April 3, 2014
Quebec local Jason Comtois has taken the PartyPoker.net WPT National Canadian Spring Championship title at the Playground Poker Club in Montreal. Comtois packed the WPT crystal trophy, the Playground Poker Champion’s belt and a cool CAN$160 999, while an enthusiastic rail cheered him on. “I’m happy to keep the WPT title in Quebec,” said 27-year-old […]
April 2, 2014
Tom “hitthehole” Middleton from Leeds in England has been enjoying a strong winning streak recently in both live and online poker tournaments, with his latest victory online in the $2,100 buy-in WCOOP Challenge Series main event adding half a million dollars to his growing bank balance. He was the 2013 EPT Barcelona champion, where he […]
April 2, 2014
According to the latest numbers from the independent online poker monitor Pokerscout, the popularity of fast-fold poker continues unabated…and that helps mitigate the drop in cash game activity. Fast fold action, in which players are moved to another table when they fold a hand, was introduced under the Rush Poker branding at Full Tilt Poker […]
April 1, 2014
The protectionist and mainly tribal attempts to keep Pokerstars out of any Californian online poker market that might be approved continued to be a hot topic this week, with a lawyer representing parties with whom the online poker giant is negotiating speaking out. Attorney Keith Sharp, who represents the Commerce Casino, Hawaiian Gardens and Bicycle […]
April 1, 2014
The staggering and mounting losses of Danish poker pro Gus Hansen (see previous reports) were at least temporarily halted over the weekend when he scored a profit of $850,000 on the virtual felt at Full Tilt Poker, with many of his fans hoping that it could be the start of an erosion of his scary […]
April 1, 2014
With talk of “bad actor” exclusions seemingly a top trend among online gambling supporters and enemies this week, an influential New Jersey state senator entered the fray by observing that although the decision rested with the state regulator, foreign applicant Pokerstars should not be excluded from being approved to operate in the Garden State’s new […]
March 30, 2014
The high stakes online poker losses of Danish poker Pro Gus “The Great Dame” Hansen had already reached legendary proportions before this week, but another disastrous period at the tables has now pushed the red ink to around $17 million, and in a recent interview Hansen indicated he may need to take a break to […]
March 30, 2014
The Euro 10,300 buy-in European Poker Tour Vienna High Roller event was always going to be a hard-fought competition, given the large representation of internationally respected players who entered and re-upped to create a final 181 entries and a prize pool of Euro 1,773,800 – the largest high roller of this EPT season. Cashes would […]
March 30, 2014
This year’s European Poker Tour Vienna Euro 5,300 buy-in main event attracted an entry list of 910 players from 59 countries, generating a prize pool worth Euro 4,413,500, and providing cashes of at least Euro 8,700 for 135 survivors. It created a potential first prize of Euro 816,000, along with a trophy and a Euro […]
March 30, 2014
With launch of the Graham-Chaffetz banning bills in Congress still creating industry ripples this week, a New York lawmaker has taken the initiative and launched an intrastate online poker legalisation bill in the state Senate. The man behind SB 6913 is Republican Party state Senator John Bonacic, who is clearly not interested in being on […]