May 13, 2014
The World Series of Poker (WSOP) BIG ONE for ONE DROP $1,000,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em charity poker tournament has ten new player commitments, leaving just twenty-three seats remaining. ESPN has committed to producing multi-day coverage from the second installment of the charity tournament due to be held at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino comprising […]
May 13, 2014
Described as a “surprising turn of events, after multiple decisive rejections” by gaming and intellectual property lawyer Bill Gantz of Dentons Legal Firm , Rational Group’s Zoom Poker patent application has been permitted for amendment by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and will reportedly be issued on May 20, 2014 under U.S. Patent […]
May 13, 2014
UKIPT Nottingham’s record-breaking GBP 1 223 000 prize pool was taken by Duncan McLellan following six-days of intense action. McLellan bested a field of 1 223 becoming UKIPT’s fourth double champion and the first British player to achieve a double win. Described as the fastest, and possibly most exciting, UKIPT final table ever, McLellan took […]
May 11, 2014
The high stakes poker action last week was notable for some massive losses to two prominent online poker nosebleed stakes players, Phil “Polarizing” Ivey and Paul “MalACEsia” Phua, who were both down hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to the High Stakes Data Base. Phua took the biggest hit playing a range of aggressive and […]
May 10, 2014
The influential online poker forum twoplustwo is currently buzzing over a player campaign aimed at persuading the Nevada regulator to adopt tighter and more punitive measures against collusion and cheating. Highly experienced players have been discussing and contributing to what they believe will be improvements to the regulations in a conversation triggered by an incident […]
May 8, 2014
Circus Circus founder, philanthropist, businessman and avid poker player Guy Laliberte has revealed some startling figures from his online and live poker adventures in an interview with the Journal de Montreal. Although the live tourney scene is now more his personal style, there was a time when Laliberte rode the crests and troughs of the […]
May 8, 2014
The row over the alleged unauthorised use of Poker Hall of Famer Dewey Tomko’s name in a negative op-ed article in the Press of Atlantic City (see previous reports) has continued with fresh denials by anti-online gambling activist Jim Thackston…and the Press of Atlantic City taking down the article. Writing in the Online Poker Report, […]
May 8, 2014
Ultimate Poker’s new software update has integrated one of the most customer-requested features that of wait lists for tables that are full. Omaha cash games have also been added to the lobby, along with an auto reload/top up feature and improved geolocation capabilities.
May 8, 2014
PokerStars has introduced Phased Tournaments to its lobby, a concept usually reserved for live events. Phased tournaments allow online player’s to play a Phase 1 on one day, and move through to Phase 2 with the stack they held in Phase 1, if they last a certain number of levels. Phase 1 tourneys will be […]
May 7, 2014
Online journalist Rich Ryan, who was one of many journalists this week writing about the Nolan Dalla expose on the part veteran poker pro Dewey Tomko allegedly didn’t play in an op-ed article by Bill Byers in the Press of Atlantic City (see previous report) startled everyone this week with a counter claim from anti-online […]