January 23, 2014
The Poker Players Alliance action group, which has been closely involved in attempts to get US players paid in the wake of the Full Tilt Poker debacle (see previous reports) has posted news that the almost three-year wait for payments may at last be almost at an end for some players. Breaking the news on […]
January 23, 2014
The April 2013 enforcement bust of an organised crime-associated high stakes and celebrity poker ring based in an up market art gallery in Manhattan in April last year has claimed another victim. High stakes professional Edwin Ting was sentenced by a Manhattan Federal Judge to five months in prison and ordered to forfeit $ 2 […]
January 22, 2014
Swedish software developer Cubeia will integrate Bitcoin currency in its B2B poker network to support the company’s expansion into new markets. Fredrik Johansson, chief executive of Cubeia says the adoption of the decentralised, peer-to-peer currency is the next logical step in the online gambling sector providing players with the convenience of immediate cash-outs without transaction […]
January 22, 2014
Texas online and live tournament professional player Tyler Morris bested a record entry list of 1,427 rivals in the $1,675 buy-in Main Event of the World Series of Poker Circuit stop in Durant, Oklahoma on Monday, playing at the Choctaw Casino. The event turned out to be one of the biggest main events in WSOP […]
January 22, 2014
In achieving a record that no one would ever want, poker pro Gus “The Great Dane” Hansen has now recorded losses totalling a whopping $16 million, reports the independent high stakes action monitor High Stakes Data Base. Carrying huge losses into the new year, Hansen started well, but his bad run soon returned, leaving him […]
January 21, 2014
Monday saw the exciting finish of the Edinburgh leg of the Pokerstars United Kingdom and Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT) as Scots professional cash game player Dean Hutchison and model-turned-poker-professional Liv Boeree slugged it out in a close-run heads up. In the end it was the Scot who prevailed to take home his biggest career win […]
January 21, 2014
Our readers may recall the story of PokerStars Team Online professional player André “acoimbra” Coimbra, who in January 2012 began a self-imposed challenge to turn $100 into $100,000 within a year, playing only on Pokerstars online tournaments. With the numbers now in it is clear that he missed the target, winning $69,200.55 that included a […]
January 19, 2014
The synergy between sports betting and poker is well accepted, and international poker pro Phil Ivey has leveraged that affinity by sponsoring a leading boxing program to support the upcoming launch of his new poker training venture. Ivey chose the January 17 installment of the critically acclaimed boxing program “ShoBox, The Next Generation” for his […]
January 19, 2014
The UK-based online poker operator respected for the 3D quality of its graphics, PKR Poker, has given its marketing an interesting new twist, inviting players to focus on the backgrounds of its action as well as the players and the felt. Just after Christmas the company launched new television ads featuring its graphics, where highly […]
January 19, 2014
Reports earlier this week that American online and live tournament poker professional Tom Dwan had won $25 million in a four-handed game in Macau have been denied. Taking to Twitter late Friday as the rumour attracted coverage throughout the internet, Dwan tweeted: “At the time of this bogus macau story 36hrs ago i was losing […]