January 18, 2014
Pokerstars’ regular Sunday Millions online poker tournaments have been a top attraction for online poker fans for over seven years, and this week the publication Poker Listings published an impressive list of achievements flowing from the series, which guarantees at least a million dollars in guaranteed prize pools every week. * Total Sunday Millions tournaments […]
January 17, 2014
Tom “durrrr” Dwan, a high profile young online and live tournament high stakes poker pro, has reportedly scored a $25 million victory in a private four handed game in Macau against two Asian professionals and a local billionaire. At this point we should issue a caveat that the report has not been reliably confirmed and […]
January 16, 2014
All American Poker Network operator 888Poker has revved up online poker competition in New Jersey with email blasts touting a radical 80 percent rakeback offer. The company is intent on improving its currently third place standing behind Borgata and Caesars Interactive in the new market and can currently boast (according to independent numbers from online […]
January 14, 2014
A 22-year-old Polish online PokerStars qualifier Daniel Panka upset all the form books and created a nail-biting final beating Mike McDonald in a challenging three-hour heads up ending off a grueling 16-hour final table at the 2014 European Poker Tour PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event. Isaac Haxton commentating at the event said he was “confident […]
January 14, 2014
It’s taken four days to complete, but the $25,000 buy-in Pokerstars Caribbean Adventure NLHE High Roller tournament has crowned a winner after several changes in chip lead among a number of internationally respected poker aces. The ultimate winner was not Vanessa Selbst, Ole Schemion, Robert Mizrachi or even former WSOP champ Greg Merson, all of […]
January 14, 2014
With little fanfare or marketing hype, social gaming giant Zynga launched its Zynga Plus Poker for real money app on Facebook Friday, using the Party Poker network…but its use is restricted to UK residents only. The latest move follows the launch of a downloadable real-money client for UK punters early in 2013
January 12, 2014
If you thought that we had seen the last of Norwegian poker pro Ola “Odd_Oddsen” Amundsgard and his million-kronor ($170,000) challenge to his nation’s politicians to beat him in a poker series in order to demonstrate the role of skill in the game, think again. Amundsgard reminded the publication NutBlocker this week that the challenge […]
January 10, 2014
US poker pro Justin ‘Boosted’ Smith will be relieved to have escaped with a relatively light sentence after pleading guilty to involvement in the sensational New York ‘art dealer’ gambling ring bust last year. Although originally charged with three offences, Smith was allowed to plead on just one related to illegal gambling enterprise activity. In […]
January 10, 2014
PartyPoker has wasted no time in gearing up promotions associated with its new sponsorship partnership with the Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Devils and Prudential Center, almost immediately launching its Dream Seat offer. The Dream Seat Series offers players the chance to win regular, courtside and VIP box seats to every New Jersey Devils and Philadelphia […]