranean conference centre, Malta, on the 18th and 19th April 2009. The educational event targeted poker players with an active interest in No-Limit Hold’em was coordinated by local organizers – Malta Poker Events – leading the live poker scene on the Maltese islands with their mix of community building efforts and live poker games at the local casino poker rooms. More info on www.maltapokerevents.com

27

Apr

Poker Players Hear From The Pros

The Malta Poker Seminar got underway on Saturday, April 18th as eager, aspiring poker players spent the afternoon under the tutelage of world famous poker pro Ron Rose. Nestled in a spacious conference room in the palatial Mediterranean Conference Centre in Valletta, Rose eloquently delivered three separate lectures of how to become a winning no-limit poker tournament player of the course of five and a half hours.

The mathematician, successful businessman and former seat holder at the American Stock Exchange, who holds a WSP (World Series of Poker) gold bracelet and two WPT (World Poker Tour) championships, began at the beginning, breaking down the basics of what it takes to stay at the table, compete and be a winner.

Divulged Rose, “I’m going to give these folks what they need…advice for tournament poker which is played at 180 degrees from cash poker. I’m going to speak about the basics and give advice on what’s needed to be a winning tournament hold-em poker player, and more, including a poker IQ quiz.”

Aside from a few technical difficulties inducing early breaks, which were filled in admirably by Jason and Lee from XFM Radio, who are surely the modern-day Laurel a Read More »

30

Oct

My Poker Academy Sponsors Local Talent

After the Malta Poker Tour Event, we have had our eye on some local talent. So guess what.. we have decided follow them to at an event being player later on today. Stay tuned for a play by play about how it all went down.

Here is a shots for your enjoyment from the poker academy players at the Malta Poker Tour. Click here for more photos.

Well done lads. The Next time a player ask for a tell, give him a poker face!

26

Oct

Poker Academy on Blogs.com.mt

This is just the introduction to blog.com.mt. The first Maltese online community of bloggers was born! A great domain, free sub-domains for everyone, sleek design, interesting top-blogs, rss feeds and lots of other features that can only be found here on poker.blog.com.mt!