Rob Winston, a doctor who is the founder of Laser Away in Rancho Mirage and five offices in Los Angeles, is reported to have won $1.5 million in the Borgata Open poker tournament after knocking out poker star Mike ‘The Mouth’ Matusow at the final table and, finally, Scott Yoon. Winston had the huge advantage in chips with 13,370,000 to Yoon’s 3,445,000.

In addition to the $1,575,280 prize, Winston also won a silver watch and entry into the $25,000 buy-in Season VI WPT World Championship that will take place in April, 2008.

Now, Winston is planning to participate in more WPT events. Thus, Winston plans on playing in Niagara Falls in October, at the Foxwoods Casino in Mashantucket, Conn., in November, and at the Bellagio in December in Las Vegas. He also has an idea of participating in a tournament in Australia in January.

The richest ever poker tournament will take place within the next few months. One million dollars in cash prizes will be given away. The prize pool of the Players Only’s Million Dollar Free Roll Series is divided so that each winner will take away $75,000. Second and third place winners will win $10,000.

The players that have qualified in free rolls and cash satellites through the month will play-off for $75,000 in the first Monthly Final of PlayersOnly.com’s Million Dollar Free Roll Series. There is a chance to win a free seat in Sunday’s final. Those who don’t qualify in time for the weekend’s final can buy-in directly or try again next month.

Free roll qualifiers take place twice a day. Players can also win their seat in monthly finals in cash buy-in satellites (buy-ins as low as $2) held every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. The players having Gold Chip loyalty points can play special qualifiers on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. There, the buy-ins are ten Gold Chips. The alternative to that is a direct buy-in for $50 at the final table.

25 players are said to make it to the final free.

To get more tournament details, go to http://www.playersonly.com/1million/.

Having inspected the premises, a magistrate has finally granted the Nottingham based poker club belonging to Dusk Till Dawn a license as a poker venue only. Dusk Till Dawn’s officials are absolutely delighted with the magistrate’s decision. There might have been a problem if they had applied for a casino license. But the demand for the type of the poker club Dusk Till Dawn is offering was key point.

The poker fans across the UK cannot but be pleased with the news. At the same time, the opening of the card room has attracted stiff opposition from London Clubs International, Gala and Stanley Leisure. In their opinion, there was not “sufficient interest to justify the opening”. Anyway, they had to listen to the magistrate rule in Dusk Till Dawn’s favor.

The opening of the card room is being planned for a mid-November.

Stockholm native Emanuel Karlen, ‘ManneKK’, was announced to have won the $25, 000 Summer Series Freeroll Grand Finale. The winner will play against Doyle Brunson known as ‘Godfather of Poker’ – the winner of ten World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets in a heads-up match for $25,000 at DoylesRoom.com. As part of the prize, Karlen will also appear on the cover of Online Poker Pro magazine and in feature stories for other major poker publications.

Both players, Emanuel Karlen and Doyle Brunson, are looking forward to a heads-up tournament.  If Karlen wins, the Swede will take the cash and receive the ultimate bragging rights.