Pokerstars Sunday Millions generates massive revenues

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 […]

Has poker pro scored $25 million in Asian game?

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 […]

888 upds the New Jersey poker ante with 80 percent rakeback

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 […]

Young Polish player takes though PCA 2014 final table

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 […]

Florida player wins 2014 Pokerstars Caribbean Adventure

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 […]

Poker Tour organiser about to push the boat out

January 14, 2014

Pokerstars marketers are already hard at work on the European Poker Tour’s Barcelona stop planned for August 2014, and for good reason; the event will be the one hundredth in this popular international live tournament series, and the EPT intends to make it the biggest and most spectacular yet seen in Europe. “The EPT was […]

Real-money online poker now on Facebook

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

Norwegian poker challenge still alive

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 […]

Internet poker pro sentenced for role in New York gambling ring

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 […]

Party Poker wastes no time in leveraging U.S. sports sponsorship deals

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 […]